Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1833-03-28

Great interest has been feit for the fate of ,o
ship. supposed to have been lost at sea. a, ~.
ship Martha. arrived at New York, repur,s hs'
ing seen fourteen dead persons floating. and h..
ing picked up a ladder. a stage, a trl..a,l m,'.
and block. on which wa, written " NJ. II. T,S
Tor. mate Of the ship HI ~
Ii il feared that the lost vessel is the HILL.
pout. Of and from Boston.
The BusiOn Transcript SAYS" The shin II,
iespnnt, Capt. Henry. sailed from thu, mar, :,
the eth Dec. last. with q valuable cargo far ~
Sandwich Islands. having on board. IN add"
to the, ships company, the following ps,sen.s'4
Mr.. w. Laid, and. child. and servant: Nc D
A. Brinsmade. lady. and child: DR. Hill and !.
d,: Miss Hannah Dodge; Miss D.ianJ. NJ =.
lem; Miss Dimond, of New,oh; Mis-, A. Wo,d
Of Holloweii; Messrs. W. Hooper and Geor',
Foster; winch nu'nbrr. added to the SHIN,
comp cement, makes 80 souls on board.
The Boston Mercantile Journal saws:
An aged and experienced sea captain. v;,,
whom We have conversed respecting the tleIs,
pODi. SAYS. that the raft was 1900 miles IN, n
the HeIlespont's proper Course. and there(o,. h.
cannot believe that il belonged to her.
The slight materials Of which the raft ~.
formed renders it almost impossible that il couIJ
have hoated SD far, nor indeed is their any on,
rent in those seas that would have propelled i
thither.
Again, it is said that the Hellespont had M
tri sail mast, whereas there was one found on III.
float.
A western M G. attended the opera in Phil,
deiphla :" reckon" said he, this oper, !,
as hard to understand as nuIlificaon-J can
wade the Mississippi, but can't 60 them singi1s
fslows"
The ship Cincinnati, at New Orleans. on tbs
18th and 5th Feb. had ten of her men taken
sick with the cholera. four days after she sailed
from New York, and had but three mea and
| boy left 10 manage the vessel.
A correspondent of the New York Farmer
gives the following useful hints to the Ladies'
" Most persons, when they-wish TO wash their
black Grape wells, use vinegar. Washed With
cuff e, or rubbed with clnth wet wih coffee.
gives them more glossy black and brighter sp
pparance. BombaZine dresses are cleaned Ia h,
same way. Most ladies consider il sulfcicnlul
the tea-kette has boiled, and not that the water
be always boiling hot when it is poured into
tea pot. To make a good dish of tea. Malj he
tea pot, put in the tea, pour on two or three Ia.
ble spo0nsful Of water, let 1t stand few seconds.
and then fiji! up water boiling hot every time Tie
tea pot i, filled; the kettle should be previously
put on there"
We understand the late Hon. Joshua Fisher,
who died at Beverly last week, has bequrahrd
S2O. 600 to Harvard University, as a foundsuOn
OF Prsfessorship Of Natural History; also suOu!
$1,000 to Rev. Mr. Ihayer's CoDgrt ga,IOna So
ciety. He has made other liberia donations.
Salem Ga:.
AgfM Catastrophe. The Redactor Of Sau''
dav contains an article from the Constitutional
while Mass was being celebrated 10 the Church
of S'echos. near Taeunga, in the Republic d
Ecuador. South America, on the day OF the SOL
emn festival del Corpus, fire was communicates
to the building by means Of rocket, and ihaim
the rush OF the audience to the door, it becan'
shut, aud THE WHOLE coHoREoATIoN pERrsHrp
IN THE FLAMES. eT'tpi The Curate, mho sscard
through Tindow! The number OF lives loA
was estimated at more than FIVE HUNDRED, BE-
side, children. IN r. Jour Com.
Pennsylvania STATE Lom,s.-We find The f'i |
lowing 10 the Harrisburg Reporter Of FnJ,!
last. The Speaker Of the Senate appears to r |
a m0nied man:
1.-The loan Of S2.540. 661 a., bearing an 10
terest Of five per cent, and reimbursabe IA
1853, was yesterday taken BY D.. Jesse X Bur,
den, at a premium of SIS 81 on the hundred
dollars. TIE next highest bidder, we learn. S''
the Bank of Pennsylvania, Offering BIS % pre-
MUM, on the 800. The premium at which 'f
pr sent lean ha, been a en- is not quI'ra
high as hat given for the loan OF last year-
THIS Is in part owing to the Circumstance l0'
the present loan has two years less to run '"'"
that Of last year"