Alexandria daily gazette, commercial & political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1808-1812, 1811-06-26
From Il late London Paper.

CURIOUS CORRESPONDENCE.
Mr., EprroR.-The following is an ex-
act Copy of a Letter, dated in 1901, from
a moor woman in Scotland to the Empe-
ror AleXander:-
.Unto the Most Excellant Alexander
Emprore of that Graf Dominion OF Rus
STA, and the Teratorys the Unto Belong
ing, sc. 4. 4.
..Your Most Humble Servant Most
Humbiy beges your Most Gratious Par
don for my Boldness in approaching your
Most breed Sovring for Your Clemency
at this Time.
"My Sowing the Candour ofthis Free
dom is on the account of Your Sovrings
Goodness in the Serving and lnlarging OF
NV Son, whose Name is John Duncan,
aged &c wears. who was IN Prentice, who
was prisoner with Robert Spittle his Mas
ter Captaen of the Han, Spitue of Alloa
at the time OF the British Embargo in
Your Servings Dominions iii Russia, who
is the only Seport of me his Mother and
Besaid have no other freend for My Sc
port and OIL the account of Your Gratious
l.eneyallence Be Pleased to axcept OF this
small present from your Ever Wcli-wisher
whilst have Breath.
The small Present is Three Pairs Of
Stockings for Going Oh when Your Sow
ring Cos out Hunting l would a have
sent Your Scvrin5 blk Stockings il that
siy Son Could 60 in serch for it, but the
press being Sc hot at this lime that he
cannot go for fear Of being pressed.
elf vour Soyrin will be Pleased to ak
cept fthis, and favour me with an ansuer
of this by the Bearer and lett me kno what
FANCY ofchiitiren your Sowing has l will
send Stockings for them Tor the Winter
before Winter Comes on, as also what
Sons and what Daughters You might have.
.host breed Sowing am your Most
Obcdt. and Humble Servant Till Death,
i" ELIZABETH WILCOX"
".St. ,FtnnsonS By Sterling
.fpril I'd 1901.
"Please to Dcrcct to Me to Care of
Robert Raunce in st. Neunsons by ster-
ling
The foregoing letter requires no com
ment; but your Readers may be gratifi-
ed at knowing that the Emperor AleXan-
der ordered her a remittance of 10Ol.
which was paid to her through the Rus
sian Minister in London unfortunately
some busy .Nan Of Letters took upon
himself to correct her second letter to the
Emperor. thanking him for the money,
whereby il was robbed of thai originality,
the loss of which we have to regret. /
am. &c. CHICo.
4 man sitting one evening at an ale
house, thinking how to get provisions for
the next day, saw another. dead drunk,
on an opposite bench. A thought instant
" struck him, so going to the landlord, he
said. do not you wish to get I'D of this
sot? Aye, to be sure returned he ;
and half crown shall speak my thanks
agreed said the other. 'getmc a sack
A sack was brought and put over the
drunken guest. Away trudged the man
with his burden, till he came to the house
Of a noted resurrectionist when he knock
ed at the door. who's there . said
voice. 4 have brought you subject
replied the man. $50 come, quick, give me
nv fec The money was Immediately
paid, & the sack, with its contents, depos-
tied in the surgery. The motion of quick
walking had nearly recovered the poor
victim, who before the other had been
gone FIVE minutes, began to endeavor to
extricate himself from the sack. The