Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1831-02-24

palptatins flesh, each time carried off flakes oft,
The muscles. the very bones of the unfortunate
man were laid naked; the blood ran in streams;
he had lost prodigious quantity OF 1t, vet the
same resignation, the same fortitude was ever
painted upon that intrepid visage-only the
white of his eyes had changed color-it had be-
come green. At length they ceased, there was
a moments silence of which the subject profted
to harangue his comrades nearly IN these words:
81 have wished to show you that could suffer
horrible pain without complaining" Here an
officer attempted to interrupt him. ''Let me
speak," cried he, in voice of thunder, q" it is
dead man that addresses you. listen! have
rendered myself criminal before your laws, but
God, who penetrates consciences. who knows
what motives led me to the act, will receive me
in his mercy. Among you shall only meet with
shame. Your reproaches, your contempt would
be an eternal torment to me; adieu. 90 to ter
inmate both them and an insupportable existence
at once" His fastened hands would not permit
him to seize sabre and bury it in his bosom:
but, breaking through the astonished crowd, he
ran towards the rampant, gained it, and throwing
himself over. dashed his brains out upon the
rocks of the ditch.
The crime of this man was of having stolen
nine Danish. crowns (about "a dollars CUES
toned upon the use he wished to make of this
sum. he objected to answering. but more lately
there was good reason to believe that he intended
it for his old sick father. to whom he had hither-
to given all his small earnings l.. w.
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1t is supposed that there are nearly. if not
one hundred vessels, Of all classes, now in the
river and bay, waiting for the breaking up of the
ice in order to enter the harbor Of Baltimore
The arrival of so many vessels, from all quartess
ha oil fro
our own coast will throw large stock of goods
into market and must necessarily impart great &C
tivity to every-branch of trade. For the infor-
nation of country merchantsi may not be amssIto
state that the rainv weather of Yesterday, and
the comparative miIdness of the temperature for
some days past, seem to promise an early remov-
al OF the blockade.
The squadron of inward bound vessels in the
river, which were cutting their way through the
ice Yesterday, received considerable accession
Ia their number in the cOnrse Of the after
noon. -BRi finer.
The correspondence between Gen. Jackson
and Mr.. Calhoun is now before the public, and
will be the bect of much reflectionand comment
With regard to the part therein enacted by the
Hero, it confirms the previous impressions en-
,erta,ned by many of his temper and character.
1t affords another evidence of that sanguinary
and unappeasable disposition which has marked
the character & conduct of Gen. Jackson thro' his
whole .ife. Independent of the moral of Gen. Us
letters, their manner aud style afford proof posi-
tive that he is not the author of all that appears
under his signature. One or two OF his shorter
cffusions the attentive reader will have no diff
Guilty IN assigning to his sole authorship. The
style, temper, and mode of expression are such
as to leave no possible room for doubt. Such for
instance as lis first and second letters to MIR.
Calhoun. Others of the series on his side. APP
pear to be of the composite order: while some of
those in the appendix, addressed to Mr.. Monroe,
are evidently and altogether from another pen.
[ Bali Pat.