Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1826-01-19

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A Committee. Of the Rhode-Island LepisIa.
ture has recommended the repeal Of the auc.
ton duty, on the sale Of all goods of the growth
produce or manufacture Of the United States
except distilled spirits, and bill to that effect
is now before the Assembly. Fourteen pe,i.
tons for new banks in Rhode.Island. are now
before the Legislature, Ind five applications for
the increase Of capital Of banks.
An official report on the subject of the Viz.
GINA penitentiary, states, that, by the manu-.
featuring operations Of that institution, for the
year ending on the Soth of September, ba.
lance Of lo,545 dollars appears in favor of the
institution.
/. The Desha Family is very heavy burthen on
the public treasury Of kentucky The salary
OF the father, as Governor, is 1000 dollars per
year, that of the son-in-law, as Secretary of
State, is 1000 dollars per year, and that OF the
son, Isaac B.-we beg pardon, we mean the ex.
pehses ofprosecuting him, is upwards Of three
thousand dollars; making upwards Of six thou
sand dollars, which three members Of one fam.
lily have been the means of drawing from the
treasury in the last IL months.-DanUilie .qdr.
John Funston was hung at New. Phi!adel.
phia, in the state of Ohio, according to his
sentence, on the 3olh uItimo. He confessed
his guilt before his execution His crime was
murder committed by shooting mail carrier.
An unfortunate accident took place last week
near Georgetown y Roads, in Kent county,
Maryland. A boy in the act Of shooting rab-
bit, accidentally shot four boys who were seat.
ed on the ground at some distance from, and
unperceived by him. Amongst the number
were two black boys, one Of whom died soon
after, having received thirty shot in his person
One Of the white boys is also very much injur.
ed.-Chesterto,vn Telegraph.
The New York Statesman of Saturday. saws
"the Hudson river, in the Neighbourhood of
Albany, has been open for several days free
from ice, and the papers Of that city add. that
the navigation is open to N. York. During
the greater part Of Wednesday, the water of the
river was very high at Albany, entirely cover
ing Quay street, and in some instances almost
even with the doors of the ware-houses.-Early
in the evening the water it was found had sub
sided about two feet. The pier sustained no
injury; and its permanency may be said to have
received additional confirmation.
The Steam boat Linnaus arrived yesterday
from Providence, and proceeded TO Poughkeep-
sic this morning at 10 o'clock. The Saratoga
goes this afternoon at S O'Clock: and several
other boats are advertised for tomorrow. A
sloop from Newburgh, with cargo of wheat,
arrived on Wednesday,"
The Gibraltar Chronicle states, that the fe.
yer on the opposite coast had arrived at such
a dreadful height, that the inhabitants were
falling dead in the streets. A subscription
had been opened at Gibraltar for the sufferers
at Tangier.
The publication Of the first newspaper III
North America, was commenced in Boston,
on Monday, April gath, 1904, by John Camp
bell, Esq. with the title Of Boston News-Let-
ter. The publication was continued by Camp
bell for Is years, and transferred to Bartho!o-
new Green, who continued till his decease,
Dec. 90, 1882. He was succeeded by Mr.. John
Draper, who printed al nut so years, till Nov
90, 1862. His son, Richard, was his success
sor, who, in May IVA, took John Boyle as
partner. In June, Draper died, and left the
to his widow Margaret, and Of
ter short space, the connection was dissolved.
At the commencement Of the revolutionary
war, John Howe was admitted as partner to
Mrs. Draper. The paper was discontinued in
l776, after having been regularly published
sevcnty-two years! The Boston Newsletter
has recently been revived by Mr.. Bowen, the
publisher Of the history Of Boston. 1t now
makes its appearance on a neatly printed sheet
in an octave form, and ornamented with en-
cravings. The object of the work is to OBJ
serve and preserve the incidents in the history
Of the city which may be interesting to the pre-
sent or coming generations, to furnish sys-
Iematic chronicle Of the most remarkable e.
vents 10 America and ia other parts Of the
world, to revive the memory Of the things of
former times, and embody in permanent form
those documents and facts illustrating the ORR
gin and progressive improvement OF the me-
.ropolis, and the character Of the men who
nave contributed to il posperi,y-Nat. .Egis.
"Does your husband expectorate?" said an
apothecary in Chcl.enhsm, to poor Irish wo-
man who mad long visited his shop for her sick
Expect to ate, yer honor--no sure,
and Paddy does not expect to ate--he's nothing
It all to ate!" The humane man then sent
arge basin Of MIXTURE from tureen Of soup
hen smoking on his table.
A few days since two young ladies', near
Camberwell, were accosted by gypsey woman
who told them, that for shilling each she
would show their husbands faces in a pail of
water; which being brought, they exclaimed,
sI.ord we see only our own faces" "Well,"
said the old woman, "those faces will be your