Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1870-08-31

lege, louisville, KY have instituted onv
Beneficiary Scholarship for each CongresS q.
District in the Southern and surrounding
States. Any young man wishing to take aa'
vantage of this Bencfaction has to write to the
REPRESENTATIVE OF the Congressional District
in which he resides, or to the President or
The Medical Society of his State,o to DR.. e. S.
GaIard, Dean OF 1.-THE Faculty Of the Louisville
Medical College, Louisville, Ky. when he will
receive iul information of all that it is necessa
ry for him to do to secure one of these Scholar
ships. With proper delicacy the names Of those
who have secured the Beneficiary Scholarships
will bcknown only TO the Dean of the Faculty.
The Now York Times says: -"Nothing
could be more calculated to shake our faith
in the fitness of Franc, Tor selt-government
than the character Of the late debates in the
Corps Logislatif." Sore allowanc, must be
made for the excitement consequent upon tho
events now passing in France. But taken at
it's worst, the French Legislature will compare
favorably with the Congress Of this nation OF
late years. As disgraceful scenes have occur
rcd in the halls of f ederal legislation as those
chroniclcd from Paris, and if high words and
excited actions are calculated to shake faith in
the fitness of France for self government, the
same rule might be applied to this nation.
The Paris correspondent OF the London
Tines writes 1t seems almost beyond
doubt that the news of great battle lost
would be the signal for the Chamber of Depu-
ties to declare the throne vacant, perhaps by
unanimous vote, for there is sad detection
among many who pass for staunch adherentS.
Nobody doubts that we arc on the high road
to republic aud what after that? is the
question asked, for for past experience of o
republic 10 Franco has not inspired the bulk
OF the nation either with love for that form OF
government or with belief in its duration. I"
The action of tho last Congress Of the u $.
on matters touching the commercial interests
Of this country, or rather the failure to take
action ct all, brings to mind verse in
Coeridge's famous fragmcnt-The Devils
Thoughts" -
Down the river thore piled with wind and
tide,
4 pig with vast celebrity;
And the Devil lookd wise, as no saw how tho
while
1t cut its own throat. There quoth no with q
smile,
Goes "Englsnd's commercial prosperity"
Complaint has been made to the Post Office
Department, that Stella Martin, of Washing
ton, colorcd man. tracellipg on Post Office
business, was few days ago torcib|y removed
from Ger on a railroad in Alabama, and put
into the car appropriated TO colorcd persons.
The case is to be Investigated.
A son of Lord Campbell, late Lord Chan
cellor of England, has been arrested and con-
fined in u uaatic asylum 10 Massachusetts, he
having become insane. He has been travelling
in this country.
The Baltimore Gazette is urging upon the
Pest Master General the establishment of a
double daily mail through Virgioa, Which
would be Il great convenience, and ought to DO
done.
Un SUNDAY, The Itlgnt heV: DlSuOp w hcldu,
who recently returned from Rome, delivered a
sermon at Wheeling, West Virginia, in defense
of the dogma of infalbility.
Mountaio View, 10 Clarke county, Va,
formerly owned by the lsto Bishop Meade,
has been sold by Philip N. Meade, to Mr.
Barton OF Frederick county, for sos per acre.
Under the new Constitution of Illinois nc
further railroad "c1psolidatAns" are allowed
or can take place in that State.
Il. johnson Barbour it is said will be sup
ported by his friends as candidate for Con
gress.
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