Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1875-11-11
aLEx.LaAzETTE v1R GINA ADVERTISE
MR.. BERESFORD-HOPE.


Since the name of Mr.. Mr.. Beresford-Hope
IS likely to be henceforth a Household
word" in Virginia 10 connection with the
Stouewa'I Jackson statue few particulars re-
spectlng him may not be unacceptable to our
readers,
Alexander James Beresford Beresford Hope
IS the youngest son of the late Thomas Hope,
esq, wealthy banker, aud author OF Anasta-
titus, book of considerable celebrity His
mother was daughter Of Dc la Poer Beresiord
LORD D:ces and Archbishop of Tuam, and after
the death OF MIR. Thomas Hope, ste was mar
ried to Viscount Berestord.
MIR. BereStord Hope Vas born on the 25th of
January, 1920, and was educated at Harrow
School, where he won a scholarship and num-
Gus prizes. In 1874 be proceeded to the degree
Of Master OF Arts, 10 S4s was made D. G.. l..
OF Oxford, andi 1864 au LII D. of ofCambridge.
10 1912 MIR. Hope married Lady Mildred Cecil,
daugh of the Marquis Of Salisbury, By whom
he haS nuncIruS family.
During the American civil war Mr.. B ,res
ford Hope was firm and loyal friend to the
Southero States. He was chairman of the
Southern Independence Association, and by
purse, pen, and speech literally aided the Con-
tederacy When Stonewal Jackson died he
became chairman of the committee of noble
men aud gentlemen organized 10 London for
the purpose of raSiog statue of the immortal
hero 10 Richmond, the capital of the Confede-
rate States. That statue, the handiwork of
Foley, one OF Eogland's greatest soul lptors, will
forever testify to the sympathy elt for the
Southern States iu Great Britain.
As the inheritor OF his STEP father, Viscount
Beresford's r oglish estates, Mr. Hop pc by royal
liceuse prc6xed the uame of Bercsford to his
paterna pa,ronymic. The Hope family are
the Hopes so famous 10 the anoas of banking.
Their prlocipal backing house is still i'm Am.
sicrdan,, aud next to the Ro'hschilds they are
creates: among 6nauoiers. Possessing a SPIN
d:d fortune, MF. Beresicrd Hope will hereaf, er
pc rem" uUercu as a nuDGc!nt pairou Of he
tlne arts, devoted Churchmau, ans liberal
supporter OF benevolent movements. Iu ap-
rcarance he Is stout ami we'll built, aud urcibly
reminds one OF Macaulay's description of the
stout burgheIs who accompanied William Of
O7ange wbep he landed 10 Eogland. As a
speaker he IL fluent aud lengthy, and in man-
uvrs brisk ana bustliug. =. FuynviWe Merury,
'DoN'T TELL FATHER. There is many a
good mother VINO plans the ruin of the child
she dearly loves teaches it the first lesson in
wrong doiog, by simply saying, "Now don't
tcl!tather.' Surely mothers do it thoughtessy,
ignorantly, not considering that it is first les.
SOD in deception.
1t Is not at all strange that gamblers, and liar
and thieves, and hypocrites, and distrustiul,
evil minded people abound, when weak, low
Ing mothers, with houeyed words and caresses,
sweeten the little teaching that soon rpen into
ali kinds OF meanness and uaprinciplcd ras-
caty.
| heard kind, we'll meaning mother say to
;he puuy baby 10 her arms, well, birdie shall
have It's good candy every day. but papa shau't t
SruW II; see how be loves il = and the little
thing whose reach of life had not whole win
ter IN 1t yet, snatched at the bright red and
blue colored poison, and made as many glad
motions as though it took its whole body to suck
1t With. The poor little thing had been fed 90
candy, almost and iretted Tor more Whenever
lis mouth was Dct filed Even the noursh
lncut nature had provided did not wholly salts
~ II, tor 1t Was not as sweet as candy.
thought IL was 90 wonder, if children were
taught, even 10 babybood, that papa was bad
and ugly and unkind, that iD youth they slAud
call him 'snob' and the old man. and the
mother whom they had learned by experience
had no stability of character, and was capable
Ef deception, 1t is not strar ge they should so
lttIe respect her as to call her the old woman.
The father may be stern man, rigid ip his way
ibrIngiug up children, but he has heart some
where, and surely truthful, honest, loving words
from his own child will find that warm place.
Solt ls best never to deceive him in anything,
but keep his confidence whole and uushakeu,
aud the whlteness of the soul unstaned by that
Ioathsome sio, deception.
My soul sickened at the idea of wife dar-
iog to teach her children to. disobey their
'aIher; Of the daughter vain and unpriucip-
ed with such a mother to teach and guide
her. Better for the world she b ad never been
born.
MARRIED IN THE oNow.-A writer tells a
story OF a runaway couple who reached the
parsons house in the dead of oight, when the
mowed au anthem for the wedding march.
l"ey succeeded in arousing the parson, who
had been snugy tucked 10 his warm bed for
several hours. The good man reluctantly
fa,>ed the window aud asked who was there?"
With chattering teeth the woud-be bride
groom announced his errand. Not even the
piey Of the person prevented his utteripg
lew Impatient growls at this unreasonable in
NrEuptoo of his dreams. He did not tarry to
put on the wedding or any other garment, but
ID hbndering tones ordered the shiveriug cou.
PIE to stand we'll off 10 the moonlight and clasp
.,1dS. nlndS. Then be demanded their Dames.
John Williams he said, do you swear in
GGe presence of God, as you will answer in the
uay OF Judgment, that you will take Eliza Cath.
.,'1e 10 be your owo, your true and ouly wife,
I Iuu mat you will freeze to her SO long you
vo.n wi shall live p The promise was given, but
W." ,ne cod was growing so intense that the lady
snS as spared the question that bad been given to
ruu %" answered by the man. II pronounce you
MA, aa aud wife, and the biggest fools have ever
Sas ~s', concluded this brief aud all.suficient
iS,ynony iS,;.y, The banging Of the closing window