Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1872-11-18

fWerC many VI Tue palutlu&S CnaC, IN the happy
days now gone, adorned the walls of that once
beautiful and hospitable mansion. Most OF
them are deiaced-either by soldiers or by
trausportation-and they are now at Green )
cabinet factory in this city, undergoing repairs,
preparatory to being forwarded to their owner,
Mrs Mary Gusts Lee, at her home 10 Lexington.
Though handsome portraits of handsome PEG.
pie, to one who has seen them hanging where
they once hung, they are not agreeable, for
they make too obvious the contrast between
then and now, and revive regrets which had
better be obliterated-regrets such as are
evoked by the columns of the noble portico of
Arlington us now seen from the ferry boats
which ply between this city and Washington.
They are there, however, sad realities, and a
curSury glance, taken In hurried round through
the furniture room in which they are stored,
this morning, recognized the following A
head and bust of &. w. p Gusts, painted by
c. Stuart-au excellent likeness, portraying
with vividuess the bald head, the fair com
plexion, vergiug upon horid the short side
whiskcrs extending from the top of ear to the
angle OF the jaw, and the light and kindly
beaming eye Of the 'chiId of Mount Vernon"
50 we'll remembered by most of the middle
aged and older residents Of the city. A por-
TAFT of john Gusts, the immediate ancestor of
G. ". p, who holds in his hand book, con-
tanning an essay upon the tulip, written by
hmseif, representation of that flower being
near by. 4 full length likeness of Col Daniel
Park, painted by Sir Godfrey kneller 10 which
he Is represented as arrayed 10 coat of GRIM
son velvet, embroidered with gold, wearing
miniature Of Queen Anne pendant from his
neck by a red ribbon, and holding in his right
hand MarUorough's dispatch to that Queen
informing her OF his victory at Blenheim. A
portrait Of Eleanor Park Gusts, sister of G. w.
p, aud with him an adopted child Of WASH
ingjpn, also by Stuart, which, despite the i'll
usage it has received, still plainly shows that
Nellie Gusts was one Of the most beautiful
of women, and tradition bears testimony 70 her
brilliant wit, extensive information and bound
less generosity. This picture represents her as
i gay, laughing, Saucy girl, just entered upon
wonauhood OF exquisite features, and form,
uIisus trom the bare arm and rounded should
cr OF bewi,ching symmetry. There are six
spirited and original Revolutionary battle
scenes, iu which Washington participated
hattcs of Trenton, Princeton, Germantown and
Monmouth, Washington at Yorktown, and
the Surrender at Yorktown, painted by Mr..
GUSTS when he Was more than eighty years
old. As works of art they are said By conuols-
dclineations Of incidents and costumes they
have value Independent Of that which at
raches to them as the works of him who paint
ed them. A portrait OF Mrs. Washington, the
wife of the General, painted by Woolaston in
1867, when she was in the bloom OF youth, and
must ut that time have been exceedingly hand.
some. It is mentioned of her dress in Mrs.
Cen Lees life of Mr.. Gusts, that though
plain, she was so scrupuously neat, that ladies
often wondered how Mrs. Washington could
wear during whole week of domestic man
agemcnt gown that at the expiration OF that
time retained it's snow like Whiteness unsullied
by even single spcck A picture OF General
Washington, by the elder Peale:: representing
him as the provincial Colonel painted 10 l772;;
then a half bust of the General by Houdon,
after the manner of the antique, taken soon
after the Revolution; then cabiuet picture by
Madam de Brienne, representing the heads OF
Washington and Lafayette, and a,prohle like
hess of Washington In crayon, by Sharpless,
said to be an admirable likeness. These and
many other pictures, representing either per
son, belonging to the Park, Custis Washing
ton, Lewis, Lee and other illustrious families,
or scenes in which they were actors. are being
cleaned, vanished and reframed, and sent OF
to their owner, the widow OF General Robt. H.
Ice, parcel by parcel, as rapidly as the work
upon them is completed.
PRIZE Flunr PREvENTED.-About two
weeks ago says the Washington Republican
there was some talk of q dog fight taking place
near Washington and at the time anu spot
designated Tor the affair there were present the
usual lumber of persons who are always to De
found on hand to witness such spectacles But
the owner of one of the dogs did not come to
~ ma Wpr 1lSlnDOl0te0
in not witnessing the show and We're not ex-
acty choice in the terms 10 which they referred
to the action of the dog owner for spelling the
finn The man in turn had few friends, who
defended his course, and that, too, with such
yehemence that the gang became near being
treated with man, instead of dog tight, but
.ouc who looked with disgust upon rough
aud tumble fight authoritatvely decrecd that
if resort to tight was necessary 1t must De ac-
cording to the rules OF the prize ring and IN
order to be interesting must be Tor consluera
ton. That settled the matter Que OF the
most demonstrative of either faction was pick,
ed out, the choice falling upon pair and
named respectively, Bill and Nolan, and 1t
,y,s agreed that they should fight at time and
place hereafter to be mentioned, and lot
purse of $50 aside, of which $40 forfeit was
nut up in the hands of John Rooney as stake
holder, ?. Morgan backing the first, and Martin
WcIch the second. The preliminaries thus
adjusted and the money up, it was further
arrced that the fight should take place in vlr-
gina, just at the forks Of the road beyond the
Iong bridge on this( Monday morning, NoVem-
Der IS, between the hours Of and s a. NJ, the
rest of the stake money to be deposited
prior to that time, the latter portion OF tns
agreement being carried out by the respective
hackers calling GU Rooney last Saturday nlgnt
and leaving with him $50 each. Things went
along smoothly enough, the proposed meeting
,lace being known but to few persons until at last
nigis; when information reached Chief C1 9 e
Of Il. detectives, that party intended to leave
:he Distre& for the purpose of engaging ~ IA a
prize fight lie soon satisfied himself H.; OF ;nG
truth or the statement and made up ms mlna
cha, it should not take place if he could prevent Ut
it. The police Of the Fifth preelnce Se, r,o az
.L;,Ia,.I. - saen and those of the First