Alexandria gazette, commercial and political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1812-1817, 1813-06-17
A. FEMALE MONSTER.
BURY, Eng J March 81:

Ann Arnold was capitally convicted
| of the wiGul murder Of her bastard child
| BOY between and years old, about
! the lob Of Fe.suary last, by deliberate
| " teking of dis clothes, with the excep-
| ton of his shirt, and throwing him into
cond covered with bushes, in field In
the parish OF Spexhall, whereby he was
! drowned the oody was not discover
cd tiIi nea, three weeks Afterwards IN
putrid state, aad then in most extraor-
ordinary prosidensiai manner, by boy
keeping sheep IN the same field, who
observed one e his flock looking stead
fa,tly In the water and making noise.
which attracted him TO che spot, where
he at first thought he saw dead lamb
in the water ;. but soon afterwards he
TIED to get the supposed lamb out.wl;lch
was then floating, when he found it was
a child, upon which he gave information
to his father and others, which led to
the iuhan,an mothers apprehension at
Aardley, in Norfolk.
The mducement to this crime appear.
ed tn be thas-the father of a second bas-
iard child, of which she was delivered
ABOUT nine weeks after, Michaelmas, at
Howe, in N2rf,ik, bad promised her
marriage, on condition that she could
iudcse the father of the first child, who
allowed Is cd. per week for its mainte-
nrnce, to take the sole charge thereof
but this he refused. and she had the cru
city to destroy il in the manner above
related, although SIC acknowledged the
the poor infant teeiingly exclaimed, on
being stripped at the pond. sob Mother
what arc YOU going TO do :" SIZE was
sentenced to death on Friday. and inn
mediately conveyed fiom hence to Ips-
wich Jail in post chai.e, was there ex-
ecuted on Monday last, apparently ex-
hibiting penitsnt behavior, amidst an
immense concourse of spectators, & her
bady delivered TO the surgeons, to be
dissected andeanatomised.
British aceoust of,he attack made on
Sackett's Ha-bor.
Canadian Cnurant extra, "Wednesday
Iuae 2, 1873.
From, me Ki&gston Gazette extra, San
dag, p VI hay So, 1918.
GENERAL ORDERS.
Head Quarters. Gngstln, .z5ju!anf &C.
nesaFs e67ce. so,h May, 1913.
His excellcncy the commander of the
forces, considers il an act OF justice due
10 the detao hDent pilced under the
command of colonel BayBes, to express
his entire appreciation of. their conduct
~ the receni,attack ON Sackett's Harbor,
ar cav break Oh the morning of,he 29th
instant the regularity and patient firm,
ness exhibited by the troops under cir
cumstances OF peculiar privation and "a.
'igue, have been exceeded only by their
intrepid gailansrY in ac;ion, forcing
passage at the point Of the bayone,, thro'
a 'hictly woot ed country, affording
strong positions to the, enemy, bat not
ahprding a single spot of cleared ground
favorable Tor the operations of the
troops. The woods were filed with in.
tan,ry supported by Geid pieces, and in
cessant heavy and destructive FIRE from
numerous and almost invisible foe, did
not arresttbe determined advance Of the
troops; who after taking three field pie
ces, SIX Founders, from the enemy drove
aim by spirited charge to take shelter
wlthin the block houses of his enclosed
forts, and induced him to set FIRE to his
store houses. Unfortunately light and
sG'erse winds prevented the co-opera-
ton OF the larger vessel. of the feet; the
cur boats under the direction Of captain
Muicaster, rendered every assistance in
their power, to supper, the landing and |!
advance OF the troops, but proved une-
quail to silence the guns of the enemy
batteries, sr 10 have any effect on their
e'eek house, and it being found imp,ac.
"cSsie without their assistance and The
co-opetauon ofths ships, 10 carry their /