Alexandria gazette & daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1817-1822, 1817-09-02
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Il are ten to one against his accomplish
it.
~ ri rsmarkqble circams,an "A woman
. Is resided at Rochester, and has been
= IN N ,tate Of health for three years,
N an eu,etic on Sunday se'nnight, Tor
& purpose Of discharging substance
ch appeared to lodge ca her stomach
4 considerable time. when to her as
ishneut she elected full grown toad.
In On lived FOR lew minutes.-The III
HEioence was communicated 10 US by a
|krson who has both seen the toad and
lie WOMAN.
~ PuactuaIity-The late MIR. Scott. Of
&Hc.et, wbn died few days ago, tasel-
In on business till about 80 years OF
lie. He was one, of the most celebrated
{Sarac,ers in the kingdom tor punctuall-
Ia. and by his methodicai conduct, join.
I'D to uniform diligence, he gradually
dfassed large fortune. For long Sc
les OF years the proprietor Of every inn
lis iraQuented in Devoa and COru"all
9hew the day and the very hour he woald
9rrive. Sometime since, gentisman on
3fi,urney in Cornwall stopped at q small
z'n at Port Isaac to dine. The waiter
Resented hun with = bill of fare, which
ike did not approve OF, but obsel vIng
;fae duck roasting, " I'LL have that
md the traveller. You cannot, sir,
Aid the landlord, '.it is tor Mo. Scott, OF
Exerer." | know Nj. Scott very
ell" rejuined the gentleman " ne IS
s.t in your house. -" Truc, sii," SAID
ne landlord, So but six months ago. when
ke was here last, he ordered duck to
b ready fur him this day precisely at
Two O'clock" and to the astonishmeut OF
ahe traveller, he saw the old gentleman,
ba his RUsinante, jcgslng into the Inn
\ ard about i've minutes before the ap-
eninted time.
Fashionable far fracas.--On Friday
might Miss W., u lady o, fortune, WAS
Brought up TO MarlOorough-s;reet office,
lby Craig aud Burtor, the oiliCers, charg-
/ cd with annoying M,s. K-,a lady OF
inrtuue also, in the following extraorui-
l,a.y manner :-Fer Considerable iImt
a gentleman ofrank has paid his address,
es 80 the prisoner, aid una rage wa
agreed upon; but the gentlenrsp happen
led to see Miss y. the niece vi the CON-
2piainant, who is a very fine young lady
she> Instantly conceived violent passion
bur her, aud met an aIectonate rctu ~
The pride of the prisoner was tOuc ed,
aud she followed Miss n, to her seat
in Norfolk, where lit is aledged1 she
seat he challenge 20 meet ut certalr
time AID place, to settle their preten-
sions in an honorable way. Miss N.
however not beng a dqellist, laid the
mat er befUre eishborlng Magistrate.
who, finding it impossible to restore am
ity. held Miss w. in recOgnizances al
teGo, to keep the peace towards Miss n.
Tue parties then came IN town, and Miss
n. went to live with her aunt, Mrs. K at
F., and the prisoner resided In the
neighborhood Of Portnan-square. Miss
Nhad occasion to 90 o Tunbridge Wells,
and tue prisoner suspecting Ut is suppos.
ed) that the gentleman was TO 6e her
cORpanIOn, got postchaise and four, and
followed tue carriage fem stage to stage
until they last one another In tae neigh
bouJhO9d Of Tunbridge. AS soon as she
understood her rival had come 10 town a.
gain, she ordered her carriage and drove
To Mrs. Ks, where she was iuformed
Miss n. was not to be seen; she said
she tould stay all day. and as proof OF
her resolution, ordered the horses to be
taken from the carriage, which was i'm
medIalely done by her servants; she was
reques ed several times 80 90 away, but
refused. until Mrs. X. applied Tor the in
deposition Of the police. Accordingly
Nd. Baker granted warrant Tor her re-
Inoya, but she would not "a With the Off
GERS, until they removed her irop, her
carriage ints hackney chariot, which
drove them to town. The magistrate or
dered the prisoner to put in bail, which
she refused, and in default was commit
ted. She IS tine woman about 10 years
oil.
LONDON, IuLY I've received this
morning Ne~-York papers to the 9Th
June, and Bnston to the 7th, inclusive.
The president is OH tour through the
United States. 1t was said that he wish
ed to make his tour inc9g. But this the
inhabitants of the different towns would
not permit, aud probably he would Rave
been disappointed it they had. Courier.