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Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1828-10-06
Nistvict " Columbia,

Couniy of .4ieraadrio, SCI
APRIL Term, 1898.
John Smither, Administrator or Heoec'
ca Greenway, decd. Comp'f'
Jonathan Roberts and E'izaoe,h nS
wife, Beverly Waugh and ca,nar'ne In Chancery.
his wife, Joseph Bushhy' W,. l,,"
pusbby and Jacob Hoffman, walter
smith, Leonard Mackali and DsS'd
English. Trustees under the VIII OF
Heary Foxall. decd. NJlS HE
yUynE Defendants Beverly Waugh and Ca.l.r'he ms
wife, Joseph Bushby and W'lhsm Busnoy, not
having entered their appearance and gwen secer.yi
.ccorSg to the statute and the rules OF this court and
!, snnearng to the satisfaction of the Court that the
said beverly waugh and Ca'harine his wIte, ,osepH
Bushbv and william Bushby. are not inhabitants OF
the District of Columbia on the m0''on o, III.
nlanan by his counsel it is ordered, that the sad ao
sent Defendants do appear here on or before 'nc 81
ay of next November Court, and answer the n ,t Oh
the Complainant and give security for performing ihe
DEGREES of the Court, and that copy OF .,s otasl
be forthwith published in newspaper printed m the
Town of Alexandria, for two months sucees S
and that another copy be posted on the front ao'r
the Court. house of the said county.
Test fDM l. h''
iuly 29-2m
Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1828-10-06
George White,

1UAyING taken an AUCTION License and the store
"a on Kng-strec lately occupied by Grn Jomnsnn
off re his services 20 the public, as an yiUC11D NEEh
,3yD COjf,lISyTOV HERCHlNI; and hopes, by
strict attention to business AMI earnest desire to please
TO meet with support from generous public.
lie has on hand various articles transferred 10 Nun
nv his predecessor which offered tor sale at lowest
limits and will gladly receive consignment o, 90 any
kind whatever N'S 90
Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1828-10-06

~ schooner Cora, Meads, from New YORK, wh'ch
we offer on the wharf very low
sept 90 n. LINDSAY, HILL Co.
SWgar, Molasses, sc.
4. IIhds Porto Rico and st. Croix sugars
III SIS bbls st Croix do
40 hhds good retailing molasses
civ afit for SAFE nv = ~. 'muS,'n,.s,hr Yrlo,
Wko has Store,
100 chests and half chests young hyson tea
50 10 cstty boxes do 90
100 half chests and ten catty boxes gunpowder do
Is boxes containing 2 ID cannisters do
100 half chests and ten catty boxes imperial do
boxes containing 2 ID cannisters do do
8 half chests Souchong do
2 chests PouchOng do
ITO bags Java, st Domingo and Rio coffee
10 Lhds New-Oreans sugar
so ar casks sweet Malaga wine
4 ar casks port do
10 pipes Cognac brandy, part entitled to debenture
> pipes Holland gin
100 bbls country do Of various brands
90 boxes and boxes Baker and Lapham's chocolate
40 rcams printing
100 do letter pspER
so do pot
500 do wrapping J
20 bundles bandbox boards
20 do binders do
IL boxes sperm candles
kegs patent shot
Race ginger, cloves
Burlaps icklenburgs hessans, &e.
July I'D
Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1828-10-06
Mackerel. Rum, e.

landing, on Twins Wharf,
~ nuns. first quality ST. Crox sugar
W Is bags pepper
$50 casks cut nails
10 hhds Rum
10 cases best quality champagne wine
> bales brown shirtngs
do cotton yarn
tons new Russia Hemp
For sale oy
sePtB A. C. CAZENOvE & Co.
Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1828-10-06
Nyeiug Estab\ishment

