Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1832-09-08
ALEXANDRIA, ID. co.
SATURDAY MORNING. SEPT 8. 1852.


that any numbers Of that paper were sent to non.
subscribers We have heard OF recent case Of
very respectable gentleman in Prince Georges
County, (Md.) who, after receiving nine nun.
bers in succession, and fearing further supply.
bundled up those he had already received, and
returned them TO the Editor. While upon thl,
subject, we would mention that complaints are
made in Prince Georges, and especially BY those
who use the Piscataway Post Office, that their pa.
pers are received very irregularly, and that the
loss of the National InteIigencer every now and
then, is much regretted. The Post Office at that
place is attended by a very faithful and compe
tent officer, and the fault Is not therefore his.
The Globe informs US that the Secretary Of The
Treasury has, upon the report Of Col. kearney,
directed the old Bridge over the Potomac TO be
immediately repaired, in order that it may be
used in the construction Of the new Bridge
This temporary construction will also serve tue
purposes of communication between the two part.
of the District, and will be free Of expense
20 those who use it, 1t is expected that the old
Bridge will be in order Tor crossing before the
meeting Of Congress.
After all the hurras and Ts Deums for then
victory n Kentucky, it appears that the Jackson.
ians acknowledge substantial defeat there
They do not acknowledge it publicly, indeed.
but what is quite as satisfactory, they doprvatc.
oaL a. foil uino Frnp, p.
Lexington Reporter Of Aug. 90:
s.rhe clamor of victory, the Jackson presses
raised, when the election of their gubernatorisI
candidate was ascertained, has settled down into
a sub rosa acknowledgment of defeat. Since
the election, private circular has been address
sed, to all the leading men Of the party through
out the state, in which they say they have been
defeated; and call upon the persons addressed
TO assemble at Harrodsburg. to form coD'sn.
ton, "for effect abroad" One OF these circulars
has been shewn to friend Of ours, by the person
to whom it was sent, and in addition to the &C
acknowledgement of defeat, it states, "that the
vote between Buckner and Breathitt IS no test
Of the strength Of parties" This is the truth
The leaders of the party, are fully sensible tina,
they cannot carry the state in favor OF their can
didate, at the November election, and all they
hope for, is to render the result OF the late cleo.
ton serviceable to their party in other states
y. S. Schooner Experiment. This vessels
structure having been the subject of criticism
among nautical men, several letters in regard to
her sailing have been received at the Navy De
partment, from Lieut. Mervine, the commander,
and published in the Globe. The first is dated
at New-York, August a5, and says
~ cruised between Cape Henry and Sandy
Hook. until encountered moderate blow from
the southwark and westward, with considerable
sea, which compelled me to reduce her canvass
10 a tw0.reefed ainsall--bonnet off the foresal
and whole jib Under that sail, she made goOl
weather, and was very easy and buoyant and
easy on her masts and rigging; though she work /.
ed some about the watery-way seams. She stay
very we'll in a sea way, but does not wear 50
we'll, in consequence Of carrying her helm nearly
hard a weather, when blowing heavy; but IN
moderate weather she steers remarkably we'll
The Experiment had IS hours run from New
York to New. London. On her arrival at Bo:'
ton on the esth, the commander Writes:-
~ anchored at the quarantine ground in 81
hours and 30minutes from New-London.
have nothing 10 add in detail to what has been
already communicated in relation to her quail
ties. except that she beat all the Sound and Bay
craft which fell in With, By and large, eAcer'
three schOoners."
artificial Hands, The Salem, Massachusetts, /
Gazette mentions that Mr.. Increase Hill, an m 4
genious artisan, in that town, has just finished
pair Of artificial hands, which in their admir-
bic adoption to the multifarious uses OF those In =
portant members, are said to surpass any tho. s
of the kind ever seen in this quarter. The VI
fortunate young man to whose necessities iaej {
are destined to minister. came from the country
and has already tested their efficiency in var'o.'
ordinary manipulatiOns. such as writing, cutiI';
food, &c.
Cherokee Ph9nir. BoudinCt has -csIsd
ed his station as Editor Of the Cherokee Phoenix
In letter to John Ross, Principal Chief Of the
Nation, he states as his reasons for adopting the
measure. that he believes his connection with The r