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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1858-10-28
E1,emporsu,ous EIcGu-nce.

The RIchmsnd Dispatch in 80 Interesting
article on cxlemporlneoJs claqn"nco, says:--
. Professor Dew, who once grsced William
AMI VI ,ry with bis elegant scholarship, than
whom no man was more cayaGie of judging,
saws that history has shown that the greatest
speeches canur, be cXtem9 ori zej, aod 'hat the
b 81 efforts have been tS"se most studied,
where the orator. a. has been happily said
rctincS into simplicity and Celebrates into
ease. He %ref2rs, amor. ,dcru speakers, to
Lord Critham, the most powerful orator
wu,'I England ha. ever pT Hfuced, who pre-
p!-ai himself most labUrigu-iY, and who i
-Iid t. have read i Iliey's dictionary twice
over. and even 10 have artIcGla'ed before "a
glass, to perfect himc!', u have p~recucst be-
f1re-lar! the verg folding OF hI- flame.
arolnd him like a toga, and lbe sweep OF the
cru.ch Gy when be awed his adqeFsarlos int
silence. Sheridan, tao, worked out h. rnc.-
orir-l emsr"iisTy With the creates; industry.
ant John Rudolph prepared himself vita
grs, labor. q. has been proved hY his n,te-
Tho ~ura,i1ns O. Everett are generally pCepar-
ei WITH the elaborate attention even to tho
miniature beauties Of language. which Plato
te-t we'd upon his trettIscg. Our young as
pira5,s may learn from the history Of III"
yas. thu. study ard labor are az essential 10
success in eioquence, SIS 10 any ether depart
meht Of intellectual eXertIOn."
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1858-10-28
Ecceutricities.

Mr.. Bennett A!drige, one Of the Oldest Cit
liens Of Petersburg, being eight'-1ne years
of age. died at bis residence, on Halifax street,
las: Friday. lie bad some time since pre-
pared for the even, by having his grave pre-
pared and a heavy tomb ready. The grave
was dug and lined to the top with granite,
the old nan having the singular fancy that
the devil couldn't scratch through such solid
walls. Among ether eccensrIcIt!es, be lett
among bis last injunc.ions a request that the
funeral sermon aud services over him should
be performed by Mr.. John MIniTee, q wei!
known mechanic. Mr.. VI. promised, and,
we understand, performed the service, ex-
planning the occasion Of his strange situa'
lon.--RtersGuy Va Press,
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1858-10-28

Gen. Jsmes Ashley, Congressman elect
from he tlt!h Onlo District, made a speech
al TY!edo Il lew nlgnts ago, in which he said:
Il have labOred as | ucser Iaborei before
in may life although ! am known as a
worker. Entering the coo,e-t in a District
Comprising ten counties, tue largest in the
S~'ate--and With a majority Of three hundred
against u, have successfully concluded a
canvass which believe unequallsd in point
Q? labor 10 this or any other State, making,
g. ! have inside oi sirty working days, nins-
B"'"e 7peeche-, averag AZ 10 length tro and
u h"thoITy each, and travelling 10 buggies,
cn horse back, and on foot, oeer fourteen hun
dr"t m'e@, 10 sag nothing Of trips BY rail-
T sd.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1858-10-28

TuE "DEsIRE" OF TIE PEOPLE, AND TIE DUTY
Of H PREss.-The New Icrk Tribute I'LL
ed its columns with disgusting details ct tue
late brutal prize fight, between two rutians
in New York, and gave as a reason or excuse
the following
"Cstering n the desire OF the PUBLIC,
snd'to the DUTY Of reporting the nights az
well az the han. in2s aud toe murders oil tue
community, we nave 10 largurge as lit:!e
slang-wbaDging OF vulgar az the nature ai the
subiect would adult, gwen the particulars OF
this cortes,--:he chronicle Of blood, bruises,
pluck, desperation and defeat"
To this the New York Courier & Luqu'!er
responded 10 plain terms as follows;
"The two words which we have capitalized
what business have they IN that sentence!
1t is not their place. IL is an abuse to ioTee
them there. Words have their rights. lney
are partners With ideas. Associations cNns
to them. Principles surround them. 10
put an honorable word to a base use Is a
shame, a crime. 1t makes bad conduct
worse, Just as, though piracy is wicked, 1t IS
vet more wicked TO make q Cnristisn man do
nitrate service. Catering 70 the desire OF the
PUBLIC, and to the DUTY OF reporting the
fights" So. The words Pablo aud Duty are
,esncctable words-none more so, the one en-
pressing tina. reading, thinking, substantial
element Of society, 10 town and ccnhtry,
which gives a people its distinctive mould and
character, whose opinion is what We call pub
liz oninion and whose conscience Is Whas We
call public conscience, and the other express
inc the solemn oblig .tiou, founded on eter'
nal truth and love, which man owes " nhS
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1858-10-28
The Last Sensation ia New York,

