Alexandria advertiser and commercial intelligencer. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1800-1803, 1803-04-06


couFr day, the votes OF thar county were
teSen Tor a resreienra,igc in Congress, Ger
fke Diariet competed Of the counties Of
Prince William, Loudoun and Fairfax
The candidates were
Demoeratc Republican.
Richard Bsent, l9s Jofeph Lewis, So.
We cougFasulase the t.iends Ct tsae re-
.Publieaaifn en- the great decrea6e OF De.
moeracy in that county, on eserys fer
mer election, fer { ne years paa, the De
mocEaiic Candidate has had majority Of
very near two handfed. Ga Moaday
next tie votes will be laken in Loudoun
coaniy, whea ws confidently hope the
csuie Of Reahlicaniin VIII have 10 BOAT
a majority Of trorntwo 70 .hree hundred,
which will enfure Mr.. Lewis election, as
lie county Of Fairs2x (it We may Judge
rem hearfay) will be equally divided.
lsr. Snoqyaer The linking manner
in which /" A f.bicribsr'' addral4ed the CT
tizens, in the Adseftifer Of Moaii9y !aa,
reminds ne ue fare adventures tnoi inap
piieabsef in my onrrnsnssl fsryices fer the
rights of nsib whcn We he'd 70 hrnt tfe
roFiss fsoin thcir hiding places-rJow,
fslould ire Subicsitsr with TO 2yoit pr5
Ter consea'pr sor his ba!eoe.a, lei aim lie
yiofs, and wound, lhoagh win iallchoo5i,
10 the aalk, until he is detected by The
llgh; Of truth.
JOHN LoNGDEN.
April S.
The following interefiog account of a
moa barbarops ana asrocious robbery has
seen communicated to Us by refpetiable
correiPondent at WiIliamfpost, Pennlyl-
vania.
The UNHAPPY sulFsres is young lady,
about eighteen years Of age, by the name
Of Either M'DoweA. The hiRoFy OF her
missortunss is thus related by our correL
p3ndens.
Mifs Mcdowell is The daughter & only
child Of DR.. John M'Dowell, who, abo1.
three years Goce, removed from Mcntrell
to Kentucky, where he had porchafed ar
eRate. he left this daughter to refde
With an aged aens who has ince died and
left her niece heir 10 acondderahle proper
y. Upon the deash Of her aunf, rhe
young lady exprened to her father VIII te
remove and leGde with her parentsia Ken
tacky. Accordingly he tent man, who
had been brought up from infancy in his
family, and in whole fidelity and honor he
had the lnof implicit confidence, TO con
duct her home. She proceeded with hin
from Montreal, and arrived in the neigh
hourhood of Williamiport on Monday e
vening, the lift March infant. During
the DAY, the villain had taken pairs TO a.
void obitrvation as much as pebble by
leaving the public road and pafling tho
abicure and unfrequented paths. They
continued 10 travel till about Ten o. clock in
thc evening" when be fuddenly dilnounted
dragged tie iady from ner DOIlc, ana pre-
inting piifol to her breaif, dema. ed her
money, and threatened to murder her ifihe
attempted 20 give an alarm. She implored
h smercy, ofsriag him all fhe poasfed up
on she condition OF fparing her lie. At
that Infant he tore eff her bonnss, and
gagged her mouth TO prevent her from
ipeaklps. He Their proceeded to Grip her
.ofeyery article Of cloa,hing, & tying her
hands behipd her, made her faf TO d tree
while he packed up her apparel il fhs fad
die bags. Having done ,ais, he removed
her 20 more diitant part OF the waods,&
tyiag lel fat TO a tree in clofe thicket,