Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1881-08-16
From RASHING7ON.
Special Correspondence At IT,. Alerc. Gasstt
WLgUINGToA. d O.. Aug. l6, 1881.

Special Correspondence of til. Alerc. Gasstt,
WAgUIsGToN. D. c.. Aug. l6. 1881.
Even the Presidents phy.cisns sgree to-day
Iia! bis condition is c,lic aud that unless Q
SPEEDY Improvement becomes manifest his
chstc:s Of Iec;v ~ axe by DO uc.ps favorable.
Tie passed an uncomfortable oieh; be Gao re.
taia nothin., / OF tVcn milk ard imc water. 90
his stomach. hi, pulls, at nonu to-day Was ia
minute. and, worst OF al. lis temperature was
orig IS 5. two points below tho normal stsrd.
ard. which it'd Gates the approach OF c,i.pse,
after wh:ci there is 20 bCpe. His vito. Tor
the first time has exhibited 81 ns Of horclaesaess
and tho opiriou at the White House hss q: last
assmiiRttd tia, Yhish prevails on side the lin
Its OF the rrounds OF tho house, which is to tho
effect that tho President is approaching his
end. While all believe this now. bu: lev ljoE
Tor his immediate 0i.slluli00. that is wlhin the
next twenty-tour hours, though Should Tho
c0ltarso. tho approach 10 which ia indicated y
tho fall il The temperature of his boly, oomr
90, his death may occur at aby momant. Why
he should Gle, 1t tho bail DeVer pia.col the
walls OF bis abdomen. add it bis physical clu-
stltulioD be uotsinted, Ii what no surgeon whs
has Dot been permitted to sec him Gao .cl', bnt
that he will do nnd tina! speedily IS the general
belief. Certainty RcuCd Of tho skin and latty
tissue mado by pistol ball in h0allhy RAD
is not necessarily fatal. bu; the scratch OF pin
10 man subjected to six weeks o,rfnoment
and low iare. md dosed for that Ieogth Of tins
with morphine, quloioe, rum, wine AID brandy,
With the scratch Kept 10 constant state of irri-
tstion by clrboc acid and Other aatiscptics,
aud enlarged and extorded every now and then
by 0og and deep incisions would BIO an iniury
from whloh but Tow could recover.
There Was another called meeting OF The
Yorktown Commission. hold here IN day, at
which there Wero present Senator johnston,
Mr.. Goadc COL Crsiehil aud Col. perr5, oi
Gen. Hsnocck's staff. The special object of
the meeting wss to devise ways aud means for
raising moro money. % the building of the
wharVes at Yorktown neoessitasts 40 oYponso
not contemplated By the Commission untiI ros
Gently, and altogether uuprovided for.
Mesr5. Cameron aHd Blair. the Malone
candidates for Governor and ATTORNEY General,
and Dir. Riddleberger, their defeated csndiie:o
for Sergeant at Arms Of the U. s. Senate, are
10 the city to dey. Gel. Cameron locks tired
warp. and will return to Petersburg at ouo
Mr.. Blair will 20 TO Stafford 9. II and Mr.,
Rlddleberger Will join Gen. Mahoue in Aleyau.
dra to morrow, and 20 with him next day TO
Fairfax q. II.
The annual n Getting OF the SCENTS of the rail.
way mail service is in progress at tho PoslotIcs
Department. The agents OF tho railroads were
invited to mee! with lh(nI, but only two accesi.
cd the invitation. The principal object OF tbe
meeting is to devise. if possible, an improved
plan for heating mail cars IS tho department
lost six lives and much property by burning cars
last year.
The Washington ferry boat City of Washing.
ton - SILL lying At her wharf here awaiting the
cerulicate Of the inspectors. Sho was inspected
while Of the Alexandria ship yard by commits
sion composed Of Messrs. Woodsll and Skinner,
OF Baltimore and Berry, of Alexandria, prscti.
csl shipbulders, and pronounced perfectly safe
for two months longer.
The recent conviction and imprisonment OF
young Hnmbleton has 60 scared The three card
monte men that they have changed tn. site Of
their operations from Arlington to the country
ncross the Eastern branch.
The returns to the Department OF Agriculture
OF August LIST show decrease in tho condition
OF cotton SILICA the returns o. July. The average
condition ls GO on the first of this month, against
10 July lst AS compared with last wear the
condition IL reported IA per cent less than a. the
same date then. Drought is universally com.
planned OF AND is tho cause OF the DECLINE, mar
ticulsrly in Suu;h Carolina and Texas The
plant Is generally reported small and much
shedding of boll5. Insect in ufies are not rs.
ported to Any great extent.