Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1876-08-01
Alexandria, v a.
TUESDAY, AUGUST l, 1915.


10 honorable, and sensible editor of that nigh
toned aod stvriiug paper, the virginia oen'lhe'.
In the necessarily Iref notice We shall Wrl;e'
for worthy az the sui Jet, there are one or t"o
others that have more demands upon our time,
VIZ shall al!ude to no incidents that have not
already appeared in print, or been transact'
il open court, but which, owing tothe exclt-
Jog times. have probably been forgotten by an
unappreclative people, and which We SHAH
TAXI this oppor,uuity OF recalling to their mlnds'
in order that goods deeds may 1--we at least d.
long As those Who performed them. There arc
numerous instances OF the true inwardncss and
tot,om facts concerning the lite and character
Of the great Nj. d., of which We have recorded
full, exact, aud chronological accounts 10 Dock
we keep for that purpose, and extracts OF Which
WE shall publish from time to tlme as the &C.
caslon may demand, in order that the eagle eye
and besk cur noble townsman may DC brought
prominently before public, that We tear other
wise, owing to the uuappreciauVeness or the
age in which we live, may treat him ike the
rose that's born to blush unseen and waste Us
sweetness 90 the desert air.
Having named the qualities for which the
prince of the scaawags is celebrated, we shali
mention few examples of them, that our opln-
ions may be suDstautlated.
Though the fame OF his courage has not ex-
tended AZ far as that Of General Custer, It Is
tonudsd uuon surcr basis, aud had DOT the
tatal bullet Of the veugctul Sioux cut short the
life of that warrior Of the plalus, be would
doubtless have hung bis diminished head st
the mention of the name of the gallant Mott;
tut since it was ordained by tate that Custer
should take his H. ht to the happy hunting
grounds. the contributions tha, are now pour
ing 10 towards the monument that is TO per-
petuate his memory would, were tue forloru
homes that our native hero has led known,
change their direction and flow luto bis open
and eapacior,s pockets. JUDGED had the con
trbutors alluded to Uut an idea OF the bravery
Of that spirit to do or die, that distinguishing
characteristic 0! Southern chivalry, that clun
of which Col. NJ Duaoy Bail Can proudly
boast, instead of waiting for him to die, thcy
would feel so anxious to embam him IN
their hearts that they would be temp
ted to apotheosize on the Instant the
hero Of Psytons Grove, who surrendered a
company Of brave, gallant, and coutd,
ing Virginiaus, without firing shot, and
then. instead OF Remaining prisoner until
he was exchanged, took the oath Of allegiance
almost before he was asked, and came out to
Manassas and hung around there, although ad-
vlsed to 20 back, until some agreement was
patched up by which he could retain his rank,
and has since then spent such portions OF bis
valuable time as &c could spare, from cquslly
hazardous aud dangerous pursuits, ID sending
ANONYMOUS letters through the postofice, as.
s.uItiug helpless men, and in wiIltuly and per-
sistantly misaking the identity of those who
treat him with the ipdlgnity and scorn be de-
serves
The bravest are the geutlcst, and the
gentle almost always have r,hocd feelings, and
from such bold soldier boy as the dashiog
colonel it would seem that refinement and deli.
cacy would spring eternal from bis breast, and
so those who do not expect FROM him pure
Thoughts, expressed In chaSte language, are not
disappointed when they read the Addlsoulan
billingsga.e aud deliberate perVerslons OF truth
that characterize his articles, which, with the
playful abandon of juyenescence, be publishes
indiscrimnately as editorials or commuulca
tions.
And Brutus was an honorable man so were
they all honorable meu; but the jayblrd who Is
the subject OF this sketch, exceeds them all
not that he loves his negro, carpet bag, or seal
away friends less, but that be loves filthy luore
more, lis he young printers of whom he takes
the advantage of the minors Law, and the
widows and orphans Of whose limited meaDs
he was the trusted custodian, and the Judge
who warped him OF expu sion from the bar unless
he made them speedy restii utlon, and the law
yers 10 the respective cases, and the unexperi-
enced and cou6dlug clients whom ne advised to
plead the gambling act, aud those who had funds
in his hauds which ne failed to pay over upon
the ground that be had deposited them IN the
hands Of the suspended firm OF }. Cook Il Co.,
when he uevcr had placed them there, all can
testify.
Aud last, but by no means least. his common
sense extends TO the attitude Of the other quail
ties enumerated above, as is knowo not to all. but
to the llnlted number who have ever heard OF
him, by his rem .rkabio vasciiIation aud iusta
bility-denouncng people one day and applaud
iug them the uext; offering resolutions III
structiug delegates to vote for Greeley at one
time and upbraiding those who supported Gree
ley afterwards advocating the old charter at
the Corn Exchange meeting aud condeuniDg it
a year or two alter; advocating reanuexation
to tho District OF Columbia, speaking to negro
meetings changing bis politics as weather