Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1872-10-22
LETTER from LppSfsury.

rived to-day and opened MS court. nXed the
Lloyd case for Wednesday, and adjourned to
give the Republican speakers an opportunity to
have their say.
Mr.. William Williams opened the speaking |
and made, as he can do, a Spcclous argument
for his side.
Mr.. Clinton Lloyd followed aud made quite
an ingenious speech, appealing tn the prejudlceS
of the Southern people against Greeley, and
laudiDg Gen. Grant as one who had never done
or said harsh thing against the South, and APP
peailng to the people to get on the strong side
at once, as he had done, who after voting for
Buchanan, when the tide Of Radica'sm swept
over the country, had inccntlncntly gone along
with the crowd for his share OF the SpollS Ills
argument, legtinately carried out. was that the
Republican party, having succeeded in the !a'c
elections, was bound to be the ruling party.
and freedom OF opinion and of action were u
be given up lest We should give offence TO the
powers that be- Mr. Lloyd is pleasant
speaker Astounding in happy anecdotes, and nn'
easily thrown off his guard.
| AN sorry &c say that L gray headed man
made himself dl,agrccabc to Il good many l'r"-
pie by his interruptions # the speaker. who
pared bis lhrusts very handsomely. Liquor
was the cause Of the interruption.
Mr. Edward Daniels, candidate for Congress.
next made u speech, in which he urged \ II
gillians to vote fur him, ;ls hc belonged 10 The
dominant party, and could do 81 much for the
material interests OF Virginia, which Demo
crat could not do
These people can look at n"thng in whl'h
the sheen OF the filthy lucrc docs not
obscure all that is upbl" aud manly III hnn'an
| thought and action. Because party Is sue
ccsSful tor>ouh, there must never be any ul-
| position to il, but it must 90 on rcrkng III rs
ioulnesS of corruption until It Falls 10 pieces hy
its owl r0ttcnncss Mr.. Daniels took good care
| not to LET the people OF l. ,udonu know The view.
he gave uiterancc to at Culprper {. H., III Ia,
| yur of the retroactive power OF the Homestead
bill, for you had better believe. that IN MAJ;
dare utter them here and hope for popular
| favor
\ Mr.. Curtis. editor of an agriculture ,ur
nal in Richmond, probably followed Mr. Daniels.
and the only remark necessary I" make a'.pu'
his speech Is. that he had better >ticS u Ill
vocation 1t was small potatoes aud they f.w
| in scattering hills.
The Hamilton corrct band played very vel!
Indeed. There were probably: 200 white men
in the Court HOUSE; one half Republicans. and
one hundred negroes. ALIN'IS.
Healthy LAWYERS Sir Alexander Cock
burn seems to have amply sustained ar Geneva
the reputation Of eminent English lawyers Tor
endurance at an advanced period "t HE. Ills
| unrelnitting aS>lduty Is reported To have eX
cited admirlng comment on every side. hat
is the secret of this Nnon de Enclos like re-
tention youth on the part Of these legal mandi
dates-EIdon, his brother Stowell. Thurlow
Iyndhurst, Brougham, Campbell, Ictroy and
host more? British statesmen bear no com
parison to them. Pitt sank into an untimrIy
grave at i0rty-Sevcn; Cunning too aud Charles
Fox found early graves Few eminent English
statesmen have reached an advanced age III
health and strcngth-Lords Paiucrstou and
Russell being the notable exceptions.
Probably the lawyers have very fine conS'l-
tutions to begin with, and outla>t Il host who
fall by the way. Again, their lives are, after
the first. cherry. There's nothing i'ller than
supper in Lincoln Inn or the Temple. Alure-
over, barristcrs life has this advantage over
an attorneys, that he free from all the worry
of personal contact with his Client who Is 10
him an abstract being, and whose hopes, fears,
an anxieties become in an infinitely less degree.
subject of personal feeling than to a solicitor.
| 1t is fact well known to eminent medical prac-
titioners that other peoples worries very often
seriously effect the mental and hence bodily
health Of confidential lawyers, who become the
repositories of every sort of painful faulty diff
Guilty. and whose counsel and advice orc sought
in the most trying emergencies.
Another circumstance conducive to longevity
on the part Of great lawyers is, that they usual.
" enjoy golden mean IN point of income and
are free from money troubles. \ line constlfu
ton, profession which, if very arduou> and
exactng, is congenial, healthy ambition, and
Joyous social intercourse, seem to be lngre-
dients which cOnduce to their vigorous old age.
To these may fairly be added love oicxcrciSa
and especially riding. Among the early morn
ing horsemen in Rotten Row will be found
most of her majesty's judges and counsel learn
ed in the law Many of them, in almost all
the wcathers, ride down to their work at West
Minister; and the clusters of horses and eroomS
which about four o'clock begin to gather out,
side the courts, are those appcrtalnlng to mem
bers Of the learned professions SirJohn Cole
man is very regular rider, and so is Lord
Cairns who has all an Irishmans ardor for a
cross. country run with the hounds. -Ipplct""
Journal.
THE STORY OF ALICE OswALD.-The Star
is uioralizing on the sad story Of Alice Oswald,
an American girl, who recently committed sui
eide BY jumping from London bridge into the
Thames.
Alice lit secms) had been brought from the
United States by an individual styling herself
lady, to serve her us nursery gOvcrncss IN
house at Wick in Scotland. They went 10
O. , 4,n pacec oil psn1 and