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Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1828-11-22
rsIsrgD AEp PuBSIsaHD,
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For the Pheniz Gazette.
THE SOLITARY ONE

THE SOLITARY ONE.-
He halted by CLASSY brook and stopped
Toquench his prickng thirst, for long that day
DER hill and valley many weary mile
He'd chased the agile deer-He soon arose,
And throwing back his long entangled locks,
Barred his swart visage to the evening breeze
Sorrow seem'd deeply craven on face,
Whose wrinkled front bore proof Of anxious care
And rowing eye denoted by its motions
The fear of sudden danger or intrusion.
He sat beneath an oak that grew beside
The brook, and chanted in a tremulous tone
The cause of his lone wandering from his tribe
The morning beamed bright on the CLASSY lake,
Andthe the wild bird caroled its lays
All nature responded from hill and from brake
The gadness that shone thro' the day;
When our bana, as brave e'er trod the plain,
Left their homes in compliance with fate,
Resolved or to die or to wash out each stain
Cast on them by malice or hate.
We rived where our foe, in silent repose,
Was enjoying the evening breezes
And inhaling the rich perfume that arose
From the lofty magnoiatr trees.
flushed as the midnight's calm was our tread,
And darkly lowered each brow;
Compressed our breathing when DER the dead,
Its last earthly covering we throw. So
The signal was gven-our war cry arose
Meier quicker the lightning flashed,
Than vengeful and strong, upon our foes,
The bolts of destruction were dashed
Who e'ersaw red man other than brave.--
For our host deep resistance found,
And many warrior beneath him grave,
Who died onhis own fighting ground.
Iheard the fest cry andsaw the first blow
No more-for sank with the dead
And was bat aroused by the carbon crow,
As he shreked DER my scalPless head
The moon had jus, pressed from ana orient cloud,
And family revealed to my sight
The dark forms Of the dead whose only shroud
Was the air of that cold damp night.
buried them all by the moons pale beam,
That lighted each one to his grave;
And left not my work till the bright suns CLEAN
sparkled far DER the Hudson's wave.
To the setting sun directed my way,
Far, far from the land of my birth;
And have been since that mournfll day
An outcast, an exile on earth
And now have sit in sorrowing mood
Reeountnv nv sad fortune DER, lwood,
While the Wild flowers bloom on each grave IN the
And the wild grass on each in the moor
Would on my own grave they blossomed where
Our heroes cold remnants are laid,
Then would my praise some maiden's song share,
And verse to my proves be paid.
He rose and groaned as though affection deep
Was weighing on his soul, and starting quick
Plunged far into the wood that solitary
NOEL.
Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1828-11-22

The Hon WILLIAM CRsIoHrox Jun. al preseu
Representative in Congress from this Dis.
trict, has been appointed by the President,
Judge Of the United States Court, for III. Dis,
uict Of Ohio, in the room Of Judge Byrd, d.
ceased. His acceptance Of this appoin,uen,
vacates his seat in the present Congress; and {,
second election for Member 10 supply his pl.c.
will consequently have 10 be held Immediately.
Stioia Ga.sLh'.
Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1828-11-22
POST MASTER AT NEW YORK

ht Fost Naster GtnrraI mas appointed :.
L. GovERNEUR, Esq. Of New York, 10 be pO,.
Master OF tina, City. MIR. Governor IS h,
son-inlaw Of Col. Monroe, and though ceu,l,,
man of highrespeclability and talents, 10 whom,
the attention OF the Government nigh, we'll
be drawn for his individual and esimabe ou.l,
tiles, the appointment has no doubt been mad.
with particular and kind regard to the feeliur,
Of Col. Monroe, to whom il will without doubt
prove source Of comfort and qualification. and
that consideration would Of itself, be sufiicrsn,
10 command the public approba,ion.-Bap
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Notice

A LEGIoNARY Court of Inquiry for the first y. lI al
IA ment, second brigade, will be held sI no.
Council Chamber on Saturday 22d Norenao' " n.d
clock A. H. BY order, this Court may. ," ";,..1
cause shewn, remit fines, and exempt rom m
duty. q. BRENT. Ad'u'@
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Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1828-11-22

"For the rest, Lord Byron is no more res>
ponsible for the argumen, Of Lucifer, than Mil
ton is tor the rebellion of Satan. He only op-
pears so, because the arguments Of Lucifer, alb.
stractedly considered, are unans,cerable, & can
only be met by tina, perfect sense of our own
ignorance, and that entire and'unqualified faith
IN the wisdom and mercy of the Deity. which
sLblimes the very frailties Of our nature, and
lifts US on The wings Of in6nity and Omnipo-
tence, beyond the reach Of evil and the grave?"
Without pledging ourselves TO agree in abb
stract opinion with every one of the above re-
marks we recognize in them fersid feeling Of
poetic beauty.
Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1828-07-11
FNCFssIVEIITAT

Tie Frederick Citizen Of Friday last, state .,af
- Instances Of sudden death, fon exposure TO tbe
heat and drinking cold water, have occurred in that
county since he commencement o. te present
Constitutional Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1824-1832, 1828-11-26
IRAN HoSi"Tfzy's E7lgrd1Ir.
70 THE PURfJr.

