Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1859-08-17

4 Wisconsin paper, good humoredly OBJ
jccts to the election of Gov Wise, as Presi-
dent, on the ground that his long messages
would ruin all the country editors, and Grip
pie most of the city papers. Will 1t abate
t e objection. of the Wisconsin Patriot, il It
C ,mes to know, that in case the Governor
should he the next President, he will insti-
tute Il retoJm in that matter?
The Richmond Wing publishes variety
of extracts from Democratic papers. all t"
the effect that, in M,u opinion, Gov "lseS
recent letter has ruined his prospects for the
Presdenrship, aud adds:-"We don't know
about that. The probability is that some OF
the rest of the aspirants will get caught IN
worse scrapes vet before the election. Ii
they are not, it vii! be because they har mt
another Dannrlly for correspondence
The New York Express speaks Of the pro
balr effort that will he made III twenty
years to remove the seat Of government
farther west. Railroads and Telesraphs
have taken away the on reason Tor remov-
ing the seat Of government. 1t will con
tlnue to be in Washington, rs long rs the
Union lasts
We have received the August number Of
the Southern Literary Messenger 1t con
tains, among variety ol other interesting
articles. the Grafton delivered hy MIR. Hugh
Blair GrigShy, ut William and Mary Col
lege, on the 4th of Jnly last; and MIR,
| Thompsun'S Poem read before the Colum-
ban College in June last.
The Baltimore papers Of Yesterday con
tain accounts of several arrests of rowdIes
for interfering with and a'saultIng the po-
lice officers in the discharge Of their duties;
and of III attack upon public house III the
neighborhood of the city by rowdIes, the
beating of the inmates, and the smashing
up of the furniture.
The appointment of Mr.. DImltry as Min
lister To Central America, is commended III
many quarters. Mr.. d. is scholar of high
attainmcnts and entirely converSant with
, the Spanish language. which will much Ia
ciltatc his efforts ut negotiation. We wish
him much success in the important post to
which he has been assigned.
The American Sunday School Union have
issued two more of their little books for chill
dren, handsomely bound and printed, and
written so as to attract, and interest, and I'M
prove them-The School Girls in No. Co
and Little Charley. Received and for sale
by James Entwislc x Son.
\ boy in Baltimore, on Monday, was set
upon by four large dogs, and torn and man
gIed in shocking manner. The man who
set the dogs upon the boy has been arrested
and sent to Jail. The dogs are to be de-
stroyed.
The Paris letters to the London papers
say that Louis Napoleon is getting to be
irritable tits not probable, that any of
these gossips are admitted to his presence to
know.
Robert Guild, esq, has accepted the invita-
ton of the Alumni of Columbian College, to
deliver the Grafton on the occasion of the next
annual commencement in June. 1860. Mr..
O. graduated at that Institution in ISIS.
Several serious affairs of shooting fighting.
&c., occurred in Memphis last week. The
papers there contain accounts Of these bloody
encounters.
The Washington Constitution cOntradicts
the report that our government has agreed
to abandon privatrering III time Of war-and
adds that no such concession will be made.
Willis. in one of his late letters, giving an
account of Trip on the Baltimore and OHIO
Railroad speaks in the highest terms. OF the
GlaleS Hotel Mt Oakland.
Henry Ravcnel esq. formerly President OF
the Union Bank Of Charleston, recently died
at the Virginia Springs.
The Central Railroad of Georgia, after
full experiment, has decided in favor OF
American iron for Railroad purposes.
The Police have detected and broken mp
Il gang If counicrleilerS in Indiana.
The Next Step"
We transfer to our columns an article I'M
der the above heading. from the Richmond
Wing, hearing date the 18th Of July, i'll which
the suggestion is made ~ to the proprlety %!
holding convention Of the friends of the
Opposition party OF Virginia, for the purpose
of marking out some definite plan Tor future
action. with reference t" the approaching
Presidential election.
The recommendation the Wing, that the
proposed convention shall he great IN point
of wisdom AMI conservatism, but small IN
number, is a good one, aud we take pleasure
in chrouiclng our approva! OF III" PROPOSE
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