Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1880-06-03
a New DeDarture
To the editor Of the alexandria Ga-e,ts

@ N'S
TO the editor Of the alexandria Ga.c,,,.
The letter of Colore ,hp w. Es,ri.x .l..a
you published yestcrda1, cyatauS sn,.. >.;,.,
50 timely that | would b, 81 it you 49,!
give me little spsc TO call st,yn loo 1, ih.,n
General Grsus is certainly les If >.e.,,,.r
man than aDy of tie Candidates sho WI T.,
voted Tor atCh cago. HIS doius. t',elc u,rars,l.
triumph OF absolute s,c.ious-tr IL a mr..
which General Gfsut TIED to lii' OF: ( ff,.a,.
RUS and make national whnn hc made nol,ri,,I
friends OF Long5treot acd orr Mo.cy arI
Hughes. Ihe cCmlug rcspporti0umfu u-:.r
the moth csusus will probably wret c. !r5n. ~
that IemnaDt OF Ftdersi pow. 10 Cno;r,.s
which hes heretofore prevented tie cerr.
sweeping away OF home rule. lG this view II,
policy ct prudence d. that We Use ,rcb
instruments sS Pow icuc pu's il our Wy f
General GRAFT CO Dc c C I'd by SOWhcygr5,.s
seotloDasm Is crushed iGr eight yeats, apd will
probably uvv,r ils- agalo. We shall have ,,.,.'
aud abundant oppcrtuni TO pursue tar r,a
ut ostlooal prosperity nOw opcpipg b.for. Il,
1t the Chicago c)uvAntiou sel,cts B.olvr a. g,
Ike cspdidlte and We Irs, Congress. l,eI,,S
or Polsnd point the way Vlrglys shall 20.
Even IT the ClEcluna,i coDven'ioo SNg!I O
Baysrd, English, or some other csndids,c, a.y
may not the copsar1a i've State c;nvautj ., >,
Tho home rule States put General G!sut pn,r
the ticket es 40 alternative csudi6ate a. 49,.
Charlottesville convention Of 1850 r,tc.l
Douglas or Bell Oh the dem Cratic lex q.
alternatives of Brecknridge IL c4s. the VOC o.
the State electoral college could not el G. i}r,
euridgo, but could elect either OF the ol.r,
Such movement w,ud add strength to an n.
dependent Graut movement in the Nortt,r.
States, aud cover all eveotusiities
Yours truly, W.F.U,
ALEXANDRIA, June 5. 1850.
NoTHGNG New the editor has baea S.,wo
curious old volume which contaos = pa.s,pc
showing that there IS nolhiog new uo&cr the
moon. in The way of the photograph a. least.
The tile reads: The ConicaI History Of the
States aud Enpi1cs Of the Worries ct the Mnoo
and the Suo. Written iu French b.
Cyrauo B"rgerGc AID p.wIy Euvishcd By
! A Lowell, AM, London: Printed For H.sIg
Rhodes, mex: door to the Sw'n Tav, 70, Ger
BRIDE Lane, 10 Fleet street, 1857" fins bao,
gives 40 'ccount OF The writer's travels lu IT,.
suo and moou While 10 ouo of tn" cine, #
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| who had wander, d 10 the uoou. AID they tx,
| a stroll through the city, dis:oursioa as thryy,,
pleasantly, coucerOiog their rev surrnu.dioss
| The citlz OF the SUD IS sud- .olg calci swsv
| std before going gives bis COMPANION Two books
The writer saIs:
mo sooner was his back turned. but | fell
to consider at eptivey my books "a ,hri.
| box g. that's 10 say. their covcra
| As opeoed the box. [ found witbin sem.
Whist OF metal, almost like to our cock. iul
| OF l know not what ,itlc springs aad in
| peroeprbe engines 1t was a book, !a3 .r:
| but strange aud VOL dSrul hook, tia, h.i
| neither leaves nor letters. Iu Gos, il " e,
book made wholly for the ears and not The ~
| SO that when aoybody has mind TO read 70 f..
he winds up that machiae, with erca, m,ly
| LITTLE strings; then he turnS haud tc The cls2.
| ter which be desires 10 hear aod straight -
| from the mouth OF man or musical s u
| meot, or, csed all The di.tincs and d,lirrrr,
| sounds, which the Lunar GraodGts max. IS
OF for expressing their thoughts, ira.cYd Vi
| laupusee.
when siuce I. fl c'ed on this nir. culoI3
| Invention | no logger wopd red that tne sou :
men OF that cGuDtrY were more kaowiuy
ct sixteen or eighteen years cid than the
| tray boards OF our climate; for kuowirg hayG u
read as soou as speak, they nre ncv,r without
lectures In their chambers. their walks, the
town or travelling; they may have 10 ihe:
pockets or OF their Rrdles, thirty Of these book,
where they need but wOu ~ sprias TO hrac
| Wbole chapter, ADD so more, il they hav. :,
MOD to hear too books quite throu.I; 80 thai
sou never want the Company OF all The Rrral
meo, living and dead ahau in company VII.
| living Volc.s. "-Scrijaer Monthw.