Alexandria daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1803-1808, 1806-04-24

accident sfatsggv ocenY-ed bc:oie.--i1e bad un-
cettakea costfsgg 10 SIS al gice OF every friend,
who co,de.aaca iiic pan, 10 move or rather
bald Mercllsnt. III as iowel down the river
thaa the Oh mill, eo Ssfees which, very long
and deep race was neethafy. Ibis ne tad carrl-
ed fome difanee; Ii doiag shleh, neithes bills
nor any obGacis whateyst aoppea him, 70 rhas
in fohe places, as Inc race was liEaight, he cus
through hills hstsenofskxtecn ieet decP; in enc
of these horrld pits, oyts4wheh projected auPen-
dous +, ks, and oenkS Of diFt OF acfnmbly ns.
ture, he was ltsndins ABOUT sunSet.a few days a..
go avcry mutual tine icr. hin 70 be therc) CIV
ing i3me directions, vbea the bank above gave
way, Breaking about ix iect from his head.
He called out take care, z without making any ef.
tort 70 etcape himself, whieA he might have done,
and hosrid to relate turning caly his lhouaer a.
fjr, ssif faHened bYtolRs iapeinaturaf influence,
himiclf, one OF ths dvcasfs, and negro, were
eli buried In an ma arr The alarm was in,:ae.
diately given by the only orc that eicspcd, and
who could scarcely ever before walk upon even
ground without Gp'hb!ing, and Mrs. Garter,
who wa. in.deicate aeaiti,, was the frft that GOT
there, nearly a nsllc tom the houie, Che fornd
him dead, being BARRED Up 10 the chin, With
rocks upon bic, that wei he'd Is .of 10 tens.
Tie ditrher. who was z white man, was. cp:re.
.lY buried. and the negfo ccn6aea abcve The
kaees, with hss legs mach m1fhed and bruised,
but not ifreceveIal,le. This fad cataaicphe Il
found Iea!j3sd carly next morning, by view of
the dead tadies, one of which was MY ever Ia.
nentet lfisad,
Feat e GSihfy- The following feat of
agility WAS performed at Greenwich on
Moaday Lass, the 18th instant. in the pre-.
senct a concourse Of spectators. a
gentleman engaged to bop, on-,he same leg,
sSty, yards, in twenty hops; equal to three
yards each hop, which he performed BY ex-
ceeding the whole distance a yard and al
haIs. The be, was 500 dollsrs, aud the
foftunate perforraer, re understand, was
Mr.. Young, of The Theatre.
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The two houses of congress brought
their sit,ipes 70 close On Monday night |
az about eleven o'clock. when an adjourn.
mens teok place TO the srst Monday inDe- |
,cennber. The sitting of Monday was con.
sinned from ten O'Clock IN the morning IN.
Ill eleven in the evening with only the in.
scEmissiou OF one hoar. i 90 much bust. /
seas was transacted to enable us to give
detail of II III this paper. The mosr i'm
por,aut measures adopted were,
The passage of a bill for continuing I'm.
I'll the end Of The next session the Mediter-
ranean fund, disconnected from the repeal |
of the salt tax, the sena.e having adhered
to their disagreement 10 the last object OF
the bill.
sThe passage of the naval peace establish.
ment bill
The passage of bill for ihetemporary
relief OF Hamet Caramalli, allowing him !
24OO dollars.
The passage of the bill for the payment
of ALL the Witnesses summoned on the
trial of Judge Chase. the house of repre-.
seuiasives having receded from their g.
mendment.
The indefinite postponement Of the re.
port of the committee of enquiry on the
eficiat conduct of Gideon Granger, post.
master general.
But that business, which excited most
, attention., mingled with, perhaps, bosom.
ing warmth, was the presentation by Mr..
Quincy ef~two memorials, one from Sa- |
muel G. Ogden, the other from William
Smith, of ,he,city Of New York.
The memorials are very long, and give
minute detail of the circumstances al
lodged to have attended the expedition of
Miranda; acknowledge the participation of
the memorialists in the easerprize; aad
declare it to have been their impression that
the expedition was eounlenanced BY the i'm.
piled sanction of the president and secre.
tary of state. The memorlalists further
complain of the unjust and illegal proceed.
ings of rhs circuit court of New York. (
The memorials are eouched IN language
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