Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1831-10-13

no, Obliged 10 taste of all the above dishes. This
is true, as | know by experiment., (fOr | adhered
to my cold water, temperance system) though 1t
it is no easy matter so to do where hungry com
rades are around you, the smoking viands before
YOU and the appetite sharpened by the sea air,
to a tenfold keenness.
From the Winchester, (Ja.) Republican.
MARrYRDoM.-The New York daily papers
are cutting each others threats for the benefit OF
the public. In old times a ship used to come
from the ocean in a quiet unassuming way, pass
through the Narruws without molestation, and
arrive at the wharf IN a respectable manner
The captain, after seeing the vessel well fastened.
and serving IL glass of grog all round, would jump
ashore, take a moderate run up to his house, KISS
his wife and children, shake hands with his neigh
bors. and then return to carry his letters and pa
pcrs to the post Office. In a day or two the New
York papers would furnish their readers with a
half a dozen items of foreign news-the people
we're satisfied, and there was an end Of the mat
ter. Bat the .'march of intellect" has set them
ali daft. In al. evil hour. our esteemed friend
of the Ga.e..e bought a little boat. and hired a
man to row it down the broad and beautiful bay
of New York every day OH a voyage OF discovery;
aud every evening the little traveller would re-
turn with a repurt of all the news brough! by
foreign vessels anchored at the quarantine ground.
To add to the astunishment OF the people, this
news would actually he published in the next
mornings paper. The Mercantile Advertiser
was guilty Of. similar enormity-and the con-
sequences were, that their composltors were some
times Obliged to work as late as ii O'Clock at
night. These irregular hours shortened human
life somewhat; it took about seven years, then,
to kill a journeyman printer.
The proceedings were equally quiet on the
other side OF the Atlantic. A few papers from
the principal towns and seaports-the last Lon
don Sun and Standard, and perhaps one sheet
from the Courier office and one from the Chroni-
cle-were deemed amply sufficient to e%nIighten
the weste TN continent. But now-heaven save
the ship. as sine lies at the Liverpool wharf,
First must be gathered the Liverpool newspapers
proper: then in rolls the London maIl-two cart
loads more, at least. The railroad groans and
soneaks under the ponderous masses that hurry
on in time for the Just sailing packet; the boat
men, as they push down the Mersey, cross them
selves. and pray that they may not go to the bot
tom with then double cargo OF editorial wisdom;
every city, town, village, and hamlet, pours forth
its drops to swell the general torrent. The por-
tiers fret-the sailors swear-the captain signs for
the ia IS ofhis grandfather. The anchor IS weigh
ed, and the sails are set, and at last they are oft.
But not to rest, has been decreed by Mr.. Will
mer. the Liverpool agent Of the New York pa
pers. Alas, poor infatuated crew!-thcy think
because some few waves roll between them and
trouble, they are safe. Not so:-scarcely do
they benin to draw a little comfortable breath. be-
fore a speck is described in the distance behind.
Nearer and nearer, IN they come-a host Of little
steamers. fresh supply Of gossip has reached
Liverpool since they left there. and they are alb
%snlutely chased out on the ocean with another
boat load of news!
The Atlantic, though 5000 miles wide. is but
a step across IN a brisk gale; lucky is he that is
becalmed on the way for he has some slight OPP.
of putting his brains in order, collect
inc his IDEAS, &c. &c. to meet the uproar which
awaits him here. In days of old, there was some
care TO be taken in approaching a coast; there
were soundings to be made, charts were examin-
ed, and the telescope was more than hourly ele-
waited to descry. if possible, some far glimpse of
8 Home, sweet home A ship, may be very sure
she is a goodlv distance from shore as long as
cnly herself is on water; for long before light
Before the Journal of Commerce procured a
about S years since, for its own
benefit, the whole expense incurred
the morning papers 10 collecting ship news,
TO about $4,000 per annum. Since that
late, to very recently, it has amounted to about
ROO. GOO per annum. Within a few weeks past
he business has taken a new start, and at pre-
there are actually six new schoOners afoat,
,esides various small boats, at an aggregate ey-
,ense of at least 81 5000 per annum; or ten times
he original amount,