La eritiq,se est disee. "aais Farf est f!ge'b
yvyJE subscriber having returned from Europe re,
snec,f,IIy informs the public that he is prepared
to execute ali orders in his line of business with neat
;onahie colors can be seen at any tme and he will war
rant them TO stand equally well as any IN Europe ~
lie viii bleach Lace, Gsuze, &c remove ~, %,
,ro, ,n,,Id. from cambria, linen. cloth, silk, mcrIno
and other shawls, without injury TO the border. ne
or Ha,s also so that they fade Or turn rusty
Ieyhorn bonnets and hats cleaned in the FIRST style.
For the accommodation of his customers III Nast,'
-. ~ ''s Js n,,v he left with Mr. Iabe, Pennsyi-
van;, Avenue. opposite the Panorama, to whose au'
dress they will always be sent ,.,,,,r
French Dyer and ScoTer
~ "' wy " aug )
Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1828-10-06
y. Y. sugar

y. y. sugar.
on HHDS first quality N. o. sugar-landng from
~ schooner Cora, Meads, from New York, which
we offer on the wharf very low
sept 26- n, LINDSAY, Hill. & Co.
Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1828-10-06
For Sale,

a NEGRO WOMAN from the country, about 40
wears old, without child or husband,sg good pan
Lerr atwhose house she may be seen, or OF Dr
Peake. ----s-!-
Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1828-10-06
Congress " atev

1 FEW dozen bottles, Just received for sale at
N j RUMNEY'S Lottery Office.
Aso-Ahcant foot mats. sept
The Massachusetts spy, and Worcester County advertiser. [volume] ([Worcester, Mass.]) 1825-1831, 1828-12-24
From, the Johnsto,on ~. " Herald.
BEW ARE OF A SWINDLERi

Between two and three years ago a
young man, apparently about 25 years of
age, calling himself Sunon NJ. Sill, applied
for work al cloth dressing, of respectable
citizen of this village who carries on that
business. At the time, Sill was without a
coat, and what clothes he had on were o.
little or no value, being very much worn.-
Our village clothier hired him, and was so
we'll pleased with him, on account of his
skill at the business, his industry, and his
moral and religious department, that he, in
less than week, offered to get him coat.
Sill thanked him for the offer but declined
accepting it, stating. that he would not pur-
chase one until he had earned enough to
pay for it. This he did in a short time, and
in few weeks he rugged himself out with
an excellent suit from the proceeds of his la
Dor. From that time no person was more
constant than he was in attending Church.
Monthly Concerts ofprayer, Sunday Schools,
&C. &C. In the exercise of prayer meet
Ings and Sunday Schools he soon took a
conspicuous part, and whenever he address,
ed the throne of Grace, which he often did
with great apparent humility and sincerity,
he was listened to with admiration and
pleasure. By this course of conduct he
soon became great favorite with the more
pious part of the community, and they not
unfrequently pointed him ont as a pattern
for their young friends.
Sometime last winter Sill reported that
he had a aoind, fall of about $500, in cash,
and that he was inclined to commence the
mercantile business. The place which he
hXed upon to locate himselfat, was in Kings
borough, about three miles north Of this
village. The people of Kingsborough, who
are distinguished for being particularly de-
voted to piety, were highly gratified at the
idea OF having one so amiable, so intellipent.
and above all, so moral and so religious ms
Mr. Sill, to settle among them, and thew
therefore gave him great announcement.
The young ladies too, it is whispered, were
not little pleased at the prospect of an ac
QUESTION to fheir society Of one SO interest
ing, so genteel, SO good looking-for all
these qualities Sill possessed.
Although Sill pretended to have $500 II
IS now generally believed that he had no more
money than he had saved from his earnings
during the two seasons he had worked AZ
this place, as 1t has been ascertaned that
most Of his goods were bought on a credit
ana credit 1t was not difficult for him
to obtain with bat little money, as he took
with him, for the inspection of those from
whom he made his purchases, letters which
gave him a very excellent character-not
better however than his department. here.
FULLY warranted. He opened his store in
Apr! last with as general an assortment as
is found IN most country stores, except
spt'1tuous tquors-these he declared he
would not keep on account of the deleteri-
GUS effects they were calculated to, and too
often did produce upon the morals Of the
The Massachusetts spy, and Worcester County advertiser. [volume] ([Worcester, Mass.]) 1825-1831, 1828-12-24

