Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1831-02-08


PENNSYLVANIA ON the Goth nit. we find this start
ling paragraph respecting the want OF elementary
education in Pennsylvania:
.sWith US, that the mind has been fear(ully
neglected through long career OF prosperity, IS
too faithfully evidenced by The degraded state of
education amongst U.s. By the fact that OF four
hundred thousand children between the ages OF
five and fifteen years. i; is estimated that more
than two hundred aud fifty thousand have not
been within a school the last year-that large
proportion OF our adult population caH neither
read nor write. and that in some places the NINA
bitants of whole districts are growing up destI-
tute of instruction, unacquainted with their DUTY
as citizens, unfur,ified by the influence OF reI-
gion, and left to become fit subjects tor that Wild
spirit of party that has often shaken to the CEN
tire our social reations-or to he the perpetrators
of crime, and the miserable inmates OF our jalls
and penitentaries."
| A NglSidf,re opened "a LED f0om-lhe
Legislature of Lower Canada convened al Que
| bee on the oath ult. After waiting two days on
account of the sickness OF his Excellency Lord
Aylmar, the members of the two Houses, at his
own request, proceeded to his bed room in the
Castle of st. Lewis, where he session MAS OPEN
ed with the usual formaities. Upon the return
of the Assembly to their place Vi sitting, Mr.. Pa
pineau was unanimously elected Speaker.
| The following toast was given in Pittsburgh
| on the 9Th inst at Jackyon celebration OF the
anniversary of the 9Th Jan. 1915.
Benedict .Hrnold-The greatest villain ever
in America-but he was a gentleman compared
to Henry Clay!r
The fellow who proposed this toast should
forthwith have been kicked out of the company
or presented with leather medal, just as it suit
ed his companions.
The term Of the Supreme Court of Massachu-
setts, which was to have been held at New Bed
ford. on the Tuesday following the great storm,
was postponed; the progress of the Judges thlIh-
err having been impeded by the snow. There
were two capital cases on the calendar, and the
rosues have now little longer lease of their lives.
The Judges finally worked their way through. as
the reader will learn by the following paragraph
from the Boston Commercial Gazette:
owe have heard of the great parade of the En-
glsh Judges in going from town to town to hold
the assizes, and entering the cities with -four
sh of trumpets and other indications of the
majesty of the Law; but their parade and pa
geantry never displayed more magnificent and
musical escort than was lately seen on the New
Bedford Road, when our disnifed and impertu-
rable Chief Justice, preceded by splendid pro-
cession of forty oren, with their attending biped
vocalists, moved in measured and graceful undu-
ations over the mountain waves which the Snow
King blew up in his sport, making. the /a,o's
delay somewhat more conspicuous than usual"
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BAPTIST ColAegc.-Tbe New York State Bap-
fist Convention, through their committee for de-
termining the location Of college. which met at
Middlebury Oh the 10Th ult. decided on select
ing BrockpOrt as the place in which this Institu-
ton is to be established. One gentleman of that
village, Mr.. II Brockway, subscribed 5000 dol
lars for the object; and several other equally
liberal donations were made. The Brockport
Free Press, which mentions these circumstances,
commends with natural enthusiasm, the choice
made by the convention.
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The Boston Daily Advertiser mentions that
two gentlemen on Thursday last drove from
town on Connecticut river. in Franklin county,
in that city, with single horse. They set out
quarter past FIVE in the morning and arrived there
at nine in the evening The distance travelled Is
ninety-fve miles in less than sixteen hours
The horse. on Saturday did not appear to have
been injured by the effect
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me OGfnUdre htCer was crossed Oy SlelgnS
on Tuesday morning opposite Philadelphia, as
we learn from the Chronicle. The same paper
mentions that gentleman who drove up from
Wilmington on that day, describes the road as
in horrible condition. A number Of men are
employed in various parts Of the city.
The river at Harrisburg is frozen over so that
horsemen and sleighs pass over On the ice.
N0S&
The u. S. ship Vincennes, Edward r. Shu-
brick, Esq. Commander, has sailed from New
York for 81. Croix. She has on board, as passen-
gers, Major Gen. Won Schoten, Governor &C.
neral of His Danish Majesty's possessions in the
West Indies, and Capt Oxholme and DR.. w.
Stevens, who are attached to his suite. After
landing them at ST. Crolx, she will proceed to
Pensacola, the Head Quarters of our West In
dia squadron.
The Vincennes was lowed to sea by two steam
boats.
-1NeS
In the House of Representatives on Saturday,
the Speaker presented memorial of the Corpo-
ration of the City of Washington, praying Con-
gress to make provision for paving Pennsy yania