Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1831-02-11

for the Appellees.
Adjourned till tomorrow IL O'Clock A. NJ.
"CossuprAL I Owe! thou only bliss that hast survived
the TALL"
In strains such as these does the poet commend
matrimony; but he lived in another day, and, per-
chance. il he now sojourned on our earth he
would be inclined to doubt the truth of his pre-
misses. So, at least, do many who have joined
themselves in wedlock's bands. The ~l.egisla-
ture, at its late session, granted the petitions Of
twelve or fifteen persons, for divorces; and re-
iected the prayer of. perhaps, as many others
If we understand the proceedings Alright, one fair
dame was undetermined, even during the passage
of the bill through the two Houses, whether she
would, or she would not, be divorced; but as we
see her name among the number of the success
full applicants, we suppose she determined the
knotty question before the knot was forever Sc
vered.
A bill divorcipg some twenty or thirty mar
riages, has passed one branch of the Illinois Le-
sislature -LMSSou Repub.
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Later from Enghand.-Yesterday afternoon
both Telegraphs announced as below, the ship
Napoleon, Smith, from Liverpool. and a ship
with the Old Line Signal, which was supposed to
be the Florida. or the Canada. This morning
the Telegraph announces as below 5 ships, one
of which is the Napoleon, her day of sailing the
Gath of December, consequently she will furnish
tour days later intelligence than was receiv-
ed by the Sovereign. 1t is not known whe-
Their either the Florida or Canada is below
The former was to sail on the lst OF January, the
latter from the 4th to the 9Th.
nv. Z. Conn.,. Feb. 8,
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MI D,EI,,, Iha loffarc haya rccppfIv hapn
purloined from the U. States mail, between Lou
isiana, Mo. and st. Louis. The letters were
mailed at Louisiana. One OF them is known to
have contained S217, in U. S. Bank notes, and
a check for S121. The contents Of the other are
not known. Neither of them have ever reach
ed St. Louis. The honest Postmasters OH the
route are equally interested in detecting the Of
fender. This is a new crime in Missouri, being
the first instance, within our knowledge, Of the
mail having been robbed In this state.
Missouri sfp"''
A writer in the Salem Messenger cautions per-
sons from examining the great eclipse ct the Sun
which takes place on the 18th OF this month, with
ont making use Of smoked or stained glass, as the
extreme ,i,idness of the solar rays Is often most
injurious IN its effects upon the optic nerve, pro-
dHcinr a dimness of vision which no remedy or
time can remove. The writer speaks from ex-
p~erience having suffered this way when youth.
~a5SSSSsne
We are glad to find that the bill for the relief
of certain insoIvent debtors of the United States
Is now fairly before the House of Representa-
tives. 1t is a strong evidence of the favorable
disposition of the House towards the measure,
that, at half past four O'Clock yesterday after
noon, on motion Of Mr.. Buchanan, OF PennsylVa-
MIA, that body resolved itself into a Committee
Of the Whole on the bill, received an amendment
to it, rose and reported the DILL with the amend
ment, and made it the first order OF the day for
Monday next. We know of no measure before
Congress at the present session calculated to pro-
duce a greater degree Of individual relief, or to
act with more beneficial effect upon the general
interest and prosperity of the country, than this
Dublic debtors bili.-Naf. Int.