Alexandria gazette & daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1817-1822, 1818-08-17

lectors, the speaker said, it p,ight be some
satisfaction TO the friends of Mr.. y ooler
10 know, that ont of 400 Coventry men,
more than one half were willing TO go.
even barefooted, to vote for him: and 1t
would really seem, from what followed,
that he had not misrepresented their zeal (;
for before hemeeting dispersed, the friends
of Mr.. Wooler tore down the poll of their
opponents. and battle royal ensued, in
which there were, of course, many broken
heads. AT length, some of the most active
; OF the Woo!er party. were seized and lodged
in the watch house but those who remain-
ed outside Immediately rallied, unrooied
the prison, and set the friends of freedom
once more at liberty. What followed at
the next days polling, we are yet TO learn
Dr. F. Porter, of Easton, Pennsylvania,
has discovered preparation capable OF pro-
ducing light without any sensible heat
This is one of the grand desiderntuns for
which franklin and Newton sought in vain.
From the Phiad. inner. Cent. august 10.
BURGLARY.
About one o'clock yesterday morning,
Alderman Badger heard noise al the back
win low of his dwelling, which he at first
supposed was caused by his cat the noise
however increasing, he threw open the sash
of the back window vi the second story,
but could see nothing. He went to bed,
and again heard the noise, got up and
passed into the front room, threw open the
sash, and called TO the Waterman, who at
that time was passing along Sixth street,
directed him to go to the back part OF bis
house, and he would meet him there the
Waterman proceeded to the place, and found
that the shutter of the back window had
been bored with large auger 10 three diff
ferent places. Hearing person in the adj
joining yard, the Waterman pursued him (;
the fellow jumped over the fences from yard
to yard, until he came 10 the one in the
rear of the house occupied By Mrs. Physick,
where finding himself so closely pu sued by
the Waterman that he could proceed 10 iur.
ther this way, he changed his course and
ran with such force against the kitchen
door that it burst open and he entered the
house.
Alderman Badger went round to the front
door of Mrs. Physick's house and alarmed
the family the door was opened, the ma
gistrate admitted, and on proceeding into
the back room, perceived the thief running
hastily into the front parlor, pursued him,
and by this time the Waterman had made !
his way up stairs. The thief finding his /
retreat cut off from the door, ran with great
force against one OF the front windows,
broke through lights Of glass, bent the bolt
and bursted the shutters nearly open. He |
las at length with great difficulty appre-
hended by the alderman and Waterman,
and discovered 10 be a very stout black el- !
low. whom alderman Badger had in the
course Of his official duties offended, and |
who, it is supposed, was breaking into tie
house for the purpose Of taking his revenge.
In the cours, of yesterday morning, he !
was brought up before the Mayor, and COM
mitted to answer for his offences at the next
court Of Oyer and Terminer.
The following amusing memoranda are
copied from an old Diary, kept by an Ame-
rican gentleman who resided in London du.
ring our revolutionary war. These minutes
are taken from note under the head Dis
Characters" and handed to us
for publication. National IntelHg'r.
Z" again met the worthy Doctor OGLE,
Dean of Winchester, in Sbelburne-house
library, with Doctor Price, (Which is very
near The Deans house in Berkeley square.
1t began TO rain, and | yielded TO Doctor
Ogle's solicitation to dine, although had
Just promised Doctor Price to attend him
10 Hackney for packet 10 Doctor Frank
lin. never partook of pleassnIer din
ner, as, after getting the interesting neUs
IF he day from The 81, James's palace, (ior
the Dean is clerk OF the closet 10 his ma
Iesty, and is frequently in waiting on the
royal family there met lord Euston, (son
10 the duke OF Grdfton) very soon after his
elopement with one of the queens maias Of
honor; also, the witty and facetious Mr..
Sheridan, then paying his addresses to
Miss Ogle. the deans daughter, who was