Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1829-08-17
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worth, having on board Mr. M'LASE, Minis'er
to England and Mr.. RIvEs. Minister to France,
with heir respective suites, was lowed down 10
Sandy Hook yes erday by the steamboat Ben.
iamin Franklin, but came 10 anchor Inside the
Bar about sunset, the wind aud Tide bring un-
favorable TO proceed to sea. Commodore BID.
DIE, who goes out 10 assume be command OF
The Mediterranean squadron, Of which the Con.
stellalion is TO form part, with his Secretary
Mr. Chapman, also emba.kfn in the friga'e.
MELANCHOLY AccIpENT.-.On Thursday at
teruoun, while some laborers we're ernps"Yrd In
excavaling on tn line of the Canal which pass
es through this town, between ] HrrsoD AID
/ Congress streets, the bank sud-, My gave wav
and caught three before they could escape. A
laborer named Hicks was killed ontrigh'; he
was native of Charles county, Ma, d, and
has left wife and two h'ldrtn in " ash'"gton
| Mr.. REED. a very worthy md inals r'ou'
| young man, who acted as oversee II suPe In.
| tendent, was so much Injured al he rx 2lred
about o'clock the same evening. II IS Q iii'It
remarkable that Reed, who WAS always anxious
in caulioning the workmen agaIns, danger had
just descended from the top of the bank, no.
more than OF 10 feet, and was in lie aci oil
giving some directions with piek-aXe In his
hand when the accident occurred. we under
stand hat he had recently written TO his vile
TO come on with her two children and they are
hourly expected
The other person was seriously, but not dan
gerously, injured; having had his thigh broken
The laborers had resumed their work on this
section, after few days suspension, only on
Thursday morning, and were pursuing II with
alacrity. This is The fourth fifth accident
which has happened, either in Georgetown or
Washington within month Georgeto,sn COL
RICHARD H. BRsoNEs. Esq. was yesterday
appointed Cashier Of The Plant, rs Back oi
Prince Georges County, vice Trueman Tyler
Esq gned-.august 10.
1t is said to be very sickly in some parts Of
the adjoining county Of Shenandoah, although
the reports are doubtless exaggerated. Our
own County (Fredericl remains healthy. The
slckly season in 1924 commenced like the pre-.
sent, with heavy rains aud The counties W the
valley were the first sufferers - Winchester Rep
We were rather premature last week in an
nounc ing The completion Of The wafer works.
We alluded to he laying OF the main pipe from
The spring TO The centre Of the Town (opposiIe
the iai). The pipes for the cross streets haze
no, yet been received from Philadelphia, and
will not, we understand, for some weeks ,o
come The old wooden pipes in those streets
are consequently. for the present, attached 10
the iron pipe. This has uren done since our
last publication, and was completed on Tues
day, when the waller was lei in and conveyed
through The town. Ibid.
HEALTH OF New ORLEANS On this subject
the New Orleans Courier Of he Esd July says
During the las, ten days we have been favor
ed with refre shiug showers every day, which
prove ed very favourable 10 health. The cases Of
Yellow Fever do not appear 10 have increased
much during that time Many uDacclimaicd
persons have lel' the place, and althoug' the
Charity Hospital is flied, the sickness appears
principally confined to seamen and persons a.
mone the shipping"
HEALTH OF PENSACOLA The Gazette of tie
2lsl ul. states that Pensacola was. blessed with
an unusual degree OF good health at that dae
The ship Bingham, one Of the trans ports EN-.
ployed 10 convoy part Of the Spanish troops
from Havana to Mexico, has put INFO New
Orleans in distress, with loss Of foremost and
other damages. Sue has on board 500 troops
The Arkansas Gaze te If July IS, announce:
the entire destruction Of Cdnfonmenf Totcson or
Red River The President had ordered the
troops to Cantonment Jessup, Louisiana;-
when the people Cor portion of ragmuffins
few days after assembled, SCI fire 10 he Bar
racks. and totally demolished he whole estab-
lishment 1t is pretended tina, the removal Of
the troops left that frontier too much exposed;
anC that their resentment burst out in this mis-
| chievous flame.
Is a white slain or wounded? Eight hun
dred newspapers publish il in all dire etions, bu
! the children Of the forest are massacred by rhs
worse than savagss, VINO often compose oul
frontier population, often in cold blood otter
upon the slightest preenoe, often when they
have given the original provoc alton, and acct
dent only informs the world of,h- fact
Richmond Wing.
The death Of Miss Turner is noticed in N
II Gazette who died OF dropsy. In the cours.
of her disease she was 'apped twenty four times
:he first on the 2sth of July, 1927; and the las
on he Slst May 1929, (,bout once month
] the appreya amOUt of whicn WAS 1;ns hmm.