Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1832-03-28
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we uNueretduu, says Tic INC" toih ooLe''e,
that the lease of the Chatham Theatre has been
purchased, with the intention, as is said. OF hav-
ing the building converted into church. We
presume the Rev. Mr. Janeway, who, as we
learn, enjoys the income Of the premises, is MINI
self the purchaser.
We yesterday received a letter from Fort
Winnebago, the United States Military Post,
or the Lake of that name, post marked February
I'd. The extent Of our country may be illustrat-
ed by the fact that we have Paris dates to the
18th of the same monthly. Y. Na,dard
The following is President Jackson's endorse
ment on the wrapper of petition referred by
him to Congress, the present session.
Petition of Mr.. WellstO be looked into when
Leisure Permit
The opinion formerly given, the President
finds no cause why he should alter it-and refers
Mr. Wells to Congress, where, it he has any
claim for further redress, has the power to give
it. A j."
The Florida papers speak with great ndigna.
tim of the removal, by the President, OF Judges
Breckenridge and --, to make room iol
Messrs. Bryce and Bibb, sons of two Of his Inllu
entail partisans. They say that it has rendered
the President more unpopular than any preceding
act of his administration.
On the 18th instant, Mr.. Archer. the Chair
man of the Committee on Foreign Relations, wa.
compelled. in moving for an appropriation to de-
fray the expenses contingent upon the Turkish
Treaty, to do Justice to the late Administration
anil to leave to the President no other credit thar
that Of having fosted into the treaty provision
which would have entangled this government will
Russia, and which was rejected by the Senate.
Suicide. John Barnard, late of Newbur,
port, Mass. put All end to his existence on Tues
day by cutting his throat. 1t seems that he hat
been trader at Ne~buryport, and had lost al
his property by a fire which occurred at tina
place some time since, since which he had beel
reduced to the necessity Of working as lahore
in Boston, where he conitted the fatal act.
May, the Burker-We stated sometime az
that a man by the name of May. was recent,
sentenced to death in London for Burkisrn, tina
the sentence was changed to transportation 70
life, and that when the change Of his destinatio,
was announced to him or the day befure his exc
cution. he instantly raised his hands over his heat
The shock produced upon his mind by the unex
pected communication of his reprieve is stated Il
have been the occasion of an illness, which wa
ances which he experienced frum the convcts OF
board OF the hulks. He was removed from seve
raj convict ships, but he sunk under his suffer
ings on board the ship Grampus. Paper
late English paper furnishes the foIowin,
paragraph, which may serve as a cOmmentar'
on the doctrine of a bankrupt system.
"A mercantile bankruptcy took place in Gas
Cow twenty years ago, the affairs Of which wer'
only finally wound up last week, when certain
Of the creditors, none of whom had ever received
one farthing Of dividend, were obliged to pa,
nine shiilings in the pound on their first claims
The deficiency was owing to numerous and LONG
contested law suits: aud several of the original
creditors having themselves become insolvent
during the protracted period of the trust. TIE loss
of course, became heavier on the remainder"
A blue colour, serviceable for dying, may be
extracted from buck-wheat in the following man
ner:-Tne stalks are cut before the grain has be-
come mature, they are placed out upon the earth
ard exposed to The sun, and suffered to remain
till the grain separates with facility. When this
has been effected, the straw is collected, wetted
and allowed to ferment until decomposition takes
place, and the heap has assumed blue appear.
ance. 1t is then formed into balls or cakes, and
dried by the sun or ia stove. These masses be-
ing boiled in lter will inpresnate it with dark
blue, which neither vinegar nor sulphuric acid
will discharge. Alkalies will change it to a
red: the powder Of nut. gals reduce 1t to perfect
black; and by evaporation, it will become a beau.
ttul green. Stufs dyed with this preparation, and
BY the usual method, take the dyes from other
vegetable substances; the blue is very beautiful,
and the color stands we'll.
slipper Uindow. I'm Philadelphia, at least
on the Delaware side, north and west are up, and
Of course, south and east are down. These are
well understood by citizens, but not always com.
pretended at once by strangers. An instance ol
mistake occurred not long since at the Post
Office, which will illustrate the matter.
person called at the east window OF the of.
fee, and inquired weher there was letter for
l.im.-'' You must inquire" said the person in
attendance, "at the upper window" and he &C.
cording'y went to that window to wait upon the
custon,y but none came. This was unusual,
as perhaps there are few things that people pursue
more steadily than letter, Which they believe ia
be near at hand The person in the office hav.
ing at the time no other call, and anxious to &C.
coinmndate the man WIN n wac evident was +,