Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1831-02-25

STaanar5, for the year 1851. 1t is hoped the
S ,;II arrive in time to let the reader of his
's.,,Ek learn how the Thermometer will stand
IN August. H1 No.
vts copreation.-'Them most numerous Legis-
Live pnIj,ical Convention we have ever witness
~ -GIl TWO hundred members as we are inform,
i having been present--assembled at the State
Uomse, Thursday evening, February IL. The
convention was called to order By Hon. James
Fowler Of Hampden County. George Blake,
r.o If Boston, was appointed Chairman, and
/ , Robinson, Esq. of Lowell, Secretary. The
C,nyeotion then proceeded to nominate His Ex-
rellency LEVI LINCOLN, for reelection as Gov
.rnor. and His Honor Thomas l.. WINTHROP,
t,r reelection as Lieutenant Governor, which
oominations were both unanimously agreed to-
On motion Of Hon. B. +. Varnum of Mlddesey,
| committee was appointed to wait upon Gov.
lincoln, and Lieut.. Gov. Winthrop, TO inlOrm
| ara of their nomination. and request their con-
.ent 10 stard as candidates.
The Convention then proceeded To nominate
! HgxeY CLAY. of Kentucky, as candidate tor
he next Presidency of the United States, which
,Dmnatiun. after some discussion upon the eXpe-
lIency of nomination at this time. was made
laaaiauusiL: the gentleman who had expressed
doubts As to the expediency of acting al This time,
.ying avowed himself convinced by the DISPOSE
dnOu manifested by the meeting, that the time
u act had arrived.
The Convention then proceeded to the appoint
nent Of Committee to nominate Central Com
mittee and it was voted that the several Coun-
" Delegations be requested to meet and to elect
Chairmen Of County Committees, and to report
The same to the Committee named for the selec-
ton Of Central Committee.
ACOmmttce was also appointed to draft Reso-
indons and an Address. The Convention then
gipumed till Thursday next, al Z. NJ. to re-
GENE the Reports Of its Committees.
The best spirit prevailed at this meeting.-
Massachusetts, Is sound to the core; true to the
tnOu, and to Republican principles.
Bosf. Pat.
Curious EUuSiOn Of the Custom House officers.
The markets Of Zante and CephalOnla receiv-
dhOm the province their chief supply in cattle,
palty. butter, cheese, honey; the larger portion
Of these articles being sold ON Sessini's account,
shO sent his wife to the former Island To receive
DE money He frequently sent her over large
Nn'; but partly fearing TO excite the notice OF
ut lon,an governments, and partly to avoid the
la'Om-hOuse duty, he often concealed his gold
m the butter or cheese which he sent in presents
MADAME Sessini. Two Of these cheeses were,
n' some unaccOuntable mistake. sold to a Zantl-
~ Who telt as delighted on discovering In their
Interior little mines of gold, as Madame Sessini's
Was yeHed on detecting her error. She in vain
'PPied to the police for restitution. it was ,e-
p"su 10 her representations. that since they were
"'N'ered at the custom House as cheeses, they
were legally bought as such; and that the loss of
ue money was Just punishment for deceit which
VIE Aad Practised so long on the government.
.uilbmgsn's Memoirs Of Greece.
saN>
haraers Tomb Whose is that simple mo-
'oent aar off, If it be memorial of the dead,
I "a, stands alone in the plain at some distance?"
iN SIMPLE Tomb" said the Armenian, ''for
"n It's, was not reared by Christian hands, but
nose OF their Saracen fod. You look ON it
'"ueep interest" he continued, while his own
vas liked intensely on the sweet and melan-
w! features of the youthful! woman: sit tells,
more mpressivey than the proudest Sc
;I''nre' that IN the wilderness sleeps the beauti-
!" ""e' The devoted mother, who had made ex-
= sorrow, and oppression dear to the banished
'.i Inc Saracen pauses In the wild, to kneel
MI "e u; The Arab fOrgets his herceness there;
~u me memory aud the love of Rachel are re-
vmOcred' while the very fragments of cities
"ePer'shed arOand,-EriLes Of Palestine.
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" .o% q Chinese femoie.-A paper was late
,r, "au before the ROYAL Society, containing an
,0'cal description OF the foot of Chinese fe.
III hransley S. Cooper, Esq.
w,a ~. " 'Oot OF which AN account is here given,
6oDS ,alned from the body Of dead female
an ~ "Oatng in the river at Canton, and had
Tho e characters OF detormity consequent upon
purp".a 'aLins habit Of early bandaging for the
a DDr.s. O' checking its natural growth. To an
of se0na maltormatiou. than of being the effect
-, t however long continued: and appears at
"snt IKE club foot. or an unreduced dis