just-for the imputation of crime IS not
necessary to constitute libel"
Again, upon the general defence he says,
* If YOU are satisfied that the object OF the
writer was to disparage Mr.. Adams IN the
minds of the citizens, and that these names
were held UP in contrast with his comnanl-
cation, and that such is the natural mean
ing-then the defendant viii he acquitted.
You will not, however, strain the words to
give them such a meaning, but Judge oil
them as well as you can from the effect they
produced upon you when you first read them.
elm regard TO a malicious intent, which 1t
is said, must he made to appear, the law
does not require proof of particular malice.
If the publication was unlusttabie, ana us
natural tendency was to create hostile feel
inrs. aversion and hatred towards Mr.. Web
ster-malice is inferred by law.
"This inference, which the law makes,
may be rebutted by direct proof q an honest
purpose and an innocent design; without
such proof the act itself is evidence OF NAL
ice. You have had all the evidence on tins
part ofthe subject and will judge oft"
The jury retired to consider the case
and agree on their verdict about l-2 past |,
P. NJ. They returned into Court about 4,
P. NJ, when the foreman Of the Jury stated
that they could not agree. The Conrt ac-
cordingiy discharged the Jury, and the
case stands continued to the next term OF
Court
The Massachusetts spy, and Worcester County advertiser. [volume] ([Worcester, Mass.]) 1825-1831, 1828-12-24
Richmond Compiler.

Missouri. From the Governors Mes
sage to the Legislature Of this state, we
gather the following interesting facts, which
shew the rapid increase of population in
dustry, and wealth, in that section of the
union. In 1926, the revenue was $4,000 ;
it is now about 100000 In July 1896, the
state debt was $4,000. it is now only S75,-
Goo. Paper money, as it is called, which at
the former period, to the amount of 1884,
600 was afloat, is now redeemed. VaIua-
BILE lands have been appropriated for the
support of schools. Tt appears, also, that
valuable trade is carried on with the interi-
or of Mexico, from whence in exchange
comes solid currency in the shape Of silver
dollars, which constitutes great portion of
the coin in circulation throughout the state
The Indians appear to be troublesome
nelghbors; having, as the message states.
murdered three of their citizens, and plum
dered others to the amount Of between thir-
ty and forty thousand dollars. Besides the
trade with Mexico, the Message speaks of
another very important and increasing one
the fur trade IN and beyond the Rocky
mountains.
The appropriated this year for internal
improvements is $4,000. The message com
plains that Congress has not yet made any
grants of land to aid the state in the con-
structlon of roads.-U. S. Gazette.
The Massachusetts spy, and Worcester County advertiser. [volume] ([Worcester, Mass.]) 1825-1831, 1828-12-24
ACCTDENTs-JAcKsoN sALUTEs.

Mr.. Henry Babcock lost his life at Win
chester, (Ken. Jon the 25th ult., by the acct
dental discharge of cannon while firing a
salute in honor of Gen. Jackson's election.
He was carriage maker by trade, a native
of Northampton, (Mass.) The hand of the
person who attended to the vent Mr. VIM.
Byrne, was injured, and the face of Mr..
Mcgowan, of Clark county, was shockingly
burnt 1t was the last gun of the salute.
Some of the glass windows and crockery
ware OF the citizens of Winchester, were
broken by the heavy discharges in the
course of the frolic.
The head of man was severed from his
body by the bursting of a cannon at Cum
berland, (Md.,) and the head of another
man was blown off and carried hundred
yards at Hagerstown.
Mr.. Mitchell Gilmore, Jr., had his right
hand blown off at Warner, IN. H. and two
others were severely bruised, by prema-
ture explosion.
The Massachusetts spy, and Worcester County advertiser. [volume] ([Worcester, Mass.]) 1825-1831, 1828-12-24
NASHVILLE, Tenn. ! Nov. %.

