Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1870-04-26

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SENATOR CuANDLER's RECENT SPEECH
From the Washington correspondent of the
Baltimore Gazette. There is much merri
ment here over the spread. eagle speech Of
Senator Chandler on Friday last. He there
in denounced England and France as "nuisan-
ces, and OF inap! reciabe account in military
point OF view; aud also gave them fair no
tlce to quit this continent aud adjacent is
lands IN more Iaeonlc terms than a landlord
would employ to ous' tenant Sir" (Sad
he) Il say here to the whole world, thar the
United States to-day have more men that have
actually been in batle undrr the fire than ali
the II St OF the world, more experienced soldie 5
and more experienced officers. We are to day
the strongest mi ltary power cn carth.' AGd
the organ, after quoting his uune ,eS>ary boast.
caps the climax by announcing that ''upon
such 'aiv warning OF our military strength from
- tith source it would be madness for q
Elroue&n nation to engage il var with US -
l'n Ii is chiefly for tn" purpose Of intro1uc
ing the following choice morc9au that [ have
noticed the speech OF the great Mchigandcr
He seems u we gh q u:;tpn', prowess and
srcDgth according to the number OF men oae
o! its military cu;nua.dcIs may c0ntrvc 10
lose III bate in given time. H. is reia ing
TO grave Senators q conversation nc had IN
foreign country.
Il was couvcrsuG one afternoon with soma
Pru>Siau officers: Sad |. 'Si-, vou w.r. IN
the battle Of Sadowp.' Yes Hoy many
men did you lose in that bltt!e? f even
thous.ud. But said |. that Was the sLr-
m'sh before the hattie; how many did you lose
in the bat!y?:' tie s,ia We dil nor ghr
Luz ore d.y; the Austii:ns tau' W,!,' said
| my dear S,r, hav. not any doubt that ycur
nrn would fight it they had any cxrericnce.
ln the bat,ls of Sadowa you lost exrctIy he
same nnmbSr of Iuen that Genera! Grant did
in the fist days battle OF the Wilderness on
the second day, after steering on our arms, We
lest fifteen thousand men Oh the third dly we
lost about len or lw;lvc thousand men, anil OF
the fourth We had a fight. 1t is the fourth
day that tests the ca9acliy OF your troops Tor
fighting | could not make him understand
that our troops had fought four days 10 that
desperate m.nner, no. c'ud | make him un
dcrs.at i the difference between a Prusslanr reg
uarand an American volunteer
This strongly reminds one of the old song OF
materials for toa>ing o! the disastrous cam
paign he sought to immortaiize, so he, like
Chandler, nea- urcd the glory by the prodici-
Gus number ot our own slain
"'Twas on the fourth d.g Of November, in the
year Of ninety one,
We had smart cngase ment near to Fort
Washngton;
St. Clair was cur commander, which may re
mcmbereG be,
We fought and lest time hundred men in
the WcSiern territory.
A CATASTROPHE AVERTED. AT the Paris
Opera House, the other night, the itfamma.
Bile scenery took fire. Tha managers alarmed
the fremeu who promptly turned their hose
on the fire. At the same time the manager
said "A foe for the fist person who stlrs
from his post! Five francs for each one remain
ing still" Nobody stirred. The ballet dancers
stoi,ay allowed themselves to be de!uged ty
the water which poured from the scenery. Ii
enc of thcse,p0or creatures had taken II ght, or
single sp ator in the house had guessed
what was going on behind The scenes the re
suit would have Teen most disastrous, and the
victims numerous. The coont IS and pr; srnce
Of miud ct the manager prevented a terrible
catastrophc The ballet dancers earned their
nCc lranCS nrdVciS. IL was Tcllatkcu Ill tUC
housa, with some surprise, that it raiued heavl-
II on the stage, but it Was not Tor Il moment
suspccted that fire was raging willie ,h'
chorus and surernumeraries were so I'm and
imm0vahit' The act was almost hnShcd, and
ty the time il came to a conclusion the lire was
cXtiUpushCd.
FATHER AND Son DRowSED. The Cunber-
land Transcript of Friday says:
Yesterday about ten o'clock, while the boat
Well ngtou, one OF the American Compauy $
line, W g on her way up TO this city, aud when
near Pltter>cn's Creek, a httla boy, the s'n OF
the captain, Michael AlcCanu, icll ertolrd
Cartain Me- ann was on the to~plth ut the
TIM, with his team. and his vile called 10 rim
that the boy had fallen into the c;na}. He ran
quickly ln til. Spo, and SprluE in ~ say" tine
child. ut unfortunately hoGh father and son
we're drownrd Wh"n the t:0iirS were recover
ed, they were licked in each Others arms. The
boat WAS at once S"nt back 20 Hancock, where
the deceased had been Ilvias. There was 10
crew on tie toat at TIE ilnIa except eo'"r"i
boy. This SAD event has clicit.d muef Sympa
thy for the almost distracted woman, who was
thus 50 sad :cniy robbed Of bo;h husband ao!
chid'
THE Southwark BANK Of Philadelphia,
had narr,w escape from burglars On S4tur-
dav night last Tho r,,bers had ,ifcc:fd an
entrance through the roof, an;l had dtmoi
i.hcd doors inside in ,h.ir efforts to reach
the safe. Fortunately their pre>cnee in rho
b.nk was die ,vered in time to rrcvcnt IT,,
cnuSummar;on Ct their v!iiainy They mair
,hcr escape hnwrrtr throu-h the holi
wh,ch they had cut in the root, leaving thcl
tureIars' tools h. h'nd The vaults 't tn
bank contained 81 900 600.
BLOSSOMS Rock, dangerous obs:fu2'
ton in the harbor of San Francisco, wa
blown up with TWENTY hree tons OF powder
On Saturday last. Between fifty and sixty
Thousand people witnessed the explosion
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