Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1860-06-23

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of Appleton, has been sent to Russia as
minister. These Yankee States don't give
a Democratic vote, and yet the New Eng
! land men get all the good and lucrative of:
fees low severely these Northern Demo
Gratis suffer for fighting the battles OF the
/ Constitution and for pocketing the revenue
collected from the Southern people 1t Is
nearly time for the Southern people to look
ont for themselves, and demand to he per-
mittcd to administer the Government and
| share in the spoils. The treatment that
! Southern men have received from the pre-
! sent Administration, is enough to disgust
! them with this Union. 1t * time that they
! take matters in their own hands"
IN intelligent farmer in q neighboring
county, who, We shrewdly suspect, is jolly
under an escape from joint worm and rust,
writes uS-"Well none OF us can complain
Of the Virginia newspapers this time. They
certainly have done their best to show the
~0ISt, about the crops. Let us remind him
for the present rs we'll as the past, that the
| information that all respectable newspapers
| in Virginia obtain about the crops, IS mostly
| from the farmers themselves; and they are
chiefly chargeable with any errors or misin-
| formation. And in addition, we believe that
| the accounts Of loss and damage this year,
| have not been much, if at all exaggerated.
| Boston, we are sorry to see, is miserable
| over the japanese. The barbarians refuse
to pay visit to that city, and, hence, the
| Daily Advertiser cxclaims in an agony of
grief
"They are to go home with ideas of this
country based entirely upon what they suffer
! ed at the hands of the ladies Of Washington,
| upon the bosterous familiarity of the Bal
tinore hremen, and indecent ridicule ofthe
| Philadelphia mob, and the refinement Of New
| York aldermen"
1t is too bad, certainly.
| We believe, it is the first time III the his
tory of political Conventions for nominating
President and Vice President, that the news
papers have adopted as a diSpioy line, and
sensation title, and 'aS feature in the bill
of the day." the rather remarkable heading
! to their account Of Convention proceedings,
"perso na Conflicts Of the Delegates, two AZ
| fairs of Honor, and Rough and Tumble
| Fight" Many penny we expect the New
! York Herald picked up by such a taking
| announcement"
| At recent meeting Of the Hudson River
Baptist Association, IN account,was given OF
| the arrival of Rev. Mr.. Gobe missionary,
| in Ycddo. Japan, on the 23d Of March last,
and ii vas stated that he had been received
with much kindness by the natives. Mr..
| Gohlc, whose ordination, it will he remem-
bcrcd, created much interest in the church,
where ii took place hast year, was accompa-
MED by his wife and L Young japanese.
named ,entharo, vino, it was alleged, was
the first Christian convert Of Japan.
The New York Historical Society have
purchased the Abbott Collection of Egyp-
tan .tntiQuitias' Dr. Henry Abbott had
gathered that museum nf Egyptian memen-
toes in the course Of thirty years labor,
while residing al Cairo, and it is the largest
collection known, excepting in London and
Paris. 1t has been valued AT SlUO,WD.
The Selma. Ala. issue records the death
of an old and faithful servant named King,
who belonged to DR.. Kent, of that city.
His iunaral was attended By fifteen hundred
or two thousand persons. many OF whom