Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1876-09-14
Carl Schurz.s Selection.

A dlSia: ch from De rot says: 'luiorM .t:On
has been received here that Secretary Chaodiel
has cancelled the engagement OF Carl Schul2
With the National Republican Committee iol
aupaigu speeches. The alleged rcas III is the
statemcut by S!nurz that u.Ycs, i. elected,
would nave nothi ~ t. 10 with C::iullcs, M.r
ton and othe.s If ilk4 pol!ijcl i=s:ts ald
habits"
y Washington corIes pondcDt Of the n. Y.
Herald says: The charge having been madu til Il
Carl SchurZ has write letters 10 members OF his
family and intimate friends asserting that the
democracy viii carry Ohio aud Indiana, it is
asserted tina; he has be@a requested 10 change
the tone or tenor 0! his spec1aes or withdraw
from the canvass This request is based up,r
the alleged fact that in his speeches ne la: a.
sailed President Grants administration, max
iag reform in tLo civil service basis OF those
assaults. The whole matter has created con-
siderable excitement here, initiated by Il short
leader 10 tie admlnisr lou organ.
\ correspondent Of the Baltimore Sun writ
ing from the same city says: The reason why
the German vote Of Ohio aod Indiana is array
ed against Crow. Hayes Is very easy of solution.
Gov. Hayes few weeks ago wrote q letter in.
II
"Amcrcan Alliance" which. it saeuIs, is he
lawful successor Of the drunc knew mothny
party. TINS organic ,:ion iavcrs :he limiting
OF the suffrage to naive Djrn c.tizass and Gov.
Hayes over his 0wn signature wrolc that he
deeply Sympathzcd with its principles. "
'asl Schurz was car. CT when lie said that the
German vote is LOST t. u. This loss lnsurcs
the October Sthtcs 10 the Democrats nolw!th
standing that cv,ry nerve is heas strained by
the republican managers. Within the last few
days large sums OF money have been sent from
here to both Indiana aud OhiJ to be used in
the republican causc. Il W rs -tatod to-day that
$50, 900 had been also SER to West Virginia.
THE NEGLECTED. GRAVE or CAPTAIN JOHN
SMrrH.-Ia he heart OF L1ndou on the C r
ucr ut Giltspur and Ncwgaic streets, diagonal
~ opposite the prison, stands IN y uarrow strip
of graveyard the old Church OF ST. Srpuichrc,
ivy mantlcd and square lowered. The exterior
has within few years been restored with good
taste. The interior Is ugly with the heavy,0p-
prcssiVe uglincss OF church architecture 10 the
Seventeenth and eighteenth centuries.
One. flag paved aisle divides the nave; an-
OH. crosses il near the eastern end. The two
entrances are at the cXtremltca OF the cross.
aisle. lo this croSs.als.e, near the ocrScc ion,
large slab covers the grave OF Captain john
Smith, the pioneer hero OF Virginia.
The trampIlDg feet OF eight generations have
10 $50 years utterly elaborated whatever in
scripton or cpitaph recorded his deeds and
virtues Not letter remains. Oue morse! OF
carving, sheltered by lis proximity to the pews,
alone serves 20 identify the stone. But this
Identification is beyond dispute. 1t consists OF
the upper dc1tcr corncr OF u shield containing
the three Turks heads, which Smith was per.
mitted to bear 10 his coat-of arms alter he had,
in three single CONT bats, slain the Turkish
champion Bonuy Mulpro and his two compan.
ions. The remainder of the shield has, like
the inscription, vanished.
A CENTENNIAL ANECDOTE.-In looking
ovei some Cd pap RS 10 TIE office of the Reg
lister OF the Land Office We hud a mass OF teS-
ti!nony 10 support OF q c.DtcDDial land claim.
Among the rest IS an affidavit OF Gen. john
Smith, of Fred rick. who WI, member Of TIE
Legislature Of Virginia during the Revolu
ilouary war. lu 1t he states that his memory
was particularly Impressed with the fIctS " ch
he relates by the following aoeciote Of Gen.
Charles Lee soon after his disgrace at Mon.
mouth: The conversation Leading 70 the sub
iect OF fac horses, Genera! Lee observed that
man was il prcsumptuous creature; he prl'!cd
himself upon his simlhtude to his Maker, and
arrorated to himself superiority 10 all the good
qualities iacidcus TO humanity hut that 10 his
opinion foe horse was by la the uoblcr All
nal lis superior 10 dgoiiy anl appearance a,
we'll as 10 esty. Col nc Alexander replied
that true 1t WIS man wJuu DOT compare in
many things with foe horse; but tina: fine
,oonaan WIS equal 10 anyttin., in creation. &c
corulug to his Dotiop. Pho !! said lee. Your
passions blind aud mslead you. Man Is bad
enough, but woman, - psha ! "-Richmond
Dispatch.