Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1860-08-08
Bavard TAYLOR seems to have shaken off

ted in the box Il copy of his first work,
Views Afoot," on the fly leaf of which he
wrote This is the real foundation stone
of this edfice" lie is more just, generous
and truthful, than most of the politicians OF
the present day are. One-hali OF these lat-
Ter. when Mey build house, or get lat
( office, or obtain power or position, SHOULD
take the ,,erspape,' which gave them fame,
distinction. and fortune place it in gilt
frame. put it in the most conspicuous place
whore il could be seen, and write under 1t,
This is the source from whence derive
! under providence) all that possess upon
| earth" Railroad Companies should go
/ and do likewi>e.'
/ We find in the Richmond Enquirer the
proceedings of a Breckenridge meeting IN
Williamsburg Among the resolutions adop-
/ ted by that meeting is the following:
R.s,i..d. That we know no difference between
: 4. DOUGLAS and Lincoln, and can only see in
either an enemy 10 our State, and our liberty, ANA
! our ire>ideS.
There now These Williamsburg Brock
/ inrdge Democrats see in Doug las ''o"y an
ensny 10 our state, md orr liberty, 0"0 or
fyeyid,s. and they declare, therefore, that
they would as soon see Lincoln elected as
Douglas. What will the Doug las men in
Virginia, and throughout the South, say to
such Pronunciation of their distinguished
standard. bearer? And if the breckenridge
men who passed this resolution, think what
they Say-if they are honest men--how can
they fuse OF unite with a party whose
candidate is as bad as Lincoln?
Some Of the newspapers are now actually
having the temerity to say, that 'Cortlnas'
the famous Cortiuas--the Cortinas OF the
Rio Graudc-the Cortmas of Matamoras
and Fort Brown, and parts adjacent the
Cortinus who has figured in the newspapers
| for, at least twelve months past, II not more,
as one of the most lawless, desperate, ire
mentions fellows on the whole southwestern
frontier that this Cortinas is Il MYTHS
nubolv-thin ARA word---a southland
no mortal, or visible man at all This is too
| bad Cortinas, we must maintain, did
! exist. But he has gone out, Will not that
do: DO not utterly destroy our faith in ten
thousand reports, five thousand letters, and
five hundred newspapers, which have made
Uortinas the hurthen Of their song Tor the
years lH39-'6O.
| The American Scientific Association con-
tinues its sessions at Newport-where the
members can be just as scientific" as they
please, and, at the same time, enjoy all the
pleasures" Of a fashionable watering
place. The Swans read and discuss essays
upon scientific subjects Of every variety
Some Of the papers, we should judge from
the brief accounts, are really valuable and
interesting. There are occasional little 'dith-
cultips" --all learned" men, us we'll as all
musical" men, are somewhat irrascbie -
but the gentlemen who become indignant ut
some oversight, or fancied neglect soon sab
&iie-and, generally, things work harmoni-
ously and agreeably. Prof. Agassz is one
Of the principal members of the association.
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" mist Inc P"'''e"i 'e''pe'' 10 '0"'
around ms ears We observe 'l'at Mr. Ever
ett writes an article, on one of his leisure
days, which is published III the New York
Ledger, on Leather, Boots ana olloeS -
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