Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1876-11-11

Mount Vernon never looked 50 attractive ~
Gow, aud thilhec go each day rom l9e II
twelve hundred rilgr!ms--aot 3gii pilgrim:
| meo. dosn % Friday, aud the Arrow was
crowded to lis utmost capacity bg tourists who
all look alike, talk alike, AID dress alike.
Every lady, almost. wears over her wate.
proof q. least ten fee, Ct eo!l cable ch2ia.
counted seventy quite neaT ne. What on earth
they Eaut rita so much chain ia puzzle that %
The last degree, and thc: anpC,ite5 are De72r
satisGsd, They ,anera,a aGy rcic from Mount
Vernon, iTosa brick IL i pic, and same 81
Sine iaas May they :lavc cut from: the 5aC.
Oh winch &c died four :rla oi Iiuiity Eaariug3,
aud tits, Notwithstanding there are 7Tatchn lcn
ia every direction, Bald ooe or:ie, to CoIcati
! no!lings Ecrth, the accomplished superutcud-
ars, IN my presence, "Stow us the room where
Latuye!te died" ole did not die here ,nad.
ane' Ia uv1 diir't no : veal someboag
did; here. Jane, who was it 80 Another asked :
"Du whales eyer come up this tar pointing
| to the wharf The crowd had been 20 great all
summer that the Regents nav: had The ell
; logs bcac: d by heavy =.a:trg TIE hou>r Is
in exquisite order
The room in which Washioaloa bed j. n1t
ye, fitted up with handsome belongings, taG |
uliIerataEd tha, tho State ct New York vi!
take it in hanI Now it has bed on Whic!
he died. very short and very wide. a21uot
better illustrate iss szo than with =a:cch
made by Q Wisconsin, man 10 his vile. Phew,
Nlariar thai. 8 an unc1flmoa short bed, Wash.
iogton didu't have much room To kick cut, did
be 2" mo" replied Maria; maybe he aid
cat-i corbered. That's so; mayb3 ~ lid.
"And that's where he died"---:o lie watch
uau. Yes, sir. We'll mus: say, ~ 4
moustrous wonder lie diGnt have feather bed
to die DC iustid Of stuck Mattress; aod eli
they postercd 10 pursue their Investigations
Upstairs ia the room which Mrs. Wasl:ng
ton moTad to after the death OF her hus5aut,
selecting it because from the RlliGw size cou!
aes the tomb. This room has bean elegantly
fitted Up by Mrs. Mitchell, vile OF the grcai
railroad king OF Wisconsin,. The hanciags of
tie bed az: al silk cTetonne, lined With rose.
coiurcd silk ilItlogs; the quilts Of Niarsel:!as
pattern ia satin; the pillow covers arc tashoi.ed
With linen cainhric, with the Washington crest
embroidered uGder the monogram. The cat
pet covering the ceUtTe Of the room was maau-
tacturcd in Paris, ADD patterned alter : scrap
Ct the Cr!llEa! lag c!rpet. IL IS OF AXnlnser,
ard cost nice dollars par yard. The chairs,
three IL Eunbar. were covered IL Pans, an:i
c1s! tire hundred dollars eGcA Tney are
CT aaa.ois hair, AMI il patterns similar TO cam
els haif sha 77i. Tie agent Of Mrs. Mitchell
arrived last week With authority from the lady
to nut al additional tboussud dollars 10 tAe
room, but Colonel Hollingsworih said there
vas nothiog lei TO purchase cincinnati
L0mDlerctul
DEMOCRATS SOLDIERS. MIR. jos. Redpath
tiud5 great fault with the soldiers OF The army
for being democrats lie SAYS: 1t has ul9ays
been ono Of the strongest bonds oil army dis
cipiae aud one of the proudest boasts OF mill
ta.y men, that tn, soldiers first duty is obed
eDco, gnd that b. has 40 politics. What, thco
must W. Think of the conduct Of soldiers of The
L. s. army WHO passed through Salisbury, \.
e., shou,ing for "Tiden !" and "Ho7crvor
Vance |" unchecked by their officers: Thes:
troops were sent down TO preserve o;der. and
slisy, By their presence, the cscl,eEent ct evil
paselous, aud cot to stimulate il 81 disgracaiul
shouting of party. cries.
4 dispatch to the Baltimore Gun Of ,lis
morniog says TIE United States garrison a.
Sumter Court house, uoder orders Tor Sack
cts Harbor, were sersDaded to-day ty The
dsncc:a:ic citizens. Major Kelley, j. ). ~,
in response. said he went to Sumter u1dsr Or
ders. with Instructions 10 abstain FROM all 10
terrsCeuc. With the freedom OF he ballet aud
from what be bad himself seen he @as satisfied
hat tue people Of Sumter knew how to nan-
ape their OWE affairs. and that ihe75 vas 20
necessity for Uoited States soldiers.
Tie total number q .1.ernents from yellow |!
ever in Savannah yesterday we're sig.