Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1832-04-24

es may be had on this point.
The Jury immediately found a verdict Of Gull
ty.
Extract Of letter from W illiamsburg, to the
Editors of the Norfolk Beacon, dated 18th inst.
81 addressed to you, a few days since. a mi
mute and circumstantial notice OF the burning
down of the last remaining portion of our old
Capitol; and had | been at leisure when | wrote,
the article might have been rendered much more
interesting BY certain historical and revolution
arv "reminiscences which came crowdiDg upon me
while [ had the pen in hand, bat which had no
time TO record. The scene of Patrick Henry's
eloqueace; Of the first reading of the Declare.
ton Of independence, in Virginia; and of so ma.
ny Of my boyish recollections, in relation TO M
grammar school associations with I" the Senator
from Norfolk ''the Father of the House,"
50 the Roanoke Embassador," and other great
characters; could not fail to supply me with a
host OF images. several Of which might have been
introduced with pathos and effect in an obituary
| notice of its past history. "Toute ma vIe,' as
| saws Telemachus. ''ie me souviendrai de cette"
~portique, | shall add; that celebrated portico,
from whose %pediment front, | had in 1776. seen
the British firms Indignantly torn, by the vigor-
Gus effort of our Young patriots. whose uncon-
trollable ardour scaled the height on which the
emblem of royal power stood, and wrenche1 the
crown, Lion, Unicorn, and all, from their con-
~spicuous situation. How wildly the r~ecollec-
ton of this Revolutionary occurrence, was re-
vved, when l beheld this same p~ortico, with
the very window over which the British crown
had formerly rested, apparently sustained by the
c~ircling grasp of the Lion and his opponent) en-
veY6ped In the flames which came bursting forth
from that round, projecting window. as well as
from every other opening of the edifce. 1t was
indeed a spectacle like the twice dyed Tyrian
purple Of old, never to be e6faced.
The Rocky Mountain Expedition our
last publication, We have been amply confirmed
in the opinion there expressed IN regard to the
paper. Our memories, being poor, did not ex.
tend back. like those of some Of our cotempora.
RES, to the passing Of the act setting the expedi-
ton on foot; and many particulars were embrac.
ed in the narrative, altogether above our compre'
hension. We can now stare that 50 Scipio Has
Ter, a native of France or rather Of Geneva,
who is stated to have accompanied the expedition,
has a snug birth in the Custom. house Of this city,
where. although he discovers no mines Of pure
gold, he helps Uncle Sam, in csnnexion with his
associates. to some BIS. 600, 600 or go. OOO, 600
per annum. In 1919 he was engaged in some
public business on the frontiers, Tor a short Pc
Rod. but is not aware Of having shared in the
g hair. breadth Escapes" OF the glorious az. Col.
Henry L~eavenworth (now Brigadier General by
breveti has for many years been an active officer
in our army. and cannot have accompanied the
expedition, unless he was in two ur more places,
thousand of miles asunder, at one and the same
time. The story is in some respects an ingenious
one, and probably accomplished the object intend.
ed. Few men would he so hard hearted as to
deny the hospitality Of their tables and purses to
one who had just returned from a scene of so
much peril and suffering.-N Y. Jour. Com.
THE story referred to above we published,
without, however, being hoaxed; for we doubted
Its truth, and gave it only as an ingenious tale.
Mr.. Ghauberf's .Antidotes. I'VE were pre-.
sent at Mr.. Chaubert's last nights exhibition
1t was a singular and amusing affair. There
was much less charlatanism than could have
been expected from the bills of the day. There
we're 10 truth some new phenomena pre- sented
with verv ordinary agents. aud very plain expla
nations given Of them. The thing most in fault
was the language in which they were expressed.
Mr.. c. has not yet acquired such a command of
our mother tongue as to make himself altogether
Ineligible to "the meanest," or even the best
50 capacity"
1t struck US, while he was exhibiting the ef-
fects Of the antidotes he had provided against
such uncommon phenomena as the swallowing
of phosphorus and the taking of prussIc acid. that
the " Fire King must have discovered or
adopted an antidote against the very common oc-
currence of a burn nv fire. We snpnosed that