Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1876-05-29
WaSh,ngtOn'S March.

can hearts tnau Wagner LeuCoulc ruapsouies
., Offcpbacs.'s Parisian rivolitles, was com
posed, it should be remembered, by Captain
rIc,n NJ ore, gallant Revolutionary officer.
lnyaliied from wouods received at the battle
of,he Brandywioe, he removed to Alexandria
lthsn in the District of Coiumba) in 1900 and
vas appointed register of wills for Alexandria
county, D. C., which Office be held until his
death in 1905 Captain Moore's son, Altxan-
der, represented the District in the war of 1872,
participating 10 the battle Of the White House,
down the Potomac; aod his grandson, Thomas,
enlisted from here 10 the Mounted k'hes'
which served so gallautly 10 the Mexican war;
and did 10 Mexico. The Revolutionary Cap.
tain Moore was wag, AS We'll as poet and
he found himself in command OF detached
suuad on duty in Westmoreland county, Va,
and CHANGING to meet hock Of geese belong
ipg TO a planter named Page, ne "gobt led
them. with the exception oil the patriarch OF the
flock, around whose neck he tied an old fash
loncd sver niue penny bit, wrapped III piece
o! paper, on which was written:
My good Mr.. Page,
BE not 10 rage,
Nor think it very great wonder:
We have taken nine geese
At penny apiece,
And sent you the cash by the gander."
The District Of Columbia has had many brave
ciiIzcbs, but the bravest Of the brave las Ma
poeon styled Marshal Ney,) was Alexander
Hunter, who was adjutant Of the District Vol
unteers, wi lcn were Oh duty lower d Wn Oh the
Potomac, in the war OF lol2-l4. While in This
service at Benedict, on the Maryland shore,
lo,pcr fir IN irou Virginia, naDed Frank Wise,
was killed by British sergeant OF marines,
who swore that 20 Yankee should take him
prisoner alive. Adjutaut Hunter sprang from
his horse and after sharp fight with swords,
ran him through the body. and killed him.
This brave exploit secured him promotion, aud
hr was Tor many years general of the District
militia. When tie celebrated Ms. Eaton inn
lr,y:io broke up Geueral Jackson's Cabinet
and raised general row, Geueral Eston ex'
y cel to fight another member OF the Cabinet,
aod selected General Hunter as his second.
Iii, conduct on this occasion secured Tor nlm
the appointment OF United States marshal for
tIri, District, then more lucrative othce than
it now is, from General Jackson, and be
held it for some years until forced byill health
to d l.cliue it. He died u this city 10 February,
1919, aged City seven and was buried near his
father at Summer Hill Farm near Alexan-
dl,, the rcSidcuce of the Chapmans, into which
family both bis iathr and himself had mar
ned = Washington Chronicle
rLAsrEKlHa THE WRONG MAN.-1t was
v,ry embarrassing circumstance. and 1t hap
p ned AT hoe in Mt Vernon. A man and
h,s wife were stopping there. The nan was
subject to fever attacks of collie, and was taken
sick there IN the night IT, told his wife tina
he must have Immediate reliet or he could not
liv, and hought mustard draft would relieve
him. She hastily rpbcd herself, went down
stairs aud louud the watchman, who admitted
her to the diaing room and she slr ad the
mustard from the castor on her handkerchief
ald FASTENED up stairs. Finding the door
nj If she rushed 10, turned down the bed clothes
aud >lipped the mustard dralt on the unc2n-
sclous IN ms bowels. He instantly sprang up
in bed, and 10 strange voice >aId: My G'd
Madam, what are you dong She h"o got
it on the wrong man. We |, ave the reader to
Imagine her feelings. She found her own room,
and ln accents of horr. told her husband the
f,cts. The extreme ludicrousne>s of the incl
dent set him ,utO an iuordrae lit OF laughter
that relieved him as thoroughly as the mustard
pasrr would h we done. Very early the n Xt
morning, before nauy Of the guests were up
a mau and woman, trunk bandboxcs, etc.,
might have been seen leaving the hotel, Tor the
woman ; uanlc was on he handkerchief
THERE Is piece oil advice to strangers who
cuuc here to visit the Exposition, which ought
t, preface every one of the dlrcctious publish
ed IN so many shapes to show just how the
work OF sightseeing can best be accomplished.
NJ ,uattcr what the sec,nd step the first ought
10 be visit to the steam elevator observatory
back of Belmont Mansion. No person can ob-
tam in any other way SO comprehensive an idea
OF the beauty and magnitude OF the Exposition
as by vi.w from The top oil that iron column
The grouads of the Exposition lying almost di-
r,clly under foot uake vivid map, which im.
presses itself in every detail 10 a manner that
could never tc reached by the closest study OF
thu best work of the printer or cngravcr; and
not ouly is the relative position of every object
IN the cncl sure SO iDdelbly impressed that
lncmory will prove the safest guide for sysle-
mate examination of the different huildings.hut
also the topography of the country for mics
surrounding is so clearly laid ut that IN no
other WY can so perfect an idea be formed Of
the comparativc POSITIONS tsf the city and It's
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