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Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1828-06-02
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Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1828-06-02
For the Phenir Gazette.

For the PheniT Gazette.
love to gaze on woman's eye,
Hove to hear dear woman sigh,
When Lore asserts his power,
But then that eye is quickly bright
The love though warm will soon be light,
The fancy of an hour.
like to hear some fond one say,
The heart love will never stray,
Or yield to aught but me;
But vet I've known those words grow coll,
Fer love was hardly one month old;
A foolish dream and falsity.
And vet sweet souls they look so kind,
They'd make a saint half change his mind,
And think them just and true,
Buff they knew the cunning wiles
That sleep beneath alp of smiles,
They'd bid like me "adieu." W. HIP
Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1828-06-02
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Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1828-06-02
MKssRs EDITORS:

BY publishing the following extract from the
Law now in force within this county, relative
to the registering of Marriages, you may in,
form the clerical par, of our community, of a
Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1828-06-02
John HARRIS.

After had wrote The preceding, I received
the report from "ihe committee on military
affairs" Though General Jackson had, Tor
the purpose Of vindica'ing his barbarons cons
duct, made my father say what he never
though, of, and would have dsdained to &C
knowledge, yet have iii lately had too mul h
confidence in the virtue and hone>'y OF our
Congress men, to believe, they would know
ingly tell what they did not know TO be true
But military infection sis mighty" and 'rm
them has prevailed No sensible man can read
tina, repor, made by Mr. Hamilton, chairman
Of the committee, and say it was not composed
by warped mind and pfnned by a~suomi'si'e
hand.
Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1828-06-02

YOU one day or other will be called before
righteous Jsdge-when you and l, and the de-
parted soul OF my murdered father, will meet
and will be judged by the "dceds done in the
body"-there we will see who is the "wolt in
Sleeps clothing"
The Litchfield County post., 1828-05-29
From the Brattleboro' Messenger.
 BORROWING.

Mr. Editor-The piece which recently ap- peared in your paper signed "A Lender" has done some good. Several neighbours have since found things which they supposed were lost, but which, it now appears, were only >Ant long time since.
 When first read the article of "A Len der, 1 thought it was personal-and starting suddenly from my chair, scoundrel !'' said |, "who has been writing about me! I'll go to the printer and find out the author,and give him severe castigation I'll-Ill Russel Jar wis him." caught my hat and started for the printing office. My good woman 'won- dered what made the man act so''-it being one of her peculiar expressions on such occa : sions. On reaching the outer door, met neighbor Stacks ruddy faced. fiaxen headed urchin. "Mister," said he, here is your break ing-up hoe and hand-saw, that father borrow ed of you latt fall. Father says you have been Vriting at him him in the newspaper a. bout it." "Heaven forfend." said l. But,
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From the British Magusine.

