Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1831-01-24


.Tno. NcCobb. John l. FroJd.
Jno. Washington, Geo.E WASHINGTON
Edmund l. Lee,
And at meeting of the Directors on the fol-
lowing dav, RICHARD NJ. ScoTT was reelected.
for the one-and twentieth time, President of the
! Bank.
| The New York Mirror deserves commentators
for its excellent matter, and the very excellent
stvle in which it is printed. 1t is pleasing lite
rary publication, and deserves the encouragement
1t receives.
The last Mobile papers speak of the cold a,
being greater than experienced in that city for
manS wears. and within two degrees as cold asst
was in February 1928, when all the orange trees
in that city were DESTROYED
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The Comet to be seen early in the morning. is
in Serpentarius-its tail is about degrees long
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The New York Mercantile Advertiser contain.
letter from Senior Mosquera, late President Of
Colombia, which strengthens the belief of Boil.
vars decease. A paragraph in 1t says:
;. Ii was from the Chief Project we learned
that the IiberatOr, considering himself danger.
ousIy i'll, desired the Bishop Of Santa Martha 10
administer to him :. the Ilost;' and it was done
The same day on which the express was despatch.
cd to inform him Of the situation of the Liberaor
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The Portland {Maine) Advertiser contains the
following letter, which We can hardly believe to
be genuine:
"WAR DEPARTMENT, Nov. Is, 1850.
"SIR: You are fully aware of the various en-.
! have hp orfIin loi,
merely of this office. Besides these, CoDges,
will be IN session, and previousl many things are
TO be done, and all the estimates to be prepared
Thus situated. TO examine at once Into the
claims of Massachusetts and North Carolina bOt
| of which are now before me, is impractcable.
81 cannot perceive how this matter can be
arranged speedily. Hence your presence here
cannot be material. Business calling, YOU had
better return; and speedily as possible the clam
of your State will be attended to. and as you de.
sire. any matter arising, which is seemingly Ot.
jectonable, shall remain for your suggestions.
before final decision shall be made.
With great respect.
J. II. EATON.
&" Hon. J. DAVIS.
".4gent for Ae claims Of Mass"
The Baltimore American, in aludlng to the
advantages of :" Savings Banks" to the industri
GUS poor, as manifested by the annual report Of
the Baltimore Savings Bank; observes
'.frrhaps we could not better illustrate our
notion of the object and benefit of the
Savings Bank, than by relating an occur
rancel which took place short time ago ID
the banking room. An industrious and econOm.
ical mechanic made his appearance at the Bank
to draw from it the SUN of five hundred dollars
which he had deposited there some years agofn \
safe keeping. He had saved this sum from his
earnings, and being about to visit the interior "
Pennsylva MIA, with the intention of wOrking@ y
the Canal, he had deposited it, on the recommer
dation of his employer, in the Savings Bank
Returning to the city a short time ago, he pre-
sented himself at the bank. saying that as Re had
determined to go to the West, he would now
take with him the five hundred dollars that be had
left in deposite several years before. On turn
ing to his account the worthy President told him
that he was entitled to the sum of serea hundred
and eighty dollars. The depositor at first de-
cIined receiving any more than his original sum,
declaring that as that was all he had deposited
it was all he expected to receive. Being inform
ed however, that the increase was the Interest
which had been added half yearly to the deposie, H
and had thus accumulated at compound rate q
he remarked that it grew at that rate it hadbesi
remain; ad declined taking it away"
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The Schooner Emily was lately lost on Lake
st. Clair. The Detroit Journal contains parl
cuars. The following are the names OF the per
sons who were lost: Capt Bella Knapp, summe
Knapp. Mr.. Gilmore, Frenchman. and boy
who acted as cook. The remaining seven per-
ished; Judge Brakeman. the owner of the Emily
Jacob Randall, master, John r. Stephens, Rose
Newell, Francis Lazow, Mr.. Row, and NJ
Cobb. =
Many attempts have been made to obtain the
bodies, but without success, owing to the sever
y OF the weather. Two bodies, which appearr
rave been Iashed to the fore shrouds, are on The
op of the wreck, covered with ice, and oannC
De got off till the lake freezes.
The five who escaped were obliged to stay STAY,
lays in praire on an island without food. Inc
old was SO great they would probably have per
shed. had not Capt Knapp had the presence
hind to secure finder box in his pocket, arr
ut an axe in the boat.
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