Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1881-08-02
FROM WASHINGTON,
Special Correspondence If tn: AleSa, Gasett.

Special Correspondence II tn: Aiesa, Gdsette
WASHINGTON. D. O.. Aug 2. 1881.
The Presidents condition to day as reported
oy bis physicians is better than it has been at
auy previous time sicce his wlu I'D WAS resolved.
lie IS siog upon Hinged 10 .tttoss aud this |
morning had tho props put under its upper |
helt, and SO SO! up ss it we're in bed. He ale !
anl rol.shld bis breakfast, bat WHOM it ia said |
tGat he cats, beefStctk toaat. tgga, 60, and
drip coffee, it must te u1ders God that *.
lIomtIy small quantities of these articles only
are given him. His su!id food is cut no for
| I'm. and this morning when he had taken q
p!,oe OF bsttstesk larIe than the other pitcs,
90 bis fork, he looked up q: Dr.. Bins who vas
| holding tho plato for him. snd ssked hoa much
| he sh.u!d bic off, The Doors immediate
ro5pors, WAS mot more than you can chew"
d.. AgneW Is erast etory teller. lie WAS
| lesIlog cne th!s morniog IN low tone to some
OF the other physicians utsr 40 opea widow ss
far away from the Presidents bed as it WAS
possible to get and sill be 10 tho same room,
but was greatly surprised ct the poiut where
the tltst idea OF the k 10 il became apparent
20 hear the President eau, ke. He stopped
at otc, and gIlog TO the President, said, Il
thought told you your recovery depsrded
greatly oa your remaining quiet. If you talk
or laugh again shall be compelled 10 reduce
the stimulating quality of your diet aud TO put
you for E. day or twu back upoo oat mea" Ii
there is oae thing the President despises more
than Cooking II is ont mesl, so hs replied, IF
SOUL promise Dot to mske ne return t oat
meal III give boLd not TO laugh again without
your permission. Tho discharge from bis
wound to dag is natural healthy pus, .nd i.
has at crgth been determined that it comes
from along the entire length of the track of The
bal. The location of the sec-nd ball 10 the
! back OF yellow dog that aaa 10 The depot hero
tbs moroitg the President WIS shot, but is now
10 Alexanclla. and the account of which in yrs
,eGdsy's Alexandria Gaz lite was repub ished in
| both The moruiog papers here to dsY, is the
snbjact OF much Comment aud was talked shout
10 the President s,ok room lhis morning.
| Mr.. Farnald, who has lately taken o public,
pronounced and active part in the Malone
msnt for capturing the republican couvsu
uou OF bis State. hos just written private letter
hore ststiCg ths. nc is not q Mahonite, and
that ho will DOT favor the c)sli.ioo lless it be
recommended By the convention. This shows
what manner Of man is Mr.. Fernsld, the re
| publ;oau collector OF Internal rtvsuuo for the
| DauvIlle District of Virgins.
Il was stated in Congress last winter when
!h5 bl for payiog The claims for contractors
work 10 the DISlric! Of CoIuu ba was up, that
those csmls would not amount to moro thar .
million aud quarter. The solicitor now says
they will amount TO uoarer uine millions. The
| Disttlc: book that vas lost, and about which
such fuss WAS kitk.d 10 by Mr.. Columbus
| Alexander. who thresseued to Offer reward it
II Was DOT 1ound. nss it is suppveod, baen dis-
covered. IS nothing has been heard Of it for
| some iime.
E2 M .yor Ware. OF Alexandria. who noW
hiss real estate aud loan Office 10 this city in
| formed the Gazstte's correspondent this morn
Ing that he frequently had apple tious for
| loans tr jm VfglUIs on security al good az could
| be obtaped any where. but that the man whose
money he had to lend would not let him accept
it on account Of the uncertainty of affairs thete.
| When told that his party, for the * Mayor is
q republican, was responsible for that uucOr-
tsinsy. inssmuch IS it is giving its support 10
the regulators, be replied that from what he
learned be did not beevs the republican, were
going to support Malone.
OOl. Llucolo secretary of the Dew Vapar
Fuel Manufacturing Company of Alcxspdris,
Informed the Gazette's correspondent to day
that sDe machlntr9 Tor three OF their furnaces
had arrived; that he had lust teiephOued to the
Navy Y ard for the skilled mason who ia to SUI
perinteud the erection of tho uruacas, aud that
as The FIRE brick and all the other necessary mate.
rial Was on hand be supposed the r quircd work
| would be completed ADD oppsraiiyus be clm
meDo;d within three weeks at most, and prob.
| ably wlthlo two.
Senator Johnston loft here last bi,bt for
Richmond. aud Senator Butler for the Green.
brier White Sulphur Springs.
A man named John Turner, r. sidcnt Of tie
city, was found drowned in the Potomac st the
foot OF 60 street here to dsy- 1t is Supposed
that be walked overheard last blight while
intoxicated
Treasurer Gil6liiu this morning, 10 scoord-
ance with decision Of the Comptroller Cd.
pointed Mr.. Nixon. fosucial clerk of the Sen,
ate. the agent through whom Senators sud the
employees If tho Senate could draw their pay.
1t was stated in this correspondence some
time ego that the President had become large
| tho attempt upon bis lie was made. The land
was bought for him by his agent, Mr.. j. w.
| Butke, the Alexandra banker, uro instructions
written long before he was wounded, who, as
the President was too i'll 10 attend to business,
advanced tho money. Since then MIR. Burke
has been repaid bis monty and his commission
through Riggs bank here, which shows that
the President has recovered sufficiently to at
tend to his owo business or has some ono elss
attending to it for bin. Tho sale will be con
firmcd at the DISK. term Of the Oouuty Court of
Aexsudris, and the President be given legal
title to his Virginia farm.
| PRICE CT NEGROES IN STAFFORD COUNTY,
| VIRGINIA, IN l722.-Tha original of the follow