Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1869-05-25

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site his name.
EIGuTEENrH The polls shall be- opened OF
the dav of election at each voting place ut sun
rise, and closed at sunset, and snail De KEEP
omen during these hours without intermlSSlor
or adjournment Provided, That il the elec
tors who appear at any place or laces OF yot-
ing cannot be poled before that hour, then the
POLLS may be kept open until 10 o'clock p. M,
if the Commissioners should consider it ne
ccsrary.
no Re CONCLUDED TO MORROW.
Mr.. C0EcoRAN, OF WASHlNdToN. lie Is
the son Of an Irish shoemaker, | am told, who,
seventy yeas ago, kept his shop IN George
town A. 4 boy, young Corcoran stood some
times behind the shop counter. There he grew
up to h. likely young fellow, and wanted to
set up some kind Of business Tor himself and
quit the shoe shop. The moneyed nelghbors
believed in him, aud helped him along.
IS he was succeeding in business hc married
a Mps Morris, the daughter OF the old Com
mOdorc of that name, and she brought HIM
more money than heirs. In the days OF the
Oh National Banks, under Robert j. Walker,
a. Secretary of the Treasury. he became an
agent Tor the sale OF Government securities, IN
some manner analogous 10 that OF the banking
this ani other transactions he grew to bOunte-
Gus wealth. and the name Of the richest man
in tie District OF Columbia. This wealth he
employed generously for himself and others. -
He owned abundant property. lie bought
one or two magnificent estates Just beyond the
limits, in the cnvrons Of the city, and fitted
them up like ftula lord The environs OF
Washington are the most magnificent IN the
world but perhaps this IS TO be discovered
yet
Anyhow, "Corcorans Farm is the famous
drive about Washington still, though the Ivy
was torn from its Gothic gates and It's splen-
did vegetation sadly tempered with by soldiers
here IN war time.
Corcoran has always borne himself well here,
showing none Of that niggard stlngIness which
50 often cmptirs mans soul while he is filling
his pockets. lie has been generous to the
poor and prinerly with the public. 1t he were
not held accountable in the Northern mind tor
sympathes with thu South during the war,
Peabody would not outrank him day, as a
generous givcr and public benefactor. Per
hans in the end the New England philan!hro
pi~t will not overlop the Southerner. But po-
liical differences aside. The charities OF men
like these, to their fellows, are things that
commence back Of States, and go further-be-
longing to humanity. They are colossal monu-
mcntS to unselfi.hnfss whose SUBMITS level up
to the hlrh mark OF mans nobility and
destiny. When he has given to the public,
Corc1ran has given generously, avoiding those
ycying 10 sarvatons Ia personal whim which
take away both the flavor and usefulness Of SO
many pretended public bcneiactiOns. Years
ago he donated to the city OF Georgetown its
famous cemetery, and only the other day drove
through its gates and received insults from
il keeper, with no greater means ol redress
than the mcrcst stakeholder. The gift OF the
Art Building is deed in fee simple to the
city, put in the hands OF directors, rescrVlng
only right to the public to enter at least on
certain days without paying price. On Christ
mas and other holidays in the Old times before
the war The inmates Of the lnfirmary and
other n9tluton50 of public charity here, looked
always Tor a lcast ont 0t this rich man purse
An old cltiZrn and cOtemporary OF C0rc0ran
tell me an episode al has carly HE, illustrating
hi character. Commencing business, Corco
ran borrowed FIVE thousand dollar, GIVING his
note endorsed by MIR. Whitney, rich man
here then. lie failed in ability to meet the
ohpalon, and hls friend uttered the loss
Years alt,rwarl, Whitney wa dead, his
widow poor, ami Curcoran had commenced
prosperity. Mr. Whitney lived in a little
tenement house iu,t AT the foot OF Capitol
Il.ll. AMI took boardcrs. Oue day the banker
drove M in his gir before the door, and, going
in, surprised the widow by luIuIrlng Tor the
note. She remembered something OF the loss,
but nothing Of the Whereabouts OF the endors
eli papers. Corcuran waived his demand ior
the latter, aud, drawing from his check book a
DRAFT upon himself for live thousand dollars,
with Il Generous interest from date, and con-
siderable nm bcsi,leS, handed it 10 the poor
nrdrrateluy astoni, he'd landlady who from that
day lived 10 comfort. with the millionaire
banker ilr A Trend - fo,. 81 fu. HtP.
COMM NICATED.
heard to LAY, that some citizens were inf
doubt about voting for Mr.. Mckenzie, IN con-
sequence Of statement in Col. Rulhn letter,
concerning the County Organization clause.
But. even if Mr.. Mckenzie was in favor OF
that clause, i not his opponent also And
you'd we be any better of As regards THAT,
If We refused 10 vote lor Mr.. Mex. OF course
the Conservatives are not called on to defend
or excuse Mr.. Mex political course. They
have been, and always will be opposed to his
rolitic, during and since the war But as IN
the ease Of Mr.. Walker, they IIelcr HIM on
all other accounts. The aame principle that
prevails 10 the ca Of Mr.. Walker operates IN
the ease OF Mr.. Mex. Speaking for myself,
could hot be ALI active partlzan, III consequence
OF my political opinions, but along with most
OF the Conservatives | shall vote Tor MIR.
Mckenzie, and the roting will be all that is
necessary. and the one thing necessary.