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Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1825-02-12
POETRY
For the Picnic Gazette. I


ON VISITING A FAvoRITE SPOT IN WINTER.
How lov'd this spot for here Pve often stray'd,
And passed away the dear delicious hours;
And as wandered mid the forest shade,
When moon-beams slept on every tree and
flower,
1 never dream'd how soon they all would fade.
And when heard the gladstone warblers rove
And heard the wild notes that proclaimed
them blest,
fancied they were born for life and love,
Forgetting summer was a transient guest,
And winters storms would drive them from
their grave.
And with what transport did my bosom glow
When from yon rock the varied scene
view'd,
Reflected in the lucid wave below,
Nor thought that winter shortly would in
trude,
And change its verdure for veil of snow.
The monarch has arrived, already here,
His desolating influence can trace,
The trees no more their '1eafy honors" bear,
No more the birds the song of transport
raise,
But all around is desolate and drear.
Yet tho sweet spot now must bid adieu,
TO scenes, to solitude and friendship dear,
Memory tenacious, often shall review
The pleasing moments I have wandered
here,
And tell how blissful, and how swift We few.
NJ
Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1825-02-12
RESENTMENT.

He that too much refnes his delica-
cy will endanger his quiet. Whatev-
er be the motive of insult it is best to
overlook it-for folly scarcely can de-
serve resentment, and malice is pun
ished by neglect.
Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1825-02-12

When Milton was blind, he married
a shrew.-The duke Of Buckingham
called her rose. 81 am no Judge OF
flowers" replied Milton;-"but it may
be so-for feel Morns daily"
Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1825-02-12
SOUTHERN
Rank Notes Wanted.
Oh OONars Reward.

m ANYWAY from Acquia, on Monday night
Ii, last. negro JAMES, about % years OF
age. rather small, very black, has remarka-
be scar on one of his cheeks cut by knife. J
Twenty-Five dollars Reward VIII be given Il
secured in any jail so that we get nun AGAIN
dec 14-tf LEWIS x TOWNED'
Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1825-02-12
70 Xiet,

70 Net,
- The FIRE proof WAREHOUE, corner
HhSl of Union and Prince-street, recently oc-
cupied by VIM. Goodell & Co.
ALSO, a tenement on Cameron-street, now
occupied by ID. G. Prettyman. Possession
may be had LIST of Nov.
Also, another tenement on an alley, adjoin-
inr Prettyman's blacksmith shop. For terms
apply to. j. H. LADD, OF
oct % j. III. LADD q 20.
Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1825-02-12
70 IIet.

RsA The house on the north side of King
psSl, street, between Patrick and Henry, at
lately occupied by Mr.. Henry Jackson. 1t
is in an excellent state of repair and in one of
the most desirable parts of the town.-Pos-
session may be had 18th October For terms
l.-.a Su,>r<s~rr,
sep4
Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1825-02-12

From Moore's Irish Melodies.
THE MINSTREL BOY.
The minstrel boy to the wars has gone,
In the ranks Of death you'll find him:
His fathers sword he has girded on,
And his wild harp slung behind him.
Land of song, said the warrior bard,
Though all the world betrays thee,
One sword at least thy rights shall guard,
One faithful harp shall praise thee.
The minstrel fell, but the foenan's chains,
Couldn't bring his proud soul underi
The harp he lov'd ne'er spoke again,
For he tore his chords asunder.
And he said no chains shall sully thee,
Thou soul of love and bravery
Thy strains were made for the pure and free
They shall never breathe in slavery.
Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1825-02-12
The following inscription i. literally take

The following inscription is literally taken from
shire: U-'''--
Wrighten, and readden and TreU
iSpellen and Also Merchants Ackounts
with bubble Entry.
Postscript GIRLS and buoys Boar
ded and good Youzitch for Children.
Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1825-02-12

A great crowd being gathered about
poor cobler, who had just died in the
street, gentleman asked what was the
to be seen? Only a cobler's end, replied
one of the mob.
Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1825-02-12
NEW NOSE.

A short time since, young lad, an
apprentice to plasterer, in Perth, had
his nose bitten off by one Of the mail
coach horses. The Taliacotic art OF a
neighboring surgeon was put in requi-
sition, and the detached member was
restored to his proper situation. The
operation, however, had to be perform
ed twice,ere the plasterer was fully sat
isfed ofthe perpendicularity OF the in
dex Of his countenance.
Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1825-02-12

1t was said by Mahomet, that "a mind
without erudition, was like body
without a soul; that glory consists not
in wealth but knowledge; 'and his FOL.
lowers were charged to search for
knowledge, even in the remotest part
of the globe
Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1825-02-12
EXTRACT.

