Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1832-07-14

face found the wagon seat, considerable part "
the load. and, as he supposed at the llne' ue wa
oon nm ton of HMM this last particular howe-
yer. he was mistaken.
After considerable exertion he succeeded IN
ex,ricating himself from his peri'ous s'tuauon'
ros, tn the surface and made his way to the shore.
To his great surprise he found the little g'ri IN
about tao feet water, close to the shore, and un-
injured He supposes she must nave Deen
thrown against the rump of one OF the horses anu
bounded off at one side. His attention was next
directed to the horses. and on looking ABOUT ne
discovered them swimming across tne cleeH'
which is probably so or 60 yards wide at th''
place, with the wagon attached to Them Out oe
fore reaching the shore, they gradually wheeled
around and swan back near to the place, "liere
they went in.
The wagon i, seems did not upset, but as 1t
went down the bank was poised In nearly per-
pendicular position with the tongue downwards'
so that the whs>Rtpad, which consisted OF varl-
Gus articles of e. thandiae, sc. vas emptied
forward. From an examination of the bank, It
appears that but one wheel OF the wagon touched
between the road and the water. and that only
in one place; aud only one or two prints OF the
hor sps feet were dsc0verabIe in that distance.
That such an adventure could terminate with
only the loss of a part of the loading seems a
greater miracle. than we are often called 10 VIII
ness. and yeesuch is the fact, as we have the
particulars from the mouth OF MIR. Caldwell MN
sell. -UIalsboroEgh Phenir. a
..JHe Rhode Island line THE Providence
Journal mentions singular movement that APP
pears to be taking place among large portion
of the population Of that patriotic state. ne
road leading to Cranston." says the Journals
was marked day or two ago with Kat tracks.
1t appeared to be- beaten down by the !eet OF tbose
animals" The same appearance bad also oeeh
observed at Johns'own. - Another gentleman
discovered very early one morning last week. all
army of Rats. amounting at least to hree nous
and. on the road 10 North Providence. Sure
" this general and simultaneous movement OF
the ong.taed gentlemen of cellars and grana-
RES, affords subject for curons inquiry. Inc
journal says the departure OF these Rats % at
tributed to their dislike 10 city form OF govern
ment; not, like some biprds, that they feared the
expense; but because the cleanliness produced,
partly by the chloride oil lime, was not congeh'a'
to their nature"
Thi, cannot be the true reason, For Rats are
aristocrats BY nature. They live on other PEG
pe's earnings. and devour the substance OF the
popr John Randolph quce said that the Clerks a,
| Washington we're kept poor. that the Rats ha,l
been seen Slowly ;etresting from their domlclis
with tears in their eyes. 1t cannot be that the
Rhode Island Rats are flying for the same reason.
Nor can It be in anticipation Of the operation OF
the new tariff. because the cotton mills OF Pau
tucket u,l yet enjoy sufficient protection: On
the whole. therefore, we are inclined to bellies
that one If the old Revolutionary Rats-the last
of tie cooked hst--grown weary ct the vapour.
inr Of the Nrilifers of South Carolina. has mus.
! tered the Rhode Island line" and marched oil
to give Gov Hamilton his quiefus. This they
can easily do, if the starement OF the Pso-
violence editor be correct, since they must be a
! lus,y set Of fellows. For he says "they
beat down the road with their feet" An army
of elephants could have done no more. So, gen,
tlemen Naiifvrs. look out! IL these invaders
beat you down. The people will assurediy rat-lty
their proceedings ~ y Com.