Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1871-08-21
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Coz. MosBY.-We clip from northern pa
her the following ceverly drawn pen and INK
.ketch of our townsman:- Wo'Tenfon fn!fGt.
At Culpeper, a man five feet ten lnches nlgn'
broad shouldered, heavy llmbed, with straight
Esht brown hair, cut close; keen gray eyes,
Sharp, thin nose, firmly set mouth, protrudlns
chin with dimple; horid complexion, thlrty-SlX
yrnrs. the father of five children, entered our
ear and was introduced to us by Il land agent
as Colonel Mosby.
The Colonel is q very blunt man in his con
y,rsation has his likes and his disikcs, which
h, does not attempt to conceal tie IS rather
nroud of his exploits during the war, anu re-
i,tes some wondrous performances that my
men" done And he tells it in such manner nc
that, knowing the man, you are perfectly VIII
iup to believe all that he says is true anu the
mind guards itself against any doubts, partlcu-
larly while in his presence,
Just before reaching Warrenton Junction
the Colonel was approached by a gentleman,
who introduced himself rs somebody from
Philadelphia, and after moment ; converse
ton said:
Colonel, had a near and dear friend, who
WA, An officer in vue Of our Pennsylvania reel-
,ueuts, and he was lost Que night while on pick
It duty near helc-they say captured by your
men, NOTHING has been heard of him since
that night, and thought d make bold to IN
trduce myself and ask you if you knew any
thing of him. His naEc was D, Lleuten-
Yes, killed him myself, and he is the only
man that an positive killed during the war,
Nv men brought ME some papers ne had on
his person, and we gave him decent burial the
next morning. will be pleased to show you
where he sleeps at any time, or render you any
other assistance IN my power.
The cars stop, the brakeman cries :Warren-
ton, the colonel shakes the hand OF the Phla-
dclphian in peculiar manner, "a brotherly snlle
If recognition passes between them another
ueculiar shake" and ont marches the ''Guer-
rriIla Mosby," wolfe of Piedmont" Fox of
the Valley" with slight 'stoop in the shoul-
Iars." and in that loose shambliug manner
common to men whose lives have been spent IN
The saddle.
The BRAvEsr SOLDIERS AT WATERLOO. -
A British officer has been favored with the
following anecdote apropos of the Waterloo all
Some few years ago TWO gentlemen waited on
the Duke OF Wellington at Alsley House, and
told him that friend Of theirs had died, leav
ing them executors to his will, in which among
other beouests, be had left $500 to the bravest
man in the British army, and as they consider,
ed him to be the bravest man, they had called
to hand over to him a check for the money.
The Duke was much pleased at the compll-
u,ent paid to him, but declined to receive the
money, as he said there were many other men
10 the British army who equalled him in bra
very He was then requested to decide on
whom the money should be bestowed. This
was difficult point but at length nc pro,pt0,::-
ed it should be given to Major General Sir
James MaeDonell, who so resolutely defended
Hougomont, the key to the British proSitlon
in the memorable battle of Waterloo.
The two gentlemen then called on Major
General MacDouell, telling him the decision OF
the Duke of Wellington, and rendering hiiu
the f50O. But Sir James, i'll his turn, de
clined to receive it, knowing as he said, mar
who, in the battle Of Waterloo, had shown him
self equal to any one in bravery. The MAYOR
General then described that when the French
troops made one Of their rushes at the gate o.
the farm house called Hougomont, in that crit
ical moment when victory and defeat hung
evenly in the balance, Sergeant Major Fraser,
a very powerful man, boldly assisted him t(
close the gates, thereby shutting out the
French; who were soon driven back with grea
slaughter Thus was the fortune Of the day
decided. ..
The Duke of Wellington considered Major
General MacDone deserving Of the money, On
account of his resoluteidefence of Hougomont
and Sir James considered that Sergeanc Major
Fraser was entitled to share it with him, on ac
count OF the great service he had rendered him
OF that OCCASION. The money was divided be-
tween the General and Sergeant Major, and the
generosity of the Duke of Wellington and Sir
JAMES MacDonell will not soon be forgotten.
THEY. A great many excellent people
have had their worldly prospects entirely de-
stroyed and hundreds, nay, thousands have
had their hearts wrllng with anguish in conse
,luence of the SANDERS of the family Of They.
fla man repeats a slander in the street, and
he is asked who told him so, his answer Is,
They said 80" They ought to be hooted out
of society; for They have done more mischief
in the domestic and social circles than any
other family under heaven. How easy 1t Is iol
SANDER to be propagated which, perhaps;
may ruin young man prospects forever; and
it must be born ia mind that They are generally
believed. a slander is like dust; it finds it:
way into the most remote recesSes, and spread:
like the clouds, over the whole OF the heavens
We advise our readers to place very little or nc
confidence in any story whose propagator Is
They. They should never be believed in re-
!glon, morals, politics. or any matter pertain
any to social life
The LATE EMPRESS OF FRANCE used often
when child at Granada; as Eugene MontJo
to be danced upon the knee OF washington
Irving. In letter written in 1858, just after
tha elevation Of Eugene to the high station shi
filled for eighteen years, Irving wrote the, tot
lowing which now reads almost like prophecy
The last saw of Eugene Montijo she vi wa
one of the reign9g bellies OF Madad, 49, NOW s,., nu
less shore, upon dangerous sea, infamous fo'
its tremendous shipwrecks. Am [ to live t?
See the catastrophe of her career and the enc en-
otthiS suddenly conjured up empire, whlcl
made Of? l confess my personal acquaintance
with the individuals in this historical romano!
gives ME an uncommon interest IN 1t; but
consider it stamped with danger and lnstablllt!