Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1871-05-06

DEATH OF LADY ByRoN's MAID.-rhe New
castle, Eng, Chronicle reports that Lady BY
ron's maid Mrs. MinnS) died at the residence
Of her son-in law, at ]arrOw, on April II. ut
the ripe age of eighty y-seven. The Chronicle
adds :-"Her name will long he remembered
in connection with the wanton and odious at
half ago, by Mrs. Beecher Stowe on Lord BY
ron The important testimony given by Mrs.
Minns on this subject was BY far the most val
liable contribution to the active discussion pro-
voked by the controversy. Mrs. Mlnns was
probably the ony living witness who could
speak from personal knowledge OF the early
married life of Lord and Lady Byron. She
had been ten years in the service OF her lady
ship, when Miss Milbankc, az lady's maid, aud
was her attached confdante She cmphatlcalIy
contradicted the calumnious statements OF Mrs.
Stowe especially as to the alleged detected as
pect Of Lady Byron when she allghted from
the carriage at Halnaby Hall. y
Mr.. SIMON CAMERON N--According to the
Court Journals, Mr. Cameron is expected here
daily, for conference in regard to the treaty Of
the High Commission This is the broadest Of
farces Though chairman Of the Committee
of Foreign Relations, we undertake to say that
he does not actually know what are the true
points of difference between the two Govern
ments, to say nothing ofthcir merits. No man
in the Senate is more ignorant concerning put
lie questions In jobbery, Mr.. Cameron has no
superior, and Of that fact the British Commis-
sioners are doubtless not ignorant. If the
stOckmarket can he affected by the matter, he
will discover it with a shrewd instinct of gain
which no shaver in Wall street has yet excellcd.
-Wush. Patriot.
AsgcpoTE.- An ancient but vcracous story
is told of Frederick Douglass That famous
orator was speaking in Independence Square
ON a certain occasion, when he made himself
the burden of his discourse and narrowed the
souls of his audience with many horrible
Incidents drawn from his experience rs i
slave oua Maryland plantation. Atlength having
-~nrked up the tragedy to its intenscst point,
w. w., al his voice and in deep impressive
Az ;1 'o"u;I g.. after all this my friends, what
must must yo, @ think of the humble indlvdual who
has the honor to stand before yGc" 10 wh,ch
clear Irish voice sang out from the croWu DC,
low That ye must ha' been HI OF 4 bad
niger. - {ouisriltt .jonrndt.
C,uyaMEN's TAILS We noticed yesterday
6r. nr six Cinnamon i'll high-toncd barber 5
shon j. street. haggling with the proprietor
,bout something We stopped To lhVcSl'Satc
md % %nscertained that the Cinnamon were nego
tatug for the sale Of their cau!ai M aphe"'1TIrs S 1Is,
bargain was finally str1ek lat at Is rI"r frn emf tb "s
"tf "f and amID paiI the respective owners s. apiece
Wi What : viii li the barber do with the tails? WIZ
he vii will build them into switches for, for fa' a.
American damsels, and get at least ;" 'i,.e . i" "
them. Ugh! Give us u pound or or ;t'"n' 1w" "
civet, good apothecary, to sweete, our ll''s '"'
tion. >Re-augh !-Sucumento f'p'''"'
There ;sa chapel of the Greek Church II
Now Orleans which. from some cause, has bee
in yery destitute condition Of late years lh'
Emprcss Marie, of Russia, recently wrote t.
tn. Russian minister and enjoined him to mn
ont what the chapel needed and to notify hsl ;
which he did, and she sent ornaments lor IN
altar, chaliccs and robes for the priests pun
chased out of her own private funds.