Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1831-08-10

weighs 1850 catais.and If 1T be really a zen, winch
some doubt, is worth nearly 500, O00. Inc
celebrated Pitt diamond, now one OF the crown
Jewels Of France, was purchased IN tndIa by Mr..
Pitt, ancestor OF the Chatham family,
when governor of Madras. in l70l. In. conse-
quence of an accusations. that he procured IL uD-
fairly, MIR. Pitt detailed the mode in which he
came by it. He states that Janchund, an eminent
diamond merchant, came to him and offered TOT
sale a large rough stone for 100000. Alter re-
peated ~haggling at subsequent visits, he says ne
bought it for ZIG, 900, g for which he paid him
honorably, as by lbs books appeared" his Qua
mond, which is admitted to approach very nearly
to Que OF the first water, and weighs 1856 carats'
was sold, in l7l7, to the Duke of Orleans Tor 1885,
900 pounds. The diamond which studs the scep-
tire Of the ~autocrat of Russia is stated to have been
stolen, by an Irish solder, from an Indian idol,
(Jugsernaut) in Bengal, whose eye 1t had long
been. The soldier parted with it for atrihe, and
after passing through several hands, it was hnaIly
sold to the Empress Catharine Of Russia Tor ego
600, an annuity Of $4,000, and a patent OF nobiil-
ty!-N. Z. Jom. Com.
To the Editors Of the ". Z. Commercial .4dU.
perceive il asserted in the papers that Gene
raj Root is to he rewarded with the office OF TO
vernon Of Michigan, by Gen. Jackson. Can you
tell me whether this is in reward for his declara-
ton about the General, when he was at the hrst
time in nomination for the Presidency, viz. that
SIT wouH be as rise to make a powdsr magazine
of IL, as 10 choose Jackson Presidat?"
A EADER
ANSWER.
II :. o., DAT tuhn IN fha c,nrcrI-
ty of his heart uttered language equivalent to the
words quoted by our correspondent. We also
heard him publicly declare, that he g would ra-
ther have Billy Crawford's under.jacket stuffed
up in in the Presidential chair than Gen. Jack.
son ;''-but, added he, in reference to the discl-
pline Of the party, 81 suppose ] must go for Hog
aud Hominy!'-N y. Com.
Successful Riralry.-We regret to perceive
that our late learned Secretary of the War Depart
ment has been entirely eclipsed by a sprig OF Rri-
fish nobility. Mr.. Eaton will certainly be Oblig-
ed to retrieve his wounded feelings by challeng-
ing the British Postmaster General, the Duke OF
Richmond. not for the following remark of my
wife" but for the following remark in one Of his
late reports. sIn addition, several Bankers
Letters were misdirected to the wrong town."
Boston Cour.
More Rumors.-The report is quite current
that General Eaton, late of the War Department,
~ to succeed Governor Cass. We shall credit
the fact, when we see its official annunciation in
the Washington Globe, and not until then.
Detroit Joarnak.
"Root and Branci."-G0vernor Branch, ex-
secretary of the navy, will probably be elected to
congress from North Carolina. and Governor Root,
Of Ncw-Yo.&. will be appointed Governor Of Mi
chigau.-U. (. Coz.
Wst-ln dienified article, bearing the disni.
fled title of ''Flash in the pan" in the last Rich.
mond Enquirer, the Editor calls the prints who
have quoted his ~favorite non-committed phrase,
- nous U~errons"-his "sevcral echoes" This
is vastly wittv-but not so much as his pun, in
the same %effusion, on the names of MIR. Ingham.
and Mr.. Green, Editor of the Telegraph. What
think you, gentle reader, it iss
why says Mr.. Richie, eff this is the
/. worst that can be said against General Jackson.
: his character is bomb proof against all the as
8 saults of the I~nghams and the Greens; the Ink
&" horns and the green horns Of the country.''-
We know of no pun of exactly equal merit with
this. except one made by a gentleman who saw a
lazy dVOiuinS d COW. MdudHie,S diu le ulSClple
81. of Joe Miller, .s had no idea that you were
90 such a co,eard! !"--Nat. jour.
Wooi-Has fallen and is falling. The Manu-
%facturers have nearly their stock in for the year
The farmers have been killing their calves and
raising their lambs; SO that next year the guam
tity of Wool in the market will be great, and price
less; and so on. till the farmers call raising wool
a losing business and give their sheep to the hogs.
Then wool will become scarce and the price will
raise, and more sheep will be raised and the
price will come down again, and so on inde6-
nitely. 1t will however be a good business on the
whole for those who follow it steadily and judi
as Ill that it brings at the shearing floor,
over 25 cents per Id. where sheep are well man.
aged, is clear profit. Keep about as many sheep
as your farm will most conveniently maintain,
and you will have a steady though unequal pro-
fiji. Go to speculating-disarange your other
business for the sake of keeping a great many
just because wool now brings a good price
and YOU will probably bring your great crop of
wool TO ms"ket just in time to catch a loss.
Hudson, ~. y. Col.
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