Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1831-01-04

U. S. Senator, published in the Yorkyiiie Pio-
neer, of the 18th ult., says:
Gin conclusion, as an expression Of my OPT
MON of Judge Smith, predict, and feel conf
dent that my predictions will be realized, that
the defeat Of our venerated Smith. III the late
Senatorial election, will be the means of eveiating
him to the second highest office in the gift of the
American people"
THE Family Library.--The twelfth number
of Harper's Family Library. comprising His
tory of the Bible, by The Rev q. r. GLElG, has
just been published. Tie author Of this work
was formerly an officer in the British army
made one campaign in the Peninsula Of SPAN,
and another in this country. and will be better
known to tie reader, VIXEN we introduce HIM as
the author of those vivid and striking sketches
of the campaigns to which We refer, by "A Su-
baltern."
Literary .Novetties. learn from the New
York American, that the author of Pelham has an
nounced work, entitled s'The Siamese Boys"
poem-supposed to be political satire. The
History of Chivalrv, by Mr.. James, the author
OF Rlcheleu, was to appear in London on the
first Of this month. A Military Bijou'' has
appeared: it is written by John Ship, autho- of
&" Extraordinary Military Adventures, &c.
In the biographical line, we observe that DIR. Pa
ris' Life of Sir Humphrey Davy, and the Life Of
Titan, with anecdotes of distinguished persons
of lis time, by James Northcote. are nearly rea-
dy for publication. The Persian Adventures, by
the author of the Kuzzilbash. and Maxwell, by
the author of Savings and Doings, are among
recent publications.
.Accidcn--The life of MIR. PETERS, the anti
podean. was very near falling a sacrifice to one
of his balancing tricks at the Norfolk theatre on
Wednesday last. While in the act of balancing
five muskets, supported by single bayonet, with
the rnint resting on one uf his fore teeth. the
point slipped between his teeth and passing di-
rectly down his throat, inflicted severe and
dangerous wound. The actor fell back upon
the stage, bleeding profusely-a surgeon being
soon in attendance, he was placed in posture
to prevent the flow of blood to the stomach-and
it was thought he would recover ff9ul, tb43eAscts
OF the wound in the course of a feWsdays 81
10 men labor harder than printcrs-no men
are more scantiy paid in proportion TO the wear
and tear OF mental and physical cOnstitution-no
men IN this community we are quite certain, are
called upon for so large an amount. in proper
ton to their means OF gratuitous services-and
we believe that no men perform those unpaid
services with more cheerful alacrity. The bold
ness or Indifference with which some people lay
an assessment upon the newspaper proprietors
would Justify the inference that they supposed
types and presses to cost nothing. journcymen
and apprentices to labor and live without need of
food or clothins, and paper makers to furnish
costly material without ever asking, for payment.
We have no doubt thar each of the proprietors of
the daily papers in his city gives enough annu-
ally in the way of gratuious advertising for per-
sons societies who are able and ought To pay,
and in newspapers for which he gets neither credit
nor thanks, to defray the expenses of educating
his children, even though he might have Il son or
two in college. If some rich fellow, who inherited
his money without earning it, were to give away
half as much, he would be Landed 'skv high, f"
as the prince of phianthropists, and his name
would ring along the Atlantic from Maine to
Mexico, and be echoed from the Rocky Mount
aims, as benefactor of his race. A few hun
dred dollars, given in lump, is something to tell
Of; sx-pence at time, dozen times day, is
meyer thought Of Bosf. Lour.
%sNsA
The Petersburg Raif,cau-We lcarh that so
miles of this work is under contract at price, be-
lar The estimate Of COSTA striking fact for vr-
ginia-ndicating vast Improvement in the Gra-
cy of our Engineers, and causing some regrel at
the reflection, how different would have been the
present condition of internal improvement, had
such accuracy existed before the State was pluDg-
ed into the extravagant project of the James Riv-
er Canal.
The Petersburg Railway excites an interest in
the Public-a moral admire acknowledgements of
the solid advantages which are expected from its
The grandeur of the enterprise for.
so small PIace-the liberality with which cit-
zens Of all degrees of wealth, have opened their
purses--the almost personal zeal with which it is
in those who look on warm
for the success of efforts so generous
and public spirited. -RichmOnd Hig.
Proposals have been issued by Clement Rob :
bins, for publishing monthly periodical, called
Vampires Of. .>eW York. 1t is intended to con-
tain full account Of the Gambling houses in
this City. the names of the persons engaged in
Keeping them,and of their transactions for the last
four years, and the names of those who have suf-
fered by them. The persons who are interested
in getting up the publication. are said to be these