There arc few duties uorc painful to man honor
than ih7t otbeing forced into nawspapcr Z:n5i,a-
tlOu Of character.
No ono can regret moro Shan To- the rc,o.si,,,
winch colnpeis me to make his appeal to tho pub1iss
ihefo are situations, however in which Feline ~
regret and deIlcacy, must Weld 10 hrhor corai5oro
ions, such IS my case The duty which owe IN,
,Fi'"Hs ana my country, and the Into continued IT.
'eniPIS 10 pull down my character ani rsD,,,ficr
maze II proper TINT should give to the Jrh;ic ,
* Ph1ion md evidence which will be found -, III.
ADDRESS. shall do this in as few words ~ ,c.il
a''d enHcaYor to place tho snbect in the cbt ,in
u ought TO stand. ''iN
have been charged by NJ J. Sloane . ,nor,r,,r
., Congress- from Oaio with having promised hin, -,
'cc. 1873, TO sustain" Tho Administration ~ 1Tr
ADAMS, provided he would elect me Speaker Of tho
5osc OF Representatives. It will he borne in ,;,,L
tiat ms was las he gasar) in the Hal oftbc III,
On the morning oEthc FIST ,r~ijj,- ofiac t05f C,.
a11 N the moment ofb0ii7tHag for Soc7fc..
before submit thc evidence which viIl acco,,,,.
ny Tins ADDRESS, Twill offer vcry briefly goroe r,enc.
raj LtHaTs' upon the cXtrome rlrrobabilify and f1
%oithe Charge, teEcn in connection with tho tim, nd
circumstances under which it IS pretended tho Eocia-
ration made. %
IL must occur 70 every intelligent mind az r,o-,rI.
nPossh r. that coulIbn either so foolish or arrre
Fc" rs to act in the manner CHARGED vjthgn. sar,o
adequate object or motive Nv enemies have ol.I
maj It was to crafty my ambition in raacb;r,s f,c
mar oi Tie t,ouso of Representatives. Let rs pausn
iF '"Tir, md -'r0 'vhgf}rs~ Sis .5.fd L., 49,,
The Massachusetts spy, and Worcester County advertiser. [volume] ([Worcester, Mass.]) 1825-1831, 1828-06-25
INTELLIGENCE.
RUSSIAN DECLARATION OF wAR.

