Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1830-12-24

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eyes. black hair and bald OH the top Of his head.
seldom takes his hat Oft in company, occasioha'-
" wears a cap, thin visage, rather long muse
arge ears. long arms, stoops, especially wheh
walking. broad shoulders, thin body, large feet
takes long steps in walking and generally walks
fast with his head down, appears at times 10 inc
dress of gentleman and at other times in COM
mon dress;-he has left the city, and editors
,brouphuut the United States will do we'll to pub
lisSethi to prevent the villain from committing
further teprctaions, and to lead to his detectIon
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MYSTERIOUS Circumstance. New YORK
Courier and Enquirer of Monday contains the
following statement Of a very singular outrage
.sConsiderab!e excitement has been created
in the city by the following act OF daring yiany'
the motives for which are still enveloPed in mys-
terry. About half past II O'Clock on Thursday
neht, respectable Young lady aged iS years.
was returning down Pearl street from Broadway,
from party, with her parents and some other
friends: the Young lady had rot i'll advance OF her
companions about one hundred yards; when
within few PAGES Of Tie corner OF Elm and Pearl
man star,e. from bctiHd 4 large cask. threw
rope around or over her bead. and immediately
fled. while some persons al the other end OF the
Elm street.
The ycuc lady was dragged along some pac-
es. but fortunately her bonnet, below which the
rome had not Eassed, was dragged Oti and her
friends and several others, alarmed by her shrieks
rushed 10 the srot-the rufiians OF course He'd. -
The Young lady swooned away IRON exhaustion.
and excitation The rope was found attached
by moose 10 the bonnet, aud her retcuie which
she had dropped in throwing up her hands to
project her neck from the rope. was found at
some distance. or where the assault was made
all this was the work Of an Instant, and had the
! moose rot around her throat, a very few moments
would, in all probability, have sul'iccd to stran-
gle her.
..The person who first found the bonnet did
not mention that there was rope attached to It.
and a gentleman who advanced towards him, OBJ
served him coilng up this rope hastily, the gen
tleman asked for the rope that 1t might be lett IN
Mr.. Knapp's store until next morning; and he
expressed an intention to leave 1t elsewhere
The rope however. was taken. and is now IN the
Police Office: il is about 70 or % yards IN iengh,
and has on each end a large running moose.
..When we couple this circumstance with the
facts that within the last two or three 0RfSS ~
Young females have been mIssed and heard
from; and that Yesterday information was COM
ed Mofat. the other lad named Harrison, are
alien absent from their friends, who know not
where they are. the subec, Is calculated to ex-
cite alarm, and SHOULD be strictly investigated "
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In reply to enquiries concerning Capt. Ross
expedition to the polar regions, the 4NeW P0rh
"Captain Ross sailed from Scotland, in a
steam vessel. fully prepared and equipped to
make the north east passage TO the Pacific, 1t
that scheme be practicable. Captain RS expe-
diiun is fitted out at hi. own expense conformity
with that of several public-spirited individuals,
who were anxious to give the attempt one more
trial; and it remains to be seen If private enter
prise will succeed where public munihcence has
so signaly and totally failed. The Government
of Great Britain. it is known. after expanding
vast sums, has given up the matter as hopeless.
if not useless in commercial point OF view, even
if the point should be ACHE, ed; still in scientific
sense the subject has its interest. and we are
glad that Captain Ross has embarked his fortunes
il the cause. In the abilities of this officer for
the task before him, we certainly rcpose conf
dence. His sudden return from Lancaster Sound
with the first expedition fitted out by the govern
ment, was variously explalned-h,s nautical skill
was. we believe not Impeached: but 1t IS gene
rally understood that he had left behind him an
attraction that acted so powerfully On his affec-
tons as TO cause him to difficulties when none
existed, and hence commanded the vessels to
put about and retnrn, when the most ardent en-
pectatons of final success were entertained by
his officers. Captain Ross, has at all events.
now an opportunity of redeeming his character,
and the next arrivals will probably bring us some
intelligence of him either of his return, or the
prosecution Of his voyage, by the Greenland wha'
lers."
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MIR Stone, the author of Metamora, has just
finished new tragedy. entitled '.Iancred,
King Of Sicily. or the achiyes of Palermo y
Mrs. Barnes will personate the heroine The
first representation Of he piece will teke place IN
Boston, and il will be produced at the Park The
are, as soon as Mrs. B. shall have concluded
her engagement i'll the 81 literary emporium"
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Mr. Sheldon Clark, of Oxford Conn. a gener
Gus donor to Yale College on former occasions.
has lately presented to it an elegant achromatic
telescope, made by Doland, London, OF 10 feet