Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1860-10-24
MISCELLANEOUS READING.
INCIDENTS OF THE PRINCES TOUR.

INCIDENTS OF THE PRINCES TOUR
Numerous anecdotes, more or less vera
cious. connected with the tour of the Prime,
of Wales in this country, will doubtless b
circulated by the press for considerable TIM
to cGme There is one which has started or
its rounds "At Albany, on Tuesday, a
the Prince of Wales was passing in the pro
cession BY the Museum Building, some on,
pointed out to him the Benicia Boy, who wa.
standing on the steps. The bold John rails
ed his hat respectfully to the kingling, anc
Albert Edward with equal politeness, touch
ed his in return. The parties respectively
Smiled a smile, and each went on his way re
joiciug."
AtAlbany also, the Journal says:
philip Mills, an old veteran of Waterloo
one of the Guards TO whom Wellington saio
on that eyentful day Up, Guards, and a
them,' was presented to Lord Rentrew ane
his suite He showed the Prince his Water
loo medal, his certificate of honorable dis
charge from the army for extremely good
conduct, and his certificate Of ten years ser
vice in the police of London. lie also hand
ed the Prince two letters, one from the Colo
mel of the Grenadier Guards and one from
the Superintendent Of the London Police, ad-
dressed to the Governor General of Canada
They were given to Mills in 1888, and the seals
have remained unbroken till they were bro.
ken this morning by the Prince. They were
found to contain the strongest possible com
mendation of Mills. The Prince and his
suite manifested great interest IN the veter
an. Fiscount Enchenbroke and Mr.. Elliot
are themselves officers in the Guards at pres.
cnt; the former being in the same battalion
in which Mills formerly served. Gen. Bruce
took Mills address, and we trust and believe
the veteran will have cause to remember
the visit of the Prince with lifelong pleas
ure."
At Boston the Prince gave an interview to
another old soldier, Ralph Farnham, 1.-The
last surviving solder OF the battle Of Bunker
Hill"
We take the following account of his inter
view from the Boston Transcript: :.
"rhe Prince shook hands with the old We
teran, and said he was extremel y glad to see
him.
"rhe Duke of Newcastle asked Mr.. Farm
ham if he saw General Burgoyne ut the time
he surrendered? @ yes said Mr. Farnham,
and brave officer he was too But you got
the best ofhim there said the Duke. Mr..
L. said that Burgoyne's supplies were cut
off and they were in Il wretched condition.
''ln speaking to the Prince, Mr.. Farnham
said, i hear so much in praise Of the Prince
of Wales, tha; fear the people will all turn
royslists." The remark was received with
much merriment.
The interview lasted about fifteen min
utes, and was marked by the most cordial
courtesy and good feeling. ltwasa an inter-
esting event to witness an old veteran OF the
Revolution, l05 years OF age, shaking hands
with Prince whose great great great great
grandfather was on the throne OF England
ut the time he was born, aud whose great
great grandfather George Ill he contended
against during the Revolution.
"Mr. Farnham said that, in common with
al our countrymen, he desired to pay his re-
spects to the Prince, 10 show that his ami
mosites were forgotten, and he hoped never to
be revived. The Prince presented Mr. Farm
ham with bis autograph"
Upwards of -, 900 was abstracted from the
pockets of different persons who followed the
Prince of Wales TO West Point. Ladies were
the principal sufferers. One lady, residing
at Puughkcepsie, was robbed OSLO.
At the Boston bail, the Prince opened the
bali with Mrs. Mayor Lincoln. His next
partner was Mrs. Governor Banks,
Among the guests present who received
marked attention was Lady Franklin.
There we're eleven hundred double tickets
and five hundred and twenty five single tick
cts sold, the recei pts deposited amounting TO
about twenty thousand dollars. The numb
er Of invited guests present made up the whole
to two thousand
PARIs-Low TIDES SUBMARINE GARDENS
From the Paris correspondent ot the New
Orleans Plcayune, we quote as follows
The city Of Paris is making constant ex-
uerim4nts with electric light as means OF
lighting the streets. The preparations made
for building the colossal front Of the French
Comedy, have brought to light the vaulted
passage which formerly led to the PalaS Roy
a! circus. This circus was ingen!ouSly dec
GRATED with arbOrs and fountains, and 1t was
built to avoid obstrncting the circulation OF
the street, half above and half below the
surface Of the ground. The royal family
were enabled to visit it without mconvenl-
cnce By the sabterranean passage Just brought
TO light. Ii was intended for circus, but
no equestrian exercises ever took place there,
balls, festivals, dinners gaming tables, ex-
hibitions, plays were given there until 1t was
burned, the 10Th of December 1899, as some
say by the men wto rented it, to avoid pay
ing reat.
The great eq,linoctial tides are not only
extremely high ut their flood, but they are
extremely low AT their ebb, and lay bare =
great many banks and shoals which are sub
merged at other periods OF time. The recent
high food and low ebb tide at Havre was
turned to account by two gentleman. They
speak in the most enthusiastic manner OF
the magnificent submarine gardens laid
bare by the ebb They walked about vast
field Of longstalked sea-weel. rooted in the
rocks tirm as oaks on land. They found on
these sea-weeds an immense number oil beau
tiful univalve shells the snail she'll st uni-
yalyel So little known that writers on concho-
iogy do not agree what place TO assign them
in TIE mo!!usk family. The animal and veg
etable kingdoms are conionnded together IN
the submarine gardens.
The observers eye is constantly attracted
by the strangest ferns and the richest colors.
The stones are covered by incrustatlons
which give them the appearance OF masses
e ,,,n,,l of I,;uhast pnlisI In every