1'VF' 1~J'
NATURAL CURIOSITY. Wesaw few days
since IN our streets, young girl, about Is
wears OF age, entirely destitute of arms.
There ls no appearance Of stump or protu-
berance about the shoulders, but the form in
other respects is symmetrical and perfect.
For want of the assistance of the arms for
preserving the balance, she walks with
some difficulty and awkwardness. She is
perfectly healthy, and is said to be intelli-
gent and cheerful. We understand she
can knit with her toes, with an case and
rapidity truly astonishing.
The Massachusetts spy, and Worcester County advertiser. [volume] ([Worcester, Mass.]) 1825-1831, 1828-12-24

How TO CURE THE SMALL Pox. In Abyssin-
ia, where this dreadful disease is supposed to
have originated, when any person is seized with
it, the neighbors surround the house and set
fire to it, and consume il with it's miserable in
habitant.
The Massachusetts spy, and Worcester County advertiser. [volume] ([Worcester, Mass.]) 1825-1831, 1828-12-24

The Table Rock at Niagara falls has n
assure 20 or so feet deep, and the whole
mass, estimated at 10000 tons, rests upon a
base Of few feet in width, and threatens
to tumble into the river. Fit does not fall
this winter, it will he thrown off by blast
next spring, and a tremendous blast it will
be
The Massachusetts spy, and Worcester County advertiser. [volume] ([Worcester, Mass.]) 1825-1831, 1828-12-24

NEW HAMPsHIRE MILITIA. BY the official
returns OF the Adjutant General it appears that
the militia Of this State amounts to 25.4l5 men.
OF which 24,49l are infantry, light infantry, and
grenadicrs; 1920 cavalry; 1899 artillery; and
756 riAenen.
The Massachusetts spy, and Worcester County advertiser. [volume] ([Worcester, Mass.]) 1825-1831, 1828-12-24

SHOT Tower. The splendid brick Tow
er erected by the Phoenix Company for
making shot, at the corner of Front and
Pitt streets, Baltimore, has reached the in
tended elevation, being two hundred and
thirty-four feet three inches high from the
pavement. Its diameter mt the bottom is
forty feet, and at the top twenty. The
stone foundation wall is ten feet thick at
the bottom, and six at the top. The brick
work, which commences at the surface, is
five feet and half thick, of which thickness
it continues for the height of nearly fifty
feet, when it diminshes four inches in every
story, being twenty inches thick at the TOP
OF the parapet, three feet in height, which
crowns the summit. This huge structure,
which is an excellent piece of brick work,
was commenced on the Cd of June, and fin
ished on the 25th of Nov, and was built
without scaffoding. The parapet at the top
is white, and somewhat resembles in its
appearance mural crown; and as the
tower is well proportioned, the whole edi-
flee is an ornamental feature in the pros
pect of the city.-BaLtimore american.
The Massachusetts spy, and Worcester County advertiser. [volume] ([Worcester, Mass.]) 1825-1831, 1828-12-24

UNWORTHY TO DE FREE A Smyrna paper
states, that, upon the departure of the Egyp-
tians under ibrahim from Navarino, the Greek
slaves, whose liberation was provided by the
treaty of evacuation, refused to accept their
liberty, and insisted on accompanying their
masters to Egypt Out of sir hundred slaves
in the power of the Egyptians, only cleuen
would accept their freedom, Notwithstanding
the exertions Of the English Admiral to per.
suade them to different course. They pre-
ferred comfort with slavery, to hardships with
liberty. This was, indeed, signing for the flesh
pots of Egypt. The sequel of the history of
these unfortunate Grecans is not yet written
The Massachusetts spy, and Worcester County advertiser. [volume] ([Worcester, Mass.]) 1825-1831, 1828-12-24

London papers to the eth ult- have been re,
ceived at New York i few extracts follow
The Massachusetts spy, and Worcester County advertiser. [volume] ([Worcester, Mass.]) 1825-1831, 1828-12-24

