The New Hampshire Gazette

Mysterious.—A large story has been in circulation about the city, for some days past, of the body of a female, richly dressed, ornamented, &c. having arrived in the stage, boxed up, and, of course, supposed to have been wickedly murdered. The true story, we believe is this: One day last week, a large trunk arrived by the Transportation Line from New-Haven, upon which no direction was found.—This trunk was supposed to answer the description of one lost a short time ago, and advertised for by Mr. Curtis, firm of Curtis, Callender & Wells. Mr. Curtis went to the office, and found that the key of the lost trunk (which did not belong to Mr. Curtis himself, the key having been left with him,) fitted the one now found. Mr. Curtis opened the trunk, when lo! what should meet his eyes, but the dead body of a man, some 30 or 40 years old, doubled up and squeezed in! One of our physicians was sent for, to know if he could explain the why and wherefore of the strange affair. He said he did know something about it; and, upon further examination, a direction was found upon one end of the trunk, to a physician in Northampton. It came from New-York. Mr. Curtis was pretty well satisfied that it was not the article he wanted, and it was forwarded according to direction.—Hartford Courier.