Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1830-08-04

ire in Federal-st. among some sawdust OF bark tan
on the stage, used in the Cataract OF the Ganges
The stage was injured When discovered the
fire was near the scenery. 1t was supposed it
had been burning all night On Tuesday morn
ng an attempt was made to set fire to the shop of
Nessrs. Holbrook and WetmOre, boat builders,
Shows wharf A master boat builder has bees
arrested and is under bail.
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DIR. John d. UsHs.-fhe medica! profession
has met with severe loss in the death Of D.,
Joux d. WELLS of Boston. Mr.. Well, was
a professor of Anatomy aud Surgery in Bowdoin
College. Maine, and also in the University vi
MARYLAND, and at Pittsfeld, Mass.
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UnoIe OI-It is stated that in CONSEQUENCE.
ofinteIigence received at NewBedlord from Bre-
men. whale oil had risen to IL rix dollars, the
holders of oil at New-Bedford asked 81 cents
being an advance of from two to three cents,
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, Larpe cnrro.-The ship Arnold Welles. o.
Boston. Capt. Dewson, of the burthen Of So
tons, now living in Hamptun Roads. from Civ
Point. bound to Rotterdam, has on board sir hps
dred and .aceafy-f,oo hogsheads Of Tobacco, and
could conveniently carry seven hogsheads more
Norfolk Be"-oe
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CHARLES CARROLL, is the only one OF the sion
ers of the Declaration of independence, who sur
wives to the present time. JAS. MADISON, tie oni,
one of the Convention in 1897. which formed the
Federal Constitution. PAIXE WINoATE, the ONLY
one of the first Senators o! the L. States. when the
federal government was organized at New York
April l589-and EGRERT BENsoN. and Mr.. MA.
OLSON, the only two Representatives in the first
Congress. at the same period, who are living
Mr.. Madison was also member Of The old Con.
greSs, IN 1871.
The number of Passengers who arrived at tie
port of Baltimore during three months ending OF.
the 51st July, inclusive, is as follows
From Foreign ports, ...........l522
In coastiug vessels, ............."50o
Total 1881
We learn from the New York Courier, that a
Mr.. Philips of Newburg, while amusing himself
in the third row of the Park Theatre, made mis-.
step and tumbled from that elevation plump up.
on the stage. Being glorously drunk. he suffered
but little injury. The Courier adds;
.'On being examined to ascertain who he was
a pair of loaded percussion pistols were found
in his possession, aud it is shrewdy suspected
that he is a partzan of the editor of the L. S.
Telegraph-what added to this suppostou was
his declaration that Duff Is expected here in .
few days with supply of these weapons"
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The following notice OF singular wager is
taken from the Paris Journal du Commerce:
A gentleman is said to have laid wager to
drink glass Of water every quarter Of an hour,
from o'clock in the morning till midnight. un-
till the death Of the King of England takes place.
The bet was laid and began on the I'd of May.
and on the 9TH inst. the individual in question
was said toshold out still but his antagonist was
presenting him the glass of water with frightful
precision. The wager was for ga, 900 sterling.
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Mr. Bonfanti. advertses a new article in the
New York papers-a pocket umbrella which can
be expanded instantly to size calculated to
shelter from sun or rain.
| Ten thousand quarts of whortleberries have
been consumed in Fredencksburgh, Va. within
| two months.
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RICHARD CROWNINSHIELD
The following letter TO the Editor of the New
York Courier and Enquirer, will be found TO
possess an interesting notion Of this wretched be
| ing.
Richard Crowninshield, who committed 81.
icide in prison, was undoubtedly one Of the most
singular beings Of his criminal profession. which
history or fiction can show. Ever since he a.
tanned boyhOod his deeds have been characters,
ed with daring, hypocrisy, GOODNESS, defiance Of
all law, and calculation and ingenuity that
would have raised him to eminence in society,
had he received proper direction in his infancy,
His recent letters, written during his confinement
are but the part of plan to rescue not only HIM
self, but all his associates in crime. An Incl
dent is told in this place, which marks tie cool
ness and precaution with which he moved IN hrs
criminal pursuits. On the night on which tie
murder was committed, he complained Of aslls't
il disposition, and went to bed seen by the Tan
ily about 9 O'Clock. At eleven O'Clock, two
hours after. he again walked up some member;
of the family, and requested a preparation I"
medicine for alternating his indispositon. Da
ring the interval that elapsed between thee
events, he had left his room privately, rode to
Salem. perpetratcd the foul deed. returned aud