Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1831-06-10

- ,ai with Genera' JaeAso"' wy
Tfsc n.delble stain
,A,n, ,wea,y mics from Mount h9ra. New
Ae'-sh - !: house winch Is built III TWO
i0fS' - caunties. and four towns. The
states y" Nav York and Vermont: the counties
sitss I'e bennington, ami Washington;
re heu''' ,awus are Bennington, SALISBURY,
sd NE c.ost and Housac. The " Temperance
Nh'e 80 ~ ives the following history OF tilt
iNVeSi,t he :, Mr.. Mathews, who, through some
fas w. tor,nne. became subject to those unwe-
''aA " .i,srs ycIept sherifls. On one OCCASION
1"G "a IF Remington County, Vermont,
Ne .. ,bo house. and on inquiry, found that
aeI had cone 10 ihe State Of Ner York
W. VI % ha;n2 mite capacious. aud the division
Tie nc, ~ states running longi,udinaly through
.' ,pnre. he, with his wonted hospitality, ,n'u,
' 10 sheriff to dine with him' The Sners
ID tod ~. the invitation, and seated himself 10
1nD State. while Mr.. NJ. Preter'ng the other
's - ar lawn with him, bidding defiance to all
'"'' 1T ne - John Doe and Richard Roe.
n" -dSsS
-. .,;,k,5Yry .nqued4ct Conlpany--lt gives
&c, nl,,sure 10 state. that the Iron pipes Tor
I,s''' ,hs ,ater into Fredericksburg have just
~ ,nJ that the work will be forthwith CON-
',n' ..i anil prosecuted, with energy. 1t is sup
nat, oortion Of our citizens Will be sup
E,j e,rIy ia the ensuing autumn.--.7rena.
r'' -SNes
p,,,cs2,, Executor vs.. Stills Erecm0r.-'
r D 10 requested, BY the gentleman who furnish
nh IN. statement of this case, TO say,
%, On Ge 5l,t uLr. the Court If Appeals set
' AZ. n. decree entered in it, at a previous
II tho term, aud have retained the case Tor
i,;.sor consideration, for the only reason, as u
go. nn,,.rslpnd, that whenever flnal decree IS
.a,.,ed il NAV be bY full court, as the case Is
i.,med one Of much consequence; aud two OF
10 Indces were necessarily absent when the
MON II the Court was delivered who were pre-
a., when the case was argued.
The same gentleman desires it to be farther
.,,pd that some important errors are contained
tho statement, Of what was understood IL be
a.. ,pni,n Of the Court, and which were inadver-
.,,dy made in the haste Of drawing up the state
nsa, In substance, the Court decided, that
rIerr IN one wear, an executor or administrator
,bmld receive more than he disbarseS, and thus
eromes the debtor Of the estate, and IN suisse
,nsnt year discusses more than he rec ewes. and
b,s. for that ysar, becomes The creditor OF the
state. thus latter sum is to be deducted .frst
nm fis Principal sum due from the executor
r administrator in the preceding wear; but tbat
Z the executor l. the creditor OF the estate at
ae cad of one year, and at the eGd Ui su6se-
iignt YEAR becomes the debtor OF the estate, this
tier sum. due from the executor or admins
.rsOr. is to be deducted first from the iafsreSt
lae to him, and accrung on the preceding years
saace in his favor, and the balance. II any, Is
be taken from the principal SIAM :" f"und due
70 him in the preceding year.
The court did not undertake TO reriew Gran
Jerry IS. CRANBERRY, but decided that the fore
,Olag mode. Of stating the accounts OF Execu-
orS and Administrators, was conformably with
Cranberry VS.. Cranberry. 1t was understood
hat this mode Of stating these accounts was in
ended to be confined to the cases Ut executors
and administrators, aud not to embrace guar
ilaai, &c.-Ricim0nd Hhig.
-&NeS
4 short trip INTO the country o. FyiicY last,
cables Us to say, that the grown Corn looks
generally very well. They h,d some fine show
rs Of rain on Saturday aud Sunday mn'"'"y on
TIE lower part of the James River. -1s - neat
;rOy has been considerably Gu: a. oy the fly
The harvest will be later Oy lew days than
plmon Few Of the fields have yet assumed
any thing like the decidedly yellow tint. A com
Neacement Of the harvest viii be made below
/ nom the 18th TO The goth inst.
IRichmond Compiler.
-aASN
The Coat Of Mail just before Napoleon set
vlt foe Belgium, he sent to the cleyerest artisan
d his class IN Paris, aud demanded Of him whe'
her he would engage to make coat OF mail, to
De worn under the ordinary dress, which should
y absolutely bulet-proof; and that, if 50, he
asht nlme his own price Tor such work. The
nan engaged 20 make the desired object, II al
owed proper time, and he named $4,000 francs
q the price oft. The bargain was concluded,
anil IN due time the work was produced. and its
maker honored with a second audience of the
Emperor. Now" said his Imperial Majesty,
pat It ou." The man did so. {" AS am tC
'aSc nv HE on its efficacy, goa will. suppose,
eve 10 objecuons to do the same" And hs
'Taa brace Of pistols, and prepared to discharge
we OF them at the breast Of the astonished ar
ne There was no retreating, however, and
a' dead with fear, he stood the ire, and, to The
,a"lc credit Of his work, with perfect impurity
=, the Emperor was not content with one trial
e h'ed the second pistol at the back OF the trem
N'ns artist, and afterwards discharged towllns
piece at another part of him with similar effect