Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1831-07-12

eu. OuT CdtpStSs SS. diC tiuNh fJN'>o
the consequence of the great deposit OF filth in
our cellars will b.. it is Impossible to say; they
smell horribly. I have not time to add more,
yours, &c"
From Ike Schenectady Whig.
"GErr1Ne ON BoARp."-Accidents often oc-
cur from the remissness or dilatoriness Of passen
gers. in waiting until the last minute, to get on
board Of passage boats. These accidents are &c.
%neraily, however. productive Of more mirth and
sport to the spectators, than of real injury to the
subjects of them; and one which we witnessed
a few weeks since, was of this nature. One OF
the packet boats which ply between this city and
Utica, was on thepoint Of starting out-the hands
on board had loosened the fastenings. and were
about casting of-when a lazy looking gentleman,
with a kind of Septenber-afternoon expression
of countenance, came slowly down the stairs
which lead to the heel path, to get on board.-
The Captain told him to hurry, or he would be
left behind: but. he was not going to fret himself
for the Captains convenience-not he,-and he
walked ~leisurely along the platform. to the stern
of the boat. The line of the Captains patience,
however, was run out, as was also the time for
his departure,--he could wait no longer-and ac-
cordinsly showed of. The moderate gentleman,
Se6lUS t1eTe really was uduSCl VI thS Ooot . So-
Ing off without him, now made a jump towards
it,-but it was TOO late-the boat was too far of
and instead Of landing on the deck OF the boat,
he landed on the bottom Of the canal. This sud.
den submersion did not at all lessen his charac-
~teristic moderation: for, having slowly drawn
himself out, and made sure of footing on terra
frma, he called out, IN the most deliberate and
|leisurcly manner imaginable, "Aint-that-boat
-. 10 SS-s H. L,ot $500 M,
distance on its way, bRt it did 's-t-o-p," and
was detained several minutes, until the moderate
man could move his frame over the space of
ground which interviewed between him and the
boat, and hoisted on board, with his usual snail
like agility, Notwithstanding the cheers and laugh
tiers of the bystanders. Wcsuspect that he will
not soon again wait unit! the last minute.
A PARALLEL.
From the Cincinnati Daily Gazette.
A LAD OF SpIRIr.-One day last week, a pub
lie off remarked he would give fifty cents, to
have the vane on the cupola of the Court House
made straight. This yane is some odd hundred
and fifty feet from the ground, aud is located, up
on a painted upright pedestal, ten feet, at least.
above the rOtunda. FROM some cause, Jackson
ism most probably, the fish was not sufficiently
braced to endure wind and weather. And in &C
commodatins itself to circumstances, like certain
politicians, it had got a crick in its neck. A lad
who was present, proposed to Strengthen the vane.
but said fifty cents was not a tar compensation.
Without further words he assembled the rotunda,
climbed up the pedestal that supported the vane.
and. in a condition that would chill the behold
err with terror. reformed the crooked vane. De-
scending in safety. he claimed ii dollar for his adj
d. IL. .,bI;, oHs.or IN,Ginp mn Nth
exultation at the reformed vane, refused to pay
more than fifty cents for its reformation, Y laugh
ed to scorn the eypostulations OF the retormer.
The indignant lad turned aside in disgust. Iwen-
ty minutes elapsed, and the exulting public Off
Ger looked up at the reformed vane. 1t was again
crooked and un-reformed. The adventurous re-
former had again assembled to the dangerous emf.
nence and Nortonizea the reformed. 1t was 10
sta,u quo. Several offers nave been made for its
.irprouemeni" since it was Nortonizcd. But
without success. No man can be found to peril
his neck in such a dangerous adventure. The
case of this public officers notunlike that of the
great reformer at Washington. lie has so cheap
ened patriotic effort, that prudent men are no
longer willing to mount the giddy eminence, up
on his assurance or in his company. The cr1cks
of the administrators cannot be reformed.
-sessas~
The .Aduenfurous Mcriaer.-A little fellow,
apparently about twelve years Of age, and with a
viisage completely blackened by exposure to the
sun, was found on Sunday last in a small and
Ieaky boat, by a party of fishermen, below the
Light House. He states that his name is Free
man Yorke, and that he sailed from Fairfield,
Maine. for Boston, on the eth of June; the boat
in which he embarked was one that he picked up
adrift last winter after a storm, and he consider
ed it his own property. His object in coming to
the city was, to obtain a situation on board some
ship; and he should not have been so long on his
way,had it not been for the fog, which prevailed;
he was without compass or quadrant, and if his
story be true, must have been guided by intui-
ton or instinct.
When found, the boat was half filled with wa
for and destitute of proyisiOps: the bow. howe