Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1881-08-24
FROM WASHINGTON.
Special Correspondence CT tho AJesa. Ga=et!.
WASHINGTON. D. G.. Aug. q 1891.

WASHINGTON. D. G., Aug. "a. 1881.
Tic Presidents c,i dtion to day, according
to tic bu!leia issued from the WHO House,
is without material charge. At noon his pulse
was l04. his ttmoira:ure 90 std bis respira-
ton II. The cgstors have been suspended. and
be has iaken 10 day about a p ns and throe
quarters lf liquil natrimcnt by tho natural
channel. His % ed this mor1iDg is reported az
clearer than it has baen for several days pass,
but the first thing he talked abaut was bis
home 1t Mentor. This il, bad sligo, for the
thoughts OF dliag mon naturally revert to the
rOtid gland has soft oenttr. which shows that
suppurati,n has already commenced therein
| Whether Tho gland will be lanced or allowed to
"coae to head" and break itself is for tie
surgeons 10 attendance TO determine. Bot, DO
matter how tho opening may be effected. i; will
cot ouIy complcate. bus iIc!esso toe uafavora-
bic chacc,s of the Presidents recovery, for few
tbi1gs arc more dclitcri0us to man than the
exposure OF q raw sutlEoo to the contsc! of The
air, End Tho addition OF new opening, and
that. too, SO near vital organs as tho spac, i'm
mcdaeIy below the car, 10 those caused bv the
| tullet and The surgeons inoisoDs 10 his fl lnE,
| With the twelve lrchcs oil d bali OF the track
| OF the drainage ppa must OF ntc,s;iiy greatly
| increase the imminent peril that DOW surrounds
him. Dr.. Bliss Informed personal fiieod lato
last night, after all Of yesterday bulletins had
becn issued, and when the Waite House had
born ccs!d TOR tho night, that all that human
skill could do had beon done to dispense the
ILLUMINATION Of tho parotid gland, but without
| Cifeot. a0d that 1t COW must suppurRtc. Every
| tllcg ia unusually quiet about tho White House
| to dap, add, Though tho clerks and the people
| who ara thero every day express hopes Of the
Presidents recovery, thoy arc by 90 means as
sauguine as they haVs been. ITO cu:s;d, i'm
preston is that he will surely die
The rumor that tho Vice Pfcsidenbt has been
a9ked By he Cabinet to como to Washington
aud cot as President during the DIS bi!ity OF tho
| President is dehi.d by members of the Cabinet,
| who say tho subj lot has never DOM, UP fer con.
slderatiOn at meeting of that bjdy. Another
| rumor TO dsy is 10 the effect that tho subject Of
conveniog az Extra sNsion of The Senate for
tho purpose Of el1cting President of that body
80 as to have two lives instead of one between
government and anarchy. has boon brought to
tho consideration OF the Cabinet by MIR. Blaine,
but that tho only other mcm5tr of that body
| who agroos with him 10 fsv0riDg sab cslI is
| Mr. MaoFesgh.
Judge Llwrcnc,, 1t Complroer OF the
| Treasury, from whose decision there is no sps
p:s', decided to day that if oontrac. With tho
| Government is sold by Tho contractor to another
plr'y the contract itself is auru!lad. nod tho
| G0vcrumoot relieved of all responsibility for
| tho payment OF tho work thst may be done, for
tho roason that tho original contractor hiss not
| performed the setVios he contracted TO OF rnrm,
| aud that tho rur6ARs OF o GoVernment ON
| trGc: via alas existing law,
Senator Johnston lcl'. for hiI homo, via Rich
mond, this mlroi1g instead Of going to tho
Narrenton Springs and Stopping thsra day or
two as Vas his lnteltioo yesterday.
Mr. c W. Riggs, whose physioiars thought
ho was recovering day beiore yesterday, died
this morning His banking houss will 70 on as
usual, with his son ut It's head.
| a private letter reosiVed horo lrm Rich.
mond TO day says two hundred caacs OF small
prx are reported there and that tho scarcity OF
water there Is causing sore distress.
Now that tho Likelihood OF tho spaedy death
o! the President bcotm,s mora and moro ap-
parent, what Is to fuiI0W it is The sntisc! 0!
much speculation AID comment. 1t Was stated
nl time ago IN this ccrreSpo bdGnoe that O
p!oclEmiljn cGDrenDg tho Seuatc ia cx'rs
session hes already been written and sig led.
w 'H'hll til". Ho ~ VI Gu', tHC lHILl 'GiOE3 OOQN
scqu!rcs Of tho Presidents death VI | probsbg
be as laloxs: Vic, President Artnur will Be
sHorn 10 ut ooce, either hs1c Or iu Nav York,
most likuly hare. as ho will be telears piad for
% soon SO IL is apparent that tho Prtsid nj is
dyin3i The Senate will lhou be Convened q, occ ;,
and IS the wv political parties 10 it will b. H. d,
esoh c'ucns wiil srp?iot committee. who will
meet 10 Int scSsloO. sud. by mutual coIces
HIoDs and compromises respecting the orgauiza
l,n OF the Senate sgiuc upon az t1lal division
OF tho offices, waicd will be agreeable to both
sldce and thus alloG ;hat organization to be IF
felted Without delay. As republican Admin
lsIrailon vas elected it is highly probable that
| hs democrats wi make 20 opposition TO lilo
tl'c;ion OF a republican President of tho Senate,
who would BIO Presd mt should Mr.. Arthur
6ud his Guilcau. As this would bo tho oDIv
business for tho Senate to trs:s.o. it would
udiauro, the dead President havo an immepso
aud imposing funeral. Guiteau DO tried, but
possibly cot haoged 10 consequence of doubt
So 10 whether be or the Surgeons killed
tho President, Mrs. Garfield receive her $3.50
600, the atfelrs oil tho country 50 on as usual,
sod poor Mr.. Garfield be soon forgotten.
The PoToMAC, FREDERICKSBURG AND PIED
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