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Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1831-12-05

have now relnguished my Office, a. one oil
the Tutors in Hlghbury College, in consequence
of finding my pastoral duties quite sufficient to
absorb my time and strength, in connexlon with
some little share of agency in the London Mis-
sonary Society and some kindred institutions
Our May meetings were, as usual, we'll attended,
and the reports of most Of the great Societies
were upon the whole encouraging. Many OF ine
meetings were held in a new and very splendid
room, called Exeter Hall. The dimensions are
$50 feet by TO- but it is badly constructed for the
voice. MAY our country be blessed as yours 49,
with the glorious effusion of irtiuence from above
Be assured that your letters interest me, deeply
especially on the subject of reyivals. and that
am, my dear brother, most cordially yours IN our
Lord. Ii. +. BURDEN.
Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1831-12-05
TCoMMUNICATED.

lNr. Saowden-It would be gratifying to ma
ny of your subscribers il you would transfer into
the columns Of the Gazette, FROM the " Rich
mond Religious Telegraph" an article headed
:. American Opinions in England" and letter
from Doctor BuRDER, of Hackney. England. adj
dressed to Rev, w. G. WALTON, of this place.
Although yours is not religious PERIODICAL
vet, as a number Of your readers are Pr"tessediyy
warmly interested in the success and en-
largement of the Redeemer's Kingdom upon
earth, you will, am sure, publish these articles
TO oblige them. Yours, sincerely,
EASTBURN.
Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1831-12-05

had been committed; they were most iniu,o,.
to the cause Of Reform; but he could NOT ,dn;,
that anv such proceedings were encourao.d ~
those letters. Sir &. Wetherel accused ,Ss ny
nisters of not appealing to the ar to nut doa WV
the connections, and declared he would mo WV" u
Address to the King tor Special Commi,s;o,ss
to try those who bad fired Nottingham Castle :,
cause the Dnkr of New Castle had bune,y ~
pressed his opnion against the Jaco,iu,c,I ~.
Revolutionary Bill.
LoNpo::. Oct. ~ MIR. Join H. PuoLoa
an Irish Catholic barrI>tet, Is appointed To the IS
flee of Solicitor General IN New South W.
He IS the first Roman Catholic promoted in ~.
of the Colonies under the provision Of the RsI :
Bill.
The Dublin election committee have dsc,,.,
Mr.. shaw and Lod Inges,rIe. the sitting Mem
bcrs. duly elected.
The guard a, the Horse Guards were douN.,
yesterday morning. and strong force va, -,
toned in the gun depot IN the Park. AtoneM,
additional force was withdrawn.
Several of the Lords Lieatenants Of Couri.,
left town on Sunday night for their re.pe,h,
districts.
A young man was on Monday committed ;,
to take his trial at the Westminster Se..ion, :.
peliing with mud at the Duke of WeIIingrc
when on his way TO the House If Lords,
The whole of the police force stationed in ii.
en,irons on Monday morning marched into Il.
metropolis, and are lying. some in the baua(!,
at the Kings news, and others in the Palao.
Yard.
Large quantities Of ammunition were dene.
ed out to the troops in Lennon. on Monday mon.
ing, at their respective barracks and quarters, al
even the recruits at the Recruit house are unl.,
arms.
The great undertaking of Mr. O.badcston,b
ride 300 miles IN ten Successive hours, for b..
Of 1000 soverelgns aside, will take place At Ne,
market during the next Houghon meeting. T.,
ground selected for the performance is in h,
neishborhood of Cheveey, and has been stake
out for the occasion. Mr.. o. will ride SIX Oils
own horses and six belonging to another gentle
man. MIR. q. and the horses are in active lr.ir.
ing
Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1831-12-05

