Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1830-04-14

>. Laws, Post Ollce, Navy, and Z. >.
Treasury advertisements, &c. per an
nun. about .........s.... 500
George ". H;H, publisher of the Vermont
Patriot, publishing l. 5. Laws and Post
Office advertisements, abOut......... l75
Ditto, as Postmaster at Montpelier, (Vt.) 600
Richard H. .3yr, brother-in-law TO the Cd
Comptroller, appointed Naval Store
keeper AT Portsmouth,. ......"...........2,2 900
John Il. Redins, Editor of Democratic
Republican. for publishing L. 5. Laws
and Pest Office Advertisements. about....l15
Do. as Postmaster at Haverhili, ..... 800
Making the amount of L. S. - Treasury
Pap annually received by the afore-
said family Of Patriots, about. ".S6.Sl0
To this should be added the patronage of the
Government of this State:
Horatio Hill y Co. for publishing Laws
of New Hampshire, Non Resident Adj
refreshments, Probate Advertisements.
Printing for Secretary. Treasurer, and
Legislature, estimated at..................SS0
John r. Reding, for publishing Laws of
New Hampshire, estimated at. ...........l5O
State patronage. .'...'.......'"S $3.50
U. S. do......... ......................6,81 $40
s7,76o
And all this exclusive of the profits of the Mail
Contracts. Was ever disinterested patriotism
more literally rewarded?
This enormous sum of money is sufficient to
hire si1ty,fow Mborers at Sl2O each per an
num-! Andyet this pensioned family have not
received all they expected. Isaac aspired-o be
Post Master General, with salary of six thou
l. a,l ,aJ fn.'
Concord Post Office. and would have received it
but for the symptoms of rebellion in the party
here. Thes two offices would have swelled the
sum total to about Sill, $50, equal to the annual
wages of ninely-tour laboring men at the rate of
ten dollars month. We doubt not the Jack
son ..bone and muscle of New Hampshire are
satisfied that this is perfect equality. and the end
COMPTROLLER a most sincere and disinterested
friend of economy and retrenchment. 1t would
be downright federalism to think other wise
N. II. Journal.
-esseSE1se
APPOINTMENTS BY THE PRESIDENT,
BIZ and ,cih the alriee and consent otthe Senate
Daniel M Ds,reH, of New Hampshire, to be
Attorney of the United States for the District OF
New Hampshire, in place of Samuel Cushman'
rejected. -.
James ". EI,nn, of Florida, to be Marshal of
the United States for the District of West Flo
rida. in place Of Adam Gordon, removed
-asss6ss3op
Iac1rceyation.-Fro the essays OF Howard
we publish the following pictures OF the horrors
of Imprisonment for debt, as illustrated In New
York.
..ln the wear 1905. the yellow fever ragged IN
this CITY with relentless fury. Every where the
citizens fled from the destructive pestilence;
the rich resorted to the seats of fashion and pleas
ure the poor sought refuge in those shelters pro-
v;ded in the suburbs of the city by. the benevo-
Ience of our active corporation. Humanity eX-
erted herself in favor of every class OF the COM
munity-except the debtors
Among the prisoners who endured the mae
scri5able horrors of this season, there was one
named Smith. His wife and two daughters Kept
a boarding house in Water-Street. lhey were
ton rich to be included in the class that was pro-
yided for by the corporation. and too poor to sup
mort the expenses of an exile in the country
They were. however. preparing to tax the TREND
shin and charity of some OF their neiShoors ior
little loan of money to enable them to move WIN
their boarders to Greenwich, when MT. onith
was arrested for small debt and thrown IN prison.
:
ro;nbhors Aed-and. to increase the miseries OF
Mrs. smith. the boarders, who had hitherto con-
tributed to her support. fled also, and shortly
after. herself and daughters fell victims to the
prevailing epidemic.
And, will YOU believe it? no entreaty, no BRIDE
within the fathers power, could prevail on any
one to 20 to his house to bring HIM information OF
the state of his family.
'rbe first and last information this unfortunate
f,ther ever received of his family, was in the
newwspaper-they were buried IN POtter's Field
:. Mans iahumaniiy to man,
Mikes countless thousands mourn. .
..Tbe father served awhile in Jail, hli at
IL ao.Jed hv his suffering, he forged check
on tSe Manhatten bank-was transferred to Bride
we'll and from thence, after trial and CONVECTION
to the sns ISs1sepS i sfvsn sas
D., umsy;ted suffering he exulted in his crime
ogd heard to rather to be be-,
criminal than debtor in this country, Tor that
society here furnishes the criminal WIN e sy to