Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1834-07-23


office Of Government Independently OF the ln-
terest which this work eXcites with reference 10
the immediate politics of our country the lhior-
nation which il comprises is OF nature 10 DC
highly convenient or useful for every citiZen,-
To men Of business it would seem 10 De lnuis-
pensable. The list Of Postmaster occupies tpo
hundred and thirty-nine pages, and OF COnfrac-
TORS twenty-three. II is curious picture alto
netber of our Republican Government ad-
ministered by Jacksonism.-Nationat Gazette.
4 Sketch of HE life of C. Eulensteim, the cele-
brated performer on the Jep'S Harps.s
Let no man despise the day of small things
There may be more mystery in jews Harp
than hand-orga Notwithstanding the relative
dimensions. Think of mans playing concer-
tos on the engine which Skinner in his Ely
moloeicon Lingue Anglice call Cythara Juda--
Drum, and says, that neither the creakng OF
hinges, nor the mewing Of cats, can be more
dissonant and harsh;"-on the instrument which
the Germans call Waultrommei," but OF which
the vernacular name is Brummeisen,- -" buzzing
iron." Nevertheless;
The performance of MIR. Euenstein on the
Jews Harp is not only great curiosity in the
musical world, but is, in itself, eminent!y beau
tiful By means of a series OF instruments,
properly tuned and adjusted, he commands a
scale of four octaves and two or three notes.
has perfect mastery over all the diatonc ana
chromatic intervals, and moduiates with the
most graceful facility and the incest accuracy
into every variety of key. By dint ofincessant
practice, he has overcome difficulty which at
first seemed insuperable: he has acquired po-
wer of stopping the vibration the instant the
spring is struck, and yet leaving it free for the
next note, so that he can perform the most ra-
pid staccalo passages with astonishing oflllan-
CIV and precision. But his greatest triumph Is
the tone which he ELECTS from his humble and
L AL inctr n
heard its dissonant twang when touched by the
rude finger of the school boy, and even ears
unmusical have turned away in aversion from
its monotonous grumbling; but in Eulensteins
hands, the tongue of iron speaks forth It's sweet
and tender notes with such delicacy ano taste,
that, at the close of some pathetic melody, the
ear drinks in the dying sound with GREATNESS
attention, and continues to listen alter the EN-
chanter has ceased.
A great variety of effect is also, produced; a
firm, though gentle note reminds us of the violin,
in that clear harmonic sound tiny bell IS
heard,-and, when a dead silence is preserved
(Which ought always to be the case) and all IS
quiet without and within, fairy strains creep
about the room in undulatng harmony, now
near now more distant, as if a moving chorus
of airy little beings, in their tenderest moou
were delighting themselves in song"
"The scene changes, and the trum2ets ounds;
the reader smiles incredulousy, the trumpet!
Jews Harp! Nevertheless, gentle reader,
the tone, though miniature likeness, does
resemble that of the trumpet, and at the head OF
Lilliputians would lead them most inspirngly to
the onslaught. The various results are enected
by the performer playing sometimes only on
one, but generally on two, and occasionally on
four instruments at time: sixteen lie before
him, and he takes them up and puts them down
with the greatest ease and without the slightest
interruption to the melody"
"There is nothing peculiar in their construc
ton; some attention may perhaps be paid to
the elasticity of the spring. and they are brought
into accurate tune by loading the extremity OF
the tongue with little sealing wax; but in 9TH
er respects they are precisely the 'Cythara Ju-
deorum' of which Skinner speaks width such
unmixed adherence"
Wesaw Yesterday counterfeit coin, purport-
ing to be twenty-five cent piece. 1t was made
of2pewter. and so well executed, that an incau-
tious person might easily be deceived. The
piece was taken in a store for merchandise
and was subsequently passed several times to
persons who received it without suspecting its
true character.--BdH. Amer
Reuenue Frauds.-The Albany Evening Jour-
nal states that sfrom a recent development in
relation TO the Sackett's Harbor Collectorship,
it appears that Truman w. Haskall, who was
emploved during the last campaign in dstribut-
ing Extra Globes and Argus, drew his pay from
the Treasury, at the rate Of So per day, as
constructive appondage 10 the Collectorship
of Sackett's Harbor."
Some of the most erreiic ofthe reformers in
England seem to feel an especial desire for dis
tinguishing themselves by extraordinary doc
trines. They have issued an address to the
trades unions, in which they hold the following
language:
"Let every mechanic from this time refuse,
under any condition, to manufacture articles
known to be for the use of the army or the po-
Hce-because it is not just or longer eXpedlent
that a few men in power should have the con-
troll Of these forces, in order to carry things
their own way. AS auxiliary to this
determinations, the building trades should in
future refuse to build or repair any more bar
racks, jaiis, prisons, or lighthouses, because A
GOOD GOVERNMENT WILL DO WITHOUT ALL SUCH PLA-
cEs OF ABoMINAToN!"
Token and atlantic Sourenir.-The engra-
wings designed for the volume of this Annual
for 1885, are nearly all finished. The greater
part of them are taken from paintings, execu-