Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1830-05-06
ALEXANDRIA, D. c.
THURSDAY MORNING, NAY s. 1880.

per wines piteOusiy because we kexposed his
shameless disregard of the feelings of respect
able people, and his sympathy for the convicted
and uuconvicted peculators of the last Admins
tration. He processes much respect for the me-
mory of the dead. while he lacerates the feelings
of the living without conjunction, so far as he
can do it by the application of abusive epithet.
Telegraph.
1t is thus that the Editor of the Court Journal
endeavors to parry the thrusts that we gave him.
Unable to extenuate his brutality of conduct, in
riOting upon the ruined reputation of others, he
seeks to accuse US of having 'sympathy for
the peculators of the last Administration We
have already told him that the manly feelings of
human nature and of honor will not permit US to
rejoice at the ruin of friend or foe-what his SEN
timents on the subject may be, can be judged of
by his conduct. We are perfectly willing that
the sympathy he tells about should be con-
trasted with mis- own rule Of political warfare
merciless, savage, cold blooded, as it is.
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A young man named Hilcoren. coming up in
craft from one ofthe fishing landings on the ri
yer, was knocked overheard by the boom, off
town, I'm Tuesday, and drowned.
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attempt to Rob the Mah-The carrier of the
Mail from Fredericksburg to Dumfiies was shot
at on Tuesday night, about five miles below Dunn
fries. The man received severe wound in the
face, and fell from his horse; but the animal be-
ing frightened, escaped with the mail. and arrived
safe at Dumfries The mail carrier, it is thought,
will recover.
Great Failwe.-By the arrival of the barque
Monmouth, at Boston from Calcutta, intelligence
has been received that the extensive mercantile
house of Palmer & Co. stopped payment on the
4th January. There had been meeting OF Gre
ditors, aud the property was made over to as
signees for the benefit of the whole. The failure
is said to be for q Crosse of Rupees, equal to
t,cclce and half millions Of dollars. Messrs'
Cockerell. Trail s. Co. of London, were credit
ors to the amount of 940O. 900 sterling.
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| The Cincinnati Daily Advertiser of the 9th
ult. gives the following account of
ANOTHER STEAM BOAT EXPLOSION.
| We learn from letters brought yesterday by
the La Grange, from Louisville, that the Steam
Boat Caledonia, Captain Russell, on her way
| from New Orleans with heavy freight, % CABIN
and 400 deck passengers, burst her boiler about
II O'Clock A. IL on the 18th instant miles be-
low New Madrid By the explosion, 9persons
were killed and missing, badl y wounded, and
slightly so. Among the crew, were killed,
wounded and missing; among those missing, Is
Joseph Russell, brother to the captain. None of
the cabin passengers were hurt. as we learn.-
The hull of the boat was not injured, the engine
ONLY partiallv-one boiler only will be lost. The
cause the explosion is said to be defect in one
! of the boilers The names of the persons dead,
| lost. and wounded, will be given tomorrow.
We. the undersigned, passengers on board the
steam boat Caledonia. are actuated by sense OF
Justice. in stating that the distressing accident
| which has lust occurred, can, in no way. be i'm,
puted TO negligence. or any lack of care whatever
on the part of Captain Russell, whose feeling be-
havour on the occasion, is worthy OF our warmest
! commentator.
| 1t is further our belief that the explosion is
wholly ascribable to an original, but unknown de-
fectiveness in one of the boilers.
Francis p. Corbin, Richard IL. Anderson, Car
ter COPELAND, James Major. John Scott Har-
rison, Allen Harrison, r. Potter, Daniel Car
michael, Charles Merriam. Roderick Perry,
Jos. ]. Deww. Zepheniah Osgood, J. ID. Pres
colt, Jno. Caffeny, Asaph Dunbar, James NJ.
Harris, j. E. Geur, Saml. Payne, Peter D.
can. Asa Smith. Evan J. Huckill, J. A. Iharp,
| John Porter, f. Haskill. Geo. IL. hewitt, J.
d. Allen, JOS Ford, ]. w. Herriden. Logan
Harper.
Lrrtabiel Genius.-The Journal of health in
extracting the following remarks upon the '''rri-
liability of genius, observes, that neither friend
nor nh ysician can take any thing like just view
of the nature of bodily ailment, unless aware OF
their influence on the passions and emotions OF
the mind bv which the invalid is swayed' and OF
the sufferings growing out of the suspense and
anxiety OF his vocation.
La Harpe. an author by profession, observes
thot "a II has been shown that there are some
msladies peculiar to artists, there are also sor'