Alexandria daily gazette, commercial & political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1808-1812, 1811-10-10

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$50 oood behavior cannot now be KNOWN
for The benefit of those particularly interest.
ed, we should like to see the case ABLY sup.
ported.
The French physicians, in the Annals d.
chv,nie. in reviewing our reports OF the Wal.
cheren Fever express their astonshment
that although SO large premium was given
70 DIR. Smith for his fumigating experiments,
vet no mention is made of the use of fumigs.
ttion to check that fatally contagious disease.
/, The house of a Polish Jew, at Leipzig, was
lately robbed Of $4,000 forms in cash. The
lew being called from home upoa business
left his property in charge Of confidential
servant, but who, 1t seems, suffered ms vigil
lance to be destroyed by stranger, who, IN
der pretence of having business with the mas
ter, entered into conversation with him, and
plied linn with snuff, with which some mar
cotic is supposed to have been mixed TILL he
fell into letharsic sleep.
A piece of amber, IA inches long, 9 Ia
broad, and weighing Q lbs. was last month
found by Russian soldier between Memcl
and Koningsburg tits confessedly the largest
piece ever seen, exceeding IN size and weight
the one found in the Prusslan territories in
1904, & is supposed to be worth near S 6oOo
At the breaking up of the Clara Spanish
fripate at Plymouth, the workmen having
stripped off the copper nearly one third OF the
bottom fell out in one mass into the docS.--
This is a curious fact, as it shows, that, al.
though every bolt had been curroded, and eve
ry tree nail broken, the copper and the resist
ance made by the water against the bottom,
had kept the timbers and planks liz their
places. Fortunately, notwithstanding the iall
of the enormous mass into the dock, not man
happened to be in Its way. ~
The following are the dimensions OF one OF
the largest oak trees ever cut down In THIS
kingdom. 1t grew in the parish OF Bassaleg,
Monmouthshire, about four miles from New
port, near the Canal was cut down last year,
and purchased by Mr.. T. Harrison. The
trunk 10 feet in lengthy measured 40 feet;
p limbs, respectively, so, lo6, 355, 452, 255,
lls, %, l56, "a, 10, 90 & IS feet, altogether
24o2 feet of sound timber dead limbs 1875
feet of timber, making total OF 242S feet OF
timber and it requ red the labor OF four men
for 90 days, to fell the tree and strip the bark.
Madame Blanchard, i'll one of her late as
cents from Paris in balloon, was caught IN
storm of hail and rain !; but Notwithstanding,
assembled so high that she was lost in clouds
and whirlwinds, and did not allght from her
balloon near Vincennes til between SIX and
seven in the morning the day after she arose
from Paris. in consequence of the prodlglous
height the balloon assembled, Madame Blan-
chard tainted, and continued insensiblc for
some time. Her ascension continued four
teen hours and a half.
Extract of letter received from Petworth
this day -" A few days since laboring
man, engaged pIoughing in a field at Bignor,
near Petworth, found the plough INSTRUCTED by
heavy stone, when he obtained assistance
and removed it it is of marble, and beneath
is flight of steps Of the same, leading to
large arched passage, where they discovered
an entire Roman Bath, with tesselated pave
ment in perfect preservation. The bath is Ok
a hexagonal form, surrounded with seats, IN
the centre is a metallic pipe; tie bottom OF
| the bath is about two feet below the pavement,
and five feet wide the tesscated floor rrpre-
sents various figures in dancing attitudes,
| most beautifully wrought. In digging further,
they found dolphin and various other anti
Duties ofthe most costly materials. It'll sup
posed to be the remains of Roman palace
A Roman road has also been discovered lead
ing through the field and supposed to extend
| much farther but is not at present suffered
to be explored. A gentleman in the vicinity
| has en- ancient Ms which particularly speaks
of this place, and many attempts had been
made to discover it, before it was so Fortunate
ly accomplished by accident. In this manu-
script many other curiosities are spoken Of,
which are expected to be discovered OIL a
further exploration. Persons from all round
the vicinity have been to examine the place
! A very considerable sum has been offered for
the field on speculation, but refused.
SwINDL1Ne.-On Saturday, as Mr.. jane
son, of Walcot place, was passing over West
minister bridge, he was accosted by person
in the dress of a Clergyman. who said he was
suddenly taken i'll, and requested permission
to lean on Mr.. Jameson's arm for support
across the bridge, or till he should meet with
| a coach. Mr.. Jameson readily consented, ard
walked with the supposed, invalid till nearly