Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1873-06-18
.!ryA GAZETTE & VIRGINIA ADVERTISER.
a,otl,cr ssAsupe Of the Lock-"

Another ssRnpe Of the Lock-
4 ,cw and affecting police office story is told
h,auriIul Young girl went timidly to the sta
s,;on house and was shy Of it rs one unused to
:, oraity 50 familiar with hardness and sin and
crime Some kud-hcarted officers saw her
weeping and shying, and went to her and gent
ly led her iu She told moving tale OF sor-
row and misery how she had been only a few
months married, and her husband had already
begun to beat and maltreat her so terribly that
she was forced to seek protection of the police,
She showed two rluslctS of sunny hair which
the brute had just torn from her shining head,
and even the officers Of the lew, INJURED to dis
nal scenes, wcpt coriously. They were just
,rncoctiug & plan to get the base wretch of 4
movement in the street aud great throng of
,.cn and boys collected at the door. The poor,
rcariul girl turned away from the tumult. She
Jared it might DC a more desperate case than
hcr own and could not bear the sight of vice
or misery in any shape. A more distrcssful
specimen OF humanity entered. lie was bruis-
rI and lnutilatcd and bleeding, supported on
enc side by an accidental friend, and supporting
iimsclf on the other with an old barrel stavc.
which had been hastily converted into church.
'Yhc Young woman was about being conducted
~, Of SIGHT Of the horrible spectacle, which
was proving too much for her delicate nerves,
when the ,li>trcsstul specimen raised his eyes
Ind exclaimed: "Ihcrc she is now! Then,
,nrniag to the policeman, he described how
that woman, his wife and her mother, his
nothcr-in-Iaw, had thrown crockcry ware and
la, irons and eiiddlcs at his head, pounded
him on the back with q table leg, and then
dragged him down one fight of stairs, and
y !
rilc of bricks 4 convenient green-groccry
lnsn had found him helpless and assisted him
to the police Office to make his wrongs known.
The policeman inquired about the handful OF
Iar he had torn from his wlie's head, and the
rinclcts we're produced before his dazzled eyes.
The distresstul specimen curously examined
inc r!pg!cts ard remarked: "Not her hair at
Ill: they belong to the old woman's waterfall
Who could believe it? So young, so beauts3ul,
and vet so wicked The couple were advised
to find another home very far from the old wo-
man, and told to 20 and sin no mOre.--St. LouaS
RpuJlican
CUSTOMS OF TIE ROMAN STAGE.-The GUS
toms of the Roman stage in Cicero's time have
been likcncd of late, and not iDaptly, to those
Of the French theatre at the present day. The
rcncral public of Ciceros time was swaycd by
IN extraordinary passion for what we might
now call the ballet, form Of entertainment
adapted by It's licentious pranks aud jests to
the very lowest strata of the Roman popula-
tion from which indeed many OF its pecullarl-
liss were taken. The classic tragedy and com-
cdy still existed, it is true, but was little to the
taste Of the masscs-vitiatcd as that taste was
ly triumphal professions and gladiatorlal CON-
iGtts, unless rendered attractive by gorgeous
scenery and dresses, and magnificent decora-
lions This is evident enough from Cicero's
letter to his friend Marius in which he alludcs
to the play of Pompcius, and among other
things mentions that his pleasure in it was en-
tircly destroyed by the fact that it was so over
loaded with scenic splendor. "No less than
upon the stage in 'Clytcmncstra,' and both
cavalry and infantry in the Trojan Horse
with the greatest variety Of weapons. The
public fairy rcvcllcd in wonderlucnt. This
passion for shows was even more Unsuitable
later when Horace lamcntcd the degenerate
taste Of the public. In Roscius's time, cul
.ivatcd people took an interest in the plays Of
ilautus and Tercnce-indeed, most Of them
knew the dramas by heart. They did not 80 to
,hc theatre therefore to witness the develop
mcnt of the plot, but sought their pleasure
purely in fine artisctio rendering of the differ
cnt parts Ciccro's letters show not only how
great was his own enthusiasm for the perfor-
nance Of great actors. but also the lively inter
cs, his correspondents felt in the Roman theatre.
Cesar gave great offence to many people by his
habits Of inattention in the theatre, and by
reading and answering dispatches there; and
Ncayius studiously avoided falling into the
same mistake.
Long listening to orators of consummate cx-
cvliencc had cultivated the Roman ear to such
lAieh of dclicacy and precision, that, like the
Athenia1s, they could detect the slightest fault
IN enuncation and rhythm Cicero says IN his
Iaradoxcs'' IF an actor lose the measure OF
a passage in the slightest degree, or make the
inc nc utters syllable too short or too long by
Ills defamation, he is instantly hisscd oft the
stage. Msconccption of the author meaning
was punished quite as severely, however,
A""c Greatest -1ctor, IN Jal Galary.
Property IN RICHMOND The Richmond
papers arc crowded with advertisements Of
S,ac'ion sales Of city and suburban property.
Never before was there such fever to buy and
Sell real estate. Gentlemen owning farms near
10 town arc dividing them into lots and putting
si'cin In the market, and get rs much for thcii
l"!S as they used to ask for their acres. Out
h,iiG or TWO from the corporation line, where
olacSDcrry and sumac bushes arc growing, land
,S sc,hns at prices ranging from three dollars to
Ten s,. dollars per front foot Not long ago little
ttucS , 1a5n, that was purchased during the war
~, Sn Snnoo2, na was divided into lots and sold for
:-''u?'. Inc persons who arc generally found
investing IN this kind of propcrtS] ] arc mechanics ]
anu meh OF moderate means, who arc mndor
the impression that if they do not now wv rosso.s oSuos
themselves Of sacred soil in this
hood they will never hereafter be able = 'pUr- nn
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