Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1833-05-22

Quietly placed it before my lord Marquis nose
inst IA he had swalloa ed his first cup Ut tea, ASK
ING him in the sweetest tones imaginable, u ne
knew any thing of these charges. HIS air anu
answer. though the latter was oi course mega
tive, Sufficiently informed me OF that when WISH
ed IN know: and ever since, we have lived IKE
tn tie doves together.
| confess, that if live lang enough to g" on
with nv confessions, | shall give the most learn
ed history of all secrets of conjusal felicity that
has ever vet been given TO the public.
The committee of inquiry appointed at uuca'
New York, to inve stisa,e the circumstances con-
nected with the mysterious disappearance OF Mr..
Joseph L. rockingham, have published state
ment in the Sentinel Of that place, from which
we learn the following facts. No trace, 1t ap'
pears, has yet been discovered OF that promising
Young man, so that his fate is entirely uncertain
Mr.. Rockingham was a native Of Salem Mas
sachusetts. He was abuut 25 years OF age, his
parents are in easy circumstances and highly res.
pectable. He was br ed an accountant. and Tor
a year past, had been employed as clerk IN the
store of Arnold & Hearn, in the city OF New
York He was a modest unassuming Young man,
+ highly esteemed for his amIabIe department. and
uncommon diligence and fidelity IN the service OF
his EMPLOYERS. His mind was Of a superior or
der. deeply ln.baed with love Of science, and
| elevated bv split Of ardent plety. lie went
10 Whltcsboro' on the ejth of March, with the
intention of entering the Oneida Institute; but
as it vas fall. he took a room in q respectable
house in the village. On the 9th ult., he vas
informed that he could enter the Institution the
following week.
r. Eis f.th
check Tor 20 dollars on the United States Branch
ca .hed at the Utica Bank on the morning OF the
s,h, the day on which he disappeared. About
seven o'clock in the evening Of that day, he was
heard coming down from his room, and was OBJ
served to pass out at the gate. A slight rain was
falling at the time, and it soon became extremely
dark. The following morning ii was found that
he had not returned to his room dnrng the night,
but as ii was known that he was often at the in
sti,ute, it was supposed that he might have tarr
ed there, and his absence OccasUned no alarm.
The day passed, the family became uneasy, but
could gain no intelligence. A letter TO his pa
rents, partly written, was fOund upon bis table,
dated April 9Th, and expressed the intention Of
| seeing Mr.. Gale the next morning His boots,
and all his best clothing were found in his room.
aud he had gone out in his ordinary dress.
| On Saturday search was commenced and re-
sumed early on Sabbath morning, bot no traces
could be found A horse and wagon were sup
posed to have been taken from tavern on Ca
! nal street, and returned during the preceding
night. mulatto. of rather suspicious appearance.
/ had spent the night al the tavern, had been seen
that morning On his way to Utica, his clothes
were spotted with blond. He was immediately
pursued and arrested. He acknowledged that
he had taken the horse aud wagon tine preceding
evening, but stated that it at the direction Of
! the tavern keeper. The blood on his clothes, as
we'll as some small spots which were found on
! the wagon, he said proceeded from his finger,
where there had been very slight cut, On his
! examination before the magistrates, he gave sub
stantially the same account. He was committed
! for Nrther examination. and the search for the
body Of Mr.. Rockingham, who was now generally
believed to have been murdered was continued.
Bot no discoveries being made, & no further proof
! being produsyd against the mulat,o, he vas dis.
charged, but was soon after committed to prison
a common vagrant. Areward Of one hundred dol
lars for the discovery of Mr.. F's body, if mur-
dered, and two hundred for the detectlon of the
murderers, was offered by the trustees OF the vii
b, lage.
On the Saturday after his second commitment
the mulatto professed to made disclosure of the
transaction. He stated that he had been employ
ed by the tavern keeper before mentioned, to
carry away dead body whiCl, was concealed in
his hay loft; that he had used the horse and wa
gon for that purpose, and that he carried the bo-
dy to Utica between eleven and twelve O'Clock
at night, and flung it into the Mohawk from Mil.
lers Bridge. Tine tavern keeper was immediate
ly arrested. and an examination Of the river com.
menced. But after a most thorough search for
| several days continuance, no traces Of the body
could be found; aud close examination of the
tavern keeper resulted in his discharge, no testi-
mony substantiaiing the mulatto's statement be.
ing produced.
| The committee therefore state that no light has