Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1868-01-27

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- Resolution Of william Writ.
80 The distinguished William Writ, addicsed
= Is habits Of intemperance, left the county
s . where he resided, and removed to Richmond
But his habits hung about him and occasional
~ he was found with jolly, frolicsome spirits IN:
! Bacchanalian revelry. !. His true friends ex pos
- ,uIsted with him to convince him of the injury
he was doing himself But he still persisted
ss His practice began to fall off, and many looked
on him as on the sure road to ruin. lie Was
advised to get married with view to correct.
3tG his habits This be consented to do, If the
q right person offered He accordingly paid his
Addresses to- Miss Gamble. ~ After some.
gslnouths' attention, he easked her hand in mar
sragess She renlied:; So, 2,y5 e, 25t'' ~ nu
'sMr. Writ, I have been well aware OF your
s intentions for some time back, and should have
~ given you to understand that your visits and
Intentions were not acceptable, had L. not re
eiprocated the affections which you evinced to-
8. wardsme. But L cannot yield my assent until
you make me a pledge never to taste or handle
intoxicating drinks. - ,va ggv
i. This reply to Writ was as unexpected as it
s was novel; His reply was that he regarded
that proposition as a bar to all further consider
alton of the. subject and he LETT her., Her
course towards him was the same as ever, not
IS Withstanding his resentment and great neglect
rSs Insthe course of a lew weeks, he went again
~ ss nd solicited her hand. But her reply was
that her mind was made up. 3 He became in
diena,o ut and regardedthe terms she proposed as.
,ssiasulting sstolthis honor, and avowed that it
shonld be the last meeting that they should
ever have. He took to drinking worse and
- worse. and Sc emed to run headlong to ruin.
One day, while lying on the outskirts Of the
= sc;tu. near little grocery or gr0g shop, drunk,
a young lady whom it Is not necessary to name
was passing that way to her house not far oft,
onJ heheld him with his face upward to the
scorching sun. = y She took. her handkerchief,
With her name marked upon 1t and placed 1t
q, over his face. !. 4 - -.
e. = After he had remained in that way forsome
hours, he was awakened, and his thirst being SO
y great, that he went into the little grocery and
erog shop to get a drink Whon he discovered
The handkerchief, at which he looked and the
80 IaI name that Was on it,, After pausing he ex-
;. claimed: Great God !aewho lett this with
- me D. Who placed this on my face ?'' a..# %~-
No one knew. He dropped the glass ex:
. claiming - '.>3 ~ go. 49,. - .4f.,.
'a5 alEnongh!a Enough !,''; . .,...5 sss s55 @
:, $50. S. He retired from the store, forgetting his
- thirst but not his debauch, the handkerchief
or the lady, vowing, that it God gave him
strength, never to touch, taste or handle any
Intoxicating drinks. '9IS u 9 'o'& o.
ITO meet Miss Gamble was the hardest effort
of life. IF he met her in her carriage, or on
foot, he generally popped around thosnearest
corner. 6 . & q :. :, ,r.,.IsSccr": r.
xs, She last addressed him note under her.
own hand, inviting him to her house, which he
finally gathered courage enough to accept =,
she tod her that if she still bore affection to
him he would agree TO her own, terms. II Iler
reply was: azEt:2 a%! +
Re 'My.conditions arc the same now that they.
ever have, ,been."G ~ , LIZ : Z! ~ : = /
1ao sThen,' said Writ t.I accept them -, y q
aas They soon married !; from that day he. kept
his. word, and his affairs frightened, while
"a honor and glory gathered thick and last upon,
81 his brow. .sgys1eEE ;,s@ Aq5anlslasEs aa4 s@ ).
Hills name. has been enrolled high in the tenn,
szples of fame, while his patriotism and renown
live after him with impetishable lustre.xsf;s,
70 PEABODY FUND.-The New York Times
sssaysl::sz sls;We are glad to hear from several
parts of the Southern States good accounts Of
the way in which the great Peabody fund is
htbeing managed. --Dr. Sears, Che general agent,
is visiting all the Southern States, studying
the best way of advancing the cause of Popular
education by the use of the fund, and explain
ling to the professors, teachers and people the
= purpose he has in view, and the means by
,vhich it is to: be accomplished The fund
though large, is too small to establish schools
in ali parts Of the South, and will, therefore,
be usea for aiding and encouraging local organ
izations. The board of trustees propose that
wherever Il .e citizens of any town or city sub
scribe four til ousand dollars for the purpose. OF
free schools, they will subscribe one thousand
dollars, or any, OF her sum. inEthe same propolr,
-.ion. By this means the Peabody fund will
sbe acontinual resource for the encouragement
Of local efforts lss As "a further means OF rem
deriugS the common schools etlclent ,especlal
encouragement and liberal aid Will be gwen 10
normal schools ineach State. aat a. -
DEER HUNT1Na.-W observe notices II
many Of our exchanges Of the number, OF deer
killed in Virginia, both lowland and mountain:
this winter. Sd The small station.o Greensprlng
on the Baltimore ond Ohio railroad In Hamp
shire county, sent,down prior to, january lst
two hundred saddles. Many more; than stha
have been brought into Winchester, al and tht Il
HiIes of skins at the doors of our enterPrisine
eloy;emakers indicate a aheavyslaughter through
amt s,ha northwest. At least ten Thousand
deer must have been killed in the State, O
twice as MANY as the famed herds ofBremar, ,an(
Athoil in Scotland, which Ilandseer with pen
ell. and Scrope and Hawker with pen, .-hav'
made SO familiar to US The Scottish red: dee
is the European representative OF our elk, Q
wapiti though not near SO large, not great