Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1825-03-22
When he resumed his seat, the audi.

admiration so fascinated ana SuOuu-
ed by the charms Of his eloquence, that
no one had proper command Of his IA
culties. Conscious of this, a leading
member in the opposition moved for
an adjournment, that the house might
have time to cool, and the vote not be
taken underline influence of the over
whelming sensibility which the orator
had excited. This circumstance was
in itselfa tribute to the. eloquence OF
Mr. Ames far beyond what language
can bestow. twas aconfession, extort-
ed from political adversary, that e.
ven the spirit ofparty was vanquished
by his powers.
A curious adventure has recently
happened in Venice. A grand masked
ballwas given by the Marquis Of MUIR
igano, on the occasion of his fete (birth
day. The preparations for this splen-
did entertainment were in a style of
great magni6cence, all the rich plate
belonging to the family were exhibited
upon the occasion. The company were
enthusiastic in their compliments to
to the Noble host. At about three O.
clock in the morning it, was remarked
by the n,aitye d'hotel that several yalua-
bic articles Of plate were missing. The
circum stance was communicated 70 the
Marquis, who, at the moment, was in
earnest conversation with one Of the
Venetian Judges. The latter insisted
that the sole direction of the discovery
of the thieves should be intrusted to
his vigilance. He sent for the head
butler, and ordered him to proceed to
the kitchen and assemble the cooks
and scullions, taking care that they
should be armed with their carving
knives, and prevent any person from
entering or leaving the palace. These
orders were strictly followed. A soul
lion, endeayouring to glide between
two quadrilles that were dancing, fell
against one of the persons masked in
the character Of Punchinillo, and hurt
his head against the party-"oloured
hump. this curious characteristic OF
Punch is generally filled with wool, but
on this occasion, was sufficiently hard
to infict black eye on the unlucky
scullion. The Judge being apprized
Of the circumstance, ordered all the
Punchinillos to be arrested. The intre-
pid solutions bro't thirty-four of them
before the Judge, who ordered all the
humps to be cut pH, and to the aston
ishment of the company, the stolen
plate was dicovered, and also many
valuable articles of female attire. Pre-
viously to this discovery, and during
the confusion arising from the exami.
nation of the Punchinillos, several per-
sons had been seized by the servants or
the Marquis, and underwent serious
scrutiny. The minor thefts that had
been committed were innumerable. A
LAWYER, masked as a Clown had filled
the capacious pockets of his trowsers
with sugar plums and raisins. A per-
son, in the custume of a inancier, had
snugly deposited half a turkey in the
bottom OH cooked hat. A Scara
mouch was detected, having in his pos
session two meats tongues. But the
discovery that caused the greatest
merriment, was the miniature portrait
Of French officer, found upon the per-
son Of beautiful Countess, who had
only been married two months. She
was masked as Nun, and the Judge
who had been SO active in the business
of the night, to his infinite vexation,
discovered the beautiful vestal to be
his own cara sposa. The Punchinil-
los are fully committed to prison.
Fragments of Cicero.-M. Joseph Vic
tor Leclerc, Professor Of Latin Flo
ouence to the Facuite de Lettres, at Pa
ris, has lately made known to his au-
dience some new fragments Of Cicero,
recently discovered by NJ. Amedee Ply
ron, in palimpseste manuscript, at
Turin. The most voluminous relate
to the pleadings for Julius and Scau-
rus, published some years since, by M.
Mai, and in 1923, by M. Leclerc him.
self; and if they are not yet complete,
they, at least, add some precious NOR.
sells to the history of jurisprudence, and
to the study Of the Latin language and
eloquence. But the most interesting
discovery is that which fills up a vacan-
cy i'll the celebrated pleadings for Milo;
Benjamin Wirske, in 1907, suspected
that tberA was an omission. but M.