A writer in the New York National Advocate
says that all the -four carried from this country
to England in 1927, was not sufficient to pay
for the twist, yarn, and thread, imported from
thence; and that all the Indian corn and
meal, exported to England during the Same
year, was insufficient TO pay for our woollen
stockings, and very little more than sufficient
to pay for our cotton stockings, imported from
thence. We must manufacture for oursclpcS.
If the British will not let us feed their manu-
and establish our own. If they cannot succeed
at first against British competition, then pro-
teet them, we say, by adequate duties on the
foreign manufacture. The protecting system
may now be considered as the prevailing policy
Of the country. The more it is tried, the more
friends it will have RcnncLec Journal.
The Massachusetts spy, and Worcester County advertiser. [volume] ([Worcester, Mass.]) 1825-1831, 1828-12-24

TIE CHERoKEE COUNCIL. 1t is anu
sing to read the proceedings of the General
Council of the Cherokee Nation. They
have adopted most of our legal and parla-
mentary tcrms-though the scale to which
they are brought down is so small and orig
inal, that the contrast appears ludicrous
enough.
Thus on the 9Th inst. they had "bill on
the Judiciary"-and it provides for the es-
Establishment Of one District Court in each
District. The salary of each Judge is fixed
at sirty dollars
! They have Treasurer, and a resolution
is adopted to require him to keep his Office
at Echota during the sitting of the General
Council. They have of course Treasu-
ry-and an appropriation is made for pur-
| chasing an iron chest for its use.
| A resolution was adopted, (which is GER
I tainly not according to our fashions,) that
ait shall not he lawful to exact pikeage,
foliage, or .ferriage from citizens of the
Nation, at ann OF the turnpikes, toll 6EdIGGSss
1t seems to make no odds with these sim
pie people, unused as they are to the mys-
/ ter'es of charters and interpretations, wheth-
err said bridges and ferries had been author
ized before the passage of the resolution or
not
They have also anti-gaming laws-and
they have extended the act of Nov. 9th,
1922, which prohibits gaming at cards
under certain specified penalties, so as to
forbid all persons from gaming at dice.
roulette, or himbles, under the same penal
ties as are prescribed for gaming at cards.
They treat VIM. Robinson rightly for his
dissolute behaviour. This gay Lothario
prays to he restored TO all the rights and
/ privileges possessed by other white men hy
marriage. The Committee unanimously
reject his petition, upon the ground that he
was never la,eftHy married. had t,co or three
| other aohite ,CiUes. and had left them all
icithom being diuorced!
The Massachusetts spy, and Worcester County advertiser. [volume] ([Worcester, Mass.]) 1825-1831, 1828-12-24

community. This circumstance tended much
to strengthen the favorable opinion which
the good people of Kingsborough had form
ed of Sill, and he commenced business un-
der very fair auspices. His sales were con-
siderable, and he replenlshed his stock two
or three times in the course of the spring
and summer.
|. In October he went to New York to lay
in his winter supply, taking special care
to slip through Albany, where he had made
his previous purchases, without calling upon
those to whom he was indebted. His pur-
chases in our commercial metropolis are
said to have been heavy, although few, if
any, of the goods he bought ever reached
here. The reason Sill assigned for this,
some days after his return, was, that the
master of the canal boat on board of which
they had been put, must have neglected 10
land them where he directed. Subsequent
events. however, render it highly probable
that they were shipped, by Silrs order, for
Buffalo. Under pretence of going to the
canal to make inquiries respecting his
goods, and to send box of miltens and
gloves worth about S450) to New York,
Sill left his store with a one horse wagon,
which he borrowed, on Saturday, 29th ult.
same night. Previous to leaving the store
he tore off cloth, from a very superior pie ce,
sufficient for three suits, which, with piece
Of fine Irish linen, he took with him, stating
that it was for some individuals in Caugh-
nawaga, through which village, in going to
! the canal, he would pass. During the sum
mer Sill had also opened store at May
/ field, IN the vicinity of which, as we'll ms in
Kingsborough and this village, he had col
lected and borrowed what money he could,
day or two Lefore he started. Nothing
was heard of him for about a week after he
left The store, and people were wondering
at his extraordinary absence, when ped
| lar who arrived at this place, stated that he
! bad seen Sill in Utica on the 3ist selling
mittens. From Utica, it is supposed he
went west, and since nothing has been
heard of him. The goods remaining in hi:
store are said to he worth but eight or nine
hundred dollars, and his Indebtedness is es
timated at some thousands. Several OF hi:
creditors are IN pursuit of him.
4 Sill is about feet s or 8 inches in height
slender built and of light complexion.
Literary cadet and Rhode-Island statesman. [volume] (Providence, R.I.) 1827-1829, 1828-04-02
MISCELLANY.
AN ITALIAN STORY.

