Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1831-05-11

The Great Michael. was certainly for her day,
tho wander Of the time. The quarterly journal
of Agriculture says:-'' To give an idea OF the
enormous quantity of timber necessary to con-
struct ship Of war, we may observe that 2ooo
tons or 5000 loads, are computed to be required
for "a. Now, reckoning fifty oaks to the acre,
Of 100 years. standing and the quantity IN each
tree to be load and half, it would require Tor
ty acres of oak forest to build one seventy-iour;
and the quantity increases in great ratio Tor the
largest class of line of battle ships. The aver
ace duration of the vast machines, when employ
ed, is computed to be fourteen wears"
IN. r. Mercantile.
--easas-
Coincidence of our readers, who re-
member for ten days any remark OF ours, may
recollect that, in speaking OF the recent eSpu''
sion from office Of. two Secretaries because TWO
others had chosen to resign, we were reminded
of the anecdote of the gardener who punished
his son, for symmetry On the same Gay Oh
which we prepared that article, the following,
was published, edtorially, in the United states
Gazette, at Philadelphia:
owe are at loss to answer the question SO
frequently put to US, sWhy Is the Cabinet b. o.
ken up?" And 1t does not yet appear, that the
administration papers have been instructed upon
tbatimportant pont. Is it now to be understood &
| en- argued upon, that Mr.. Van Buren, and Major
Eaton voluntarily resigned, and that alessrs.
Branch and Ingham were turned out, "tor the
sake of summefrl," as John Paul Jones' father
said. Svhsn he locked up his son in one s,nsm,e,
house, because he had a thief IN the other?"
We are gratiGed at this evidence of our coin
cidence in thought with the worthy editor OF the
very respectable paper from which it is 'aken.-
| Therc!@,e been more extensive coinc dences OF
expressl N. by the way, among editors remote
from one another, concerning the late dissolution
of the Caluct, than concerning any otter event
within our recollection. That which we have
Just noted is hardly more remarkable tian others
which we have observed.-Nn. L".
/ --seeYsz-
| Lntenperonce The following aneCdote, Illus
trating the unquenchabe thirst tor intemperance,
is related in the Columbian Starr
NIn travelling recently in one of the Southern
States we remained during the night at a house
where several men had assembled for the purpose
of indulging their lawless passion for ardent spi
rits. They became noisy and profane as the
night advanced, and alb out the time Tor retiring
to bed, their unhallowed clamor was almost in
sufierable. 1t was in vain to think of sleep, or
of quieting their horrid obstreperousness, and we
therefore submitted as we'll as we could to the
misery of our condition. By the morning one
of the party had soberea of somewhat, and SEEM
ed capable of rational conversation. We at
, tempted to demonstrate against his habits, and
point out their evil tendencies, when he inter-
rupted US by relating the following anecdote-
"Two men OF my acquaintance lately met at the
house of one of them, and being both fond of the
bottle. they proceeded to drink and caroused for
L., oh In tha aoff hair
drinking they consumed all the liquor that was
in the house; and as there was none TO be had in
the neighborhood, they became very miserable and
impatient. What to do for spirits they could
not imagine At last one Of them discovered
small decanter which was placed in some part of
the house, containing snake preserved in spl-
rits. The spirits looked we'll, and one propos-
ed to the other to taste it. This was according
| " done, and one taste succeeded to another un-
| til the contents Of the decanter we're exhausted,
and the snake left high and dry" The narrator
assured usthat this was the truth, & proceeded to
say" Now. sir, if the love of liquor will cause
man to drink such draft as this, how can YOU
think that your talk will do me any goods" Tru-
| ly, thought we, it must be hopeless work."
-sas19s~
Iodi,,e.-The most satisfactory results have
been produced at the Hospital of Saint Louis in
Paris, by the administration of preparations of
Iodine in scrofulous cases. even of the most des-
perate character PhiIad. Chr0n.
-sa9e9es-
Master Burke again delighted full audience
on Saturday evening, and there has been quite
rush at the theatre this morning for seats to wit
ness his performance in the play and farce to-
nisht.-Baltimore Gdzefte.
ssaRe9oas-
PHILADELPHIA, May 9.
Fire.-On Sunday morning. about o'clock,
fire broke out in the printing press establish
rpnt of Mr. Adam Ramage, in Library street,
near Fifth, which, with the carpenter shop adj
Joining, was destroyed. Mr.. RS loss, we I'M
drrstand. is principally in lumber and few tools.
His finished work. we learn. is kept in the back
brick building, which was was not injured. 1t is
stated that the three nearest fire companies were
prevented from as early an attendance as usual,
in consequence of the key-hoies ofhleir doaxs be-
ing plugged; and the same circumstance was
noticed at the fire last Sunday morning, on the
Ridge Road.-U s. Gaz.