Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1877-08-04
Alexandria.

! A correspondent OF the CharlestoWn Spirit OF
Jeffersoo, writing from this city, under date OF
the 18th ult., says We'll, it is bot down here,
and have sought out cool place, and where
do you think 1 sit and write ? 90 the shady
side of one Of the Main streets Of the towo.
Washington, oEcourse, named after the pater
pstrie through which he often rode when be
came from bis loved Vernon to church, or on
business. 1t is beautiful street to me as ]
sit 10 40 easy chair before barber shop and
look up aud down. Fine large shade trees grid
either side, macy very handsome residences
are to be seen, and what is striking fac', aod
| cote it as such, within compass OF three
squares are six churches. a ! OF whlrh | can see
by spire or otherRs;, First, tho D.pust With
its pastor, Rev. Mr. PenIcs, who WAS With d,
10 C1arlestown ouca; thea the VI. H. Churon.
where, wheu youth, ior!y yeari ago, Vas
wont to 90 aud worshlr; jus. aor0ss the street
| from the last named, the N il Church, South.
a large and Imposing struc ure, Arsat lmprov
ed within the Two last years oy 40 expenditure
of four thousand d9lars; theO, th, N. L.
| Church, Moderate bulldog 10 ap2ear.oco
aod siz usxt old Christ Church =. 4, whers
Geueral Washington had 4 pew and sometimes
came to worship; jlst beyond jewish syna'
gogue, small att.lr 10 appearauc.-aod IT.
lie beyond that srauds in full view the l1log
where fer many years -uj. llalloWell establish
| ed and conducted most successfully math m att
| cal and classical school, known t. the s'ud5uts
as birthstone Castle, its cJior suppose sus-
| gestiug the soubrlqlst, place lntereaun2 10
me, for there spent year to stock for future
use. Such is one of the macy streets of this
old town. | have thus wrllteu OF one 10 par
,icuar q. it was right at haod and att rdcd me
q GOOD subject. The tue and space would lsll
one to write Of others ~ ml0utis, but rather let
US take up the city as Whole aud write ~ Its
bright as We'll as irs shady sides. 1t is very
| old tow, J., going way. way back to the earliest
colonial days, and time tho great eveler has
marked, aud furrowed, and wasted 10 bis oWn
| wey; evidences of which are patent on every
hand Its social feature Is preemloeut. Old
| VIrainia's hospitality was very early grated
toto its society and has all along held Its owo,
and is to-day bright feature 10 the social fab
| ric. The religious element has predominant
| iug influence, mauifeet 10 the large number ol
churches from which the purifying spirit OF
! Chri5,iaoiy is disseminated through the body
potic, and very few towos of its szs eau show
| a cleaner polio, record aod greater freedom
from tho rowdy element. 10 poiot Of location
| it is superior. The beauuulPotom sc which hugs
the uorth side Of our county sweeps this way 10
I its uoiseess move to the vast occao, expanding
| right in front Of the city to the width Ut mile
aud depth which gives sale anchorage Tor
the largest ships A grand couu'ry back OF 1t
through which the MIdllud lrunk Railroad
passes may pour iIs aggregated products toto
| its store houses.
PITsBURG AND lT5 PoPULATIoN.-Aluos:
oue.lhlrd OF the population OF Plusburg (which
Of tee city proper is l49 900, and OF the district
withio radius of f 5e miles Of its ccu,re 2l0,.
OOO) are foreigners, and of these foreigners
nearly one-half are Irish. There are 81 r 'mau
Catholic churches, 90 Presbyterian, 81 VI 9TH.
odist. | Unltarian aud UnVorsallst. NJ sou
faoIures principally absorb the industry Of ths
people. either as employers or employed Pi,ts
turv uses about one fourth OF all the iron OF
the Uuited States, aud is also leading centro
10 copper, glass aud petroleum. Five great
railroads-tbe Pennsylvania, tho Allegheny
| Valley and the Putsburg, Washington and
| Baltimore, giving drcc cJmmuocatlon with
the eastern cities aod three tourtbs OF Penosgi'
vapis the Fort Wayne aud Chicago ramlfylog
through the northwest. and the Coclonau aod
St. Louis through the southwest, centro at
Pittsturp, besides three important rivers. With
an immense barge and a,eauboEt Transports
ton, Hence, about one fifth Of the wolklns
nonulation are employed 10 transportation aud
related trade There we're depos's IN sixteen
national bsuks 10 1875 of ~ $ll ,OOO W0 aId
10 the State banks OF 81 500 OUO. Inc cl iS
several millions of doars poorer this week
than it vas last, and its lair fame IS clouded
with backer smirch than was ever put on IL
by the proverbiaI dirt and soot OF the Pittsburg
atmosphere. .-Boston transcript.
| CONTRACTION AND EXPANSION PaAcrlcAI'
LY ILLUSTRATED. .-Joho Henry vas With julia
the other evening wbeo she observed: 'Jobu.
dear what is all this talk about coutrac'log aud
expanding the cu.rauc2 acd which DO you b.
heye II 2" "Wu NY awcet, sa:'i y Ihn, t1ll
Jog up hls collar. ";hat d"aeods upoo ci'cum
s,sncas. lu g. ME Gases 5Guu'd sdVtcste oon-
,rsc,loo Of the currcucy, and Ic otheT5 sn eA'
mansion of it. Ii is acc rdlug TO the clrcun-
stsnces-.hat is, the coodlIioo OF things.
"But wba. is the diff .rooce he w.cu the t~o,
and how do CIRCUMSTANCES affrct to- u! Tbat'u
what want to koow, JohD." "Oo, that's
easily explained" said Johu, 10 tooc OF great
cheerluness. "For iustaucr, when We are siope
ne sit 90 one chair, dOo't WeI 8.
"WclI, that's contraction. But wbeu "e near
your pa or ina comOg we get oe !Wo cnalrs.
don't w.?' Il should say We did,. well,
my love, that is expansion. SO you sec that Is
is aco riding to ci.cums,arces. "John," said
she, very softly, burro@las uoder b.. LIT ear
I'VE are c2n,Eaotoog oo"' ain "s fo"
Danbuy Ne,cs.
Mr.. Samuel Warreo, author Of This D:ery
of Physician. and Ten Thousand Year. died
In London recently.
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