Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1881-02-11
LlEDEN, WARREN COUNTY, Va, |
January &c, 1851.

10 the cvNtor Of tic Ohio State Journal:
Although perfect cilm perVsdes oil po'iti-
cal ky at present. wo expect an active can
palgn next la, moro especially if Colonel John
5. Mtsby oecapts tic republican nomination for
Governor. We dlubt not that BIO will got it,
StraTs show the COURSE Ct tho wind. At q
social gathering few evenings siIc,, MotbY
got 73. hahone l | and Wiokham votes for
Governor. BIO nioaturo election Was uncxpect.
cd, ADD only shows tbs personal popularity Of
the tbrco abovo named gentlemen. Colonel
MoSby has 20 superior and few equals on the
continent Of America. We anxious'y awit hi,
return from among tho antipodcs, and lhou:-
aDds CT friends stand with onen hesr,s and
ou!sreIchld aims 10 welcome him home.
Whilst We do not propose TO max, out the slate
for President cleo! Garfield, it msy GOT be i'm
prudent 10 suggest, that tho Cd Dominion
who has furnished more than her share of
fr' sldcn's to tho Nation beginning with its
infancy who's, names over illustliouI AID lowell
llng through oil iu!uli y the brightest pages OF
Amir con history. should at least be rendered
Cabinet appointment FIR unA OF her sens LM
us remember the cluuou's boom las been
hushed by I'll, hand OF Tina, tho bloody cbasm
brlJgtd by traternal relations which have 70.
moved every Ves.ige OF tho war. a fsw yoars
ago Ina republican party OF V.r,ioia amouated
to more c)rp' rails guard. On the 2nd of
November last, notwithstanding he Liodrarccs
TO tree sntfragc, no less tnan 81 600 voIcs wero
cast for Garfield ADD Arthur. Are her (Virpi
nlas) claims cnlitlcd to uopsil ,ratioo, or is she
regarded o. mere cipher 10 tho councils of tho
Na'lonf VIRGINIAH.
LIE FRINGE IMPERIAL AND THE LIGnT.
NiNu.-Nlalmason. despite its Interesting hio-
torIcHl associations, is doomed 10 destruction.
AIrctdy tho park surrounding it HIS boon coz
Vertcd 100 tuldog lots, upon which villas,
such as Tho faraslan bourgeois delights 10, arc
rapidly spllnglng up, and tho chateau ITSELF
which has passed into private hands, is said to
DO on tho cvo Of demolition. Its only cccnnsnt
at present Is on old female caro- taker, who has
been Employed in tho chateau for nearly half a
century.
Sho has curious stcr7 to tell Of strange
and romantic coincidence connected with tho
melancholy iato Of tho lato Pliooo Impc,i,l.
1t would rppoar that, few dsys before the
outbreak OF hosliitias botwoen Franco and
Germany, the youthful prince visited Msnsi.
son, and sncnt soveral hours 10 the pa,k at
play. As no was eb)u! to return to Parip.
toEer1 evening. violent thunder storm burst
over tho park. end magnificent tree, which
had been planted by Napoleon l., 10 tho pres.
auco OF tho Eapress JOSEPH no. was struck by
liehtniog
The people iahabi,ing tho neishborhood Of
MalmaI'on thought fit to interpret this naIu.
ral eccldent % 90 evil omen for tho Prinoe
Imperial. The treo was seriously irjucj. and
every Hort was made TO save lis life, but in
valn. 1t gradually withored end died, Lain
10 tho spring OF 1879 the inteudant tho ohal,
eau gave tr lers that it should be out down. "a
we'll as somo other dc ,yed timber defac no ,ha
mark. "a the lss of Juno tc,,,dinply the
shattered Napoleon tree Was felled To thu
Garth and tia. very day tho Prince lmperial
was slain BY Hl'u nssegais 10 far distant Africa
tie, strangely enough, was the las. Nspoloon
who set foot in hlalmsison Park. and tho o,in-
c:derc, CT bis melancholy fate With that Of thu
tree planted By his great ancestor was, To Gao
tho least OF 1t, most remarkable rulfllment NJ
o DISMAL forecast. the offspring of ponu,,r
Observation-Disclosures Telegraph
Mr. Fl. CLAY BAYLY, U. s. Deputy G, leo.
tor OF the 7th District. and Miss Nsnpis Cur-
lett were married at Emanuel Chu,c,. Dols-
plane, Fauq1ier Co., on tho 9Th of Fob,u.rv
by Rev. Fred. Hipkins, of Baltimore, The
church vas crowded By their many friends n |
witness the ceremony. The happy c,uple lett |
90 the $40 p. m. train on bridal trin Nortb
sc,ompanied by MIR. Hipkins.
10 the beginning Of Msrcb. says Mr., Il.
d Wlnueconne. Wis, had occasion to |
'aii on Mr. August Will, who had the Gont
% oadly, thai he cou,d neither lie down mr.
'lt, The pains vera 81 terrible: his v;ro ~.
'+su RUN ring win rheumatic paio. gave