The Alexandria herald. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1811-1826, 1822-11-06

On Friday last the u. 8. ship Alert
was towed down by the steam boat virei-
MIA to the bite OF Craney island to receive
on board the healthy part Of the crew OF.
The Peacock the sick were landed on
the island, and doctor Williamson of tho
navy went down on Friday morning to at
tend them.
We regret to say that lieut.. Robert E.
Searcey, who was stated in our last to be
very i'll on board the Peacock, died ON
Friday.
There were two new cases Of sickness
yesterday, and the number Of sick was
then thirty, Z cases Of which are OF
the mos. malignant type. There were
no deaths yesterday nor the day bsfore.--
Doctor Cowdery went down to the island
yesterday afternoon to attend the sick.
The Peacock left Havana on the 18th
of October. A Spanish man Of war brig
with convoy from Spain arrived there that
day with small Columbian privateer
schooner which she had captured on the
coast. The schr. had crew Of sixty odd
men, ffty.six OF whom were stated to be
Americans. AS the Colombian priva-
teers had been very successful in annoy
irg the Spaniards before, the capture of
one OF those vessels, as might be suppo-
sed, was hailed with the most tumultuous
reJoicings al HAVANA and the circum-
stance OF SO great number Of the priva-
teer's crew being Americans,w not lost
sight OF by the Dpns, who embraced the
occasion to rail at our government "in
good set terms" Nor. Her. of Monday.
CHARLESTON, OCT. 22.-One ofthe late
convicted negroes, whose capital punish
mont was commuted to transportation
beyond the limits Of the Y. States" was
| sold on the 18th ult. by his former owner.
TO householder, on condition that the
above terms should be compiled WITH
Information having been received that
the said negro had left town to acconpa-
ny his master thro' the county to BeAu-
fort and Savannah, without being secured
in any manner he was pursued by several
public spirited gentlemen, and found as
above mentioned, totally unguarded-
the means OF escape fully within. his pow
or. He was accordingly secured and
brought back TO the city. 1t being deem.
ed highly dangerous precedent, that a
felon, convicted of exciting Instruction.
should be carried openly through the in
terror OF the state, with all the facilities
| necessary to evade the sentence of the
court, and again to expose the commune
ty to the contamination OF his principles
and example, the above measure APP
peared suggested by necessity, and no
doubt will receive the appreciation of
the community. We feel assured that
the owners Of the remaining convicts.
confined under similar circumstances,
will adopt some other mode OF carrying
the sentence aftransportatien into effect.
The Louisville (Ky.) Public Abverti-
ser of October 9th, contains the follow
ing account Of recent 96reaeh Of trust"
committed ON the Philadelphia bank OF
the Northern Liberty. tits the FIRST no.
ticc of the circumstance VIC have SEEM
The individual was employed by the
bank as book>keeper, and being part
ner in trading establishment, he found
it very COW enient to keep large balance
at the credit Of the concern in the books
Of the ;nstitution--this he effected by en-
tering faithfully all deposits, and omit
ting to charge the checks of his copart-
ners as they were paid from day to day
by the teller. A balance thus remained
in the books, but not in the vaults of the
bank +; theihrst being guide to the tel
Ter, he continued &c pay, as the checks
were presented. In this way the insti-
tuition was defrauded OF one or two hun
| dred thousand. These are the circnm-
stancos ofthe case, related to US by a gen.
tleman from the city.
On Sunday about 10 o'clock, p. m. the
citizens we're excited by the appearance
| OF fire in the direction of the falls turn
pike, which proved to be the -four mill of
Benjamin Ellicott & Co. miles frop,
town, which was burnt down-The Iii.
zeDs, engine and hose-meD. SToceeded
with great alacrity to Tie scene of con,
! Migration, but were unable to arrest its
progress. Abnut 200 bbIs. flour were
burnt, and the whole loss is estimated at
$40 or $4,000. 1t is reported, from cir.
eam.s'ances, to have originated, in the
friction oil the machinery.
| Baltimore Patriot of N7ondcu.
| MARRIED.
On Sunday evening by the rev. Elias