And what is friendship but a name,
A charm that lulls to sleep
A shade that follows wealth and fame,
But leaves the wretch to weep,
And love is still an emptier sound,
The naughty fair ones jest,
On earth unseen and only found,
To warm the turtles nest.
Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1825-02-12
For Rent,
For Sale or to Rent

a. A two story brick house and lot Of
4sSa ground in Aldie, Loudon county, Va.
The house is nearly new and will be sold low.
Mr.. Conrad, living at Aide, will shew the
house to any person wishing to purchase or to
rent. Jan III GEORGE COLEMAN.
Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1825-02-12

A sailor, on his ship being paid off
at Portsmouth, eng hired a post
chaise to convey him to town, and par
ticularly ordered the postillion to keep
a good lookout ahead and be sure to
inform him when they touched at Bag
shot Heath, for, Ito use his own ex-
pression) he had heard that that coas t
was damnably infested with pirates
Jack had provided himself with a
quantity of pistols and other deadly
weapons, and armed ''from top to toe"
he crept into the vehicle, bidding the
driver "shove off," with vollcy of i'm
precautions. Nothing notorious occur
ed till they reached the borders of the
piratical province, when the postillion
turned round and informed his honor,
they were upon the heath:-"Then
damme," (quoth he, thrusting both his
feet through the front glasses of the
chaise, "down with the bulk heads, and
stand prepared for action !" and in
this position, with a pistol in each
hand, to give the enemy broad-side
in case of his appearance, the tar con-
tinpesl to the end Of his tourney.
Two young lawyers were riding into
the country, and passed by some farm
ers sowing seed. One of the Lawyers,
by way of Boosting, said to them
"Well old dodgers, you sow, but we
Lawyers will reap the benefit thereof"
"I have no doubt of it," said one of
them, "for we are sowing hemp"
Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1825-02-12
THE RUINED FLOWER.

THE RUINED FLOWER.
It's stem was broke the desert wind
Pass'd rudely DER its slender head;
1t silent droop'd-it silent pin'd,
Till all its hues and fragrance fed:
The chilling frost of evening hour
Shone coldly onthe dying -four
Lone, withsred flower perhance the doom
May be inscrib' d upon my tomb,
Too deep for Time to blotits truth:
And tears, too late by Sorrow shed,
May freeze and glitter on my bed.
And better this my fate should be,
Than stab confding Virtues breast;
Better to live in misery
Better to die with love unblest,
Than build the hope offuture fame
On Beauty's wreck-on Woman's shame.
BOSTON BIRD,
Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1825-02-12

In 1888 the Academy of Sciences
at Mannheim, awarded to NJ. Chiminel-
10 their prize for his hygrometer. The
substance he employed was the barrel
of quill. This being filed with mer-
curry and exposed to the atmosphere,
indicated by its contractions and ex-
pansions and the consequent rise and
fall of the mercury, the degree Of mois-
ture contained in the air. The instru-
ment was graduated. The point Of
extreme moisture was obtained by i'm
mersion in water; that of extreme dry
ness by exposure at the temperature Of
800 Fahrenheit, before moderate FIRE.
Having alluded to this instrument, it
may be worthy of remark, that it is pro-
badly owing to this property Of their
feathers, that birds are enabled to Judge
of approaching rain or fair weather.
For it is easy to conceive that an ami
NAL having thousand hygrometcrs
intimately connected with Its body,
must be liable to be powerfully affect
ed with regard to the tones OF its or
gans, by very slight changes in the dry
ne.s or humidity of the air; partlcu-
larry when it is considered that many
of the feathers contain large quantity
of blood, which must thus be alternately
propelled into the system, or withdrawn
from it, according to their contraction
or dilatation by moisture. Thissicw
of the subject seems to afford a salts
factory explanation Of the extreme SEN
sibility which birds in general shew to
coming changes in the weather.
[Edinbwg Enely1psda-.a4iek Hygcms.
M1
Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1825-02-12
THE MIND.

