Alexandria gazette & advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1822-1824, 1824-04-06

| vern, about week ago, whoo "e 'oo6
in the same room with Capt. Francis
Dickersoo, whose vessel was preparing
for her departure from this port. Capt.
Dickerson's trunk was broken open
aud Royal Arch Masonic Medal, and
a pair of pistols, together OF the value
of s. so taken from ik-The defendant
| was i'm sdiasely suspected of being the
thief. and on the alarm being gwen
stepped If to the same tune with which
| he had left Providence, but the police
officers succeeded in procuring an In.
tereisw with him and took the liberty
OF making him acquainted with Alder.
man Badger, who after hearing COM
mitted him for trial at the Mayors
Court, now sitting, at quarter past ~
| o'clock, NJ. and introduced him to the
! acquaintance, and recommended him 10
the particular attention Of MIR. Coke,
the Deputy Attorney General.
Capt. Dickerson being ready to sail,
requested that bill might be prefer
red without delay. and, in compliance
with his req uest the matter was 1mme'
dia,ely suomitted 10 the grand jury,
who returned true bill.'-The de-
| fendan. was by this time placed In the
! bar, af,e. having accompanied MT.
| Hines, the ii;ga Constable, to pawn
brokers', where line pistols were touno.
lie was arraisnsd, pleaded not gu''y'
and was t.,sd by jury. The proseco-
4 \, were exc
amiaed. aud he prisoner tod MS e.o'
rv. F,om all of whom the foregoing
.acts .ppaared ss we'll as these which
follow: On leaving the tavern the de-
rsndant osing sensible Of the advantage
Of eieaa pair OF heels, preferred his
! t'arcins pumps to his boots, which we're
,ei; heh,n5, aud Cd examination were
fooe0 - 20 new AID 10 be marked With
Inc na.na os respectable nanufactu'
rer il this city. ON application to the
boot ma ker, the royal arch medal was
found and ascerlained 10 have been
traded for the boots, by The prisoner,
who aow acknowledged taking the ar
ticles charged in the indictment, but
denied intending to steal them; he only
meant to raise the aoind, having beer
unfortunate in his efforts at keeping a
dancing school at Providence. The
pistols he had pswned for 81, and
were found by the High Constable,
where the defendant said he had left
them.
The jury found him guilty. and at
half past one o'clock, P. NJ. just one
hour and a quarter after he had been
committed by Alderman Badger, he
was sentenced to one years lmPrison.
mont ut hard labor, and was conducted
10 the pocitentiary at qulc6 step, On.
der a full CONVICTION that bis abilities
had been duly appreciated by the al.
derman, the attorney general, the jury,
and the court, IN this metropolis.
| Captain Dickinson recovered his pro-
perry, and was enabled 10 tail without
losing further time.
| Should any of Monsieur Montae's
former patrons in Providence feel an
inclination to visit him, he may be
found any time during che year, at his
present lodging, at the corner OF Wal.
nut and Sixth streets, and hs will be
always at home, engaged IN teaching
the CHER dodgers oaBcing. as the in
spectors generally get the conVicts at
work at their owe trades, end he will
no doubt be grateful 10 DO them the
justice of instructing them for the re-
mainder Of the quarter Tor which he
has been paid in advance.
tRegister.
MlLLET.
NIil!es should be sown about the mid
de Of hay, No other grass will pro-
duce 90 much green fodder. 1t ought
no. to be suffered to ripen. because the
stalks will be hard, but should be cut
before the seeds are perfectly rlpe--at-
ter drv,ng i, should be set upin small
bundles, FOR day or two, in the sun,
and the sap in the stalks will ripen the
seeds--which, when ground and bolted,
raised with yeast, makes admirable
cakes. and when made into nush and
fried, it is superior to fried corn meal
mush
Millet, ground into meal, is the best
substitute for choc oia te--it has been
pretty thoroughly tried, by many OF
the most respectable families IN Virgil
MIA aud Maryland. and all concur in
bestowing on it high coamendatioo.--
Three bushels of Millet produce one
hundred pounds Of flour, and much of.
| fal. Mixed with wheat or rye -four II
makes good bread; but of itself like
corn meaD it will not knsad into good
dough. ;.
If Millet were commonly sown, it
wonld become the food of working hors-