AN UNCOMMON PARTNER AT CARDS.
 In our regiment, whilst in the East In- dies, were several wild young fellows, ,none more SO than and as our life there was very monotonous, the officers betook them- selves to gaming. One day, after dinner, cards were brought, and all of us entered
 with such energy into the fascinating game, that every thing else was in manner neg lected. At length we changed it, and betook ourselves in couples to separate games. and Ensign A., as gay and rakisha rascal as ever turned out from Eng land, that we might pursue our game unin- terruptedly, ordered the servant to carry
 out into sort of summerhoUse, decanter or two of wine, and the cards; and hither we soon followed. We played with intense eagerness for several hours, till it grew so dark that we could hardly see what was be- fore us. I had been the gainer all the eve- ming. " Come, A." said I, addressing my companion, "I am sure it's high time we should quit the cards and return. for we have good deal of regimental business to do to night" Stay, -, and finish the game, you will not move an inch till then" |" |" tell you, A--, I will and must be gone: why should we thus make toll ofplea- sure, and besides gain another rebuke from the Colonel? I'll away" "Stay and try one more game," said A., laying his hand on my arm, sand I'll win back what I have lost" "I may, perhaps, tomorrow, but now, go I will. ; :: :.'Then," replied my companion, "ifyou S go, nj stop and fin- ish the game, if have the devil for my partner" "A merry game and pleasant companion to you--farewell," ," said I, and left the room. hastened to my own apart
 ment, where I had good deal of regimen tai business to transact. had not been so engaged long, when the door was flung hastily open, and in rushed Ensign A., and his eyes staring with horror, and his cheek as pale as marble. He sat down on chair, looking fixedly on me, but without speaking a word. I called for wine, and got him to swallow little. Thecold per spiration burst from his forehead, and his eyes glared into every corner of the room
 as though apprehensive that some wild beast was ready to spring upon him. "sWhy, A." said I, shaking him, what is the matter with you! Are you mad p He made no answer, except by a faint murmur- ing kind of indistinct whisper. "Are you rightened-or-or what ?" continued l ; motioning to the servant to leave the room. By degrees my companion became compo- Sed. "Oh, T--, said he, faintly and slowly, "I am lost mana dead man."- "Pshaw, my good fellow, what is the mat ter with you? You've been too free with the
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Striking Instance oC Integrity.-About six years ago merchant became bankrupt. A statement of his affairs being laid before his creditors, showed that the effects would yield l2s. on the pound, which was ultimately real ized, and paid to all concerned. In 1928, the gentleman left Leith for Van Dieman's Land. where he was more successful than he had been ir this country. A gentleman in this place lately received letter from him, in- closing bills sufficient to pay the old deficit of 8s on the pound, with interest from the time of his failure, besides an additional sum of GSO to pay any contingent expenses that may have arisen. What makes this the more praiseworthy is the fact that he received full and free discharge before leaving this country. It is in contemplation to present him with piece of silver plate, to show that, if the debtor has been honest, the creditors have been gratefu.-ScOtSman.
 A letter appears in the Waterford Mirror, addressed by Mir. Joseph Williams, of Ross, twho fortunately was saved in the Venus,) to a friend in Waterford. The following forms a postscript. The subjec, is above all eulogy it will be read with admiration by all :- "Henry Snow, Esq. of Larkfeld, county Of Kilkenny, near Waterford. The saving of this gentleman reflects singular credit upon one of the crew, whose name we much re- gret that we have not learned. After being some hours upon the top of one of the masts, NIrSnow, exhausted &benumbed, was bidding farewell to this world, and preparing for the fate that seemed inevitable, when the sailor cried out from the top of the other mast 4'Avast, not so fast, my hearty-IIl be with you presently" Scarcely sooner said than done. Jack swam over to him. Jacks heart. he said, was quite warm, and Jack spoke truth. "HOld on," said he, ''with one hand, and thrust the other into my bosom 1; : I'll warrant you it wi! soon warm." He then made MT. Snow shift hands. and kept him alternately holding on with one hand, and warming the other, until the arrival ofthe long delayed relief. With the ancients, so warm a heart, such heroic humanity, might be re- svarded with a statue with the moderns, such conduct should not go unrewarded.
 English paper.
The Litchfield County post., 1828-05-29
From the Monthly Magazine for April. THE COMING SPRING,


 THE COMING SPRING. The voice of Spring the voice of Spring! hear it from afar He comes with sunlight on his wing, And ray of morning star:- His impulse thrills through Till and flood, It throbs along the main: 7Tis stirring in the waking wood, And trembling OCT the plain! The cuckoo's call, from hill to hill, Announces he is nigh; The nightingale has found the Till She loved to warble by; The thrush to sing is all athrst, But will not, till he see Some sign of him-then out will burst The treasured melody! He comes-he comes !-behold, behold That glory in the east Of burning beams of glowing gold, And light by light increased! Already earth upon her heart
 lnhaes the genial heat Already, see, the flowers start
 To beautity his feet the violet is sweetening now
 The air of hlll and dell; The snow-drops, that from Winters brow As he retreated, fell, Have turn'd to flowers, and gem'd the bowers Where late the wild storm winfield; And warmer rays, with lengthening days, Give verduFe to the world. The work is done ;-but there is ONE Who has the task assigned, Who guides the serviceable sun, And gathers np the wind; Who showers down the needfu rain He measures in his hand; And rears the tender springing grain, That joy may fill the land. The youthful spring-the pleasant spring His course is forward now:- He comes with sunlight on his wing, And beauty on his brow; His impulse thrills through Till and flood, And throbs along the main 'Tis stirring in the waking wood, And trembling o'er the plain
The Litchfield County post., 1828-05-29

