Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1868-04-08
DANIEL WEBSTER AND JENNY L1ND.-Jenpy
lind gave a concert at Washington during ths

UANIEL w .E6SIEh AMI oENN1 AiNO' ehoy
Lind gave concert at Washington during the
session of Congress- and sant invitations to the
President, MIR. Fillmore, the members Of the
Cabinet, Mr. Clay, and many other distinguish
ed members Of both houses of Congress. 1t
happened that on that day several members Of
= the Cabinet and Senate were dining with Mr..
Bodsco, the Russian Minister. His good din
uer and choice wines had kept the party SO late
that the concert was nearly over when Web
ster, Clay, Crittenden, and others came in
Whether from the hurry in which they came,
or from the heat of the room. their faces were
q little flushed, and they oil looked somewhat
aurried After the applause with which these
gentlemen had been received had subsidized and
silence was once more restored, the second part
Of the concert was opened by Jenny Lind with
i"Hail Columbia" At the close of the first
verse, Webster's patriotism boiled over; he
could stand it no longer; and rising, like Olym-
plan Jove, he added his deep, sonorous, bass
voice to the chorus Mrs. Webster, who sat
Immediately behind him, kept tuggng at his
coat tail to make him sit down or stop singing;
but it was of no earthly use, and at the close of
each verse Webster joined in, and it was hard
to say whether. Jenny Lind, Webster, or the
audience were most delighted. At the close of
the air, Mr. Webster arose, hat in hand, and
made her such bow as Chesterfield would
have deemed fortune for his son, and which
eclipsed D Orsay' s best Jenny Lind, blushing
at the distinguished honor, courtesied to the
floor; the audience applauded to the very
echo; Webster, determined not to be outdone
in rolteness, bowed again; Miss Lind recount
sled, the house re, re,applauded, and this was re-
peated eight or nine times. n;.s.
[Od Dan must, if the story be true, have
taken more than an extra glass of wine, before
be went to hear Jenny Lind.
A DANCING DEACON. The Galaxy tells
good story regarding the introduction Of q yio-
lin into an old Congregationalist Church in a
certain village in Connecticut. @.,...
When the question first came up sharp
debate ensued The old folks, as a general
thing, were opposed to it. They would con-
slider it a sacrilege. The novelty OF the ar
rangement, on the other hand, arrayed all the
young people in its favor. As is generally the
case, the innovation triumphed, and the fol-
lowing Sunday brought both fiddler and fiddle
into the church. But after the Introductory
prayer and reading of the Scriptures, as the
first thrilling squeak of the violin was heard,
Deacon Jones who sat close by the pulpit,
sprang up, danced once or twice forward and
back then taking 'chassez' down the aisle,
keeping admirable time to the instrument,
danced out of the church, to return to it no
more! J- is''.s.
THIEvINa IN r. R. CARS. The New York
Tribune thus relates how unprotected females
are sometimes treated by thieves on the North
ern railroads.
Mrs Coates, OF Trenton, was in the last car
of train returning from New York, when some
man shook handkerchief, inpregnated with a
pungent smell, over her face, by which she was
instantly rendered unconscious. She ran out
of the car, after struggle, and jumped offjust
Us the car was stopping at Railway, and was
running wildly up the track when secured.
Her money was taken from her person and a
violent effort was made to pull a heavy gold
ring from her finger. Her dress was cut and
torn, the bosom and pockets being cut open by
the thieves. It is doubtful if she ever recov-
ers from the effects of the choroform.
getting FAT AND SASSY. The editor of
the East Fioridian, paper published at jack
sonville, must be popular with his readers. He
thus diates upon the manner in which they
have lately treated him, and We confess that he
ought to be cheerful:
Zone day last week, we had streak of good
luck; a fat shad for breakfast, with crisp rad.
ishes to cool US; for lunch, plate OF raw,
with the condiments, including mug OF ale.
For dinner, a terrapin stew with chicken hx-
ings. new potatoes, tomatoes, green peas, young
cabbage, celery as appetizers, dessert OF ripe
golden luscious Smyrna oranges and bright
honey-sxeet bananas; and were washed down
With glass of blackberry wine. For supper
well, we didn't have any, nor did we want
any; We were full"
PEsT1LENT PUBLICATIONS. Those who have
found signs of our national downfall in the
prevalence of prurient publications will be sur
prised to learn that SIMILAR feature is manifest
in English literature. CT one of these period
ieals the London Review says that it would be
impossible for it to sufficiently deodorize any
OF contents in order to give specimen In
some cases penny biographies of prostitutes
are paraded in the shop windows as courage
ously "a the daily papers, A pestllent pub!lca-
ton called ''The Confessional UnmaskedF es-
capes the law because it cannot be proved to
be published for purposes of gain. 10 this
book the: Review ''gives the palm of black
guardism." ~ 5@E-..e
A CROOKED STREAM.-The Cairo Democrat
says, Cache river, little coffee. .colored stream
that empties into the Ohio FIVE miles above
CAIRO, is decidedly the most serpentlne stream
~ America. From its mouth to it's source is
distance of thirty-six miles. The stream, how
ever, is one hundred and eighty miles long,
showing waste of one hundred and forty-tour
miles in crooks. = go .. atss
lust RECEIVED. y
AO bushels prime White Seed Corn. r.