Thc Jsst ScuShiiOh ia Nc" U
Boufres Illuminated the Saith ward on Fri
day evening, 10 honor OF John M0rrisey, tie
victor in tao recent prize i -ht. In MG!ber-
ry street was displayed q banner with this
inscription I'D. K. C.--hOrrisy Victorious"
Two dead rabbits were pictured 0n the COR
mere. 4 crowd ,tronccd the streets, and
among them were many desperate cbarac-
ters armed with bowie halves and reyolvers
IL was declared by several who had been pre-
scnt At the tiIht that it vas fortunate that the
result had not been different, Tor the friends OF
MuIEi.sey so far outnum5GrCd those ot lice.
nsn, that a bloody a%tiray IN the ward would
have surely taken place. This was 90 obTi-
Gus thar Aaron Jones, one Of ileenaa's 80.
caads was fearful Of bei"G ssssss!uatei.--
~IIcenan was seen il New York ~ a nu"bar
Of acquaintance, who aver ihAtha shows &c"
marks Of PERSONAL injury. There Sn5t q sT3!
On his body, nor a scratch On has iace. lis
nose, hoee7eF, is swollen and bis lps were
severely Gu: on TIE IUSit:, but otherwise, enc
would hardly know that re had tcoG engaged
in Il fight. MarTisay is more severity Injured.
and has not yet hean able TO leave buiia.y.--
lie declares this shall be his last isnt, and
that teuCeiorin ho shall lead the lie OF Il quiet,
respectable citizen. (.,.) a correspondent .!
the New York Times says:
zone of the most amusing features OF inc
fight was the fact that tue t"0 cImbaisnis,
knights for the American Championship
we're Iri5hmen. Nothing could be more II
diculous thanto SEQ JynCs, \ full blown lag
llshman, enter the ring with q huge roi! OF
stars and stripes, while bis Irish PrincipA'
to- hois:ed the star SpaugiGd banner and died
like KIRBY, wrapped in the American tag"
All the courtesiss o. war were onserTcd.--
At the close Of the fight Morrisey Was carried
over to his fallen toe. and IN true French
styie kissed his hand IN token Of his ya!or.
Both were borne from the field 10 the sama
wagon. This morning |liCcnan lett "nlo
card" on M5rrlssey, and Mggrrssey seat IN
return a gift Of enc hunirct dollars to llCe-
nan, who, although he declined q pure pre-
scented, accepted Morri-say's gitt in token ct
amily. We COPY this, TO show to what a
disgusting extent, these thIngs are carried
or, and to excite, il possible. puoIic in.igna
ton against all concerned
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1858-10-28

The editor OF tie fredericksburg Record
or, writing from Richmond, says.--"As We
expected, an overwhelming majority OF the
Democrats. from all parts Of tic State, with
whom we have consersed since our arrival in
Richmond, regard Mr.. Letchcr's nomination
by the Democracy as absolutely certain
MIR. Montague seems to have more friends
for the Lieut.. Goycrnorsbip than any other
gentleman whose name has yet been men,
in connection with the noninstlou."
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1858-10-28

VI. Oahsncr, Of Rotterdam, -. '''"'
cord a. the fire, philosopher. Tie.
cayLs are a species VI sao";, s'.4. ~
long and 9 inches high Or deep -,
erect, the podoScapher, Prg"l.i ~.
f4ttened at the end ltyr ~p4l4L'k.
feet long. can advance, turn, ~
great swIftness 10 water ~: lrcN.'
length OF the pole. NJ. Oon-naI -
wager by ascending the knins' i''"
dam to COloone, in hI. POI -;aia''
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1858-10-28

We regret that the D,mooratic Central
Committee did not select ALEXANDRIA as the
place for holding the Democratic Convention
because We think tho members of that
body, irrespective u party, would have re-
cc;yei here q most cordial Welcome, and been
vel! accommodated. Difference Of opinion
On political questions would Tot fer a mo-
mant have repressed that Virginia hospitall-
ty which our citizens delight to exhibit.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1858-10-28

Baron Ward, the famous Yorkshire groom,
who left Eogiaud when n boy IN the pay q!
Prince Llchenstein, o! Hungry, aud became
IN rapid succession, master Of horse, Minis
ter Of Finance. acd eventually Prime Minis,
ter Of Parma, died at Nienna On the 5;b met,
Without aoy educational foundation h con-
tfissd 10 write and speak German. French
and Italian, and conducted the affairs Of
State with considerable clescrLess, it not
with remarkable s'rsightfOrwaTdness. Ba-
ron Ward was married 20 an humble person
Of Vienna. and has left four children. Pe7-
hars no man Of mciern times passed a more
varied and romantic life than Ward, the
gtOom, statesman aad friend Of soserci-ns.
from the stable DE rose to the highest ON e
Of q little kingdom, q: a period Of great Eu-
rOpean political interest, anc died 10 retire
ment, pursuing the rustic Occupation o. a
farmer, carving with him to the grave many
curious GTcanQ UHperit.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1858-10-28
The British Emp.rc IN america.

