Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1870-09-27
ICOMMUNIC ATED.

recent article in your valuable paper, contain
Jog an account OF a Conservative meeting in
our neighborD. county Of FiirEav notice
that one of the speakers "pclssi'' Inc county
OF Prince William to tAa #up2or; If Judge
Thomas fer Congress.
Without rs;tuin4 the eIuiry whether one
man has he rGh! H. pledge thsa crnniy 10 SUI
port anybody or any measure, | take tic
liberty OF saying that several ri IlIe delegates
from this county, at least, have not pledged
themselves d, Judge Thomas aud III NOT In
tend to.
There is gentleman widely AMI fa"orab!y
known throughou: the dl3trc: - man OF cx-
ceent ability; Of uninpcachab!e character.
morally and politically; elected - the ConVe!i
lion OF 1861 a. ''Uniun' c:"di"tH, y2t 10
the astatinnS Of lha; bt,iy lha intct'>t- OF II.
| cina wrr,. hi r,'it>'art clf' a:w;s" "Nhit''''"-
the III .he,i .:.yniiIi IT, :.t;I co.. go ~ ~ AIDE
| jor tl:.. wcit:.!. 81 our iu2'. ~ '.'n">
rtvcrirg iii" government 81 "ri !A';''IS, 'ld
tru ting in h. greatness D ui nli,n 80 tc0pit;
coupsciiu. mOGrra,lJ:i. ":.h tI' :'";" I'!'i trc
| sway of reason NIGH. a:,:! ::ic t'Ychc ca1alh!
| ties of war, yet wien the Gtrad necessity 81
rived he was ready to meet it, and during lis
existence he consistently s:ood as one CT IT
giuia's nob!cmcp, to ward oil, with tEe Weapons
| of honorable warfare, every blow aimed ut her
beautiful BOSOM And sine; the conclusion oil
hostiIilies who has more maniu!Iy upheld and
more obly batted Tor tt!n success; 0! conSGrva'
i've princp!rs in Nirsit!ia? Oac in whom tic
elements arc - mixed that natu1r m.ght
stand up and shy 10 Ill the world, nc Is 4
man." 4 med. ic utility; soldier In bat
tie: Virginian in interest, n conduct and IN
affection; sufferer By recent TERRIBLY vista
ton in Richmond, lis there any wlihlE me
| limits OF this COH:rCSs;Daai district, clrahc or
approaching nobility anl greatness, who wlII
not lit his hat in Silent ac1ulc$ccnc1 when the
name of George ". Brent, Of Alexandria, is
brought before the Convention Tor nomina'
ton az q candidate from this district, Tor seat
| in the next Congress of the United States?
DEL EGArE.
Prince William Co., Va, Sept. 26.
P1cruREs OF TIE BATTLE-FGELD. Mr.. Rus
SELL in his letters to the London Time+, de-
sctiptivc Of the battle field .! Sedan, ;.y>:
The troopers, brilliantly lee. went right
onwaids in cloud Of dust, but when they were
within a couple OF hundred yards OF the Prl5
slams one simultaneous v0licy burst Our OF the
black front and flank, which cnveopc! all in
snake They were steady soldiers who pulled
trigger there. Down came horse and mar; the
array was utterly ruined. There vas iett IL front
Of that deadly Infantry but heap OF white and
gray horscs-a terrace Of dead and dying dis
mounted men, aud flying TROOPERS, who tunbcd
at every instant More total Dissipation GE a
bright pagcautry could rOt be- There WIS
another such scene yet 10 come. | could scarce
keep the fla.d-g!a$s 10 NY eyes as Tie second
and last body OF cavalry which was composed
Il, = .,-. lrr'p ~ 81
the hollow. They were no; 50 bold as the men
on tho white horses who fell, many Ct them, II
The very line CT bayonct!. l he horses Ct these
swcrycd as they came upon the ground covered
with clrcarcasscS, and their line was broken,
but the squadron leaders rode straight 10 death.
| will not dwell on the topic, tu: ask your
readers to be content with the assurance that
no human eye ever rested On such revolving
objects as were presented Ey the battle fed
around Sedan. Let them fancy masses Of col
orcd rags glued together with b.ooi ard brains
and pinncd into strange shapes b. fragments
f OF bones. Let them conceive lncn'S Eod!t :
without heads legs withou; bodies, hea:s Of
human cntrails attached TO rcd atid blue Goth
and disembowcllcd corpscs in uniform bodies
lying nbou. in oil attitudes. with skulls shat
tered, laces blown Off, hips smashed, ho"cs,
hesb aud gay clothing al peucded together
as if prayed in a mortar, extending iJr lniic|,
not very thick in any one place. tnt rccu!rHg
pcrpetuay for weary hours, and thea they
cannot, with the most vivid Imagination, come
up to the sckening realty CT that buichcry.-
No nightmare could be 50 trightlui. Several
times [ came on spots where there Scre Two
horses lying dead together IN harGc-s, krIic! by
the same Iragmeu'. Several, tlnIe> sl% i5ur
FIVE, and six, men, four, h;c, and :!X ior>r$,
, all killed by the explosion Of enc ~. :ctiie,
J and in one place there lag no les ti.an 'liht
French soldiers, who must have ttcn s!Inck
down by the bursting OF shell over u c0ulI any,
for they lay all round in circle, with their
feet inwards, each shattered in the heal or
chest b. piece OF shell, and no other dead he.
ing within hundred yards OF them.
LINCOLN STATUE IN New YORK Il fright.
full object has been placed in lIaion square. 1t
is said to be a statue of Abraham LInc lin. Bur
it does not resemble Mr.. Lincoln. Tao lines
which gave the face character arc not there
But the sculptor has tried to atone tor this dc
feet by putting plenty OF hard lines il the
clothes. which arc enough to GIsttact anybody
who thioks that dress need net Of necessity in
crease the hidcouSncSs Of man. The mind has
not conceived such 4 pair OF panaoors a. that
which the artist has put on this statue. 70
increase the beauty OF their effect the designer
OF the work has c!apprd a Roman toga over
the upper part OF the figure, thus combining
the costume OF the past and the present in .
| manner never yet drcamt Of by caricaturj>tS.-
There never was such o statue seen in this world