Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1859-09-21
NO. 224.
MISCELLANEOUS READING.

In lSS II n ~ GOO nIsh ~ v
DEAru or THE Original or WALTER Sccrr's
MApGE WILDrfRE "a Scottish paper con
tains the following interesting history !
''On Sunday forenoon Intelligence was
brought to Gaashiels that an old woman ut
weak mind, well known 10 the people nt Gal
ashelS and Melrosr by various cogh"mcns-
as Rnck Bess Bet Gramsley. and Daft ResS
was lying in dying state on the road
near Ellwand Bridge. The county police,
with medical assistance, went to remove the
suffering woman, who had lain there all night;
but she yielded up her breath Just n the doc
tor approached. The body was conveyed to
tho sick house here, and afterwards inferred
in the strangers plot at Ladhope burying
ground Fifty years ago Elizabeth Graham
was the rustic beauty, pride. and tonst oi
M;lrose and it, ncighborhood. respectfully
brought up with health mantling on her
cheek. and guleless innocence in her heart.
Returning home enc evening, she WAS set
upon in the gloomy solitude OF the B".!c
barn. and there ruined. She returned home,
or rather she Immediately i"rSook the ord!-
nary haunts Of man. liaNing become u rayns
maniac. and hcnceturth she dwclt apart, lN-
ing alone among but not responsible p"r
ton Of, humanity. The outward form ct
what had once been i gay and happy grl
took up its dwelling place in a rude cave ~
the old Quarry Hill Of MelroSc. Here ST."
slept ut night in Summer and Winter, wral
ped up in blacket, save when for som"
wild and woetul weeks after the birth OF her
dead child, when she followed it 10 thc
churrh-yard and would not be driven away,
but slept among the tombstoncs to watch IL
grave. Ii was from this unfortunate wait
that Sir Walter Scott drew the character Of
Malge Wildfre, in the Heart Of Mid l.oth
an. The particulars Of the sad case were
quite well known to him, residing in the
neighborhood ; and the reader will observe
that there is striking coincidence between
the real facts rs we have briefly detailed
them and the incidents in the novel pictnr
ed by the pen Of the author OF Waycrly.'
TRUSTS IN ENGLiSp.-ln one of his ier.
lures. Mr. Emerson tells story To eX.m-
plify the stability Of things III England.
lie says that William. of Wyckham, about
the year 1850 endowed house IN the neigh
burhood Of Winchester. to provide Il measure
Of beer and sutiiciency Of bread TO cyery
one who asked it, forever, and when Mr. I'm
cTSon WIS III rnpi'iiiu Hc " ~ Nhii'oS " ~
this good mans credit, and he knocked ou
the door, preferred his request, and received
his measure of beer and quantum of bread.
though it's donor had been dead 700 years
Ter To CoNsuNpTIyEs.-Thc al, cruiser hay
ing been restored Ia health in few wcrkS, by
very simple remedy after having suffered several
years with severe LHny Affection, and that dread
disease. Consumpton,-is ANXIOUS I" make known
to hi- fellow sufferers the means oi cure. L" All
who desire il ho will send copy 81 the pr"S"rp~
ti"n used li,.c ot cLUyt,l with directions tor rr"
pairing and using the same, which they "llI hhd a
sure Cure tor tnn-Inii'"n, asthma. Bi"n'hhf'. g.
The only object Of the advertiser III sending th"
prescription isto hcncf, tho afflicted and hv hol's
every sufferer will try his remedy, i viii r'si
them nothing. and may prove blessing. Paii"'
wishing tho prescription will please addres-.
REV. EDWARD A. WILSON,
jy 2G-wsw Williamsburg, Lung Island.
~" JOHN A. FIELD begs leave 10 remind
hs friends. that he is "A candidate Tor the office "i
Sheriff or Alexandria City and County, ~ th"
next election, and respectfully solicts their vote.
He refer, To his past conduc, a. guarantee i"t
the future aug lS--e"te
Et:-A a CARD.-Expc"tins At the proper tir"n
to announce myself candidate i"r the Sh"rJ
atty Of Alexandria County, have to request thai
mn jricn'is will not commit themselves /" others.
aug l6-eu,f WM. a. HART
Et.- ~ he Voters ri hr City ond Cou",y .,
i,Iand,io:--I offer myself a candidate i"r tLn
office Of Sheriff AT the next election. and most r..
pectlully solicit your votes.
jc 3-iawte IT, l.. MONROE.