Oar readers hear ev-Iy day OF British Co.
lumbia, that is Of the possessions OF the ilui-
sons Bay Company, lying between the great
lakes aud the Pacific, and bounded North By
the Russian possessions, aud South by the
United States, but We ore confident that
the larger portion of them have never given
themselves the trouble TO ascertain how
much territory these boundaries eGGl)se.--
They will be ~aStOnlshcd, then, Il learn that
they compose al area OF two million ami n
half of square miles, beiog thirty-six times
larger than toe State Of Virginia, more than
double ss large as tie thirty-ons States OF the
Union, and quite as large as al our States
ard Territories put together. a! least one
fifth of this enormous Territory ls III Tor AK
riculturai purposes, that Is TO say, an area
seven times as large as the whole surface Of
Virginia, mountains and all. AT the Pacific
extremity of it lies the land in which dis
~coveries of gold have lately been made, and
which has already begun TO be sought ty
hosts of emigrants. a population ~ the
Pacific was all that was wanting to give I'M
mediate effect to the grand British project OF
a railroad from the western shore OF lake Su-
! per!or 10 the great ocean, for the route has
already been Surveyed-has been discovered
20 be only 100 miles long, and preaent5 the
easiest grades, through the most magnificent
eountry on tae Continent. That ali that
country will be filled up IN the shortest pos.
sI6ie space Of time, rs soon as the route shall
have been completed, cannon for q moment
be doubted. Then the line will be perfect
from the Eastern terminus to the mouth OF
the Woilaud canal, by The Weliani canal
around the Falls OF Niagara into the 81.
Lawrence, thence 10 Montreal, end from
Montreal 70 Portland, the port which, doubt
less, with some such view, has been selected
for the Great Eastern steamer. lt should not
10 omitted that British enterprise Is already
pushing ~various lines Of railroad aud water
navigation from Montreal 10 the mead Of ioko
Superior, aud that from present indicatonsr
there will soon be G continuous railway route
from that lake to Portland.
Such is tho position aud such arc the ?gos-
poets Of the British Empire in AmeTica.--
The country around the great lakes aud be-
! tween them and the Petite bids fair 10 be.
come the yrsnary 0! the world, and it Is
placed mi1wey urtween the starving millions
OF Asia, uadthei ll-ted n]i!iions Gi Europe. To
tais it must be- AIDED that the climate ia mid,
increasing in mjldacss as it approaches tho
PAcii,, until upon The shore OF that ocean ID
t degrees Of latitude, it i: no colder than 1t
is here. Il is easy to see taat, Let tnc Amer
icans and Russians have obtained what ad-
vantage they may ia China, tbe position OF
Great Bc!taia OIL this Continent ia likely 70
become most formidable, and that those ~ho
ore reckoning upon San Francisco as Tie
great entrepct CT Eastern trade, sand . fair
cnaace TO be iis-ppointei.--Rjch. wing.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1858-10-28

The Allied Powers seem to have undersak-
en- d tough job wheo they engaged to keep
tle bead Of the Sultan above water. al
ready since the Russian war, the Porte has
negotiated three foreign loans, amounting in
tho aggregate to $l31 600, 900. 1t already
owed $4,000 900 abroad, 40 that its whole
foreign debt is SlS7 100000. II is Indebted
likewise 10 it own .%u'iects $j0,0G0,OQ0.-
Total public debt $237 ,O0O,0O0. How all
this is TO be raid of, it is difficult to see,
since every yOsr the expenses OF the Govern
ment greatly exceed the Income.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1858-10-28

The ~ruGfans 10 Baltimore, who lately beat
an old nan in the Posi-oiice building there,
have been tried, found guilty, and sent to the
penitentiary. Prompt aud excellent, as lar
as i, goes but they should have been sen
fenced 70 ten wears, instead Of tWD.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1858-10-28

The fredericksburg Herald compliments
Hon. WIN. Smith ;oF bis uniform Affection
10 the sending oi public Documents to biz
constituents without distinction OF parity
ami COR his courtesy in the distribution oil
these doc ument-.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1858-10-28