Oh magic of the mind, whose might
Can make the desert heavenly fair,
Andfll with forms divinely bright
The dreary. vacancy of air
And speed the soul from cline to cline,
Though stormy oceans roars in vain,
And bid the restless wheels of Time
Roll backward to the goal again.
Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1825-02-12
WIT AT A PINCH.

WIT AT A PINCH.
A country girl one morning went
To market with her pig;
The little curl-tail, not content
squeaked out merry jig.
Agentleman, on passingby
Laughed much, and jeering spoke,
m wonder, Miss, your child will cry,
When wrapt up in your cloak"
"why sir, (quite pert the girl rephes,)
So bad breeding had he,
That ever and anon he cries.
Whene'er he sees his daddy"
Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1825-02-12

John Randolph.-The editor Of the
Nashville Republican, who has been on
visit to the metropolis during the present
session of congress writes to his friend
at home, giving him an account of the
passing events of the day, we extract
the following from one of his letters.
was sitting yesterday in the gallery
giving kind of listless attention, to
the preliminary proceedings Of the
house, often casting vagrant glance
over the assembled wisdom of the ma
ton, and endeavoring to indemnity dis
tinguished characters by the precon-
ceptions l had formed Of their appear
ance from fancied congruities between
certain sets offeatures, and peculiar ex-
cellencies Of mind: I unconsciously
sunk into a reverie, from which l was
shortly aroused by a scarcely audible
whisper Of" there's Mr.. Randolph"
from some person near me. This
brought wildly to mind the desire,
long cherished, to see this extraordina-
ry & eccentric person, he had probably
recently entered the hall; for had be-
fore searched for him, but found no per-
son answering the description which
had been given me of him-Roused by
the exclamation just noticed, again
cast my eye upon the sea of faces below;
at length they became fixed upon tall
and slender figure, Of size greatly
disproportioned to its altitude, his
grey big coat Of Liverpool cut buttoned
closely around him, leaning against
the-His slender form, and the small
pedestals on which it reposed, Ibis sal
low complexion, beardless chin render
ed still more striking, by contrast with
the wrinkles which age, and perhaps a
disposition somewhat unhappy, had
intrenched on his brow, together with
the peculiar expression Of his counte-
nance, formed toute ensemble quite fg-
urative and striking, there was no need
of an index to point out John Randolph.
Curiosity being at length satisfied, my
hsnher IN 'whlai TIL! speaker perform
ed the duties of the chair. In the mean
time Mr.. Randolph had, unobserved by
me, changed his position and assumed
his seat. {" A letter, sir, lin sharp,
shrill and distinct tones, struck with
startling effect upon my ear and in
voluntarily turned round to observe
whence it proceeded" A letter, sir,
proceeded the voice (which addres.
sed to my constituents, having become,
on the last day Of the last session Of
Congress, a subject of animadversion
on this floor, l feel it duty which l
owe 10 myself,as well as to my constit-
uents, to state to the house as succinct-
ly as may, the facts having reference
to that occasion, leaving every thing
like inference or argument to be de-
duced by others" every syllable OF this
sentence came with marked and mea-
sured distinctness on the ear-every
infection of his voice made full, clear,
and papable intonation. There was
no hesitation in his manner; no recall
ing of expressions and substituting
others in their place; every sentence
come forth as if it had been conned,
and yet every nearer was convinced 1t
was an unprecedented effusion."
In 1888 the Academy Of Sciences
at Mannheim, awarded to NJ. Chiminel-
10 their prize for his hygrometer. The
substance he employed was the barrel
nc q Quill This heinp filed with mer-
The Massachusetts spy, and Worcester County advertiser. [volume] ([Worcester, Mass.]) 1825-1831, 1825-07-27

