Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1831-06-16

.ao,,y !, talking, and which effects the course
"A ,E,rscter Of our Government
r,o,,s A. TrDBALL has been unanimously
tod Clerk Of the County Court oil Frede-
~, Ioux G.. STUART has been appointed
W. IS ,Ls Spperior Court of Law and Chan
,.ry, for the County Of King George
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,-.,.,;,,a Ss,,srqyer. New York Dali
II, srrj,e, alludes to this phenomenon thus:
: An official newspaper, OF folio sue, consist
n, Of four pages. is now Puohsheu at a''o, ~
AR Of MahOmed Ali, FicerOy OF Egypt IL
;n,.d both in Turkish and Arabic; 1t contains
T.. nol;tical regulations of the Governor. the
r,m,rkable events that take place IN Egypt,
~, of the vessels that arrive at and sail from
49, F.yp,iau ports, aud generally such nte'i'-
,.r,. resuectng the agriculture and commerce
n, country, as i. useful to know. Thermo-
'.,r,r,I and barometrical observations made at
C,iro are regularly recorded iii this Gazette
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III. the misfortune of some Of our brethren to
,bs North. TO be affected with an unconHuerabie
J.re Of interfering with affairs which IN no way
,o,reru them. Their oiiiciousness Is any thing
5u agreeable, and productive always OF the OPP
oo,ite results to those intended. They are thus
,o,,ked by the Charleston GaZette:-
some of our Northern prints, with winning
,r Of conf 'ence, have drawn comparisons, In
,o respects calculated to awaken our pride OF
,rati,ude. between the flourishins state OF their
osa aud the depressed condition. OF our section
f,ouutry. Theformer, with most wonderful
agaelty, refer to the Industry. the enterprise
and the general well behaviour Of their citizens
tho latter to our Southern discontents--nuii',
6eatiOn-Indians, and other subjects OF local
concern ONLY, in which some OF them have AREA
ly meddled much more extensively than was
either polite Or prudent. We say to these, IN a
spirit quite as amlcable as the nature OF the CIR
cumstancss will permit, "Let US alone" we
are aware that these words have IN them much
that is surly aud selfish, but what can we do.
Weare unwilling to quarrel-we are vain enough
to conceive ourselves competent to the manaSe-
nent Of our own concerns, and though unwilling
10 fii Into sectionality, and lessen the name, and
limit the glory, of the American citizen to dis
tict Of country comparatively isolated, yet when
these are pressed Upon, proper and warning
clu,ion would prompt US TO say, ''Let US alone.'
Il would have been better. bad this caution been
taken, as it was given, sooner. II may be well,
is not taken too late. At least, it becomes
u.s. as friends Of peace, and order, and right,
who have seen the impending gloom and appre-
send the coming of evil DAYS, to utter our voice
ct warning. If our people labor under phren-
~, it is the part of the good physician, gather to
SOOthe By sedati'es, than provoke by stimhlants.
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~ yyhooi;nr Co,atta af tho I 4 RI Contains an
accuuut of the loss of another steamboat. On
Saturday night last says the Gazette, about -
miles below Cincinnati, the Steamboat Sylph, on
Dcr way up was struck by the Charleston, and
sunk in three minutes. She had about 80 cabin
aUd 80 or 90 deck passengers, who had barely
lime to escape from their berths, and undressed,
and leaving their baggage behind. A few jump.
ed in the Yacht. aud the rest were taken on'buard
The Charleston. which roundeS TO i'nmediatsly.
One gentleman. a bookseller ofI. Ouisviie, name
no, recoliected. was lost. supposed to have been
AICd BY the bowsprit Of the Charleston, a. the
line she struck. The steamboats, Highlander and
Req, Franklin came along soon after tloaccident
md rendered every assistance Ia their soweIs
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The Maysyille Eagle Of Wednesday last says:
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Steamboat, Argus, few hours alter she lett this
place on Saturday morning last on her way 70
Ptsburg A young man about IL years " aSe
By the name Of James FOURIER. in passing the oy
wheel, playiully engaged in scue with one OF Ills
nessmates, hisioot accidentally slipped between
the bars that enclosed the wheel and was instant
" torn of, and the remainder Of the leg SO mate
rially Injured that it became necessary to amPa-
ate it above the knee. The Argus Immediately
returned to Maysville, and the unfortunate you.n
was conveyed to a boarding house, where Surgi-
cal and Medical aid was immediately rendered..
The philanthropic conduct of Capt Crook on
he occasion was such as TO command the highest
ASteem.a @,
I'VE understand that the. Steamboat orleans
@descsndiug the Mississippi,came IN contact WIN
he Hudson in the night, as she was ascending;
about twenty miles above New Orleans; ootn u
he vessels are said to have been seriously inJas'
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.}d,iGiion The New York American makes
me following severe but just remarks, upon tne
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