Severe Storm at Quebeck. were ,isits|
Oh the 92d ult by a strong gale Of wind from DID
eastward, which blew with great severity in tht
evening. Its violence would not, however, have
done much damage if the fall tide, had not also
occurred. The waters Of the st. Lawrence ros,
TO greater height than they have been known
to do for many years. BY far The largest portion
Of the lower part of the buildings at the NChhei'
end of the Lower Town and Of the suburbs OF
IT Roch, were several feet under water. The
tide in fact rose in ST. Peter street to near the
new Commercial buildings of Mr.. Jones. the &c,
lars of the houses TO the east being all filled VII
water. In St. Paul street the wooden ioot.patH
have almost all been removed, and where ientr|
only protected it from the sea, the streets 9nt1I
~ filled up and impossible from the wrecks
buildings, wharveS, planks and timber. MN
'rayIor's ship yard the street is filled up TO
depth of four or live feet the hangar nearly"
turned. From the East India wharf to this p
all the wharves have been injured, and MIR. D.
den's wharves on which were piled many w
sand deals belonging to II. Gowcn go !"
received much damage, aud the deals, es'iHa
al from TO 10000 carried of.
Beyond Mr.. raylor's ship yard, Mes.
Turgeon's and Mondor and Ehie's deals Oh
CuIlum's wharf. have in great part been carr
away. aud the buildings, &c. &c. 90 the VIZ
injured. Mr.. Bells large hangar has been 'l'O'
down aud carried of. and the adjoining "h'''
and buildings are all damaged. A great PI
the materials thus sent adrift bv the trenenOy.
sea along st. Paul street, were carried
ncighborhood Of the KiGs's wood yard all"
northeast of ST. Roch, There IT has acc'm'
ed in huge heaps, and assisted 10 DRIVING w
six sch0oners aud a number Of vessels az
the streets, up against the fences oil ''e '"
yard or against the houses. The ship On"O.
yards of Messrs. Mum and Finch. AID me
perty in the neghborhood have also ''n',
and particularly the vessel on the stocks
F's yard The whole of Mr.. Daikn'' rOe'
aud the two houses at this end OF It have
swept away. 1t was reported this molh'.
a woman and chile had been drowned ID oD'
the houses.
This destruction Of property FORMS We
pose, not much moro than a hafof "hal mas
en- place by the rise of the tide in hansar'",
Offices and cellars. A great deal OF sugar.
and dry goods must have received damage
the front part of the Lower Town, the damE
the wharves and by water is not so conslaeIH''
although at M'Cul!um's wharf, and genera
the other hangers. The water must have en'
At the Lower Town landing place one s'nai'
was sunk and number OF boats damaseo'.
Cul de Sac the damage was comparatively Wv
We suppose that the damage done can s'' .,
be much below ESQ or 97O.06O. NlthIh !"
seven years. property, to the amounto oou1
triple the necessary expense for erecting
bic pier across the mouth Of the 81. Char,.' "a
been allowed to be sac,i6ced.-Asf'0"' '
of Nor. &c.
Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1831-12-05
SAMUEL PEDRICK.

Iherc is :" the Uest."-A few years since,
the inhabant of our Atlantic cities was accustem-
ed to speak of our town as being the remote point
OF c,vilization-the '.jumpng-oF place" in the
great valley of the Mi>sssppi-beyond which no
man in his right mind, and having a clean con-
science, would think of adventuring. What a
transformation has been effected? Now, we be-
gin to think Of our city as soon to be the centre
perhaps the capital-of the extensive Confede-
defacy. For hundreds of miles to - the Vest
of us. the land teens with Inhabitants. The
hand of industry is there. Comforts and luxu.
ries abound. Avigorous communication is kept
up between ourselves aud "these remote parts. -
as we are already accustomed to call them. 1t
is, indeed, impossible to put any limit to this spi-
rit of adventure. Even now. the formation of a
settlement at the mouth of Columbia river is re.
garded as so entirely feasible. that many persons
have enlisted 10 the enterprise. Space seems
about to be annihilated by the exertons Of the
hardy pioneers Of our western settlements.
Missouri Repub.
Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1831-12-05
Tough.-A writer in St. CIairsville Ohio p

Tough.-A writer in St Cairsvle Ohio pa
per tells the following story as every word true:
"In Nov. 1927. then livingln Harrison coun-
ty. Ohio killed small hog and dressed it on
the face of large red oak stump In the March
following observed most of the bristles left on
the stump from dressing the hog. to be sticking
into the wood endwise-and on pulling them out,
found to each brstle two or three roots from /
to Of an inch long. having actually commenced
vegetable growth"
The writer of this curious piece of natu.
raj history must be the same man Of whom it
is told that OF certain time when Strengthening
hog in the woods, he lost his jacknife, which
dropped among the dried leaves: and in the fol-
lowing summer happening to pass the same place
he was surprised to see large bush covered with
jacknives which hung depending from the stems
like fruit.
Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1831-12-05
RUCTION OF THE CASTLE OF
NOTTINGHAM.
NOTTINGHAM, Tuesday. Three o'clocl

NOTTINGHAM, tuesday. Three 0'clock.
We are here in the most dreadful state Of in
subordination and riot After the meeting in
the market place the windows OF many persons
in all parts Of the town were broken. and wind
mill on the forest nearly demolished. Towards
dusk an Immense mob went through Spenten; at
Nottintone place they tore down an immense
range of iron palisades, and armed with these they
marched to Colwick Hall. the seat Of John Mus
tiers. ESQ. and tore to pieces the furniture. and
set fire to the house in TIVE places; it was after
wards extinguished without much injury. About
seven o'clock, an attack was made on the town
house of correction, which contains vast mum.
Der Of prisoners; The outer door was forced, when
on the arrival of the 18th Hussars, and the civil
force, the mob Instantly dispersed. In half an
The Arkansas advocate., 1831-08-17
pRoGRFss OF SCIENCE.

