Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1833-09-18
WILLIAMS CAUGHT.

WILLIAMS CAUGHT.
We are glad to announce that our Police have
received information which has enabled them IA
Law their hand. on the villains who stole the large
package of money and notes on board the sieaG
boat Providence on the 9Th of July. The gang con-
slsts of seven individuals, all Eng'l,hmen, aol
several Of then engaged in pretty extensive ba.l
Ness in this city. One by the name of VaRe i.
an importer and dealer in the Tuscan straw hats
in Broadway. another by the name of Williams
is an extensive cabinet maker. we Believe 10
Walker street. Two, have the universal name
of Smith One or two yet remain to be taken,
They have all the appearance of gentlemen,
though on investigation it appears that some Of
them, at least, are old r0gues.
The money was equally divided among tie
gang, being about $500 to each, and the prom.
,ss,ry note burned. The money has been mostoli,
spent. and will not all of it BY good deal be re.
covered.-N. T. Jour. Of Commerce.
Health of New Orleans. In New Orleans on
the Cd inst. the yellow fever was raging to ave.
ry fearful extent. 1t will be seen, on reference
to our obituary head, that Joshua Mrzick, IT,,
and George II. Mezick, brothers. natives Of Bal.
timore. both fell victims to the disease on the
slst of August The Bee Of Sept Q, remarks
"It is with pain We notice that the epidemicio'
creases; the cases which occur are of most n,.
Hgnant character, and battle oftener than other.
wise the skill of the healing art Strangers 10
in our city should take refuge on the other sid.
of the Lake, and the absentees should BY GO
means hasten their return this season."
/ Ball. Pat
How is it that the Globe can speak so conf
IDENTITY about wha, Kendall did BY " authority?
1t saws. vet as regards the "slander" on Mr.
Daune. it only "believes." We guess that tie
editor is rather more in the confluence Of tie
chief Of the lower cabinet, than 10 that Of ans
member Of the upper one.-Ieiegraph.
Steam Boat burnt We learn from below,
that, on the SOth August. about . O'Clock. A
LAFAYETTE took fire and was burned to tie
waters edge. She was loaded with provisions
for the U. 5. Troops, and with lumber Tor the
erection of barracks-and was on her passag''o
St Louis The boat is said to have been wOIil
about $4,000, aud no insurance. Gdz.
SnoD.-We learn by the Litchfeld, COnnec'
ticut, E.:qnirer, that Mount Riga, in SALISBURY
was "hitened with snnw on Thursday. the j'l
instant. II is also said that snow was observed
in Winchester and Goshen, and OF course, We
should think, in Norfolk; for it isa common r.
mark that the good people Of Norfolk never pre-
tend TO make any account Of snow, until II Is
least two years old. -.albany Daily Adr.
Balloon Ascension. call the attention
our readers to Mr. Durant's advertisement 10
another column. 1t will be seen, that the Pc
riod of the ascent frem Fedora! Hill IA, aeeh
fixed for the Goth inst Among the arrivals ~
day, we observe that Of the Palestine, from Ne"
York, having the balloon, fixtures, &c 90 0"a'o
T Ball. Pot
Liston Bulrer's Epigram Really 1t u ,"o
bad of Liston BuIwer to trIfe with the 'fno''
passion as he does. In his last work ne HUI
trates the needless way courtships are eanl'o 0"
and cut off BY the lower orders in the following
verses, which he calls an amatory ep'sram:-
Rob cour,ed Molly for some time,
But Sussn's charms were IN Their prine'
And fsithless Bobby left poor Nary
In unrequited loves qIsndsrs;
And all her sweetest smiles refusing
His soul surrendered to fair Susan.
"Oh. wretch! (cried Moll. with angry Ioos"
And is it thus that I'm for Sock" .,.,
"No, (Bobby grinned) NolI. tbou'n o. %,
lis I'm for.SuKE and thou onsAKN'
The, New York Gazette says:-"e uu",
stand that one of our talented comic writer, "
nearly finished play in which MAJOR ', no
Downing is the principal character. AnOns ".
drarnatis persona is one called the oene' iLs.
and most of the old and new cabinet are Nv"
wise introduced. The conversation D''"'