Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1832-04-19

change in public sentiment, which often eorrects
and softens down us own decisions, only wheh
the individual has passed beyond the reach OF Its
cunsoing aid and influence.
b, We regret to learn BY the Queenstown Packer
Rambler, that the Hermitage, the seat OF =.
Tilshman, Esq, on the Chester River, was burnt
down yesterday morning at about seven O'Clock;
the fire is supposed to have originated in the acc'-
dental burning of chimney. 1t was one OF the
most commodous and ancient dwellings IN Queen
AIMS county. The brick with which 1t was
built. were brought from England more than a
century ago, and all that now remains Of this
extensive establishment is the east wing. We
have not learned If all the furniture was saved,
but hope. from tie number of hands on the place,
the most valuable articles were rescued.
Baltimore Gazette.
The "Kentucky Reporter" and the Lexing
ton Observer have been amalgamated. and will
hereafter be published under the title OF the
kentucky Reporter and Lexington Observer"
Mr. Smith. the veteran Editor of the Reporter,
retire,, as we hope. with an ample competency
The King Of Denmark, who is said tn be
great patron of the Ats and Sciences, has found
ed prize medal for the first discovery OF every
comet not visible to the naked eye, and not
known 10 be subject TO a periodic revolution
The medal is of gold, and valued at twenty du-
cats.
The New York Canals are expected to be rea-
DIV for navigation by the 18th instant.
A travelling gentleman, who had amused him
self in passing counterfeit notes, was arrested
last week az Easton. Pa. ~
| Mr.. Jas VI. Eis,un, of Russel,iile, NJ was
stabbed TO death in that town abuut fortnight
ago, by pcrsoa named Russell. The instru-
ment employed was batcher's knife. The at
| tack was made without provocaton.
! Suit has been entered by the Boston Board Of
Health against the master and pilot OF the British
bark Defendant. from Liverpool. fora violation OF
he quarantine laws, although Informed thereof by
the pilot. The penalty is $500 against the cap
| tam.
| 1t is stated in the Philadelphia U. S. Gazette
that the yearly meeting Of the Society OF Friends,
at their session last week, made rule OF dlscl-
| pline to dsown any member OF that society who
was concerned either ~ the dlstlllati0n or sale
of ardent spirits. if they could not be prevailed
upon to relinquIsh the practice.
A cask. said to contain hardware. was lately
shipped from New York to Fayetteville. On It's
a
placed OH board the steamboat, near the boiler,
when it was discovered that the cask contained
ten kegs of sunpowder! Thus. for the paltry OBJ
ject of saving two dollars, were the passengers,
crew. boat aud cargo put in imminent jeopardy
The Niagara Courier says that black walnut
planks Lave been sent from that town to Europe,
hich were five feet and three inches in width,
and seventy feet long.
The OHIO Canal was navisabe. about week
ago. from axe Erie 10 Chilco'he. The nsvi-
CATION Of Lake Erie was expected to be opened
- in few weeks" that Inland sea being still
bound IN its icy letters.
The ship Jupiter, of New York, has been char
| tered by the American Colpnizatiou Society for
the purpo of carrying emiSrants to Liberia
Mr.. Thomas II. Greene, an overseer in fac
| tory in Warwick. II |. was on Tuesday last
drawn in b, the drum, and instantly crushed to
| atoms.
The ladies of the village of North Adams, in
Mass have formed themselves into IA temper
ance sorietv. agreeing to abstain entirely from
drinking ar lent spirits.
Iieye,ue of Boston. The amount of revenue
received during the first quarter of lasr year,
wa. S9SO.O27.l7. The amount accrued during
over last year. S4S2.273.
A little girl at Hagerstown. Maryland. few
days since. after jumping the rope l07 times in
succession. was taken very dangerously i'll, and
her life was for time despaTed Of
A conscience stricken smuggler has sent let
ter to the Collector OF Port and enclosing Sl8,
the principal and interest of dues TO the Treasury.
Dissscfions public meeting was held at
Rochester on the 9th INST. III consequence of the
disinterment of some 10 les from the village bu-
ryins ground. and their dissection 10 the village.
Committees were appointed to ferret out the
transactions, and the party to whose possession
the body of a respectable woman was traced,
was bound over.
The Pav,ucket Chronicle says" We under
sta d that the President Of Burriyle Bank i,
ready to redeem the bills "f that institution in
loiiery tickets. at his counter in Providence -
This is the slightest kind Of specie that we ever
knew bank notes redeemed with; Jacob Barker
mid his IN salt. hut a ma n that is ohliged I'm ex