Alexandria gazette & daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1817-1822, 1817-11-27

'ou'u wv ''Nai NC "csiNeu secure, az
the least mismauagcG en-: Of the bnst y
departing Il e Islaad would be fatal. IN
order therefore to approach the i.land in
.afety, a:d TO improve It to advantage
The entcrprising proprietor has ccntrrc,.
ed bridge 81 rods IN length founded On
IA Piers, each pier when flied Will con.
Tain 80 tons "i stone: and. from he ,izs
Of the piers and their foundation teings,.
Ill rock, il rs confidently believed that
lie bridge will be permanent /, is, ",
understand, the intention Of Judge pOr.
ter. to cultivate this enchanting lslagJ.
md erect thereon suitabsc bulldogs FIR
he accommodation Of strangers and &.
Tiers, who desire to view one Of The
grandest curiosities Of na,uir. in NV
character; che Falls lave heretofore beer
observed on either side OF the Niacsr,
river with rapture; but what would c0ua-
sellor Philips say, were he perchrd 0n
this romantic spot would he 10, tel!
vou, of the wild roaring rapid, above, on
either side the vast sheets rolling DER the
dreadful preoipices, and the seeming dts
tant thunders in the terrific abyss be-
meath, the suaring cloud before him pier
ced by the sunbeam, and deckeG With
the lustre of the rain bow
The lslar.d contains about 80 acres OF
land, is about 100 rods wide, but at the
lower end between the falls, it is OILY
90 rods. -
a.. T,,,,.rcio1 <1rDrIie,r
LOUIS sEvESTEtNTH.
We lately published an account of q
young man now confined in France, who
claims to be the son Of Louis the 10th.
The following additional Information res
pecting his claims, will at least be read
with interest. We copy it from the
Chester and Dela,rare County Fedora
ist -
IMPORTANT NEWS FROM FRANCE.
We are indebted 10 the Kindness Of a
friend for the following extract Of a
letter. written by young man belong
ing to Chester county, but now pursu,
ing his studies in Paris.
Paris, Sh W0. 5lsf, 1917
sbH DeuT 49,
There is a strange story very current
here, aud which for some time has occu.
pied the attention OF the multitude almost
eSc!usiye!y-the existence OF LOUIS Sc
venteenth. What is very certain is, that
a person giving himself this title, is cum
fined at Rouen-and it is said is treated
with considerable distinction. II is also
said his case will be brought before the
house Of Peers at their next session. The
account he gives of himself is, that he was
saved from the temple in 1895, by the
washerman, ia bundle Of dirty clothes,
being then nearly eleven years old that
when he arrived at the Vendce his un-
Giles refused to acknowledge him, re-
port having reached there first, that he
had died in the prison, and his uncle, the
presest king, having been proclaimed.-
Thus abandoned, and even become the
object Of persecution, he sought refuge in
foreign couRtries-was for some time in
England under the protection Of the 60
vernmert-but that his uncles refusing
to acknowledge him, and even making
several attempts to take him OF by poi
son, he was advised to Withdrew bis pre-
tensions and shift for himself. Thus
turned upon the world, and afraid Of the
Vaccinations of his uncles, particularly
the count D'Artois, heisought an assy lam
in his native country, and in the south,
where there still remained great many
of the ancient nobility, he led ragrant
kind of life, receiving hospitality, and
money, literally from the inhabitants, un-
der the name Of Louis XVII. he at last
attracted the attention OF Napoleon, who
had him arrested-tried, and condemn
ed to two years Imprisonment as swift
dler. After the expiration OF this time.
he was discharged /: but pursuing the
same course Ut iifc-with0ut, however,
appearing 10 have any other object than
to procure himself subsistence-he was
again arrested by order Of Napoleon, and
confined IN the cas,ie of Nincennes,
where he remained until after the restc-
ration. The governor OF the castle re-
fusing TO deliver up tie keys to any per-
son but the king himself: Here he re-
NAMED until the return Of Napoleon-
when in the general confusion he was
suffered to escape. he remained in
France, living as h. had done before, and
not dissui.ing his reM character, until
the second restorati0n--when he Was a.
gain arrested ard confined in Rouen.
Although his no doubt will appear to
thee, as it did to me at first-.the story Of
pretender--there are great many cir