Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1832-02-09

any expectation VI OppoS''''
for the presence, at the same moment. IN MS sSs
fem. Of all the poisons enumerated, will create a
tumult in what he is pleased to term his oolier'
which might cause II either I" collapse or exPloue'
1Philadeii hia Gazette.
WILMIoroY, del Feb. 8.
The Liping Skeleton. Calvin Edison, the &C.
lebrated Living Skeleton, has been committed 70
prison in this County, for debt. 1t is bad enough
when skeletons cannot escape the tangs OF the
law for the crime of being unable to pay the claims
of a creditor. Ii is said, moreover, that he de-
MES the charge.
To The Senate and House of Representatives. Of
The Stale Of Dea~are, IN General assembly
met. i.
The petition OF the subscribers, inhabitants OF
Wilmington, respectfully represents-lhat Cal
win Edison, the living skeleton. vino has been, for
several years past exhibiting himself as a show.
was seized IN this place, a few days since. and IS
now confined in the Jail at New Castle for debt.
Mr.. Edison was a soldier in the late war, snd it
was in the service of his country that he contract
ed the cause of his excessive emaciation and pre-
sent deplorabIe condition. He is now 43 years
of age, aud weighs only So lbs; he is entirely
blind of one eye and the sight Of the other is We
nv much impaired, and he can only sec at all by
bttibS up NV NJS'''. 10 IVY y - o' '"N '"'N
in its socket that it cannot support the lid. His
emaciation is ndescribable he is emphaticaily
"a living skeleton''--and is at this time more
than ever an object Of sympathy. as he is labOring
under the Influenza. And yet under these Pc
cuIiar and. uuhearG Of circumstances he has been
cast into prison for a debt he sO!emnly AYERS he
does not owe one cent. lie has a wife and three
children for whose support and his own, he de-
Ponds entirely upon the proceeds derived from
exhibiting himself As he is destitute and friend
less. and has no other hone or prospect OF relief
than through your kind interpusitiOn in his be-
half, your petitioners respectfully and earnestly
request that YOU will bv legislative enactment, at
once discharge him from prison and your petition
ers will ever pray, etc.
Final loss Fl the ship Geo C%anning.-It will
be recoIlected that the underwriters have made
the greatest e~xertinns to save the ship. and that
they had succeeded in getting her of from the
beach. where she went on, and had rot near to
Absecum, where 1t was supposed she would have
been sac. her cargo having been taken out. most
y IN a damaged state. and brought to thi, city:
but it appears. that after all the extra e~xertions
that have been made, the ship is lost.
The following is an extract of letter from
Captain ThOs. b. Vermilia, dated Absecum. Cd
November. The final attempt to save the ship.
was made yes 'erday and failed. We are all en-.
played in saving whatever of value We can take
from the ship.-.The ship settles fast in the
sand, and the probability is. that she will be soon
underwater, as il now rolls over her deck nearly
to her hatches.'' A lighter with articles belong.
ing to the wreck arrived Yesterday.
CM. I. Daily I'm.
Mr.. William Freaner. Constable, has brought
to town, from Winchester. the two men who re-
Gently rubbed the trunk which they cut from the
boot of the western stage, and they are now safe
lyIodsed in our Jail. Their names as they give
them are Porter and Wilson, but the real name
of one is believed to be Hobbs or Dongle. The
other calls himself William Wilson. They had
lately escaped from the Washington Peniten,ia.
~. The robbery was committed II miles west
of Hasers,own, near Licking creek. The trunk
belonged to Wigton King, of Arkansas. Five
hundred and fifty five dollars. in cash, were re-
covered. and nearly all Mr.. KS clothing, with
property purchased after the robbery 10 the
amount of about S400.-John Heiskeil, ESQ. of
Winchester, We learn. Afforded every facility in
having the robbers delivered over to Mr.. Freaner.
CMgersiomn Torch Light.
The Senate has not only been denounced HBy
AUTHORITY" as a secret cabal, wanting truth and
PATRIOTS m; but the Globe and the presses to
which it gives the word Of command. have sup
pressed and refused to publish the speeches Of
those Senators whom it denounces!
To US. who know tho proAigacy of the corrupt
crew who surround the Globe. such conduct
causes no surprise and we refer to il not as a fact
in itself. but as clear and conclusive
proof that, in the opinion of the managers of the
Globe itself. those speeches furnish ample %justifi.
cation for Mr.. Van Buren's rejection. What
other motive could induce a press, which pro.
fesses to give a fair and impartial account of the
proceedings of the Senate, to publish the speech.
ts in favor of the appointment. and suppress all
those against it! We repeat. this fact is concIu.
,ive, and demonstrates that those speeches have
convinced the Regency themselves. that Mr.Van
Buren, was properly rejected They are not
wanting in cunning. They know that there are
intelligent men every where. who wiI note and