Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1831-12-14

.;,.tss after the first notice was given
ban sD king water. Every possible eAer'ion
's eide to find the leak but without success.
a q nas p, we're all kept going but the water
hPrff ,,r. that in about two hours her stern
'i1'' :, i a Is feet water. It'll supposed that a
a1S" ~, snsue. .rhe Amazon left Louis
SA N.u Orleans on the 18th u't. and was
Vie ~ .bs louisville Marine and FIRE insur-
a''' S.~o,uy, for $500 dollars, half her esti-
l'' s,Irr. the remaining half being probably
''& :, .one other Office.
c...,,,oks and OHIO Canal COmpany.-
i:.I Annual Meeting of the Stockholders
& CamOauy was adjourned sine die, on Tues
d"h .fsr having received and adopted, una
j! '' the Report Of the General Committee
iD''.a edinss Of the President and Directors
m"' LI;,iou to the proceedings Of the Meeting
c'.. ,pblished, the following Resolutions
sFe aIopI That the Memorial be presented to
R'"':' If the United States, 10 authorize
tie Cep osa.e and Ohio Canal Company TO con-
gs.TT urorike-road along the BERN pank OF
IfA Gal. between Georgetown and q point on
afCa"I'~ onoosite to the Chain Bridge across the
'seC'p p",omac. and to charge a reasonable toll
Nssoui That Memorial be presented to the
asr,;es 70 the Charter Of the Chesapeake
s'r o.~ Canal Company, requesting such an
100 =" On, thereof as may authorize the Compa-
aOen" ""os;de a system OF police tor the preserva-
wv" che Canal, and the due regulation OF the
~n,igadiOn thereof !. 81.
=" H'x 81 July last, in relation to the extension
2%s Chesapeake and Ohio Canal, from the Rock
r..,t Ba,;u to the Mouth of the Itber, be execut-
V" aa"O =, practicable, according to such plan as
'p,s,;drp, and Directors may prefer.
c.. If Johanna Cue.-The Philadelphia U.
.,,.s Gazette contains the opinion pronounced
,,Chisf Justice Gibson. in the case Of the Com
-.,n.,lrb Of Pennsylvania against Johanna Clue,
=, ~. indicted Tor the murder Of her husband
Do;,Op, and tried at the Oyer and Terminer
,.Jio Philadelphia in April last. The Jury
don could no, sgree, aud on being brought up
,,;r FIR trial at the present term OF the same
r,a,. she pleaded the discharge OF the Jury as
amounting to an aequittal. To this plea there
,s demurrer. and the case was argued by the
,.oru,y General Michael Wash, and C.I Jack.
go. for the Commonwealth, and by ]. Swift and
Randall. Esars, for the prisoner. The Court
ordered her to be discharged, considering the
u%incipIe as established by the case Of the Com
nouwsalh vs.. Cook, that in Pennsylvania the
rule i, that no citizen shall be twice put IN jeop-
,rI, Of life on the same accusation; and that the
rshl thus scared is not to be interpreted away
BY the arbitrary discretion OF tribunals, IN that
Safe, whatever may have been the decisions IN
others. The indisposiion Of the Jurors, which
I'D TO their discharge in this case, was induced
slthout the prisoners assent; and the Court held
hat they should have been kept together, and re-
uui,ed BY proper medicine and Dourishment.-
Te technical plea of autre fo,s acquit was held
not to be sustained; but her other special plea
vas considered as being available.
A London paper gives the following account
Of a simple invention, which may be the means
Of sa,ins many lives:
On Wednesday afternoon an interesting expe-
dment Of a new but simple mode Of assisting the
inmates Of a house when on fire to escape from
impending destruction, took place in Bridge road
Borough, near the Police station. The apparatus
sine invention of Mr.. Weeks. the brewer Of
~Scckweil, and consists of a broad sheet of can
uss, with numerous loop holes at the border, to
admit the grasp OF persons in attendance in the
stretching Of the sheet. The foreman and fire.
men Of the Protector Fire Office, as also hume
rOO' police constables, were in attendance, and
4 considerable number Of scientific and other
persons were present. The canvass, being stretch
ed BY the assistance of the hremen, policemen
and passengers, a young nan named Norris, a
sergeant Of police, aud severd1 other persons,
capped several times from the roof and other
parts Of the house, and alighted in perfect safety.
Several magistrates and other distinguished per-
~n' Witnessed the proceedings, and seemed con-
'need that. Of every means of rescuing the in
mates OF houses when on fire from the risk Of
FerisAlng in the flames, this simple canvass sheet
$ The most effective, the most portable. and the