American watchman and Delaware advertiser. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1822-1828, 1822-05-10

atc hii oiicuy ABOUT the construction oil our road
laws concerning bridges, and passed the House of
Representatives readily but it was defeated by a
member from Kent, in the Senate. SPECTATOR.
| ALEXANDRIA, May 1.
i II Mystery The following inexplicable epistle
without place date, was brought to us yesterday
morning, from the steam boat Potomac, soon after
! her arrival from Norfolk, and before she left our
wharves for Washington. The chirography of the
communication is pretty good, but is written entire
ly with black lead pencil, and appears to have been
done in such hurry that we have been obliged to
supply some parts 1t, which are illegible, with
dashes: In every other respect we give it YER
batim.
'SrR,It falls to my lot to perform painful duty
but which, as a friend to humanity, feel it duty
/ to disclose. About half past this evening, travel
Hing on my road, came to causeway, about two
miles from this place. walked my horse down
to the run under it to water him, which had scarce
begun to do, when young man, | afterwards
found out by his voice. came riding along the cause
way but he had not got half way over, when he
was overtaken by man on grayish horse, who
rode up to him, and told him to stop: He asked
him 'what for 2 TO give me your money, or |
will blow your brains cut the said. could
not see the pisol-a brick wall hid them from me.
The young man said, Il will do no such thing
The robber told him, "you had better, or will
shoot you Come, give me your money, and go
along sand save my life bya cowardly act No
IL will - - first said the young man. by the
eternal Cd said the robber, f you don't give
me your money before coun, fve will put this
ball thro' YOU and straghtway he began 'One,
two, three, four 'fve'-said the young man, 'now
fire or stand clear, and he gave his horse cut, &
at the same moment the pistol went off, ran up.
when / saw the robber running towards the side of
the road and the young man chasing him-when
ne came near the fence the robber jumped off his
horse, and Il believe) got over the fence, and when
the young man got up to it he fired another pistol,
and just alter, saw the young man fall from off
his horse. then set off as fast could, for fear
some body might take it into their heads to attack
me, and M that am h and l can't stop. II
think this is the best way to tell you, that you may
call on the mayor and search forgot to tell you
that brought the hat of the young man as far as
the toll bridge, where took this paper out that j
send you, which as it is wafercd, don't thing it
would be right to open it. A SUBSCRIBER.
'P. S. The first pistol ball went through the hat
inch Of the brim i'll the front part and three
inches in the hind part"
AS to the correctness of the foregoing we cannotI
say: but we have opened the paper which the writer
sent us it he intended as and found them to bel
genuine papers belonging to midshipman William
#. Lynch among which are his warrant, and al
furlough from the secretary of the navy, for IL
months, dated only on Monday last (the day on
which the steamboat left NorfoIk) with another
printed slip The letter is directed to the editor
instead OF editorsI of the Herald which circum-I
stance led US tor moment to believe that it must
have been intended for the Norfolk Herald, until we
read the date OF the furlough-We have been una
Bile to see the captain of the steamboat, to obtain
any further information, and have published the
communication as we received it, in the expecta-
ton that something further may be thereby elcitedl
on the subject. NJ The papers of midshipmanl
Lynch, can be had by him any of his friends on
application at the Office Of the Alexandra Herald
ALEXANDRIA, MAY 6.
1Hdshittman Lynch.-The anonymous commu-
nication which we published few days since re-
sPecting this young gentleman, we regret to say,
appears too probable to admit of doubt A person
who says he is near relation OF Mr.. LIS who left
his fathers upon the receipt of the melancholy in
Iteligence for the purpose of making inquiry intol
the subject informs US that Mr.. Lynch left his bro
Their, in Georgetown between and O'Clock in the
evening which the transaction is said to have ia
ken place, and that no intelligence has been received
of him since then.
Mdshpman Lynch left this place for the purpose
OF obtaining the furlough which received, & with
the intention of returning this place on the above
evening, but never returned.