Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1833-02-26
ALEXANDRIA, Cd. c.
,resosy MORNING. FEBRUARY 90. 1888

u,,der-A negro girl belonging TO Mr.. Geo.
MILAN of Fairfax County, lately secreted her
~, child. two months old, in grave yard
csrtsry,lle, and left it there to perish. The
.sm,,,r, Of the child were found eighteen days
'r,,u,rJs. The negro has been arrested, tried
..d condemned to be hung. She has confessed
The inhuman crime.
The New York papers are received al 'he
D., Office. in this place, one day behind the day
On shich they should arrive.
w, have alreadv an abundance of anecdotes
.,,,,,,e to Mr.. Raudolph's eccentricities at
Washington. They say he is pretty nearly as
md a, ahen he was in Russia.
The reports and resolutions OF the Committee
IN Internal improvements, relative to the Che
.,De,ke aud Ohio Canal Company, are made the
lar Of the day for tomorrow in the Maryland
House o! Delegates.
Tho Presidents Drawing Room will be open
r,, the reception Of yisiters on Thursday evening
next. the 2Sth instant.
Mr. Senator Mangum's absence from the Sc
nale, for few days past. has been occasloned by
ssysre Int brief attack Of sickness
II, pix has introduced bill for the sale OF
tho Goyetnment Canal and Turnpike Stocks,
vb;rh has been referred to the Committee OF the
Who!e on the state Of the Union. This tact
Confirms the opinion that the sale OF the govern
,oao. hank stock was a measure dictated by the
acalis, and not by the fears, OF the admInlstra-
,ion.
The National Republicans Of Massachusetts
lave been struck, as it we're, with the OVerpow-
,ripc sound of thunder, by the unexpected an
pan,ia,iou from Nc. Clay that public opinion
vnp,I no longer sustain the Tariff. and that he
himself bad seized the knife 10 begin the sacri-
nee
The political letters in me New York Courier,
entitled "The SPY in Washington, are a''rl'
buted 10 NJ L. Davis, Esq. now in that city.
William Darlaa,on. a deaf aud dumb man,
has recently published in Boston a Catechlsm OF
Mythology. which has been we'll spoken of in the
papers lie now proposes To publish by sub
serip,iOn an altered, improved. and enlarged edit
ton Of the same, adorned with 100 copperplate
eugra,ius,. We wish him success.
Collector of Phiia|eiphia.-Nr. Barker has
been re appointed Collector Of Philadelphia.
a good round dt6'.-lt appears from the do
cumsats printed by Congress respecting the bad
deb's If the United States Bank, that Smith &
Buchanan. Of Baltimore, owe the Bank, as prin-
cipas and eadorsers, the pretty little sum OF one
million and ninety thousand dollars. This I'M
mense amount was lost prior TO 1920.
Deep Saor A letter from Hlllowell, Maine
dated the l.lh instant, states that the snow there
Wa, seSeu feet deep.
1t Is remarkable, that of the persons who are
said to have crossed with Morgan into Canada,
only one Edward Gddns) survives. Mr.Hague,
Who VAS in the boat holding loaded pistol at
Mnrgan's breast, died Of cancer Col King
died suddenly, upon hearing that Eli Bruce had
given testimony in which he was implicated
Elisha Adams died suddenly from an apoplectic
shock Poor Bruce died of Cholera. And now
Garsde Is killed By fall from horse. Burage
Smith, who went with Morgan to the fort, but
Who did not cross the river, died Of yellow fever
al New Orleans.
Mr. Senator poindexter has on the floor Of
The Senate expressed ''hi, contempt for Mr.
NeaGiOr Hsbsier. We marvel that the Mas
'a'hasetts Senator did not sink TO the floor I'M
d'r such load, But perhaps the admiration
and respect Of nation might have the effect Of
sustaining him under the weight Of the Missis.
'pP Senator's contempt"
Gen William c. Butler. Of Fairfax County,