The wishes Of Russia to remain at peace with
neghboring nation have proved vain. Six
teen years have passed since the peace of Blu.
charest, and for the same period we have seen
the Forte act contrary 10 the stipulatiOns of the
treaty, evade its promises, OF indefinitely DELAY
the fulfiment of them. But too many proofs
which the Imperial Cabinet will adduce, ire
fragably proves this infatuated hostile tendency
OF the policy Of the Diyan. On more than one
occasion, particularly in 1921, the Porte assun
cd with respect to Russia a character of defiance
and open hostility. For these three months
past, 1t has again assumed this character. bv
formal acts and measures which are known TO
all Europe,
On the same day that the Ambassadors Of the
three Powers, who's by a convention free from
all self lnterestedness, are united in a cause
which IS no other than that of religion and Of
suffering humanity, expressed at their depart.
ure from Constantnope, an ardent wish that
pesce might be preserved it summoned all ma
tons protesting the Mahometan faith to arms
against Russia, denouncing her as the irnpaca-
bic enemy OF islamism, accusing her of de-
sign to overthrow the Ottoman Empire and
while it announces its resolution to negotiate.
for the sole purpose of gaining time for arrnino
but never intending to fulfil the essential arti.
Giles of the treaty of Alderman, it declares. af
the same time, that it concluded that treaty
with no other design than that of breaking il.
Scarcely had the Sultan spoken with the vas
sails Of his Crown, when the privileges of the
Russian Flag were already violated the ships
covered by II detained, the cargoes sequestered.
the commanders Of the ships obliged 10 dispose
of them at prices arbitrarily fxed-the amount
Of an incomplete and tardy payment, reduced to
one half, and the subjects of his majesty. the
Emperor, compelled either to descend into The
class of Reyas,. or to leave in body the domin-
ions of the Ottoman government. General
Parkewjtsh, after the conclusion of rIorions
campaign, was negotiating treaty Of peace
with Persia, the conditions Of which were al.
ready accepted by the Court of Teheran. On
a sudden lukewarmness succeeded to the eager
ness which had hitherto been shown for The
confusion of convention, which was already
approved by both parties, in all its particulars
These delays were followed by difficulties An
thentic information revealed the secret of the
promise Of diversion, which was to oblge us
to make new efforts.
Scarcely was the peace Of 1912 signed when
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to gazing multitude, and he yields up his
life surrounded by military pomp and official
parade. This is not the way to prevent
crime.
Solitary confinement is more awful pun
ishment than death. The lonely communion
of an evil man with his conscience and his
memory, must be dreadful in the extreme.
He is already in eternity, so far as relates
to worldly things, and he is subject to the
goad OF remorse and the tremor of antcipa-
ton. This punishment properly meted out,
would effect more reformation and prevent
more crimes, than all the executions of a
century-M Y. Courier.
TEXAS. Although little more than sey-
en- years have elapsed since the Austins be-
gan their colony near the Rio Qrande, it
now numbers from IL to $4,000 souls, mostly
emigrants fsom the United States. Thou
sands Of acres however remain with the
patentee. and will afford immense wealth
to himself and his descendants.
On the opposite Of the Texas, and in
quarter possessing greater advantages, an
other colony is fast rising into Importance
under the patent Of Col. Milan. There are
200 families already settled on the alluvian
of Red River, nearly over against Miller
county in Arkansas. The cotton lands weld
astonishing crops of the finest cotton, tobac-
co and corr-innumerable herds craze on
the elevated prairies-and the mountains
are known to contain the precious metals
The colonists are to be exempt from taxes,
and the merchandise they may import, will
pay no duties. The law of Mexico prohib-
ting slavery, is evaded by having negroes
bound to serve an apprenticeship of99 years.
There are several planters who number so
or 60 such apprentices. New Orleans will
receive the productions of this colony, by
barges and steamboats, descending Red
River, and send back in exchange whatever
the new settlers may be unable to provide
for themselves. These settlements. SO high
up Red River, may be viewed as the links
which shall in time connect us in trade,
with st. Fe, and other parts of New Mexico
.Neto Orleans paper
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From tie London Monthly .Macosiae.

