Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1881-08-09
FIlG.a WASHINGTON.
sy;,eai;.! Correspondence Of the AjerG. Gazette
WasEIadroa, D. G., Aug. .. 1881.

WAsEIHGToH. D. O., Aug. ,. 1881.
The Presidents condition to day is said By !
bis physicians 10 BIO slightly improved, but ii |
is apparent CD oil sides that the prevalent opiu |
ion CONCERNING him is tina. his ohsIc,s Of re.
covery have greatly diminished during tho lsst |
few d,y,. His physcisps say that he ate solid |
food to dsy snd wrote his nsuO lcsibly. II is |
reported that he did tho latter at tie instance
Of DR.. Bliss, who asked him if it were Doors
ssry for him to sign 90 otiicla document if he
thought he could do 80, and that his answer
was demand for paper, pen and lux. and the
production OF his signature 10 his perfect
and natural style. lilo is said 10 have
lost fully ooe third Of his weight DR..
Hamilton left Yesterday. after saying there
would bo an excellent bulloii0, though
it proved to DO anything elsa than CO.
eolluet, Gnd DIR. AgoeW will loavo this sttefs
MOOD. Both. however. will return Instantly
whcu ,unmoncd. Among tho callers at tho
White ncusc to dsy was TX Vios President
| UoIfax, of Credit Mobilier notoIiety. Tho
latest bulletin gives the Presidents pulse at
l04. which is higher than it he's ever been
before OF the same limo of day. A relation OF
one of tho porsons who have eXccss to tho
| Presidents ronm, was rillostod by q sick
| friend 10 Now \ ork yesterday to sond him the
trno State of the Presidents health. lie
asked this relation what word he should send,
and tho answer was such that be did not send
any les! it should have bad effect upon his
sex friend. 1t is generally understood here
that the constant effort ca Wall street. New
York, is to bolster up stocks by favorable
reports concerning the President. but that the
prevailing Impression there as hero is that,
whilo 10 may recover, tho chances how ara
against him. 1t il reported that some Of his
physicians now say tho walls Of his abdomen
Wtr1 never penetrated by tho ball. Ii this be
50 and tho bullet wounded nothing but skin
AID fatty issurc he should have boen well long
ago. thst il it no was q healthy man and had
been reatcd properly.
MsiJr Archer, ct the Potomac Maausactur-
irg CJmpspy, has just returned from another
trip to the North, whittier he weot on business
connected with his c)mpauy. flo transacted
| that business satisfactorily 10 hinsoil and his
| company. aud SAYS tho o)mpsny's now works
ia Alexandria will soon BIZ 10 successful opera
| ;ion, aud that before Iorg car wheels and plate
lion for vessels that wall be manufactured there
| Will be superior to those made arYRhere else
| on the Continent.
A delegate to the late Virginia democratic
Convention, from N0tlalk. low 10 che city, to-
formed tho Usz,ttos ourrcsp jndent that Tho
hI,Xandila deli a ni1n to that convention took
Il Prominent aDd iufluIial Dart in tho pric,ed-
logs thereof, AID that Judge Stusrts speech
gas nru OF the Lifts OF The convention.
A g9utl,m man from lHudcuo cauuiy, Va,
who arrived htr1 this morlirg from Lecsbu,s
says II large crowd was in Leeshug yesterday,
August c,uri; that Tho democrats held their
oounty convention acd nominated Dr. Plaster,
Of SnickGrsvllle. their i: legste TO tho House Of
Delegates. and wcro addressed by Col. Henry
Ii rvy.ot; that tho MahOnitcs wUo addressed
ct dlit:rent time hy Mr.. Blair and th.t tho
republicans held thar chunV cjnvontiou 10
dominate cald date for the House Of DELE
gates. but 8 1t toto t1labb'o and quarrel. snd
hai 10 6GlourG vi hQut accomplishing TINT Object
TO 'cass :mbio at purocl!7lllo next Friday, when
/! is probable they will nominato Peter A. Fry, a
s'raigttout republican. whom. however tho
hiaho!tcs will support. He also suys thrb
H,ns" Al R'nL"r ehn Vas formerly Maho-
nltc has prnnruouud 10 favor OF the siralrnInu,s
strong ifArt will b. made to oust him from
his ptAIion % postmaster nt lI,esburg.
mr, Riggs. tie head of the we'll known bank,
Ing house., Is extremely i'll ut hla rtsldeEo, in
this CITY.
Among those most Prominently Rpok On OF al
tho probable anca7s90r OF aa'Goltc )dsico Cit.
ford is uIee Robert W. Hughes oil Virgins,
bus o. tho Judge has been supposed to be
kiody alf:otod toward tho Malone movement,
no would slaad bad chance for confirmation
even it nominated. 1t is understood, however
that since tho Maboutes have made reruli.-
ton prominent J. .nk 10 thoir platform, not
wllbstatdtog General Mahouo's assertion that
tho State dObt Was not Tho pfmary question
involved 10 tho campaign. tho Judge who was
90 original last dollar payment man, is not so
iaveraby disposed toward them us formally
CJl. Mo3hy has been grated furlough by
the present administration. Eu il is not known
whether he will acoeptit at onco or not. lie has
no vice consul, and whilo tho State department
will confirm any nomination for that pt sitson no
may make, as he has not yet forwarded Tho
namo OF his rclatiVc, young MIR. Mosby from
hJnshhurg. whom no wants appointed bio NAV
not be nblo 10 como homo for some time. A
strong effort has been made to have the Colonel
removed. but Secretary Blaine will stand ~
him.
Mr.. Mo[nn;y. the democratic candidate for
Attorney General OF Virginia, will open bis
campaign OF Fairfax q. Ii. on Mouday.
n letter has been received here from Mr. Geo.
Washington, who is DOW engineering in Meyi
CO, IN which he says that In obcdierc, TO tho
orders Ct his physician ho will have 10 leave
that country, as tho climate thereof is prtju.
dlcis to his health. His friends may. there
fore, expect to SEQ him back at 40 carly day.
MIR. Washington is the SOD CT tho Iatc Colonel
John A. Washington. Of Mt. Vernon.
MIR. Tyner still retains bis desk as First As
sistant Postmaster General, but mas no moro to
do with the conduc: of tho Pos.ofhce Dopsrt-
ment than the lowest grade clerk Therein. Ho
is snubbed in every possible way, is looked up.
on as Brady spy, and everything is done to
drive him away frcm there, except to kick him
out. But, though member Of tho Cabinet,
hc submits to all the iudignity to which ho is
now subjscsed, and has bis reoompouso in know.
log that the lougar he retains his plaos the
more service ho can render himself and the
other star route swindlers. The Virginia ap-
pontmonts 10 tho interests of Mahonism are
not made by him, but BY the chief clerk, at the
ipstauco of Postmaster General James.
Tho Secretary Of War does not see his wsy
so clear to FREQ bli]go across the Potomac as
Ex-Governor Wells, ono of the lofsoes of the
Alexandria Canal, does, aud the probability is
| that IN noncennapno tharooe ooib;nn ILL l.