= 1 ce0safS,r CT < .LATlsA iANP.-gy George .1ierY5aee sther, Esq. ef Hkltty-- ID letter to Prefessor Jauseson.--A few years ago, Sir Humphrey Dayy made the discovery. that, fla small platina wire be plac ed around the wick ef a spirit lamp, and rendered red hot, the wire wouldecontinueigniled fora length of time, after the flame was blown out. in consequence ofhaving lately witness ed this singular phenomenon at Pro- lessor iiole's lectures, and that it was generally viewed as nothing more than an amusing experiment., was induced to give ale subject some attention, as felt convinced that mode might be devised of turning il 10 some useful pur- pose.
 On the third of last month, Econtri- ved an apparatus, but not meeting with the success expected with platiua wire, made use of spongy platina, which, found to answer the object had in view. tin order that correct idea may be formed, have made a drawing of this apparatus. The lower part is constructed of tin, in the body of which is the reservoir, large enough to con- tain enart of alcohol; the bottom of the !ntt4 rior of the reservoir is concave, in order that the cotton wick may take np tAe last drop ofthe spirit. After the wick has been spread in the form of eanonet at the top of the lamp, the pla- tina wire cage, containing one piece of spongy platina, is to be picked into the. centre of the wick, and to be kept near iy in contact, but not to-touch 1t. AE ter the reservoir ilas been filled with al- cohol, the wick is to be infamed, and minute afterwards, the sPongy platina will have become ineandescent, when the flame is to be sudednly blown out. and the glass cover 10 be immediately placed over the platina. Without any further care or attention, the platina. will keep ignitcd for thirteen or four
 teen days and nights. A similar apa- ratus has been kept ignited for this pe- riod in the University of this city. If d tube is connected with 6 reservoir icon taining sufficient quantity of alcohol and the bottom of the reservoir of the lamp, l haven Ho hesitation in saving that the platina ball may be keptignited flor years. as the spongy platiha does not appear to hein the least destroyed by being keptin astate of constant ignition.
 1 had similar lamp made, on a small
 scale, to keep ignited from eight to ten. hours, which affords sufficient light to show the face of watch in the dark of night. ltcauses no annoyance from a glare ofiight. If "a light Is required. the glass cover is to De elevated, and the platina gently touched witha match of oxy-muriate of potossa, which viii be instantly inAamed and it is no smalIl recommendation, that there is not the e least dangerto beapprehended fremfirc.
 There have been two objections to this lamp, which were formidable ones,
The Arkansas advocate., 1831-08-17
From the .New Fork Commercial .4dverti
 ser, Juiy $. FUNERAL OF JAMES MONROE.

Our city has rarely, Ii ever, witness cd a more imposing spectacle, of the same solemn character, than WAS exlib. tied yesterday afternoon, when the last honors were paid to the remains of the i!!!sst;ioas Monroe. 0nno occasion, prob ably, have so many people been collect ed in the same space, selected for the ceremonies and the Inc of the proces. sion. A decorous silence prevailed throughout the countless multitude which thronged the Park, the streets, windows, balconies.and tops of the hous- es, and the funeral was conducted with singular precision and propriety, in the due order ol the arra gements; while tie mnffled bells were telling, andmin- ute guns firing, and melancholy martial music, cxcellently performed, regulated tie slow march of the procession.
 Ihe'stoTes we clcscd, and the din Of every day h'isias-- fushed, from the hme when the ceremonies bcgan-and
The Arkansas advocate., 1831-08-17

Dr. Scudder showed us the other day a young man in whose head he hadiust put one of his artificial eyes. On lock. ing at them, it was.iripossible to tel which was which. The doctor was in eestacies-"That,' said he,s' the high. est compliment that can be paid to my art. You cannot tell which eye is made by Dr. Scudder, or which by nature-- excellent that's enough 7 Tie liitls Hiass doctor has certainly carried .eye.set tingn beyond all preeedent.-A. York Courier < Enquirer,
The Arkansas advocate., 1831-08-17

