Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1828-05-30

sOOtu,n ms WOfaIy aftal. ; dtmdnI III, Yll,r,i,
some other excuse equally as trivial. pi,,, l!-
a liSht 10 demand q lcspi,c from ,m,r.5;
Imprisonment, l, the most Outrageous ;ntI
gence which ever euabl i man to scott ., -
,ice. II there Is any thing GLORIOUS" IA n.
uncertainty OF the Law" The Licurri of B,,,'
should be crowned with wreaths Of ao,,r,,t
TO.
liverpool and Manchester RaH Roqd-
The BaltIm0re American con ain, the 81 ool
report OF the Directors Of the Liverpool gpI
Manchester Railway, to the proprl,iors +
appears that very rapid progress is m4k!ryir
the work, and that the engineer, Mr.. Sepn,r.
son, is ri opinion that IT will be completed IL
the summer of 1880. OF the tunnel BY whir5
the road enters The town # l. verpool, which,
to b. 2249 wards in lrrglh, 1900 yard, are al
ready ,Xcava ed. The 1caNa ton is .cney
prosecuted at all the Joints Of the rad wh,r.
deep cutting is required, the rmbaukment and
masonry FOR The Sankcy ,iaduct is con idrra,y
advanced, fourteen other bridges ale e.,be
completed, or are in a state Of Drwardprs
ne a,ly tie whole Of the land h S b. en- Durch..
ed and paid for, and about two,thrds Of tn:
r n rails and chairs have b, en- purchased 30!
paid for The original esti nare for RAYS an!
chairs was 78,o38l. but il consequence o. a,t,
duction in the p ice II iron, this branch Of tie
expenditure will not exceed 65,O00L The cost
of excavation and embankmenis, the Whole
road being reduced nearly to a evrl, il is now
estimated will amount to l-3,97ok The cos
of the tunnel will conflrm Ne.y nearly to ,m.
original estimate, 25,0OOi but IN additional
charge viii oe incurred 10 satisfy the claims i,r
compensation by persons under whose llni'r
cellars and wells the tunnel passes. The other
estimates are, Tor bridges and masonry 69,8i&
formation OF road and blocks, 4l,827; gaa
and fences, 10 l6l; BUILDINGS and ma hlreN
5000, exper,'s OF obtaining TIE t, o. Pat
Lament, SO 57I. cost OF fund, and cOmptn,a'IoI
f. IN jur, from The passing oI the road through
the estates, and near the mansions Of lonusl
propri"tors, 99,635; ch4rgr for procuring sa'
tons, or places Of rendezvous Tor wagons sn1
carriages, al The end Of tue line, $500. lt:
immense tusines, which Is carried On beI"r''
Liverpool and Manchester, is sufficient 10 US
,iiy this eXtravagaDt expenditure Tor buIIdI'b
the road in The most perfect fern and VIA IS
little obstruct ton as possible by drvaion liyG
a level track. The cos Of the IRON all, vino
in ordinary Cases constitute the most soh'io''
rab!e ARTICLES OF expense, on til, road IS VS.
exceeded by the cost OF the land over "hc '
the road is iKadr, and also by he Cos, Of Ie'e'|
ling. The length OF the road IS thi!V'"'
miles
DANDELIoNs.-Grn III A. S. Dearborn,'a'
letter ~ the editor Of he New.Eng land t1TN"
relates the result OF an experiment to cuII'!"
this valuable ,ege able. In May, 1927, he cav
ed number Of The plants 20 b. SIT out oHs W.
apart, iE two rows two feet asunGtr, and s''''
100 feet long. They grew IuxurIantly Gn"' a.
tumn, covering the ground between. J"'' "
fore the ground ffoze straw was spread UP,'
them Since /, bruary he has had an %O''
dance OF greens and salad from them. oS"'
OF them have been cut five, others Tour o'p',
and the leaves shot out again very 'oOh ''1
cutting. Some Of them were covered VIZ
flower DO, S, alter the fourth cutting, to ''-,'.
the leaves for salad, and were nearly or PO'.
equal 10 endivc In FIVE days after Inc P',
were put over, the leaves, which had p'e'iou'5
been cut close 10 the crown Of the ioo' ~.
up five inches in height. The ground, "".s,
was very rich, was kept hoed and rakeo au ros,
both seasons. Gcn. ID. recommends 'he lo
to be three feet, and each plant TWO lee, .pa
and that the pl~nts be SET oOt early. a. S'I, >,
also 10 be AIKEN not to injure The flower Ou-'''
cutting.
From tie Charleston Courier cfMaylo
The capital prize of 5000, in pc aT y
Class of the Union Canal Lottery, '' ny.
Nlessrs. J. /. Cohen, Jr. * Brothers, WE i,te