Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1829-03-18


Commercial aI
A SINGULAR FAcr.-Remarkiug to tn. H.,
Of the sessions and The Oyer and Term;n.st
other day, upon the singular fac, of tho thu IN. Ms
number of criminal cases upon the c,l. '%aI
and the larger proportion OF aggravated ,@
ces, compared with the whole, we wsr. 0Aso'
red that he had observed for many wear. s''a'
that the Calender Of criminal offence, ir.p'str
or diminishes with the Temperature Of III. ~'
ther In the summer there are NOR sS IS"
Nous offences than in The winter; bu, i, !, Wv
orally in the colder months that crimes of , 81
greatest atrocity are perpetia,ed. The rs,,.I '
Of The courts will make good thi, sta,em.n,
Ibid
A bill has been reported in the ser,,. =,
this State increasing the salaries Of the Ch,s
cellor, and the Judges of The Supreme Con"
to the sum Of 5000 dollars; and also increase.
the salaries Of the Circuit! Judge, 10 the ~s
Of 1000 dollars. 1t ought to pass. The prs,.u
amount Of these salaries is so beggary as,os.
disgraceful. TBH
POLICE OFFIcE.-Jamss Foy was broupb,,.
yesterday morning, charged with having a.
tempted to take the life Of S. Beny by scsIdi,,
him. They wereboth laborers in the Brewer
Mr.. Milbank, No. 81 Oliver street. and WIKI
working by the side Of the mash tub then sl.i
with water, in which the malt was uuderpoi,,
an infusion, dispute arose between th,ns
which ended in Foy's throwing Beny headlon,
into the tub, where he held him BY main for,,
although Two other labdfers, Barney Gull,
aud Israel Norris, endeavoured 10 release him
He must have remained in the scaldinp w,,.
with his head downwards immersed 10 n.
breast for several seconds. Mr.. Hopson WEN
TO the house Of the sufferer, and found him ;.
bic to give abatement OF the affair, ahoup
in the most shocking condition. He decIanJ
that the wash was al The extreme Temperature
of 100 Of Farenheit's thermometer. Hi, II.
is despaired Of. Foy was committed for TIA.
PM
At the present session Of the cour, OF Or.
and Terminer there have been no less than TIRE,
trials for murder, in two Of whch convictions
have ensued, and in the third, sn acquiaI,,
is understood, took place solely on The ground
that the indictment did not cover the ytO.
case. Two Of these instances occurred 4.
mong persons in the lowest and most teer,dd
class Of society. One of the murders was ps,.
that SOuIIc anu SCtUC OF so many
crimes in this city,,he place known by the nam.
of the "Ffve Points" AS the city auhori,s
have had so much experience of the state Of
things at this spot, and as crimes OF all descrp
tions are committed there, from ordinary as;
saults and batteries to marslaughter and mur
der, and many of them in open daylight, and
even in the streets,we hope they will have Their
attention aroused to this subject, and that they
will undertake, in serious earnest, to apply,
corrective to the evils that have so long exist
ed. Indeed, we Go not see how it can be me.
elected any longer, if any regard is paid 10 lh.
safety Of the citizens, and the character Of III.
city. Daily adu.
N. YORK, MARCH. l5.-Some Of the Broke,
in Wall Street, aud we know not but all q
them, have this morning refused to buy.n.
Bills o! the hcw Jersey Manufacturing ndbma
ing Co. at Hoboken.