The Alexandria herald. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1811-1826, 1822-02-15

committee Of the whole on the unfinished
business Of Yesterday, (,he ,bankrup, billy
Mr.. Taylor in the chair.
Mr.. Archer took the floor in favour
of the motion TO strike out the first sec.
ton of the bill, and continued his re.
marks until the usual hour Of adjourn.
ment, when, (Mr. A not having concIo-
ded,O the committee rose, reported pro-
gress. and obtained leave to sit again. 1}
And then the house adjourned.
In Augusta, Geo. on the night ofti,e
sOth ult. q fire broke out in DIR. Whites
apothecary. shop, which, together With
three other adjoining buildings, were en-
tirely consumed. In one Of the build
iugs, was the Augusta library, which was
entirely lost. -
e OHIO. ~
A bill has passed the house Of repre-
senta,iyes of Ohio, authorising the go.
vernon of that state to employ corppc-
tent engineer to survey the different
routes, and ascertain the praoticabi!ity ct
cutting a canal from lake Erie to the Ohio
river. Six thousand dollars have been
appropriated for the purpose of de!ray-
ing the expenses Of the survey. The bill
had not been acted on, in the senate, at
the date of the last adsices.
EXTRAORDINARY DESPATCH.
On,the afternoon Of the Sd, and morn
ing OF the '4th inst. eight thousand three r
hundred and ./ftfy. fve letters were re-
ceived at our post-office, by foreign ses-
sells; between four and FIVE thousand
were for distant parts; and the whole of
which were forwarded by 9 o'clock, on
the afternoon of the 4th. The gentle
men belonging to the post Office, were
busily employed in asserting, marking,
sc. the whole of the nigh, of The Sd.
NJ Y. Com. Ids.
On Thursday night last, most daring
robbery was committed on two gentle
men in Great York.street, Baltimore, oy
a foot pad who +" cooked his thumb at
them ! they mistook the thumb for
histol, and while one Of them was de-
liveripg up his pocket book, the other
to escape, but the robber
threatening to blow his brains out, i! be
stirred or made the least noise, he col
lected courage enough to sand still s. be
very quietly robbed in his turn. AS last
favor he knocked one Of the party down,
but, hue and cry being raised, the fell
low who had thus the audacity to put
two geninaen in bodily fear by cooking his
thumb at them, was finally caught in
Hartford Run, where he had endesvour-
ed to secrete himself. Neither of the
pocket books were recovered, but his
thumb was found in good order, and will,
uo doubt, be produced as epidence gainst
him at the next court Philad. Union.
The schooner Ductile brings accounts
to the 22d ult. The troops of president
Boyer had marched to take possession of
the city of St. Domingo; and another
force was organized to proceed 10 Port
au Plat, at the invitation of the authori-
ties of thai place, who have expressed
desire TO be united to the Hayden go-
vernment.
Capt. Williams Informs that French
frigate had arrived at Port att Prince
with the Bremen ship John Carl, from
Trinidad, Cuba, which she recaptured
from the pirates, and gave up after exa-
minstion. The John Carl was tate in
Samana Bay, and shortly after retaken.
with the pirate, by a Columbian friva-
teer when the above frigate fell in with
and captured all three. The priva,eer
and pirate were ordered for Martinique.
hezv York bfer. .4dvertiser.
Captain Edcs, at Boston, sailed from
Smyrna, Dec. lst, at which time the place
was in a very unsettled state in conse-
quence OF the almost hourly massacres.
War with Russia was daily expected.
NEw.YoRK, FEB. live learn from
our Boston correspondent, under Gate Of
the 9th inst. that on that day, Judge Da.
Wis, Of the u 8. District Court, decreed
restitution 10 the owners Of the Portus
guese ship Mariana Flora and cargo, sent
into that port some time since by the U.
States schooner Alligator Judge Davis
also stated to the court, that he should
appoint commissioners 10 award DANA
ges to the owners for the capture, deten.
ton. &c. and paye ~ az bic opipi0n there