Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1858-12-23
ALEXANDRIA GAZETTE AND VIRGINIA. ADVERTISER

E. G. Henderson & Son, Nurserymcn,
London, have written letter to George G.
ThorourD, Newark, n. j., (son of Grant
Thorburn,) asking to be permitted to present
two rare and lofty trees, of the order OF Con-
iferae, to be planted on the Mount Vernon
estate, in honor Of one whose patriotism
was greater than the continent which gave
him birth, whose virtues are his most endur-
ing monuments, and whose name will stand
coeval with the records Of time"
| A letter from Comm ander Walker, of the
United States navy, is published in OPPOSE
ton to the recommendation to convert all our
vessels of war into war steamers, by the
adaptation Of the propeller. The Comman-
der says that the suggested alterations are,
in an economical sense, more applicable to
the naVies Of England and France, than to our
own, because they have a larger number OF
sailing vessels of war, and have a greater
difficulty of procuring ship timber.
New York is certainly great city. They
have now "dog boarding house" and one is
advertised at the corner Of Broadway and
Fifty fifth street. The keeper will board dogs
at 81 per week and train for 81 50. Then
they have sporting depot, where the pro-
prietor employs men expressly to catch rats
for the ring and dogs. Not less than three
thousand have been obtained from the Astor,
three thousand from the 81. Nicholas sc.
The New York tax levy for 1859, will
amount to nearly eight millions of dollars
Here are the principal items.--A million for
the police, million for water, eight hundred
thousand for the poor, q million and quar-
ter for the schools, million and half for
streets, half million for light, thirteen hun
dred thousand for the State, six hundred thoC-
sand for salaries.
Robert NJ. Riddle, esq, for many years the
able and popular editor Of the Pittsburgh
Commercial Journal, died on last Saturday
morning, after an illness which has afflicted
him for least seven or eight years. He
was a son of the late Judge Riddle at one
time politician Of note in Western Pennsy!-
vania, and brother Of James Riddle esq, of
Philadelphia.
A suit has been brous ht against Commodore
Paulding, by Mcdonald, one Of the tiliibus-
tiers brought home with Walker. The U. S.
Attor oey at New York, declines to defend
Paulding in this suit, and the old Commodore
asks the Navy Department to relieve him
from the expense of defending himself for his
official act. If the Department declines, he
will appeal to Congress.
The Commissioner Of Pensions has received
information of the arrest Of Willis n. Arnold
Of Henderson county, and Of Henry Wright,
of Lexington, in Tennessee, for frauds COM
mitted by them under the bounty-land laws.
The latter, after bis arrest, became, or ieign-
ed to have become insane, and is now under
going preliminary medical examination.
The Catoctn iron works, together with
1000 acres of land thereto belonging, in
Frederick county, Md, have been sold to
John Kunkel, esq, for S5l 900. Jn the
same county, the Home Farm" Of $50
acres, belonging to the late James klnna,
has been sold to Capt. d. Kailer and Geo.
w. Summers, at $50 per acre.
From recent trial we learn that new
woman's profession is known in Euglaud-
that of "fsce painter" or "iadies decorA-
tor" The mistress OF this art attends ladies'
who 90 to balls. &C., beauties their complex.
ion, and arranges their teeth, besides dress
ing their hair, and attending to the making
up of their persons generally.
The Boston Mass Advertiser says that
the Hon. Stephen Salisbury, Of Worcester,
has given to the corporation of Harvard Col.
lege S., 900. with the understanding that the
income from its investment shall be expended
for the enlargement of the department Of
Classical Literature.
A man killed his father, in Litchfe!d,
Connecticut, last week. 1t was another
"Gouldy" case.