Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1831-01-24

E,r,v ON Saturday morning, ~hinis'en
Ear, vas resorted to BY shoe black IN rhila
sI"S;, who. on rising. and about to issue ior.h
~ ,b, ,nderssaadiags o. his customers,
P'' L;uselfburied in his cellar, under huge
'uuu III After many Intellectual efforts to ex,
Nv. himself from durance, he Justify shou'eu
lea" ,rdsrl murder! The alarmed passers
ol .;,,. remoyed the superintendent snow from
y. ,'L;cb the voice proceeded, and on open
LOO honest boots pop't out his CRATE.
oh;z and gave due thanks to his astonlshed
/ 5eratOrs.
ot;o Fine population Of this vigorous com
o.l,h i ascertained to be nine hundred and
1,s.y,srycn thousand-making the prodlgious IN
If sixty-one per cent. in the last ten years.
-1NSS
Toor Dina London paper says: . An &C
| ;dort lately happened TO commercial gentle
''ue" 70 in the course Of his business, had oc-
"a ':", % enter soap and candle mandatory IN
80 Alley. London, which, as 1t has been I'M
..an5ed with serious consequences. may be re-
81 Cor amusement. The gentleman alluded
= ,s,s descending some steps adjoining the melt
On vat when his foot slipped, and he was Preci-
,;,o,t.J into the agreeable liquid. A workman
'T', ,vas standing BY, seized him as ne rose; out
c.,, ,he unctuous nature of his covering he was
,,,;, CONSIGNED to the vat. A second pun eX-
Tod the sufferer, in the shape oil tremehu,
~ die. the whole outward man being encased
with tallow.
Tho costume of an English beau OF the l4th
Century. consisted of long pointed Shoes t9s
,nrj;ny toes Of which were fastened to his khee'
,r aold or silver chains; stocking OF one Color
:. no loo and one of another color on the oth-
o~. brcec5es which did not reach to the Mule OF
49, ,h;gbs.a coat one half white and the other ha'i
n,ue oT black;a long beard; and silk hood put
t,ued under his chin, embroidered with srotesque
S,ures of animals, aud sometimes ornamehteu
With uold, silver, and precious stones.
-dNsS-
Hanover extraordinary and rare in this season
IS the wear. we are we'll informed, that no'ori-
ons and unduubted case of hydrophobia has &C.
.ur,ed within the last few days. near The Navy
yarJ. The Loy was owned by Andrew Forrest,
H., So conclusive was the evidence oil the tact,
that the MAYORS Proclamation OF this morning
yos deemed indispensable. ). Telegraph.
~sSsr-
S;oo,,iatJ Dellsion.-Mr. Murdoch, who COM
n,;red suicide while member OF the Vermont
LEGISLATURE, is represented to have been under the
,n1ression that he was the unfortunate DIR. CIeNe-
land. who was then under sentence OF death tor
nnrder. The circumstances attending the guilt
If the latter NAV be fresh in the recollection OF
o,r readers. He was tried, convicted, and sen
fenced to executions; but his punishment, 1t we
,smember correctly. was committed from that OF
In To con6nementin the State Prison. While
Le Discussion of the case of Cleveland was pro-
ceeding in the Legislature, Mr.Murdoch attempt
oil n address the house, but was 80 agitated as
N be unable to proceed. His friends, per-
cpiy;np his situation, took him from the floor,
and carried him to his lodgings. in deep distress
and anguish. Under this delusion he committed
he fatal act. Such are the extraordinary work
mrs of dsordered mind, that se!t-destruction
i, sometimes the only chosen alienation from
real or imaginary suffering. But this is an in
stance certainly of very extraordinary charac-
ter; and shews what imagination will paint, when
reason forsakes its empire-Ohao Bulletin.
-1NeS
EPmoro! of the Ch0cia,cs. learn, by
gentleman from Hampstead county, that the
Choctaw Indians have commenced emigrating
from the country which they have recently coded
east of the Mississippi. to their lands on our
western frontier Several hundred have already
came over, and arrangements are making Tor i'm
media,ely putting missionary school into opera
ton in their new country. A considerable por-
ton of the nation may be expected over in the
course of the ensuing spring, and the removal of
the Instructions in the navigation Of Red river,
occasoued by the RAFT (which work is progress
ing very favoraby,l will facilitate their emigra-
alton. aud greatly reduce'the expense to the Gov
erument of removing them to their new homes.
arkansas Gazette.