Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1833-07-12

, ture Of the Chesapeake BY the British rsae
Shann0n:-
81 remember, who among Us can forget tbe
first rumor Of it; remember also the confident
the universal incredibly, With which. at first. i
Was received; then rene mber how the post off.
ces. for several DAYS, we're surrounded by maui.
ring thousands; how even groups OF citizens rode
out on the highways. striving to catch something
BY anticipation as tue mail approached. under
the starting reports that were successfully CON.
ing in. AT last, the hope was gone-~hen the
certainty Of her capture could no longer be hid.
den, | remember the public gloom. Solemn
nrocessions, funeral discourses, testified it; from
north to south-in the sea ports-ln the interior
every where it was the same. " Don't give
up the ship" the dying words OF Lawrenee, slain
by the first broadside, were on every tonsur,-
Wrapped in his flag as winding sheet. his re.
mains were conveyed by the victors to Halifax.
and committed to British earth, with honors due
to the brave; but not long did they lie there
When peace came, vessel fitted out by the spou.
taneous, affectionate patriotism of twelve New
England sea captains, and by them exclusively
NAMED. bore them back to his country-ths
country he had honored, the country that loved
him. There they repose under the laurel and
the cypress; for he too in his turn, had formerly.
and as calamity triumphed ship to ship, over the
proud flag of England Others may augur tie
naval destinies of the United States from their
victories; !, from the grief that followed this de.
feat. Ii illustrated the intensity OF feeling ex.
is,ing among a people where each one. under
their noble institutions, identified himself Nth
the nation, and seemed as sorely struck down BY
public calamity, as If it had been personal
blow What may not be hoped Of such PEG.
| pie in the achievements OF war-what. IN all that
may advance their glory and prosperity in peace
If true to themselves, and TO their happy and
powerful Unlon!"
A Mr.. James Dinmore, Of "Down East"
gives notice that he has invented machine, which,
without being prompted, will give notice when
ever any building, in which it is placed, takes
fire. He thus describes the aPparatus:-
The most apparent important part Of the appa.
ratus is what call the " fire line" small cord
Of any fabric that will burn. This is to be made
fast at one end, and passed Immediately above
Stove tunnels round rooms or tire-places, cook.
Ing. stoves, and every other place where fire
would most likely come in contact with wood, sup.
ported in all the bv puilies. and then at.
iached to Machine, prepared to allow the
| - fire line" to stretch and shrink according to
| its length, or the state of the phere-and
when burnt off in any part Of the building, SO
connected with the striking part Of the machine
as to lift latch. when the alarm will take place
mediatey, sufficient to arouse any one from his
sIumbers. The "fre line" may BIZ extended
any distance, to Store, Factory, or other build.
ing, and the alarm may be placed in the sleeping
| room of your own dwelling
.ani Movements There is long article
against Fairs in the New England Magazine Tor
July. We have heard it suggested that the Ia
dies will appoint aageIIatlon committee, to wait
upon the editor forthwith.
The Phrenologists are attacked also in both
the Magazine and the North American Review.
The critic in the former calls their facts 'mytho
| losy;' and the Re,iewer handles the whole esta
blishment. from the German flute down, without
mittens. He thinks their philosophy resembles
MIR Paine's; that their anatomy proves nothing
to the point; and that, in fine, there is an "ut-
ter absence Of evidence" 10 favor Of the system.
1t is made up Of imasinations-" all promise
and no performance-aI action and no 60.
This is war to the knife blade. Where is the
chronological Soclety,-the "grown up chill
dren,"-the hivel II they stand this, and show
smothered 10 their own hcney. -Boston Journal
| David Crockett We are informed that the
Life and Adventures Of Col. David Crockett
is eagerly sought, and read with avldI'y by the
people Of his District. Our informant states that
an individual, who had given sixty.two and a
half cents for one of these books, brought it to
the town Of -, in the District, and sold it for
dollar; the purchaser read it, and then sold It
to another for two dollars; he read the book and
sold it for three dollars; another individual
bought it from him, and disposed Of the book
again for FIVE dollars. The last purchaser de-
clined sale again at any price, and was actual;
ly hiring out the Colonei's Life at the rate OF
twenty five cents the hour.-Florencs Gas.
Mr. Lucas Knapp Of the town Of Austerlitz,
has team Of dogs, with which he is in the habit
Of riding out daily. The dogs are about four
teen months ole, and the last December, when
the roads were bad, they travelled from the rest
dence Of Mr. K fwho is a crlnDlel to Wlnches-