Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1860-12-25
NEWS or THE DAY.
"7o shoo the yery age and body of the TIMES"

"4o sAoao the gerry age and body o the TINES"
An adroit swindler, who gave his name as
joel w. Miller, and who represented him
self as being connected with one of the larg-
est leather and hide establishments in New
York, swindled banking institution of ST..
Louis out of $500 last week by means of a
forged check upon Hardenburg u Co., of
New York The draft was for $1,000, and
such was the confidence of the bank officers
in the prohity of the rogue that they would
have paid him the full amount on the spot but
he modestly restricted his demand to three
hundred dollars.
A few nights ago, young girl IN York,
Pa, while returning from church, was seized
by a rufian, who thrust his thumb in her
mouth to prevent alarm from being given,
at the same time dragging her in an alley.
The girl bit his thumb as severely as she
could, when the scoundrel made a violent
Jerk to free himself, and in the effort broke
out three of her teeth! She then escaped
from him and got home without further vio-
lence.
The celebrated American mare Flora
Temple, which has excited the admiration of
the French turf by the way in which she
took the honors of the recent trotting match
at the Bots de B1logne, is said ny an Ameri-
can gentleman, MIR. D., well known IL the
sporting world, to be descended from young
horse of the Norman breed bought furty-tive
years ago by person Of the name Of Morgan,
who took it to America.
A lady who is now in Fort Muultre writes
as follows There is quite state of ex-
element here. Still the wives ct the officers
feel safe The only United States flag is that
waving over Fort Moultrie. and Governor
Gst says that must come down before the
28th. But we feel quite safe, notwithstand-
ing"
The Harrisburg (Pa.) Telegraph says
"a lady has been in the habit Of picking her
teeth with pins A trifing humor was the
consequence, which terminated in q cancer.
The brass and quicksilver used in making
these pins will account for this circumstance.
Pins are always perniciOus to the teeth, and
should never be used for toothpicks."
The suggestion has been made in New
York to send Ex-PreSiden5 Fillmore as a
Commissioner to the Southern States TO pro-
pose measures of settlement in our present
national troubles The Baltimore American
advises an extension of this plan, 50 as to
embrace, in addition, the names Of EXPIRE
sidents Van Buren,, Tyler, and Pierce.
On Tuesday all the sailmakers and boat
builders employed in the Charlestown Navy
Yard, were discharged. Over q months
wages are due to the workmen, which they
expect to get the first ofnext week. There
are about seven hundred men employed in
the Yard at the present time.
James Waddle, book-keeper in the house
Of Messrs. Moss, Trigg and Semple, of Lou
isvile, committed suicide on Wednesday
last by throwing himselffrom the third story
of the store lie lived several hours after
the commission Of the act
AT Il meeting Of coal dealers held in Pitts
burg, on Saturday, it was resolved to suspend
all importation to the South at present
The distressed condition Of money matters,
and the state of public feeling there were
deemed sufficient to render this step prudent.
Mayor Wood, of New York, was on Satur-
day married to Miss Alice Fenner Mills,
daughter of Mr.. Drake Mills. The cercmo-
ny was performed by Rev. Dr.. Spring, at
the residence of the brides father, in the
Fifth avenue.
The three hundrcdth anniversary Of the
first meeting of the Scottish General Assem-.
bly, Was celebrated by the presbyterians in
Philadelphia, on Thursday evening. Rev
Dr. Musgrave, formerly Of Baltimore, was
among the speakers on the occasion.
In Baltimore county, last week. Il young
man named Shaw, WAS inveiged to a tavern
by two young meI. nuEled Perkins, and COM
| PEELED to drink . quantity of whiskey mixed
with SCOT, from the effects Of which he died.
The young men have left the State.
The gay lads and lasses waltz and polka
on skates in the Central Park, n. Y. A
Miss Wilson is considered the star and it is
Sayerred that she can double shuttle with her
skates on.
Mrs Eliza 2. Quincy, Minister Of the
Society of Friends, (widow Of the late Jo-
seph John Quincy, OF Norwich, England,)
preached an impressive sermon in Boston q
few evenings ago.
The annual election of town officers in New
Haven, c., was held on Friday last, and re-
suited in the success of the democratic ticket
by five hundred majority, ont of total of
about5 900 votes.
The United States brig Dol phin was at
Buenos Ayres, on the first of October, and
would sail for the United States about the
first Of November.
On the 8th instant, the house Of Judge
Thorne, at Vincennes, Ind, was destroyed
by fire, and the Judge persisted in the flames,
in the effort to save some valuable paper.
The critic of the New York Tribune thinks
Edwin Booth is the beau ideal Of q lover
The young actors Romeo" excites this
praise.
During the secession celebration at Cam
den, South Carolina a cannon burst, and Sc
verely injured several persons.
A little boy in Vermont who swallowed a
cent last summer, is dying slowly by copper
poison. His legs have become useless.