Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1831-08-26

,,.,og. are done in the green tree, "na' may
&c, in the dry:" If the acts OF the
,,o,,aiag Administration are thus oppose" anu
., this early stage Of the contest what
co., 80, sx,ect when more light is dissent
.oI when further developments are made:
a. ,l''1 So, # the National Republicans will be
.;,h .,ccess--the reign of terror
\ 4 BE- Oyer,Arown
. cho,ji 4 Ghosl,-Tbe Albany ghost sto-
-. ,.,, ooiny the rounds in the newspapers
:, no New York Commercial mentions SINH
:, -, cOrrence in that city ia the year looo' 10
,.,;.h the editor says he was an eye witness
". can add with equal truth. but with no better
.,ilo,oohieal explanation, another to make The
,nwb-r three. A few years since, not
r,o,e than four or FIVE, young woman fe'i',os
nj ii, family Of respectable mechanic 0' "'s
,,rn was haunted in precisely the same MANNER
evening, that the noise, instead OF a Knocking
c,s a tremendous scratching, and although the
,Jirct was apparently much alarmed, co"su'-
aA m, ersue. The house was visited night
~, ri.h,, BY the religious and irrelislons, be-
I,,,,,. and unbe,ieyers. scientific and ignorant.
I'M, never any discovery made. All was mys'e'
~. and so remains up to this day. The super
.,itous were greatly alarmed, aud even the SMUT
-, be,rts for a moment startled, We are not
ourselves superstitious, but yet should have been
ratified by satisfactory solution Inc most
nlausibe reason we ever heard assigned was that
the Young woman was supposed to possess IN a
superior degree the powers of ventr'Ioqu's" -
Finally, the master of the house was co'npelled.
for his quiet's sake. to dismiss her, and we have
not heard Of her since. But that she Is " out OF
her teens" we might suppose that she Is now In
Albany, acting fer the amusement OF the " ! orK-
.rs." When here. she only performed at night,
aud seldom when there was much light in the
room, but always to :. crowded houses"
We 6ud the the following in the Boston Cen
tinel. A rumor reached our ears last evening,
that a long letter had bcen received here from Mr..
Rush in support Of Mr.. Clay as candidate for
President.
Ehe OHIO Independent Press announces the
death Of the Hon. James Shields, Representa-
tive from that State in tie last Congress.
We perceive froma notice in the Western Re-
serve Chronicle, that the citizens of Ohio are
about to meet and send Delegates to the Nation
al Republican Convention al Baltimore.
A meeting of the citizens Of Portsmouth, n.
H. has been called fnr the purpose of choosing
Delegates to the proposed Antl-raritf' Conven-
non az Philadelphia.
The officers and seamen Of the U. S. schr.
Porpolse, under the command Of Lieut.. Com.
John Prrclyal, made a subscription for the relief
Of The sufferers at Fayetteville, on learning Of the
r'nt1sratiOn Of that town. The amount cohtri-
husd, two hundred dollars, says the Boston Dali
Is Advertiser, was short time since transmitted
from The West Indies to gentleman in this city
aud by him RENTED to the proper authorities al
Fayetteville
The Oueans Argus of the 5;h INST. repeats the
''''rance Of the continued good health of thai
NV
Havana is represented as being perfectly heal
NY To the 18th inst.
'ap'aH hu'tleson, Of the ship Brighton, a
W." l"tS from Hamburg. reports that the Chole
'Tas raging IN the ports in the Baltic, and hat
%a'e" appearance at Brontheim and Archangel
sup masters and seamen had suffered severely.
vi herE'en passed through New York on Sa
,'ua! asst on his way to Northampton, wher
y SAID ne has sou at school.
O's'res'ng Shiprreek. Lady Sherbrook
nun Londonderry for Quebec, was lost. night o
''n UT on Cape Ray, n. F. and out of Is seame,
aUO %0' passengers, only the captain, mate,
>@'e" ana Q passengers we're saved.