Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1833-07-17

missed him. The alarm was given, the steam.
boat stopped, aud the house aud adjacent grounds
searched for the supposed culprit. when, about
sunset, be- was discovered on Dr.. Shartlef's farm,
secreted among the bushes. He was carried to
the Hotel, where he drew bis wallet from his
pocket, and threw il passionately On the table,
declaring that he had not got their money, though
nothing had been said before him Of the loss.
He was arrested and lodged in the jail OF this
cit y about ten O'Clock that night. He was ex.
amined yesterday morning before Justice Whit
ma N in the police Court, and after hearing the
testimony Of seven or eight witnesses, was or.
dered to recognize for his appearance at the next
Municipal Court, in the sum OF S2s, OO0-for
want of which be was committed.
The accused calls himself Mason and is an
Enslishman.
The aggregate Of the amount Of these larceni
is S5s. 900. Of which only 800. 900 has yet been
recovered. 1t is not always that piratical rsscals
reap such rich harvest.-Boston .Atlas.
Lottery for Young Man.-An exquisite.
who daily exhibits his fair proportions in front
of hotel in Broadway, which. at present, shall
be nameIess. called at our office yesterday morn.
ing and TO our great surprise. exhibited to US a
Paris paper, ''Le Temps" which he had brought
with him from Europe, few months since. 1t
contained the following singular advertisement
"a young man, twenty five years Of age, OF
good family, agreeable manners and appearance,
with an excellent heart and blessed with all the
gifts that nature can bestow, but unfortunately
without fortune. has hit upon the following ex-
pedient which, il 1t succeeds, will render him
supremacy happy, particularly as his good luck
will be shared by another"
HIS plan is to dispose Of himself in marriage
BY lottery, tickets in which may be obtained by
all ladies' and widows Of good family and gen.
teel manners. The price OF tickets to young la
dies between the age Of IS and 20, to be one dol
lar. To widows Of the same age, without children,
two dollars, with children. three dollars; young
ladies between the age Of 90 and 80, three dol.
lars; widows, Of the same age, without chill
dren, four doiiars-with children five dollars.
II We need not, however, continue to enter into
further particulars Of the price OF tckets-sutice
it 10 say, that they increase in price with the age
of the lady purchasing them. When her years
exceed fifty, the price increases in arithmetical
progression. When the sum of eighty thou.
sand dollars is thus raised BY the sale ut tickets
the amount shall be invested in the hands OF trus.
tees. and the lottery drawn. The far and Tor
tunate holder of the highest number shall then be
Immediately introduced to the gentleman in ques-
ton, and ninety DAYS afterwards shall decide
whether she thinks him calculated to make her
happy in the married state. II she does, the
nuptials shall be Immediately celebrated, he re.
ceiving as her dover the SUN raised by the sale
of tickets. II she does not this sum shall be d.
vided between them. and each be allowed to seek
partner more eongenial to their tastes"
The gentleman who called on us vas anxious
to know our opinion the feasibility OF thus dis
posing Of himself by lottery here. We recon:
mend him to apply to Messrs. Yates & Mcintyre,
they being more conversant than We are with
such subjscts.-New York Courier.
Official Report made at the Mayors Office. OF
the number of interments for the last three days,
in the following burying grounds: