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Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1828-05-08
.,,~-rp ANN pusLIsHEp,
THURSDAY, MAY 8, 1928.
From tke Boston Statesman,

From the Boston SfGteSnaGn,
Painter. What attitude will you be painted in, Miss
Lady. Blue attitude, Sir.
saw her picture. Twas a young,
Fair creature, witha mantle Huns
About her gracefully. The light
Fell on a brow ofspotless white,
And stealing by a lip ct rose,
Slept on her breast IN calm repoSeI
As If the very sun and air
Coull think it blest to slum1er there.
Her mouth would craze you. Loves and Graces
Alone should know of such sweet places:
II wasthe rIpest, rosiest mouth
That ever shsm'd the scented South
II had no corners-dimple deep,
Like nests to put her smiles to sleep,
Usurp'd them all-You'd long to die
Among those dimples, like asigh-
Or be the leaf her lip had bit
Or the last wcri, TO lie on 1t.
saw the lady. az should know
Twas she"-(the painter told me SOY
Her mouth was like an awkward cash
Just made upon a winter squash;
Her eve wasblack-but you would DOUBT
The socket must have turn'd it outs
Her face Was no, of Just the dye
To make a contrast for the eye
Was like an inkspoI ON a dun,
Or like "a pudding and a Plum
Or like a face that yea would make
With two black buttons and a cake
Now, "did YOU everp' 'Pon my word,
Poor human nature grows absurd!
To flt,er all the worlds Aunt Polly
To make a shrew look melancholy
To t.ke them all-Tom, Bob and Sal,
And pant them ''m,ellec,ual'! =
'Iwould drive a fat man TO despair!
John! where's ny picturel-H Hang you!-there!
lCuts hi, lFteturets) throat und erit.
CASSlUS.
Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1828-05-08
From the n. Y. Journal Ct

IRON tne n. I. Journal CT CONNER
The John Bull states that form f., ,..,,
the utterly arnrhilaled acrl" OF Ty,Iar
left Navarino and reached .Alexandr;, ,,'
shattered state, but in full force Ia ,aL.
sea again. /, says, moreover: tina, H. ~ ";
bore away from Greece several ,h,o, VI.
GreeH women aud girls to slavery in ,so~ Vi y,
Of Pharaoh. Full credit is no, alway, do. :,
this source, but it appears tia, abou, IN. A.,
March, Sir X. Wilson called upon the Co,',, l
secretary for Information concerninr ,..
which h 1 gone abroad, that af er tht ham,. =
Navarino 1000 or 5000 Saves Nd, b,eo ,.m
ed to Alexandria by the Pacha Of Er,r,
MI Huski,son said, sit would y,,
great pleasure to be able 10 conuad,c, H.
statement, which he would couftss paL = ,hI
him from the Le,ant, and which ne b, I.,.!
from many circumstances, was bur In, -,
founded. But though he believed .b,t ,bs
fortunate Greek slaves had been rem we'd G.
parts of the Morea to Alexandria in the TnI
ish ships which had escaped de truc,joO b
was happy 10 be able 10 state that il wa, ~
lone with The concurrence Of The allird A e,'
The report therefore may BE- Sc, down ., I'm.
The fact seems 10 have been, that from ,r.
cause or other, The combined feeI retired ,G,.
the battle 10 Malta and other places 10 renal,
without taking the precaution 10 leays behind
aforce sufficient 10 prevent any oppressiv, m,s
sures towards the Gree Ks. Whether any bsn.
attaches 10 Sir L Codrington, is not cer,r
though the Tory party in England have take,
up The affair quite to bis disadvantage,
Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1828-05-08
Now Is The time to use Homach'c D"'''
n Grand Restorative TO HeatfN' ,j

noCT. wEDDERBURN, informs his az =, bis
IL the public generally, he has now on n ,he sboy:
Shop on Fairfax-street. a lair suppl gallon OF
unequalled article, by the bottle, dozen, ,bs, inssi.
quart. All who are DESTROYS of enjoying ,a' Where
mable blessing, health-ir climates IKE 'm .Sd otbd
fogs and miasmas, are so common at th's, r,,pe 70
seasons of the year, will find it to their an'," bsSnfsy
use them two or three times a day, as brean oCde5.
will be derived from them. In extreme e"gs,;r,I e.
lily, they have seldom failed to have the ass", .sDe-
feet, as can be proved by a number OF our nus aso be-,
table citizens Of both sexes. They n have a1sS S@
used in many places in Virginia, viz: Rlen" R,upslr.
folk, Gosport, Hampton OIL the eo'om a. counties O.
noe and James Rivers, and the lower b:ghly q
Maryland.-They also have been spoken w Gs.yNf
in Kentucky. Pensacola Tallahassee, hey Thcor'
Orleans, Matanzas, (Cuba), Bermuda, so,,lc hs'
ST. Bartholomew and Martinique. haen n.d with 81
label of directions, and sealed and s'a"p>N
seal, to prevent c0unterfeIs. Rsn'
Price so cents per bottle, or IS per d01eI .,Dilg
ers have frequently sold them atsl
Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1828-05-08

wharfin Washington at o'clock and J'n"I !, nIrgr
in Alexandra. at7 O'Clock, and proceed 70 o%Ixg,
and will on every Saturday afternoon a, md ,sr-
leave Commerce.s,reet wharfin Baltimore NV
To Alexandra and Washington. -. ,f rool,
This boat has room for 4 large q"ahu! 10
and excellent accommodations tor passe"s" On bar
For freight or passage appiyto Tue '"P
or 'o."e Cma;Ib Washington,
Samp NJ Mnney, A'e"'"u"'
William Morgan, neot
Charles Worthington, ba'oH''
spriI l0-eWtf -
Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1828-05-08

potash, Spanish ,chiiing, aud i,me, b..
to the dismay Of both parts>, SO earslr "1a
application, the hair, scalp, and jp,ssr-' 1
were involved in one general ruin. T"Sal
fellow has, for several months, been ,,s pa
lndescribable fortunes from tie s~ouol;r.
diseased parts, and IS yet NOT enJi.e civ r. n,'
cent. A new scalp has been formed ~
and the patient will doubtless soon S
Whether he will have another supply Of '
OF any color is perhaps predetermined, ". Ne
derstand he intends prosecuting The ou., =
for his agency in the misfortune. r.. r,.
should teach a ~saluiary lesson to lbo,. III.
are 50 ofhcious as 10 meddie with ;,k.,.' va
of which they know not the narur. o. 81 {
as we'll as 10 cause a disposition in a"
con'cn, with what nature has done f., =
without vain!y attempting to al.rr wh,, ;s g
and immutable. - Pittsburgh sour,n;r ~
Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1828-05-08
Washington, alexandria, amt Ba1'"0'
Steam Packet Aine.

The new and elegant S"'
Boat Frcderick sburg, u'P,
,.J.Jenkins, will on every "'a,"
day morning leave Brsa'
The Litchfield County post., 1828-04-03
TOMMY BUCK

Was brought up to the care ofseventeen cows, belonging to his father ;-to drive a four OK team, with Tib. the old mare, at the end of it ;-cut wood in the winter, G raised corn in the summer. But alas! at the perilous age of sixteen, dancing mas- ter came into the village, and Tom by dint of persuading his honest father to permit him to subscribe, and instead of chaunting obsolete psalm tunes in the chimney cor ner, upon winters evening, pumps, rufes and fiddle" reigned in their stead. ."-In lieu of the fail, pigeons wings, and "right and left" were heard on the barn n-foor, & the oxen, and Tib, and the cows, were of ten left to chew the cud of supperless lone- illness. Tommy's ideas were raised, and his wits outright descended to his heels leaving the upper story to let.--StraigAt- way, ball was had, and Tommy clipped the shell of fashionable, and wore gloves and fell in love. True, he was rather awkward in mannerism at frst-but then, he sported smart toe, and acquired ease and impudence-and eventually, by activ- ity, and toe and heel exertions he capered into the good graces of Miss Molly Reed, who could weave sixteen yards of shirting per diem. Tommy then set up fer beau after the ladies' own hearts, and went to town to sell gown patterns as apprentice, (being above driving the oxen in co-part- nership with Tib, determined to be mer- chant. And so he did-and his father died leaving him the bulk of his fortune when Tommy determined to do two things, viz. cut Molly and keep curricle. The first was the most difficult, but he learned "a thing or two," and after due quantity of tears on her part,the separation was effec- ted and the curricle purchased. Tib, the cows and oxen, were transplanted into two greys, and Tommy from poor ploughboy te a fine gentleman. The farm, milking pails, pigs, hens and ducks, were changed to cash and style, ,and the balance over this necessary expenditure, invested in the house and store of Tommy Buck, Land shark ds Go. And then Tommy went to the springs and gauned, to the theatre and drank, to the counting house and whisrled and these were merry times. Tommy's credit was good and he used it {; his health was fne and he gave it a trial. Who like
The Litchfield County post., 1828-04-03
LAST MOMENTS OF WASHINGTON.

