Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1881-07-29
FROM WASHINGTON,
Special Correspondence Of the Aleza. Gazette
WASHINGTON. D. C.. JulH 90 1881.

Speet0b Correspondence ~ the ALe1d. Gazette
WASHINGTON. D. G.. July 90 1881.
The Presidents condition. according to his
physicians, continues to improve, though there
is sn impression outside the White House that
the feblile exacerbstious which are n .ufes,ed
at varying intervals Indicate c1rdiiiou not So
favorable to r,c,very as is desirable. This was
one of the quietett days at the White House
experienced there sncs the President WAS
wounded, and. with the exception of The mem
bers of the Cabinet aud the newspaper c,rr.s-
pondents, there we're few or 90 callers. The
President, his vile, nod bis physicians ali say
he will get we'll, and, 10 c9pseqlsl c. OF this,
everybody else about there believes be will, and
30 they sll wesr cheerful faces, and ev,o those
who have doubted bis recovery all along LOW
ssy that, having lived ness uoutb, lis
chances TO Recover are Certainly greater than
those to die.
A meeting of the clerks and other eu ployees
Of the Capitol was held there this moraiog. at
which resolutions of respec: to tho mem0ty oil
the late Colonel Burch, Secretary Of The Senate,
Wsra passed, and o Gun uittee. consisting oil
all the Senators 10 the city, nameIy, Messrs
Pugh, Blair j Jones' Johnston and Batter, Ser
geaut at Arms Bright, Ex .cu!iVe Clerk Peyton
and Doorkeeper BsSsett, appointed TO act ss
pail besrers from the residetc, Of tue deceased
TO tho railroad depot, wheoce the remslus will
start tor Tennessee TO night. MIR. Paul Jones,
clerk 10 the Secrefsrys Office, was deputed 10
act as The etcort OF those members OF the family
OF the dccsssed Who iuteud 10 accompany the
remains home. A telegram from tho Vics
President was read, expressing his s1rruw fer
aud sympatby With tbs FREED. and relatives of
the late Secretary, AID one to the Same effect
was received from Chief Clerk Shober. Tbs Sec
retsry's death will OCCASION some iooouVenicpcs
10 eVeryb dY who drew their pay through bis of.
hoe, icasnuoh as nobody Is suthoiz ID to pBy
them. Mr.. Shober will now act as s, crstsry,
but only ty courtesy, aud will have 20 more
right to take charge of the mooey 0 the credit
OF tho Senate than any other clerk 10 The of6cs,
Mr.. II. t. Wilson, of Nav York, is the surety on
the bond OF the late Secretary, but, OF curse,
that surety ceases with the Ssoretsrg's death,
and, 80 DO Secretary can be appointed until tho
Senate meets nobody knows how money csn
DO ursw0 from the Sscrstary's Office. Should
the democrats. upon the assembling Ct The Sen.
ate, determine that that BODY must be cjm-
pleteiy organized by the election OF Sec 'elary
before 1t csn pr0csad to business, and, there.
tore. before the two new Senators from New
York cin be sworn 10, there will be another
deadlock
A called meeting of tho Yorktown Commits
sion was held this moruiog aod will oontiuus 10
session to morrow, for the purpose of c)mplet.
log arrangements about tho spptoscoing York
town Centennial. One OF the members Inform.
Cd the Gszstte's correspondent that there was
nothing 10 the report about dis grsemept be-
tween the Yorktown Conc issoo spd the York
town Association, and thst all the arrsnsomon,s
for the centennial would be estist. c:orlly com.
pleted at this meeiiog. The chief obi c: of the
present meeting Is t. devise the WAYS aod m euns
for Increasing the rum Der of wharvos at York
toVn, 50 as to be able 70 Eccommod ate the ship
ping that will assemble there at the time OF the
celebration.
MIR. + ,bert5on, the new collector of customs
at New York. is in the city to day. He called
at the Treasury Department to see about N 1t
tiers 10 connection with his Office.
Geotlemen who arrived hero to day from
Richmond ssy that the delegates appointed
there last night to the democratic State Con-
ventlon are about equally divided between
Goode and Daniel for Governor. They sIso say
that 6oode has developed unexpected strength
10 the Southwest, and that his name will prob.
ably be Introduced to the Convention by dale.
gates from that section of the State. They
also say that Mr.. James Barbour, of Culpcp n,
stands ao excellent chance of tho second or third
place on that ticket. and that from what they
see and hear Mahonism is on The wspe among
all classes of Virgniaps except the negroes. It
is the impression in Richmond, they say, that
Malone will capture the Lyncbburg Convsn-
ton. but that ia such 40 event there will either
be bolt snd straight out ticket nominated, or
else the true, conscientious aud respectable re.
psblicaos, black as we'll as white, will vote the
democratic ticket. They say also that tbs
republican Office holders who have had the
maullness to stand up for their own orgapiz,.
ton aud to oppose surrender to Malone,
kooW that the succ :ss of Malone noaus death
to them. and that therefore they will do sIl
they Gao to defeat him in the Convention, sud
falling there. will continue thoir opposition un.
til after the election.