Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1829-07-30

lowing ful! snd complete account Of the trial
If Mrs. RoYALL, from the New York CONNER
-, furnished by the Washington Correspon-
Ian. &C that paper. We expect others will be
=. much disposed TO laugh as we were, when
they read II; NM ,,
For wan, Of something mere worthy OF your
;,h,,y and various columns. srnd you some
p,',n, Of q trial which has rxci ed some IN
So, aud occaSionrd some qualification among
-. h,srs of he ludicrous. / do not refer to
.Ss rial Of DR. Watkins, Enough that has be-
IN. a ,r,si-comcAy, at which one scarce
raou< whether most To laugh OF 10 cry) but
~, ,be redaubyable Mrs. Anne Royal. AS
-, have been in the presenGr, and possibly
=, admitted % kiss hands, need MOI describe
- 90, tina. rulv royal parsonage Her brazen
C,on,. ,wlnklinc eyes, and Biiingsga'e voice,
ar, II pres Mt | Jarr say, 10 your fancy. nhe
his Ion, been putting TO Irial the public for
h,,rapcp in " a,hing,on, which has been to her
city IF refuge. Driven from Alexandria by
he ,br,a, of being cared and dumped down.
hevond tive ely bounds, and from Richmond,
by he hrsl steps OF process Tor imprlson'
,n,n,. shr Gvoured us with her angus presence
IN The metropolis. where, by dint oil bras, Deg
DING add scrihbing, she las coHlr'Ve1 10 ge'
her bread and cheeSe together with great
,,rs Wih unahashed face and an indomiN
table assn ance, she mas pushed ne sell into the
audience rooms or ali The Heads OF Depart
nent. aud, as is said. into thai OF the freslden'
himself, & whose friendship s0e makes loud
boastO Good, easy Mr.. Carroll, VINO h $ more
houses than erInt.. and more 'rna"'s 'han
rents. permitted her ~ inhGbit lafge, desc
late three-slory house Of his on Capitol HILL,
m he neighborbood Of a building frequently
used for holding religious meetings, and on
SUNDAY mornings for the assembtngsof Sun
DIV school. Attic window op osI'e this build
ing the old belle her was IN the hahlr Of
Is ablShirg hersetf and era flying her malig-
nifty, b, lOlJly ridIculing, and grossly insulting
the teachers, Of both sl4es, who are engaged
in the benevolent work of gra,ui'ously Iu-s
s,uctlng the poor. Nay, the poor children
them s. ives could not escape, but were btrated
as b!ackgudrds, beggars, impudeni Nar'eis,
&c while the teachers were Ia"nIngiy asked,
why hey did no. converi hem why they
drd not leacn them mannerSS Whether these
were their Christians? with other questions in
the same s'rain So far was this Carried, tina,
some Of the young ladies were actually Nfraid
10 pass Nor could they come within hearing,
without having themselves outraged BY lam
gulge, TO which no delicate female could lis
ten. The Mayor was appealed to, bul in vain:
4 and, a, eRgth an info m iion was lodged with
tn Grand Jary. accompanied by lis OF the
mos! equitable Witnesses. Mr. Swan, our adroit
and learned DsIrir, i,torrey after po,v lcotDing
over the mater long whilr, This hlunders IN
the CASE oil Watkins being DOUBLE before his
eyes, at length produced an indictment; TWO
counts OF whi' were quashed BY the Court
On one OF them. hnwtser, after a delay OF more
than week, the lady vas al length brought TO
tlhl. bring escorted in a earn ,ags from her lodg
ingS by loison d'Or, in the shape Il Con-
stable. Sc had engaged the services OF Nh
Coke, lawyer OF great aculrne.s, who was
much amused a. being retained by client OF
so novel a character.
The ppearance the prisoner loudly greet
ed hN the boys round the door, aud the reading
oil the I"dlc MINT. "xri.ed much mir h through
the court rom. BIZ these smiles all vauished
On he examination Of thc frs witness for he
prosecutions, Who ,es' 6e1 70 outr ,gss on the
Hm .!r part of his family, SO gross and abomi
GaNl', MA general '--lIng Of ndigostion put
every tong OF tie iudlorrus to flight The only
Pforccaii tor this usage was rte tact that the
senthman Inns, n was an elder in the church
his sun prominent and active promoter ofev-
cry 'hlec' Ut p'ous and bsne' Hen 'haracter,
ana hs dAughte~, very timd, difhden', re-
ar'ng girl, one Of the Sahba,h School teachers
Noe OF ,.e family ha;' done asghi 20 pro, oke
The nIago; ye' >hs had not ceased To pour out
oney'ry one 4 In, m torrents # he most Coarse,
vulgar and obscene lango age, unrI they could
nor app al even al the window, OF their own
hn"se. Other Witnesses IS flied n the abuse
81 sisters and mother,, (ior had she conh"ed
her attacks To men alons, the prosecution would
1'ver have been under aken,) end tha' both In
The public street and in their own houses. Tn
te"Im'ny on the part of The prosecution being
el0sed. that on behalf Of he prison followed
and here he farcical part of h@ ,s,ne com.
menced She had sent summons f"T her al
Reed friend The President; bu, hr did not wish
ohgpre in such field, and was very p"operly
excused. Not so his secretarv--s SIMMONS
s'o'ing inefft clual she Issued a subpoena, when
10, Mr. Eaton. nobsas volsns, had 10 max his
Rain,r .,reSSr, for time ht WAS