Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1873-07-01

Il. Y;S and SATI RDA1S, 1T FIVE DOLLARS
rnn ASSUM, payable IN advance.
HIRAM Powers. Hiram Powers, tho dis
rinsishtd American SCULPTOR, died in Forcncc,
lar. Yesterday. He had been i'll for some
Time past with consumption. Mr.. Powers was
born at Woodstock, Nermo 1t, July 29th, 1905,
was waiter at hotel, traveller for tradesman,
and arprcnticc to clock maker at Cincinnati.
IIs received his first Instructions in modelling
from prussi,n ulptor, who happened to be
in Cincinnati executing bust ct Gen. jackson,
and in short time learned to form busts him
self. aud well executed medalions. Encourag
ed hv the success OF these carly efforts, he came
TO Washington, whence, by the assistance of a
patron tMr. Nicholas Longworth, OF Cinclnna
til he vas enabled to start 10 1887 for Florence.
Alter much studious application, he produced
in 1855, his figure of Eve" followed by the
Greek Slave" which attracted great attention
At the London exhibition of 1851. This statue
has been widely celebrated and placed
Its creator in the trcnt rank of living
scu!ptors, copies Of it being ordered by
the ;nosteminent English and Continental con-
noisscurs, and by several distinguished Ameri-
can art collectors. Mr.. Corcoran's collection
has the Greek Slave. Among Mr.. Powers
other best known works may be named I'll
and "Amcrica,' his statues Of Washington,
Franklin and Calhoun, and busts Of Chief JUS
,ice Marshall, Adams, Webster, Van Buren,
and others.
Mr. Powers made his reputation by his Greek
Slave, and none of his subsequent works reach
ed anything like the same fame. lie Is repre-
sntcl at the national Capitol by the statues Of
Franklin and Jefferson, but neither are Of par
.rular merit, save in the technical execution
in which Powers was always conscentlously
faithful, never cntrusting his models to mere
>tUlc-cuttcrS to be put IN marble without over
sight. 1t was always matter OF grievance
with Powers thought not openly expressed,
that our government gave him no order for an
important national work, while frittering away
large sums in orders to artists he considered In
icrlor to him both in experience aud ability
Washington Stdr.
\ CIrIIER1NG SAMSON. Mr. L. B. Mason
of the "Syndcatc'' Of Contractors is veteran
Eailroadrr and witha an odd genius He and
five others, forty years ago paid five dollars
apiece to have drawn up the charter of what
is now the Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad.
lie shoyclcj the first spade Of dirt on the road
and drove the last spike with nearly half cen
fury intervening. In every extension OF the
line he has been a contractor and netted from
his work large fortune. He makes extensive
and minute calculations In engineering without
any knowledge Of algebra or trigonometry. His
results are remarkably accurate, but he cannot
explain the process.
General Jackson when attacking Mcclellan
IN the rear wished to cross to the Richmond
side Of Chckahominy, and sent for Mason. A
queer interview followed. Mason is man Of
chesterfield, and believes with Prof. Joynes
hat no Is isuroTo I'll a Dp
StoncWall wasn't circumlocuting.
Gen. Jackson: mir. Mason, | want
brd se across that river How long before you
can build it?'
Mason That depends upon how many
tyTerSs, you can spare to tote poles and wade in
Gen. j.: ''Thc Engineers will give you
plans as soon as they draw them
Mason: "Better send them tellers down
here that can cut and tote Ialnt worth while
10 wait for the picters.
The troops were crossing the bridge at three
that evening, and the picters were not finished
till sunset !-Lecington, Va, Gazotte.
TIE YELLOWSTONE EXPEDITION The
great Yellowstone expedition, the engineering
party of which left Fort Liucon few days ago,
TO take up its general route from Heart river,
is estimated as containing 5000 men. The OBJ
icct of this imposing cart van is to protect the
Northern Pacific Railroad Company's engineers
IL running the lines through country infested
with: redskins From the Missouri westward
to the mountains no part Of the liue has been
definitely located, although several unsucceSs.
iul attempts have been made A force Of one
thousand men, under Gen. Stanley, failed to
accomplish t.ar object last year. This year the
Nuroc IS expected to be ample to ensure protcc-
zion to the engineers = 1t consists OF some SIX
teen companies of infaptry and ten OF cavalry,
battery Of light artillery and about one hun,
drcd Indian scouts. 1t is under command OF
Gen. Stanley. Cen Custar also accompanies
the expedition The engineering party is an
der the command of Gen. T. l.. Rosser, engl-
necr of the Dakota division of the road. A
scientific party of six or seven gentlemen, rep,
rescning the different departments OF natural
history, accompanies the expedition, the route
OF which viii be somewhat north OF the line OF
1871, from the valley of Heart river, and will
strike the Yellowstone near the mouth OF
Gcndinc creek Thence it will proceed up the
Yellowstone one hundred and fifty miles above
the mouth of Powder river; thence across the
divide iu northeast direction to the valley OF
the Nusscshcll; thence to connect with the
survey made last year.
ABOUT BooTs-A man who draws the
prize of >qucaking boots from shoe store al
ways get them on Saturday, and by the next
Iay the full power of the squeak is developed
lie arrives at church at the opening OF long
prayer, and is admitted by the sexton with ad
h"nltory gestures of silence. The first step
INSIDE E the door is followed by sound like that
u, fT1Prng clapboard from the side of a barn,
"le all the ladies on the right side of the aisle
~ ,,l' thclr topknots to one side and squint from
'nclr lrt eyes, those on the other side reversing
lne order. Balancing painfully on his worst