Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1833-06-21
ALEXANDRIA GAZETTE


article on Naval Timber, &c. says that owing
principaily 20 the prevalence of Dry Rot, the av-
erage duration Of ship TIMBER cannot be est'ma.
ted at more than seven. or at most eight years
Were real cure for dry rot discovered aud a.
dop,ed, the annual saving Of TIMBER in the opn'
ion of the best judges, would no, be much under
~. OOO loads. To rebuild the whole British Ma.
w would take one million Of loads, and the
quantity annually requisite to keep all the YES.
sells sea-worthy is about 125 900 loads.
The Benbow, an English "a was built IN
1915; dry rot infected her; and she vas repair.
ed 6ye Years afterwards without having been
sent to sea, al an expense OF about $780, OO.
The Ohio "a, now laying at the Navy Yard
near New York, was launched IN May lS2O
but has never been fitted for sea. Her cost could
not have been less than half million dollars
She is now in such drcayed state, the repairs
and equipment necessary 90 send her to sea would
cost = 'lfa million more Had she been kept on
the stocks. she would now have been in good
state of preservation, aud about 100000 saved
to the government.
Statistics of Paris F, ON the papers Of Count
Chabrol, Paris contains 65 public and "a encios-
ed fountains II the city was times larger than 't
is, the canal OF L'Osreg would furnish supply
The beats carving goods upon the Seine are
supposed tn be $50 IN nu@oer
The highest streets are D'Euter and DE ES-
trapade.
The greatest mortality prevails IN Aarch aud
April. the least IN August and July
The greatest number OF births Is IN March ana
January.
The births Of males are more numerous than
those Of the other sex.
The average deaths in the hospitals are one IN
seven.
The number Of person, drowned annually va
ries from e7O tu $40, aud half of these are sui
ciGes.
All 5urials are conducted by Undertakes,
and the expeuse Of hurying one Of the Invest
olas, of inhabitants is about S7.75 Scarcely
one fourth of the popu'atnn !, buried al the e%-
pepsr nf their famL~s nr trieDt,s.
@, AN acreage ever, man woman and chi'd
consumes per annum. l25 bottle, ni vine! and
Ia nut,les of brandy, besides what Is drank out
side the walls IN the tipping shops es''Onsheu
there to escape the octroi. Each person con-
consumes on the same Calculation Sil worth
of bread annually.
The commerce of Paris is immense. 1t ex-
parts of itself so millions francs per annum.-
The annu,i profit on the watches and CLOCKS
made in Paris is three and half millions oi
francs =,
Forty thousand horses are brought to and sold
evcrv year III Paris The average value Of eacn
horse is about S55.
The annual consumption of paper is $4,000
reauIS.
The taxes are heavy. Mr.. Cooper the novel
lst, undertook at the instance of LA Faye'te to
vindicate the cheapness of republican institutions.
He found in Paris sufficien, fur his purpose ny
way at contrast. The indirect taxes are about
four millions and half per annum Every per-
son 10 Paris pays at least abou, S22, 50Per annum
in the shape of taxes.
Tie travel to aud from Paris is immense. -
90. 900 people gn and come every week oy The
din. ences aud MALE pos;e.
We Could add many more interesting facts
about this great depot VI the worlc, 1t time per-
United.