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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1858-05-12
Thu MI. Vernon Sale.

The Charlottesville Advocate expresses it's
regret for paragraph inputing extortion to
MIR. Washington, owner of Mount Vernon, in
his sale to the ladies, and says:
"We are glad to learn, aud now make the
statement, as the only reparation we have III
our power to make 10 Mr.. Washington, that
he is a gentleman OF unbemished character,
whose high-toned feelings would scorn to
take advantage of his position to impose ex-
tortionate charges upon any man, much less
upon such society as that comprising the
Mount Vernon Association. We are told,
upon undoubted authority, that he was, some
time ugo, offered 100000 for his estate, aud
that, with large and dependent family, he
could not, 10 justice TO himself and family,
have taken less than he did from the Mount
Vernon Association. which was less by $780,
900 than bis offer from Northern company.
In Justice to ourselves, and to Mr.. Washing
ton, we make the above statement, hoping
that it may reach every reader of the AdTo-
cate who has perused our article in the last
week's paper"
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1858-05-12
Cats Knt.tn New York.

A German rag-pcker, known only by the
name Of Sharburgher, who, with his family
has been until recently living in what is
known as the Rag Pcker's Retreat" No.
$50 East Thirteenth street, has Disguised bis
tradesmcn and drawn upon himselfcon-
siderable persecution by INDUCING in dead
cats and rats tor food These he gathered
from the streets, usually to the plumber of
i've or six daily, as he found them, in the
practice IF his vocation. Upon bis arrival
home be skinned then; served OPP their flesh
for food, 10 the shape Of fricasses, stews and
roasts, according to bis fancy. TIE fur of
the cats he laid aside for making pillows,
chair cushions and mattresses. The skins
were hum up around the room ~ dry, pre-.
paratory TO being sold to dealers in such ar
ti:les. His associate rag-pickers noticed his
habits of collecting the carcasses Of cats and
rats, and thinking it strange, inquired Of him
shat be did With them? lie gave them TO
Ut derstand it was for the purpose of obtain
ing their skins and fur. They were not long
however, 10 discovering the fact that he ate
| the carcassfs and, that his family also derl,-
I'd their principal subsistence from this loath-
some species OF Otfdl
When this fact became generally known,
the indignation Of the rng-pickers living in
the same house was excited 10 ssch pitch
that they determined 70 stone bin out OF the
premises. On his return homea day or two
since, the iucensed crowd seized bis cart in
Which were h'c dead cats and two rats They
threw the dead cnrcasses into the streets, and
gave hlm to understand that unless be aud
his family lett the house Immediately, they
would lay violent hands on him. Fearing
that they might carry their threat into exc
cution, he gathered up bis store Of rags, and
few articles Of furniture, and left " th bis
family. They compelled him to leave be-
hind his stock Of fur, and also the skins of
The cats and rats which were hung upon
strings, covering nearly the entire walls OF
his apartments. Health Warden Green, Of
the Eleventh Ward, 10 his report to the City
Inspector, confirms the story OF Sbsr burgher's
collecting dead cats from the streets, aud
dressing and, together with his family, eating
them. He says this strange individual is
about 40 years Of age, q robust, healthy
looking man, and that bis wife and two
children compare favsraby with people Of
their class.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1858-05-12
From Washington.

WASHINGTON, May lO.-To-day, at noon,
the proposals for tue Issue OF Treasury notes
were opened by the Secretary OF The Urea
sury. The total amount OF toe bids for the
s. ,000,0 900 worth Of notes, in exchange for
gold, amounted to upwards OF SIS 100000.
Four and half million were taken at less
that per centum Messrs. Mcktm & Co.,
of Baltimore, get SlzO,OUO.
The Senate, in Executive session, to-day,
confirmed large number of appointments,
principally those made during the recess of
Congress, including Marshals. District At
t,rueys, Land Officers, and Postmasters.--
Those for New York, Baltimore, Boston,
Philadelphia, and other places. have been
sent in, amounting to nearly 200 in all, bot
they were not acted upon.
The object OF Lieut. General S.9tt's visit
to Washington IL said to be 10 decide upon
the description Of volunteers to be called out,
and the places where they will be stationed.
All three regiments will he mounted, and
employed to protect the Indian frontier, and
occupy the various military posts from which
the regulars have been withdrawn,
The Secretary Of State has asked All ap-
preparation Of SOC, 900, to carry into effect the
act for the admission OF Kansas into the Union.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1858-05-12
Sad DeAIh Of u SIudent

