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

~, ,r,s in the zenith OF her prosperity.
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(,ora;o-The census of all the counties IN
,.nr,;a' with the exception OF Chatham. has
t"ao orsceiyed. and shows population of 500,
os~ II !, estimated that Chatham county con-
t,;ns 10000; which gives total OF ole,SS1.
,ibe co,ured population amounts to 2iO,O4S.
.rGs nopulation of Georgia in 1920 was $40, 9s9.
.TTe representative population IS about 424,2oO;
- that. if the ratio should be increased to any
aDmh.r below 1900, Georgia will be entitled to
"Ho,ber member of Congress.
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SeaanJod DisaSter.-We have been verbally
;,rnrmed that some days since, the steamboat
Srlnh hurst her boiler somewhere above Mays
,5'p Captain Benjamin Potter, the command
~ a,J many more are said to be killed.
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From Calcutta.-'rhe ship Corlnth'an, Capt.
p,rrett. has arrived from Calcutta, whence she
.,;ad on the 18th October, and made the land
nFCape Hatteras on the 18th January. Inc
aJi,ori of the Baltimore american are indebted
~ rho noiteness of Mr. ROBERT SINGLEToN'
,unercsrgo of the Corintnlan, Tor extensive mes
of,he India Gazette to the llth October; anu the
C,,e,sfa Exchange Gazette to the l2h OF 1ne
.,memonth, inclusive. Their contents are MADE
nm Of extracts from English papers, aud OF mat
,pr, so entirely local that they possess little oi In
rerest to the American reader.
Canton papers of the Sd July had been recew-
ed At Calcutta. They contain nothing interest.
mo. except the announcement oil the reneweu
sttempts of the linguists to burden foreign COM
merce BY oblisins each ship to pay 900 dollars.
Numerous cargoes of new Cotton had arrived
and the supply OF Malaw Opium expected from
lar that
,leclined as low as $50 dollars for small parcels
Thsy had subsequently,. however, risen to 545
and $50 dollars; and Patna, which had fallen to
10 dollars, at the last date was at 195.
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Eorfhouake.- Montreal Gazette of last
Monday saws" Yesterday morning, about SIX
o'clock, the very rare and unusual occurrence OF
an earthquake alarmed many oil our good inhaoi-
tauts. The shock was distinctly felt in all parts
of the CITY, and was tulerabiy smart. Many at
tribute this event to volcanic origin, and Imaslue
that the appearance of an extinct volcano. whlch
our mountain presents, proves that The cause Is
not far distant-Others, more inclined to the mar
yellOus, suppose that the comet. now seen TO-
wards the morning in the \. \. +. has given this
earth blow with its fiery tail during one Of It's
risky movements"
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Jioleat assault. yesterday, Alexander
Hopkins, Printer, was examined before the Po-
lice Court, OH a charge oi having violently assault
ed and beaten his wife on the head with flat
iron. ON Wednesday night and was committed
Tor trial, being unable to give $4,000 bonds, re-
quired b. the Court.
Ii appears that Hopkins who is genteel look
ng man, married Young woman Of very respec
table family at the North End, four or five years
since; that he treated her ILL.,. and that, by the
wish of her father both went TO live at his house
last summer, her father remarSing that he would
mud out which was to blame.
About the first of the week, as il is said. he
asked Ms. Hopkins TO take sleigh ride with
him, which she refused to do, alleging that the
terms on which they stood would render such
an act very improper. He afterwards heard
that she was going with another party on Thurs
day, which probably exasperaed him. On We'd
nesday night Mrs. Hopkins went to cotillon
party She being very fond of dancing, and in
deed having sometime since taught it to her chill
den.) On her return, while taking the kitchen
door KEY from a window, she told tine young man
who waited upon her he need not stop. as Alec.
Was up and she was therefore not afraid. Soon
after she had entered, some words passed be-
'y the throat with one hand. and with the other
look Ilat-lron from the shelf and gave her Sc
,eraI dreadful blows on the head. In parrvng
The blows one of her hands was split open, being
led together only by the inside skin. The nails
we're torn completely of the other hand by the
edge OF the irOn.-The physicians do not think
sAs will survive her wounds. Mrs. Hopkins
n'her hearing the noise, came down, and found
'Sdaushter weterius in blood The alarm was
gwen and Hopkins was taken at his mothers
aouse' between eight and nine o'clock yesterday
morning Boston Patriot.
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Death jy Bran9y-Mr. B. Fuller, Jr. propri-
e@r OF lsompsOnylile Hotel, Enfield, COnn has
published an article in the Springfield Republi-
ya stating The facts in the case of the young man
HS'i'ns hmselfby drinking spicits at his house.
Nseems that Mr.. F. had retired to bed early on
we evening OF the 9th inst. that the house was
S'O'eI at lOo'clOck, that two young men, who
Uaraed with him, returned about that time, aud
" FOOLISH boyish, inconsiderate manner, one
UNDERTOOK to drink as much as the other would
gay Tor. tie commenced and drank or glass
= VI Brandy SLIM whom tho ha RI aanar tellinu