Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1858-10-21

NY, WILL Dc ncIu 1t L'OeVIy il'H, ''E WY
this morning at u O'Clock. A large numbe'
of stockholders are expected to be presen
and to all who take an interest in the affair:
Of the Company, the proceedings will. M
doubt be highly interesting.
OPENING OF THE LYCEUM HALL-LEcTURF
AND READINGS OF PROFESSOR Macleod
Professor Macleod's Lecture at the new
Hall of the Lyceum, came of on Tuesday
evening.
The lecturer opened his subject, by som
we'll timed, and happily delivered remarks,
on Elocution generally, in the course of which
be gave o summary Of tho requisites Of the
elocutionist--the prevailing faults of readers
and speakers--and some of the means which
be deemed most effective for the attainment
of those requisites, and the correction of
those faults.
lie insisted mainly on the importance,
first, Of investing the Voice with the powers
of expressing the various notifications Of
thought and feeling, clearly, forcibly and
agreeably SECONDLY, Of understanding the
exact amount and kind of meaning contain
ed in the passage that is read or recited -
Thirdly, of being exclusively occupied, at
the moment of utterance, with the thoughts
and sentiments of the authOr:-And, Fourth
ly, of Taste, to guard against extravaganza
or other improprieties in the use of the pow
ers of expression; and in enforcing these and
other points, be introduced Hamlet's advice
to the players, with excellent effect.
The lecturer then proceeded TO give vari.
Gus illustrations Of bis subject, from the
great dramatists, and from the poets and
orators Of our own and other countries. In
his just and heartfelt tribute to Clay and
Webster, he enlisted the "liveliest sympathies
OF his audience-indeed, in this part of his
discourse particularly, the native eloquencc
OF the speaker himself, burst wildly forth,
and contrasted favorably, even with the
choice quotations he was culling from the
o~rations Of these departed statesmen.
A. the proper time, also, the Professor
took occasion to dispel many false ideas pre-
vaiiiDg in the minds Of some, respecting the
study Of EIocu,ion and kindred subjects, by
young ladies; c9uc!Gding very properly, thai
the ability to read D2Hh tisie, should at least be
c!usset, fully cqual as m accomplishment, to
proficiency upou TIE Harp and Piano.
Ills delivery Of "L0chinvar" was p~egticu-
larry good, also "Gtnevra," and COlman'S
viii WaddIe," vita wLich the entertain
ment closed. NOtw lthstandiug the attrac-
tion of several Fairs, which were held on the
| same evening, the lecture was greeted by q
highly refined, enlightened, and apprecia;ive
audience. AS a speaker, MIR. Macleod's ges-
lures are natural, his manner graceful, his
delivery digniiod and pleasing, and he Was
listened to with marked attention throughout.
The now He'll was universally pronounced
a complete success--thc seats are Gomi0C;a-
ole aud admirably arraagcd,--'ho stage
handsomely ~lrascoed, carpetted and fitted out
ard The whole we'll Lighted and ventilated.
We hone to see it filed 10 o~veTfgwiag on
many occasions during the coming winter.
LAYING THE RAILS on TIE LYNCHBCRG En-
TENSION OF ORANGE AND ALEXANDRIA RAIL
%RoAD.--It will be seen from the report OF the
Chief Engineer of the Orange and Alexan-
dria Railroad, in another column, that the
rail laying on the %Lynchburg Extension
of the Orange and Alexandria Railroad
will be commenced by the lst of November
next, near Charlottesville, and that with
favorable weather it may be prosecuted,
80 as to reach the Scottsville Turnpike
by the middle of peXt Spring, and that
the rails--the work commencing simultane-
ously at the North and South ends of the
road--will be ready fox effective trensporta-
ton Of passengers and freight to and from
Lynchburg.
CoRREcrION.-The statement 10 theGazette
of yesterday, in regard to the First Presty-
terrain Gu urch, of Alexandria, taken from
the correspondent Of tho Baltimore Sun,
was intended DO doubt to be correct, and sup
posed TO be so, but vas incorrect as we are
informed, in one particular at least, which we
now put right.
That church, according to its wa Records,
was founded in the year l772, under the Pas
toral charge of the Rev. William Thorn, from
Scotland, who died in the month of August
of the next year, and was buried in the lot
on which the church now stands.
The next pastor, was the Rev. Isaac stoc-
ton Keith, who was called in March 1850,
and continued in that relation until the Fall
of 1888, when be removed to Charle5tJn,
South Carolina.
DR.. James Muir, his Immediate successor,
recently from the Island OF Bermuda, but
originally from Scotland, was called, In
March, 1889, and continued to serve until his
death, 10 the month OF August, 1920, near
81 years and a half.
The p.cscn, esteemed aud beloved iDcum-
bent, the Rev. L. Harrison, commenced his
ministry in Alexandria Immediately after bis
liccnsure. 10 the Fall Of 1916, in the first year