Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1870-04-07
THE LATE PIERRE SoULE.-The New Or
leans Picayune has the following:

THE LATE PIERRE SoULE-The New Or
leans Picayune has the following:
''On the close of the war Mr.. Soue found
himself entirely broken in fortune, and forced
to return to the bar. Family affections preyed
upon his irritable temperament, already Sc
riously affected by his Imprisonment and other
events, his health gave wsy, and at last his
mighty intellect tottcred on its throne, and
before long sunk into imbeclity, through
softeping Of the brain and this extraordinary
man, whose eloquent tones had thrilled popu-
Jar: assemblages with high emotion, whose
arguments at the bar had convinced Jurors
and judges, whose speeches had been listened
to with profound attention by grave senator's,
pen had written diplomatic papers on subjects
which Interested the civilized world, died iu
utter iorgetfulness of his triunpbs in life, and
without capacity to comprehend what had been
passing for two years in that world in which
he had shone 30 conspicuously tor many years.
This was indeed melancholy fate, and it has
elected the deepest sympathies of our com.
munity.
In person Mr. Soule was remarkably hand
some. His head was study for artists, being
massive, and we'll formed with broad, ex:
nanslVe forehead, firm set mouth and chin,
the nose slightly aquiline, and the arch of the
shone pair of dark eyes, full of intelligence
and fire. His voice was wonderfully magnetic
in its influence on hearers His elccuion
was polished, his gestures graceful and
always appropriate.
''lIis manners in social life wero gentle and
winning, but his nature was proud, aspiring
aud impatient, and any opposition to his
wishes quickly reused it's sleeping force and
vehcmence l1o was very positive man in
Al, nl bn ol,, o6o. d.
persuasive in manner. Taken all in all.
Pierre Soule will be remembered in this COM
nunity as one Of the most brilliant, learned,
intellectual, and gifted men who have lived
and died here during the past fifty years.
Too LATE FOR THE TRAIN.-The most diff.
cult thing in the world for woman to do is to
get ready to 20 anywhere; and there is nothing
u woman will resent quicker or more hercely
than an ntimation that she may possibly miss
the train. Our friend, Braylogle, gives US an
instance of this. Mr.. Bray was supposed to
take the ten O clock train on the Bee Line to
visit some relatives in an interior town. Hav-
ing suffered on previous occasions for lDiudl
cious suggestions, Bray thou ght that, Tor once,
he would let things take their natural course.
SO he sipped his coffee and ate his eggs on
toast, while Madame cured and powdered, and
danced attendance on the looking glass, and
tied bark on tho back of her head. Then Bray
sat by the stove for an hour and read the morn
ing paper, who the Madame still continued to
get ready. At last, just as he had reached the
final paragraph OF reading matter, and was be:
ginning on the advertisements, Madame tied
her bonnet strings under her chin, took one
long lingering, loving look at the image reflect,
ed in the glass; and swecty announced;
"WcIl, my dear, I'm ready"
"Rcady for what?' asked Bray, in well af-
fccted astoniShment.
Togo to the depot, to be sure, said Mrs.
Brayfope, tartIy.
"Oh?" said Bray, ''Td forgotten. Well,
Madame" continued he, looking at his watch,
That train has been gone thirteen minutes.
Just keep on your things, and you'll be ready
for the train to morrow morning.
We draw veil over what followed. We are
assured, however, that next morning Mrs. B.
was ready an hour ahead of time.