Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1867-12-04
Z Cupid ON a Raid.
BY JOSH billings.

:; y At'.18" BY JOSH BFLLlNUS.
et f is real singular What. "a a man;killer and
wonlao killer the sod. Cupid is. for one Of His
haft.,, .o.lsiqa>g aHt j,lsaz: ~ ...E.4 ,,a
= tie is pic: ured4 OUT on paper about the slza
OF tour year.oll fat boy baby, with "a pair OF
wings about as large as boss butterfly sand ls
armed with a bow and arrows, that might pos
sibiy answer tn kill humblebees at four PAGES.
This Ii, tie fellow has baeged more game with
his wooden shntcing irons than a ii the powder
1and all the shot that has ever been built can
brag Of. ss".., s... ..,4.s .ai Is %! -:
He has in his queer innumerable arrows,
sum few ofsthcm dipped in genuine love, and
.teatherede with good sense, but most Of them
would seem too. o.triiing tew be at all dangerous
if hadn't, with my own eyes, noticed hlm at
work with them, both at male and female
game, both sitting and flying, and seen the
many dcd shots he has made.'92 ~ -" Y !
I9have! been at sum pains for the last tew
sezons tew watch hiz mahoovers, whareI have
happened tew be- ana the following reckord is
faithful history OF this. little chaps bloody
bizz t..gs.g.,..:} ~ :"
Ben Slecum,s aged 10 years, weight about!
100 pounds, and good eater, at work by the
month"; forifarmer Brown hoeing corn, recelv-
ed his death wound from garter belonging to-
Rachel Tucker, Browns hired girl, as the said
Tucker was learning tew jump the rope down
the garden. ..s.sst.,f'g. g.-;3 -! -. y
Kate, !Freeoye, youngest daughteraof [. S.
Frcelove, Esq, who could play big on the
pianny, and had studied Latin one. quarter,
was shot thru and thru by a paper of Stuarts
mixed candy S that Frank Fever sent her.
John Davis got his mutton cooked BY spit.
curl that was dangling on Angeines foreheadl
Bill Wetherby dry goods clerk, died sud.
denly by Citing in range OF one OF Roxy Mat
thew's sweetest smiles darted acrost the
counter. ;;..,..rs,
Sally Munson diseased without, a struggle.
Cause-Dick Fenton's No. Z patent leather
boots, and California solitaire. "a. :
Sam Benson, butcher, wounded with hoop
skirt, got better, then was struck plump dead
by false calf in the Bowery. ..
Lawrence Peters, aged CO., and for 80 years
consistent bachelor, lived only an hour, in
greatagony, after eating warm apple pies at
Widow Stebbins. .,..ea
Fronk Hunter, manned for life, by black
balmoral with an orange stripe IN 1t. .'j
CHINESE IDoLATRY. IA letter written on
board the United States steamer Wachusette,
at Pootoo, an island at the mouth OF the
Yangtse river, says the'is]and is considered ho-
yground hy the Chinese, who visit it annually
during the, months of January and February,
to the number Of ten or fifteen thousand. They
worship Buddba anu the Western Heavens,
and a large amount of money has been laid out
on buildings for the idols and the numerous
priests The grounds are beautifully cultlvat'
cd, and all the avenues OF approach to the
temples are lined with shade trees. The chief
idol in the main temple IS some thirty teet
high, and at least ten i'll breadth; it Is IN stt-
ing posture, with limbs crossed something after
the manner of the Turks. The idols are com
posed of plaster or something OF that nature,
and are ali1heaviIy glided. One of the Brah-
min priests who died recently had held his
right arm up for thirty years and had let his
finger nails grow until they had penetrated the
flesh. Usually there are about 800 priests on
the island but at the time Of the annual wor-
ship they number as high as 5000. The letter
adds: II, &c; mis-, G..,4.ss,e. ats " :.
Between the. main; group Of: temples and
the beach there is q beautiful spring Of water,
clear as crystal and cold as Ice. The call it the
genii's weA, and they believe if you drink CT
this water you will live a thousand years. Zach
one Of the ships crew, who visited the place,
took an extra glass to- make sure OF d goou
thousand & We found in one OF the temples
the largest bell and drum we had ever seen !;
the drum is about twelve feet IN diameter, ana
when it is struck it sounds lik e>heavy thunder.
The bell is struck hya batterlng ram slung on
one side at the proper height. Ii takes tWo
strong persons to do 1t justice, and we oid our
best to bring out the full tone, when 1t nearly
deafened us all with its heavy, deep clang
cang, ''''' ~ ~
THEVIRdIN1A AND MARYLAND SURVEY
The commissioners appointed by the two legls'
latures, Virginia and Maryland respectively,
met ia Horntowin, Va, on the 9Th ult, and
completed their preliminary arrangements ioi
the survey and boundering the line dividing the
two, States, on the Eastern Shore. The New,
town Gazette says: r,,.s /fs:4. >Iza
DR.. Field aud Colonel Kellam on the part o.
Virginia, and gWm j.. tAydelottc, esq. on the
part Of MARYLAND, were constituted SUB, com
mittee to superintend the survey OF saId line II
from the ocean to, the; Pocomoke river On the
9Th the subcommittee, with EngineerJ JohnDe
Ia Camp, of the United States Typographical
bureau at Washington, entered upon the>d
assigned them, aided by from two&to i've day
laborers as choppers, flag carriers, instrument
bearers etc, and completedsthelr inbors lev CIV
days ago. 80 - W. z -. -
From, the river to the Chincotea que bay th'
line is perfectly straight, changing the relation h
of only -four houses, two dwellings, one stor'
and a mill; distance, Il s31loo miles, ru1n'n!
N, So l5t E. From the west side OF said Day
10 the ocean also astraig Int line IS drawn, am
runs Me- t. passing through the nor or tn ,e sla
of Foby's Island, a distance ot723 loo m1es al
making the distance from river to ocean - u
0Omilesr On, the !surtbanks, oD the river an
at each pubiicroad passing from one State {
the other, stope monument VIII be esM9 erecse
with va" = carved on the south, and ''Md.