Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1876-12-04


The RICHEST YOU'VE MAN IN NEW YonK.
William Waldorf Astor early developed a
taste for art and study. When abroad he cul-
ti7atcd sculpture, worked hard under some Of
the best moaeru nasters, and achieved very
considerable success Had he not been bern a
millionaire, he would most undoubtedly have
made himself name as sculptor. lie Is ioGd
of all athletic sports,i is y good boxer and egcelS
at fencing While moderately fond OF horses,
he las o; late developed strOng taste for
Yachting HIS yacht the AtalauIa, won the
London Cup in the outside racn this TALL.
Young As;or is, however. more OF man OF
business than q man CT pleasure, and in this
respect he is thorough Astor. lie studied
!as a the Office of Lord. Day s. Lord; was ad-
.uittca to the bar some two years Ego and IS
sill! with that iirm, which tralsacts very con
siderable portion Of the law business arising
tro,l and connected With the Astor estate.
Wheu in town, young DIr Astor is very regu-
;.ty 10 be seen vending his way down to the
Office every day at about $3.50 4. nj. Most
.rcuucut!y he stops at the Office OF the Astor
estate, on the north side Of Prince street, just
west Cf Broadway, makes u short halt, aud
then repairs to his own place OF business. lie
i, not much OF club man, though belonging
Is our principal up town clubs. Though not
4 danciug E!an, he goes very faithfully into
general soci;ty during the gay season. This
past summer at Newport he was much gayer
Than usual, and drove alLthc bellies out 10 turn
in his dog cart. In appearance, MIR. Astor Is
tail, slightly built distinguished looking; 10
sasuner, gesture and walk he quite reminds one
of the young Prussian officer of the present day
correct 10 department, reserved to degree,
courteous End polite to everybody. La word,
William Waldorf AStor, when compared with
he general run OF our rich youths, isJust:y en-
,itled to be considered model young million.
aire. Everything he does is fitting, proper and
lacorous. y Sun.
JUDGE BoND-Col.D Dom Piatt says,!n let
ter to the Cincinnati Enquirer: When forti.
fications were ordered Tor the bette, protection
Of Baltimore Judge Bond impressed tho ne.
sroes into the service OF digging trenches. 1t
is quite easy to arrest negro !aoorers 90 thelr
way to or from labor. Don't do that, said
Bond to me; these free negroes are laborlng
Tor themselves instruct your othcers to take
only slaves then the Secesh fellows will suffer"
| called my press gang into headquarters, and
Instructed them to 60 into The more fashion
able part Of Baltimore, ring the bells OF the
most aGlstocratic mansions, and when servant
answered the bell capture him.
About an hour after they had lett on this
rious mission jerome Bonaparte bounced into
headquarters His Napoleonic head-for he
was more like the great Corsican than any
other member Of the tamily-tair!y shook with
wrath, while his couutenance indicated apo
p!exy, that doubtless would have intervened
but ior the bonapartc popularity he possessed
Of lacking enough Of the tissue necessary 10
the disease.
"Where's Gen. Schcuck?' he gasped.
"lo Boston" | responded, offering tins re-
publican piece of C;esarism chair.
"Well, sr, you are his Chic( OF Statt---yes
strand | am a Union man, yes, SIR. Weii,
sir, this morning some soldiers rang my bell,
and when my tootman opened the door they
seized him and carried him 20 the trenches,
and when /, hurryiug out, demonstrated, and
told thcm was Jerome Bonapartc, they SAID
they didn't care If was, they obcyed orders.
Yes, sir, was robbed anl lusutcd
The BoATMEN's TRoUBLEs.--'fhe Cumber-
land Allegapian gives the following items as to
the status of the boatmen on the Chesapeake
and Ohio canal:
"For some time past the New Central Com
pany has been paying to outsiders, that ls' 10
h0asmfD not III lis regular lluC, lho hhpo'o'i'"
sum of 50 cents a ton to Georgetown. Ofuers
are now reported to have been received irom
headquarters instructing the officials OF tue
company here to pay to boatmen IN its regular
line only 50 cents tor. If the men IN the reg
uar line refuse to boat for this money, then
the plan vii! be to 20 out 10 the highways and
hedges and employ whoever will come. The
Maryland Company has pursued a very credit
able line Of policy toward the boatmcn TINS
season. Though some companies were taking
cut rates as low as G5 cents, yet the Maryland
had been sicadiasty righteous in glvIog Its
ioatmcu 81 ton to Georgetown. The sheriff
is kept busy gobbliug up the mu les OF the boat
:uen and the equipments OF thclr boats. Inc
Commandment, as the season approaches
close, has commenced all along the line, and
the canal supply men aud mule dealers arc
rouriog 10 paper bullets in the shape OF exeeu-
tons This sort of thing has gone on at Such
rate that there is now on the canal scarcely
onc-haf the stock with which the season was
begun An instance Of the general destitusion
among the boatmcn is shown in the case OF one
Of them the other day, who was compelled TO
give to the owner Of boat !. mule ior trlppage
tree
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