Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1830-07-26
ALEXANDRIA, ID. {.
uOYD.aY MORNING, JULY 26, 1850
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elastic tmosphere-being warmeroy one ueSS'e'
than it has been this season.
The New-York Daily Advertiser states. that
among the mul,pie,: places OF resort from tna'
city. few are more cheap or agreeable man recAs-
Kill. Sinr-Sing. and rarrytown. Wcdare say,
that Charles Tilghman and Elias Warner, each
OF whom has lust been sentesced By the \. orN
Court of Sessions to five years imprisonment IN
the pententiary 1T Sing-Sins, vii! soon be aoie
and disposed to cOrroboratc at least part oi ths
statement.
The editor of the New-York Commercial Ad-
vertiser. SAYS. We must be permitted to con-
duct our own business Our correspondent does
NOT seem to be aware, that any editor who should
struggle TO please every body, every day, would
find himself in the lunatic asylum III week.
The Concord Gazette states that two maniac
hro,hers named MAYNARD, had been chained Iii
ono apartment in Sudbury for some years. A
few DAYS since, some fruit was given to one, and
the rest offered TO The other at which the former
in treat race broke loose and stranslcd his bro
thcr before the keeper could interfere.
..Why Is the heat like an emcamped army
was propounded to US yesterday by an atroclous
punster Dye ycitup! because 1t is m-'enfs. !"
We observe by the Ncw-Yors papers that 4
nerson very III with tie Small Poo, had escaped
from the Quarantine Grounds and came into tie
CITY. After getting into the City, he became $"
faint as not 20 be able to proceed, and sat down,
in which situation he was discoycred by the 70
lice and seat to the Hospital.
A Connecticut paper boasts that the citizens
of that neishborhood, ''do not oolishly adopt the
fashions OF the cities, that change with "evcry
changing moon'-and adds, that "a large mum
Der Of the people are seen at church every sab
| bath. with the same dress they wore ten years
ago.
4 gentleman from the west informs us that the
| Irish turnpikers, who two years ago we're ready
to mob any traveller who did not hurrah tor Jack
son. have. since the veto, all turned against him.
by by souI, he's taking the bread out OF our
mouths" say they.
Letters from Rome, dated Nav 18th, mention
the serious illness of Cardinal Fesch, and state
that his life was despaired of. 1t 1t said that he
has bequeathed portion of his fortune for pIous
works, and but little to his family. His Sister,
Madam Letitia Bonaparte, whose death was an
| nounced in the papers. has nearly recovered from
| her late severe accident.
Rapid circulation of the Premium Tract, Die
kenson's .4ppea! to american Youth on Temper
ance. 147, 900 copies have been distributed dur
ing the last six months. The Journal OF Huma-
nifty says of this tract Into the hands of the
young it should be put universally, as gift more
precious than silver or gold"
At present there are four candidates for the
crown of Greece: The second son of the King of
the Netherlands, Prince Albert Of Prussia, the
Prince of Hesse, and the Bavarian Prince.
The Ncw-York Commercial Advertiser says:
" Mr. John Turner, one of the veterans of the
editorial fraternity in this city, who has been for
many wears one of the proprietors of the Gazette,
sails for Europe this day, to recruit his health
We hope that his wishes may be realized, and
that his voyage may be pleasant one."
We are pleased to fnl by the annexed para
graph. that our friends of Delaware are zealously
at work in the maintenance of those principles in
which the prosperity of the country are SO deep
| ly concerned.
"Bv letter from Dover, we learn that the Ma.
tional Republican meeting on Saturday last, was,
notwithstanding the excessive heat of the day,
largely attended. Mr.. Clayton. the able Sena-
tor of this State. was presen and addressed the
meeting with his usual elOquence and effect
Our friends are united, firm aud active-pro-
ceedings in our next" DEL Journ.
"Whep," said Mr.. Burke, II have an inevi-
table evil to deal with, cast about how shall
make it as small an evil as possible, and draw
out of it some collateral good' This maxim may
be applied even to excessive heat.
Cool Remedy.-A woman was carried before
magistrate in London, charged with being
common scold. She pleaded jealousy, and the
influence of the natural tongue. The magistrate
advised her always to take a mouthful of cold wa
ter, and keep itin her mouth until her passion
over.
.4'isn Passengers-A provision has been
adopted by the Common Council of New York,
of considerable interest to captains and ship-own-
ers engaged in the foreign trade, particularly
with France and the United Kingdom. 1t au.
thonzes captains and owners Of vessels bringing
alien passengers into port, to commute for them
at the rate of 81 per head, instead of 81 so. As
the law stood before, it was optional with the
owners, &c. of vessels, introducing such pas
scngers either to give bonds to protect the city
against all charges incurred for their support du-
ring two years after th.ir arrival, or to pay a
commutation fee of 80 SO for each person.
an Ifr,no The citizans of p.rruaIi w..