Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1830-07-06
rrtsasi,e Bank Ro5bery.-The Boston pa

Rr,pch hank of the United States III this city
.Iohn Filler: the Second Teller thereof, with a.
bout $40. 600, IN bills of the Globe, Columbian
Manufacturers and Mechanics, fremont and oth.
or banks of this city, and notes OF the ONCE oi
the Bank of the United States in this city.
Said Fuller is a thick set man, about feet
or inches high, of full face, light complexion
sandy hair, and prominent light blue eyes. -,
Whoever will arrest said Fuller, SO that SAID
propertv NAV be recovered by the Bank. shall re-
cieve $4,000 for the whole property. or ~ proper
ton for any part thereof, or $500 tor said Fa.'er
on his commitment Ill any jail IN the oni'eu
States.
Office of the Bank Of the United States.
S. FROTHiNGHAM, Cashier.
Boston, June %, 1880.
The Boston Patriot states that Fuller accom-
n,ished the robbery in the following manner:-
:. I'm Monday evening, he.settlcd his accounts
and handed over to the Cashier his trunk locked,
and sunposed to contain his balance Of cash, which
trunk was placed in the vault for safe Keeping
On Tuesday morning, not appearing at the Bank
at the usual nofr, message was sent to his
house. to which 1t was replied that he was SICK.
His trunk was then opned to verify his cash &C
count. when the sum above stated was ioand to
he missing Farther inquiry was then made,
and il was soon ascertained that he had abscond'
ed. We have not heard that he has been seen,
since Monday evening at nine o'clock large
reward is offered for his apprehension and the
recovery Of the money, and every measure
has been taken BY the Branch Bank Directors by
EXPRESS and otherwise to spread the news VI this
| bold and extensive yaainy.
Fuller is ofresrectable conneXions-he has a
wife and interesting family of children IN this
citv. He was considered correct and accom-
| plished clerk by those who had employed him.
| Much excitement was produced in our city by the
circumstances above detailed, when made known.
BosroN, july |.
The Branch Bank Rot5ery.-'rhe inquiry
has been made. whether Fuller, tho absconded
Clerk. If apprehended, could be punished for any
thing more than breach of trust? BY recent
statute of the United States, (Story's Laws 1898,
chap. 276,) the offence which he has committed
is made felony. to be punished on conviction by
fine not exceeding $4,000, and imprisonment
and confinement to hard labor. not exceeding ten
wears. according to the agsravation OF the offence
A similar provision to punish frauds by officers
in The State Banks, became a law OF this Com
monwcath, January, l82j.-Daiiy .9dr.
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: Taluc Of Newspaper. following para
graph is from late Pittsburgh Gazette. The
inuendo as to the general advantage OF having
newspaper about a house," or disadvantage of
the absence of these vehicles mutiiareouS infor-
nation. to the re ion which they do not pene.
trate--is. we believe, in the main, both striking
and true, There is no possible mode, n p. s see
t,taf-Ertuwreabhc, Of public affairs. of men and
things-useful, necessary informatiou--can be
obtained at so cheap rate. as through the me-
dunn OF the newspaper. If it be for the interest
OF the craft to propagate this truth--being TRUE,
il Is no less the interest of the great public to be
actively impressed whit The profit may thence
be eciprocal.-BQA. Patriot.
g THE Census.-The Marshal has Just inform
ed US, that in the course Of taking the Census,
he discovers great difference between the fam.
lilies who take newspaper, and those who do
not; and that wherever he finds paper lying
about house, the inhabitants give him every IA
ciity in performing his duty, while in those
houses where no paper is found. great re!uc- -!
lance to expose their numbers is evinced."
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BosroN, JUNE 90.
Settlement Of Char!ssfo'rn. Charestown
Lvceum Yesterday celebrated the second Cen
tennial anniversary of the landing of Governor
Winthrop in that town. The services were per- !
formed in Mr. Fay's Church, before as large con-
creation could possibly be assembled in one of
the largest houses Of worship IN this vicinity -
The galleries. which were propped up, to sustain
the unusual crowd, were filled to OVERLOOKING |
with ladies'. and the pews and aisIes of the body
Or the church were occupied by the inhabitants of
Chsr.es'own and the neighboring towns. OF the
oraion # Mr. Everett, it is impossible, within the
inns If an ordinary newspaper notice, and with
o1t further assistance than is furnished by me-
nory. to do justice. To speak without enthusi-
as'n and to say that it was pregnant with int.
res'ine historical details. that it abounded with
The eloquent thoughts Of cultivated mind, that
il was chas'e. polished, and finished, is saying no
more than every one who knows or has heard ,r.
=. has already anticipated. and no more than eve.
~ one If the crowded audience will acknowledge.
Courier.
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Casnnlies.-An awful and distressing event
occurred on Friday night last on the Baltimore
road. about seven or eight miles from this borough
The circumstances. as they have been related to
US, are 2, follows: Mr. John Y /Townsend tho