Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1833-03-11


~. coDy the following shocking account from
,pa Providence City Gazette of Friday. Crimes
IS, similar character are multiplying with lear
ri rspili,s in sections of cur country in which,
p,tl late'y, su,h occurrences we're almost IN
AaOan.
y,nuo,,l Murder We understand that
.,,, n5mcd David Clubs. an Ian keeper. of the
,oYn of Coventry. has been arrested, CHARGED
with ,he murder OF female, Who had 'iveu win
h,r ~ t1e character of domestic, and who some
,,,,. since died aud was buried Suspicion tell
,,,, G,hh. in the end; the BODY wa, dis'nterred,
.nJ N. unfortunate female was found 10 have
died IN A state Of domestic sollci,ude, When our
paper Was going to press. the officers ~ justice
lad INST arrested 4 wGman, who VAS said 10 DC
an aycompiice to the crane; hut as those who
were chai .ed with TIE keeping OF the matters OF
m. case we're in state OF teverlsh excitement,
40 cogd not collect the particulars Ut The "fd'r
|, !, most probable tia all tae facts ut the case
will BE- a.ceriained before To, WOrruws pubilca-
ton. In tie meantime, we hape that pubic Opt
n,on ui / b. suspended; aud We will add. IN con-
,isan Of this article, that This small notice ct
the affair would not haze been written but IN
obedience to that excited curiosity of the public
.hlch too frequently seeks early qualification.
p. :. Since writing the above, we have been
informed, that the female with whose murder
Gibbs stands charged, va. a young girl, named
Burhct, aud had, FIR some months, lived IN the
family Of her alleged destroyer, She died a
week or ten DAYS since Uuder circumstances pc
tuiarly interesting and mysterious, aud Of ma
tre tina, lnduced an eXhumatinn. and an inquest
Of medical men. under the supervision 1T the
coroner nf the town inI hts posse Alter full
examination was had. he jury united 10 awarding
ayerllIct Of whence ard unnatural death. G,Obs
was immediately arrested, together with ,laush-
er; and to-day an infamous woman residing in
ms place, named Leecb, chdised with benz ac-
ces>ary TO the crime, vas arrested. aud The cir.
cums'ances that hang arould her, when a, '~pd TO
toe general miamy OF her name, leave the proha.
bly, OF guilt Lar from beng Questionable Gibbs
represented to be mar OF some property
heretofore sustained t,ir fame. aud the .irI, who
u /, a!iedscd he has murdered. i, the sister 70
young man who married one Of his daughters.
Weregret TO learn that the steamboat United
States, which was recently converted into float
'as saw mill, was consumed by iire on the Cd ia-
slant, While lying in Wye river, on the eastern
shore OF tins state. The engine drove four mills.
,nhn'hs t"el'e saws, and vas owned by Messrs.
0'yer Co OF Tits citS. The fire was dis
Covered by those on b ard the boat about three
"''HtS IN the mornlns, and had thea made such
P"s'r>S' that the eOgIneers aud hands aere furc-
" |" rap through Iha windows into the wster,
ava the Whole Ut them. fourteen ia numhsr. tag5
E' anAel, succeeded in setung ~ -.a.e. 81;
Isl Without Undergoing gcge suH,.luy from
we" exposure tn TIE 'o!d. Or .t1ca,us the shore,
Hths, engineer. h. >,a, u Wad,worth, one
"''p"p""'or>. 'ore' ~ " ;th one or two others,
Na''ed los Mr. " II D. Courcey'. house. about
"' mites dl>'an'. NhIie the remainder awaited
7"'" return Inc sutferlngs uf NJ Elyand his
""'''"l'N' are sald to have been intense. They
''' very hearty naked. destitute Of shoes and
'>N,'S>' aad had In travel through snow six in.
~ N"e't' exposed at the same to piercing w,nd
"a VelF arrival. Mr DE- Courcey immediately
'rH' ''r IN" persons left on III. shore, and had
mem conveyed to his house, where he and his
"eIsAbor. administered in the kindest manner Ia
10 their net'ssilIes
We learn that Mr. Ely and his SON are 90
mu'e frost bitten that 1t is appreheuded they will
wv hht iVuiditueT are more or less
"O'' o''ten' but 1t was hoped would speedily re-
cover
The conduct Of Mr.. DeCourcev, his family.
''u n'l.hoorS, Is spoksu ot IN terms of the high.
.,' Gonmendatlon, But for the prompt rel,ef
saich they aJmiaister, d, the whole must ,neyi.
~oy have persisted with cold.
.ne loss oi the mill is estimated at between
o-''Oeo aud $4,000. There was no insar.
aaee.-Bai. inner.
EIn'0'ds Rescue -Mr. John Rett,e,as, mas.
w, =. Ut 'he schooner Daniel Barclay, arrived YES.
, I'uaf morning from Nansemond, Va. was
J'~ 49,. ~. overheard by the main boom on Man
s- f.. afternoon, Oft S9uam, during heavy blow
Nv ~" '. W. but was fortunately rescued by vii
uAm 'reeland. one of his men. who launched ,h.
wat and Just reached bin as he was going Down.
r .rS"9-.nait s.gdu.