Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1872-12-05

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Marriage and Death Notices, when not exceed
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THE Woman Who Rocked the Cradle
Ruled the World"
Such is the concluding sentence Of lecture
delivered in Baltimore a few days since, by the
beautiful and accomplished young lecturess,
Miss Lclian S. Edgarton, who takes strong
grounds sgainst all Of the theories and assump-
t!ons of the modern woman-righters. This SEN
timent has been generally accepted as ,ruism
in all ages from the days even prior to those
When Adam dclved and Eve spau,'
nr the necessity OF toillug was imposed upon
;hem. down to this present day, of the year of
our Lord l>12. The foundations Of all true
greatness and Influence are laid in the nursery
aud around the hearth stone But it is not OF
this acknowledged and all pervading- though
indirect influence upon the destiuies of society
and the world that We propose to write; for
this caption admits OF two meanings or inter-
rrctatons. according TO the stand point
from which it may be viewed, and it is
10 the other one that We design to refer.
There was immense force of truth in the re-
mark Of pericleS when he said-''my wife rules
me- | rule Athens, Athens rules Greece and
Greece rules the world And so frank aud
manly confession Of truth, which, however,
felt as truth in all well regulated families, is so
slow to be acknowledged by many as such, can
hu, heighten our admiration for the houcsty
auc caudur of the brave old Greek. Ii the III
side history Of the workings Of all governments,
ancient and modern, could be written and pro-
muisatcd to the world the selfimportaDce and
dignity of the lords Of creation would meet
with severe shock, to see how greatly the IN
hucncc of woman whether she rocked era
die or not) has prevailed 70 shape and direct
their policies and their destinies. Such a history
would reveal the fact that instead OF proud
mans swayiug the powers OF States and
deciding the iates of nations. there -is ever
"a power behind the throne, greater
than the throne, unseen generally but al
ways active aud potent. 1twould reveal, too,
tha, all societies and combinations of men III
all ages have been and are. in the condition Of
the South Carolina wag, who on arriving at
the White Sulphur iu company. with his. Wlte,
signed his name on the register John Smith,
i. NJ. LII. d., u. p. e.. Carrying himself
with peculiar dignity to sustain his titles, 1t
was several days before any of the guests who
were agog TO know the meaning Of y. +, G.,
dared approach him to inquire. Finally, the
ladies sent committee to wait upon MN anu 9i,
ask solution Of the problem, when he readily
resp eked that it simply stood for under petit
coat government. The truth is that the
whole world from Adam down to date, has
ever been in ''the same fix. These magic
letters u. T. g., are written iu characters OF llv-
;uy light on every page of its history. aud there
is no rubbing them out
Thus, it appears that the pithy caption OF
this article, though III ole sense trulsm,
in another is at fault in not being broad
enough. Hence We move an amend
,I-a hat
men who rock the cradde, with, material aid
and assistance from those who do 2not thus
rock, rule the world All in favor OF this
amendment can make it known by subscribing
for the Appeal. :.
Madame de Stael, in angling for compl!-
meat from the great Napoleon, asked him who
was the greatest woman in France, and was
met by the reply from the man OF destiny tnat
she was the greatest who had reared the great
est number Of children This may nave oeen
1rue in France and in Bonaparte's day-but 1t
will be readily ack nowledged that In our tlmes
there are many unblessed With such large and
fuurish1pg families of hopefuls, who are pow
rrs in themselves. TO sum up the whole mat,
tor. woman is not only ;the great power OF
e,r,h but laconically speaking, in all respects
she is a good egg !-Ietersbarg AppeaI
LIVELY AGENT-Day before yesterday
an. itiuerant book peddler OF Cou4cli D!uhs s ne.
with several rough adventures on the Terry
hoat and on the Union Pacific bridge Inc
particulars. as we learned them at the Ponce
Court this morning, are as follows,
The hook peddler was crossing the river on
tho ferrv boat from Omaha to the Iowa SIDE.
A. the same time couple of roughs were on
hoord the craft, aud one of them accosted the
,oJdIer telling him he was broke, and asking
him for half dollar He pulled out his pocket
hook. which contained some sixty or sc'euty
dollars, and handed the rough the half aollal.
Just az he was about to replace ms 1louey -
lis nocket the other rough grabbed III ano
Knocked him overheard into the river;
Thc hands of the boat Immediately rushed
., the rcscue, and succeeded in fishing the
,,,an;nr man out; but while they were SO en-
r,rcd ,he bold villains had made goou tnc'I
same hy jumping from the boat, winch nau
~ The mean time sufficiently neared the
''ther shore for them to jump OH ana
rnn away. The book peddier on leaving
the boat proceeded to the transfer anu
took 4 train to Omaha, where nc mas Irlenus,
and of whom he intended to get Sonle
,annov When the transfer tram reached the
hiohi hliin or rho bridge the conductor came aloug
.nd demanded his fare, but not having cent
,,;th him the train was stopped and ne was put
"T me cars moved on, and ne was lelt III
,hn n,;i})e of the bridge, soaking wet from Top
to i botom % and shvering in the cold winds ,nat r
sw,pt down along the river with piercing staip-
ness - ,:oa +o ro ahead
The book pedller determined to 60 tb;s i,cn enJ
,rd foot it to Omaha. Upon reaching t,lis aI Guy
oT the bridge he was halted bythe easlG.IIs .Iout
w,tcbman, who refused to let nm pass W: Mi.r 80
4 tootmaa's check. Made despersam1c be- Id
- ~ ha wnond 20 back to Council BUNS ~;
IL td ne Toub Tsarb Omaha if he had to fight for It;
I woqo 'ht ishtI accordingly took place between the
;wa ao men, who grapplcd each other m and ,0d whS
70 the cotton Of the Deep ossn sa0a ds}anee
en locked in oasR asReny 0tSeE ss Without
OF soule sar;ous s.S,y hurts. There the two men be-