Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1866-09-15
ALEXANDRIA.
SATURDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER Is.


IS the result Of the Maine election. 1t says:
We regard the contest between ide PreSide1:
cnd Congress az virtually tieci led by Maine. -
.t'e bow to the judgment of the people CT the
s.iighty North, and we trust that tho President
I'LL shape bis course sccordipgly.' With its
accustomed resumption, only equaIled by its
uaolushing impudcnce, it reads the President
lecture, advising him to adopt ITS policy,
which, if man were to follow, would so dis
2ort and warp his judgment that he, like the
Herald, would not know his Own mind two
days in succession. After pronuIgating its pol
icy, the Herald comes to the conclusion that
''Ecom the troubled aspect Of public affairs We
ave but little doubt that it will be necessa-
~ to elect Grant to the Presidency to save the
country" but how long it will hold to that opin-
ion remains to be seen.
Mr Peter Cooper of New York, has ''come
oct in the papers" with long letter of advice
20 President Johnson. He begius by recon-
mending charity in reference to Congress at
his time He quotes largely from Provisional
Governor, Vice President and President John
cons speeches pleads that the government be
oct guilty Of ingratitude towards the Southern
ulack race, aud that there is noh!ng to fear in
giving them justice Finally, Mr.. &. expresses
the hope that President johnson will see, be-
.ore it is too late, the terrible danger of taking
counsel with "Northern men in sympathy with
robeis' &c, &c, of like radical twade!e.
The Washington correspondent Of the New
FORK Eerald-doubtful carbohydrates that,
.;he President is reported to have said, in
speaking Of Mr. Davis, that if he was not tried
at the October term by the court in which he
hes been indicted, he should be released. AS
:: Is understood that be will not be tried st
fnat time, his release may be expected soon
atter the beginning Of October. 1t is further
exported that Mr. Davis refused to De released
o. condition Of leaving the country never to
return.
The City Council of Baltimore, Icy major
~ Of those present in one branch, dec'lucd 10
SECOND The proposition Of Mayor Chapman to
make the reception Of President Johnson and
is party municipal affair. The President
end his friends are to be welcomed BY Governor
Saann, Edward H. Webster: the collector of
re port, several Of the minority members of
nc city council, and number Of distinguished
citizens, on their arrival. The President aad
MS friends Will be the guests of Gov Swami
The Indianapolis Herald, in its account Of
the :iot in that place, says :-"Geueral Grant
said that tie first shot fired came from a second
story window on the opposite side Of the street:
iiiat the ball struck one Of the Chinese lanterns
SUSPENDED from the window OF the Presidents
room, and, entering the room, passed within
three fect Of his OWN head lie expressed the
opinion that it was deliberate attempt TO
assassinate Mr. Johnson.
4 correspondent Of the New York Herald,
s:citing iIom Lancaster Pa, ssyS:-"Icre |
q, .ieht in the centre Ct Thad Stevens dis
.r;ct--in his town--and yet 10 10 Ear: OF Penn
<yi72nja have | found the democracy more
lo)eGui CT naited than they arc in Lancaster.
The county is republican one, ana Thad
<3te:ens viii probably be reelected 10 Congress,
hvG i. 1ll be by decreased majority that will
.,,oni:in the old radical. y
TIcet CONSIDERATION has been occa$ionad In
4,c2lcs BY sudden visitation Of the cholera,
3nich III three hours struck down thirty four
0ut 0: eighty inmates to a girls school In
London the epidemic is rapidly decreasing
The returns Of deaths for the six weeks ending
September were as follows SAG, 600, 1858,
?3i, G55 and 265.
ord Derby, who has been Ia Office only two
moaths, has already had the nomination to
Socr juGg>hips, bishopric, two carriers, and
t3-c lord licutenants, while he has created six
peers, thee bsroDets, and 4 dozen priyy c1un.
Giilo:s
"a intelligent gentleman, areSident OF Geor-
2it. furnishes the information that there are at
MS sine in process Of erection in that State -
mills, Tor the manufacture Of cotton and WOODEN
Goods. some of them for calicoes.
Secretary Seward was obliged yesterday
o-eniDG, on account Of Sickness to leave the
Presidential party, and was expected to arrive
in Washington, this morning at two o'clock in
Z: srooial train.
he military at New Orleans have published
22-erely the negro soldiers who joined 10 the
30. il that city on Wednesday last. -Four OF
-AeGl were hung up by their thumbs.
The Norfolk Eirginian says: ''1t is not to
)a denied that the Asiatic cholera, as an cpl
,,a:nic, has appeared in the suburbs OF Nor
:oIis.
& man in Troy, N. Y, vacated haunted
3ousc because ghost, in the form of woman,
.!o!hed in and laid her head upon his pillow