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

NOTES in a second, should renounce all hopes Oh
This is enough to make some connoisseurs. who
h.va hitherto reckoned themselves pretty goou'
nnon thar ewes. "a hundred notes IN Sc
cond ,"-rha. is ':capplns The climax.
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T, pennsvlyania. handsome salt cellar mas
haen made of Schuylkil coal. Its polish is near
" equal to that of black sealing wax: Ii IS
tbmoht durable house muy be made OF docks
of anthracite. and polished SD as to look wei!
Truly this is the age of Improvement. VINO
would have thought of Goa. salt cellars but coal
houses! Well might Mr.. jefferson say that ne
was century behind the lest of mankind IN his
calculations concerning ingenuity ana ART
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How lovely and amiable Is & xhiDition VI
female benevolence! Charity Is then rooed III
its brightest garments, and appears IN its 'a'ree'
form. Two esimable females III Albany, III
humble circumstances, but with large benevolent
hearts, considering the condition Of destitute
children, determined to devote their whole time
to their relief. They according opened an asy-
Ium, not merely for orphans, but for the children
of profligate worthless parents, and also OF pa
rents who. though not worthless were unau'e "
nav for them. They charged to those parents
Who were able to paw, only fifty cents per week,
for board, washing and clothing; others were re-
ce;ved prat,s. They had not proceeded far, when
the utility of the project attracted pubic atteh-
ton and support. Donations howed IN On tie'"'
particularly from the Ladies' Orphan Society,"
The asylum is in hourishing situation. not
yielding in usefulness to any other In the cry
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We are glad to see signs of the progress OF the
cause of Temperance among the seamen IN our
Navy. A letter from Port Mahon, dated on
board the Brandywine. states that out OF 800
only l64 drank theirgrog. This is encouraging.
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aThe Establishments Magazine" is the title OF
a new periodical, the first number of which has
| reached this country. 1t is under the editorial
control of Thomas Cooper, Esq. and. it is sup
posed, will become the monthly organ OF the
Grey ministry.
We have read some interesting articles from
the new Magazine, and presume from the known
talents of its editor it will be valuable addition
to the literature Of England.
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Notes on Italy, by our countryman kembrandt
Peale, recently published, has received high
commendatiOn from respectable sources The
| literary talents of Americans, when properly
cultivated, will be found no small source of ma
tional pride aud qualification. We have those
abroad who are winning US "golden opinions
from the liberal and intelligent Of Europe.
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| The first number of the I" Amercan Botanical
Register has just been issued at Washington
1t is published by Messrs. Thompson and Ho-
mans, and is under the superintendent of DR..
Breton and Mr.. Rich, whose botanical acquire
ments, we are informed by the Intelligencer,
are such as to ensure to the work the favorable
attention of all who are attached to the study of
| that science"
Mapv of our readers have gone with pleasure
over Watson's Annals of Philadelphia, work
| fu! Of interesting local matter, and every way
curious and entertaining to the general reader
Washington Irving writes to the author as fol-
| lows:-
81 return YOU my sincere and hearty thanks
for the volume which you have had the kindness
to send me, and which has proved source of
| entertainment. calling up many scene and ma
nv an association of early youth; the interest of
which nothing can efface from the heart. The
peculiar relish have entertained from my most
youthful DAYS for these Legendary traditional re-
searches, rather increased than declined with
years, and every thing connected with the good
old times,' and early history, manners and. Gus
toms of our country. and its different cities. is
felt just as strongly by me as if never had wall
dered from home.
l hope, my dear Sir, YOU will continue to ex-
plore the vein which you have successfully OPEN
ed; be assured that while you are gratifying your
self YOU are doing an important service TO your
country, bv multiplying the local association of
the idea, and the strong but invisible ties of the
mind and of the heart which bind the nation to
the paternal SOIL"
The Charleston papers announce the publica-
ton of the 18th number of the Southern Review.
work, to the political tone and temper Of which
we entirely object. but which IS deserving of
Southern support for the ability displayed in its
prosecution. We have only time and space to
give the /" List of Contents" of the present Num-
Der of the review-which appears to be Of more
exclusively literary character, than were some of
the preceding numbers-they are as follows
ART. l. Byron's Letters and Journals-TI.
Berranger's Poems-III. The life and times of
Daniel DE FOe-IV. Murat's Letters on the Cni-