Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1825-06-30
THURSDAY, JUNE so, 1895.

Boring for WGfT.-Ihs important anu
deeply interesting experiment has been pro-
secuted in this place with much zeal and con-
fidence; and though under circumstances pc
culiarly embarrassing, the progress has been
very considerable, for the time consumed, and
the whole operation conducted, we Think
with great ability. We regret, however, to
be under the necessity of stating, that the
work is necessarily suspended until MIR. Dis
brow can have prepared for the purpose, an
entire set Of cast iron tubes, those OF wood
and sheet iron, heretofore used, proving inef'
fectual, in consequence Of the unusual extent
to which the tubing is required, and the diffi'
Guilty presented by wood to the extracting Of
the remaining piece of rod, and to the free
passage ofthe various instruments used in the
process. In every other boring made by Mr.
ID. he has reached the solid rock in less than
thirty feet, and for that short distance wooden
tubes have been found to answer every pur-
pose; but here he has penetrated 24o feet, ex-
elusively through clay and ssnd, and much OF
il more difficult to manage than the hardest
rock. We learn that the labor will be resum-
ed as speedily as possible, and We sincerely
hope, to the credit and profit OF all parties.
Mr.. d. ayails himself of this temporary sus-
pension of his labors, to visit New-York, where
similar experiment is under way' and
there. or somewhere on his route, he Will Or
der suitable tubes to his purpose here. -
The alarm of ssFire" was sounded in our
streets between the hours of ten and eleven
on Tuesday night, and was soon discovered
to be in the back building of house on King
street, occupied by Messrs. ID. & f. Evans as
a chair mandatory. By the spirited and adj
yenturous exertions of a few active citizens
who reached the spot in good season, the
flames were arrested before much damage
had been DONE We believe there are no
people in all the country more careful about
fire, or more Literally rewarded for their care,
than the citizens of Alexandra, but against
the base incendiary, who seeks the destruc-
ton of our lives and property while we are
transporting or asleep, there is no guarding.
We examined the premises the morning after
the occurrence, and are fully convinced that
the hand of some desperate or malicious vii
lain kindled the fre--Several attempts were
made, only one Of which succeeded. 1t VIII
be seen BY proclamation from the Mayor,
that Fifty Dollars reward is offered for the APP
prehension of the monster-Let every suspl-
cious character lurking about the town (and
they are not few be strictly examined, and
we doubt not that some guilty conscience will
betray its wicked possessor.
The order of procession, as determined on
by the Committee of Arrangements for the APP
preaching celebration, win be found in this
paper. We think it judicious, and hope it will
meet the appreciation of all who can, with con-
yenience, unite in the laudable effort of per-
petuating the birth day of rational liberty.
A notice calling the attention ofthe citizens
to subscription paper for Public Dinner at
Chgett's, is published in this days Gazette.
The following very singular phenomenon
is recorded in the New-Orleans Mercantile
Advertiser ofthe 7th instant:--"On the eve
ming of the Isl, the seIftinels and some of the
garrison of fort St. Philip, were alarmed by
sudden connection in that part of the Missis-
sipp called the Plaqueinine bend. For about
$50 yards above, and or 400 below the forti-
fcations on the left, the river appeared sud-
denly agitated, the water rose near z feet; im-
mense trees that had been embedded in the
sand, with others still ahoat, were borne up at
once and thrown inside of the levee. The
whole left shore was inundated, and when the
water subsidized, presented many fish that had
been abandoned in the recession. The phe.
nomenon was principally confined to the curve
opposite the old fort.
Through friend who has conversed with
an intelligent gentleman just from Richmond,
we have acquired somewhat clearer view
of the late swindlins transactions bya compa-
ny of sbarpers at that place. 1t appears that
these worthy gentlemen have been manufac-
turing negotiable notes, drafts, &c. and pur-
chasing with them any and every thing that
could be converted into money. Brown, for
instance, drew on Henning at short dates;
Henning accepted, and Hendree went to the
North with these drafts, bought large amounts
of goods, and Immediately turned them into
cash. Similar transactions were made in
Richmond, though on smaller scale; still
however, to- large amount in the aggregate.
AS soon as suspicion was excited, Aliens
Agent and others on whom they had impos-
cd, arrested Henslree and kept him in Jail
.h-s. or fs,,,r DAVIS at the end of which time