Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1833-09-17
MARRIAGE EXTRAORDINARY.

II. New York Commercial Advertiser, oil
r,,r.d,y. relates an instance Of peculiar good
SHINE for an Indian. We proceed IT, copy the
substance Of the story.
:, .hout two years ago, an Indian OF the Chip.
am, enthusiastically said to have been man
r .o,ne rank in his tribe. but now Missionary
3 tho Methodist Church, among his red breth.
was sent to England, to obtain pecuniary
IA FIR the Indian missiun cause 10 Upper Cana
~ What was his native cognumen,-whether
; -. the "R-d Lightning" or the "Storm
- NJ :. Walk in the Water, "-we know
nn,: but in PLAIN English, he. is known as MIR,
Peter Jones.
Mr. Peter Jones was not only Missionary
60, tho wilderness, as we doubt not, a
.ion. and useful man among his own people,
n, no ga, bona fife Indian-and he was OF
curse made lion Of in London. Tie vas ieas-
ted b. the rich and the great
- Among others who perchance may have
,bopcht of kings, barbaric pearls and gold
,,s the charming daughter of gentleman OF
i,mbe,h. of wealth and responsibility.
Peter wooed the young lady, and prevailed
~ the end: to make a long story short, meeting
a.. a,reed upon. to take place the present sea.
"a, IN this city, with view OF marriage.
ION Tuesday morning Of last week. beau
6fpl Young lady. with fair FORM grace III her
ton and heaven in her eye'--steDt on shore from
The elegant packet ship United States. She was
tended by two clerical friends Ut high respect
,b,Ity-ahn, bv the way. were no friends OF her
,o,o,ntic enterprise. She waited with ,mpa
hence for her prncely lover to the end OF the
u.sk-but he came not. Still she doubted not
n, Faith, and as the result proved, she had n"
re.d IN doubt. For, on SUNDAY morning Peter
Jooes arrived, aud presented himself at the side
Of his mistress, The meeting was affectlona'e,
though becoming
.Inmediate marriage was resolved on. on
Sunday evening, we went into the John Sreet
Church, and found the Wedding going VI n
s,ronuer contrast was never seen she all ih
white. and adorned with the sweetest simplicity
Her face as white as the gloves and uress sne
wore-rendering her ebon tresSes, placed a "a
Mrdonun ON her fair forehead, still darker. tie
in rather common attire-a tall, dark, high 0oneu,
muscular Indian. She, little delicate Europe
an LADY. He, hardy iron framed son Of The To-
rest
"The sweet creature is now on her way 10 the
wiIds of Upper Canada-the Indians Bride
Z" The die is now cast. and the late comeiy
and accomplished Miss =, OF London IS
now the wife Of Mr. Peter Jones, OF the Ch'ppe-
was. But that she is deiuded, and knows no
thing Of the life she is to encounter, there can De
no doubt. A. evidence OF this. she has brought
out the furniture for an elegant househnld estao'
Gshment-rich china vases for an Indian lodge
and Turkey carpets, to spread upon the morasses
of the Canadian forests, Instead ct mansion,
she will find a wiz wan, and the manufacture OF
brooms and baskets, instead of embroidery"
The negroes arrested on the charge oil the
murder Of Hare, at Charlottesville, have con-
fessed their crime.
The late rains have produced partial rise OF
the Ohio at Plttsburg and Wheeling.
Cost of advertising in English papsrs.-Mr'
Garrison in a late letter from London states that
he published in the London Times notice ma
hing less than three squares, for which he paid
about thirty dollars, that being the regular
charse.-More than ten times as much as Gus
tomary to charge here. This arises from the h"a'
w tax on newspapers in England.