The Detroit papers give the ParsIcu.a''
a.sad affair which took place at the / n,t'
sty at Ann Arbor, Michigan, last wefs -
George w. Brazie, a young man wh' -
until recently been a studcut AZ the Om's.
sity, being anxious to become \ member /.
some of the various secret societies % "
college, O band of the students conceived a'
plan Of giving him mock Ibltlatyn Io~
sham society, and beer and whlaSey "'''
provided for the occasion. The ceren o.
was performed by a party OF uine studslr
in one OF the study rooms, AMI al v.
chose partook freely Il the liquors. b"l
drank 80 freely that he became Into1ci'e
and sank down upon the floor. The mp
ny sought to sober hin; carried him Ou' .
doors 10 give him the benefit Of The pure v
and batbed his face and temples IN Haf
bat without the desired result lie ~
taken back and made as comfortable a. 20
sible with some bed clothing; his yOm.ii!
precludsd the idea of putting him y bed
lie was attended to ut intervals during Z"
olght, but when morning came be va =.
drunk. The students, thinking be ".
soon come out Of bis drunkes sleep, "en'
college as usual. When they returned q, !.
ii o'clock the unfortunate young man ".
dying, and before physician, who wa' =.
for could arrive, he breathed bis lat
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1858-05-12
DIV urce.

On Wednesday the Supreme Court in
Salem, granted a divorce to Mr.. William
Little of Newbury, on the ground Of bis wiie's
Insanity previous TO marriage. This is the
first case If the kind ever brought before a
court in this county, and the verdict will he
regarded with interest. Mr.. Little, in 1853,
married Miss Sarah N. Bradlee of Have,-
hill, knowing that she had previously been
affected with insanity, which was presented
o having arisen from brain fever and passed
of with the disease, but which 10 fact was
continually recurring or remaining, 90 az
wholly to unit her for the station and duties
OF a wife. 10 five years from the ceremony
OF marriage, so.far as any carnsl knowledge
was concerned, the union Of the parties had
net been consumuatsd, and she constantly de-.
clined " be and abide by him az an obediept
aud loving wife. The facts being proved,
the court found 20 trouble 10 declaring, and
the jury in finding, that what of marriage
had taken place between the parties, should
be led.--Nep6uryput Herald.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1858-05-12
A parish for scandal.

A Clergyman once resigned his pastoral
charge Ga account of a slight difference Of
opinion which existed betW een himself and
bis parishioners upon the subject of his tai
ents, and a young man was thereupon in.
STALE 81 in his place. One afternoon after
tie latter had been settled over the co.
ciety some little time, the wife Ct the for
uer pastor made him q visit. After the
usual preliminaries, she proceeded to a:quaint
him with what she considered the faiiings
and weaknesses of the parish. mentioning In
the catalogue that the peop!e were great
scapdal-m ougers." my dear madam" re-
piled the young minister, courteousiy, 81
have not heard SO much scandal from all my
people since my Installation, as you have been
pleased to entertain me with during this
short call."--Boston Tareller.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1858-05-12
From the Army In Utah.

ST. LOUIS. May 10 -The Inderendence
tMo Dispatch announces the arrival Of Mr..
Mason, who left Camp Scott March 3D.. Col.
Johnston was anxiously awaiting the arrival!
Of Captain Marcy. The health of the army
was remarkably good. Provisions were be.
coming scarce, but supplies were expected
from Fort Laramie. Mr.. Mason was de-
tanned seventeen days on account Of snow
storms. He met Col. HDfmau's command
one hundred and forty miles beyond Fort
Kearney.-
Twelve hundred troops have arrived here
iSt. L. ui,) within three days, great portion
Of whom proceed Immediately to Fort Leav.
enworth.
The Republican Of this city, states that
Capt. Marcy would not he detained more
than ten days aHaiticg rein(orcements. lie
would then lie in cordi:lon 10 march TO
Camp Scott within forty days The trains
were losing a number Of animals from cold.
All the streams we're full Of water.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1858-05-12
Appreh ensiOns.

