Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1873-03-03

= ani.I contracts will be made with yearly all
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ing eight lines fifty cents
Nn BRowS, OF GRACE CHURCH, n. y
4 correspondent of a Trny paper has busted
himself of late with observations OF some OF
tb,.e who make money while the wluter blasts
Il, blow. The caterer for dinners from sl,OO0
:, 800. with $15 or 500 for music, and
coumssion on the patronage OF customers,
a;ors hair dressers etc, which he has quiet
i. manipu!ated, is described as one OF very
Industrious class. His own attendance on an
erpDiny's entertainment is worth SO or $50.
IIe saws ''the chief iunctionary in this loe is
he noted Brown, who for twenty years had no
ryal." He aIludes to Brown, the sexton OF
Grace Church, and says it is Browns tuukey-
ism which makes him success, as he Is I'M,
rleusey corpulent, besides being uncouth aud
rough in personal appearance. Tie thus dc-
>,ribes Browns methods:
Brown came to New York poor carpenter
md worked for while at his trade, but nc
was TOO heavy for ordinary service, and ne had
an ambition to rise above bench and chest
of,ools H.. got into politics, and managed
n secure the berth OF inspector OF Hacks,
which led him into acquaintance with those
who na,rouizc the vehicles on midnight occa-
SONS About that time Grace Church was re-
moved up town, and became the center OF re-
La;nus f:,shi,n Brown was successful in get
,,no the Office of sqxton, aud then he rightly
c,lruated that his fortune was made. lie be-
came moucvci man, aud was proud to display
,tuIl times large sums in his possession He
was enabled to levy a tax on al who desired
the entree of fashionable life. The music and
the refreshments as well as the walters could
Tins assist iu the revenue, while all young gen
tIepau who were fearful of being neglected in
the Invitation list could help Browns memory
with a ten-dollar note.
THIS leads me to remark that a man In
Browns position can do much toward intro
luciug Young man to fashionable society.
Brown can furnish guests as well as superln-
tend an entertainment. When an ambitious
lady is making out her listland giving cards to
Brown, who often circulates the Invitations. nc
can suggest the names of his clients, and thus
get them into the favored circle. Many
young man has owed his entrance into the ring
Of fashionable dissipation, where mischief
turks 10 gay Disguise, to the Influence OF this
very Isaac II. Brown.
THE CATcu OF SEALs-The outfit for the
Newfoundland seal fishery this year promises
thc unusually large. The fleet will number
tweny.onc steamers, with but few sailing YES
sel>, aud probably from niue to ten thousand
men will embark this year tor the lce-heds.
4 correspondent writing to Halifax paper,
from St. Johus n. f., gives some interesting
facts relating to the business and the habits OF
the seal whose fur is SO much sought for. The
Arctic current, setting south of Bathn Bay, at
this season Of theyear floats on its surface those
huge c9-fcids. two or three hundred miles 10
breadth, aud off an unknown leDgth on which
the seals briug forth their young. The mother
seals deposit their young III these icy cradles
about the middle Of February.
lcndcrly as any human mother. the females
watch over their hell lpiess offspring lying amid
the ce-hummocks, utterng continually low
whine, very like the cry Of a human baby who
i>peevish or uncomfortable. The mother seals
fish all around during the day, and return at
Intervals to suckle their young, each having an
ice hole by which she reaches the water. The
young, thus rocked by the great bll0ws OF the
Atlantic, grow at surprising rate In four
weeks tiom their birth they are in the best con.
drion for being taken, and the oil obtained from
their plump bodies is then of the finest quality.
The ann OF the >eal-huuter is to reach them
when in this condition, about the middle or end
Of March. From the island the sealing yes
@S take their departure as soon as possible
after the lSt OF March, aud steering northeast
dash in among the ice-felds, and beat about 10
search of the young iuuocents, lying III herds,
or patches" US the sealers phrase 1t, over a
large area of ice. The young seals are killed
lya slight blow on the nose, and then the huu-
ter "scups' them with his kuite- that Is, takes
vli the skin with the thick layer of tat adher-
ing to it-lcavng the carcase on the ice.
Hrave fears are entertained by some lest the
employment, of so many steamers may rum the
fishery, aud ultimately lead to the extermna-
uon OF the seal, as in the case OF the South
Hea fisheries. This is hazardous business at
.ne best, and frequently those who lose their
S"P"a 10 II lose their all.
J. AARnl.GRAS IN New ORLEANS The Mar
T,s Tnsr5S festivities took place in New Orleans
iS SSuaE All business was suspended.
nh;tn iIe Procession of the King OF Carnival,
@ mulr1 commenced moving at one o'clock, was
tu M barge large comprising among its numbers three
M I'' Ipa'ta!lonS, one of Egyptians, one of Arabs,
.le Mug Own, and another of Nlamelukes,
ST' @Iu 'he koyal Navy, consisting of the Yacht
w w.uo OF the Crescent City. The Yacht Club
"as mounted on trucks.
\ tremendous crowd of miscellaneous mask
w. Tth all kinds of devices and tricks Of the
tpu'll, concluded the procession. |, was two
noufS paSslug. The streets we're crowded with
peIple from all parts of the country, some afoot
'uI some IN vehicles.
iae Mystic krewe of Comus paraded in the
melng. 1t was the finest display they have
.',yet gwen, consisting of more than two
aauIeu ,o ngureS, all IN most elaborate and artis-
"c couH.nS. The subject was Darwin's oririn