Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1874-11-04
\ "SPUNkEY' ONE.

News travelling ou the Eastern shore Ut flr-
yjnia. gives the tollowng In one Of his letters:
We turDei aside from our path for space
to yis,t AN object of some curiosity which is one
of rhe .'iiors' OF the Eastern shore This is an
ancient vault. belonging to member of the
':Custis' family, a branch of the same stock
wi,h which Washington internarred Ii lies
,,pon A fine old turmstead looking out upou
..tua hav ard occupics the centre of large
t,la. the only prominent object sheltered by
.n,,a l1 ,re,s Thc vau;t i of white marble,
oJ.,h1,a,niy carved IN I,p,l.u. in a state of par.
t;.,i dil,n;'iat;ou The cn.ious feature abouf il
insists ~ i,s inscrintian which runs thus:
.J-nd,r ,h;. m., bI,. tomb lies ,hc bodv Of the
Hon. JOuN IUsTIs ESQ,
If rho cilv ,f Williamsburg and Parish of Bur-
ron. tnrneriv oi Huugsr's parish, on the East
,.,' ch,rn ,f VIRGINIA and county of North
.nntnn AGED II years and uet Hccd int scaeu
,,c,rs ,rbirb rus thc time he Kent q bachelors
nn,,,n At Ariivg.op, on the Eu,tcra shore of
V;ra;r;a
Tnr inscriptop. we are told by another on
,b. on,osi,a s;,l, was mi on the tomb by lis
'v Vpp;n". ,;r' nr't,r Tps ,;sr q; i as our lyIy
ra,dars will hr njrasei to uerceivc. consists IN
rI"'"Is Wit pu rn pSa:Ju pv,, ,br t 81 wLicb
IN -, t,,,or g.tt mn; understood frn,u ;he nd
'I,;o". W.; y. rs.t vrh,,h nnrs no, annrar. that
~ Iaoh1'lan ,,Io l;vaa only IN his bach,.-
neal M "a
,o ~ H. "T,ar;er,cn i wr sr. 10 brIIcye his
,.,s .sr.,,,v .,';vnr., rn rho ;dsa of any
,,in.s ~ ~ .;,t4 vnt h,w stranoe
.iI, tn iI,,Ij lorn ,.a.,t,r.d if.;cp un.n !,
W. ra,,r..I cancInson j that the Hon. JOHN
O" 49,, .;oan,r, ;nst and conscientious
uT'S whn n,,u;jJ;nD 70 d, ,hn sex anv wrosg
w. = nrr,r,Inra ~ injement, rave them full
and ta;r trial, st the cxren.c OF his owu happi-
nrss and nrnnoucced Judgement only after re.
r,atrd experiments, raoiiop has preserved
some anecdotes of the sort Of experience which
u;,i rola,. 7; ,nnrars that hc was driving ont
j., RI. anc;an, "nach w;,h one If hi, wives laud
r. do him Justice. we must assure the reader
,bai he haI but one at a tme,) and iu the
n,irphurhood If the very SPOT upon which we
rur,yivcs arc now standing. Cape Charles,
n,,rrimouiai discussion eu>ucd between he pair
Which warmed as they proceeded. The lord
,,rrw ,,,prv the Iady y5cif.ratrd.
IL was d amondt,' said enc.
o,,,n; aug '''S's'' 4us'' '"' ''"''' ''~> y "'0
"Ynu will drive nc mai!' cried Johu
Cu>,is,
Il should call this Adorable driving re-
tor,rd the Wiz.
..Hv----i' he exclaimed, ..Ifyou saw anoth-
rr wnro will drive down iuto the sea -
They were even then urpu the beach
"Aro,her wori?' screamed The lady. Drive
where YOU please" size added = 'iuto the SEA, |
can 90 as de,p as YOU dare 90 any day -
He became furious, took her at her word, and
drove the horses aud chariot into the ocean.
TGey began TO swim. He held in, locked Into
her lace aud she laaghed 10 his
"Whv do YOU sion !" she demanded cxui
ireIv. rot \ whit alarmed.
You are devii!' he Exclaimed, ,finging the
a
cxpediuon,
.puokl pool - laughed his tcrmepter
Learn from this that there is no place
vhrr, Won DIRE 90 where | dare not accom-
r,nv von''
.Evcn 70 h-)r'h he groaped.
.rhe onIv cyception." she answered, with a
chncklc--'' there. nv dear, leave YOU"
She had connu,red, lie never drove in at
Cane Charles asaiu, but groancd with the re-
collection, of the seven years bachelors life at
ArI;ny,op
MELANCHOLY OF PROGRESSED WITS.
On, day pbiIGn III, King of Spain, was
,,an'inu n one ~ rho halc,nies of his palace,
,,h.n,y,nc vnnny S,,nish student. who was
>i,,,nc in tl,. snm an6 reading book. while
h., was iurStiuu our into loud h,s of laughter
Tia ur,Lar he stude,t read, the more his
vave,v increased. unti, AZ last he was 50 violent
y ,.yr,ted thaf Inc LET the book fail trom his
lands. and rolled ou the gr und in state Of
iI,,,,, hjIari.v. Tie k.,.. turned TO his cur
,rrs and said "That Young man is either mad
or he j rcudins Don Onixotc.' Oue of the
pu,rls of rho nalare went 10 pick up the book,
,,,d f;nna th,, his m.iestv had .ua :. j rightly
y, N;"u,l CcrvantrS. the author Of this book
which ! 81 amusing. had dragged ou the most
wrrIrh.d and melanchojv existence. He was
,,roan'nS and wern;nr while all Spain was
ianrL;nr NJ rho humorous adventures of the
ln;,h, =, l., Mancba and the wis, savings of
Sancho Pa1z,
|, ;s we'll known that Moliere, the first comic
author in France, the man who wrote the ludic-
rnps sc,ncs ~, Tho Do,,,r IN Spit, Of Himself