We have received a copy of a pamphlet,
by j. i. W~inebtrser, entitled tho Tomb
of Washington"--giving a description OF
Mount Vernon and the birth place of Wash
ing,9n, With other interesting facts. For
sale at MIR. George Z, Tgench's book store
King street.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1858-10-28

Farney has now come out in taTo: OF a
Protective Tarif-and denies that be ever
WAS Free Trade man. lie sees which way
the wind blows in Pennsylvania.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1858-10-28

The public Dinner to Mr.. Bedingsr IS TO
be given at Charles:own, Jefferson County
on the 9th Of November.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1858-10-28

The Petersburg Press Of Tuesday last
seys:-"Private adyices from Richmond speak
very despondingly of Mr.. Clemens sltaa'io"'
His recovery is locked upon as entirely ee-
yond hope. We should be happy to nave
cause to di. credit our information, but It IL
direct and positive"
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1858-10-28

The Richmoni Wing has Oh article on the
Increasing autipathy of the professors Of Ma
homctauism all oyer tho world to the Chris
tians, which gave rise, beyond u doubt, to The
Sepoy revolt 10 India, and to all the minor
out.ages which lave since that time been per-
petrated against the Christians, in states
governed by Mahometan rulers, especially In
Syria and Turkey; and thinks that the result
will be another war between the Crescent
aud the Cross, 10 which the Turks will be
ultimately driven out Of Europe.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1858-10-28

P;ck-?oCke;s have been bnsy at the Far
in Redmond, and in the Cars carrying pas
sengcrs there. One gentleman lost a pocket
book, containing money and valuable papers.
lie vas from Louisa county.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1858-10-28

The tide has recently been very high IN
the Hudson river, doing some damage at tho
towns up the river.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1858-10-28

1OTATOES-5OO bush. prime Maine Mer-
Ger Potatoes. received and Tor sale by
oct23 NJ. ELDRlDGE, Union wharf.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1858-10-28

We copied yesterday from the New oF-
leans picayune, a paragraph to the effect
that a ship and barque, the former having
eighty and the latter forty camels, had ar
rived off the Southwest Pass. 1t was also
stated that these camels were imported by
the Federal Government. The Washington
States says that the Government has had
nothing to do with the matter. The a0i-
mails we're brought into the country entirely
through private enterprise. The importer, a
New York merchant, who has for many years
been engaged in the African coast trade, eX-
pccted that the camels would be either pur-
chased by the Government, or that they
would be contracted for as d means OF trans
purtatiou more speedy than that now IL use:
bat the Secretary OF War gave no ground
for such expectation.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1858-10-28

fellow man and his God. Now We say that
1t Is false that any such public, desires any
such catering, as the Tribune has supplied
from this place Of bsrbarity; and equally
false, nav IA thousand times more 60, that it
is the duty Of every paper thus to cater
The TTibune's "public" is an %unclean crea,
ton OF its " fancy, and the Trlbune's
duty" Is its rank lust for gain. We speak
r~lainly, but W. will DOT passively zee the
blessed machinery of language" thus V'ie!y
perverted. If the Tribune insists upon MI,
ing up its columns with seasoned details OF
all manner Of iDfamies, be il So; but IN the
name Of all that is decent and sacred, lie! II
abstain from pretending that 1t does so be-
cause public duty requires it. "Take any
shape but that"
Now all this is what the Tribune calls ga
tering to the desire of the public, and to the
duty of reporting X = r blood, bruises,
pluck, desperation, and defeat" 1t ID a
wretched business. 1t is a vile insult to the
Christian homes ofthis broad land TO pretend
that they ask for any such garbage"
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1858-10-28

r ADlE., AND CHlhDkhN
IL VESTS, by ;"
oct Is
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1858-10-28

