Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1871-09-19

ALEXANDRIA GAZETTE -..
AND VIRGINIA ADVERTISER,
FOr the Country
.f'ubHshcd Regularly OF, TUESDA rs THURS
DAYS a,d SATURDA rs, at %ir Doitars per-
annn,n. ..r. = 49,.
j.. MIsERlEs OF MosoUIro LAKE-A cores
pondent-one of a party engaged in correcting
the Northwest boundary line, who has just re-
turned to Washington, gives his experience of
tho mosquitoes and sand flies encountered on
Columbia river
1t was during our t hrd week that calamities
began to be frightful. The increase of our
enemies (mosquitocs) in both size and number
was Incredible Larger rounder, and tatter
than any mosquito of the civilized world-full
of blood-his probosis syphon through which
he injected poison even while ho drew out con-
tents OF veins and arteries-the SumaSS mon
stcrs came upon us, like the plague of flies in
Egypt, in grievous swarms. They hovercd
over us like cloud. No fog of London blacks
ever envclopcd men more closely. Night and
day their hum filled the air. No shelter, no
clothing protected the skin from their enven-
omed thrusts.
Wo ate them, drank them, Inhaled thcm-.
Most of our corps wore eathern trowsers and
shirts, but their sharp Proboscldees, would pierce
all work With strings tied around our panta
looms at the ankle, sleeves closed tightly at
the wrists, hands bagged in mitenS, feet cover
cd with shooting boots, and heads masked III
nets of cause, we did indeed for day or two
make an effort to proceed with our labors. 1t
was in'vain. Huge hlGtches covered our bodies
from head to foot. Ears, cyelids, and checks
were swollen in rightful masses The pain of
perpetual lancet thrlsts was hard enough to
bear, but the unnecessary itching OF pustular,
vesicular, intcrmixed and alternating pimples,
inhamed to pustucS, was ntolerable. ..
Stopped in the very beginning of IN impor
tgnl undertaking by what we know would APP
pear l, trivial hiudrance'to our employers, aud
having at stake characters as well as wages We
had recourse to every possible cOntrivance for
relief Huge fires were kept burning around
us day and night Smoke from tobacco-pipcs
cnvelopcd usas We crouehed under eXtemporiZed
bowers made from twigS and branches. Blank
cts and buffalo robes, mild as the weather was,
carefully drawn over every part OF our bodies.
We tumigated our tents with oak-bark smoke
to just within the possibility Of respiration
rubbed arms legs, and faces with camphuret-
ted spirits; made nols0me smells from aSsatn-
tida and other roSinS to Il point that would al
most stiAe any mortal thing but all was use
less The rutfiaus were neither deferred nor
in gcometrical ratio No amount of ingenuity
enabled US to cat no fatigue brought sleep; 10
fear of disgrace nor hope of reward gave
courage enough for work. In fact, 1t Is lm-
possible to form the fantest idea Of our tor
lures without enduring them.
Endurance failed at last. We gave up in
despair Packing our kits Of clothing, tools,
and cuupage we started for the slopes drained
by tue Columbia River. To escape from mai
aria or famine, the tonahawk OF the savage or
the claws OF the grizzly are events to bc thank
Iiul for and why not from mosquitoes? The
bear and Indian murder you ut once, indeed;
hut the mosquito produces an equally tated re-
sult by prolongug torture. Il Ift9$Cuy Mdcc
HORACE GREELEY is neither to be coaxcd
nor intimidated. lie is bent-wicked people
would say she'll ON the Presidency, and
Grant organ cannot turn him aside. lie Is
daily addressing acres of Western farmers,
making friends by thousands and tens OF thous-
ali,lS, and shaking the hands Of his admirers
until his own hand is sore and swollen. An
enthusiastic correspondent Of the New lork
Sun says that when Mr.. Greeley entered the
fair grounds ut Minneapolis Mimi, 'he was
followed by Il great multitude.
''Mcn of Ill kinds and conditions followed in
his footsteps. Farmers with homespun suits,
and workingmcn Of all classes iii their holiday
suits, eagerly ran after him. They took hold
of his great white coat and crowded him. They
spoke to him, and We might almost say, kissed
the hem of his garments. '-a
When Mr. Greeley rose to speak, the scene
is thus described by the reporter:
"a shout from twenty thousand throats that
made the very wclkin ring greeted Mr.. Greeley.
as he slowly arose from his seat and faced the
multitude. lie wore the great white coat, and
held silk handkerchief III his hand. Somebody
in the vegetable department had given MIR;
Greeley 4 four pound potatoc, and this he had
thrust into the pocket of the overcoat. When
he arose in the carriage, one end OF the pOta-
toe protruded from the pocket ut lc;lst four
inchcs and when the immense crowd saw this,
they burst out into removed cheers.
The philosopher removed his hat and bowed
again amid deafening cheers Men threw their
hats into the air and women waved their hand
kcrchieis | have never seen so excited a nul-
titudc. "Grcclcy! Greeley! Greeley! they
shouted. Greeley for President Greeley, the
Minnesota farmers candidate. Down with
Grant and up with Greeley, and the old man
knows how to farm. Hurrah Tor the great
editor!'' and all such expressions. MIR. Greeley
was much moved by all this praise. .r.
The old fellow seems to be stlrrlng up the
West If he keeps on ut this rate he will
produce such scare at Washington that the
ku-Klux law will at once be most rigidly en-
forced and martial law proclaimed. .-Rtch-
mond Wing.
A LAWYER AsrouNDED.-A few days agoa
prominent lawyer of st. Louis missed his free
pass on the city railroad of that city, and sus-
pccting that it had been stolen, he went to the
Office of the Railroad Company, Informed the
officials of his suspicious and requested them to
have any one who should prcscntthe the
street cars arrested. Orders were accordingly
issued to all the conductors on the limo to keep
sharp lookout for the missing ticket a
couple of days alterward, while searching;
through some papers in his office, the legal g3
gentleman fnun1 tbn missing ticket and while