Alexandria gazette, commercial and political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1812-1817, 1813-03-30
Robbery and Murder.

Robbery and Murder.
A murder, attended by circumstances
OF unparalleled cruelty, was perpetrated
on the morning of "Wednesday last in the
Upper Fauxbourg. A man on going
home to dinner found his wife lying in
the stable with her throat cut from ear
TO ear, and her body horribly mahgled,
and her infant child close by, its throat
also Sut, and its head and limbs dread
fully bruised. The child still lives, but
very faint hopes are entertained Of its
recovery. The house was robbed of
cash to the amount of sixty dollars
Tire anguish Of the husband and father
on beholding this spectacle it is impos-
sible to express, and is equalled only by
the indignation of the spectators that a
murder so atrocious should be commit.
ted with impunity in open day light and
in a populous neighborhood. The MUIR
derers are not yet detected; bat surely,
if there be any sense duty among our
police, whose special province it is to
watch over the personal safety of the eli.
tizen, promptand efficient measures will
be adopted to drag the wretches before
the public.--New Orleans Gazette.
! From the CHARLEsroN CouR1HR.
Kr1vsoFF, Prince Of Snoiensks.
Mn, PRINTER-As every thing that
concerns this great and gallant office,
is highly interesting I send you Fenno's
Uhi.ed States Gazette fthe 9TH of May,
1899, in which you will find something
relating to Marshal General Kutusoff.
The ways Of Providence are indeed In.
scrutathe ! e Who, that for moment
contemplates him, shot through the tenn
pies and precipitated from the deadly
breach in the walls of Ockzakow, into
the ditch amidst the dead and dying
ard views him afterwards, in all appear
ance ]ifeless, carried by his weeping aud
affsctionate s. ldisrs to rude grave pre-
nared fo, his instant interment, and now
views him covered with glory, at the
head of the Russian armies. Victorious
over The most numerous and best ap
pointed fore, that modern Europe ever
saw, and led by the once supposed in
vincible Banapa'te, and others, the most
celebrated generals efthe age!-the bull
walk Of the independence of the nations
# Europe the saviour of his own
conotry, and prop Of the Empire of A
lexander can for moment doubt the
special mercy and interference of Divine
Providence in saving his life before Ock.
zakow to serve, in due time, az curb
to the insolence, and to humble and a.
bate the pride Of the ruthless despot of
France. Is ~.
"Amongst the many instances of reco-
veries from wounds believed mortal, one
of the most remarkable is undoubtedly
that of Gen. KutasoT This officer, who
at the last taking Of Ockzakow by the
Russians, commanded regiment in
their servise, was shot through the head
as he was scaling the wall, and fell from
an immense height into the ditch The
ball entered at one temple and went out
at the other. He was taken up for dead,
and the soldiers, by whom he was much
regarded, were preparing to bury HIM,
when one of them thought he perceived
symptoms Of animation He was at
tended by surgeon, and Is now alive
and perfectly recovered, as the only IN
convenience arising from his wound is
a weakness in the eyes. This distin-
guished officer was last year sent by the
Court Of Petersburg to Berlin, on the
accustomed compliments of condolsnce
for the death of the late king Of Prussia"