Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1875-01-20

dlffereDt sources, aOu Que OF especial lpteGesC
in the New York Evening Post. Marshall
died. as the lecturer said, from drinking.
Few knew the efforts be made to break the
his craving stomach, bis diseased and 10
famed system. his strong feelings, sank
him 10 ruin. when his vii and better iud Gmeut
fam would have revoltcd and thrown of The
tbraldom. Once he actually signed the pledge,
aud often spoke at temperance meetings; at
one Of which he delivered speech long to be
rem -mbered-a song of emancipation aud re-
joclug the carol Of free bird 10 clear sky
before the first tokens OF the bitter storm 10
which it is to perish. Two sentences only We
quote:
Il would not exchange the physical SENSATIONS
tile mere sense OF auima! being which belongs
to d luan who totally retralnS from all that can
iotoxlcate his bralo or deraDge his nervous
structure, the elasticity with which be bounds
from bis couch ID the morulng, the sweet repose
it yi:llS him at night the feeling with
which he drinks IN through his clear eyes the
beauty and the grandeur of surrounding ma
ture-I say, sir, would not exchange my con-
scious beug as strictly temperate man, the
S. use Of renovated youth, the glad play with
| which uy pulses now beat heallhtul music, the
bounding viyaclty with which the life blood
courses its e1uitDg way through every hbre OF
my iraue, the coumunlon high wulch Ny
| healthtul ear aud eye DOW hold With ali the
! gorgeous universe Of Cod, the splendors OF
the morning, tie softness Of the evening sky
the bloom, the beauty, the TeIdure OF
earth,, tie music OF the air aud waters,
with all the graud associations Of eternal nature
| rropened 10 the tae avrCues OF sense-uo, sir,
though poverty logged me, though scorn point
II stn 6nuo n1p |
want aud destitutioo and every element OF
earthly misery, save ouy crime, met my
waking eye from day to day; not for the
brightest aud noblest wreath that ever eoclr.
cled statesmau's brow; not if some angel
commissioned by heaven, or some demon,
rather, sent fresh from hell TO test the resist
| ing strength Of virtuous resolution, should
| tempt me back with all the wealth and all the
honors which, a world can bestoW; not tor all
that tine aud all that earth can give, would l
cast from me this precious pledge OF liberated
nlod, this fallsman against temptation, aud
plunge again into the dangers and the terrors
| which once beset my path So help me Heaven,
sir, as | would spurn beneath my very feet all
the universe cou d offer, and live and die as |
am-poor, but SOBER
DEATH OF 4 SINGULAR MAN.-The Au-
gusta CoustiullonaIlst says: Colonel 5. y.
Moody, of New Orleans, who died receut-
ly by his owo hand, while suffering from
40 lntoleraUle neuralglc attack, was STU
guar mau. He prospered when Louisiana
was wealthy, and he prospered when Louis.
lana was as poor as rat. The secret of
his continued success was advertising. He
sou the more perssteDty be kept himself aud
his wares before the public. He was known as
the Shirt King of the Southwest % every
dead wall, aud on nearly every telegraph pole
i'll the Mississippi valley, the waytarer vas IN
vited TO get his shirts at S. n Moods "
He was most liberal patron of the daily
press, aud by thousand ingenious devices,
aud 10 spite OF tremendous opposition, he died
as he lived, the superemloeut and pluperiect
King Of Shirts Such was his faith
10 the necessity of captivating the fancy
Of be people and Wiuoing their attic oton, that
it was seriously declared 10 New Orleans, years
ago, be offered $50 QUO to help pay for new
boat iotended Tor the ST. Louis trade,
provided be had the nauog OF the craft. His
offer was promptly accepted, but almost as
suddenly decllned when it become known that
Get your shirts at Moody's'' was to be the
bsptiswaI appeliation. Colouel Moody was a
thorough business man, but he lived n ee
GAUGE and mad many warm personal friends.
Ii may DOT be very sublime ambition TO Sc
cure sort OF Immortality 10 connection With
the neither garmeut OF maD, but out OF that
common and not 10 be desplsed article OF Wear
Moody became rich merchant, lived en- PRICE,
aud gave mis- children 6r5tcass education,
backed up by the advantages of foreign travel.
SHERIDAN Sacramento, CaI., Uoion
10 its comments upon the Louisiana outrage
and Gen. Sheridan, says: Sheridan has new
err had, by education or association or practice,
the opportunity Of learning the art Of mauag-
Dg diplomatic questious, and Of dealing with
deuorazrd aud Disconnected bodies Of men
other than with the sword. His treatment Of the
ludiau question, ever since be mas been con-
nccted with it, has been at constant war with
the uaxiu- of peace, diplomacy and coneia
ton He does DOT understand the use Of mod. !
GRAFTON aud compromise 10 matters of g0Tern
ment He is. from all these aud still other ga
tural defrcts OF character, an unit mau 10 ex-
ercis .hor at a time like this 10 the States
Of l., ui>ana, Mississippi and Arkansas. Ii the
Government desired 10 consolidate opposition |
in al the Southern States, a0d produce war
Of races iustrad OF encouraging peace, GeueraI |
Sheridan would e perhaps the h;test man 10
have supreme conrol there. ln the present
Sltuaton. aud Tor all purposes Of peace AMI |
conciiis'on, he is not the mau for the position; |
and the Cabinet plainly shows its OVID shallow
oess Of comprehension when 1t resolves to let
him have his own way, aud to give him 40 TO-
structious how 10 act at so critical uncure. |
He sees what he is willing to see at all With |
the eye of 40 eagle, out be refuses to see any
thing that initiates against his preco1c ivcd |
policy. That is to say, be sees but one side |
of question that inperatively demands, above
all else, that be who attempts adjustment shall
see both sides with equal ciearness
NARRTEn