Alexandria gazette & daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1817-1822, 1821-03-17
MURpEE AND ROBBERY.

MURDER AND RoBbeh'
letter from Havana OF 4th February,
mentions the murder and robbery OF ar'
Samuel Nichols, house carpenter, and la'e'y
keeper of the ice house at Havana. The
are these:-On the evening
of the Sd, about twenty desperadoes landed
and proceeded up to the house OF capt.
Patterson, in which were Nichols and taree
hacks. One of the gang Immediately stab
he'd Nichols to the heart, and robbed him OF
his atcb and money. At this moment capt
P. returned home. The villains then plum
dered him of his watch and money, tied his
hands behind him, and threatened bis life II
he offered any resistance. The relatives are
referred 10 MIR. Joseph Scull, of Havana
for information relative to the effects OF the
late Mr.. Nichols. paper.
Baltimore, March liz.
HAVANA.
We have late commercial advices from
Havana up 10 the qSth OF February. They
have little interest. No late arrivals from
the United States are mentioned. MOI one
since the opening OF our navigation and that
OF the Delaware.
Flour, dull and declining, at d 4per bbl'
Pork, do. D.lo per oo,'
Lard. do. D.lo quih'd'.
Coffee, bought with activity at D.xo' zo'
and FL per quintal.
Sugar, TO ls and IA Is rs. assorted, in
demand.
French vessels continued to arrive from
HAVE and Bordeaux, for coffee principally
French goods very abundant. and unsalea
BILE at cost.
Exchange on U. S. 4 La s advance, nc
demand.
| [Tronsloted for the National lnteD'gencer',
FROM LATE RUSSIAN NEWSPAPERS.
81. Petersburg, Dec /. 1890.
| Captain VassiIieff, who left Coonstabt IN
July 1919. writes from Petropawlofsk
rKantschatca, } that he sailed from JanerIt
On the Gath Of November. 1890, with thu
sloops Discovery and Good nil, that on thu
| 18th Of February following, he arrived a
Port Jackson, (New Holland, } which place
he left on the 10Th of March, alter hav
inc taken supply of provisions Passing
between the New. Hebrides and the Is
land of 6dgit, latitude south deg. and ia
, deg. iO'' long. west of Greenwich, the stsoI
Good-viu, "a p tain Sbichnareff, was onth'
J, 18th of April, 10 sight Of different island
r IN which some vegetation was visatte; that
s those islands not appearing on any map
b h.. called them after the sloop ne eop
OF me ,GnabitsSnits 81 those i,Iauo, came il
: four canoes, but they could not be prevail
ed upon to CON t on board.
Being DESTROYS to acquire their good wil
he sent 10 them some presents, among whic
| was some iron. il did not attract their no
tice; some looking glasses that were Offer
ed them pleased them exceedingly III
dress of our crew was likewise an obiec
of much entertainment to them.
Those savages were of dark brown com
plexion and their dress consists of smpl,
girdle; their canoes were like those of tn,
natives f the Friendly Islands. After hav
ing passed the tropics on The 9Th of May, tn,
sloop Good will directed its course to On
alaska on special commission. On tb,
thirdioi July the sloop Discovery arrived
safe at the port Of Petropawlofsk, with ,b.
crew in perfect health. The crew ofthe O.
Their vessel was also well she lost but q
single seamen by sudden death during the
passage. After a new supply of provision
and OF other necessaries the sloop Discov.
cry lett PetroPawlofsk and pursued her voy.
age.
| SUMMARY.
| From late English Papers.
! A fine OK was recently slaughtered al
Exeter; length from runp to HON 8 feet 2
inches; girth 8 feet inches, weighed