Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1832-04-16
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Court had awarded to the salvors $4,000. or in
failure Of payment within FIVE days, 40 per cent
of the cargo. consisting Of rum, sugar, plmen-
to, &c.
Counterfeit-A counterfeit ten dollar note,
purportlng to be on the Bank of the United States,
was passed to US few days ago 1t IS dated
March 4, 1880, letter a. payable to Thomas Z.
Spotswood. and signed N. Bddle. president,
and William McIlvaine. cashier The engrav-
ing, with the exception Of the vignette, is good,
and the general appearance of the note well cal.
culated to deceive. The paper is not so good as
that of the genuine note.-Bah. finer.
The prospect for Wheat crop in this county
has never been so unpromi,ing as at present. or
rather, we should say. there is prospect at all!
Many fields will not produce their seed.
GCharlesfown Ia. Free Press.
Steamboat Disaster. The steamboat Porpoise,
on her way to New Orleans, on the eth ult and
while having the ship Cincinnati, from this
port, in tow, collapsed one of her Hues at both
ends. and severely scalded the cook and two deck
hands, one Of hea.dapgerously. The PorpOlse
was taken in tow BY the Grampus, and had ar.
rived at New Orleans The Cincinnati was not
injured.-N Y. Com.
BosroN, April l1.-Northerly and Eastery
winds have prevailed in this quarter for ten days
past, and the degree of cold may be inferred from
the fact that some of the docks ia this harbor
were skinned over by the ice on the 9th inst. a
circumstance which seldom occurs except in the
dead of winter.
WHEELING, April II.
Our IolOn. Notwithstanding the large num-
Der ofhouses erected last year. dwellings are in
as great demand as at any former period. The
season for building has already commenced
Many of the frame buildings on Main street have
been removed, and their places are to be supplied
by substantial and elegant brick buildings.
From the extensive preparations making, we
believe an unusual number Of buildings will be
erected this season. Notwithstanding the great
destruction of materials by the late food.
Great Fishing. Capt. Green, of the ship
Phenix, arrived at Sag Harbour, states that after
filling all her oil casks, he started overheard hogs
heads of bread, rice, vinegar. &C. for the purpose
Of making use of the casks for oil; and when all
were filled, as we'll as the mems kegs, he was
obliged to throw the residue of oil overbosrd!-
On this and the preceding voyage, Captain Green
has been absent Is months and 90 days, and
brought into port two cargoes, equal to $3.50 bar
rels whale oil aud 10000 lbs. bune.
We find the following in Harrisburg, Pa. pa
per:-"Fair Dealing Rumor states that it is
the practice at present IN the city of New York,
when lady purchases stuff for the sleeves Of a
fashionable dress, for the shop-keeper to girs in
The skirts"
.4ciduLu 81 Dre,s--We woulG caution persons
against making too Tree use Of this species Of
dictionary. The acldlty of its taste is produced
by vitriolic or sui huric acid, small portion Of
which answers good purpose in colds, but when
taken in any large Y.antity, has very deeteri-
GUS effect. A number of instances have lately
come under our own personal observation OF vio-
lent vomiting, occasiOned by eating the aciduia-
ted drops. such as are sbld at the shops. Pa
rents should guard their children against the
use of this kind OF confectionery, which was new
err intended to be used as a confectionery, but
only as a remedy for colds, and then to be taken
in small quantities. We believe the article is !!
some times sold under the name Of Lemon Drops. |
". Y Constellation
alarming Outrage. The New York Courier |
says:-About o'clock on Monday evening a little |
girl, aged years, the daughter of Mr.. Latham,
respectable citizen, residing IN Provost street,
was sent by her mother to perform some small
errand, Before she had proceeded more than
ten or twelve PAGES frsm the door of the house IN
which her father resided, four rufians sailed
forth from an alley in which they had been con-
q
commenced dragging her with great force. The
child screamed rs loudIy as she could. and her
mother immediately raised the window of the room
in which she was then standing. and gave the
alarm upon which the rnffians fed The child was
so much alarmed and hurt BY the extraordinary
attack, that it became necessary to carry her in
to the house.
This occurrence. taken in connection with the
many disappearance which have recently taken
place. is of character so alarming that we
would not have mentioned it il there was doubt
of Its truth. Our reporter saw the child Yesterday
afternoon at h. { fathers house. after the affair
had undergone investigation by the Police, and
the marks left by the rope, and these visible,
around her throat were such as to induce won
der that stranguaton did not ensue from the
violence with which it must have been drawn
Under her ear the skin was torn away, as If by
knot.
The child. who appears to be very interest.
ing and intelligent little girl, states that she did