Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1866-11-17
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uGop BLESS You, SIR. COLLECTED IN one
p,ba principal hotels of this city, a teWnlghts
.;,oa were a dozen or more gentlemen
. ,mong them were officers IN blue, AMI severa
ii. .'rebels and Confederates, whohad swap.
I'D nsdtbeir suits of gray. for something more
n,t,,ed A female, whose features wan and
,;ncbed, and pale, comported well with hel
hin garments and scanty shawl, entered the
;ttine room. Above, the tobacco smoke
v,eabed rainbow about her bowed and
,sastened head, and around her, the voices OF
mon arose in ceaseless chorus. A close attend.
,nt .r at her side was small, pale boy OF SIX OF
sveu years, whose bearing and garments dis.
sosed at once the struggle between pride and
n0yerty. please, sir, T" said the woman, pre-
apting small document TO gentleman,
lead this. - The gentleman took the paper,
p,usng in the puff of his cigar and careless!y,
aTilh the air OF man who has something else
te think about, replied, SI've nothing for you,
madam" Alas for stihed charity, the man
hdn't read it! It was the story ola fahusband s
bptoism; how, Struggling up the: heights OF
Malvern Hill, struck, ard fallen, and lost In the
hattie charge and smoke, he died. and was
juried in the common graves a of thousands.
Slowly, sorroWfully and almost tearfully, the
sornau passed the round of that hairless coterle
d garrulous, noisy group Of men, met by. the
anne response, woman, / We nothing for you 2
At last, when hope despairing, shut its OUT
,treched wings, the widow approached the
sat Of gentleman whose garments betrayed
him as one who had fought and suffered tor
The great principle, now lost and buried. Calm
r. his eve ran over the document; slowly, and
gthout ostentatious show and fourished,, his
hand descended into the depths OF his pocket,
and the kind words came right up from his
Southern heart, Here take that. 1t is all l
have" It was five dollar bill /. The woman
s,toundeG, kept the cry of gratitude shut up
10 her heart but her lips, quivering, uttered
The almost incoherent words God bless you,
sir and the hotel door closed harshly, with a
dang, upon the heels of the widow and farther
less boy. .....s...,........-........, f.:t5t.
"God bless you sir!' We would not
give the worth of that expression for all the
dross Of gold that this world affords. God
bless you, sirr' We would rathee take that
than a check for one thousand dollars on the
Exchange National Bank. @sGod bless you,
irr' We hear it sounding now, and like an
auseen hand, that hlesses, unbeknown, the
blessings invoked will rest upon the head Of
that unknown man; even at the hour when
death comes, and eternity bursts upon the
Nirit-view, will be heard that Voice--"Go cd
bless you, sir '-NovoM Nryinian, = oss
RAILROAD, DIscREI1NATIoNs.- As the Leg
stature is about to assemble, the subject of
nlroad discrininations, which have been SO
Injurious to the local interests oflthe State, de
serves especial consideration. The General
Assembly should devote to it their most care
fal deIberation. The developments growing
out Of the recent railroad quarrels amazed the
whole State, and with one accord the practices
ahurtful to our domestic interests were de-
ROunced as abhorrent to every principle OF
State fsaty and justice.
The Legislature should take the matter IN
hand with determination to require these COR
porations to be fair and reasonable IN their ia
nfs and schedules and in no case to subject
the interests of Virginia to detriment by favor
ing those that are rival and beyond her bor-
iers. EAsS flg"
A project for the regulation of local and
through freights that has. the appearance OF
fairness to the public and the railroads has been
patiently considered by the Executive
Whatever be the plan, let us hope that the
legislature will put an end to the fatal dis
erlminations which have hung upon the COM
nerce and trade of Virginia like an incubus,
aod which have weighed down the energies and
obstructed the enterprise Of her, men of busi-
ness-Reh. D&patch. 3 ,z.,>.z ~, !. ~ 10 !
IHE Best JOKE OF THE SEASON. have
sset Of clever, fun loving young men in oul
TOM, says the. Sandersyille Georgian, who
never allow an opportunity of satlatlng then
ialrst for fun and frolic to pass unimproved.-- =
o9e night last week the boys made sad mis-
"a ake IN subject for fun One of the numbeI
usgulsed himself and knocked at the door OF
one q ofour most successful physicians, calico
sle doctor up and informed him that he wa:
IIpatclman ,I..s just from Macon, Georgia, anc aannc
nat his "Yife" was at the .SandersviIle
no0tei, and said he doctor, mine wife is NIFTY
s:S, her pc almost die, too make haste, doctor
s,l Iine tot, come,quick." The doctor smelec
mice, but Put on his clothes, took arcapeatel
~ .a, MS hand, walked out and told putchy tt
axe AK the front rank and lead theway. Dutches
sa 50 at a brisk tot, which soon brought then
,htoe h hotel The ight:revealed to the docto
tue tas, important fact that 'Dutchey Rozinbach
taa hst was young gent. Of our town, The doc
VI returned home the .next morning he pre-
Saied his bill to.'Dutehey' for tsffty dollar
NJ ,nvslmportant services rendered on the nlggh
mevlous. The young man plead everything
y. :. could think OF by way of cxtenuaiion,E bu
Gas Sas' the doctor was inexorable, and said, 'sSlr
S'y ss dollars will settle the matter and nothin
sooi1.e tosi : The claim being liqudated the doc
:; :. informed the young gent that his profe<