Alexandria gazette & daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1817-1822, 1817-09-22

newspaper quarrclllnS ahq SprCuia-
ton. In New York, the Grand Ca
nal is setting the people OF that state
by the ears with calculations ana
measurements. aud prophecies.one as.
serting that it is imp"acticable. anu
the other that it is going on RAPIDLY.
The politicians in Pennsylvania are
immersed in the calumnies and rccri-
limitations of an ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS.
In Connecticut, the newspapers nave
discussed the subject of religious 10.
leration, till aothing is left III some OF
them, but intolerance and hostility.
In the district of Maine, the papers
are attacking the mania OF EmlSra-
ton, and prove their superior aSrI-
cultural advantages So satisfactorily
as to make it ad, isable for the natives
of Ohio to migrate to the more Fertile
banks of the Pcnobscot. In Verm mt
the approaching election occupies the
papers.-They have published three
| tickets of candidates, between which
there is probably but little CHOICE
In New Hampshire, we have incrcas-
cd the stock of intelligence, by pair
Of t,pin Commandments and a Re10
State House. New Jersey has suppl
ed newspapers with a number OF du-
els. and Kentucky has afforded a
few murders of another sort. Such,
reader, are the News OF THE DAY.
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ADVENTURES OF A TEN POUND NOTE.
.NurlbOrough-Street.- Sharpe
and j. Quclch, two boys. were brought
up for rc-exammation, OH suspicion OF
stealing ten pound note. 1t appears
that On Monday, the prisoners were
returning home from West-end Fair.
by way of Camden Town, and saw a
piece of paper flying in the air, which
falling on the road side, one of them
had the curiosity to pick it up and
found it was ten pound note. They
were both runaway apprentices. and
such present could not fail Of being
acceptable they therefore walked to
town congratulatins each other on
their good fortune, but were rather
puzzled how to get the note changed
at length it was agreed that Sharp
should personate the servant OF MIR.
Warren. in Portland Street. and go
to the shop of Mr.. Thompson. the
grocer in Foley place. where he was to
pay for large quantity Of raisins to
be sent to his masters house and take
the change himself. This plan had
nearly succeeded, but as he was a
bout to receive the change, he showed
such uneasiness to be off, as to con-
vince Mr.. Thompson he had not come
by the note honestly : he therefore
watched him. and gave him in charge
| of an officer, together with the other
boy. This officer discovered that a.
bout the same time gentleman nam
cd Penny, had been robbed OF lol.
note on the same spot, and as the boys
preyaricatet, he had no doubt but
the note could be identified, and the
matter brought home to some person
he therefore advertised it, when a
gentleman whu held an important 81
na;ion in one of the Government OF
fees. and who resides in Alfred place
Tottenham-cUurt- road, came forward
as a claimant. After being sworn,
he stated that on Monday he receiv-
ed e0OOl. from the EXChequer Office,
| which he was counting out IN his IL
b. AIRY he left the note il: question on
his table Alternating thedate and mum
Der he then locked the rest in his
cash box, which he was about to place
in his secretary, when all at once
sudden gust of wind entered the room
and the note blew up the chimney =
He had witnessed The whole transac-
ton and was for moment petrliied
but he ran 10 the door and called in a
sweep, who searched the chimney and
room, but without effect He had
gwen up every hope Of seeking it a.
gain, when one morning at breakfast
he was very agreeably surprised to
find description of the very same
note advertised. The note was pro-
ducea, and after being identified and
sworn to was delivered to the gen.
man, with an admonition not to let it
take such another trip to West2end