Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1879-06-05
TTanslIS.

iiEwLETr'S juno 5.-R:siiins Dear and
| travelling Il uch along the lines # the Z. \ U.
K. II. ard the H., +. & 2. II. r., i. has fallen
| 10 the lot CT the writer to become quite tamil
lar with the mysterious personsge Known as
TRAMP" Knowing that men have sometimes
"entertaiued angles unawares." it was presumed
| that some OF these dtsplsed ones Were worthy
| and industrious, and if taken by the hand and
kindly cared for might prove to ba useful and
respectable tizens. Accordingly on the 3! OF
January, 1878, having been deceived and I'm
posed upou by some tt ''the population las
Pat y lien calls the ncgroes) determined to
| intercept the first tramp who passed this way,
| AID 10 few hours small and lily Glad Gen
| man was secured. The weather was tlerclng
cold, and he was weak ADD emaciated from ire
| qlc1t attacks Of intermittent t,v.r. Clothing
was rovidcd and bed and room prepared.
| He weut to wolk without delay, and through
heat and cold, wet and dry, carly and late. he
has pressed steadily 90, proving himself TO be
the IFS. faithful, energetic, and accommodate
Ing hand have ever employed. lie seems to
| be dcvotedIy attached to tho family, while the
children almost ido!;z, Dick" as they call
him, instead Of his oulnndish name.
| Later in the year, an 1r.shman called at my
| door for bread CT work. both CT which were
| given him, ard ho remained a5 l0rg as l had
use for him, proving himself to be most valu-
| able hand
Early 10 the present year, neighbour haviog
! been deserted by two OF "lho population" who
had baresiCed to live with him during the yea,
10 his extremity, procured two tramps from the
ceaselass tide h)Wiug along the q. i .. Il. K.
| Thoy have been with him tor several months,
aud he declares that whilo both Of them arc
excellent hands, he cstccms ono Of them tho
best he cvir employed.
| That tramps are often reckless aud worthless.
there is 10 doubt. but my own observation aud
experience convlnces me, that because Of this.
great Djusioo has often been done worthy and
deserving mcn. Most CT these men have come
| from The North, where the prostration Of bust.
ness and tho scarcity of money, tX,ept among
spectators in stocks and Government b)nds,
are IS er,a! as with u. Neither eypsies or
tranp3 iud any quarter or aco0mmoda'
tiou among the Yankees. Receiving that coz
s!deraiion aud klndaess from our people which
is Got accorded them at homs, the more worthy
| among them are forming attachments 10 this
section which, it properly utilized, may prove o
dom anu prudence, Wo may draw from
| luc IICal uusS vi Iaup5, eu[HluR ~ aou iiO
through our country, lsboling population
infinitely superior 10 the nations dr0nes over
whose exodu, to The North some seem to be so
| HervOusly exercised. With no personal sninlos
Ly TO the negro-having suffered more and done
[ more for him than hundred Blaines or Win.
dom5 have ovor, or will ever do, and unwilling
| 10 d. or say ought 10 encourage thai. exodus TO
the North, if it should ba the will o: God ths.
they should take up their line OF march To their
northern CsRsSn, l would iain sound out from
my Utmost soul An amen. So loud and long That
every town, city and namlat in the Old Domia-
/ ion might hear It,
FraLernize WITH educate, encourage and pGy
| The negro IS We may ev0ry discriminating
| mind which does not Worship SO called educl-
| ti9n rs a god and the form Of religion for tho
substance must admit that tho grea! mass Of that
population" is lspsing into ndo!ence and
| iewdnefs. Their highest conception OF ffosdOn
is repo:e. and o. happiness is sensual grstifci.
| ti0n. Devoid OF self respect and sll sense Of
honor they regard not their contracts or obllg5-
ons. or re!poc! tho interests or rights OF others
Whiio thcro arc some noble exceptions among
| than to this general rule. they are few AID far
between. The farmer of Virginia who relies on
other labor than his own, must choose bstH cen
the tramp and tho dr0ne; aad if he only exer-
ci;es prudent discrimination ho will find, us a
general rule. great reason 10 thsnk God for III
tramp. HANOVER,
CRIME AT TIE Misunderstanding to the
charges Of violence aud disorder brought against
the SCuh, the correspondent, CT Boston
paper, be it remembered, uses the following
remarkable language:
Nor can tho North afford to tauat the
South with the otto that is 10 her ego Till the
dominant section first extracts tho beam from
her owe cyc. ln tho North, women aud
children are daily murdered BY brutes Pub
iio sentiment is often loT.toned 10 its judgment
Of bad men, tho desroycrs Of children and
helpless women. In the South, man murders
man 10 the street atfray or tho bar-room duel.
For my part, | thiok tho man who stands in
deadly encounter with bis fel)w m,u, willing
to tako his charc,s 10 the deadly Interchange
of Shots is manlicr fellow than the fanatic
who Stays his child, the sedGc3r who packs his
victim in trunk, the husband who braios the
woman he has SWORD to cherish, and thus 90
through the ghastly catalogue Of Northern
crime. Christian charity, 10 our judgment of
the South, and lively remembrance Of our
socll SINS will do much to aid the attachment
OF fair views.
TIE LATE GENERAL SII1ELDs.-Gen. James
Shields, whose sudden death at O;tuuHa,
Iowa, has been announced. had remarkable
career. lie was born 10 Ireland and came to
this country while youth. Having studied
law, bo prGc:iced 10 the West with great sucr
cess. and was made judge Of tho Supreme
Court Of Illinois. Subsequently, sf.er being
elected and appointed to various cfoes, State
and Federal. no served 10 tho Florida and
Mexican wars. was made Governor of Oregon,
and was elected United States Senator from
Illinois, la: WAS rejected 90 account of some
defect in naturalization. Subsequently, how.
ever, he was again elected Senator from l-
nois ard took his scat. After serving bis term
he removed to Minnesota and was elected Sem
ator from that State. During tho war he scrv.
ed with great distinction 10 the Federal army,
and was regarded as pre-, oniuently the fight
ing general" Ct the Federal service. In Jan.
ulry last he vas elected Uoited States SeDator
from Missouri to fiil an uoexpired term. He
has thus served three different States ia the
UDitcd States Senate besides occupying mary
other public positions. Gen. Shields was q
man OF generous impulses, s!ict personal iu-