Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1877-04-24
NO. 80.
.Alexanorla. Gazftt&
TUESDAY, APRIL q, 1877.
Not BadLile the "sick NAM Leads.

Not IL BadLi the "Sick Nan" Leads
| The present queen OF tic harem is new, aud
new love is strong; but it never retains the
Sultan 10 his harem beyond The hour OF his
| habi,ual appearance in the imperial study. BY
/ 10 o'clock in the morning. clad 10 furllasd
aoteri, tho Sultan takes his place 10 tho cheer
full little ro9m ia the right wiog OF the palace
which he has made his own--a little gem 10 its
way, furnished in ebony aud green velvet, Ks
only adornments a select library; number of
maps hang on the walls; the busts Of his fathe
and grandfather. The Grst perscn he sends for
10 the moruiug is Said Pasha Grand Marshal
Of the Palace, with whom he draws out the
programme of his day; h. then calls Tor tho
other Said Pasha, the First Secretary, With
whose assistance he carefully examines all the
| papers sent to him from the Porte Occasion
ally, while sti in his dressing gown, be re-
eeivcs Ministers on pressing business, other
wise he works at his papers ill about noOu,
when be breakfasts and shortly after re-appear3
in hls study, dressed in the Quakar cut black
| frock coat, called stambutce Then com
mences the official receptions. generally fol
Lowed by a second interview with his GraDd
| Marshal, after which he either takes Walk
| In the palace grounds or trip On the BOs
phorus in his yacht, liz diskes driving, hut
| on Sunday be drove over TO the StauIboui,
where saw hia, to inspect the arrangements
of the new Chamber OF Deputies. lie dlocs
shortly after sunset, takes no rakl before his
dinner and no wine with that meal. Osce or
twice week he invites some members OF the
Cabinet TO spend the evening with hiu. aud
talks to them on public Affairs; other evenings
are devoted to music; lie has special pianist,
40 Italian attached TO the palace, aud solnc-
times tho palace troupe pernrms pa1Fomlme
fur his anuscmeut About | or earlier, be
retircs to his hareul, WhieE, expressed prosal-
calIy, means 20 to bed. lie Is perfectly con:
-cl0uj that his constitution Is not ROBUST, anu
MS physicians say that h. adheres most faith.
fully 10 their d7ioo for the preservation OF bis
health. No Que who saw The Sultan 90 Sun.
day ,xlminlng with interest every detail Of the
new Chamber, visiting the Imperial t0gc,
mounting the Tribune, uoticing tho silk stutts
whcE cover the bancEes. and jauntiiy descend
lug the broad staircase of the DQrd el fctAcum
with Said Pasha. could cuusclcUiously Conclude
that the mems SGsG was wanting IN that slender
frame, although the frame Is undeuiably sIcn
der and che expression Of the lace ayXlOuS and
surrowlul. .-LOAd0M Times. ... ...I ....
We in the North owe ;nunh, very much, to
the South, aud The debt should be paid. We
understand why the Southern people regard
any reconstruction rs hollow that throws upon
them the uost terrible burdens Of the war and
does nothing to help them carry the load. Take
emancipation. We in The North are as, much
responsible lur slavery - the South. We en-
iJycu many Of It's material advantages. we
rgalizcd il, and men arc still living who were
dragged through NOlthcrn streets With haltors
about their uecks for questioning It's divine
character. Yet we take away all genuine merl!
IN the noble work Of emancipation by throwing
it on the South as war measure, like Bismarck
when he cxactcd his milliards from France.
Bismarck lraGkly ayowci his purpose to Grip.
pie ami punish his enemy. lie did not talk
about "iralcrnly," as We did when we reduced
hundreds OF thousands Of families to brggary.
When We add TO this the reputation of the
various war debts OF the South, the currency,
| the destruction Of every form OF goVernmeu;
| machlncry, the piilasc Of hall the Statcs-thc
| dcsolaliou Of South Carolina, for instance, bS
! Sherman, not as an act oil war, but as an' 'aV0T
cd act oil vengcanrc-hOW eau we resist the CON
c!uson that something must be done tor the
Soulh-.omethlDg that 10 craftsmanship haa
|
that we speak Tor the generous, magnanimeus
| North when VIC say that our people, rightly
directed, once removed from the terror OF
Southern outbreak, once assured that there
was peac, in the South to black and white,
pcaca and Justice and fair play, would only bc
too glad to take iato consideration the true
burdens of the war ard do their part toward
making thepl casy.-M u Hsrahl.' *
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NorHING New UNDER THE SUN.-A wine
shop was lately iouul at Pompcii, roughly or
nauepted with limitations Of marbles in ircsco.
Over the podium of the front room runs band
Of stucco, with four groups or scenes painted
on white ground. 'Ihr first, ON the lett, rep.
rcseuts Il young mau kissing a woman dressed
in yellow garments, with black shoes. She say'
nnlo. cVm Myrtal don want 10 DC
kissed; 70 10 your Myrlalis' The second
scene represents, very likely the same woman
talking TO Myrralis who says. non mia. est.
They both punt their Epgcrs at i third female,
bringing 10 great wine ar ani glass. She
s.vs. oui vol. svnat Oceane. ynnI. bbr, an ~.
ylration to paraKe Of the drink The third
scene represents two gamblers seated. having
the chess board on their knees, On WHICH sew
eraI atruucuii are seen disposed IN r"W. OF dil
teren cu!ors, yellow, black, white. The one 0n
the left is u-t throwing be dice and says exs',
IL wcu." Tie other answers, poIbtIng to the
dice, pou tra, dvas est. You have got two not
three" Both G<I,t 10 tie fourth scene. Ono
say, nou il he. tEia, egofs, i dit not throw
two. but three, have Won. lhe other 40,
swers. orte Fclalvr, Ego lvl, You - !
have the game" at tins mumeut the shop
keeper cones iu, aud pushing them outside;
says, ills oras. ,ixsats "G, out to quarrel.