The Local news. [volume] (Alexandria, Va.) 1861-1862, 1861-11-16
TE5E; LOCAL NEWS,

table. alwayswsaw, when hs was present,
that the guests were Loudifully supplied.
He. lad vivid "reminiscs nbes" sSof peach
brandy from Aceomac, andSrsachsdsthe eli
Emax Of his glory, in quietiy gst6ng ready
for himself and his friend, - 'rais puncii. -
Where is there such another bar keeper left,
Hall was very amiable. courteous to. all,
and especially kind to Young people. Hence
he was great favorite. He scarcely ever
LETT the hotel, except,to go over to market
and always had something to tell IF what
he had seen and heard during bis half hours
absence FROM his post. There was spice uf
humor, too, about him. What's the play,
tonight said a traveller stopping at the
hotel, one evening as the boy ran over to
the hotel with the theatre bills fresh and
damp, from the old Gazette Office, at the coz.
ner of King and Royal streets. The ques-
tion was rather pompously put. Hall,
glancing at the bill, with imperturbable
gravity replied-'I see, sir, it is "Nenison
preserved. or the Pot uncovered" This was
new rendering of the title Of Otway's cele-
brated drama-"Venioe preserved, or the
Plot discovered !" The gentleman who
asked the question, it is said, was satisfied
with the answer!
But the old. man, with his foibles, his vr-
tues. his unpretending merit, is gone! |
was not here to pay the tribute of my respect
to this old acquaintance. by following his re-
mains to the grave-but have gladly taken
this opportunity to callup, to the older citi-
Gems of Alexandria, the recollection of a
very humble, but very honest and faithful
man. #,H. ##44{
find that the Presbyterian burial ground,
and those belonging to the r oman Catholic
Church, Christ Church, St. Pauls Church.
the NJ E. Church, the M. E Church South.
1.-THE latter a new one. the Methodist Pro-
testant Church, and the Friends. &C.. are
all well enclosed, and tolerably well attend
ed to but there is still much room for more
care and attention. These Gods acres"
which were used in my time are dotted all
over with marble slabs containing the names
'f those whom | once most valued. and
whose memory still cherish. | feel, when
am passing through these grounds. that |
I'M once more in the company OF the loved
IND lest" OF my early days!--and | pause,
1t their tombs, and think over the hapnv
hours and days that we have spent together.
used to wonder why people had any dis
position VI wish to come among the graves
md "hold, as it were, converse with the
lead" l do not wonder any longer
know that we should always renew our
as former ones are removed from
Is, and keep alive in our hearts the active
ympathies Of our nature with those who
ome upon the theatre of action, to take tho
'lace OF those upon whom the curtain has
allen. But, oh ! the old friends! the old
riends Oh the friends Of my youth, the
companions of my boyhood. the sharers Of
ny early sports. and joys--the participators
n my griefs and sorrows--those who cheer
d ME On, and babe me God speed, when |
rst started on the career Of Northumberland
'ho prayed for my success in life, without
envy, hatred, Malice, or uncharitablenessp'
iere they are; on my right hand and on nv
cit; before me and behind me; the green
lrf covering their once warm hearts, and
oldlng down their once willing and ready
ands. Busy memory calls before me their {
cry forms and features. | see them, az it
ere, as they once looked and talked--as we ,
ere won't to greet each orher~-and some i
mes, to PROMISE ourselves what we would
0, when we were old men, and 'dandlea .
1r grand children On our knees" They :
g here-and l remain, a veteran, as some ! !
mes think "snperhuously tagging on the I
age" Well, in little time, it will be nv
i'm, aud some friendly hand may plant !.
over upon my tomb in one of the Alexau- :.
ria burial grounds, and give his reminrs ;,
'nces OF the odd Bachelor"
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Low I1DE.-The heavy wind now preyail- il
y has not been without effect upon the Pc. g
mac river, already the tide is unusually "
W; shoals ut ordinary low tide covered
18th water being now exposed to the sun. c.
he cuves IN the suburbs are nearly clear ,f "