Alexandria gazette & advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1822-1824, 1824-08-17

ladies' of Honor w4se dressed in the
richest style; the ei .ess had Jewels on
her to the amount of 10000 pounds
sterling 1.-THE Lords and Gentlemen were
all in their full court attire; and Ia fact
such display Of grandeur and magn'-
ficence was never before seen on a man
Of wars quarter deck--a h'pg and all
the ministry Of nation OH board, aud
the council heid 10 the ward room, &c.
An interesting snecdote has been re.
lated to Us .concernipg the Indian Chiefs,
who are at present IN this city--lt IS a
we'll known trait in the character Of the
son Of the Forest, that he seldom be-
trays surprise or establishment at any
thing be may behold, however wonder-
ful. These Chiefs among other public
institutions, visited the asylum for the
Deaf and Dumb. The interpreter ex-
planned to them the situation Of ,Le
children, and that ,bey were capable Of
conveying to each other their wishes
and opinions, by mean, Of their tiAgers.
This was too much for the credulity CT
the indians without having satisfactory
evidence Of its truth. Accordingly he
desired the Interpreter 10 whisper to
the teacher to ask one of tho boys 6y
signs who made him dumb On the
question being proposed, the boy imme-
date y with piece Of chalk, wrote the
word God upon black table against
the wall. The Indian looked at it 10
silence but as it conveyed DO more idea
to him than the Hebrew Alphabet, the
interpreter perceived the dilemma and
again whispe ed to the ,each her to direct
him to draw an animal something in
the shape Of Racoon. The teacher
made the requisite signs, while the ln-
dams watched him intently; the boy
drew the figure, and the unc0ltiYated
Son OF the Forest wac not too proud TO
betray his sstonisbment at this truly
wonderful discovery, by which the con.
dition OF SD many of our unfortunate
fellow being. Will be rendered eomPa-
ratlve!y bsipy. lHW ora.
Tbs flowing facts we had from the
Magis re'es who Investigated them
They are of quite recent occur
renee in the city of Philadelphia. Com
plant was made before 40 A lderman a.
gainst \ Toured man, named johnson,
that under the pre,ence of wanting A
BLACK CAT To rub on. for the pur-
pose Of curing, a scrophulous neck, he
had obtained one from one Of his neigh
bors: but that instead of applying the
cat. as had been stated Johnson had
skinned and boiled it, carefully skim.
ming off all the Fat: which fat was TO
be appropriated to the manufacture Of
candles, to be sold, at an extravagant
price, say SO cents each. on the repre-.
sentalioD that they had the property of
keeping asleep all the persons 10 the
house in which one oftbem was burning,
provided they were asleep at the time
the candle was lighted. 1t 10 needless
to say, that these candles, made from
the fat Of black cat. in which there
was not white hair, were made for the
use Of robbers, who were to light the IN
in the houses, or stores, into which they
nigh, tiud their way at night. After
hearing the evidence, the Magistrate
was satisfied that the negro bad killed
aud converted the cat to his own use,
tina, he gave judgment for the value
and costs. This Gaze happened within
ten days.
About two years age a complaint, ST.
milsr TO that we have stated, was bfo't
before another Magistrate. against the
Ga me Johnson In The course of that in
curry, it was ascertsIned that the Fat
of the Black Cat had been appropriated
TO somewhat di fferent purpose. The
A lderman found, that, in one instance
and he had the evidence from the
lips of lhe credulous knave who had
been gulled into the purchass--a small
phisl which the Magistrate has now in
possession, was bought by cslored
boy, about l6 years of age, from John.
con, who assured him that Whenever he
chose to be inUisibie he had nothing to
debut to carry this phis OF Black Cats
Fat in particular part of his dress,
and he would become invisible. The
boy gave johnson half dollar for the
phial, placed it where he was bid and
slyly slipped into grocery store to la
Dor in bis vocation, confident that al.
though he could see, he could not be
seen. Scarcely, however, had he made
up small parcel and was carrying it
off, when, 80 his great engagement, he
was seized by the arm and taken TO
prison. In lew days he was tried and