Grea. apprehensions are felt N the South
eru States that the coming Sumner viii be
very slcky one, and that the dreadful
scourge Of yellow fever, from which the
South was SO unusually exempt last season,
will return this year with greater violence
than ever This fear is based upon the fact
that the long continued freshets, at this par
ticular tine, are likely to breed febrile
diseases. Nearly ope-fourth Of the land n
the Mississippi, from Vicksburg down to the
mouth of that river, has been oserfjwed for
many weeks, and all the swamps, bayous
and lssoons at the Syuth are gorged with
stagnant water. 10 the interiors Of Missis-
sippi, Alabama and Georgia, The irCshe;s
have been unprecedented.--Bnu. american.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1858-05-12
Jumping the Rope.

Little girls, aud sometimes large ones, grow
ambitious at tunes in this exercise, and their
movement, should be watched, as they may
do themselves injuries, from the fleets of
which they may never recover. We have
known women made cripples for life by this
exercise in their juvenile sports Of an hour.
A serious case OF the kind occurred in this
city The early part of this week. a young
lady from New York, in q thCuGhtless hour, re-
solved to see how many times she could jump
the rope without stopping. ~ others had done,
and went on until she was exhausted, and
sunk into absolute heiplessuess. As an iu-
mediate consequences she was sez d with an
affection of tie heart, and was for two or
three days in danger Of sudden death. At
the last accounts sue had improved q little,
but is still iu imminent danger and her re-
covery can only be the result Of the utmost
care, with the aid of considerable lapse of
time.-Poughkeepsie Eayte.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1858-05-12
souIhern Conyention.

MONTGOMERY. (ALA.l May l0.-the South
ern Convection met here at noon to-day. 1t
was temporarily organized by the choice OF
Allen F. Owen, Of Georgia, as Chairman,
and j. Edmund Burke As Secretary. Three
hundred delegates were in attendance, com.
ing from North and South Carolina, Virgin
ia, Mississippi, Tennessee, Florida, Lousi-
ana. and Alabama.
Kansas, Central America, re-1pening OF
the Slave trade African apprenticeship sys-
tenn, Southern publications, and direct Eu-
ropean trade, besides other matters, were
privately discussed, and will perhaps be
brought before the Convention.
The usual committee on organization re-
ported A. p Calhoun, OF S,uth Carolina,
President; Mark A. Cooper, Vice President,
and p. D. Page, o! A!abamo, Secretary. The
committee on business was formed by three
delegates from each State.
WELDON. May 81 have been on the look
out Tor four or five days past, with the hope
of listing on my note book, the names of del
egates to the Commercial Convention, which
il to assemble at Montgomery on Monday
But they have not arrived, and my impress
sion is that the attendance from Virginia will
be about the slimest that has ever gathered
on similar occasion. Ro.er K. Pryor, esq,
the distinguished editor of the South, and
Mr.. Hugh w. Fry, prominent citizen OF
Richmond have gone on. List night, | OF
served Z. \. Freeman, esq, Of Culpeper e.
H., Va, en- route for M,n'gomery. With
the exception of few from Norfolk and
Portsmouth, the aforementioned, are all that
/ have recognized. / think it more than
probable, that Maryland will not have sin
gle representative in the Convention. Nir-
GINA will have but few. | have heard OF
no one going from North Carolina. If the
other Southern States do no better, it is not
an unreasonab Die superstition, that We shall
have no more Southern Conventions. Ger
taiDly no more similar u those that have pre-
coded the one now on the eve OF assembling.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1858-05-12
Bullet Forty Years I'm Lung.

