Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1868-09-19

-StaCe, WHOM uc Has SCH, lSS1lu tuo Deilih1oAo
and Ohio Railroad as the great enemy OF the
towns of our State, as it is also of every por-
ton of it. IF the schemes of this gigantic mo-
nopoly are carried out, every one OF the cities
Of Virginia will be prevented from growing to
any size We hope not-whatever may be the
efforts or plans of the 8. Il .. L. IL. That cor
poration may do great deal, but it cannot do
every thing
The Washington Chronicle says-'The Con
stitution Of the u. S. has many defects, aud
we are of opinion that the time Is rapidly APP
preaching for its revision" Hasn't it been
sufficiently revised" during the last four
years? Or, as the printers say, it is intended to
distribute the matter, and set it up over
again" from copy prepared by the present
Radical leaders?
A French gentleman named NJ. &c Grille,
whom the late King of Belgium had employed
for sixteen years as confidential diplomatic
agent, has just published volume of personal
"reminiscences in this country during the late
war, in which he says ia 1863 not foreign
diplomatist in Washipgtod believed in the sue
cess of the Union cause.
Mr.. Alexander Dunbar, veterinary surgeon,
just been employed by the War Department
to give instructions to the farriers, veterinary
surgeons, and officers Of the army, under the
joint resolution of Congress, approved as far
back as July IS, 1866 A requisition has been
made for the erection OF building ia which he
can lecture. ..-... ....
At the election of officers of the Grand Chap
ter of Royal Arch Masons, James M. Austin,
of New York, was elected General Grand High
Priest; Robert S. Burns, of South Carolina,
Deputy Grand High Priest. w. s. Gardener
of New York, was elected Grand Master Of the
knights Templar of the United States.
The Washington Republican says, "all homes t
men, whether Democrats or Republicans, now
confess since the Vermont and Maize elections
that the game is up; that Seymour has no
chance" There are very few honest men,
whether Democrats or Radicals, who would
make any such assertion.
The Richmond Dispatch says: 'Somc Of
the most distinguished professors at the Ma
tional Observatory, Washington, have taught
that the tides Of the ocean are not under lunar
infuence-among them, perhaps, though we
are not sure, Professor NJ. F. Maury."
The Masonic fraternities, Knights Templar
and Royal Arch Masons, at St. Louis, made y
PLEASURE excursion a few days ago, in a
steamboat The boat struck on snag and was
sunk, but all on board we're safely transferred
to another boat
Some Radical apers have been publishing
what they called "a dispatch" from Mr.. Val
landigham to Secretary McCulloch, in relation
to appointments to Office Mr.. v sent no such
dispatch. 1t is said it is all fabrication.
The 'Goths and Vandals' who have been
sent to Congress, as Representatives of the
Southern Reconstructed States, are said to be
dead set upon Legislative session. They are
spelling for mischief.
Business is said to be reviving in New Or
leans. we are SIdu W 'tedi w. We Will ~
see that emporium Of Southern trade once
again flourish as in other and better days.
The "Wickedest Man business and the
"Grecian Bend" business, are said to be the
greatest humbugs snow extant, IN the
moral and fashionable circles.
The New York Herald declares that Brown
low Is the real source of trouble in Tennessee. "
If he Is not the source he is at the bottom of
most of the mischief in that State.
No official statement of the result of the
Maine election has yet been published.
Mr.. A. 81. Stephens, of Georgia, is in Wash
inston, where he wi remain for few days
The health of Ex- President Pierce, we are
happy to say, continues to improve.