Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1831-05-13

duce to the public veal, and what is to be il =
fiueuce upon the destinies of our beloved COUNT
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The last number Of the - Cabinet of N,,,..,
History" a work we have before mentioned !.
interesting, and the plates elegant and natur,I
This is an American undertaking, deseruu, rs
encouragement.
The "Lady's Book" though received 0e,.
entirely out of time, is welcome when il dos'
come, as very excellent produc ton, aud answer
ing exactly the purposes for which 1t was design.
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A public dinner was given to Mr.. BERsTry;,
Savannah On the 18th Instant.
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We are requested to say, that Charles Shirley
Garter, is a candidate for the House Of DEL:
gates from the County of Prince William
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There was severe frost at Boston on Thur,
day night last, by which is feared the peach and
cherry trees have suffered.
A Frenchmau. in his recently published "rOq,
through England remarks that .'punch iual
shapes Isl great favorite with the English.
punch is his favorile liquor-Punch his hyOn.
entertainment-and puneh on lis hcaj ash
yorite argument"
The Painsv,lle Ohio Gazette. gives Us d,
following latest account Of the new Religions,
of the west:
;. Last Thursday evening. for the first timeue
heard a rismaroIe called Mormon sermOa l.
was delivered by 'teacher' by the name Of Pratt.
who has returned from the far west. His obiec,
was. of course, TO establish the divine ORIGIN Of
his Book, by showing that he had as good Ell.
dcnce for il as we have for our scriptures t.
make out the comparison, he made lean and je
June attempt to weaken the evidence Of The e.
veaed religion and insisted, that they all depend
ed on human testimony and Of no better author
ty, than that by which the Mormon bible iat
tempted to be established. In short, werehm
that he professed to come in the name Of tie
Lord we should have considered his discOaw!
miserable effort to promulgate lnhdellty."
By the :. far west' mentioned above. weaE
pose the land of promise is intended the R,
country whittier the Mormonltes are jGGrneyI:
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upon Peaye as follows:
a friend stopped us on Saturday. at the Coz.
ner of the street, to read US bultonhole Iecu.
upon photography. We had sta;ed in the morn
ing, that Mr. Wade had furnished his bOrden
with peasE; this our cOrrector declared to be 10
correct; it should have been, he said, peas. ".
explained to him our views; and as more thani
dozen papers now before US give the word peas
we may as wei! prove that we were correct. lk
word PEA has peas for it, plural, when indyda
ais are intended; thus-''twO peas look alike
But if quantity is intended, then the word
spelled with final E, as, bushel OF pEAsE.-
This may b. arbitrary, but it is not without a1t
logv III our language; for example-the wOI!
"penny;" has pennies when sep arate number
are considered: but when the plural is the COD
putation of sum, spence" is used; thus, "fn
pennies" of different date; and, dime is DIX
pence
Persons interested will therefore hereafter d
far as TIN, subject is concerned stand upon Their
pea e and IS
A negro woman in the neighborhOOd Of RchI
mond, brought into the world three fine gihs-
A northern paper the other day mentions the cav
of four children produced at one birth
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A Lady in the Vicinity Of Oak Grove, Ws
moreand County; Virs ina, was delivered
Saturday the 9Th inst. Of three full grown chi
dren. Two are at this time living and heat'.I
She has been married seven years. and he
had, during that time, nine chldren-Of vhs
eight are now living.
From Chii.-The ship Lafayette, llarde' y
arrived at Bait. from Valparaiso and iiaia
having sailed from the former port on The L
January, and from the latter on the 4th FeOT!
ry. The last sales of Flour were at 30, da
verable at Guayaquil; about 100 bOs u"
afioat, held at 81 al2
Pernambucco.-Ih Lafayette touChedah
whence she brings advices to TIE u
ult. In price current of that date fI'H
quoted at l2i, nominal.
ReUenue for Crime. is Stated IN TIE Da
sage Of the Governor of Connecticut, tih
the year ending 3lst March last the net s'p
the State prison, after paying every eSpe'"
guarding, feeding, clothing and instructed
1884.
EUes Dropping. We find in the DoylsO"I
Democrat the result of trial for this mean p