Doctor Wurtz read an interesting paper
before the Scientific Convention in Balti
more giving the results OF some chemical ex-
amiuations connected with bullet Imbedded
for more than forty years in mans lung. -
The individual whose experience bad exhib!-
ted the effect Of metallic lead imbedded in the
human vcus was an lgiskman named Will
liam Kelley, who had received Il bullet
wound at the seige Of BAdajnz in the PENN
sular war, retired upon pension from the
British Government, and died recently At the
hospital at Kingston, Canada. Upon disco
ton the bullet was found enclosed in cyst,
or bag, within the lung, and closely adbering
to it's walls in several places. The ball bad
lost one hundred grains ofits original weight,
three hundred and seventy grains, by corro-
sion. A portion of the amount of lead thus
lost was recovered by analysis from the lungs
and diaphragm. The ball and the cyst in
which it was found were exhibited.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1858-05-12
A Horribly. Murder Joliet, III

The body OF Al English servant gir "
discovered on Thursday Of last week 1ni'
pile of stones, (abOut half nile from p
city of joliet, pear the plank road leai,G!'
WILMINGTON 10 an entire state OF hoi 2
and with hands and feet cut Ctf and tae %.
broken. The body was discovered by zoe
the limbs projecting from the rJck-, 400 "
recognized by the mother OF the dec,''e--
She was last seen in company with c'fp''
ter, about 40 years Of age, named k''Ah'.'
who had been employed on tire ral'f,'' ,
al engineer, aud had borne god cthf''R.
lie had been intimate with rhe girl, ao4 -
was supposed to be seduced ty him Az,
the girls disappearance, be told th' =.
mother that be had sent her OF TO prnc-'. =
abortion, and until the body was lJu'. =, :,
supposed this was tue truth. The III =.
tense excitement prevailed at J''Is' -.
there were threats Of lynchIng Richafs''
was under arrest. The evIdence agail'.
was strengthened by the fact that i..' .
hair found near the body corfe'P'n-' g A..
sctly with the hair Of the prisoner, ''I >
bald place has been discovered gym :.
head, showing, couclusively, that tn' 80
was torn from il.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1858-05-12

We are told by the Jenkinses OF the news-
papers at the capital that the season which
has Just closed was one OF more than usual
brilliancy means that there we're
more balls, dinners, rOuts, ADD so on. where
they could smuggle themselves III under pro-
lection of some friendly crinoline WASH
ington society is curious medley OF all that
is good, bad and Indifferent, from every part
Of the Union. Some people come to ge.
places; some are in pursuit of contracts and
lobby jobs some in search OF rich wives !;
some to repair broken fortune with a
wealthy husband. All are seeking for some
selfish end; and those who are the most sue
cessful are generally the greatest rascals.
One curious feature in Washington society
this winter has been the union of all the
chesaiiers FinduStrie, the lights OF the lobby,
the place hunters and the match makers,
upon the common ground of the bal costume,
which has been the favorite entertainment
These fancy balls are sometimes given to
help along some lobby job in Congress,
som etimes to forward Irritation, and some
times to make great show which shall Guido
everyb body else-N y Herald.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1858-05-12
The President Going West.

We have heard from undou bted authority
that during tue long recess Of Congress, the
President contemplates making tour to the
West. HIS first stopping place will be Cleve-
land, the tiywery portal aud beautiful gate
way to the Mississippi valley. The extent
OF his tour is not Known, but be may visit
the Superior country, and possibly those
thriving little villages out west known As
Chicago and ST. Louis. The early acjDurn-
ment OF Congress, the 1th Of June, VIII give
ample opportunity to not only our Chief Exc
cutive but the Secretaries, heads OF depart
meDts, and members OF Congress generally,
to visit the western county, now becoming in
extent, wealth and population, the wonder Of
the world. A private letter from Senator
Toombs assures US that be shall visit Cieve-
land during the recess, ard our readers are
already informed Of the great projected buff
falo hunt, which is to come Of the coming
season 10 the r ID River and Pernbna couu-
try, to be participated in by the Turkish
Pacha, Lord Napier, and several foreign
grandees resident IN this county, ClereLand
Plam Dealer.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1858-05-12

The Washington correspondent of the Bal
timore Sun says :-"On the first of June the
only remaining ocean mail steamer contract
that for the Havre line will expire. The
administration is opposed to the revival Of
the system; especially in the present coDdi'
tion of the treasury and the revenue, and Con-
gress is apparently Indifferent to the subject.
Public opinion looks for DO partial legisIa-
ton for the employment Of ocean mail
steamers, but requires the establishment of
Q general, or efficient, or economical, and an
inn atrial system, adapted to the commercial
necessity and the various sectional inter-
ests of the country"