Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1829-08-14
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R1cHMonp. Aug. IL.

Saturday week, as soon as the dialogue said 10
have been over heard atihe warehouse had been
reported 10 the constituted authorities. During
that dialogue something is reported 10 have
been said about the instruction OF slaves IN
,hi. city and neighborhood. Some day last
week, both Of these draymen were brought DC.
fore the Mayor, and the examination resulted
in the discharge Of Gabriel from confinement,
and the recommilment Of Jasper. Last Satar,
day was The day fixed on for his trial, bot his
counsel not being prepared to 60 into tile case,
ii was put off until yesterday. 1t was postpon'
ed Yesterday until the 28,h inst. While upon
this subject, we NAV as we'll add that we have
heard a variety Of reports from different parts
Of the country but as usual, they are IN most
exaggerated form. We can learn OF nothing
which is calculated 10 excite the slightest alarm,
or 10 indicate any general combination or con-
certed system Of action, among the class oil PEG.
pie in que s,iou-all extravaganza rumofs a, a
distance 10 the contrary notwithstanding
AMERICAN TALENr-The excellent address
Of Doc, SEwALL. Anatomical Professor IN the
Medical Department Of Columbian College, de-
lvered 10 the graduating class at the late com j..
mencemenr, has been re-published in several
English Periodicals. The Christian Observer
and Wesleyan Magozine have placed the most
Oh IL on lHclF pages. We oiS P'Ne''" y" ''N
such honor conferred upon The talent Of our
country, and still more ha,iering is the fact,
tina, il comes in connexion win The Institution
located in our imme dia,e vicinity Tor which
we earnestly wish brighter day.-Coium. Star.
A Southern paper IN enumeraing some OF
The grra, men OF he age who have risen from
obscurI,y, says, Franklin was jouIneyman
printer, Hutton coal HEAVIER, Huddarl shoe.
maker. Arokwright barber. Brindiey, Kitten
house, Fulton, Martin Van Buren,, and Trist-
ram Burgess, working mechanics, and John A
dams, Henry Clay, Daniel Webster, ana w
Crawford, village schonlmasiers. The writer
could have extended The list to hundreds Ia
lenls and worth make men-war and carnage
make warriors.
Since the establishment Of the Constitution
Of .he United States. 1889, we have had seven
Presidenls-ten Secre,ar ies Of State-nine Sec.
,e,aries Of the Tieasury-t thirteen Secretaries
uf War-ten Secreari of the Navy-se'en
Posi- Masters General, and eleven Auornies
General. OF these seventy four distinguished
pubic officers, but Two, we believe, have died
in Office, and these were DO Vice Presidents
of the United States. As i! is no, probable that
the officers herein enumerated have been attain
ed at an earlier age than so, the above state
ment would warrant the belief that we average
the alIanment Of as great an age in this coun-
ty as is usual in any part oil rhe world.
Southern Herald.
The Corporation Of Cincinnati having passed
an ac imposing restrictions, almost prohibito-
'ry,upnn the residence Of free person, OF CO"
lor in that CITY, and the validity of thai act
having bern sustained by solemn judicial de-
cision, IN association hos been formed by this
class Of persons a, that place for establishing
colony in Canada. Their agents, who have
visited Canada to select par Of he country
for their location, are il negotiation for :" the
Gulf IF Bluff Lands" which lie fifty miles from
Lake Erie, in 10 degrees North, on he Grand
River On this body Of land, ,he agents report
there are already two Furnishing settlements,
one of Dutch people, and the other Of Quskers.
1t seems whilst they are discovering Gold al
the South, they are discovering Silver at the
North. Al Eaton, in New Hampshire, 4 lead
mine is worked, which is said 10 produce 90 TO
100 ounces of pure silver to each ION Of lt ad -
We confess, however, that We. have not much
faith in The Gold mines Of North Carolina,
South Carolina and Virginia, in each Of which
States, there have been discovered, the auri(e.
rous soil Some individuals upon whose lands,
rich veins have been disc overed, may possibly
grow wealthy, but it is more than probable,
thai for every successful enterprise, there will
be ten failures.
Preparations for war Of determination
agains, The dogs are making in Charles
ton. The Ciy Marshal advertises for four
negro men 10 destroy all those animals going
a, large, to be paid two dollars a day, or fifty
cents per head.
The Boston Palladium says =" Frances
Wrigh, has completed her Lectures in Boston,
and returned TO New York The surplus mo-
ney blained Is said to have bren appropriated
to " ards establishing a Hall Of Science in that
City.
Pen. KNIvEs.-The manufacture OF This arti.
Gle, heretofore almost exclusively i'm ported, has
recently been undertaken in Worcester, Mass
on an extensive scale. The establishment, en-
poys fifty hands, and is under the direction Of
Mr. Moses l.. Moore. The knives are equal
in workmanship and quality to them made in
ENGLAND