! As, some workmen of r. B. Sanderson. ESQ
were opening out coal shaft at the Minories
near Newcastle, on the 10th of January. thew
found at the bottom the entire body of horse.
which, on being exposed to the air, mouldered to
dust. The colllery, it is supposed had not been
worked for 81 years.
! fine heiier lately died on farm at Orgrayo
near AHerclIiie, alter lingering three months in
a state of great exhaustion, the whole carcass
scarcely containing any blood whatever. An
adder was found IN its head, which is supposed
TO have been taken into the stomach, and work
ed It's way TO the extremity, drawing from the
heart all that was intended for its nourishment
| In the beginning of February, the workmen
employed III new street erecting out of Mick
ellgatebar, York, whilst sinking drain, found
stone coffin, of large dimensions, and which
contained skeleton, apparently that of female
The next day, the bones Of man were found.
who must have been an individual of extraordi,
nary stature. They were about one.tbird larg
er than the bones Of a full-sized man. The law
bone was an enormous one, and the teeth were
IN good state OF preservation. Two Roman
coins were found in turning up the earth, little
distance from where the stone coffin and bones
were found
singular set of men inhabit the town of
Penn Tan in the interior of New York Tbis
town is understood to have taken its name from;
the conceit Of drunken fellow, who. when the
inhabitants, composed OF Pennsylvanians and
Yankees, could not agree upon name moved
IN town meeting to take the first SYLLABLE of their
respective apPelations. A few years ago the
dc0a was voted out of that town a iury declar-
ing that there was no such beinr, and that a
certain murder was committed without the in
stlgatlon OF that renowned parsonage Another
Of its jurics has recently declared that " a man
was not an habitnal drunkard, unless, he was
drunk more than half the time" In the citv of
Troy, a man who was proved TO be drunk more
than half his time, who could not manage tho
affairs of his family, and would become intoxi-
Gated whenever he could obtain the means. was
lately indicted for being an habitual drunkard
On trial the Jury returneda verdict. ~thot n
man was not an habitual drunkard unless he was
drunk all the time"
BANK ROBBERY. most daring robbery yvas
committed on Saturday night, the 18th inst, on
the Exeter (N H. bank All tho Gold, Silver,
and Paper money, with the exception of one
dollar, was stolen. The robbers entered the
outer door and the door of the vault with false
Keys, and the loss was not known till tho omen.
ing Of the bank on Monday morning. An iron
chest lodged in the vault, was forced open with
a crow, and wallet with The name Of a citizen
OF Exeter marked inside it, undoubtedly for the
purpose ofpnt:ing the officers on wrong scent,
was left in the vault II is stated that the sum
lost is $l2,0O0 in specie, and $4,000 in bank
notes A reward Of $500 is offered for the APP
mehenson of the robbers, and tho recovery of
the money
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SENATE
Hon SuERmAH LELAND, President
Suffolk District.
Hon Francis C. Gray, Hon. John R. Adam,
Thomas Welsh, Jr Charles-W Giles,
James Savage, Nathan Hale :
ESSe1.
Hon. VIM. w Parrot, Hon. Jos. f. Sprague,
& John Merrill, g james II Duncan,
g Amos Spaulding, " VIM, Thorndike
.uidfteSe1.
Hon James Lewis, Jr. Hon. John Reyes,
Luke Fiske, Wm. c. Jarvis.
" BENZ. T. Yarnuna,
Plymouth
Hon. Seth Sprague,J Hon. Josiah Robbins,
Norfolk
Hon Chris'pher Webb, Hon. Sherman Leland.
q Thomas French,
Bristol
Hon. William Wood, Hon. John a. Parker.
:: Howard Latkrop,
Forester,
Hon Edmund Cushing, Hon. John. w. Lincoln,
:. Joseph Davis, Joseph Bowman.
:. Joseph Estabrook,
Hampshire.
Hon. Lewis Strong, Hon. S. F. Dickinson.
HampdeR
Hon James Fowler, Hon. Samuel Lathrop.
FrankliR.
Hon. Elihu Hoyt, Hon.Thomas Longley
Berkshire.
Hon Charles Nation, Hon. Rob't, f. Barnard
Reconsideration. Elisha Pope.
Naturalization. Barker Burnell.
PhuL WILLARD, ESD, Clerk.
w 2. GRACE, Esq, assistant Clert
Rev. William JENKs, Chaplain.
WILLIAM II. CUTTlNG, Page.
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oAFANNAH, June ii.
From COLOMBIA. VIM. b. Rochester,
Esq Charge d'Affairs from the U. States
to Guatemala, arrived here yesterday in the
schooner Albion, from Omoa, and win pro-
coed by the first opportunity to Washington
City. by this arrival we collect the follow
ing information The Government of Cen
trail America is virtually dissolved. The
President has resigned, but the act was in
some degree compulsory. The civil war
continues, but the seat of it is changed from
Guatamala to st. Salvador. The latter now
er has increased its army $4,000 men, and
has at present the ascendency. A battle
was lately fought at Chalchuapa-both
sides claimed the victory. The priests have
originated the opposition to liberal prinei-
pies. The only functionary remaining in
the country was the Minister of Colombia.
and he would shortly remove. Bolivar with
some troops, was within 30 miles of Ocana.
where the convention Of Colombia was in
session. This IS the constitutional distance
prescribed. Although at present ii is sup
posed that there are in the conventions ma
jority opposed to Bolivar's views, still il is
thought they will be brought over to his
measures. His object rs supposed to be not
only appointed Dictator for life, but to es-
tablish an hereditary succession The first
might easily be obtained-the success of
the latter is doubtful.
AFRICAN TRAVELLERS. CAPTAIN sClan-
perton, whose loss is now the subject Of
such deep regret, was fine fellow, of about
8 It. Ii inches in height, with a high and
commanding forehead, and an undaunted
yet pleasing and intelligent expression Of
countenance. The return of lis servant
Richard Lander, and the preservation of
his papers, may be deemed little less than
miraculous; and remarkable fact is men
toned as having led to this escape. We
noticed in our last, that an attempt had been
made to poison him: md it appears that bv
some fortunate chance it failed to affect
him which, when the natives saw, their
superstitlous notions, were excited in his be-
half. They believed that he bore charm
cd life, and was protected by the Great Be-
ing; IN consequence Of which, they not on
ly treated him better, but suffered him TO
depart The King of Badagry, however,
demanded and obtained for his ransom,
goods to the amount of e6l namely, guns,
powder, romals, taffety, &c. Landers own
wanderings, between April 1897 and Janua-
ry 1928, are not the least extraordinary por
ton OF this interesting adventure and we
understand, that in the midst Of all his diff
cultles and dangers, he contrived to conceal
a watch OF his late masters, which was
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NEWRuRYpnRr- Innn Ii

