Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1828-05-05

4 correspondents u '"S A''
,,sa regular diary ofths state of the
VIZ mentions fact which is worthy Of
"'"'',' ,,., since the first Of January there
'''''. bssr rain or snow in thirteen out Of
=. yy,nteen sundays.
49,. .ai,ors of the Ne>York Statesman IN an
.,;,Is on competition and rivalry in steam
,,;oa,ion say tina, the faest boats in the
"A b.yond any comparison, foatirg or fly>
,.,,,es, carry passengers between New
-. and Albany, distance Of $50 miles, the
.,or.uay BY daylight, for two dollors without,
limo meals: another class includes lodg
:. md meals for the same money; another
Zoe, but 8! so; and in some we Can so for
.;n,l, dollar! Thi, is cheaper travelling
,,,orbs world elsewhere affords, not amount
zen 10 ordinary CATCHES on turnpike
n.!
tn. editor Of the Mary lander, says he has
Liter, from every district iii the state, and can
49, nOlsss some unforeseen accident occars, all
,,,,D, one, viii go for Mr.. Adams and Mr..
Ru,h,
We are glad TO find that the silly ard insult
no ,br. ats which MIR. Hamilton lately made in
~, House VI Representatives,, of a dissolution
0, the Union, are treated throughout he coun-
,r q, they deserve TO be treated-wilh scorn
and cont mp, The Massachusetts Journal
;,corrss, when It says there are hundreds and
thousands Of sensible and rejecting men in the
,ouhsrn states who drspise and deprecate the
b,g,ing Hor,pur spirit Of the McDufies, the
H.n,,oas aud The Randolph's.
Er,qafl .1ccds,l-The Commercial Adver>
rber gives the following account Of a most mel
sa,hoy disaster which occurred in Boston on
Wednesday morning last.
Agreeable 10 a notice given in the public
rrar,, large asst mblagt OF persons had con>
y,ari 10 witness the ceremonies Of having The
CONFER stone Of the Methods, chapel about TO
D.. rrced in North Bennett street The floor
bal 5t,n laid aud covered with rough boards,
oy IN. recommendation Of the assc .nhly, and on
mri, supposed, there were seven or eight
ag.d'sd people collected. After the corner
,yac had been laid, and The religious services
Of he occasion performed, and hen Mr.. Maj
I'll had n'orly finished his address, while the
nscahlyI crowd was listening 10 perfect silence
l1,ick pi'Ir which supported one Of the beams
u which about quarter part OF the floor
ed. ~a,- NAV, and two or three hundred per
@a., NHo stood un that part OF the floor, were
F,,ln,Iueuusly thrown iuio the cellar, depth
q .1gat fifteen feet, Of these the greatest num-
3,r we've ladies' At the first instant they were
ls.rc e their danger, they found themseiVe:
% confused heap in the centre, thrown upoI
on luplner, many of them severely bruised
lht with broken limbs, and in danger OF sui
iO~e'lor. \ scene OF more appalling confusion
casgel. Screams and groans resounded thro
;hs ,,', uttered by those who were sale, as wei
I, hose who we're mingled in the chaos below
In Depth uf the cellar prevented any OF them
who bad fallen, from txricatinS themselve:
'lhnuV ladders. Every possible assistance va:
rendered, with as much expedition as possible
and the wouaded and bruised were carried tC
The ncChboring houses. The Courier says
From I'll the intelligence We have been abb
gam, it is supposed that fifteen or srxteer
we're vrry badly injured-some it is feared
mortality. a great number, forty or fifty were
nightly injured, bling scratched by splinter:
d The broken boards aud Iimbtrs, or bruised b,
being compressed in he falling mass, thus in
san aOrou,iy huddled iCgrther and precipita,
"a from such height.
From The ~ y Dahl AGrertisey.