Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1830-11-27
ALEXANDRIA, DC.
SATURDAY MORNING, E0H ~ ,spo

Bar .HHecG0ie.-ln case recently tr;od
Philadelphia. in which several days had been d 81
cupied with the examination of the testimonv y.
ter it WAS closed, it was agreed among the c' ~
sci, with the consent Of the judge, that the c,".
should be submitted to The jury without the n.n,,
discussion, and without charge. The iurv .a'
tired. dcliberated about two hours, then came :.
Ia coar:, and propounded question on no;a,
of law The Jude informed item that he c rri
not answer their inquiry without lnl ara"
ment: that in order to spare them from Iistrpn,,
TO speeches FOR several days. it had been a,rsass
TO leave the case to them; that If they Wis.,
they could retire aud make another effort TO scroa
After a little consultation, the jury Answered
that there was no probability of their agree;n:
The case .hcn proceeded, and they were TINS -
their own Instance. addressed by four gentIcman
Of the bar, and charged By the judge. They ao,m
went out, and returned in less than a quarter ~
al i:uar. and gave ;heir verdict Il is too com
mon 10 complain Of The speeches Of the ccunsc!
which. though sometimes tedious and unir,crss,
ing, almost uniformly direct attention to Il.
prints really Important, and can rarely fail 70
communicate Information. and TO facilitate ;nst
decision. We believe that, ia nine cases IN, 81
ten. whatever may be sad 10 the contrary. re
spectacle iur!es would prefer hearing the remark
both OF the lawyers and the Judge One such n
stance as this Is abundant. in answer to the com.
mon place remarks and taunts. frequently mads
at tiie expense o the bar. such as, that the ;urv
had made up their mind on the evidence: that
they did not regard what the lawyers said II
SD in any case. 1t involved manifest t,erelic,cn
o! duty; for II is the night Of every man that H.
shall not be judged unheard No case can sof
Ter from the commentaries Of men we'll yersed in
the law; and there Is no enlightened Judge. VIVA
will not bear witness to the Importance Of IegaI
arguments. II may be justly said that, with but
! few exceptions. the members of the bar in orr
community deserve the respect in which they are
held. and that there is no class in which greater
confidence is reposcd in the most delicate mat.
tcEs, and in which fewer have BETRAYED the,trus.
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| A correspondent inquiries il we adopt the ON.
mon OF Governor GILES, gHOicd By Us in ycstrr
| DAYS Gazette, concerning universal uajaoe;-.
We Go.
Tic Tallahassee Floridion Of the 9th instant
SAYS that - the late events in France having ref
dered it necessary for their esteemed fellow ci,i
zen. Col. Acuisi.u MunAr. to leave. for time.
that society TO which he had endeared himself,
by his hospitality and republican manners, tho
citizens, as an expression Of their esteem for him.
self and his anabe and accomplished lady. had
invited them 10 Ball on the evening of the 9th
Instant" To be given at the Planters Hotel in
that city.
The most eloquent and eminent of the French
Roman Catholic divncs, the ABBE DE LA MEx-
NAls, has proposed, in an able address to the Ro.
man Catholic Clergy of France. TO renounce all
whatever ,scripion-from the government and
throw themselves entirely for subsistence on the
picty and justice Of the people, as their flock.
"fN@s-
Master Burke, who appeared at the Park the.
atre on Monday evening, is spoken of in hi.h
terms by writer in the New York Evening
Journal. He played Nurval, saws the Journal,
with great skill and discrimination, and hi. &C.
ton was beautiful and appropriate. His perur.
nance the violin electrified the house, and be.
comes really Wonderful when we find it coupled
with the extraordinary merit of his other exhlOl.
tons. His Dr.. O'rooIc was a rich piece Of TO-
mic acting, true to nature, and Irish from beeln-
ling to end. Master Burke is the most astou.h-
ing phenomenon of precocity we ever witnessed;
he seems to have genius for every thing
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Cooper's new novel the Uater Uiich. may be
expected in a few days. The following notice
of it from the Philadelphia Saturday Bulletin
must tend to increase the desire of possessing
work of which all accounts sneak as one of grrl:
interest and merit.
The ~ aier Uich.-'fhis new work from the
pen of Mr. Cooper was received at Philadelphia
several weeks ago. since which the proprietors,
Messrs. Carey and Lea, have caused it to be ste
reOtyped, and it will he issued in a very lew
days. The work has been published at Dresden
We are told by those whose opinions on sven
matters entitled TO respect, that this no'ci -
fully equal to any thing Mr. Cooper has yet pro
duced. The scene opens in the hagboF OF Ne"
York, about all hundred Years AGO "hefe q
vessel (the Water Witch ensassu
in the honorable occupation Of SNUG ling Is u''l
covered quietly at anchor in one Of the mes =.
Staten Island. Near this inlet i, the couhu!
seat Of a wealthy Dutch Burgomaster. VINO Is 81
crctly concerned with the captain OF the "a'eI
Witch in evading the revenue laws. and w"o's
summer residence is j-dicously located IN 'ne VI,
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