Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1867-08-15

u
ed at Dubuque, iowa, one evening last week,
+, about seven hundred people. All went vel
till o'clock, when one Of the richest perform
anees ever witnessed commenced. The local
naper describes it follows:
At this hour one ofthe Eerces rain storms
that ever wet the earth since the Geluge began.
IN two minutes the canvass was saturated, and
the rain poured as free y upon those inside The
tent as il did upon the stones in the street,
Cbe water rushed down the Third street cutters
in torrents, and poured upon he low ground
occupled by the circus like flood. In five
minutes there we're six inches Of water cover,
np the earth there. People thought such a
shower would spend ITSELF and waited ior II to
stop;
feet OF water on the premises Then the ia
dies present thought it best to start for home.
And such start Talk about the Black
Crook !! And tumbling This is the way
they did it, A gentleman would take Il lady
in his arms, and start TOR the door This
couple would collide with other couples
down would fair one and u stern one 90 in
the water, amidst screams of the drowning
ones, and yeS of laughter from spectators. -
The luckless fallen ones would arise, as black
with mud and water stirred in black muck
could make them And as to skirts! nobody
seemed to care whether skirts were gathered
as high as their waists, or tlrO#n over then
heads
1.-TWO ladies deliberately took off their shoes
and stockings, and gathering their garments
high started for land They waded and
stumbled towards the door, and the way the
cheers went up from the crowd was stunning;
they drowned the loud thunder. At one time
there was such mixture Of tumblc-downs in
the water that it was hard to tell who were
women and who were men, save by an occa.
sional bearded lace that appeared above the
floating calico. Nobody seemed ulad-every
body laughed until his or her sides achcd.
The circus performers added interest to the
scene. Just after the rain commenced they
appeared and began ground and lofty tumb
ling The first one landed in 4 mud puddle
and fell. With loud cheers the others followed
suit Iu less time than we are taking to tell
this the water filed the ring. But the actors
needed it not. They turned handspringS,
somersaults, made cart-wbe.ls, and walked on
their hands, or attempted to, 10 the little lake.
till their spangled tunics their flesh colored
tights aud their hands and faces were all of one
color--a dirty black. At each exercise The
crowd cheered and the performers roared.
Amid such sights as these the crowd made
their way through mud and water to the side
walks west of Iowa street, better satisfied With
their moneys worth than any circus crowd ever
was before
The PEABODY FUND-DR. SEARs.-Our
readers are aware of the interesting fact that
Mr. George Peabody, the liberal, generous
merchant prince has bestowed beneaction OF
amilion of dollars upon the poor OF the city OF
London, and that he has given even larger
sum than that to be devoted TO educational
purposes in the Southern States. The dlSpo-
ston Of this large sum has been entrusted 20
Board of Trustees, who, in the language Of
contemporary, were well qualified Tor their
responsible task by long experience, much
knowledge of men, and an undoubtcd purpose
to carry out the views Of the donor in the most
liberal manner. This Board Of Trustees ap-
pointed nr. Sears, a man OF mature years, OF
high character, and thoroughly acquainted
With all that pertains to the great cause OF
education, and practically familiar with the
working of the different systems 10 Europe
and in this country, as their agent to travel
throughout the South and prepare the way 1or
the actual disbursement of the income from
Mr. Peabody muniicent donation.
Our readers will be gratiGed to learn that
there is but little doubt that DR.. Sears will
purchase residence and locate in the town OF
Staunton = STANTON Spectator.
INDICTED. We learn from the Winchester
Times that Underwood's Grand Jury has
found indictments for perjury against } Ohm +.
Wall, esq., one of the delegates in the l,eg';2-
ture from Frederick county, and Co!:; +. w.
NJ. Holliday-the specification being that these
gentlemen took the oath that they were not
dlsfranchised The Times says that the IN.
dlctment will amount to nothing, and adds: :,
AS piece of wicked party mcanness 1t Will
cOmparo binn 1.aSOrteu 10. and