Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1860-10-22
MISCELLANEOUS READING.

Mr.. GoUGH's ELooUEScE.-The "Loung-
or" in the last number of Harper's Weekly,
gives this estimate of John B. Cough:
''The effect produced by the famous tenn
perance orator upon his audiences is most
striking illustration of broad impression
of the purely dramatic style of oratory. 1t
is another tribute to the influence and pow
er of the drama. Mr.. Cough is not think
er--he is an actor.-His pictures of the
misery of drunkenness, in its many aspects,
are so vivid and thrilling that the spell over
the audience is that of the most emotional
actor. The effect is immediate and immense,
but it is more temporary because it has no
intellectual root.
"When Sheridan had finished his speech
in the Warren Hastings trial, and when Mon
tslembert sat down in the last days of the
last legislative Assembly of Louis Philippe,
after an attack upon the government, it was
moved that the Houses adjourn, that they
might not legslate or Judge under the sway
of strong passion. Mr.. Coughs effects are
akin TO these He sweeps all before him, ex
cept the passionless reason. That may con-
cede the justice Of his cause, but it does SO
before he begins. 1t is not affected by his fun
ny or tragical anecdotes.
Somebody told Fox of an eloquent speech
he had heard the night before: and will
tell you what he said Stop, stop exclaim-
ed Fox; if you can tell me what he said, it
was not an eloquent speech Measured by
Fox's standard, Mr.. Coughs eloquence is su-
preme-For if it were reported and read,
the wonder of those who listened and yield
ed I'd its charm would be amusing.
l..k ng, I,rcr
his hearers to sign the pledge nothing can
be more admirably suited than his extraor-
dinary style of speech. When man who
has begun to love the dram-shop sees the fin
al effect of his passion upon himself and his
family depicted with terrible power before
his eyes-forced home upon his imagination
SO that it haunts him and frightens hm-he
will not stay reason or daily, but will hurry,
to seize the pen, as if the signature of his
name had secured him against temptation
itself A man who has this power over 9TH
ers, and exerts it to their welfare and the
peace of society," is certainly human bene-
factor. Before this immense consideration
his comparative claims as an orator dlsap-
pear, and only the man whom other genera
tions will bless remains"
ASCENT or PlKE'S PEAK By Two LADIES.
A correspondent Of the Boston Traveller
gives an account Of trip he and two New
England ladies recently made to the summit
of Pixies Peak. When we remember that
Pixies Peak is 1850 feet above the sea
level: and is situated in an unbroken wilder.
ness, the feat of thesetwo ladies is remarka-
BILE. The writer account of the trip IS brief,
and as follows:
"The ascent is difficult and exhausting. as
several rugged mountains are passed over be
fore the base of Pixies Peak is reached, and
the Journey can be accomplished only on foot
We spent five days among the mountains, and
during two of them were almost entirely out
of provisions Rain fell incessantly, and for
weight hours in the cold atmosphere we
passed in drenched clothing Two members
of the party-Mrs Mark l.. Blunt from
Boston, and Miss Addie NJ Smith, from Der
ry, n. H.. were the tirst-ladies who ever set
foot upon the summit. Nothing but inyinci-
bic determination carried them through the
hardships of the journey; but though they
each lost eight pounds of flesh in less than
FIVE days, they felt amply rewarded for their
toll, for the view from the Peak is indescrl-
badly grand and impressive. 1t extends in
every direction about hundred miles. EN-
bracing every variety of scenery, and ena-
bies one TO look from the same stand point
unon four different erritories--kansas, Ne
hraska, Utah and New Mexico"
ass- A CARD TO YOUNG LADIES AND
GENTLFMEN.--Th subscriber will send ltree ct
chu,ge) to all who desire it, the Recipe and direc-
tions Tor making simple Vegetable Balm, that
will in from two to eight days, remove Pimpes,
Blotcles. Tim, Fy,chss, Sallowness, and all impu-
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as Nature intended it should be-sod, cle"r,
-n,ovM, and Ien"tyui Those desiring the Recipe,
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on or address with return POSTAGE
JAS. 7. MARSHALL.
Practical CHEMIST.
No % City Ruil6inw. y. York.