The Columbia Democrat. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1837-1850, 1847-02-13
~ WEBB, EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR.
M ooMsRrRC COLUMBIA SATURDAY, FEBRUARY

specimens Of martial elegance in his maIes
I,y's service.--ia fact the mest superb look
Ing fellows ever landed spon the shores o
1.-The new world
Il wager yourExcellency pair OF gloves
said a Mrs. Morris, an American lady, rha
will show you finer man in the plo'
cession Tomorrow, than your ExceIlency
can select from your famous regiments
Done, madam.' replied the Governor.
The morrow came, the 4'h Of )une,,
and the procession in honor Of the birth day
Of the King, advanced through Broadway
TO The strains OF military music.
As the troops defIed before the Govern.
or he pointed ouI TO the lady several off
GERS by name claiming her admiration io
their superior persons and brilliant equip
ments. Ia rear Of the troops came banC
| Of officers not on duty, Colonial officers o
distinction. Immediately on their approach
the attention. Of the Governor was 10 be
seen directed towards tall and martial fig
lure, that srchsd with grave and measured
tread, apparently indifferent 10 'he scene
around him. The lady now arcbly OBJ
served:
Il perceive your Excelleney's eyes are
directed towards the right object. Wha'
say you TO your wager now, sir'
Lost, madam replied The gallant Gov
When laid my wager. was no, aware
that Col. Washington was iu New York
TO Gu .siion lha! we have been asked
q thousand and one times, viz, 10 wha. indI-
vidusb known 10 any Who are yet living
did lhs person oil Washington bear The near
eel resemblance! we answer 10 Ralph J.
Izard, Sena'or from South Carolna, in ,he
iist Congress under the Constitution. TIE
form of lizard was cast in Nslure's manllS
est mould, while his air and manner were
both digoiGed and imposing. He sCquil'
led great distinction while pursuing his
studies in England, for his remarkable
lprowess in the athletic exercises Of that dis.
amt period.
An officer in the Lifo Gnard has often
been head 10 observe, that The Commander
| lin-Chef was thought 10 be the slVonges,
nan 10 his army, and ye, what .hews anC
-news were 10 be found in The Revolution
In 1871. a company of rihemen fiom Iht
county of Augusta, in Virginia reinforced ,h'
troops Of La FayeIts. As the slalwar
band of moun,ainsers de6Ied before tht
Gsnersl, The asIonshed & sdmiring French
man exclaimed
Mon Dieul who, people are these A
,nelicsrs; they have reinforced me with I
band Of gianI,'
| Washing,cn's great physicsl powers wer,
,in his limbs they wers long, large and sin
envy. His frame was Of equal breadth from
the shoulder 10 The hips. His chest ihou.l
broad and expansive, was not prominent
lou, rather followed in the centre, lie hat
suffered from pulmonary affection in earl,
I(e, from which he never entirely recovered
His frame showed sn extraordinary deveI
linen. OF bone & muscle;his joints were lsrg
las were his feet; and could cast have be
preserved Of his hand, to be exhibited il
these degenerate days, i. would be said +
have belonged 10 being Of the lsbulou
lsse. During the last visit Of LAFAYETTE /
Mount Vernon, among many aud interesln
lreisions Of events that occurred IN ode
Idsys, he asid 10 lhe writer was IN ihl
poriico thai you wers Introduced 10 me i
1854; you were than holding by a singI
eldnger the good Generals remarkable hsnt
s which was all Mat you could do, my dee
" sir, a, that inns.
: In the various exhibitions OF Washing
= TONS greet physical prowess ,key were sp
Ipsrently attended by scarcely sOy effof
II When he oveuhtew tSe strong man Of Vi
. ginia in wrestling. while many Of tbs fne
Q OF The young athlete OF The times we're Ell
h gsged ir ,be manly games, Washington hs
" retired 10 the shade Of tree, intent upo
: The perussl OF lsvorts volume; snd it WI
d only when The champion Of The gam,
J. strobe through the ring calling for nobI
compClilors, snd tsun,ng The student wi
il The rspIoach that it was .he fear Of encon
a leriDs so redoubIed sn antagonist that ks
a him from the ring, that Washington clos,
,-Ihis book, and, without diyestinp himself