II was COIlGiuQtd, l1e COIflu was DTOASll out and placed in the herses which wait ed at the north door of the front en- trance of the Church; ane after brief interval the procession commenced in the tie designated uianncF., at about half past o'clock. itw<s computed to ex- tend two miles. The Mercantile Ad- vertiser says
 The body wat carried in herse, covered with black cloth, fringed with gold. Fromthe centre ,pannels, the Ma ffiioi,ai lag hung reversed, and eight black feathers waved. above the whole, the herse was drawn by four black hor- ses. On either side f the herse, in open barouches, rode the
 FALL BEARERS.
 The Hon. Samuel L. SouthaFd of New Jersex.
 The Hon. David Brooks,
 Col. Richard NaIick,
 Col. John Trumkull,
 John Watts, Esq.
 Gov. Aaron Ogden of N. J.
 John Ferguson, Esq. Naval Officer.
 Thomas Morris, Esq. United States Marshal.
 Preceding the Ierse, the Rt. Rev. Bishop Onderdonk and s!e Rev. Dr. Wainwright, rod,s in carriage, follow ed by the iiev. Clergy on foot. The other parts of the procession being in accordance with tie arrangements pub lished yesterday. 1t is unnecessary to recapitulate.
 The officers ofethe day were,
 Major General Fleming, Grand Mar shall
 AIDS,
 Brigadier General Doughty,
 Brigadier General James J. Jones, Coi. Low,
 Major Schermi.rhorn,
 Captain Tompk;ns,
 Samuel Swartwout Esq. silas E. Burrows Esq. On arriving at the Marile Cemetry in SecopA street, the Military tookopen order, and the body was deposited in a yas,itspecially appropriated forthe Pur- pose. Three vellies were fired over the grave, and the different bodies com posing the procession withdrew under i the direction of the Grand Marshall It is said, with what truth We do not know, that the re mains are to be remoy- ed to Virginia, in compliance with a wish expressed by the deceased. The funeral honors paid to him by the city Of New York, were worthy of his me mory and of the character of this me trepolis.
The Arkansas advocate., 1831-08-17

h,porsont Llpentio,e yor Man,facts,rers. --i French chemist, named Soucbon has discovered the method of fixire ihe color of Prussiate of Iron, even mora permanently than Indigo blue. Win this preparation he has succeeded in dyeing green, blue-blacks, and black. at an expense of little morethan one-tbjri ofthat of indigo eoiors,and issaid to be6 every respect equally fire and perma. nent. 4 Mr. Arnold Btlfftm, of Rhode Island, has made arrangements for in. troducing this process into the eoustry. The Providence AmericaB, in annoonc. ing the fact, says that the eoEors win re. sist the action Of both acids and aiEaljs. The attention Of Souchon was called to the subject by premium of 3,0e0,00o francs, offered by Napoleon Bonaparte.
 Bs.bs.lo gi. '. Jour.
The Arkansas advocate., 1831-08-17

namely, the expense of the alcohol. x, the odour which IS diffused tI,rouebb balo ,t apartment in which it-is placed a'e remedy for the first, l find by exps.: ment, that the equal parts ofajeoss1f Afel', , whiske5 answer quite as well ae e...a sl'a cohoi; or even one-third of alcohol a9s 9., two-thlrds ofwiiiskey dovery well. wf;es a,la l ind, Tn calculation, to cost abon, 'sn asa penny for eight hours. Asa ra,..'l o.,e for the sccond objection, have ea,'t. s,,ey ved an apparatus for condensine ,h. 1e.'.ii' DOT, of which ] have made a slrs,..:' @ 'a' in order that itmas be correctly uldas stood, l have represented it as transaa rant; but the apparatus is made of t;e which is to be suspended from j ,s:. Y, the wall. The glass tube of tie lanri to be inserted into the tin tube oIih condensing apparatus, which will easa pietely destroy the stForg odouro of tGs vapour. The liquid is drawn oflby tbs stop-eoek at the side of the condenses which will be found compound ofvs ter, aeetic acid, and some other pecnlia, given to it by the platina
 We may add. that this lamp pav prove very useful in all mining districts as constant lightthat may be depended upon, if the reservoir is periodieally re. pienished. Ifthis should be the result ] shall feel myself amply repaid for ali the pains l have taken.
The Arkansas advocate., 1831-08-17