The "Posthumous Papers OF a
Person about Town" contains a tale
of extraordinary interest, pathos, and
beauty. 1t is too long for insertion in
our columns but supplying the place
of the portions we have omitted, by
links sufficient 10 connect the main in
cidcnt Of the story and make the
whole Ineligible to the reader, in
the persuasion that his symPathics can
not fail to be powerfully excited in the
progress Of the narrative, as by its
touching and even tragical termina-
tion.-Nat. Adu-
GA srogY OF oLDES TIME IN ITALY"
lam the daughter Of noble pa
rcnts. whom ] will not name,-ior
they should rest undi'graced in their
tombs-who left me sole heir Of a
large estate in the most fertile fields
Vi Italy. had sir and stately balls,
Literary cadet and Rhode-Island statesman. [volume] (Providence, R.I.) 1827-1829, 1828-04-02

knew me not and still he clasped me
TO him tcnderly, and beat his burden
ed way through the sea. Long time
thus he contended rcsolutely with
death, when just as his strength was
spent, and he bade me commit my
soul to Heaven, he described lights
not far before us, and family told me
still to hope, for we were near land.
This ucrved him anew, and he piled
hi, way Justify, till we at lcnth touch
ed the rocky shore, where. summon
ing desperate mans might. he elm.
bcrcd up the low, crag2y ellis, and
feeling the firm earth under him, drop.
ped to the ground ia utter cXhan>ta-
ton. For some time knew not what
occurred, for safety then seemed more
dreadful 10 mc than the dangers had
passed through, and | swooncd.
When recovered, found Guido en-
deavouring to bring life back, by
cherishing me in his bosom. And cv-
or and anon he would call for help, as
strongly as he might, TO the distant
fisherman's cottages where he had
first disccrned the light which led him
to the shore.
"At lcngth we deserted the light
approaching the spot where we lay,
sti'l on the ground, and could hear The
loud halloo OF the corners ; and, after
some time, guided BY his continued
cry,a fisherman came up with torch.
As it ncared US shrunk from it like a
foul and guilty thing, that loves dark
ness rather than day, but in vain; for
Guido's anxious eye looked at last on
my face as the light fell on it, when,
u,tering a dreadful shrek Of dismay
and despair, he dropped me from his
arms, and, starting from the ground,
like one made instantly mad by some
sudden stroke upon the brain, he
rushed, staggering and strengthlcSs,
but wildly, to the cliff. ! clung TO
him heavily, to prevent him from
again lcaping into the sea; but | dared
not speak to him, save by feeble, mar
liculatc cries. lie glanced at me a
look which withcrcd me, and shaking
me like serpent to the earth with IA
terrible cry, flung himself from the
cliff into the sea. lbcheld him beat
ing his way back TO the wreck, as the
lightning momcntarily flashed from the
firmamcnt; ard, at length, | saw him
grasp at some white burden on the
waters, and again turn for the shore.
but suddenly his right arm ceased to
strike out: and, though | kept my
breaking eyes fixed on the same spot;
when the next lightning flashed, ! saw
that he had sunk; when,. crying to
God in my despair fell on my face,
and was insnnsiblc to all about me.''