cent. of the whole suffrage power OF the
State, failed to recOrd their votes.
The -four mile If Tramp Il Co., at Dover,
Ky, were destroyed By fire 90 Friday nigh,
together with eighteen thousand bushels OF
wheat, and eight hundred barrels OF fur
The loss is estimated at forty Thousand dol
lars, on which there are sixteen thousand
dollars insurance.
at Natchez, Miss, on the lih inst, there
were Sc cases of yellow fever under treat
men!. 4 violent thunder storm occurred
there on the l0.h. AT Mobile, on the 10Th
inst. there were eigh; yellow fever DEATHS
At Ticksturg on the 20th, there were only
four deaths, and but few Lew cases.
The failure Of he Western Bank OF Gas
cow, Scotland, has spread unparalleled ruin
throughout tina. city. Thirteen hundred
families hald investments in the concern,
which. in many cases, constituted the sole
dependence Of aged professional men, WI
dows, and orphan daughters.
The Piccolomini excitement in New York
is daily increasing. At the sale of tickets
for the fourth night, choice box seats com
mspded premiums Of so $50. There was
an immense crowd at the third performance
on Tuesday night.
Elections for members of Congress ere to
he held on the lst of November 10 louisiana;
on the q in New York, Illinois, Michigan,
and Massachusetts,; on tie i:h 10 Winconsin,
and on the 9.h 10 Delaware.
The Hon. Robert Raptoul died at Beverly,
Massachusetts, Oh Sunday last.
Mountain Democrat. [volume] (Placerville, El Dorado Co., Cal.) 1854-1860, 1858-02-13
GenGlencN6.

Oh how love quiet, patient, gentle spirit; not
one Of those stOld, incapable beings who are quiet
from sheer indifference; but who has a soul to
feel and head to appreciate And yet who can look
within and say to his impatient yearnings wait, and
to his angry passions, peace-and they are still. One
adversely can obscure. One who will love despite all
hate, and trust despite all treason. Such Is the soul
that lies beneath the eye Of God like beautiful sum-
mer sea beneath the sun Of heaven. YoulOok thro
its clear deep waters which send back each ray soft
ened and bcautlRed but unhrOken. Not like that
turbulent, ntractable SPIRIT whose OF human JOY
Is obscured by the tenpest's shrOud; Q soul over
which the angry waves OF passion roll and where
each mental creation Of beauty and loneliness IA
swept away forever.
! love not nature In her unRentle moods. We may
look upon the angry ocean with emotions Of imi-
IT, but fear 10 the greater ingredient Of the emotion
The vivid lightning quivering through your very eyes,
and the thunder pealnR and believing like
the breaking up Of myriad worlds, nay enwrup
your spirit In majestic awe, but terror and acute
Of your own litteness deprive you Of pleasure
Gentle nature only hath the spell to enchan our
thoughts and affections. The fragrant breath Of
spring, with its world Of melody the still, still sum-
mer air, freighted with q tangible consciousness OF
maturity and the ripe, full mellow autumn when the
sun comes sofened through its haEy sheen, these
have an essence pervading. dstilling through our
Hudson, where the storm-king holds undisputed
sway one half the year, must confess, have sat
by a pleasant Preside, and listened with de-
lightful emotions to the sharp.toed seet and the
feAthery footed snow, coming fast against my window
pane; and had not known that many house
was windowless, and many head hOuseless, my
pleasurabe sensations might have been perfect But
even the storm itself was gentle did not come In
ftful blasts driving and whirng, or could not have
Loved
Mountain Democrat. [volume] (Placerville, El Dorado Co., Cal.) 1854-1860, 1858-02-13
FrleIIdshlD.

Friendship - that Is a nice word-it sounds we'll
every body knows how 10 spell It, and plenty Of
people have heard talk about 1t, that don't believe
have had friend since their mothers died Don't
think, myself know much about 1t, although have
read and written sonnets innumerable to ts charms
can't see as have received much benefit from It,
derived much pleasure either.
II get sick, my friends are all sure 70 be very un-
we'll at the same time and though they are, every
one, able to 20 to the theater, attend parties
and dance all night, yet watched twentyone nights
in succession, without receiving the slightest Of
fer Of assistance from any OF those had looked up
on as my most especial friends. There were two or
three Of the least valued Of the three score and
ten, who In, inquired unostentatiousy after the
child, and kindly offered their services. Ihave since
put them number one the list OF friends, not for
the services they rendered, but on account Of the
manner In which II was done. An earnest heart will
always find an earnest tongue, and earnest manner
In q morning paper Ave years ago, by sigh mis-
take In spelling, my husband was represented as q
bankrupt. That morning walked down the fashion
able side Of broadway In my very BEST and though
met dozens OF ladies and gentlemen these
terms In speaking Of those persons. because consd
them less inappropriate than men and Women) who
had been In the habit Of calling upon my pdrIOr, and
had attended all the parties had ever given they
were invariably looking at something else; at any
rate they never saw me after they within speak
ing distance. Before the rumor was contra.
dicted, and before night every one Of them came
with their prettiest compliments TO call those calsI
never returned. suppose they were no worse than
many Of the rest only happened to meet them and
80 fl them out Yet after all this believe We were
made socable beings, and II, instead Of going to
work to choose our friends from certain class or
station, We selected from persons Of our own capaci
ties. tastes principles, interests and feelings, We
might have many devoted and loving friends and
great satisfaction from their society.