Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1831-09-17

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promises to be, some time hence. when the win
ter Is set in. +" the natty thing" amongst the ex-
cIusives. We fear. however. that 1t Will never
become Indispensable inasmuch as il may be ga
silly procured, and is within the pecuniary ability
of large majority of our fellow citizens The
few of these articles Jour nomenclature does not
supply US witha sufficiently descriptive appei'a'
tion) which have offended our eye-sight. were
made by macerating old and we'll worn beavers
in tub Of water, until TIE size was extracted;
thev were then placed under press and hatten.
ed after fashion of chapeau de bras; all artificial
KNAPP or pile was next raised with Il teasei. when
they were sent to Miner to be lined with PINK
tafety, and returned TO their owners, who sport
ed them at Iady's leyee, to be gazed at Nv the
simple. and admired by the elegant. We under
stand that female wit has declared her wish that
they should be called Souvenirs" in remem-
brance Of the departed glories Of the head.
Cholera al 81. Petersbmg.-The ostonDa-
ly Advertiser contains the annexed extract
from letter dated at ST. Petersburg, July IS:
The Cholera Morbus has taken most dreadful
hold of us here. From the eth ult. to the 10th
inst. there were $3.50 cases. and during the last
three days certainly not less than $50 to 600 daily.
of opinion that it will 90 on increasing through
the warm months. made up my mind TO quit
the CITY and 60 down to Copenhagen; but now
there will be 40 possibility of this. cutter is
cruising off Borlholm to prevent vessels coming
nearer the shore than necessary, two Swedish
briggs TO prevent landing on their coast, and no
one is allowed to 90 on shore at the Sound. The
| above data as to numbers attacked are from the
official reports; and have no idea that thew COM
prehend all who have fallen victims to the disease
for many sick have wished to conceal the fact from
the public authorities, fearing an interference oil
the Police. We have reason to fear that the ves-
sells which arrive hereafter will be subject to great
detention for nearly 10000 Russians, mostly la
bourers, have this week taken out their passes to
leave the city: the working Russians at Cron
stadt are so frightened that should not, at any
moment. be surprised to learn that they refused
to abour OH board the ships. 1t is dismal to walk
through the streets, which are comparatively de-
serted: the Imperial Family. the Cadets, and
| nearly all, who are masters of their own move
ments, having left the city. Every individual
whom one meets, looks anxious as if expecting
that his turn would come next: we are unwilling
to leave our houses without company"
| Another letter states that the cholera had at
tackled the shipping. The captain, second mate
and several sesmen had died from the American
ship Heroine; and one on board the Nye.
A letter from Copenhagen states, that the Cho
lera had made its appearance in Finland. not fa
| from Stockholm.
The New York American. noticing the l9tf
number of the American Quarterly Review, OBJ
serves:
"Of the ten articles III this number, seven are
devoted to American topics-a circumstance we
are always careful to mention for the satisfaction
of those who insist that our critical journals are
too much taken up generally with subjects aid
discussions foreign to our own country and con.
tinent. For ourselves, wSa free to confess,
that our American prideis quite as much gratihed
BY clever Indigenous review Of a foreign publ
cation, or of matters of foreign origin and inter-
est, as by similar notices Of native works and un-
dertakings We by no means think it incumbent
upon the conductors of our periodicals to prefer
Indifferent productions Of our own. to the ADLER
ones Of other lands, the chief aim of such pub
locations being to raise and Improve the taste,
not to fattcr the vanity or prejudices of read
ers."
From the Correspondent of lie ". Y. Daily i'd
rertiSer.
WASHINGTON, Sept. g.
The wheels of the General Government are
sept slowly, and with difficulty in an awkward
motion. 4 sinsl. aneciote will serve to show
that General jackson was compelled TO yield
some of his most cherished opinions, before he