Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1832-07-23

1--WE have taken some notice Of the matter
here in New York, where there are l4,ooo Gu
ored persons and the result is. that blacks are as
liable TO cholera as whites, and that as many o'e
in PROMOTION to their number"
Distress in Newjoundland.-A correspondent
has forwarded US the Halifax Journal OF the s'h
inst, from which we copy the annexed accounts
of the severe distress experiencing BY the people
Of some parts of Newfoundland, and Cape bre'
ton. in consequence of the scarcity of provisions:
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Er,ract of letter from Mercantile House IN
81 Johns. N. +. dated June lS. 10 ajrlend IN
Haifar.
ssThere never was such spring known IN
this country since we have been IN Newtouha'
land. which is upwards Of so years. Business Is
oui,e at a stand, and the fishery not commence
cd and what IS still worse the poor people to the
northward are literally starving. having lived Tor
some time on seals, cats, dogs and horses, and no
vessel can proceed to their relief with provisions
the wind continuing northeast, and all the pays
and harbors are full of ice-the accounts daily re-
ceiyed by transient persons travelling across the
woods. are truly distressing"
The harbor Of st. Johns was full Of Ice III the
above date.
Sr. JOINS, N. +. June el.-rhe brig Eleanor
CAPTAIN Blair, at this port. from WATERFOWL
while damned in the ice OFT Gnil Island near Day
de verd Conception Bay,) about fortnight ago.
was boarded oY seventy or eighty persons from
the shore. who, having stated themselves to be in
orea, distress. proceeded to break open the hatch
es. and forcbIy carried away large quantity ct
provisions, which they conveyed on shore over
the ice.
SYDNEY, c. B. June 25.-Extract OF letter.
dated St. Peters, C. b. Goth June:
The people of this neighborhood are actually
in state of starvation-many families have not
tasted bread or potatoes for several weeks; their
whole subsistence, being the fish they take IN
their nets; and even this support is scanty.
Young cows, with their calves, are selling Tor
es each,in order to raise money to buy provisions
Can YOU direct US how we are TO apply to his Ey-
cellency to send some immediate relief.
The above was received from a respectable
gentleman who has shared the greater part OF his
own supplies with the unfortunate families around
him. We feel conf lent if proper representa-
ton of our situation was made known to his Ex-
cellency, we would soon be relieved.
We COPY from the Connecticut Mirror the fol-
lowing extract from the address lately delivered
in Hartford by the Rev. Mr.. MArFIr, of the Me-
thodist Episcopal Church. The forcible appeal
made by the reverend speaker in favor Of Tenn
perance, has general application. and is enti-
tied to attention in every quarter in which it
may be heard:
AN APPEAL
To the Toung Men Of Hartford, on Temperance.
"My Dear Friends!-You are called upon by
the united voices of humanity pleading for kim
dred lost, and virtue. and religion, and every ge
nervous passion that now heaves in your bosoms.
to make desperate attack upon that desolating
array, which the expressive language Of Robert
Hall denorninates " distilled death and hqu,d
dnn,laiion."
Oh, could inspire you with a holy enthnsi-
asm in the sacred cause Of Temperance. -cOuld
I command the energies Of the young men of
this city to the Gnd-iike ehterprise-then would
victory attend here the march Of the blessed
cause-then would sonss of deIiverance break
out, on our right hand and on our left-then
would the child in ITS mothers caress. learn to
lisp the names Of those who saved its father as
brand p,ucked from the bnrnins-then would
Howard smile. as he viewed, from his golden
resting place in the realms Of CORY. this last
and greatest of human authorizations, "rought
out bv m0dern beneyoence--then would Jesus
! approve-Jesus, who descended from the hea-
vens to heal our woes and set our imprisoned
souls at freedom. He would approve, and own
| US as fellow laborers with him, in the work of
| the worlds redemption!
| Young men!-Array your banded powers
against this must deadly Of all plaques. Heav-
en- will appreciate your motives Eternal love
shall baptize you with glory, as you put on the
armour Of moral courage, aud face the deadly
foe which has peopled more graves, than red
handed war with all its go'y ensigns. Young
Men! You are more than the hope and stay of a
nation. You are the bone, muscle, and sinew,
Of the most sacred Of all earthly organizations
that of the living church Of Christ. From your
ranks, one by one as divine grace shall prepare
you. the highest places Of moral influence will
be filled. But, in the sight Of the pure heavens.
that spread their blue arches over your heads. ]
ask you to act as one man-now and forever
against the pollutions of Intemperance. Never
let this arch enemy Of man gain single advau-
tage over society. while you live on the earth -
Clear up the fogs and the miasma Of death which
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