Alexandria gazette & daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1817-1822, 1822-02-28


OF Mr.. Charles Vacarie, be took bis leave.
and never honored Mr.. Fleury With his
company again.
Two days after this transaction, the
goldsmith called at Fleury's TO purchase
TWO or three pounds OF the gold dust. ! he
b z was brought out and the scales prepar.
ed-when 10! to the utter dismay and con
fusion Of poor Fleury. every atom OF h's
gold dust-according TO the judgment OF
the assaye1-was transmitted or translated
into execrable brass filings, not worth
huttun!!
DiIgent search was forthwith made al.
ter the strocious swindier. but to no pur-
pose-He had decamped. 1t was disco
vered that he associated with man nam
ed Beuf, a resident of New Yord-but
upon enquiry it, appeared that Beuf had
sold of 4 few days before and disappear
ed. Sometime afterwards il was disco
yered that Beuf had taken his passage, BY
water, tor Philadeiphia--Thither MIR. r.
Immediately repaired, but dad not arrive
in time to find the object of his pursuit,
who had left the place; though ne waslust
in time to be among the FIRST to hear the
sad story of brother sufferer who had
been duped by the designing knave into
the purchase of another bag OF his preci>
GU, dust, by similar arti6ce TO the one
practissd upon Feury! The subject ofthIs
second fraud, we learn, 10 wealthy
French gentleman OF Philadelphia, retired
from business; and it seems he purchased
a heavier lot than Fleury, tor it came to
abou, seven thousand dollars; four thous-
and dollars were actually paid down upon
the nail, and promise given that the ba-
lance should be paid the next day. Vaca-
re, however. being very we'll satisfied
with what he had got, did not put the gen.
tleman TO the trouble to raise the remain
der of the money, but took himself OF
without ceremony.
We wi!Isnow leave the reader to apply
the cases of these unfortunate men to that
of poor Moses Primrose and tho green
spectacles with silver rims and shsgreen
cases." while we bring this accomplished
disciple Of Ephraim Jenkinson nearer
homs
1t will be remembered that the steam
schr. Fidelity. on her passage from N. I.
to St. Augustine and other southrn ports,
put in here on the 1th December to re-
pair some damage she sustained after leav-
ing New York: one of her passengers, 4
French gentleman, who knew all the par
ticuIars of the gold dust affair, here met
with Mr. Beuf, who had taken lodgings
in one of our taverns-This gentleman
being intimate with Mr. Fleury, wrote to
him, stating that Beuf vas here, and that
if he Fleury) would come on to Norfolk,
it was probable some discovery might
be made to his advantage. Upon this
intimation Mr.. Fleury and the friend
who had lent him the D2OOO, both came
on and arrived here last week, where they
had the good fortune to find both Vacare
and Beut, 1t was fortunate they arrived
here as early as they did, as Vacarie b d
purchased small vessI and was loading
her for the West indies-in few days |
more she would have been at sea, and he |
and bis associate beyond the reach of JUS
tice. 1t was fortunate too, perhaps, for |
some of our monied citizens; for it is very
certain (trom circumstances which we do |
not choose to mention) that it was the in
teDtion of Vacarie, as soon as his vessel
was prepared for Fight, to have offered
them the golden bait. A writ was imme.
diately taken out, and after an examination
before the Mayor and another Magistrate,
both Vaca-ie and his companion were COR
signed to the inside of our Jail.
In the room occupied by Vacarie, there
were found concealed three buckskin bags
one of them enclosed in sealed box, and
all filled with brass filings, or Limitation"
gold dust--such a. he had palmed upon
poor Fleury; besides hand vice, pocket
.teel-yards, &c. but we understand only
D2OO have been found upon him in bona
6de money. 1t does not appear that Bout
is any other way concerned with Vacarie,
than as an assoc late, which, OF itself, how
ever, would justify his being held in Gus
tody.
As Vacarie had met with so good de
,nand for his brass filings in New Yo'k and
Philadelphia, it is probable his so]ourn
here was to repIenish his stock, and from
the appearance of his room, the floor OF
which was scattered with it, there is no
doubt that the contents OF the bags men
toned above, were partly Manufactured
by him while here.
1t would appear that he had made a
large dePoste in the United Ststes Bank
at PhiiadeIp hia. under The fictitious name
OF Shamroy; for on his arrival here be
transmitted through one OF our banks
check for D2OoO. on the u. States bank at
Philadelphia, drawn in that name, which
was passed 10 the credit OF the bank
here.
From the National Gazette.
FREsHET IN TIES CHUYLKILL.
Yesterday afternoon, about 4 o'clock,