treme, and the officers and crew, oppreS- sed with the scorching rays of an almost vertical sun, sought refuge under the avn ings, beneath which gentle air passed as the ship rode over.the smooth undulating waves, which rolled on without one ripple upon their calm blue surface.
 As the sun went down, the atmosphere assumed gloomy appearance and tho no breath of wind was yet stirring, and the ship lay listless and unmanageable on the heaving ocean, yet the topsailS were reef ed, and the courses close hauled up. Du- ring the first watch the weather still looked more portentous, and there was but one ominous interruption to the darkness which had spread around it; it was
 A little glooming light, much like shade,"
 which hung oyer dreary spot on the western horizon. A gentle breeze from that direction soon filled the sails, and the gallant ship began to breast the waves, which threw up their white fringes against her vanished bows. Haul on board the fore tack! ]" called the officer of the watch; and instantly the released sail futtered in the increasing breeze but scarcely was it set,when Q sudden glare of lightning, broad and bright, illumined the whole concave arch of the heavens, and showed the ropes pcncilled in gilded strings among the tall masts and gleaming sails. Then came a tremendous crash of thunder, and the rain fell fast and in large drops. Luff!" cried the officer, as the ship began to feel her canvass but no sooner was the order is- sued, than there was rush of wind upon the waters, and the ship heeled almost on her beam-ends, trembling under the force ofthe gust that roared among the tackling. Y" Let fly the topsail sheets up with the helm'' vociterated the same voice that had before called " "Luff;" but the loud blast, bowling amidst the gloom, drowned all less powerful sounds. Then came the tempest whirl, and took the sails aback, the topmast went by the board, and the whelming brine rushed over the deck, sweeping tho unprepared to watery grave. One sudden flash of light show ed them struggling with the stifling waves, ,and shen they were forever hidden by their curling tops, which sparkled in the deep obscurity of night.
 The hurricane soon passed away, but left this late so beauteous object, as a work of art,a wreck upon the troubled wa ter.
 Daylight came, and all was calm and still while the remainder of the harras- sed crew, so recently poised 'twixt life and death, were again at work, with cheerful voice, equipping their floating home. Tales of the Sea.
The Litchfield County post., 1828-05-29
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The Litchfield County post., 1828-05-29
From ihe Benks Chronicle
RESUSCITATION OF A CONVICT
 INAL AFTER BEING HUN