Twenty eight years have passed away, since an interesting groupe were assembled in the death room and witnessed the last mo- ments of the immortal Washington. So keen and unsparing hath been the scythe of time. that of all those who watched over the Patrarch's death bed, on the thirteenth of December, 1799, but single parsonage sur wives.
 On the morning of the 18th, the General was engaged in making some improvements in front of Mount Vernon. As was usual with him, he carried his compass, noted his obser- vations, and marked out the ground. The day became rainy, with sleet, and the impro- yer remained so long exposed to the incle,n- ency of the weather, as to be considerably wetted before his return to the house. About one o'clock, he was seized with chilness and nausea, but after having changed his clothes, he sat down to his indoor wOrk--there be- ing not one moment of his time for which he had not provided an appropriate employ ment.
 At night, on joining his family circle, the General complained of slight indsposilion, and after single cup of tea, repaired to his Library. where he remained writing until be- tween eleven and twelve o'clock. Mrs Wash ington retired about the usual family hour, but becoming alarmed at not hearing the ac- customed sound of the Library door,a as it clo- sed for the night, and gave signal for rest in the well regulated mansion, she arose again, and continued sitting up in much anxiety and suspense. At length the well known step was heard on the stair, and on the Generals en- tering his chamber, the lady kindly chided him for remaining so late, knowing himself to he unwell; to which Washington made this memorable reply: "I same as soon as my bu- siness tO0s accomplished. You ,CeH know that through long ite t has been my unUaried rule never to put of tilI the n,Orro,o, things which should be performed tO-day."
 Having first covered up the fire with care, the Hnan of mighty IabOurs at last sought re- pose but it came not as it had long been wont to do, to comfort and restore, after the occupations of the well spent day. The night was passed in feverish restlessness and pain.
 "Tired na,ure's sweet restorer, balmy seep,"
 was destined no more to visit his couch; yet the manly sufferer uttered no complaint. would permit no one to be disturbed in their rest, on his account, and it was only at day break he would consent that the Overseer might be called in and bleeding resorted to. A vein was opened, but without ahOrding re- lief. COuriers were despatched to summon Dr. Craik, the family, and Drs. Dick and Browne. as consulting physicans,al of whom came with speed The proper remedies were administered but without producing their healing effects, while the patient yielding to the anxious looks of all around him, waived his usual objections to medicines. and took those which were prescribed, without hesits- ton or remark. The medical gentlemen spa
The Litchfield County post., 1828-04-03
MORE RAZOR STRAPS.

