Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1881-08-01
FROM WASHINGTON,
Special Correspondence Of the Ale1a. Gazette
WASHINGTON d O. Aug | 1881

be better than it has been st any previous
time since he was wounded He sleeps sod cas-
well, and all the functions of bis body and nird
are performed naturally. He Ia ks and takes
interest 10 what is read to him. He now eats
solid fot d. and as much Of it as he wants, aud
talks about Leaving the Whit, Hou,e, fl st fer
| the Soldiers Home, where room ID beit &
dtted up for him. aud then for his proposed
trip on tho water. he iastruuent for deter
mining the site of tn, ball that wounded him
was tried upon him tn day, and Wheu the iDdl-
Gator reached a spot fv inches slow the nAvuI
and three aid talt inches to the right OF the
| middle OF the boz y 1t gsv' Whurlrg sound
Which, Its Inventor said, was positive .Vide3c
that the bullet WAS Immediately beneath il,
that is 10 tho anterior Wall of The abdomeo snd
about sn inch ard hall beneath the skin, lyirg
Embedded 10 the fatty tissues. 1t this be so, il
is more thsu probable that tho ball never per-
foratcd the walls Ct the abdomen, and. there
tore, never entered the abdominal cavity, hut
that it was def OF, d by the rib i. struck and
broke, and glanced of upon the smooth, CLASSY,
tough and elastic sheet OF tendon which forms
the inner wall of The abdomen. and upon which
the external wal, the fat and skin. lie. A blue
spot was visible for three or four W after the
wound was received ct the exact spot marked
by the iod!c.tor.
The friends Of Senator Hell arc cousi lerably
alalm?d about bis condition. Ii appears that
| be at first sought the assistance, of cancer
qusck, but, finding that he Was getting worse,
Instead Of better ulder his treatment, he pu,
| himself in charge OF the most distinguished sur
geons OF Phlladelphis, who Gu; out the c4ucer-
Gus portion OF hs tongue.
| II W,,d al 70 II Q $1,000.
pronouooed Mahoolses tron Alex sndris we're
here 10 day. and called at the Treasury Depart
ment and als) at the Government Printing o.
| fec TO soc how the Isod lay with regard to the
patronf s their party is to receive. They ooly
saw suUOtdosles, however. and, therefore,
| ddn't get much de6oite information.
The monthly statement issu at the Treas.
| uiy to day shows that reduction Of over ten
! millions was made in the National debt durin g
the month Ct July.
b. Is. TSkr. of Fairfax county, Virginia, has
received al appointment az va Gilman at the
Capitol with salary of SIS month.
Well Informed Virginia politicians now here
say that the dem ,orsts of their State will not
only elsct their State ticket next fall. but slso
| secure the Legislature By large msjority and
| consequently the Unittd States Sela:or that
| Legislature will have to elect. They say that
| Malone was elected by majority of nineteen on
joint ballot, and that fourteen opposition Sena-
tors hold over, but that reliable intelligence is to
the effect that already and without ATTY work Oh
! the part ct the demtcca,s suffioeo changes hays
been made Ia enough oOuLt!ts and dis riots 10
destroy that msjority, and give the control OF
the body to the debt paying dem ctats. They
also believe that Malone will capture the re
publican convention, but that 10 that event the
| ha II rr,ll g.. A. l.k,
| paying republicans will moro than otfslt any
detection from their ranks.
Ths Yorktown commission have made az
agreement with Mr.. Foster, sg,nt of the Clyde
line of STEAMERS at BAlGimore, to build TWO DE
Whsrves st Yorktown. end also that the mill
tary encampmeot there should b, upon The
Temple Farm. The Baltimore delep alton
wanted to make arrangements t. 7 the Lafayette
| family to como to their cltV dunug their visit,
| but nothing d,6nie could b, dono 10 that re-
spec. Thay cllled Oh Mr.. Blaine for the same
purpose, but with the same effect. The 500
rotary told them. however, that be was sorry
the Government had 90 suitable vess | 10 which
to brog over the distinguished French men, and
that in coasequeL CO, be had directed that they
be brought over 10 one Of the regular passen =
! ger steamers.
The yorktown Com mission c'cs;d its present
meeting TO day. 1t made satisfactory and
harmonious arrsngCmant with the Yorktown
| Association and determined that The cert m opies
at Yorktown ST oud comneIc, Oh the Is b OF
October, aud Got on the 6 as stated 10 some
of the morDirg papers. SO that expected visi-
tors can have the opportunity Of first Attending
the Baltimore Carnival aud tho National Fair at
Washington. The commission to day perftc ed
| its list of Invitations and made contract for q
line OF telegraph to Yorktown. While the as
Segment of Central Haze Jck to the command
OF the military to DO prescott at the celebration
is The very thing the Commission wanted, it
was made by the War Department without
their request. 1t was decided at to days meet
ing to include 10 the foreign Invitations tho
descendants Of Baron Steubeu, of Prussia, who
volunteered his Distinguished and effective
service TO the American csuse IL the ReYolu.
tionaiy war.
Great pressure is brought TO bear for the re-
inststement of somo Of the recently urssated
gentlemen of tho IGteror Department, and
without doubt some of them will again serve
their country OF their accustomed desks.
| "Absenteolsm' is at its height among the
clerks, mary of whom are see kiog tia swee.
sccuslou CT sequestered shades Those who
remain are deeply absorbed 10 discussing their
river excursions OF The past week or OF some
| oaJo ioHo"iUB, ouu u 10 ustbcE vi Ee6bODhDla
purmise that preocupied koights of tho quill
often substitute for the grave sol css of gov
ernmeot documents the moro coogenial words:
Excelsior. Arrowsmith, Plney POINT and ely
mont.
Mr.. Wiyte, u. s. Miois!er TO Germsny, has
| positively and empbatoally resigned that DO j.
| TOD. No successor has yet beeo publicly de.
| ternlned upon, but it seems 10 be an open So.
scret that should the President recover, Cover
Dor Foster, of Ohio, will b., spp ,inted to fill
tho vacaocP. Ohio people say that the Cover
nor Knows be is going to Barin whether elected
| or defeated in his present campaign for re cleo
'l2n, ard therefore he Is not as earnest aud is
not spending as much mobey 10 his effort to
| secure re election as he otherwise would.
VIRGINIA HISTORICAL SoCIETY.-IIou. al
erander E. q. Stuart has accepted the Presi-
deacy OF the Virginia Historical Society. Geo.
Mason, esq, Of Farfsx county, the great
grandson OF George Mason. The author of the
famous Virginia Bill of Rights" has rendered
TO the Society highly interesting memorial of
the eminent patriot and of tho in, m ortsl inet,n