Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1871-04-06
Alexandria Gazette


A REMARKABLE CASE There is now living
in the city of New York the Oldest of living
soldiers, and he celebrated the lO5th anniversa
rs of his birthday on the 9th of last month
This remarkable man is Captain LahrbuSh.
He is still active walks Il great deal, runs up
the steps of the houses Of his friends and is
more vivacious this spring than he was last
year
The correspondents Of the St. Louis Christian
Advocate gives us this sketch OF the wonderful
herD's career:
He was born, of course, in l7oG, the year in
which the partition Of Poland gave territorial
consolidation to Prussia and completed the pro-
ect of Frederick the Great. Louis xiv. was
then on the throne of Francc-onc Of the most
peaceful and influential Of the French mon
urchs.
Since the Capiaius birth, four monarchs
have swayed the sceptre of Prussia, and thlr-
teen different governments have ruled i'll France
The Captain 5 first Work in war was to hight
against the French Republic and his second
against the French in Ireland. The first great
battle in which he appeared was that OF Jena,
in which, on the l4th of June. 1906, he saw
annihilated military power whose upbulidlng
had cost j century and Il hall. lie WAS then III
the suite Of Lord Castlereagh
He subsequently became acquainted with
emperors, kings, princes and held marshals by
the multitude. Standing on the banks of the
Nieman he saw Napoleon shake hands with the
Emperor Alexander when those great men met
on a raft. Then Frederick William L.. Of
Prussia was king without L kingdo The
captain had fed from Jena with the hapless
King Frederick William, of Prussia and his
lovely Queen Louise.
He lived to sec their son occupy Paris, and
to assist in keeping guard in ST. Helena over
.L.. N,rolaon ,,bo bo5 haan tho tarror of EN-
rope. He has lived to see the King OF Prus-
sia, whose duty it was orr ginally to hold the
basin and ever to the Emperor of Germany,
now himself Emperor Of Germany. with his
feet on the necks Of two emperors
He has lived through the whole history OF
the United States. When the Prince of Wales
was in this country he paid his respects to the
captain, and endeavored to induce him to re-
turn to England But he had become too old
and too much attached to his adopted country.
The marvel of all this is, that once the captain.
was left for dead on the field Of battle, once he
was cast up for dead by the ocean, once ne was
stricken down as dead by the pestllence. and
he has always been diseased.
Still greater marvel, he drinks laudanum as
other men drink claret. His friend, General
Denevster, saws that he once took rs many
grains of OPIUM for relief As would kill as many
ordinary men as there are years III the Gap
ta;n's age. lie goes to bed at ) o clock p. III.
and rises at "a. H. Is not this Il most remark
able history? The old gentleman eye Is
clear and his memory untaitcrlng. lie IS 4
marvel among US,
ABoUr AMERICAN HOTELS - From the
Springfield Mass. Republican. The veteran
landlord Mr.. Roesse. formerly of the Albany
Delavan, and now of the Washington Arlington
House, gives the public some interesting, sta
tistics of the great sums paid as rentals OF the
leading hotels, and of the extravagant prices
paid to them in turn by their customers. The
Fifth Avenue Hotel pays Il rent of 5000, O,O0) :;
the ST. Nicholas, $4,000, although 1t cost less
than half a million Mr.. Stewart, who owns
the Metropolitan Hotel and had got s75,oo a
year for it from the Lelands, has now rented 1t
to Richard Tweed, son of Boss Tweed, who
is going into business as the ring hotel
keeper and is to pay $G5, 900 rent Il year :;
the Astor House rents for $4,000; the Ev-
erett House in New York for S35, 900 and the
Brevoort House for S27 800 while the Dele
van, at Albany, is profitable at Il rent OF
S55.OOO, and the little Stanwix Hotel at Albany
paws $25, 900 The great hotel at Lake George
had $1,000 guests last season in four months
its gross receipts were 1000, and the net
profits So, 900. At the Aarllngton,at " aShIng-
ton one boarder pays $500 per month. Tor Il
parlor bedroom, and bathroom Senator
Cameron. for himself and wife, and two rooms,
pays $3.50 per month, Senator Fenton rs faml-
ly, for parlor, two bedrooms, and an Office
pay 81 900 per month Sam Cox pays for
himself and wife $3.50 week, and recently
gave supper at the hotel for one hundred per-
sons which cost him $1,000. The finest
entertainment ever set at the Arlington House
was one given by Vim, S. Huntington, in
honor of the japanese there We're only twen-
ty persons present, and the bill was 81 0OO.--
Dr. Helmbold paid 500 L day during his two
weeks stay at the Arlington this winter. And
so on There is no so conspicuous an lllustra-
tion of our wanton American habits OF careless,
even reckless extravaganza and luxury rs the
hotel business furnishes. Both in their man
agement and in their patronage, there Is a
vulgar waste that is even something more than
discredtabe--it is almost wicked.
TIE TEErll.-A dentist has concoctel the
following advertisement for New Orleans
paper:
AT recent fashionable wedding which toat
place ut one of the leading churches in our city,
the pastor, while performing the ceremony,
suddenly stopped, and, to the utter consterua-
ton of the bridal party, remarked that he had
been seized with an unaccountablc desire to
ask question. After 4 little consultation
among the parties most interested, the bride
groom. nerving himself up for some terrible
,luouen.eut said: You can ask your quc:S,
tion, sir. We'll, all demand to know, salt
the good man. is what dentist tn; tnr lady
empoyS?' For it seems he had caught
glimpse of the glistcning teeth as she openetc
her tiny mouth to make response. The hrlde
groom hcaving heavy sigh of relief, replied
promptly in a loud tonc,''Dr. Aaloncy, Slr
thoug ght 50, said the pastor; he at No. - St
Andrew street And then folding his SNOW
white hands again, proceeded to rlvct th'
bonds indissoluble. :"
INOR SALE-One of TU FITS UNRlVALL
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