Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1881-07-22
FROM WASHINGTON,
Special Correspondence Of the Alesa. Gazette
WASHINGTON. D. O., July 90, 1881.


WASHINGTON. D, O.. July %, 1881.
The Presidents coalition continues to i'm.
prove, and barring the dissgteeableness of the
from the sore 10 the fatty tissue Of
bis abdomen. be is as wall, if not quite as
strong, as anybody elsa. All bis mental aud
physical functions are working normally and be
eats, sleeps, reads and talks as any other we'll
man does. The mere fact that hs eats the
breast Of chicken, the toughest part Of the fowl,
shows that bis digestive apparatus is all right.
Among the bundles that reached the White
House for him yesterday WAS one the packing
of which was 30 curious IS to suggest the idea
that it might be an Internal machine, and no
little anxiety vas expressed concerning it unless
the innoxiousness of It's contents WAS deter.
mined. Bnt few callers were at the White
House to day, but among them we're three
Office seekers, who forced themselves upon Mr..
BrowD, the Presidents private Secretary, and
were urgent in their overures to him TO pre-.
sent their applications to the Prssiden! at the
first opportunity. They had been waiting 10
the city long time and could not wait much
longer as their funds were getting low. 1t is
probable that their applications will be the last
onss to rosoh the Presidents eye.
A letter received this morning By tho score.
tary Of tie Yorktown g mnission from the
Q1srtermsster General of Vermont states that
the troops of that State who interd to be pre-
sent at the Yorktown centennial have chartered
steamer that will accommodate them. aud
that all they will want there will be good an
chnrsga, o clmpiDg ground, fuel ard straw.
Virginans in the city to day soy that from
what they see and hear Mr.. John Goode stands
probably the best chauea Of obtaining the dem.
ocra:ic nomination for Governor of that State,
iuasmuch ss BIO ia the ta7olte 10 many paris oil
the State, aud seems to be the secoId choice
10 all
j. T. Wilson, who has written q conclusive
and convincing reply to the reoont lattar oil
Fad. Douglas, advising the negroes Of Virgins
to support the Malone movement, ia the ablssi
and most Influential member of his race 10 the
Norfolk district. His letter makes it pIain that
the negroes OF Virginia will stand greatly in
their own light by supporting General Dlaboue,
and shows that, though the white republican
oficeholdcrs 10 the State msy desert their pin
cipl.s TOR Tear CT losing their position, there is
OF least ono Virginia negro republican who val
uos his principles moro shan be does the ofioa
otfioo ia Inspector of Customs for the port of
Norfolk.
Tho Washington Light Infantry returned late
last night from their trip TO the Warronton
SPRINGS. They speak 10 tho highest terms of
the manner in which they wtro treated Will,
absent, and say that tho hospitality of the peo.
pie OF Wsrrenton is unbouudcd.
Tie Question Of making the Vice President
OF the Un.ed States eX cfnoio Governor CT the
District Of CoIumoi is reVv,d by General No
homes crgan in this city, 10 its issue Of this
monitg. tut meo.s with it'll, favor, DOR is it
probable it will meet with much more, at least,
until altaf Mr.. Arthur'5 term shall have ex'
pred.
1t is the impression @! The Icdisn bureau
tho. the surrender Of Sitting Bull at this ssa-
SOD, ard With only such limited following,
shows that tbs glcry Of Sioux Indians has
GValy departed, and the! there need b, no more
fear OF wsrs from that quarter. as their power
is completely broken. They will noR bs scat
tered 10 different reservations and their capsc-
ity fer harm be destroyed.
B1dlrg Is bciug prosecuted so rapidly hero
that all the biick9sris 10 the nei9hborhood arc
kept buslIy employed to supply Tho orders they
receive, end some new ones are being tstsbli d
I'd where suitable cIcg can DO found.
The National Board OF Health hava reports
ct g few sporadic CAST Of yellow lever along
Tie Gulf coast, but anticipate 20 serious trouble
from thst disease this year, and s,y that should
the disease develop i:sclf 10 aoy particular 10
calitv they will be enabled to keep it looalz ID.
Capt John K. Wood has resigned the Cap
fancy of the steamer Lady of the Lake and &C.
cepted ihst Of the steamer Arrowsmith, Capt.
baldwin, has been appointed to the command OF
inc Lady OF the Lake Captain Wood is one of
ths best steamboat men on the Potomac and de.
sclVedly very popular with travellers on that
river.