RESUsCITATION OF A CONVICTED GRIM
 INAL AFTER BEING HUNG.
 ME. EDIroR-The strange rumor that got abroad after the execution of Dr.. Dodd, that he had been restored to life, after hanging that period which the law contemplates to be sufficient to put an end to mortal existence, & had lived long & had terminated his life happily in the south of France, gave rise to numerous marvellous stories having no foundation but inthe invep~ tive brains of the writers, of similar inst;
 ces of vital restoration. Numbers of the may be found iu the "Wonderful Musum," " and other corresponding publications of equal authority. Authenticated state- ments, however, of this description are very rare, and one of these am about to communicate to your readers.
 At the Old Baily session, in October, 174O, Wm. Duell was capitally convicted atAction, and received sentence of death. George Curtis noted character, died in Newgate on the morning of the day on which he was to have been brought up for trial. In the November following, Duell, with four others was executed at Tyburn, and as was then the custom--a custom which might with advantage be fol- lowed now-his body was given to the sur- geons for dissection, and was accordingly brought to their hall. Being remarkably powerful man, it was determined to anato- mise the body, and preparatory for dis section it was laid on the board. The surgeons attendants proceeded to wash him immediately before the introduction of the knife, when one of the operative personages suddenly called out that he brea- thed.-The vital spark was obviously not extinct, although it was remarked that he had been suspended above fifty minutes and his breath coming quicker and quick CT, and with palpable pulsation. a sur geon took several ounces of blood from the wretched man, and in two hours he was so much recovered as to sit upright in chair. As this was quite {" new case'' in the school of anatomy, the practisioners were surprised; but at last they determill- ed upon restoring him once more to goal; and to Newgate he was carried. Discus sion after discussion was had upon this ex- traordinary case, and the result was-wha, is rather common with surgeons" an O. pinon," that the halter being misplaced, the vcrtebre ot the neck had not been dislocated !@
 On the 27th of Nov. the case was laid
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wine, and that, added to your heated sptr- its, has nearly Overturned your brain. ""No, T., ne replied, l am sober now, ii l never was so before in my life. But my days on earth are numbered Next Tuesday shall not be an inhabitant of this world !'- There was some hing so indescrbably afiec- ting,I may add shocking,in the deep delIb- crate tone of voice with which he uttered this, as we'll as the steady ashy hue of his countenance, that 1 sat down by his side without speaking. At length taking his hand in mine, asked him, in as soothing manner as was able, what had caused his terror. Do you remember what l said, T., on your leaving me tonight !'- "Faith, yes; was it not that you would play if you had the devil for partner!" ''Ies," replied A., with sickcning smile. "I did ,and he took me atmy word!' he continued, gasping as if for breath. Why -why-'' stammered I partaking of his fright" why, A., you don't mean to say that" 'I mean to say simply this, replied my companion with dreadful calm ness, s'that Satan has taken me at my word. A few moments after you had left me, l leaned my head on my hands and shut my eyes. Immediately heard rustling a. Smong the cards on the table before me. \ started, and" convulsive shuddering shook his frame, ''there sat opposite to me, 1 in the chair which you had just left vacant, tall, pale man, dressed in black. Why, how in the --'s name did you come here! " said I, in amazement. "To finish the game with you,as you wished, "said the stranger, deliberately, at the same time ar ranging the cards. saw that his hands were as white as alabaster, and he put the cards in order with amazing care and skill. He offered me pack. "Why-why-whe are you, and whence did you come" stam- mered |, at the same time that my eyes seemed dancing in my head, and my knees smote together with agitation. "l am come to finish the game with you at your own request" said the stranger, precisely in the same tene and manner as before. would have answered, but my tongue clave to the roof of my mouth. "Why do you not take
 the cards ?" said the stranger, in hollow tone-"Will you finish the game according to your promise!" sN-o!" contrived to stammer out. His eyes glared on me, as though his head was filled with vivid fire. He rose, ,and bending his 6endish face close to mine, thundered in my ear, "This night week, then, ,thou shalt finish it in hell!" My eyes closed, unconsciously, as though they would never open again when looked up, however, none but myself was in the room, and as fast as my trembling limbs
 would carry me, have come hither.- Oh, T--. am dead man !--I am doomed !-I am doomed ," such was the fearful narrative of Ensign A-. We got him to bed. A delrinm seized him, the brain fever followed, and that night week he died!
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which we forbear mentioning.-Ed. Berks Chronicle.
 EAsToN, Pa. May 9.
 "1resp0sS vi ct Armis. On Wednes- day afternoon the inhabitants of Delaware ward, were aroused by horse with har- ness on, and swingle tree flying at his heels, ,tlnat had crossed the bridge and taken possession of the side walk, until he came t6 Fermour-street, where he crossed, and again took the side walk at full speed stopped at the door of house with strong indications of paying the owner visit. but had the door shut upon him. lndig- nant at such unceremonious treatment, he continued his coarse--turned the corner of Spring Garden street, and with great deal of sang .troid marched in at the door of Mrs. Brown, ,and went up stairs into tho second story, making no triAing noise in his ascent. Mir. Straub, who was plaster- ing in passage or kitchen chamber open ed the door, and Old Gray having made his way into the back building trotted into the open door, to the utter consternation of MT. s. who retreated and gave him qui- ct possession. Continuing his travels a lit- tie farther, he tumbled down stair case. broke the banis,er, and with terrible | crash came rolling into the kitchen, caus- ed no small dismay and scattering of the mily-and great Arrangement of the supper table.
 [We understand that the horse was SO much injured by the fall that the owner to put him out of pain, killed him the same evening.l
 SwGllowing Plum StSnes.-In August 1926. a MT. Robert Martin. of Blenheim N. Y. ate quantity of plumbs, and un- der the impression that they would be less liable to inj ure him, swallowed stones and all. He was shortly after taken i'll. and has been out of health ever since until a. bout two weeks ago, when he took pow erful emetic, and as it may be seen. he
 omitted up rising of thirty plum stoues. which must have remained on his stomach from the period of his having eaten the plums in 1926 to that time, about IS months. Dr.. Wheeler who related to us the above facts, left in our possession several of the stones ;2they appear to have shrunk tri- fe and are very hard. Mir. Ms health is improving. A man that will eat plum stones, ought to have the digestive powers of an Anaconda.
 Contsssion upon c large scaIe.--If the mere act of confessing ''crimes unwhipt of justice," could ensure pardon, and impart quiet to the conscience, of what load of guilt has the hereafter mentioned Norman Baker relieved himself! The catalogue of crime in Rousseau's Confession. though disclosing some deeds less vulgar than hOrse-stealing and petit larceny. but of greater enormity does not compare with this. The fellow must have an excel- lent memory. or keep diary of his vllainies. If punished to the extent of the law. for each of the crimes disclosed, Methusalem would have died young man in comparison with Norman Baker.-N. Y. Spec.
 Contession of Norman Baker to he Jailor ef
 FaiJfeld County.
 l Myself and John Baker broke Wm. Brad ley's shoe shop; Mr. Cannon's Store in Wilton; Col. Darling's Store in Bedding Mir. Seeey's store in Darien, stole goods from each, and sold some of them to John Glover, and deposited the remainder with him. My
The Litchfield County post., 1828-05-29

