Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1878-01-24
Tofter from Washington.


will not term ills political cenre oil the nation
what an ancient author dubbed the court OF Il
pritc,, viz: "thc suburbs OF he'll ITSELF !'r
though it might don sack cloth and ashe* l'I
being the RENDEZVOUS Of time servers politicians
bankrupt shorpcrs. Spectators, dtc'gcd gen
t;I;,y ct il omncs. set II hath many CHAINS 70
the eve, ear ard heart, AMI as u whole, We can
ssv of it, in the iorcihls IanAuase oil Col. S'l
lers, there's millions in IT, The Eenah CT
its eaic.y. lifc and vim, Is "oo, aud Will DC I'LL
the camirg of pcuitentinl Lent. and the gong
Of rcultrntiary C0rgrc-s. y happy coming 'or
the tuly devout, ant. y delicious Gulr@ Tor lie
whole nation Its streets ard avenues ar rs
wide awake ADD festive rs Al August camp
meeting at L9rg Branch, or county c3urt gay
in "OIh Virginia, ION greatly iaagnilc1
scale aui the many we'll dressed ncia5cra OF
the bonton aud stylish turnor:s threading
them, causes one TO cagltatc over the inc quaii'
ties of this mundane sphere. As the l!sh
laborer stops before "ScmEen on the ave
nue. to relight the little unconsumcd hard Iii
his "dudheen' the solid Cqulpagc ct Senator
- dashcs By with the great man ioIllng on
its velvet cushions. settling matter OF State
with the aid of fragrant Henry Clay, a0d
the descendant Of those who trod lars ha'l'
ere its harp was hushed, .huSly so!llc4nises:
"Whin the rich mon rides, he rides Ia ctaiseS,;
Whin the door mon rides, he walks. be jasus.
It is conceded that the present Congress will
PASS The bill remonetiziDg silver, and on DIT
/ that a prominent Massachusetts, NJ. G. is get
ting bis stock Ct silver spoons ready for the
mint. The Texas Pacific Railroad bill is not
expected to be passed, except pasted BY, this
session, though its projectors, friends and LOBBY
arc moving heaven, earth, and doubt not the
third place Bob Ipgcrsoll deniGS, to secure lis
passage. II the proposed Investigations are
carried out By Congressional Committees, look
out for EQUALS 10 the various burcaurocIacIes
of Uocc Samuel here Blitkins says. Get c
thief to catch thief and he is caught. There.
| fore if 3. is right VIC may tgp:ct to sec several
| thieves uncarthcd.
| The places Of amusement are We'll patronzad
| from the National with its high toned Kellogg
| Carey Opera to the Com:qac with its dizzy
poddesses of the ballet, at least was so IN.
| formed by wcrthy member Of the \. NJ T..
A. at the close Of an evening OF prayer at Lin
coin Hall last Sunday night, aud as the mcm
bers of that association rcvcr lie, unless tor the
| Lords sake, I once heard q dwaNar OF pohick
say, They can rip out some tail ones ter
| Him'') it is doubtless true that these vanitlcs
of the devil are not wholly c!cAewed even IN
the land of John =. Newman.
Miss Berth Won Hillcro, the female walklot,
with her little feet, accomplished the great feat
of walking miles 50 mies in ~ hours st ODD
Fellows Hall, last week, amid the admlrlDg
plaudits of hundreds Of lovers Of Tomanly mus.
Gle, and now if Dr. Mary Walker, Of biturcatea
garments, Judge Belva A. aud the school OF
woman sufragists in town will emulate tho
Von's feet by walking away, perhaps We will
be men again.
The men who "gambol on the green" that
is are dexterous with 'keards, have been 60
ing it blind this winter between the police
scylla and the hard times charybd!s, and
arc nearly "tquclched. Joho Chamberlain,
who oros did the ceremonies Of notorious
gilded hell here that enguIfed many, IL now a.
finnoeent restauraDter, and many arc praslnc
his reclamation from "ways that arc dark and
tricks that are vain" Query If whiskey
punches sweetly repose in White House oranges
why can1ot imperial packs hide their in;qu'lcs
| 10 j. C.'s French rolls7
| The new democratic daily, the Post, j q
staunch craft Of the press, and has merry cap.
tain and crew to carry it through The troubled
waters Of Washington journalism. 1t Is fear.
| less, outspoken and impartial, and goes l)r
"Mr. Hayes schu,z, Randall and others in
q uever-let up style, highly reIroshlOs' Schulz
with his dutch phIcgm and courage weakens
under its criticisms. Apropos OF Schurz: one
| Sunday night last summer when the rioters
wcro rampant, his rooms 10 the Interior De.
partmeDt were brilliantly lighted at late
hour and gentleman passing along Seventh
street attracted by the unusual glare and
glitter, glanced into tho Sccreary's windows
and was Mortified 10 see hin in sober converse
With one who resembled The Hon. Secretary
enough to be his twin brother, were it not tor
his having pair Of horDs and a long tai! which
| fell through The window and fxtenIed to the
iron railway that cncloscs The Patent Otlee.-
The astonished gentleman to be certain 1t was
the devil walked cautiously up and touohcd
the caudal appepdage with his walking stick,
which was instantly ignted, and the gentle
man fed This explains the failure OF the riots,
and the subsequent mysterious Patent Oihce
fire. The devil nipped the riots in the bud fer
| DR.. Schulz. The doctor as usual kept Punlc
faith, and the devil for revenge scorchcd the
doctors residence. Moral: Don't fool with
the devil or you will surely get slnged
The courts arc 10 full bias. maugro the i'm
pending fate OF some OF the present b2Dch, oW-
ing to the bill in Congress for reorganlziog the
judiciary Of the district, and the Criminal Court
will soon dispose Of the one. EARNED gentleman n
charged with the hcinous National llotel crime.
Under the regime Of Marshal Douglass this
court is a lesser Antique. July, officars and
dock (ofcoursc) arc we'll colorod, and Wendell
Phillips ought to congratulate his old friend
Fred. 1t is singular laot, though OF course
accidental that the Anglo Saxon prisoner is
Invariably manaced to his dark skinned brother.
If the above mentioned bill is passed ii Is to be
hoped that at least two of tho old judges will
be retained viz Chief j ustc, Cartier and Mao
Arthur, as they arc perfectly qualified for the
positions they hold ,..
Gentle MoEstt Register, the Mrs. Il. B.
Hayes l. O. G. I. longs for the day when your
dulcct tones will gladden. their absneut hearts.
Come, oh come! ANTEoCIIES.
The CHESAPEAKE AND ONO CAMILLA
bill, now before the Maryland Legislature, pro.
poses to make the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal
common crrricr, and, put it 10 an entirely
djfferant nostion Whcncvcr lis managers shall