Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1879-01-08
LETTER FROM RFCK.ED,TD.

/ Correspondence Of the Aiexsrd!is Gazette.
RICHMOND; Va Jslrary Both hGusts
Of the Gsacr9l Assembly aGiouGarA 1T qaite IN
ealiy hour 10 day, Some bills were passed but
% measures # general inno:.accs |sre en-.
brGcsd in ttsr:.
Ger. r. l.. /. Beaie has announced himself
as candidate for the position made vacant By
tic death Ct Hon. B. B. Douglas, Col. L. ".
Br5xtou is also candidate for the position.
I. is understood that the President of TIE
Richmond, Fredericksburg and Potomac Rail
road COMPANY has expressed ais determination
to put beats on the Potomac early II toe sprlrg
dispi.e the objections OF the State proxies
The boats arc to be built With capacity OF 500
passengers.
The jolly snd iErepTessibls st. Andrew is no"
IN England, AID vii! shortly visit France
Some Of his letters have baen published 10 the
State AID Dispatch, and they are good ones.
But his private letters Gre better, and he writes
regularly TO bis old newspaper friends here.
| SOule lime ago he sent the Richmond Press
| Club lot of handsome photographs Of the
| great men CT Europe-about dozen alto
ge!ber. 10 tho whole continent Of E1rope
| there gro not as many great men az can be
| fouud 10 one State-Virginia for Instance. St.
| Andrew expressed a desire 10 bis letter that
these photographs should adorn The E=alls of
the Press Cubs sunptuous paror, and his
wish would have been carried out but fer the
! iaot that the president OF the club trfk them
home aud forgot to bring them back. The
c'u1 By resolution requested tho presideG. when
| he next wrote to the Ss1t to ask him to tell
Us something ab1ut the London papaIs. and
to dey letter was received eiTieg ful! atcr-
nation, The substance Of which is tha. there
are one hundred loosl papers 10 Lo1dcu, aad
there is yet room for another good live paper
ard al entetp,isng news bureau.
Speaker hll@n aud d.. Mcffett will it is 10.
| d4rs,ood, bo!h speak 10 the House TO morrQ9,
and favor conference with the creditors # the
State Sane cf the reaGj listers are 10 favor CT
c conference. bet they wau! The creditors 10
o2rne with tic understanding that they will get
nothing better than WGs: is held out 10 tho
Barbour bill, I: Il stated that DR.. Mofl-tt and
Speaker Allen will net 90 this far, biz! ere will.
ing to have the conference so that both s;dss
caa the batter understand each other.
| 4 gentleman cow d Loudon, fotnerls living
! il FirsiGia, WEifls 10 friend hers that the
Lcr.! Mage, OF London told him that DO 10.
lead2d 10 ia7to Cav. Holiday to the lord
Mayors Batquat," aud asked the wiitcr of
tie letter if BIZ though. lie G3vcTGcr would
couc. It's supposed that the motives oi the
Lord Mayer IN egtsndipg The Invitation we're
s;ts:cY, and that bis idea Vas 10 get tho Cover.
uor over there in order that the LoDicners
might sec Hirenisn-in fec: he waited to Gel
up circus ia q small way for thu entertainment
o. tis guess. It's aoh!o SUCCESSOR Of the in
mortal Whittirgtcn Esd the idec thar The Gov.
egncr CT Virginia would b; man ab2at eight
| feet tai! with psir Of those squint ,ycs that
beoog 20 the Dick Tarria cavaliers treble
brace CT len barrelled reyo'v;Ts, bloody ban
daoa handkerchief With which 10 smother his
r!cims heilish expression or his !acc iu
fact man 10 run away iroal maa who wouli
vii; through every siTaat 10 London AID knock
loHa people and rob tht n CT every cent; ElEl
| Tic, would borloT cr0ugh money 10 get glass
| OF beer, and shoot the lender il ne asked inc
return Ct the money G man Who would pick q
mars roeket, murder him, and then oou,lg pick
his teeth with the dead man Gnstr Ii Gov.
! Holiday GOES the frs question tie al;!sEted
L,rdoaer wii ak vii! BE-, us he going 10 Sc
,ie:i p aud e7en though they % assured that q
doubled gife rope will BE- wouad about The
pubarna:oy;ci form, aud en- r3u tr5lliced mask
b in ftoat OF the robbar vsiagc, the Q leeu Il
liaHels vii! be translated TO Calcutta, and the
stout sso!nachcd directors Of the Batk If E1g-
laud will clasp ia ecstsog the duskg 'lakoob
Khan, sud "ou and after daio" the deposits
will be received CO the slsu!!1g ba: ks OF tee
| GanScs.
| The Committed Oh Printing continued The
iTV:stigaIion ialo Tie Frazser matter to night.
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