Alexandria gazette, commercial and political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1812-1817, 1813-04-13

conceived could only Be known 70 him.
self. Monsieur De Sartine having thu.
excited his attention put this extraordi-
nary question to him--s Sir, are YOU 4
man ofcoursge ?"--The gentleman still
more astonished at the singularity of
such such an in.errogatory, demanded
the reason why he put such strange
question, adding at the same time that
no man ever doubted his courage.
Monsieur De Sartine, replied Sir,
you are to berobbed and murdered this
night !-If you are man of courage
you must go to your hotel, and retire
to rest at the usual hour, and be careful
that you do not fall asleep, neither will
be proper Tor yeu to look under your
bed or into any of the closets which are
IN your bed chamber (which he SO accu-
rately described J you must place your
portmantsau in its usual situation near
your bed, and discover no suspicion ;
leave what remains to me.-If however,
you do not feel your courage sufficient
to bsear you out. l will procure per-
son who shall personatc you, and go to
bed in your stead" After some further
explanation, which convinced tho gen.
tleman that Monsieur De Sartine'. in
telilgence was accurate in every psrti.
cular, he refused to be personated, and
formed the immediate resolution Of Ii
teraIly following the directions he had
reeeived--Hc accordingly went to bed
at his usual hour, which was eleven
o'clock, At half past twelve (the time
mentioned by Monsieur De Sartine) the
door of the bed chamber burst open, and
three men entered with dark lantern,s
daggers and pistols. The gentleman,
who ofcourse was awake, perceived one
OF them to be his own servant They
rifled his portmaDteau undisturbed, and
settled the plan of putting him to death
The gentleman hearing all this, and not
knowing by what means he was to be
rescued, it may naturally be supposed
was under great perturbation of mind
during such an awful interval OF sus-
pence, when at the moment the villains
were preparing to commit the horrid
deed, four police officers, acting under
Monsieur De Sartine's orders, whe were
concealed under his bed and in the clo-
set, rushed out and seized the offenders
with the property in their possession,
and in the act of preparing to commit
the murder. The consequences was, that
the preparation Of this atrocious muir
der was prevented, ard sufficient evil
dence obtained to convict the offenders
Monsieur De Sartine's intelligence en-
abled him to prevent this horrid offence
of robbery and murder-which but Tor
the accuracy of the system, would pro-
baby have been carried into execution.
Miraculous eScahe.-On Friday SEN
night, girl in crossing the bridge OF
Don, was met by horse and cart at iall
speed when finding it impossible toget
back, she leaped on the paraPet wall to
avoid the danger to which she was cx-
poscc The horse then unfortunately
came so near the wall, the shalt OF the
cart struck her on her breast, and prec!-
pll.ted her into the river, a height Of IS
leet deep. She was carried down the
stream about 200 yards; and although
the spectators made every possible ex-
e,tion in their power for her relief, II
was between 10 and Is minutes before
She was got out, after sinking 'cpcatcdly
under the water. A medical gentleman
in the neighborhord was sent tor, who
Immediately attended, and gave every
necessary assistance and advice. She Is
recovering, but slowly; co"plalns much
Of her breast, where she was struck by
the shaft of the cart, and of pains in her
back. Leith Telegraph.