Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1873-07-15
Letter from LYnchbura.

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LYScHBURG, Va, July l4.-Since my last
letter have found out more about this burg
| and things 10 general hsreabouts which no
doubt are worthy Of publication 10 the Gazette.
Last night had an Introduction and short ln-
terview with General Jubal Early, in reference
- rbe coming election. He thinks the contest
will he between Wirhers aud kemper, but his
preference is for Withers and he has not the
Slightest doubt that he (W will be our next
Governor. He does not think Henry 4. Wise
has any show whatever from the Radical party,
and does no, think Wisei would be able to
mite that vote. His impression is that Hughes,
will be the radical candidate, and if Gen. Wise
does run as an independent candidate, he thinks
be will be defeated by an overwhelming ma
iority. He thinks WitherS is deserving of the
support of all, After short talk about the
Underwood McEeigh case and the late War
our conversation ended.
Col. Johu s. Barbour aud his party of cxcnr-
.iopists arrived here Saturday aud stopped AZ
the Washington House over Sunday. The
party visited the several places OF worship Sun
dav morning and viewed the town III the alter
noon. At 5! o'clock Monday morning they
took rid, in their speclal car over the Lynch
burg and Dauville K T. as far as completed. They
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with the scenery and manner in which the road
is being built under the supervision of Major
N0rrelI, the engineer After their return 10
this CITY they started immediately for Lovings
ton depot, where they will remain an hour or
TWO and then proceed to Warrenton where they
will remain Monday night. The eycursonists
are well pleased with their visit and from what
| | can learn it will be beneficial to the State, as
iron has been found in large quantities and OF
superior qualify Among the Alexandrans
with the party are Reverdy Daingerfeld, esq.
Col, VI. d. Ball and Dr. J. c. Hill. Captain
William King is in charge Of the train and
Lewis Evans is engineer. so the party is 10
good hands. Last evening at five o'clock
I was invited to visit several robacco Factories
by Prot. +. W. Anderson, the talented and
whole souled local editor Of the Nlrglnian. |
will give you description of the workings OF
the factories in my next. }. w. w.
ROMANCE OF MEDICINE -Uuder this title
an article 10 London Society Includes the en-
suing professional anecdotes
We know of medical man whose duty it is
to take lunch every day at great castle be-
longing 10 ii noble lord The household is in
mense, and there l. just the chance that there
may be some indisposition demanding attention.
He gets some Of the best company and lunches
in England, and daily charges guinea for each
attendance. There is very wealthy man,
near great city, who canuot bear to be left
for the uight There is physician OF great
ability who drives out of town nightly TO sleep
at his residence; he is consequently tebarred
evening society, and if he goes out to dinuer
he has to leave his friends before wine. He
has to charge bis patient thousand year.
and think he works hard for his money.
Sometimes the services are such that money
cannot repay them A friend Of mine, young
medcus, had standing engagement OF tour
hundred year to look after The health of an
old lady. She required to be Inspected three
times day, and made an exhibition OF her
tongue and pulse. What made things so ag
gravatiDg was that she was as stroog as horse,
while the doctor was delicate man. She was
so selfish aud perverse that he was obliged TO
| tell her that he would have nothing to do with
her case Similarly, | knew the case of rich
man who proposed to pay clergyman several
hundred pounds year for leave to spend his
eveniogs With him. The parson, however was
obliged to tell his rich friend that he talked
such intolerable twaddle that he could not ac
cept his company on any terms that could be
| named.
But the edaest of these arrangements IS the
! following 4 medical man has been attending
a patient several years, and yet he has never
seen his patient. The gentleman firmly be-
| evcs he has au esophagus OF peculiar con-
structon, aud that he is accordingly liable at
| any moment to be choked. That hcl D may be
at hand whenever any sudden emergency may
occur he has physician in the house night
and day. The physician being human, must
needs take his walks abroad, and it becomes
necessary to provide a substitute for him two
hours day. Accordingly doctor attends
daily from II till 2 clock, fills up the tune BY
disposing of an admirable lunch, and finds the
gold and silver coin in their usual happy COM
| binaton, neatly put up by the side of his plate
in tissue paper. Up to the present date he
has never had the pleasure Of exchanging
words with his interesting patient.
PURSUIT OF RATTLEsNAKEs. Jos. Hulse,
wood chopper on Storm King mountain, at
| Cornwall n. Y, encountered rattesnake re-
Gently and wanting one for friend who had
rheumatism and who believed that snake-grease
| is cure for it, he chased the snake, which
! took refuge in wood pile. Hulse seized him
| by the back of the neck, but SO far from the
| head that it contrived to turn and plant
one of its fangs 10 the index fnger of bis right
hand. Hulse held fast to his snake neverthe-
less, stamped his head off, and then spent half
an hour 10 looking TOR Thlte-ash leaves, which
arc believed to be an antidote for the poison:
He found no ne to suit him, however and started
for Cornwall. He was bitten at I, and it was
| o'clock before he reached the village, and
Dr. Beattie was summoned
At this time the arm and finger were very
much swollen and very gaDgrenous, the action
of the heart had almost ceased and the man
seemed like one iu state of into1ication. Dr.
Reattie hastily cut the finger open, and admin
istered two quarts Of whiskey in twenty min
utes. Laudanum aud quinine were also given
10 large quantities. and notwithstanding the
loss of three half piuts of blood from the finger,
the pulse increased, and Huse became tho
roughly conscious He is, after eleven days. in
apparently good health with an excellent ap-
petite, but as black as an African. The black
green, which appear and disappear alternately
DEATH OF AN AGED CoLoRED WOMAN
Old Aunt Hagar Ia colored woman, born on