Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1879-02-10
LETTER FROM RfCM.nON'Ds

Correspondence CT ITO dicIalQrla UaZelle.
RICHMOND, Feb. Tho Richmond Blues,
az historic company, will 5oon Celebrate their
anniversary BY parcde-snd they expect 10
come Gu: with 50 muske!s. This is The second
oldest Military company 10 the U. S. Twas
c.gauiz.d il 1899, and 10 th; FIRST year OF Its
existence tie members wore red coa!s, but,
owing to tic dislike of that coor, they changed
it to blue. Some of the first men in the State
have been captain Of The Bluss-amoug them
the late sdjutant General Richardson, Colonel
Geo. Wrhc Muuford. Gel. Ibos. B.. Bigger
AID Capt. o. Jennings Wise. Capt. John s.
Wis, is Ihe present captain.
The tele. raph announces the death OF Geo.
Dalgardo. former President of Panama. What
makes this announcement loteres;log to YIr.
eioars is the fact that Gen. Delgardo was
once the iolimate friend and companion OF MIR.
George Canning Wilde, who is 81 well aud
popularly known to the members Of the press
10 this State. Dir. Wilde, when ho visited
Panama, met With President D.lgardo, aud a
strong friendship sprung up between the young
Firsinian AID the President. Dir. Wilde spent
wear under the roof of th, General, and went
out IS tide 90 his staff 10 the celebrated
campaign against Eurlu ca, the dreaded chief
Of The Nicaragua lodiaIs.
Dir. Wilde tells, with tia. per5pecuty and
vi7itaess which is lis chare c.cfislic, OF the
meeting 9TH Elrtasch and the capture aud
death OF the brave uotuteIcd kiog It that wild
c:u9ry. AS Dir. Wilde end the General were
riding together q long distance 10 font OF the
recul4r detachment, Euriusch alone, and ap
pareGiiy unafned, suddenly stepped 10 font
of them Gcp. Da,gsrio said. HAL" aud
Mr.. Wide hauled out his revolver from the
holster that hung hy his side. The Indian
merely laughed, and with a ctlerily tina: was
sstopishiog, struck the pistol fem MIR. Wilde s
hird, aud sprung upon the General, end push,
cd him from biz hos, to the ground, and laid
him there urconsciul MIR. Wilde was now at
the mercy of the chief for The pistol was 90 the
ground. AID, although he had another hoist r.,
Il vas merely for show and c,ntaiuci co wea-
poo. Ii might have fired badly fer the genial
secretary Of the Wright. press cluo had Iot
oue OF the sc}us from the detachment 10 the
rear appeared upon the sc31c. This scout was,
as u,k would have it, g Fireili, youth, Tommy
Twlnks, from Louisa c1uotr, aDd son OF cid
rD1n Adam THirks Who kept store rear by
the t1y2rn where Aleck Short Wis shot Short
vas member Of The L:usi A|eris, God had
his leg broken a. the !ife which bu7ncd Samson
Temples tObaco, blro. lie AID Tcmplo were
brothers in Ian. Short married lhebeauIi!ui Mis-
Molc Nlplc:Gn, who was killed ty Wi0d Isl
srikiop hsr ca Tic head. STE was first eog8g
I'd 70 Sir. Richard FeWs:r. who kept h..
stor, u,d:r the old Eigia H1tc! 10 Richmond,
All, who alt:rgardj married bliss Keep,
whose mother was hrs CeotauRu,, the
deug htrr Gf enc Of tie richest planters 10 San
DJmiuco. By George that man oWutd three
hundred negroes Oh the island at one time. He
came 10 Neg Orleans end had a duel with
Bernard dc Champs. They were both paying
attention to the popular piina G05ra then sing
ing i j the opera there. They went Out at six
in Tie moTnirg. Just - they were waiting Tor
the Command to fire, de CHAMPS secoud, Tom
Dawson. said, "Gcrtlcmon, hold on one min
u:c." Dawson WIS fellow tha. had he2n in
let's # dlels il lis day, and wss 10 Virgieia
during the war. lie is the man that had that
big row with the comnacdant OF Clstlo Ihuo
der. AIicr that he went to California and he
AMI Ike SimUs opcped a bank there.
Dir. Robinson, Of Portsmouth, presided part
CT the time 10 the House to day, aud did i. so
efficiently that be was comp!inented on a|l
sides.
While The Southtro Historical Soccy is
collecting all the material relating to the his
tory Of the struggle for ildepcnterce in the
South they have strangely enough failed 10 set
certain c'ass Ct papers, which would be ct
ineStimablc Sa'u,. THIS, are the bcbltes TAX
en BY the sc1ogrsphcr, Pet kcar. curing the
secret session OF The Secession Convention.
kcan afterwards loaned them 70 Judge u oder.
wood 90 condition ;ha: the latter would lerd
lin SO What las bccoSe Of them size, has
not sransrlted. STRONGBoW.