4 YaHkee schoolmaster having tired his patrons out in country village, was pack ed off before the end of his term, with no money in his pocket, but with reGom- mendation which they gave him out of6ha- rity. He went to Newburyport, and show ing his recommendation, undertook, there, to teach tribe of young ideas how to shoot, for three hundred dollars year. at the end of the first year, if he was liked to have five hundred instead of three, and be engaged for another year--of course they did not like him-(who would if two hundred dollars were at stake? Our Yam kee was dreadfully distressed-all his prospects in life were destroyed, and so, to make all smooth, instead of splitting the difference, they gave him certificate of good behavior, accompanied with hearty acknowledgement of their entire satifaction with his procedure, &c. &c. &c. as tea cher. "Very well," said the Yankee, as soon as he had secured the paper. "And now gentlemen, as have your own ack- nowledgement ofmy worth in this behalf, PN trouble you for them are t,oo Hundred dotlars r'-They were obliged to shell out'-and our Yankee removed to Boston where with his cash and his recommenda- ton, he was soon at the head of another school.
 We take the above story to be a very pretty illustration of the practice that pre- vails in our country among our great men of giving-when they give nothing else- recommendation, puff, in exchange for book, a jug of liquid backing, a razor- strap, or box of itch ointment or lip salve.-Prisoners at the bar are you guilty or are you not guilty !-Portland Yam- kec.
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 the lines, the galIeys, and the bridge, the Ottoman artillery thundered on all sides; !; and the camp, and the city, the Greeks & the Turks, were involved in kind of smoke, which could only be dispelled by the deliverance or destruction of the Ro- man Empire.
 The defence began to slacken, ,when the attack was pressed with redoubled vigour. The number of the Ottomans was fifty or hundred times superior to that of the Christians the double walls were reduced by the canson to heap of ruins; in cir- cult of several miles some places must be found more easy of success, or more feebly guarded and if the besiegers could pene- trate in a single point, the whole city was irrecoverably lost. The first who deserv- ed the Sultan's reward, was Hassan the ia- nizary, of gigantic stature and strength. With his cymetar in one hand and buckler in the other, he ascended the outward for tifcation; offhe thirty janizaries who as- cended the wall, eighteen perished in the adventure. Hassan aud his twelve com panions had reached the summit; the gi- ant was precipitated from the rampant he rose on one knee ,and was again oppressed by shower of stones and darts. But his success had proved that the achievement was possible the walls and towers were instantly covered with swarm of Turks i; and the Greeks, now driven from the van :age-ground, were overwhelmed by increa- sing multitudes. Amidst these multitudes the Emperor, who accomplished all the duties of a general and soldier, was long seen and finally lost. The nobles who fought round his person, sustained to their last breath the names of Palalogus and Cantacuzene his exclamation was heard, Cannot there be found a Christian to cut off my head ? and his last fear was that of falling alive into the hands of the fidcls. The prudent despair of Constantine cast away the purple amidst the tumult he fell by an unknown hand ,and his corse was bu- ried under mountain of slain. After his death resistance and order were no more {: the Greeks fled towards the city, and ma- ny were pressed and stifed in the narrow pass of the gate of St. Romanus. The victors rushed through the breaches in the inner wall and as they advanced into the street they were soon joined by their breth- ren, who had forced the gate Phenar, on the side of the harbor. In the first heat of their pursuit, about two thousand Chris tians were put to the sword 1; but avarice soon prevailed over cruelty; and the vic- tors acknowledged, that they should imme- diately have given quarter, if the value of the Emperor and his chosen bands had not prepared them for similar opposition in every part of the capital. It was thus, after seize of fifty-three days, that Con- stantinople, which had defed the power of Chosroes, the Chagan, and the Calphs, was irretrievably subdued by the hands of Mahomet the Second. Her empire only had been subverted by the Latins; her religion was trampled in the dust by the Moslem Conquerors."
The Litchfield County post., 1828-04-03

The state of affairs at Washington, both in and out of the House of Representatives, is calculated to excite the indignation of every thinking man in the nation.-Insolence and misrule in the House, neglect of the publick business, and personal altercation--and out of it brutality and vulgar quarrels. MT. Kre- mer, whom those that use and i,s s'igate him, would not admit to their fire-sides and famil- ies, in the confidence of brute force is said to have assaulted on Pennsylvania Avenue, MT. Wright of Ohio,a feeble and yaletudinary per- son. In the House, the same individual is as- sailed by MT. Randolph in strain of disgus- ting egotism and bitter malignancy but though feeble in person, MT. Wright is not SO in mind. and he retOrted upon the lawless slanderer of Roanoke with cfrctive severity. The whole scene, indeed the character of the whole SesSiOn-is of nature to shock every refecting American. The country and it's great interests-the dignity of the represent atiye-the cause and character of freedom have been disregarded and degraded. The fe- rOciousness which constitutes so striking a feature in the military career of Gen. Jackson seems to have transferred itself into the course and policy of his supporters: and the nation, it would seem, is to be driven by main force into his electiOn--to the promotion of which the Debates are filled, and t. W ich he owes SD much of the fame of which he seems SD O. yer-nice in mere verbal matters, and in all the substantial points of public reputation so ut- terly regardless. The pitIful quibbng about having left his seat, is consistent with the ds- orderly manner in which h made the remark on doing SO, ''that he must cough a necessit- ate." Mr. Wright was then on the floor. en- deavoring to be heard above the clamor of the kremers. the Inghams and the Carsons, who were endeavoiibg to cough him do,ca. But this is only one of hundred instances of Mr RandOlph's lawlessness, and his everlasting reference to hinse!f fin preference to all other not only the speculative principles, but the practical institutions of a free people, are to he brought into disrepute, and condemned. A degraded congress would constitute fitting assembly to register the edcts of military president
 Washington, March IS. You will have seen--l do not think with surprise. for nothing. that he in his madness may dO.can txite such feeling-tbat J ha Randolph took occasion few days since, to retort upon MT Wright for his passing remark upon Mir. Rand"Iph's speech of Friday last, and also to assail Gales G SeatOa's Regis c. of subjects for consideration. Tie discuss;un of Wednesday which is reported with great accuracy in the lntelligencer, will give you a fair specimen of the contempt of order and violation of the rules of the House. which the Speaker considers as allow hle in kaadulph, although rrpreheHsihle it eny oitri iedNidu- ai' But the most disCreditable part Ol the
The Litchfield County post., 1828-04-03

