Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1829-11-17
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A Milledgpyille, Geo. correspondent says
nfor IA wears there has not heen known so a
bundant a crop Of corn as that oil the present
season. As respects Cotton the accounts are
cont. adic ,ory."
YALE CoLLEcE.-The Conneclicu, Herlad
states hat the number OF students which have
entered this establishment The present Term
evinces its continued prosperity. Above one
hundred have entered the Freshman Glass
The aggregate will be larger than usual and il
has been for many years greater than that Of
any similar institution in the country.
BRITISH CoLoxIEs-It is stated in the Black
woods Magazine, that the Duke OF WelIlngton
is 20 bring forwad measure at the nex' SEES
sion Of Parliament, the object Of which viii be
to relieve the IOWA from all expense IN the
gove,nmeni Of The Colonies. Tue wri,er fears
the experiment. He thinks such measure
will weaken toe Empire, and thai The Colonies.
if compelled 10 support themselves will set up
for hi mselves.
When the Roman Empire began TO decline the
Roman Colonies were "nr BY one abandoned; so
he thinks, il will b, with Gfea, Britain. There
will ,h,n he no more Rating cas'les-no
more thunder on The drep-no more Aginoourt,
nor Polo nor Cresses, nor Benheims,
nor Wa,erloos!"
Letters from Mr.. M'Lanr; 10 The latest dates
from London, have been received a. Whining
ton, BY his family He had not been i'll, except
from srasickness on his voyage GU,
LARGE VEeErAsLE.-h potatoe, presented
to one Of the Edi ors Of Boston, which weighed
a no small number Of ounces; has been f'und
to be a pleasant hoar! The Pc atoe had been
formed Of fourteen diff rent pe,ees, so well
fax eurd ,oeetner as to deceive the eye. The
author Of this ,rlck should Ike u, patent
for sising large veger ables-E Eastern paper
RaisINs The editor Of the Troy, n. Y. Sen.
,iuel, says he has r,ceived specimens Of raisins,
prepared by NJ. Learned Of Lansipgburg, from
grapes raised this year in his own garden -
They were made from the Wni:e Madeira
rape, or sweet water as it is usually called.
az d cost no other 'rounle Than cutting IF The
cluster and putting hem twice into 81 oven az.
ter baking bread. DR.. Spafford Of the same
place, has also made excellen, rdisins from his
own grapes this year, with very iItle 'rouble (;
one specis Of his Ct pc is the same thu
from w"tch the bloom raisiD is made.
Yesterday morning, be ween seven and eight
O'Clock as i young man was passing along
Broad Stree be- we, Fiber, and Arch, his
tentiou was attracted bv seeing hlanke, are
fully wrapped up, lying in an alley leading ta.r
from Bred street Upon examining il, il was
f.ucd 10 cou' ain living male infant, appsr n
ly abon, two days DID, together wi SOM
chili'. cloh hing, and letter enclosing nv
doll r note, and promising the Under, lwhnev
err il might bel further supply al future pc
rod The child was taken to the house Of M
Hamilton, in Arch, fw doors brloN Brood,
where it sill! remains. - Philad .aurord.
BRIEF CoRREsPoNpENcE = The Toll" wing cor
rrspondence, which mas been handed In US for
publication, is said to have occurred on Mon
day last. A dandy wishing to enquire if a tai
Tor would give him credi for a coat, wrote
thus:
CIrY HOTEL, Oc, 49, 1899
SIR-Coat on tick? Please answer. Yours
I. u
THE REPLY.
MONDAY Oct ls, 1929.
SrR-It wont answer. Yours, C "
" J. Mirror
.ayrobic Translation Of Male Brun. The
Egyptian, in Paris have translated The Geog,
raphy Of Malt Brun into ARABIC. The, have
received orders to translate it into Tux.
ish also One of rhese pupils is to engrave
selection OF maps made from the aliases of
Male Bun.
JERusALEM-From paragraph in the Morn
ing Herald, we Learn that there i. re port that
Rothsrtiid has boughI Jerusalem Perhaps
the purchase money is be applied towards
psyirg the $50 600, 900 demanded, a, D. said for
indemnify nv Russia. On late TOUR TO he
ives, we were surprised and shocked 10 learn
,ha, the corner sone of he greai city Of Ararat
WAS lying among heap Of rubbish in General
Porter's cellar. Perhaps IS the Governor md
Ia L. Il oht II;
formal v, Cor The commencement Of a New
Jerusalem somewhere might be If use in an
Glen, Salem. Perhaps too, on the commence.
wen, If he nexr al ministrs,iUr, h. Governor
and Judge my End leisure 10 carry il over
himself-N. 7. Gem.