Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1831-02-18
DOMESTIC ITEMS.

Mr.. Mcneil. Representative in Congress from
the State Of Ncw-York. has been elected CIRCUIT
Judge of the Sixth Circuit of that State.
Georgia Gold agaia.-A gentleman from wal
ton county, has furnished the Georgia Athen'an
with the following hattering statement OF the rich-
ness of gold mine in Hall county, to when he
says he was an eye witness:
:. At mine call New Potosi, ten miles west
of Gainesville, Hall county. now owned WORKED
by Harris Mclaughlin s. CO. thirty -four pounds
of rock was pounded in a common iron mortar
and yielded seventy-one pennyweights OF pure
gold, have the gold now in nv possession. -
The hands employed are making. by washing dirt,
from four TO seven dwts per day each. II al
together gold dust, no coarse gold. We think
the vein inexhaustible."
Late information of Counterfeit and ,?bered
Notes.-Counterfeit notes, drawn for live dollars
on the United States Branch Bank at Fayetteville
are in circulation; they are made payable to ID.
Anderson, letter A. dated 4th of January. $780, j.
w. Sandford, Cashier, and John Husko, Presi-
dent; all we have seen are remarkably well exc
cuted.
Five Dollar Notes on the Philadelphia Bank
have been altered to twenty. several OF which
were passed in this city few days since Inc
genuine twenty dollar notes have the heads OF
Penn and Washington. and the vlgnette OF Penn S
treaty with the Indians. The altered notes have
the heads of B. Franklin and VIM. Penn.
Counterfeit Deteetor.
.lnecdofe-A genuine son Of Erin was thus &C
costed by a wag in WaIl-street during the Eclipse
of Saturday. 81 say Pat. have you such thing
as an eclipse in your country" ECLIPSE, no.
new! arrah dear. no to be sure, We don't allow
such dark doing" 'sThen America beats ireland
all hollow" Faith, you may say that with
your own ugly mouth. you have two nights IN
one day. but in oud Ireland, we don't intend to
have any night at all. at all. when Dan gets his
emancipation affair finished"
Uesfern Enterprise. this head the n.
Orleans Mercantile mentions the arrival at that
place of General Dodge, citizen OF. Michigan
Territory, near Green Bay. He is trader to
New.Orieans from the river Ousconsin, in boat
navigated by himself, and laden with lead pro-
duced above Galena. He was direct trader to
the city Of New-Orleans from one hundred and
fifty miles above Febyre river, one thousand miles
above ST. LOUIS. in all two thousand two hundred
miles above the New-Orleans, ordinary water ma
vigatlon!
| We copy the following advertisement from the
Boston Transcript, emitting name
".4Doiogu-As Mr.. A. X. G. has called and
eXCnaHSeu uic . III NUE. dHu uoW "" SotSbSs u"
less we apologize for advertising him. t9 prose-
cute us for libel, we do hereby apologize, by
quoting his own excuse for passing counterfeit
money, ..that as he had bought the Devil he must
sell him a,ain.'' MOSES KlMBALL,
IL, Westinghouse.
.9necdote time last summer, when
steamboat competition was at ITS height, between
Hartford and New-York, man was. by some
means or other prccipitated overheard, & drowned
All efforts to find the body proved unavailing.-
An honest Yankee on board observed-"Wal. |
reckon now, cap'n that it's right well far you,
that that wasn't my brother what's drowned!''
"Why so?" inquired the captain. ''On account
of cause you we agreed for to carry for dollar
and FOUND" rejoined the Yankee, ''aEd III be
dam'd if would make you live up to your gage
ment!"
meeting of Tailoresses was held few even
Ing since in New-York. One of the papers state
that the meeting consisted from two to three hun
dred females. and their object was to form an as
ISOLATION for the purpose Of taking measures of
lettering their condition. committee was APP
pointed TO draft constitution to be presented at
an adjourned meeting.