Ihe Jnormonites.--This infatuated people are again in motion. ln their own eant phrase, tsthey are going to il- herit the promise of God to Abraham and his seed" Their destination is some indefinite spot on the Missouri river, they say about l500 miles dis tant. About thirty of them have re. gently been ordained, and some of them have gone, others are about going, two and two, part by the western rivers and part by land, to their destined retreas far away from the cheering voice of civ ilized men. Those who have disposed of their property go now, and such as have Property,are making market for t so eagerly as oftento disregard peeuni- ary interests, and all are to follow with all convenient despatch. They still persist in their power to work miracles. They say they have oflen seen them done-the sick are healed-the lame walk-devils are cast out; and these assertions are made by men heretofore considered rational men, and men o' truth.
 Man is a strange animai-and tine lesson before us ought to teach us hu- mility for ourselves, and forbearance for the opinions of others; for though we are still of opinion that the leaders of this fiction are as gross inposteTs as was Jemima Wilkinson, yet we have no doubt the greatbody of their follow CTS are sincere and honest.-PaincspiAs Gazefe.
The Arkansas advocate., 1831-08-17

4 Gtant.-Wc yesterday witnessed, says the Pawtucket Chronicle of Fri. day, the disinteIDent of the lion. jd- seph Jenks, ore et the first Governors oi tine colony of Rhode Island, who died on the 18th of June, l749, ninety-one years ago. The skeleton was nearly entire, and in better state Of preser- gation than could have been expected. Governor Jenks was probably the tall- est man that ever. lived in the staie' standing when living, seven feet and two inches, wlthoutshoes His thigh boness when taken up, measused Is inches.
The Arkansas advocate., 1831-08-17

Between the 9th June ar the lo'n July, three hundred and three dogs were "disposed of'' in l biladelgnia' under the Dog LaVps
The Arkansas advocate., 1831-08-17

Rioting on the Raa Road.-The Bal tinlore and Ohio Rail IRs s3,ad has been materially injured by gang oi 'ilI workmen, who had been ,lefraudeo o' their wages by an abscondiIng centfae- tor named Truxton Lyon. Fifty or s,A' ty Of the rioters were arrested by li'' Sheriff aided by brigade of mllla' ,, and lodged in jail. We hol P they WIZ meet with proper punishmel |.
Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1831-04-22

appointment Of Major General Sir Archibald Camp.
bell, q b. as Lieutenant Governor OF the Province
Of New.BIunsw,ek and It's dependencies.
THE MARKETS
LIVERPOOL, March 23.-There is no material
change IN our Cotton Market, since tho 10TH and the
sales for four days past are about $40 bae the ar
Gle is perhaps offered freely, but Il is difficult to
sell AT the full prices Of last week The accounts tom
Manchester, and the manufacturing districts are en-.
couragiDg, and the demand for goods very Extensive.
Ashes are low al SO a sos Cd per cwt.
The Corn Markets. duh, and Wheat 2s 81 per quar-
ter lower 3ss per bbl may row be considered the
treme quotation for Flour and The sales confined 10 re
tail. No change in other articles.
Rice lin bond) Is los; Flour duty paid SIS S7s 3D.
Ind. Corn "A 45-; Tar IL ~. s.; Turpentne IL a
IL. 3D.; Q. Bark 10 lis; Tobacco, Virginia, leaf
o.; Stemmed Lid; Kentucky leaf 2 I.2 a 4d
Scanned LIZ 81.
LONDON MARKET. March 22.-Corn-Tbe was
no alteration in the duties articles last week
We had again but small show of samples Of English
WheatNt Market yesterday. few lore On car goe
from the souibward have dropped ill., The best runs
Eogish were taken OIL at about last weeks prices but
unfolding were offered rather lower. In foreign III ere
was moderate business done a. about isst weeks cur
rency Tor some desc options, but DSntze ssmples
offered at rather less money, end the demand being
chs ny from the country that description OF wheat is
now the least trquired for.
In the Gales OF Anne rican Flour little progress 10
ing the best marks hed at f0s and other
lions are Offering at all prices down Sea- The red
Clover trade has been heavy again, aud sales cannot
be effected without submitting to 2 3s per cwt DE-.
cline The sowing season Is very late this year, and
there Is yet but little doing.
The defeat of The Ministers on the timber du,ies-,bs
fall OF the French funds-and the excitement OF the
public mind the Reform question have had an p.
favorable effect Funded property. Cousos Tor Ac
count, which on Tuesday last, as l.2 76 A. fs
40 l-S aud last night closed AT 10 7S the Foreigt
Market there has been alteration since last Tue
worth report.