Alexandria gazette & advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1822-1824, 1824-08-03

voices the peopIc 'Snx - o,oyoi
ton of Jackson and Calhoun-ano psose e
YOUR personal independence your sen sens
Of citizenship, your love OF iiDerly anu s'u,
cere devotion to the interests ana hoho' VI
yogr country"
From the Chester Post Boy, July u.
REMARKABLE INCIDENT.
90 Tuesday afternoon, the 2o'h IN
.tant. we were visited by shower OF
rain. accompanied with hail; the WIND
blew vic len'ly for few minutes, ana
ca pszed the sloop Miller, OF br'oge'
town, New Jersey. which was descend,
ing the nver opposite this borough sno
on board Of whiah were five men, hVe
women, and one small child. The men
only were upon deck at the time. Inc
child was asleep in the cabin; one or
two of the womea were also there; and
the remainder in the hole. 1t was
fearful. awful "a oment. Yet, miracu-
lous az it may appear, not SOU was
lost The women with exIraofdlDary
presence Of mind handed DOT the child.
and succeeded in gaining the deck
themselves, notwithstanding the vast
body OF water which was rushing 10 es
the hatehway and cabin door. The
next moment the sloep filled, her bows
plungiDg completely under; and when
those of our citizens who witnessed the
disaster arrived at the scene Of danger,
but small portion of her, except the
rigging, remained above water, to
which the sufferers were cIipglbg, and
from which they we're all taken and
safely conveyed to the shore.
Two ofthe females, in rushing thro'
the hatchway, were precipitated some
distance into the water; one however,
fortunately fell upon the malnsaiI,
which served to keep her from sinking,
but the other had nothing to support
Der, and was with difficulty saved.
ROGUE ovERTAKEN AND SECURED.
90 the third Of the present month
the public were Informed by an hdVer-
tise .nens in the New York Gazette by
John B. Murray s. Son, that young
man acting as clerk IN their employ
ment. by the name of Lamberton Coop
er, nat We Of Connecticut, had abscond
ed after having robbed them Of about
sS2lO0 in Bank notes, intrusied to his
charge to be deposited; and $3.50 re-
ward offered tor his apprehension with
the money. By great vigilance bis
route Gas at length discovered and pur
suit set on foot. This morning they
have received the following letter:
II / Eo Post,
'CLAYvILLE, Penn 18th July.
.Bessrs John B Murray g. Son
Gentlemen. i have met the enemy
and he is ours | left here Oh Satur-
day, l7th, for Wheeling, New Virginia,
on the Ohio river, 81 miles from Pitts.
burg, and IL miles from this place. %
my arrival there | heard there was
young from New York who answered
to the description ] gave, and was di-
rected 10 the place he boarded at. But
on my way there he passed the rapidly
ia gig, being as was told riding oct
as usual for his pleasure. procured a
horse and followed him, determined not
to lose sight Of him. soon overlook
him and made known wao | was and
what was my errand. Nothing could
exceed his confusion and terror. AT first
he den cd himself, but on finding that
cock wouldn't tight he gave up; got
into the gig beside him and drove back
to his boarding house. On our return,
finding bin qoite passive and comply
ing, took from him az Wa rode along
,S255, and on getting cut he delivered
me 500 dollars, pretending each time
it was ali he had. Some time after
wards, however, he gave Inc up 100 dol
lars more, which he had been chewing
in his mouth thus he gave me in the
whole S53 dollars. There is some spe.
Gle 10 his trunk, and he has with him a
mare which cost 10 dollars and a sui
key: also gold watch and establish.
u,ent, w hich he says be bought at Ladd's.
Wall street,sfoS Is dollars. ! expect
tomorrow 10 get more. Yours.
J. L HAYES
REMARKs.--We thus see that if pro-
Per and spirited steps are taken, and
perseverinsly followed, j, is almost mo.
rally impossible for the guilty to escape
being detected and brought to punish.
ment: and overwhelmed with shame
The hope of jmPnnity tempts to the
com mission of crime; and nothing is