Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1859-12-03
On Monday evening, about ! o'clock, a

son Musselman, in Baltimore, and finding
that Mr. NJ. was not at home desired to have
an examination Of his shawl with u view Of
purchasing it. His pleasing manners ndu-
ced compliance with his wishes aud after
an examination he returned it to Mrs. NJ.
with the remark that he would see her h,Is-
band and return with him; but a very few
moments had elapsed before he came back,
saying that he had seen Mr. NJ and had
paid him for the article, which was given up
to him. In short time Mr.. Musselman re-
turned u his dwelling. and on being inform
ed Of the transaction found that he had been
adroitly swindled.
The Cincinnati Price Current has the fol
lowing: a new trick was developed last
season which is quite ingenious. In cutting
up the hogs, the whole Of the back bone is
left attached to one OF the sides, and then
by simply removing the ribs from the other,
clear side Is made with less Of the bone
than in the usual way. The side with the
back bone attached Is packed Us mess pork,
Or smoked as bacon. thus compelling the
innocent buyers 10 pay for more bone than
they should This having been brought to
aud New Orleans, they are determined, We
understand, that they will pass no more pork
=" put up, III future"
A golden wedding was held at Easton
Mass. on the 10th instant The occasion
was the eighty-third birthday Of Moses c.
Dunbar, esq, aud the fifty ninth annis ersa-
ry of his wedding day. His two sons, with
their wives, sons and daughters, aud on
in the line of relationship to great great
grandsons and daughters. to the number OF
about sixty, surprised the aged couple by
approaching their dwelling, which is several
miles from any depot, in companies OF about
ten each, from different directions aud ut
litfereut periods Of time, each group loaded
with good things. Arrived at the house, a
grand merry making was had, TO the great
enjoyment of all.
DR.. Pomroy, Secretary of the Board Of
Foreign Missons in Boston, who has re-
signed his office in consequence of certain
charges against him, admits that some
months ago he was accosted i'll the street by
u female, and at her request accompanied
her home. While in the parlor, engaged III
conversation, q man entered, and, under
threat of exposure, forced him To sign n note
for $500, which he subsequently paid
Another female, by the representation that
she was suffering from II dissi pated husband,
aud her children were destitute, enlisted his
feelings, and he opened correspondence
with her. Subsequently. by the advice OF
the late Mr.. Choate, he paid her 5000 to get
the letters back, and destroyed them. DR.. T..
admits nothing further.
Mr.. j. }. Maupu, lately an associate edi-
tor of the Cumberland Civilian and Tele
graph, was seriously injured on Saturday
last by the accidental discharge of a gun in
the hands of his brother, whilst they were
cunning, in Hardy county, Va. The entire
load OF large-sized shot entered the head aud
ing one eye and injuring the other. 1t WAS
thought at first that the wounds would prove
fatal.
Mrs. Ann McKenna, an emigrant from
Ireland, nearly one hundred years of age,
has Just arrived at Philadelphia, accompan-
ed by her youngest son, who IS slxty-siA
years old. In letter to the Press she says
-"Sonle of the papers, in speaking of my
life, refer to the "old saying" of using but
termilk to prolong life; in answer to which
have merely to say that | have never used
any kind of milk except i'll tea, coffee, &c.'
A Frenchman who lately visited Holland,
says that there all the fish taken are killed,
and rendered, in consequence, much super
Tor in tineness and flavor The lIollanders
say that allowing the fish slowly to expire in
torment, acts upon them as disease would
act; softening the flesh and injecting them
with principles of dissolution. They are
killed in Holland by making an incision I'M
der the tail, or By thrusling sharp needle
in the head.
We regret to record the sudden demise of
J. OFT Rockalellow, well known throughout
Pa, rs an extensive contractor Of public
works The sad event was caused by leap
Ing from ii window Of his sleeping apartment
at Harrisburg, to the sdeway, distance OF
some thirty feet, while laboring under the
excitement Of mind produced by an attack
Of that peculiar disease, known as the night
mare.
The Webster Statue Committee met on
Saturday, in Boston, to close up their affairs.
There appears to be remaining in the hands
Of the Treasurer balance OF $1,000,
which was placed in the hands of the Exc
cutive Committee us I perpetual trust fund,
the proceeds whereof are b. be devoted to
keeping in repair the home of Webster at
Marshheld.
Mr.. Samuel +. Holbrook, of Boston, in a
letter dated Sebastopol, Crmea, October 22d
says: 1--WE are quite busy in raising the big
ships, and assure you that it is hard work.
We have raised eleven ships ofthe-line, and
twenty.four smaller ships, such rs frigates,
corvettes, gun briggs aud steamers" lie
gives sad accout of the immortality of the
people now inhabiting Sebastopol.
There has not yet been any trace OF the
parties engaged in the manufacture and cir
culation of the new counterfets on the Phil
adelphia Bank; and no additional light has
been thrown on the transaction. The i'm
preston is that they were made in the city
of Philadelphia, and sent South and West for
circulation before they were put out in New
York
Mr. Thos. \. Nelson, an aged and highly
respectable citizen of Baltimore, died on
Thursday last The deceased, for q number
Of wears past, has resided on Federal Hill,
where he was engaged in signalling, from
his Observatory, the arrival Of the various