The SALMON. So plentiful were they
formerly, that it became ocular remark
that no deed ofindenture to bind an appren-
tice was drawn without condition to the
intent that he should not be obliged to eat
salmon more than six days in week. At
that time the common price was three con
Pers pound, worth, at this day, about four
cents Now the draughts of our fishermen
hardly ever bring salmon to land few
appear in our market, and the price ranges
from thirty cents to dollar. Such being
the present condition of fishery afTordng
one of our most delicious luxuries for the
table, it is subject deserving serious in
quiIy how it may be so preserved and i'm
proved as in future to afford more regular,
full, and cheap supply.
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CAPITAL PUNISHMENT. Among the res
.olutions offered at the close of the late ses-
sion of Congress, was one by Mr.. Livings-
ton, of Louisiana, for the addition of capital
punishment, under any law Of the United
States.
The general argument against this pun
ishment is, that it is too severe, and ourht
not, therefore to be inflicted. Now we
should object to it for the opposite reason
that it is altogether too light punishment
for offences of any enormity. It is but
momentary pang, and the criminal is where
he must soon be in the natural course of
events, with fewer sins on his head in pro-
portion to the number of days subtracted
from his threescore and ten years of exist
ence. Nor is it in anticipation that the
criminal suffers after his doom is sealed.
There is in most men a wonderful facility
OF submission to that which is certain and in
eWtable-the convicted murderer sleeps
calmly on the night which precedes his exc
cution he mounts the scaffold with steady
step, and contemplates death with quiet re-.
signaton. Nay more--from the manner of
conducting the business, an abandoned
criminal suffers with an air of triunnbont
mortyrdom; he is an object of admiration
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MIRAcULoUs PRESERVATION OF LIFE
BY A Doc. The Manchester (England)
Chronicle states that as some children were
playing on the banks of stream near Welsh
Pool, (about goth ult.) two of them fell in,
who must have persisted but for the sagacity
of dog belonging to a factory near by,
who jumped in and laid hold OF the child
nearest to him, which he brought towards
the shore. The noble animal, as if gifted
with an extraordinary degree of sagacity
undol such an emergency, a. suon as he feif
footing for himself, altho' in the water. let
go his hold from the child, and immediately
rushed in to the rescue of the other, which
he proyidentially accomplished, while one
of the play mates of the children succeeded
in drawing the first child from the place
where the dog left it. Ifhe had not at the
moment rushed in the second time, the other
child would have been drowned, for the poor
little thing was exhausted by its struggles,
and had sunk and risen to the suface Of the
water the third time.
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originally meant to be presented by Capt
Clapperton to the Sultan Bello, on taking
leave of that faithless ruler.
The route taken by Lander, on his return
to the coast, differed good deal from that
which he followed with Capt. Clapperton in
going up the country. He travelled seven
teen days in an entirely different direction,
endeavoring to trace if the Niger fell into
the river of Benin; and if he could escape
by descending thai stream. He was COM
PEELED, hcwever, to abandon his project be-
ing pursued by the Fellatahs, with the design
of numbering him. lie traversed parts Of
Housa, Nytfc, Eio, and other countries ut
terly unknown to Europeans and, finally,
made his perilous way to Badagry, as we
have related Lander is a compact, well
built young man, apparently of % or 2S
years Of age, and about five feet six or sew
en- inches in height. His countenance may
be styled handsome, and possesses consid-
cradle intelligence and expression. He
looks fresh and we'll after his arduous Jour-
ney and his modest, though unembarrass-
ed, demeanour and manners, add much to
the interest which must be very generally
felt in his behalf. He is, we understand,
preparing a journal of his travels, which
VII VS u'iUCu W ItiC MAI ottVS vi lIS late
master and friend.-Loadon Literary Gaz.
The SoN OF MUNGo PARK. The death
of Mr.. Thomas Park, son of the celebrated
traveller, was not through poison, admins
tered by the Fetish men, as has been stat
ed. He died Of yellow fever on the 3Ist of
October, 1897, after an illness of nine days.
Akito, the king of Aquambo, in whose coun-
try he died, treated him with greatest kind
ness, and Immediately upon his death, sent
intelligence to Captain Fry, the Command
ant at Accra, requesting that some person
might be despatched to take care Of Mr..
Parks effects; which was done, and they
have arrived in England Carlisle Patriot.