A WEsT INDIA HuRRIcANE.-Our small but beautiful ship of war lay becalmed, out of sight of land, in the regions of the West Indies. The day was sultry. in the ex-
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Reading Dec. 26th 1927.

*It is the common opinion that the necks of criminals are what is generally termed broken, :. c. dislocated by the exe- cution-but it is a mistake; it does not oc- cur in one case out of ten. With respect to the possibility of resuscitation, we be- lieve that Dr. Ure has some highly inter- esting and important remarks upon this subject, consected with the detail of Galvanic process on murderer, at Glas- gow.-That account is powerfully wrought up by the Doctor without any apparent extraordinary effort, and in some of it's passages it is really terrific. We we'll re- member having some conversation with Medical Gentleman, high in his profession at Chester, during the exhibition of gal- vanic experiments on the body of s. Fal- lows, executed in that city for most att trocious murder, worse infinitely in the minutie of its circumstances than the late assassination at Oxford and that Gentle mans opinion was decidedly con6rmatory of the one expressed by Dr. Urc, which our medical readers may recollect, but which we forbear mentioning.-Ed. Berks Chronicle.
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before his Majesty George II, in Council, and some other favorable circumstances appearing, unconnected with the particu- lar offence and the execution, Duell was ordered to be transported for life, and he was sent to North America, where possi- bly some of his descendants now exist.
 GATEN