Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1830-03-24
FRANCE.

The winter has been unusually severe In
France. From the ed to the Oath January. the
snow covered the earth, and the cold was then so
intense that many projectors lost great part OF
their wines: in freezing it broke the barrels and
bottles in whichit was contained. In the cOun-
try the flocks persisted for want of food, and al
Sc for want of water; the trunks of the greater
part of the great oaks have broken with much
noise. The birds fell dead from inundation and
cold. in the commuae of St Seindra there were
found forty dead on the walls where they had
come to repose on the terrible night Of the eth
to the 28th Dec. The heaths are covered with
geese and wild ducks, who will allow any body
easily to approach them; and the merchants are
supplied with quantity of game, hares and rab-
bits, and birds of every kind so abundantly that
they sell at low price.
Nj. Capgrand. an apothecary, at Sos, little
town in the department of Lot and Garonne,
writes to friend in Paris thus In this town sit
uated leagues from Agen, and in the 44th de-
gree of latitude, the centrigade scale marked on
the 2Sth of December IA deg. below zero, and .
on the night between the 9TH and 9Th of Jan.
great body of snow having fallen, the thermome-
ter remounted to deg. but at the moment when
NJ. Capgrand was writing, it had fallen again
and the weather threatened again to become as
rigorous as IN December.
The Journal du Commerce states that great
number of French prisoners are still detained in
the Asiatic provinces of Russia.
Three young French Missionaries recently ar
rived in the back settlements of the Cape of Good
Hope-the first sent by the French Society of
Evangelical Missions that have ever visited that
country.
The plague had been introduccd into Pisa, by
Russian family from Turkey-The small pox
had recently made great ravages in that city.
-asseaeese-
Lore and Money.-A suit was brought to re-
cover damages in the Court of Common Pleas in
this city, somewhat of novel and peculiar char
acter. 1t was commenced by Tobias Lower Us.
Carrot Green, for having intercepted some five
or six love letters between him and the dear OBJ
ject of his alteration, Eliza Green, sister of the
defendant. 1t seems that Tobias, the picture of
simplicity, and fair subject for the pencil of a
Hogarth, was employed by the defendant on board
of Skipper sailing on the North River, as COM
mon workman, Of which defendant was captain
Tobias. from various and considerable reasons,
discovered strong and ardent passion for this
lovely idol ofhis hearts affection, which betook
him strongly to contemplate the extasies of the
married life. Green, the defendant, aware of
this, made it the subject of laughter and merri-
ment and practised upon the delusion of poor To-
bias in such manner as gives us reason to doubt
its moral propriety and tendancy. Green person
flied his sister, and wrote the love letters alluded
to and sent them to the plaintiff. They were an
swered in terms of unbounded passion, which af-
forded infinite meriment to crowded court. Sew
eral witnesses were sworn to prove the allega-
tons laid in the declaration, all Of whom either
suspected, or knew it to be a joke. At last the
young lady herself was sworn, and being asked if
she knew Tobias. answered that she did but had
scarcely ever spoken to him. The counsel for the
plaintiff submitted with much grace to nonsuit,
and declared to his honor that he should pursue
with unfeeing rigour the cruel conspiracy against
his CLIENT happiness.-N. T. Eue. Jour.