Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1830-11-10

Uerlord Hefdt@.
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Il New York Negro md henfuch'aa. I
long since gentleman from KENTUCKY was e'a"u
;nq at the door of one of our hotels "ne s "e
was about starting for the steamboat "'s
for some one to carry his baggage ana see,''S
spruce looking negro passing along ''s SUI
called out to him-Here.you Nlg,'aSe my """N
and carry il down to the boat
The negro stopped and raising his au'zA'nS
GLASS TO his eve, stared at the kentuckan VIII"
miyture of indignation and astonishheh''
Having scanned him sufficiently with his glass nc
ro, @ his hat an Independent twist to one s'u1 ,e
nuIled M his dicky about his ears, drew n",se'
nm to his fullest height. and thus rePiieu.-
. Did YOU dress that language to me, sir:
Yes. YOU black rascal want you to take
nv trunk 10 the steamboat"
'..InJeed. guess you came from the save
holdin states, didn't you, if may take the i'Der-
ty to ax?'' .c,r,.
:. Ay. YOU black dog-and what il did'-
You take too much liberty, can tell you.
:. Why am sure you must have come 'fo"
the slave states, otherwise YOU wouldn't treat
gentleman in this Supers'Hy manner J"Ir' ..a".
cause his skin isn't of the same colour OF your
own 49,.
s. Shut up your thick lip. o: + stlick my list
down your threat
I'VE don't have any gag laws III this state
We'll. you ought to have, to stop the mouths
of such saucv black rascais as YOU are. WISH
had YOU in Kentucky once
II spuse youd gOure ne then. But 'hahk
heaven. I.r, not in keNtGGky. and not slave.
neither. And what's more. undertake to tel
Won. MIR. impotence. tia. there's no SoueIng nor
.aninn in dis free state. and one man - as much
INSPECTED as another. if he behaves as WE'LL a.,
though ne is black n.an, Gr Mig, as YOU Cal
him Behavior makes the man. sir For my
mart. should be ashamed to show my face ''nona
.ther gentlemen. if dressed man III the Su
:, persWv manner YOU did me.
Having finished his speech, the dark coIoret
: beau again raised his quizzing glass TO his eye
and giving his antagonist a look OF lnetfahe dis
dam walked on; while the Kentuckian. amos
doubtipg his senses, wondered what sort OF ne
rubIican principle that could be which gives
black man as much liberty as white ono.
y. T. Constellation.
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d Fish !Story-We find the following two sto
:. ries in the Augusta Geo. Courier The highly re
:. spectacle editor of that paper doubtless sa" vi
+ transaction TO which he refers, and on that suppo
e stion we are bound to believe every items
4 much for having good character lhere
A. scarcely an editor, present con pany excepted
,. who could claim as much OF his readers.
4. Zone day trout fisher fastened his haad I'm
o. "a large strong line, whose hook is thrown o
ID so or 40 Yards in the river to his leg. finding til
:. multiplicity of his tackle announcement to manage
] A large catfish, weighing As pounds, seized til
i bait, and before our fisherman was well aware {
:. the fact he vas posting down the river faster tina
a tow boat astcrn Of steamer. Luckily, tn
10 catfish as much alarmed as its follower. did III
1t keep the deep channel. but attempted to pass
n. sand bar which nearly crossed the stream. Her
We our almost breathless acquaintance caught ho
sh of something which brought the fish tO a sudde
| halt. and the fisherman was enabled to avens
IN himself for his temporary discontinue. 1h
ut other case occurred only few miles above III
1t ci,v. The sturgeon in the heat of summer is VI
d. ~ sluggish and will lie painting like hog in tn
g coolest parts of the stream. regardless almost {
ch the approach Of danger. Our friend found on
IN of these ANIMALS seven and half feet long IN
ny shallow part of the river, and being much OF
II man. thought he could master him by jumpiD
~ astride of him, and. at the same instant clappn
he his hands into his ellis. He jumped. and WI
n. successful in placing the fingers of both hands
We the fshs gills. Instantly the animal darte
IN down the river like race horse, sometimes VI
wv der the water, sometimes out.-The rider cou!
ne neither stop him, nor get his hands out Of h
It, gills, which clasped them like vice. Fortunate
es " the frighted animal, after race of upwards
"a a mile. bolted into one of our friends own ii,
lie traps, and there the spectators who had pursue
a on the bank, finally found him swearing in Il
lie most positive manner, it was the last sturgeon
TO would ever ride"
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~, The Nature of Hame.-Flame is a rapid con
~ bustion Of volatzed matter. The tallow or Il
[r wax is melted and drawn up to the top Of Il
49, wick of the candle. Here it is boiled and col
va yerted into vapour, which ascends in the form
- column. This vapour is raised to such a ten
sr perature, that it combines rapidly with the OK
~ gen Of the surrounding atmosphere, and the he
II envoved is such as TO heat the vapour to whit
no no ness. Flame then is merely volatile. combust
~ bic matter heated white hot. The combustic
~. can only take place in that part of the column
- hot vapor that is in contact with the atmospher
ha namely. the exterior surface The flame of ca
IN die then is merely thin film of white hot vapo,
~ enclosing within quantity of hot vapoar who
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