Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1833-07-20

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SOU, of the Boston Lioerator, writes from En-
gland that M. Buxton presented, at single SIT
TING of the House of Commons, 500 Pet'uons
for the abolition Of slavery in the West lndies,
one Of which contained 1877. 900 female sigma
lures. and required four members to lay II on
the table. This story one would think was big
enough 10 choke the sea serpent--but it IS Tar
behind another told bv the same person IN the
same letter. He says shat on the Thursday pre-
ceding ITS date, Lord Suffie!d presented 20l
petitions on the same subject in the House 81
Lords. one of which was signed by "eigh nun
dred thousand Ladies!!" There are about six
millions Of females in England. VI these more
tbaWtwo thirds are under age or superannuated.
Another half million may be struck OF on the
ground that they are unable to write their own
names This leaves one million, OF whom II
NAV be safely said that not one third are fdd'es
in the English sense of the term-for II Is moi
the case in, England Though we are aware IT IS
quite otherwise here) that every thing that walks
in petticoats, is lady. Presuming that Mr..
Garrison has been long enough in England, TO
write the English language, as the English pen
ple understand it. it follows that admitting some
giant to have carried round this said petition IN his
DOC ket into every hole and Garner of the Kingdom
for the procurement Of sigraturest could not have
contained as many as Garrison has asserted, 0y
more than half million. Such petition more
over. allowing half an inch to each signature,
must be somewhat over SIX MILES in length
land It. its weight and magnitude bear relative
proportions to that presented by Mr., Buxton, re-
quiring tour members to lay 1t on the table, this
must have required sixteen entire lords, ana
the fraction of another, to place u IN 3 similar
position. Lord Sufield's scowlng. dark vsage
must have lighted up, and his premature grey
hair gathered fresh electrical brightness from the
exercise Of lifting, with his fifteen adjuncts and
the fraction, this ponderous, lady petition up
on the table of.their Lordships!!-N r. Com.
Extract of letter, dated Kinderhook. ~. r.
Juiu I5.-A tremendous thunder shower visited
this part Of the country yesterday SUNDAY after.
noun, prostrating houses, barns, fences and eve.
~ thing in its course. An freshman employed
in the print works of Messrs. .Marshali's, at Co.
lumbia,ille, was struck dead by lightning. while
stopping down at the fire place to light his pipe
his name do not recollect. bur understand
that he has large family. The effects OF the
hurricane were most disastrous on the farm OF
Mr.. Luptin Warner, near Canaan Four Corners,
in this county; two Of his barns being almost en-:
tirely demolished. and their contents scattered
TO the winds-a third considerably damaped; his
dwelling house unroofed. and orchard Frustrated
and destroyed A barn in New Lebanon and
another near Sand Lake. we're almost demolish-
ed. and in every direction more or less damage
has come to my knowledge, ~ r. .Ner.
Canal ToHs-The tolls collected on all the
canals OF the state, tor the month OF June. amount
to the sum of Sl74,646 eo-beins 81, $50 So
more than the receipts of the corresponding month
+ of the last season. The following statement ex.
hb,s the sun received on each canal for the
month of June, to Wit
On the Erie Canal, ........"....Sl4S.l 7O 40
Champlain Canal, .....". 81 ,l65 "a
Cayuga and Seneca Canal, 9 All IL
Oswego Canal, ............ $500 Os