Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1872-04-30

The OLD GUNS AT THE ARMoRY IN RICH
MoND.-The elder citizens of Richmond will
distinctly remember the old French bronze
pieces Of ordnance, which, for many year, oc-
cupied positions on the eastern esplanade OF
the Armory parade ground. On the memor,
able "Pawnee Sunday one OF these pieces OF
artillery was dragged from Its fastenlngs oy
CAPTAIN Martin Meredith Lipscomb as far as
days. After that time the French cannon were
forgotten by most of our people, and it has
been generally supposed for some years past
that they were melted up to furnish howitzers
and other small ordnance to the Confederate
army. It appears, however, from recent de-
veIopments that two of the 'big guns were
removed to Lexington, where they stillremain,
One of them is IL 'Envie," the other'' Lie
Severe, names which will be readily recalled by
those who visited the old Armory grounds in
ante-bellum times. The editor of the Rock
bridge Citizen having observed these guns at
the Institute Battery, and raised historical
question concerning them, elected letter from
Dr. W.: P: Palmer, Of Richmond, giving clue
to to full history of the guns. We copy the
following from DR.. Palmer's letter:
II was authorized by the last Legislature to
overhaul and arrange the historical records
(manuscript) now in the Capitol am engag
ed about that work, and / frequently come
across reference to these guns Under the dome
of the Hotel des Invalides, in Paris, are some
relics of the glories of Louis XIV. campaigns,
Of the same sort. They are held in high honor
byithe French. They are the same class OF
guns with these. When Count Bertram was
in Richmond few years after the death OF the
great Napoleon, he wept upon seeing these old
guns at our Armory in Richmond! And Count
Montholon used to pay them visits occasionally
while he was French Consul here, as to vett-
rams and fellow countrymen. '-Rtch. Wing.
AN AcRoBAT1c EDITOR. Indianapolis
Journal informs us that the :acrobatlc .protes-
sion met with an irreparable loss when McCul-
laeh, of the St. Louis Democrat, attached him
self to the profession of journalism. Mr.. Nc
Cullagh is possessed of great natural strength,
inherited from his Scotch ,forefathers, and
while developing his active mind has not ne
elected bis magnificent muscle. He Is the best
.a on pat @ost Of the T Professional tumbers
to shame When his editorial labors for tho
day are over, Mr.. McCuTagh sees the forms to
press, and, then, dressed in simple costume
Of red flannel, INDUCES in half hours circus
relaxation, exciting the envy and admiration of
his subordinates. Turning rapid succession
of flip flaps two or three times around the
room, his lightning=Tke eyolutions destroy all
show Of head, arms or legs, and be presents
the appearance of gigantic scarlet hoop, trun-
died With inconceiyable rapidity. His enthus-
iastic devotion to base bah is manifested even
in his journalism, and he has established "a de-
partn1ent which he felicitously calls Local
Short Stops Mr.. McCullagh' safest feat was
walking down four fights of staips,on his hands
and carrying a wash basin filled with water
midway between his head and heels without
spilling drop. j, -. ~ ~.
HATS, s,-There is considerable character in
the manner in which a person. wears hat.
You sometimes meet a person whose hat has
knowing tip just the least bit suggestive of the
careless, cheerful disposition ,of the wearer. 1t
seems as if he has tipped it back SO that all the
world may sec his jolly, goodnatured face, and
understand that he is at peace with all the
world You meet another Of different type.
He pulls his hat low down over bis brows, and
seems to be continually taking the measure of
his boots; you feel at once that he is not the
sort of man with whom you can exchange con-
fdcnce. Here comes another, and this kind
always wears ''stove pipe, and set evenly
upon the summit of the Uranium, as if an inch
to the right or lett would destroy their equili-
brium. Be careful. of such men; put-them in
band boxes; tie them up tightly; label them
s'frst class to be kept in lavender" and put
them carefully away: Here is another hat
which has seen its better days, but is now at
its worst. y Its glory has long since departed,
and from the worn and shabby band to the
naplcss crown it speaks Of the days which are
gone Perhaps the wearer of that hat was the
life and soul of our young folks parties the
great catch-the model young man.; but now
worse faded and worn than his shapeless tile,
Poor fellow WHISKY did it. .'-Fstersdurg
Progress. a9s= g"iA ~" .'>t =
ALrvELY HoEEL-There is hotel in San
Francisco under the sole management Of the
fair sex. From the proprietress to the, ball
gill, from the bar tender TO the boot black, all
connected With the establishment are women
The portresses are. muscular Germans, who
haudle the most mammoth : "Saratogas; deity
and easily, while the clerk is a handsoneI bru-
nette, who parts her: short. hhlaek .ringlets on
one side, and makes bright repartees to the
jokes of the drummers and travelling salesmenl
who largely frequent tie house. The bar
ender can make cocktail quicker and better
than any other In the State, and drinks herself
every time she is asked to, which, on an aver
age, is about fifty times aday" We may also
add that the laudlady is fair, fat and forty-hass
already received offers Of hearts and hands OF
more than four hundred of her some time
guests-but that she is still in the market.
A COURAGEOUS Young LADY.-Some few
days since Miss Il. G., an estinable young lady
residing near Loretto, 10, Essex county, Va,
while 1ol hGash asE Secluded waj sHadio
cality rendered aid from any source impossible,
but instead Of giving vent to her inclinations in
screams and cries She deliberately seized her
formidable adversary by the throat hold
ing him fast and piini,neled the cur SO furiously
over bis head that he succeeded in liberating
himself from helr, grasp, and fed from the ecene
of action, leaving Miss G. to .exult over her
prowess, thus rescued as it were from the very
jaws of death. II The dog has since sdied from
well marked symptoms Of rabies, although some
are pleased to attribute his demise 70 nonges-
ton of the brain caused by the co9eqsso.n az Sc