Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1833-01-26
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Fr1m n. .Nero York Commercial.


acqaire tn opportunity Of telling the FIRST story.
- IL for good evil. exerinn Is usej, expense
created in ra'io altogether dsproporioned TO any
possible ben-fi; TIA; can accrue 10 the commune
~ Bat sho doe, no; know the headions pro-
pensitir. Of our people: Who doe. not kn0v
that they ~ilI sacrifice comfort. health and conve
nirnce TO obtain passage on board the quickest
steam boat, that thew arrive al Albany shme
minutes sooEer than the one which follows IL; and
for 10 other earthly purpose than 10 spend Those
few minutes IN l01nging upoD the docks, or Il
nIshiDg their toilet at the iDn. But those WHO
cater Tor the public ta.,e. must not be fastdiHrs
IN the means of administering TO rs enI0ymeB'.
Such, at least. IS the uDinion ~ some 81 our
worthy contemporaries. Who have established
Daily Expresses TO bring u. southern intelligence
n advance Of the mails. To be sure, there Is
.o,n. hazard uf III. and limb in the case; since.
a. We are informed by mocuing journal, that
=. all Tie bridge, mud hoi.-, and other obstacles
Of all sorts. have seldom been passed ~i'hou, AT
l.as, one or twn dolefal ,ambles" =. Ia one in
srancs,v AZ we learn from the sane authority,
a horse in jpmnios from Trenton bridge. sip
pei ant fen, b,tIsi open his brent, md died on
The sDof IRE ri~r.. strained tn The highest pitch
of excitement and energy. generally contri'e TO
save their neck.. out they encounter hazard
which HE grmifed c'niosi'y Of Thousands can
hafdiy repaH Yet there are AWAY. plenty Of
men and Joy5 ,cith whom Tie pleasure Of erciie
1nega more Than olG oeights Tie danger" Tn,
lat fast IL equally lucky and fortunate Nhar
il now and tnrn man or boy Ia kliird-'here
are other, 10 spring into The saddle. And what
II noble s,eed occasionally slips. burst, open
his breast, and doe. on the spot-hs IL but horse.
aud there o,her impatient cnlr.srs painting
Tor the race. :. The curiosity Of thousands.
- ,.,l. k.fn,
mail arrives, that the Hon Mr. Rusty .Fu,ty ha.
made speech of six hours against the coir-,i,u
tDnalIly oi dig.Ing away 4 sand bar three qnar-
ters oi a mi!e sbpve tide" alter in OSi Creek
or tina, the Hon. Tony Lumpkin ina, introduced
n resolution, directing the committee IL Ways AID
Means To inquire whether the duty an mouse
traps and rattai files ousat net 10 Be dlUIaisbed,
i. an abundant cou,rirr Lion.
No doubt the advantage 10 the pablo from
thi, coupetitl"n wall D. pat comprehension;
and beln. fully and resuiu;elv determined that
oar morning co,emp0rafr, shall no. be permIted
TO arrosa'e 10 themselves monopoly of such
merit, we have the satisfaction 10 announce 10
our IS, 457 daily, and l69, $40 country subscri-
bers, that ~ have anticipated their plans, and
established private routes not only bet~ cen TN,
city, Washington, Charleston, Ne" Orleans, 81.
LOUIS aud Ofegon-but also have supplied nur-
pool, London and Paris IN advance Of the PACK.
cts, and shall shortly complete our Rail Road to
the Moon. A line oi suber anean ca,t.ifou tubes,
extend,n. from our basement in Pine street TO
the basement Of the Cspltul IN Washington, Is
soon to be laIc down upon the principle Of the
recent invention in Eng and, by means Of which
we shall be able, on pumping out u. AIR, To pro-
pei parcel from that city 10 this ~ three minutes
and twenty hvc seconds--belng eleven hours
aud fifty four minutes quicker tnan the Pest
dents last message MAS brought by the Standards
relays.
We have carrier pigeons placed in all p rts
of the country, To biIng Us the earliest inI ILL.,
sence, By means OF which, (such Is the march Of
lnteiect.) II Is probable we NAV soon be able 10
lay before readers, all the MURDERS, robberies
hair breadth 'seapes aud dpings Of nulnfir alton,
sere'd days before they respectively happen-
Nor IL tia, all. We contemplate iucaring an IN
visible gnOme in the south west corner OF Amos
KendalI's pocket, by mean, Of which We shall
become possessed Of all the Presidential Mesa
ge, aud Netos in very fe" minutes alter their
fret connection.
In anticipation Of all our cotempor aries, we
have the ineliabe satisfaction Of further ,tauog
that Capt. Munchausen, al the Gutter Sfre0k
ofghfnmg, 6eiJnging 10 this G6ics EXCLUSIVELY,
boarded the packet ship Philadelphia day before
yesterday. IN latitude 45o, longitude 400. he.
tween the Azores and Cape Sable. Cap, Nun
chausen was fortunately clad IN one Of Mcin
tosh's waterproof robes, aud happening to lind
himself among a school Of shovel. messed sharks,
he put the papers IN hi- pocket, seized bridie.
and re'oluiely darted upon the back Of one OF
the largest, who, not being accustomed to a RI
der, sped with incredible velocity. The cap.
tain, however, who Is an old SEAMAN, guided hun
on the course directly to Sandy Hook. where he
arrived IN safety this morning The papers "ere
ht'le wetted, owing to an aperture made IN the
Mcintosh robe, by sword-6Sh, on the passage.
They are, however, sufi, lently eg,bie. and we
are happy To transfer the mast prominent articles
to our columns, for the establishment of our read.
ers. We regret that owing To the tard,ness Of
our ootemporaries, the intermediate details Of
the important occurrences to which they refer,
have not vet reached this country.
From the Times of January IL.
"The news from Nottingham does not appal
Us. Ministers have not gone to war without
measuring their strength They are prepared