Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1860-12-25
THE GAZETTE.
TUESDAY. MORNING, DECEMBER %, 1850.

the New Orleans Bee should warn "yidder
to beware Of old gentlemen:
On board of one OF our river boats that ar
rived in the early part Of last week, were
large number Of lady passengers, and an oil
gentleman of some sixty or seventy winters
whose polite and captivating manners mad
him the pet of the ladies.
In tone, manner and appearance, Col. "
was the ne pI,ts ultr0 of the homne CONNIE Z
tat, and he was very fond Of the ladies' socl
ety, surrounding them with the kindest at
tentions, and amusing them by his witty an
ecdotes and interesting stories, of which h
had an abundant stock. His old age and vene
rabie appearance obtained him the privileg
OF free access to the ladies' cabin, and there
he passed most of his time during the voy
age, pronounced by young and old thu
''nicast dearest love Of an old gentleman
they had ever seen.
The Colonel had made himself so agreea
BILE that, on the arrival of the boat, the cap
tain thanked him for his exertions in reliev
ing the ladies from the monotony Of the yoy
age. But the Colonel did not consider hls
task at an end, and lie put himself to The
greatest trouble to see after the ladies' bag
gage, select coach and see those safe
By male friends. From many he obtained 8
pressing invitation to call and see them.
On Thursday he called on a party Of Ia.
dies aud proposed to take them to the theatre
that evening, to which they consented. lie
remained long while con Versing with wild
ov lady, to whom he had made himself es-
pecially agreeable during the voyage. She
had on her finger valuable diamond ring.
raS tbot had haop L
her by her husband on their wedding day,
and the Colonel expressing desire to exam
inc it, she drew the ring eff her finger and
anecGote about another ring. As they went
on chatting most agreeably, the lady remark
ed that to her great annoyance she had lost
the key Of her watch, and could not wind it
up. After trying mis- own key, which would
not fit, the otliging Colonel volunteered to
take the watch to jeweier's and get suita-
Bile key for it; he would bring it back when
he would call for the ladies in the evening.
The widow handed him the watch, with a
gold chain, clasp and iocket attached, aud
the Colonel lett
Evening came, and the ladies waited in
vain for the Colonel, until halfpast o'clock,
when they concluded that something had hap
pened, and they gave up the idea Of going to
the theatre The widow lady then recollect-
ed that her OLD friend had not returned her
diamond ring before leaving. This was the
last she saw of him. The lady is very anx-
ious to know what has become Of the dear
old Colonel, Of whom she has the greatest
opinion, notwithstanding his absence of
mind Or torgettulness. She thinks some &C.
ci1ent must have happened to him. Some
matter-of-fact friends limited something about
IAN old sharper, cute trick" &C., and indu-
ced her TO consult the police, but with no
prospect as yet. .....
BREAD.-Hs Vurieties and Si=es.--A stu
dent in Germany writes to a friend in this
city:
BLACK bread so called from the fact that
ii is not as white as wheat bread is I'D arti
Gle Of food extensively used in Germany by
Nil classes Of society, but more particularly
by peasants and students. The principal
article used in its manufacture is rye ilour.
The term black would seem to be misnom-
er, as in fact the bread is Of 4 light grey col
or. 1t is baked In loaveS of different shapes
and sizes, varying in these particulars with
the various countries of Germany. In llesse
the leaves are of an elliptical shape, the con-
jugste diameter being about three times the
length of the transverse, and weigh about
FIVE pounds. One finds circular loaves like
wise in Hesse. 1t would seem that the shape
Of these loayeS follows a general Jaw, the
eccentricity of the ellipse increasing as we
approach the equator. AS we travel South
ward into IesSe Darmstadt, we may already
observe considerable elongasion of the cont
iugate diameter A most striking surprise
for the traveller whn makes the distance from
Frankfort to Munich in single day awa4ss
him in the numerous bread stores. Ia =
latter city the black bread loayeS j. III
tanned length Of at least three I've at
feet. 1t is deeply to lie regretta.' .nd a hal
thorough SCIENTIFIC inyestise'; that more
bestowed upon this ;aser~ ION has not peer
not presum?t3V9s DO sung SUBJECT Ii J.
wears tina ktwm - hope that in future
will ba 81 yen$s increase in eccentrci,,
hfes NAV 8, understood that reliable ia
tudes>" dedueed tor determining latl
. ,.gr1c SApNEss.-At the close Of the Mex
lean War the First Pennsylvania Regimen
of volunteers was sent up the river, IN orde
10 be disbanded at Pittsburg On their wa.
up, one of the poor sick fellows died. In
boat was hauled up alongside woodward,
rough cyffn made, and 4 file of men, viii
drum and fife, proceeded a short distance in
to the timber, where Il grave had been hastl
ly dug, TO pay the last sad respect to tn
dead soldier One of his companions, ais
much wasted with the disease that had $
fearfully decimated our ranks, staggere
ashore 10 accompany the detachment, bu
being too weak to follow, seated himself on
log, and with his face buried in his hands
on hearing the Dead March played by tn
drum and fife, gave vent to torrent OF tears
Almost in sight Of home, the thought tina
his turn would probably come next. over
powered the weak nerves OF the soldier
While sorrowing thus, he was rudely accost
ed by d rough woodSman:
Il say, stranger. reckon you We hear
that tune afore, time of the war;
Heard IT, answered the poor fellow, ms h
looked up at his interocu;or through HI
tears heard it, did you say? why, the yer
birds learned TO sing it in Mexic""
WILLIAM H FoWLE SON.
No t. South WhG'ueS,
-OFFER FOR SALE
DERUVIAN GUANO. of direct importatio
to this port, per Ship Conquest
RAEEK'S ISLAND or AMERICAN cos