Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1831-07-12

MON of Mr.. Valentine, the gentleman Wno hds
given him a home, that he i, either a deserter
from some coasting schooner or a runaway scaPe-
grace from some neishboring seaport.
Bost. Daily .7dc.
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From, the annapolis Republican.
SoLIp STEM WHEAr.-We had al opportunl-
ty, a few days since, of seeing a To- % Nneat'
upon the farm of Dr.. Wilson w., OF Is DIE
River, from which, we presume, !
bushel will be reaped-that. it 90
will be a valuable acquisitio": it Is
duct of a few grains of seed br'ugh Jy
orr fellow-citizen. Lieutenant Mayo. a. Uni
ted States Navy. and obtained by Mir s,,on tie
Plains of Irov. IN Asia Minor, which he spenr
some time in visiting a few years ago. when the
shin on board of which he then served was III the
ArchipeIaso. The grains Of this Wheat arc
somewhat larger than those of wheat common to
this country, though perhaps rot quite as targe
! as the wheat from the mountains OF Chill. lite
stalk is peculiar for being nearly solid, instead
Of hollow. and more tapering than other wheat
the first joints being larger. and forming a more
substantial base. The head has a thick stiit
beard, not less than six inches in length. 1t ave-
RACES about forty grains TO each head, which we
ascertainrd to weigh ne-third more than the same
number Of grains of the blue stem wheat growing
alongside Of it, and which also averaged forty
grains to the head. Forty grains OF the former
weighed thirty.one srains-the same number OF
the latter weighed but nineteen grains. This be-
Ing the third year that this wheat has vesetated
in our climate and upon our soil. although but III
specimen, we may fairly assume that 1t has been
tested and found to answer well. 1t is said TO be
valuable more especially from the protection
which the solidity of its stalk affords from the de-
predations of the fy, so destructive to other de-
scriptions of wheat 1t will also be mu ch less
liable to fall, we presume, from the same reason.
-aeESsa-
NEw-YosK, July 9.
Murder.-We have this day to record another
outrageous act, which was perpetrated last night
at about ten O'Clock, at the corner of Sheriff and
Delaney streets. Mr.. John Warner, a highly
respectable young man, while engaged in closing
the grocery store of the widow Missiple. was
shot at by some person on the opposite side OF the
street. Two balls entered his body; one at the
breast, and the other at the hip, the latter passing
claimed =. I am shot, and died in a few minutes.
A gun was found this morning. in or close to a
wagon, near the spot whence the shot came. Ii
is a peculiar one;-thc middle band being of.
and the stock split; and it IS without a ram-rod.
IL - p'dSCo iH pS WI :. w
Grand street.
The deceased was the son of Judge Warner. OF
River Head, Long Island, and was much es-
teened.
An inquest was held this morning on The bo-
DIV. Thejury returned a verdict that John War
ner was shot with a musket last night about ten
minutes after ten O'Clock, by some person or per-
sons unknown.
The person or persons who committed this d.
abolical act are yet at large. We are Informed
that suspicion rests upon two young men, whose
names it would be improper to mention at this
time. The proper authorities will do their duty.
Commercial
1t appears from Eaton's Life of Jackson, that
General Jackson was born on the 18th March,
1867.
On the 18th of March, 1888, therefore, being
the expiration of the term for which he has been
elected. he will be 66 years Of age.
This 1867 is the age at which Thomas Jefer-
son retired, being las he said) admonished by the
coming in6rmities of aye that he ought to with
draw from public life.
No President hitherto has continued beyond
that age, the people of the United States agree
ing in opinion with Mr.. Jefferson, that the duties
Of the President required for their proper per-
fnrmaDce a greater degree OF acuVIty ana strength
than could be expected after that period OF life.
Is Andrew Jackson an exceptions! Inirm as
he now is, what will he probably be at the end of
six years more?-Nat. Gaz.
-<E3a2Saes
The Ourang Omang.-The Boston Daily Ad-
~vertiser says-'This curious animal has So far
recovered her health and strength that she is Of
fered for public exhibition. IL is but eighteen
months old, and IS consequently of small dimen-
Sims, being not much larger than a child of the
same age. Ii has the nearest resemblance, we
believe, to the human form Of any species Of
brute animal which exists. This resemblance is
the closest in the head. eyes and ears, aud in the
hands. The Inns arc Large and proiet ting. and