Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1858-09-29
NO. 232.
mISCELLsNEoUs READING.
REJOlCINGS OVER THE CABLE

most amply verified We said in our pro-
phetic soul that John Bull would fare up
not niger less than we did. Wall, Stree,
il is the fact There Amt no cr0c0diles about
IT, The old coon has been going the entire
opossum. The Bri.shers, we bear are not q
whitt!e less excited and slog-doIIaglSed than
We air. Brittania has been going Of at
! balfcock, same as we did Yes, STREE. ICs
! a fact. Oar liquors genuine, true brewH!,
neat and no ways gaudy. We kinder Gale
! late as our prophecies air OF the raal grit
| There amt no small fgs about them. John
Bull, so we guaged him, is an ALFRED still
old boss; but when he does git his head, he
sparks out like a wet tiz on the tail enc OF a
/ thunderbolt.
"Wal!--About the Telegraph; here's the Ia
test fixins Of it.
"Punch TO Bunkum, greeting.
".The triumph of the Telegraph has been
one too many tor US. All Engiand has sono
crazy with delight in hearing of it. B,dIam
il choke !ul and Iianwell p'raps is chocker.
Fiftv million lunacy commissions daily is
sued. Not 30 much rs q strait waistcoat
70 be had Tor love or money. Tne wIsest men
in England have lost their wits IN conFe-
qnence. The Lord Mayor is in strict contIac.
meut at the Tower.
"'The reioicings have, Of course, been on
the widest scale Of splendor, aud regardless
of cost. Same idea Of their eAtrayag6uce
may perhaps be formed, when We state that
sixteen cities. tlncludiDg London, Liverpool,
Hockey in-the.l llole,) have been cartcd eft
entire to Canterbury Plain, and there made
4 bonfire OF at the national expense. lnero
was grand display of fireworks on the root
l.
ibIc at Paris and St. Petersburg. st. Pau!s
was filed with naptha, and the dome sentup
at midnight az an illuminated balloon, with
the Lord Mayors coach and four attaches by
way Of car to it. by permission OF the share
holders. the Laviathan was holsted u the top
of the Primrose Hill, and blown up at an al.
titude Of fifteen thousand fathoms. Pieces Ok
her were picked up on the summit of Mont
Blanc, and the sound Of the explosion woke
| three deaf men az Venice.
! The !lumina,lons, also, were on the same
extensive and expensive scale. Gas being
! laid on at the government expense, the most
extrayaglnt devices were invented to make
nse of II. In economic districts the lamp
posts merely were unscrewed, aud a light put
to the sockets; whence, on either side the
roadway, pillars of fire shot up which over
/ topped tue hOBufDcut, but III P"i'o"S' 'i'''S
prodisal, new gas works were built for the
occasion, and fresh mains were laId down TO
! keep up a supply. Perhaps the prettiest
device was that in Piccadil!y; where, Tor up
wards OF three miles on both sides OF the
! street. the gas was suffered to escape up me
! kitchen chimneys, and fountain OF brisht
/ fame gushed forth from every pot.
/ Nor was the fl.re.up limited 20 mere gas
-. ~
Tor other organs than the visual. tyr one
entire week the Aldermen Of london dincd
! fourteen times a-tay, ard consumed per man
eleven plates Of turtle at each feed. Through
! out the whole of the metropolis all the baked
potato cans were thrown open to the pubiic;
! and ell the street boys upon town were put
| for eight.and-fOrty hours on the tree list at
tho pudding shops. Every boy JACK OF them
was glutted with rs much plum duff" as ho
could eat. and then was given ball ton OF
"Ilalibut Rock" to carry homo with him.--
! A licensed ittlers' feed and temperance tea
party was held simultaneously at the Crystal
! Palace; aud the big fountains played cham
| pagDe and ginger beer alternately Iheh'e
shilling fines for drunkenness next morning
! amounted 20 the sum of sixteen millions ster-
/ ling. Every charity child in England was
entertained with buns, the buns being on
this memorable occasion only, Bath ones
A pound and half loliipops were served cut
to all of them who were under SIX, aud the
more adult had n pennyworth of brandy balls
Babies IN arms had Il Jsck.ln-.he-box gwen
them and were allowed to wheel away as
MANY gingerbread nuts as they could
put in their pcrambulators. On the same
evening the Thames was perfectly deoiorls-
ed, and being fr0zan over by Smiths patent
refrigerator, twelve thousand elephant waro
roasted whole upon tho ice; and after al! the
, Greenwich pensioners had eaten a haunch a
/ piece, eleven hundred beeleaters were tea5teJ
/ Oh the fragments.
! cat all the theatres, OF course, there we're
! gratuitous pcrfDrmauces, and AImeck's and
/ CremOrne were thrown open to the million,
! by the kind permission OF the hd'H n1bie'5e.
! The noble propcr-riOters took part IN tho l"s'
tivi,ies and made themselves conspicuous W
their cxuterant hilarty. For the amnse-
uIcnt Of the populace, several jang'ing match
cs came off at Ceremorne in which none but
pecrcsses were suffered tocompese. '-i't"a.'
rg THE NEW POST OFFICE viii be
opened Oh the Isl proxirno. To Civ" the great.
, e.i satisfaction, the same numbers vii be fes"r-
we'd and appointed 10 Box Holders ~ tor Ne"
Office they now occupy, unless otherwise direc.
/ ted Those wishing boxes or Charges, VIII
please give immediate notice.
To prevent confusion and trouble in the col
lection pi postage, parties unless mrmb"fs oi
firms and 'helr attaches Will not be allowed ~
us. he same box. lIIvate Lock Boxes can be
nal al s per quarter.
EY- The und-r.Igned respectfully offer. nun.