red not their skill, and all the resources of their art were exhaustei in their unwearied epdeav0rs to preserve the rob st work of nature.
 Night approAched-tie last night of Wash ing on: the weath.V became severely cold. while he roup gathered nearer to the couch 0f the suff Ter, watching with intense anxiety for the sIls shteSt dawnirg ofhope. He spoke hut little. To the affectiOnatr and respectful female servant. as she smO0thed down his pillow how he felt himself he answered, "I am very sick" To Dr. Craik, his earliest companion in arms long tried. and bosom friend. he observed: !" 1 am dying, Sir hui am not afraid to die" To Mrs. Wash lngton he said : 'Go to my escrutor, and in the private drawer you will find two papers bring them to me-" They were brought. He continued: "these are my wills---pre- serve this one, and burn t,t o CT" which was immediately done. To Col Lear, he directed to have his corpse kept for the usual period of three days. * Here we beg leave to remind our readers. that, in former part of this work, we have said that Washington was old fashioned in much of his habits, and in some of his opin- ions nor was he the less to be admired on these accounts. The custom of keeping the dead for the period of three days, is derived iron, remote antiquity, and arose not from fear0f premature interment. as in more mo- dern times, but from motives of veneration towards the deceased: for the better enabling the relatives and friends to assemble from distance to perform the funeral rites for the piOus Watchings of the corpse; and for the, sad yet endearing ceremonials with which we delight to pay our last duties to the rema ins of those we have loved
 The patient bore his acute suffering with manly fortitude, and perfect resignation to the Divine will; while as night advanced, it became evident that he was sinking, and he seemed aware that his hour was nigh. He inquired the time and it was answered, a few moments to twelve. He spake no more; the hand of death was upon him,and he was con- scious that his hour was nigh. With surprl- sing self possession he prepared to die. Com posing his form at length,and folding his arms on his bos0m-withOut sigh or groan, the Father ofhis Country expired, gently as tho' an infant died. No pang or struggle told when the noble spirit took its noiseiess flight while SD tranquil appeared his features in the repose of death, that some moments had passed ere those around could believe that the Patriarch was no more.
 It may be asked, and why was the minis- try of religion wanting to shed its lustre upon the last hours of Washington Why was he to whom the observances of sacred duties were ever primary through life. without their cancellations in his last moments? We an- swer, circumstances would not permit Close to the hero, resting her head upon that an- cient book,with which she had held piou- com munion, portion of each day for half cen tury, was the venerable consort, absorbed in prayer. and from which she only arose when the mourning groupe prepared to bear her from the chamber of the dead. Such were the last hours of Washington n.-Custis Recol- LectiOnS.
The Litchfield County post., 1828-04-03

TOmmyl He made love to new belle ; but the sly old fox ofa father said nay.-- He asked poet to write doleful songs, s,and he said yea, and he paid him. The Som nets were sent full of darts and cruelS---- and the girl married another. Tommy sighed, and drank ,and gained and wbistled |" to drive dull care away" and then f0iI- ed. Tib kicks up her heels in scorn at him. Molly sends four chubby boys to school and loves her husband. His Lady love of sonnet reading memory, does not know him in the street, and Tommy has shipped to go to India at ten dollars per month, in the forecastle of trading ves- Sel.
 WORAL.--Pigs, and COWS, and hens, and ducks, and Old Tib, with good farm and money at interest,are better than cur ricles, and greys, and gaming, and theatres snd style unless one prefers to go to India for ten dollars per month before the mast
 -and so ends our story.
The Litchfield County post., 1828-04-03
NOTICE

\ s hereby given that the partnership between the subscribers in the Hating business under the firm of O. & c. SEYMOUR, has beea this day dissolved by mutual consent. All persons having accounts with the above firm requested to settle the same with out delay. OZlAS SEYMOUR
 CHARLES SEYMOUR. Litchheld, Oct. 90, 1927.
 The business will be carried on as usual at the old Staad, by Charles Seymour who is authorized so le Ahe es-EsrtBeysAip seosuHS. h12