Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1867-09-04


BY RICHARD WRIGHT.
1a iWritten November 23d. 1865
fau hearty friends one night jovially met,
4. often before, their dry whistles to wet;
The,r meerchaums to color, Havannas to smoke,
And continue till midnight the song, laugh
aGI joke
Their confab was various, both 'iuIslgn and
home +
10 Europe, to Africa, to India they d roam.
ali manners and customs and ranks they
review, s- .....
and when reals wore out, would :avsa't some
thing new.
Then lkepoor weary travellers settling at home
Would stare at each other to see what would
come, .
For each knew that his nelghbor coulo tell
good tale
1f some State OF some Town" over toddy
~ ale.
Val ls was. saying this brine cosy set
proved on every occasion Hail fellows well
met"
And this time when in subject so deeply broke
Nuu1ber ONE says, / have it, let's talk Of The
To1Un. -. 9...
There a point yet unsettled--our fathers could
he er, ,---~------ :.
ing here;
Alsrandr:a-Bs1ls. .Haven-were tossed to and
fro
Like foot- balls, yet none of them wiser did grow
Now hold 'Aleuandria' s. theproper and true2
And the greatest that could be betwi1t 1 and
you;
It's name springs from our "Alerande1," | VOW,
Who owned all the ground or part. how
And this Alexandria, priulogen ituTe,
W as descended from Macedon's hero for sure,
Alexander the Great who built old Egypts
Which long held q standing OF famous renown.
And 50 it was thought that the very best thing
Could he done was to name it from Macedon's
And LII Lighthouse vs'7e got ike to 'Pha-
and many more things than Just no" can be
told. .... t... .. .....-
Vii, say what yoia viii, thus spoke up num-
"Genealogy"-stnffl quite differ from you;
contend that 'Belle Havs1 s. the true, prop
er name,
The origiaal-easily proved is the same.
'Tis we'll known, and fact. ere this town was
That the young blooming lassies then smiling
on man,
We're surprisingly lovely, and thence were
termed "Belles"
The town then began, and progressed, and the
fair t...... e IS
inha bitants showed forth beauty go rare
And SO like the "houries'' Of Mahomet' Heay' q,
That the town was by nem con christened
Belle Haven
And again, the love-motches were made up so
quick,
And the church bells rang jingling from morn
ing to night,
MARRIAGE bells truly proving the town was
named right ..s,...
What a.discord here arose -clashing arguments
As both the disputants debate would prolong !;
At i.s hammer and tongs'-to the right and
tho left, .......
Striving like two knight-errants which one
should be cleft. ....-.......
Till ND Jumps number THREE, as peacemaker
good, 4 ..'-
Crying, gentlemen, gentlemen, pray don't
draw blood; #3
But listen to me-p We third name to give.
Quite true and appropriate as sure as you live
Suspend then, I ask, names for which you have
Drop az once Alexandria and also Belle Haue1;
And adopt IN their stead name sworn to oy my
barber
name too we'll known blythe name OF
''Roque's Harbor pa t-..s
OF insult outrageous black ball him the cry
But the Chairman, who feared that q 'racas was
=. nigh, *? -!
Now claimed their attention-he had to propose
motion, decisive by ayes and by noes. 90
lis unmanly, said he, thus to fume and TO fret,
And think I can bring all these things to
rights yet;
Suppose we submerge the three names into one,
And thus we may bid al discord be. gone,
Now what do. you, think of a name we may call,
name that has ever been dear to US all, {, -,
The name of"oI TowN''-on Potomac's own
stream, aSs- ;.s5 .aL 49,.
So often ilumed by the suns brightest beam.
Andifever again a dispute should arise
'Ate1andria Belle Ha ven -"Rogue'S. Har-
tor'i to,prize, ..,.s.: '513
Let THE OLD TOWN. be welcomed with warm
=, heart and tongue, 8.
For in, n,loying''THE OLD TOWN We. cannot 60
III wrong. ~. -.gs.o y ..s...-s --;.e. Ell IS
WoMANsSUFFRAaE. The enthusiasm evoked