Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1830-04-19

an ldle rumor having been In circulation. in
our neighborhood, that the bills drawn upon &C.
count OF the loan negotiated by the Cities of this
District, In Holland, had been protested for non
acceptance, it may net be amiss to state that. al
though the interval of time since they were drawn
has been very short indeed, yet, owing to the late
very short passages from Europe, advices have
already reached this city, that the bills have he as
duly hOnored and paid, as there was never for a
moment reason to doubt tfat they would be.
Nat. Int
APPOINTMENTS BY THE PRESIDENT.
By and ,Uith the adpice and consent otthe Senate.
| Thomas Il. Johnson, to be Collector of the
Customs for the District, and inspector of the
Revenue for the Port of st. Mary's, in the State
of Maryland, vice VIM. H. Plowden, removed.
John 3. Murphy, to be Collector of the Gus
toms for the District of Teche, and Inspector of
the Revenue for the port of Franklin in the state
of Louisiana, vice Joseph Aborn, deceased.
-ssaaseS0essea-
Baltimore. .4prH l6.-We understand that
one of our police officers, named DEIoER, in ell
deavoring to arrest yellow man named DENT.
yesterday morning, under State Warrant re-
ceived so severe wound on the head from
brick-bat thrown by the latter, as to cause his
death last night. Dent was arrested and is now
in confinement is represented as a most
desperate fellow; and after the preparation of the
deed made several daring attempts to escape. He
was formerly an inmate Of the Penitentary,
whence he has not been long liberated. Gazette
s@aHas.-
Horses.-The following hints concerning the
management of Horses were lately published in
the New-York Enquirer, under the signature of
of fha IL
Farrier." Mr.. {. says, 81 presume none of
my fellow-citizcns will doubt bat have acquired
some knowledge of the structure and economy of
the horse, after fifty years extensive practice"
- A great number of fine horses are DESTROYED
in this country by those that have them placed
under their care. 1t is custom to wash horses
with cold water, sometimes after hard driving, in
the hottest time of the year, by which practice |
have known many of them take the lockjaw and
die; others have been foundercd by only wash
ing their legs and feet; it stops all perspiration
and produces violent fevers. No gentleman in
England will permit his horses to be washed; the
horse is not water animal; he wants the parti-
cular fostering hand of Care, when placed in
domestic state.
"AnOther bad practice prevails: the grain is
thrown into the Manager without sitting, and sand
Orgrave being heavier than the grain, it will settle
down on the stomach Of the horse. few years
past brought stone from horse which was
believed to have been formed by thus feeding.
placed the stone in Peale's Museum! 1t is as
large as goose's egg and cased round like
cocoa nut shell.
{" would suggest better plan for building
stables. than than in use at present All stables
should be well ventilated, so as to admit con-
slant circulation of fresh air, without which horses
are continually breathing on their lungs foul pu-
trid matter. No stall should be less than five
feet wide, as the horse, like man, wants to stretch
himself when lying down to rest; many horses
have died in the night, by being confined in mar
row stalls and being tied with rope round their
necks. All horses should have head-stall hal
tiers, with a rein on each side that should run up
and down with blocks, in pulleys, on each side of
the stall. The manger should draw in and out
like draw in bureau, or desk; by being thus
fixed as have described, the horse will rise with
ease; but on the old plan. the horse, by struggling
to rise. often gets his head under the Manager.
and is found dead in the morning. The hay
racks should be placed in front of the stalls, and
not on the side:''