Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1875-06-29

art, of Abingdon, who delivered a stirring adj
dress on the lessons contained in Hannibal |
exhortation to his army, "Beyond the Alps |
lies ltaly" Chas E Nicol, esq, of Priuce
William county, Va, was the ecpient of the
gold medal as the best debater, and made an
appropriate and tasteful speech on receiving it.
Clifford A. Mounjoy, of King Georges
county, Va, will certainly get the degree of
master of arts. as will probably Lyon Gardiner
Tyler, also of King Georges county.
The commencement exercises of Princeton
College, at Princeton, N. j., were inaugurated
on Saturday by the annual games of the Gale
DOMAIN Club OF the institution. Gold medals
were awarded for standing and running long
jumps, throwing the base ball. races of one
hundred yards and quarter of mile half
mile running aud unc-miIe walking, luuulng
high leaps, throwing the hammer, the hurdle
race and ruuulug hop, step and jump.
PORTRAITS OF WASHINGTON AND WIFE
The New York Tribune says:
A curious and interesting art relic is among
the contributions to tt c art exhibition at the
Lotus Club this evening. 1t consists of u min
lature portrait of General George Washington,
accompanied with portrait of Martha Wash
lngton, zach painted on ivory, and encnssd in
medallion solid gold frame. Each mininture is
surrounded by hair from the original Tho pic.
lures have for nearly hundred years been in
the possession o! the WASN'T ct III family.
The portrait Of General Washington was paint
ed IN the Fedora camp during the siege of Sos
ton by Charles Wilson P.,ale and presented to
the General: Some years later, At the time of
the Grst Presidency. the portrait Of Martha
Washington Was painted, and the two pictures
were enclosed in the present case, with the hair
OF General Washington and his wife and pre-
sented by Washington to his sister, Mrs Betty
Lewis. Upon the death o. Mrs. Lewis the min.
natures ceScanded to her daughter, Mrs. Carter,
| and from her were handed WI TO her grand.
son, Mr., John Il. Patterson son Of Eleanor
Carter, the grand daughter of Mr. Betty Lewis
There ala several POINTS Of interest in this
portraltot General Washington. The express.
sion OF the face gives n different impression of
the man from that conveyed by Stuart famous
picture The hIouth Is softer and more kindly
| than III the Stuu portrait, and the yes and the
brow also vary IN noticeable particulars. 1t
must be remem bcred however, that Washing
ton ut this time was less mature than when tho
Stuart portrait WAS PARTED He had not vet
began to wear The set of fl Sc teeth, made from
| solid block otlvory, which afterwards distort
I'd his face
Under The Generals uniform coat is seen, in
this miniature, wide blue scarf which it is
asserted, WAS only worn at thi: early period of
the war. A general order, which included
Washington hin Iset, indicated, by The color OF
the scaris to be worn, the grade of The various
Generals, at that time personally unknown TO
the army. The color of Washington's lnr be-
Meath his powdered peruke was brown, slightly
streaked grey ut thi. time. The braid of Lady
Washington's hair is of the beautiiul auburn
hue, which remained almost unchanged to the
end of her life.
LUXURY OF THE ANCIENTs Gagnauis
Messenger has the following:
The excavations ut Pompeii are going on with
an activity, stimulated by the important discov-
cries made almost at every step, and the quaint.
ties Of gold and silver found, which more than
suihce 20 cover the cost of The works n ear the
Temple of Juno has been brought to light
mousse no doubt belor ging 10 some millionaire of
the time, AS tht furniture IS of ivory, bronze and
marble. The couches Of the trclnum, or din
Ing room are especially Of extreme richness.
Ihe 1ooring consists OF an immense mosaic
we'll preserved in parts and Of which tho centre
represents table laid out for Il grand dinner
In the middle, on a large dish, may be seen n
splendid peacock, with his tail spread out and
placed back to back with another bird also of
elegant p,umage Around them are arranged
Holsters, ore Of which holds y blue egg in its
claws, Il second an oyster, which appears to be
tricasseed, as II Is open and covered wi herbs;
third, a rat lsrci, and fourth, small vase
1lIed with fried grasshoppors. Next comes q
circle OF dishes of fish, interspersed with others
OF cartridges, hares and squirrels, which all
have their heads placed between their fore feet
Then comes u row of sausages of all forms, sup.
ported by one OF eggs. oysters and olives, which
III It's turn is surrounded by double circle of
peaches, cherries, melons and other fruits and
vegetables. The walls of the trclnum are COW
cred with tresco paintings Of birds, fruits, how-
ers, game and fish of ali kinds, the whole inter-
Spersed with drawings which lend u charm to
the whole not easy to describe. On table of
rare wood. carved and inlaid with gold, marble
agate ard lapis lszul were found amphorp still
Containing wine, and some goblets of onyx.
TUNNELLING THE BRITISH CHANNEL. The
submarine tunnel proper will be little more
than sixteen miles long and the two suhterrl-
mean ways of approach will be Zach seven miles
long. French and English capitalists, railroad
companies and bankers have subscribed though
OF course the greater part of the subscription
will be postnoned until the experiments are sat-
isfactory. The cost OF the experimental gallery
complete is estimated at about five million dol
lars that OF the tunnel and road complete ut
fifty million dollars. One OF the accounts
says that the boring will be done with n
very powerful Wmble which bites into the
chalk, jags and cuts with rotatory motto each
time circular piece Of metres or 80
inches. The chalk powder drops into an end
less cloth trough, and is carried by the move
ment of the cloth to \ wagon, which takes it out
Of the gallery. Experiments have been made on
the rocky shore OF Rochester where the machine
bored at The rate OF IL metres per hour. At this
rate In two years the cutting can be done from
end to end. Ventilation is to be procured by
Injection Of compressed air. Should any III
sure be encountered, MS movable partition
will be made TO separate the froi.t cutting from
the gallery behind by forcing compressed air at
five atmosphcres into the former, there will be
no danger OF n sudden invasion of the gallery
by water. 1t only remains to be seen whether
there will be enough capital offered 10 justify
the beginning OF the main work.
RETURN OF STOLEN DRAFTS AT the Sec
ond N.tIoua Bauk Of Alirs haEy yesterday,
about Ii a. H., stranger presented a number
4 drafts %n the ba9k, drawn in favor Of New
York bauk, and am0uutiug to about So 900.
lie explained that the drafts We're placed In
his 5apIs 10 Harrisburg by mao named Cor
don, WHO Was very sick Fearing that be was
abou to Gle. 6 rioD told him 1.-THE straugsr)
,hat he had tuund the letters onauug the
drafts /, the letter box at the Allegheny post