has cold water, thus applied to the low
er intesllnes, at any time forbid me the
use OF all the other remedies commonly
employed. bleed, give calomel with
other purges, use diaphoretics, the
warm bath, or whatever the particular
symptoms may at the moment call for,
without any interruption TO the injections
of cold water. And here will Just stop
to remark, how often have | witnessed,
in the course of my professional career,
the sutferings from thirst in ardent fe-
vers; when the unhappy patient, parch-
ed with heat and drought, would give a
kingdom, if he owned it, for draught of
cold water. This by many too fastidious
physicians is cruelty denied him, for
what good reason know not, and warm
inslPld teas, at which his stomach revolts,
urged in its stead. In a course oftwen-
ty years practice, Can assure you, sir,
| have never. in any instance, seen inju-
ry from an Indulgence in cold water, IN
der such circumstances on the contra
ry, the good effects of il have often been
strlklngly apparent, and always allowit,
unless, lndeal, some medicine may have
been taken Which might forbid drinking
It for the tine. 1t is TO be hoped, that
the day Is MT distant, when old dogmas,
medical as we'll as political, will yield TO
The good sense of mankind. when reason
shall stand birth disenthralled from the
letters of oil prejudices and habits. But
TO return. am very much inclined to
think that 20 much dependence in dys-
EMERY is oten placed upon opium, and
that it is generally resorted TO loo early
in the diseae. The temporary ease it
Procures is aelusive, while the infamma-
tory diatheis is heightened by its slim
ulating as we'll as lis costive influence.
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From the Etoile of Saturday.
TRIESTE, MAY 90.

TRIESTE, MAY %.
Direct accounts from Aria say that
/, 200 or 1900 wounded, the remains of
the army of Redschid Pacha, had arriV-
ed there. As soon as the troops of the
Pacha of Salonichi learnt the defeat of
The Seraskier, at Anaiolica, they dis
persed. All The letters from the Ioni-
an Islands confirm the great event of
the burning ofthe Egyptian fleet on the
night of the 18th Of May.
Later accounts say, that the Turkish
fugitives who were flying through Ac-
arnania in all directions, were killed
singly by the Greek peasants. Red
schid after his flight succeeded, howev-
er, in collecting some troops, but he
was attacked and defeated a second
time in the latter end Of April. The
campaign is considered 10 be ended in
this quarter, unless the Greeks act on
the offensive to penetrate into Thessaly
OF the interior of Albania.
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DYSENTERY.

The following remarks upon the cure of the
Dysentery, are made by DIR. Baker in a COM
munication in the recent number Of the Ma
tional lntelligencer. We pretend to little
knowledge in the healing art /; but we re-
collect that physician of considerable en-
inence once or twice in our hearing, express
ed himself favourable to the free use OF wa
ter, as prescribed below-but caution should
be used by those who are affected.
"Most practitioners discern two stages
of the disease in the early stages |
have generally used the lancet with
the best effect, together with free and
copious pnrging, for which purpose
| have found nothing 10 compare with
calomel, together with antimonial dap
horetics. Viewing dyssntery as pre-
senting an infamed state of the lower
intestines, have been led to adopt a
practice predicaied upon that view,
which, although novel in great degree,
has been attended in every instance with
the most certain success.
use very COLD WATER, (render-
ed so even by ice, thrown up the bow
els in form of an enema every half hour
This course, in some instances. have
directed 10 be continued for "a hours or
more without intermission. The effect
has more than equalled my expectations,
Every distressing symptom speedily allie.
Waited, the tenesmus subsidies, the fever
abates, and the objections assume bet
ter aspect. would not be understood
as depending upon this remeoy alone.
but, as part of the plan Of cure, it has
proved ofinfnite advantage in every in.
stance where ] have employed it. MOI
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TRIESTE, MAY %.

An Austrian captain, who has just ar
rived in our port from Alexandria, says
that on the 10th instant few miles dis
tant from Modon and Coron, towards
noon, he heard heavy firing, which las
ted till midnight. AT that time he was
about twenty miles from Modon, and
heard five following times five dreadful
explosions, and he then saw great flames
and considerable smoke in the Gulf OF
Modon, which made him suppose that
several ships of war had been destroyed.
On the next day, (l3th May) in the
morning, he saw from afar eight Greek
vessels, which hoisted their pendants in
sign of victory, but unfortunately, as the
weather was bad, he could not reach
them to have any communication with
them, and consequently he could not
give us any further information.
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zANrE. MAY IA.


