Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1880-03-10

For bither he 10 o!den days would como,
Tho guest OF many an Alexandria homo.
His chosen lodge, the sacred church where he
Ia veneraton owed the suppliant knee,
Are in cur midst as landmarks to descry
TIE immortal Iane that Was not burn to d..
But since that period many blight Las come
TO change tho aspect of the city's hum;
Then on cur thoroulhfar,s from day to day
Was heard the runbli1g OF tho loaded dray,
Bearing its reciouj burden to che shore,
Where mid the music OF tho stcvedcr!,
BY Dim5Io haeds 10 stat,l, ships twas stored,
And then. with ha:chcs dowl and all aboard
Out 10 tbs stream. with flags and pcnops gay,
They dropped. ihcn speedad Ca thti. distant
way.
Now s:letc, reigns Thcrn oIcy That busy throng
Llghttn:d their Iabors with both eat aud sons;
Aud even fisht0wc, with its ella. sio name,
las les; tho prestige OF its ano,ent iamo.
Where now ia III ldcrn times d. we behold
Th9s, ,t,uuGh built wagons which were cen Ct
old,
Freishtcd with the best products hat prevail
10 Rockingham and SHENANDOAH vale?
Alas these splendid, sturdy Fix Horse teams
have yielded 10 the locomotives screams.
Nor will NO ever 10 tho years to cone
Hear Murray's titc or Peter L'gan's dunn,
As Tho lorg columns, ready Tor the fray,
Came Issuing forth on general muster day.
Nor look on Joseph Williams hlias Goat.
With gallant Tin rrrsyrd in martial cat,
Or ace Nick Rams III hiodnust in the rain,
Whose like we NO CT shall look upon again.
These, with thousand ricturoo W, recall,
Which mutciy hang ia m"moTy's sacred hall.
Avs ken feelings IN their bli # review,
| Like OsSlau's OleS. pleasing yet mourniul too
HhuI lar unt N M cinnl,, linn
Devoted 10 tho sex most like devine;
rheu, with their pardon VIC will reproduce.
And thus adapt them TO our prcsaIt use.
Some lines. Va had The pleasure once to send
| In 4 familiar letter to a friend.
| For where 10 this WALL, SIX tho universe
through,
Whcro'c or there's IL issi0n Of mercy 10 do,
Or whcro the sad heart needs the cnheirst cor,,
| 10 savu from the latl Mess gulf Of despair.
| Ca1 Suoh tXh:bltioDs of puro !o7o 10 iouad
| As those which IN woman kind Eaturo tbounG2
| y woman the pIilo and tho glory Of Garth,
What mOrfa! would venture 10 measure thy
worth?
! As well may we turn TO the sands Of tho sea,
| In GrGGr 10 tell what thor uumtCrs mey be;
! Or S)aripg aloit through tho linitlrsS mir.
| Attempt TO uarsvcl the ms S!crles there
As with cur restricted resources. to scar,
| This trl9iur3, nirustcd hy heaven TO man
Aud pGW iuaGlno you laugh in your sleeve,
Aud though not iacrotul0us, ecaron can perceive
| How ono who 70 long has hcln struggling
through iP,
| Without tho encouraging smiles Of wife.
Can hell such exalted opinions. while he
| Sill steers his lone Bark DER c,lebacy's sea
Why bless you. the truth is | loved all go well
That it Hcro a difficult matter to tell
/ Which ono Of very lingo number Id choAse
| Provided they did not my cfrr refuse.
| Dear home OF my youth, with what thriiling
emotion,
| My heart ctr itsrooGs at tho sauad OF Thy
! uame:
| AID yielding to none flr 40 ardent devotion
| 10 ausht that redouoGs 10 thy honor and iamo !;
Hlay pcaco and prosperity ever attend thee,
Add long coming EGGS thy virtues record;
With love 10 adcrn ard stout hesfta TO defend
tteo,
A lasting rcrown DO Thy glorious reverb.
William L. Carnr, 40, the orator. was pcyt
| Introduced. ADD delivered On appropriate speech.
which was lntansd to throughout with rroIcuod
attention. end cIioted frequent applause
Mir. CarDe said: esteem it high honor to
| speak CT nay native toGn bstwtca two IF It's
centuries 10 lie proSsEco OF its chief officers,
It's councils, 80 many OF my fellow townsmcn,
| nnd these lair Indies WHOSE presence hero to-
| night reminds us that thcustl timce ohangp and
centuries pass Alexandria will always 10 Belle
haven.
Ito then noted that it wss quito one huudted
years ago to-day sjnoo Robert Town; send iiooc,
David Arcll, and thar associates, met at Tho
| room 10 the northeast oorurr of tho market
square, aad bagan tho present municipal gov
| crnmCat. The iowa was lhcu ovtr thirty years
old. and civilization had bcuo extended cvar
this region over huGdrcd years, AID he would
sketch this. his s}org, briefly. aud that would
conclude lis task; confident that because he
| meant well they would lot estctm his work I'LL,
| hat they would not ,xprct from him the fight
| uor HE sc;caln u Tic eagle, pUr even the wood
bird" mclcdou5 :iotcs such rs they lave lust
| lIcGrd from the poet--hut WuUl be content that
| he should SIC % !heIF wnic@ ledge like a town
| sparrow and twitter Of hume
The ear y history nl all people were p.riods
| u! adventure ard q interest that wrru but
Icebly rtprts :n!ed At later pcroia OF th.it his.
| tory, aEd AlcNindtn was 10 exception TO The
rule.
toin", he aa'r!. from the Senate chamh,r, 10
wish ms vtrcra;"d volcc y5u hive lust heard,
$50 Gt0u raised 10 Invocation, nLd pass the
liitunda IN The direction OF tho House of Rep
rescnaives. Ga tho right you may SEQ tho
paintings IN Which tho genius Of IN Alexandria
artist Chapman TOrtrays tho baptism Of
l'GcaAoDtas. Observe tho tisuro in Tho gallery
ln'. beside tho pisr above the ehanceI. 1t is
n bayish looking man, soarco yet reached his
manhood. 1t is Henry Spimau, The first
guide of civilization over tho region where go
arc COW gathered. lie had been, when child,
saved from tho great massacre OF 1922 had
been, 1t IL snd, n rrotcge of P0cahontas, and
living with tho Indians had icaracd their traits
by the river side. and at the later portion of his
lio commanded Potomac vessel which clrried
on tcado with tho lndsns of this oeehborhood,
whom Capt John Smith had visited 10 1907.
Capt. Smiths history Of Alexandra vas e very
short one; it was contained in nine words, AT
IoaSs thoy did their best to content w."
These Toags, whose names with tho freedom Of
frontier or,hoGraphy. arc called "Toaps,
Doegsa, Bosgs aud Doeuos" we've tho first
occupants of the land where Alexandra sands.
Above on tho other side Of tho Potomac we're
the Necoslns, and below Nesbsco, tic Po.c-
WOmckcs. These nalions had lopr di,,nnoaroI