Alexandria gazette & daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1817-1822, 1819-04-07

there was large duhshiIl uhderne. ill., A.
which he fell without injury. Here, in ,hs
noise and confusion Of a military assaul, I
he lay for several days unnoticed BY ,he
enemy-was occasionally supplied with
little nourlshment, and at last conveyed bv
night, through the kind care Of bis origin,
deliverer, to farm house few miles fnr
the city. At this place, with good nursing
he at length recovered, and was PERSONAL,
known to Mr.. De Thou, 10 whom the word
is indebted for the greater par, Of tn.
short, but interesting narrative.
Georgetoan, .17rl 5.
Among the vast quantity of -four which
has been brought down the Potomac =,
Georgetown, within the last few DAYS Was
some from Ohio. This fact is OF immens.
Importance 10Th as it regard, the fu,u,.
prospect of the District Of Columbia, and
the advantages promised TO the inhabi,,,,.
on both sides of the mountains from ,h,,
great national work, the Cumberland Road
II IS now asccrtained that The rich product;
of the fertile countries on the Ohio and =.
tributary streams, may be conveyed 10 tbi,
District in less time, and at less expense
and sold at a better profit, than to New Or.
leaus. And it cannot be doubted that 2,
soon as the road is finished, the whole OF
the surplus productions Of those countrie,
will find their way to the Potomac. The
communication between these two great
rivers once established, We shall begin TO
realize the benefits TO which The compre.
hcnsivc mind of the illustrious Washington
looked forward in selecting this District for
the Metropolis Of the great American Re.
public. (Aiesscagcr.
swJEDLER CAUGHT.
Capt. Stith, alias Mr.. Yates, alias Nh.
Danver, alias Mr.. Dade Git Is pity tina,
among SO many names he should be with
out good one) the swindling gentleman
lately advertiscdin the Richmond Enquir.
er, is now tenant OF the Jail Of this 30.
rough, to which abode he was consigned
on Wednesday iast.-Ie was recognised
while reading newspaper in the Reading
Room, by Mr.. Lyford, the Keeper of the
Room, who, although he had never seen
him before, was struck with the similarity
of his person and dress to the description
given in the Enquirer; he made no remark
however, but went TO the file oil the En-.
quirer to read the description again, when
to bis surprlze he found the advertisement,
torn out ; he was then confirmed in bis sus.
PIGEONS but, in order to observe what of.
feet it might have on the suspected person,
he took occasion to call the attention Of
gentleman, (who, at the tine was reading
a file of the Petersburg papers) to the cir.
cumstance Of the torn out advertisement,
and to declare that no one but the swindler
himself could have committed The trespass;
and then proceeded to state the nature OF
the advertisement, when the gentleman re.
marked that be was just at that moment
reading paragraph in Petrsburgh pa
per relative to the same subject. Nh. Ly.
ford then read the Petersburg article aloud,
and commented upon il in manner suited
to affect the stranger, who accordingly
turned from the paper he ,s.s reading and
said III hope, gentlemen, YOU do not sup.
pose ] am the swindler!" This new evi.
dence. in support Of his first suspicion indu.
ced Mr.. Lyford to call on the Inspector Of
the Corporation, to whom he related what
had passed, when that officer lost no time
in procuring an interview with the gentle.
man, who stated his name to be Dade, and
on questioning him relative to bis Business
here, how he came here, where he was 90.
ing, DC. was soon convinced that he was
the identical fellow who had been adyertis.
ed in the Enquirer, and without further ce.
remony conducted him TO magistrate No.
being able to give satisfactory account Of
himself, but being caught repeatedly in
contradictions and presentations during
bis examination, be was committed to pr.
son under law Of the Corporation as a
vagrant.
Charleston, March 80.
ANOTHER ROBBER TAKEN.