The Greeks are once more victori'
Gus; both officers AID men have con.
tributed another page TO the history Of
the regeneration of Greece. Peter
Mavromichalis, Mavrocordato (wbom
the Oriental Spectator wished to render
suspected,) Constantine Boizaris, An
agnosloras, Andrew Metaxas, and a
crowd Of brave Greeks, after having
overcome the Egyptians who landed in
the Pelopponnessus, had succeeded in
driving them on board the squadron,
near Modon, and in which Ibrahim Pa
cha, reduced TO despair, proposed to
embark from so fatal a country. His
vessels then at anchor at the island of
SaPienza, accordingly, on the 10Th, drew
near TO land, and the whole of the nth
was occupied in taking all the troops,
wounded, and baggage they possibly
could. On account of N. w. wind,
blowing in his teeth, Admiral Miaulis
was not able to impede their maneu-
vres; but the wind having abated, and
shifting TO the south, the Hero of
Greece, Constantine Canaris, who COM
manded the vanguard in fire-ship, in
the middle of the night sailed into the
midst of the Egyptian feet, and it was
soon perceived that he had succeeded
in graphing with the frigate of the enc
my's. Two other ire-ships were equal
ly fortunate. and the fire having spread,
the coufagration illumined Cabrera, the
Greek island Sapienza, and the preci-
pieces of Mount Egialeus. The sight
now became truly terrible on all sides
were seen vessels graphing, running
foul, flying, and sinking, mingled with
the sbrieks Of soldiers and sailors in the
burning vessels. Several ships, howev-
er, succeeded in gaining the open sea,
and ii is from six damaged transports
just arrived in our port that we receiv-
ed the first news of the grand disaster
experienced by the Mahometans, whose
loss is estimated to amount to nearly
seventy vessels, wrecked, burnt and
sunk. The coast was covered with
fires, and it was thought that lbrahim
Pacha had persisted in this fIightful ca
tastrophe.
lbrahim previous to this engagement,
offered to capitnlate, on condition of
giving up the fortresses of Coron and
Modon; but the Greeks were not will
ling to suffer him to escape on such ea-
sy terms. The traitor Odysseus, aban-
doned by his soldiers, it was expected
would share the fate of Colocotroni and
the other factious chiettaius. The de-
feat of Redschid Pacha at Anatolca, and
the burning of the Egyptian fleet on the
night of the 18th of May, are confirmed
beyond all reach of doubt.
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AeGlcdI.
From the Medical Tntelligencer.
Death by drinking Cold Wcter.

The number of deaths in this city, the last
week. imputed to too free use of cold water,
are exceedingly melancholy. We are fully
persuaded that something more than cold
water, however, has an agency in these sud-
den and often fatal affections of the sanguine-
Gus system. So far as our own observations
have extended, laboring people are the most
liable 10 injuries from drinking cold water,
when the atmospheric temperature is very
high, and a majority Of those who have died.
have been either grossly Incorporate, or were
strongly inclined to it. There is mistaken
notion perVadiig the tailoring part of the com
munity. that if the weather is excessively
warm, it is necessary to take the more spirit.
Nothing can be moro erroneous. nor any prac-
tice oiore pernicious.-The less spirit man
drinks, the better if is for him, under all cir
cumstances. constant use of liquors, OF a
stimulating nature, deranges, by slow but
certain train Of operations, all the animal
functions, and places the nervous and circu-
lating systems in that peculiar condition, that
any extraordinary excitement has constant
tendency 70 explode the powers of life in an
instant. Such, We believe, was the state of
those who have been the victims to an i'm
moderate use of cold water: They have car
ried on the excitement, by steady and ha-
bitual course of tipping, till sudden change
in the secretory organs, by draught of water
several degrees below the temperature of their
own bodies, produces an instantaneous apo
plexy, or induces the most aggravated spasms
| in the stomach and bowels, which quickly
terminate the life Of the unhappy victim.
| Those physicians who have had the most
experience with these cases, if called in sea.
sonably, have found that free blood-letting,
and cmetics, which operate quickly and
powerfully, are the most certain means Of
overcoming the apoplectic symptoms, and
restoring the natural heat of the body. Often.
times, however, the patient falls down and
breathes his last before any one is aware ol
his being indisposed, and the putrelactive pro-
cess follows with as much rapidity as in those
who have been struck with lightnipg- which
shows, most conclusively, that the Wis insita o.
the muscular fibre is annitilated, aud all hope
Therefore, OF recalling the nervous power, il
forever lost.
Such are often the fatal results Of INDUCING
10 iniempeTaDce, which exposes the individual
10 instantaneous death, by simply quencbinl
his thirst with that pure, invigoratiDg element
jfdtey, which the God Of nature has SO abun
dainty supplied for his necessities and use.
N. 3. Since writing tn foregoing article
on Tuesday last, we have no. only had ampl,
opportunities Of witnessing the effects of drink
ing cold water when 'he body was overlieated
but have 'aken pains TO consult our professions
al neighbors on the mode Of treatment which