Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1828-07-30
SUMMARY

The New York Greek committee acknowl-
edge the reccip of donations since heir last
acknowled gsnent on the ID July amounting 10
S2075 70
The committee not being able to make up a
| cargo as WAS contemplated about this time, have
entered into a CORE pondrnce 10 join with Bos
ton in making one, Of which due notice will BE-
given.
| SaUannah, July Is.
! SMuGGLrNG.-By a gen leman who left 81.
! Mays or the 10 inst we learn that the brig
Lawrence, Of Mobile, bound from Havana Ia
that place, with cargo Of coffte anC segars,
transferred part OF her Cargo on board a small
sIoop, commended by one Smith, and bad HE
same landed on the shore the northern branch
of the ST.. Mays river. It has not been ascer-
| tanned in whose possession the property was
| placed; but Major Clark, collector oil the pori
! o. ST.. Mary's, ha,ing been informed OF the
transaction, seized both vessels and 'hcir car
goes, and very little doubi existed that they
" ould both De condemned. The captain Of he
| brig abscondrd to- Florida as soon as the fraud
was detected.
OuTRaG Ct oUs On Tuesday morning las:, at
Q o'clock, Us some persons were watching ST..
, Mary, rch-yard, Philadelphia, on suspicion
| Of design Of disinerring the BODY Of Young
woman buried on SUNDAY, one of them r.
ceiveG charge of shot from pistol IN his
legs, and the corpse was carried of by the as
sailing parry.
A tobacco box is row in the possession Of
Mr. Van ZanGt, Of Albany, made in the year
| IFS and which has never since lha time been
altered or repaired. 1t has hecn in use 25,sl5
DAYS, been used in opening AMI shutting ,oo2,-
! 500 times, and the tobacco used our oft during
that time cost upwards of S346 SO much Tor
! tobacco cheweIS.
A little vinegar, added 10 cream, will greatly
assist in bringing butter. Lemon Juice, also is
said to be very good; say one lemon TO churn
ing OF or 10 pounds Of butter. ChurniIg l.,
sometimes difficult in const qurnce of The tick.
ness &C tie cream. In sucn cases il is recon-.
mcndrd to mix new milk, (as much there is
creamy with the cream, which viii save much
| labor IN Churhlng.
The Georgetown, s. e. Gazette Of :he ilth
| Ins,. in giving description Of a Meteor which
passed over that town on the previous SUI day,
says, "I,s size may be compared To a mans ha:,
and in passing i! cast such a blaze across
the heavens as is exhibited in Il fash
Of lightning. 1t was attended by small
but splendid tail, bearing strong like
ness to the sparks that are emitted by the
! explosion Oh TO ktt w Z are lolu tna' some
folks actually lodged, aud others took to their
| heels.
A bill was before the House of Commons,
granting o,oool. 20 carry on the repairs and
embellishments Of Windsor Castle, as a resi-
dcnce for he King. Mr. Hume called for an
exposition. / he Lord Chancellor, replied that
the or ;,inal estimate was 100000, bat that
about 700 ,OOOl about three millions Ufdollars !
would be required.
| The ConuougLt Journal has the following
JuGicious remarks upon the canal Improvements
in this country
| We confess that we are greatly surprised a.:
| he rapid adv dnces which the American people
arc making in this branch Of National improve
men,, and when consider how very high the
price of iahDur is in lhat country lnot IL IS than
| dollar day 10 each abouring man, and that
we ave told that they are without Capital or
skill for such undt riakings; that sarprIse IN
oreases when we b, hold III so short space OF
! time those s,upendous works are completed
The Canal from the Hudson River 10 the Della
ware, distance Of sixty FIVE miles, having been
finished in fifteen months. Yei here, where we
have CAPT al il is said, that can find no invest
mept, and abour in superabundance, and st
the lowest possible price that can sustain hu-
man nature, few miles OF either Canal or Rail
way Stand before Us as insurmountable and the
ad, coates of.uch Improvements are considered
as mere theorists or visionary Spectators.
AUGUSTA, July Z.
The Crops Of Corn is this par: Of The country,