Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1831-09-16


possibility. and which, if II were not So, womb
he. Of itself. tremendous evil. There are cItt- I
zens Of Boston who know what slavery is-who
have measured the breadth and depth of the evil
who know how much injustice has been done on
this subject by we'll meaning persons IN the Md
die aud Eastern States 20 the people OF the Snnth
in this particular. We cali apon them to step
forward. aud with that pen they WELD so ably;
vindicats the cause Of humanity, as It's outraged
by the publications To which we refer. we IN
treat them tn awaken the people to the trutn'
and the whole truth on this subject
Our readers in the middle and Eastern States
NAV be assured we do not speak thus earnestly
on light grounds. The subject Is LOO grave 10
be triled with. By all which they hold dear we
coniure the real friends Of humanity not to de-
lude themselves into the belief that we oVerrate
the evil Of which we speak, but to des,st from
countenancing, even by silence, these incendia-
nv undertakings. Let them be frowned down
bv universal consent.
New ORLEANS, Aug, %.
On motion of Mr.. Suulet. at a meeting OF the
CITY Council, the sum of 5000 dollars was yes
terdav, appropriated for the relief OF the INDECENT
sufferers by the late storm.
TIE Sforn,.--Since our last, the information
we have received has been most favorable lie
steamboat Long Branch. about which So mach
uneasincss WAS felt, arrived safely, ana report
ed no losses on the lake The storm at Mobile
was not !clt as much as here The damage sus-
tanned by the Rliroad company is comparatively
trfling, their Iusses being principally III TIMBER
and The wharf slightly injured. The water Is
fast receding from the back parts OF the CITY
The inundaiion occasioned by the flowing OF the
waters of tire sea, will occasion great loss.
All the gardens in the back part OF the city. and
in the vicinity on the coast, are ruined. At lerre
aux Bnufs the plantations are completely under
water, in many places to the depth OF teet. lhe
crops IN that quarter are consequently entirely
ruined. Some uf the plantations below town
are also under water. From above the accounts
are contradictory. The loss however we are IN
cincd to think, is not so great as was apprehend-
ed.
The total of the losses occasioned by the storm
are variously estimated They will not, however.
fall short of half million Of dollars; for although
the damages, except To the levee, the shipping
and sugar crop are not very apparent, vet there
are few buildings in the city but have some in
Jury, and scarcely citizen out has sustained
loss at some kind or other
Tie effects of the storm tnn will be felt AT
ter all traces of il shall have disappeared. The
waters will have entirely receded by tomorrow,
and the sun resuming its ordinary intensity will
raise miasmas the most deleterious to health. AL
ready in many parts Of the city, the exhalatlons
are ihtolerable and unless the Mayor exerts him
self to have all impurities removed and correct
ed, we may expect most fatal epidemic. The
plains and swainps will be left no doubt covered
witt, the carcases of drowned animals, and even
the streets and yards in the city will be far from
free of them; they should as ia as possible be re
moved, end the privies corrected with lime.
4 gentleman, who has had opportunity of See
ing every plantation between the Baize and the
city, informs US that the canes are not blown
down and seem to have suffered but little from
lost weeks storm. We haze been informed, by
some coasters, that the gale has not injured the
crops in the upper parishes.
Mr.. II. CLAY of Kentucky in the name OF
himself and of Mr.. Bergman, proposes to sell
out third interest in STEAMBOAT TO any one who
will undertake to keephim. He was purchased
for these gentlemen at the great sale of Arabian
horses in New York. Mr.. Rhind addressed to
Mr.. Clay the following letter upon the value of
the horse:
account of the Arabian horse StambouI which he
purchased on your account at the public sale here
on the 18th inst. This is one OF the horses sent
me by Sultan Mahmoud, few days before left
C.mstantnople, after my return from Russia
rslst August last. | took him from thence to
SMYRNA, where embarked for this port direct.
lie was pronounced by the best judges both at
Constantlnople aud Smyrna, to be horse OF the
first grade; his color is sorrel, with silver name
and tail, was six years old last grass, and is of
the Arabian Tribe Uegdi The Arab horse is
seldom above IA hands high, and the Sultan or
dered of the taliest to be sent to me. You have
certainly made great acquisition by this pur-
chase, and am happy he has fallen into your
hands. Had not Congress claimed the animals
and BY what rishtI have yet to learn. intend.
ed to have sent this horse to Kentucky and should
have expected from five to eight thousand dollars
for him. never would have sold hun for less
than the first price. Had I,not been on the eve
of departure Ior the East, and moreover feeling
disnclned to interfere in the business, never
would have allowed those horses to be thus sa-
crifced. am persuaded that the colts of Stamboul
will show the intrinsic value of the animal; and
although nv personal object has been defeated,