Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1832-04-06
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When the British fleet was passing up the fo."'
mac with hostile intent, during the late war; 'he
commander directed that when he arrived OpPo'
site Mount Vernon he should be informed Of the
fact. When he was told that the ship was pas
sing by the tomb of Washington, the officers as.
sembled upon deck and passed BY uncovered ana
in silence.
A public meeting was held at Staunton, on
Monday last, for the purpose OF making an eiior'
TO ill up the subscription Of the Rail Road from
Staunton to the Potomac. -Resolutions were
adopted, and tie county laid off into districts
and Committees appointed to call on all the Gil
zens for subscriptions.
The Columbia, S. c. Telescope recommends
to the State Rights and Free Trade associations
the celebration of Mr.. Jefferson's birth day, the
18th of April.
.4ccidsnt-Yestcrday afternoon schooner Are
and another schooner, being on Holmes gravlns
ways, keeled towards each other at low tide, ane
the spring stay of the A. caught over the mas
head of the other vessel by which the bows OF ti'
A. were raised about six inches. Capt Saml'
Holiday, respectable, industrious mar, wh'
was moi aware of this fact, assembled to the cross
trees of the A. aud cut the lanyard of the sprInI
stav. which caused the vessel to fall and gave
the mast sudden jerk. Capt. II. was thrown
upon the deck of the other schooner, where III
struck upon the bits of the windlass, which "
dreadfuly bruised aud nangled him. that he wa
conveyed home senseless and died in about al
hour He has left famiy.-BOston Pot.
A Paris paper states, that at late ball giver
by the project Of MarseilIes, the company were
served with tri-colOred ices. Every individual
was in raptures at the ingenious device and laud
ed in the highest terms of praise, the patriotism
of the prefect. Next morning, however, thel
enthusiasm was changed into absolute horror. b.
finding themselves attacked by the cholera NOR
bus. The ices had been coored with Indigo.
Removal of the Lower Lip.-This operation
was performed on Thursday last, at the Massa
chusetts General Hospital, by DIR. George Hay
ward The occasion Of the removal was can
Ger. which had become so diffused as to involv
the integuments to such an extent that the edge:
of the wound could not be Appropriated. Th'
diseaspd parts were taken away with little h9
morrhage. and the patient bore the operation
well.-1NfdicM MteRigencer.
Hard Times AN advertisement lately appear
ed in the Dublin Evening Post, headed lror
be,Isteads aud beddingn We suppose accordin!
to the latter term, that the linen is OF sheet iron
Boaaparte's Mo'her-The following anec
dote, extracted from the 'sCourt and Camp o
Bonaparte, displays proper sense of matronl,
dignity in Madame Lettia. the mother of Napo
leon:-" Shortly after his assumption OF the IN
pcria purple, happening to meet his mother in TIT
gardens Of ST. C,ond. he half payfuIly. half-seri
ouslv. presented her his hand to kiss. She Hun:
it back Indignantly, and rendering her own, ex
claimed, in the presence of her suite, " Ii i
YOUR duty to kiss the hand OF her who gave YOU
life" Napoleon Immediately stopped over his
mothers hand, and affectonately kissed it."
The Poems of VIM. c. Bryant, Esq. are said
to be in the course of republication in London,
under the immediate auspices of Washington IT,
wing
The following paragraph is from letter writ
ten by a Jackson editor in Connecticut; it illus
trates, most satisfactorily, the remark Of Gene
raj jackson. in his inaugural address, relative t
the influence Of the general government on state
elections:
"By prudent management. and cOncIllatOry
course, with the assistance of the General Go
vernment. we shall in one years time get strong
and healthy ma jority in this State-such an one
ton"
Lusus Nature "A Cat belonging to a citizen
of Norfolk, on Monday night, brought forth three
kittens, two of which are doing wel-the other,
which we have seen, had one head, double
tongue, four Ears, eight legs, two bodies. and
two tails, long and short one. The bodies
are separate and distinct from the loins to the
insertion of the tails.
The Court of Sessions and Common Pleas, com
menced its session. Judge Martin presiding, ir
Greenville, Is. c. on Monday, the 18th ult. and
adjourned on the ensuing day-havIng nothing
TO do No wonder all the young lawyers are
desperate NuIifers. Such condition of things
should make them ten times worse
"Ferc As ten 'Nullhers,
Terrible as" &C.
The Court Of Appeals at Richmond adjourned
on Saturday,, for one month.
We learn by the PhiladcI phia papers that the
Dog Law is about TO be enforced in that city. IN
consequence Of several dogs having been bitten q
few days ago BY mad one.
Death of Mrs. Musiers. lady died al