Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1825-06-07

The boiler was well supplied with wa.
ter at the time Of the accident. There
had been no discussions among the
crew, nor does he believe that any per.
son dcsignedly caused the accident.
Witness was somewhat scalded in the
face.
Vincent Taylor, sworn. He was stand.
ing on the dock at the time of the ex.
plosion, having just stepped on shore
from the boat Witness is intimately
acquainted with the captain and hands
has travelled in The boat very often.
and has often remarked the care and
attention of the captain in the dis.
charge Of his business. lie has always
considered this boat the safest in the
line. At the moment of the explosion
they were letting off the steam.
Since the foregoing was in type,
colored boy nomed 7Aos. Williams, a
waiter on board the boat, has been
found dead in the boiler-anolhcr boy
is also missing.
When speaking Of the fue Of steam
boat, the reader unacquainted with steamboat
machinery, naturally supposes the fue to ap.
pertain to the chimney above the boiler But
this is a mistake. The fues are enclosed
within 'or under the boiler, into which the
wood is thrust.
Our young countryman, Miller, who
some time since left this country to
Join the Greeks, and whose reception
by the Grecian authorities has just
been published, has written a letter,
upon their moral and political condi-
ton, in which he says, cit is a mistaken
idea that is prevalent in America in
regard to the profligacy of the Greeks.
| have been for ten days amidst 5000
soldiers, and have never seen one of
them drunk; nor indeed have | seen
one drunken man in Greece. The beau
ty, modesty, simplicity, and virtue of
the females, are, am sure, without a
parallel in any quarter of the world"
Mr.. Miller represents the government
and the country as extremely poor, the
soldiers having TO rely on their own
resources for bread and clothing.
Though his account OF the moral
habits oft male population OF Greece
is flattcring, and calculated to increase
our interest and solicitude for the sue
cess of the glorious cause in which
they have embarked, and SO mantuIly
defended, yet, when we cast our eyes
upon that part Of his information,
which represents the government and
the country as "ertremely poor" and
the soldiers being ''compeAed 10 rely up
on their o,cn resources for bread and cloth
ing" the heart sickens within, in anti
cipation Of the result Of their struggle
With a patriotism and fortitude such
as they have displayed, we should not
despair because Of their poverty, were
it not that they will probably be COM
PEELED from their necessities, to submit
to the terms that are said to be the de-
termination Of the Emperor of Russia
to prescribe. Bait. Morn. Chron.
A Society has been formed in New
York for improving the character and
usefulness of domestic servants, of
which the following is broad outline.
A register Office is to be kept by it,
aid it is made the duty of the register
to wait personally upon every one who
sends servant to him with recon-
mendation, and enquire infinitely into
the character and qualifications of the
person recommended. He is to receive
no fee from any servant-if he receives
Of servants from a.
broad, he is bound to make the same
enquiry by letter. Servants may have
their names registered by remaining
one year in family, and faithfully per-
forming their duty for that pertod.-
The managers may award premiums
to the amount Of two hundred and fifty
dollars annually, to such servants, liv-
ing with subscribers, as have distin-
guished themselves by good conduct,
and by remaining in the same places,
two, three, four, FIVE or more years
From those who have been two years
in the same places, eight may be Sc
lected, to receive ten dollars each
from those who have been three years
in the same places, four may be select
ed, to receive fifteen dollars each-from
those who have been four years in the
same places, three may be selected, to
receive twenty dollars each and from
those who have been five years or more
in the same places, two may be select
ed, to receive twenty-five dollars each:
to be presented at the annual meetings.
The payment of FIVE dollars entities
a man to membership. Servants pro-
ducing forged recommendations arc
to be advertised as impostors in the
newspapers. None but members are
to be admitted to consult the register
Persons guilty of giving false ceT'ih-
Gates or of enticing or inveigling away
servants, are to be excluded from the
Society.