Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1833-10-24

PsrEn aud LEE, the negroes eonvieteo % sne
murder Of Peter u. Ware were exeeu'ec =" 'l
day, Peter acknowledged his own guilt anu
Affirmed 10 the last that Lee was the princiPai 10
the murder. The last words that Lee SPOKE
were solemn asscrveration of his innocence.
Their bodies were handed over to the anatom'
lists. The Advocate says several thousa"u SP'e'
tators were present.-Rieh. Com.
An eminent soul ptor is about repairing 20 Do
ton at the request Of the managers OF 'ne
um Of that city, for the purpose OF taS!ns a' -.
for bust Of Dr.. Nathaniel bowoHcn' ~, ~ Ill
wrought in Italian marble, and Plaeeo III ''e "''
of the Institution. n.
This i,a compliment we'll deserved by W.
Bowditcb. whose translation of the Meean'que
Celesfelof the Marquis de la Place, excited tue
admiration of men Of science abroad, and Is con-
sidered as equal to the orenal work 10 tue o G.S
play of mathematical learning and taiemt' Tue
mathe maticians Of Europe would prooao'y nave
doubted whether our country contained an moi,
viduaI capabIe of understanding this treatise OF
La place: thew now read it themselves with the
assistance Of DR.. Bowditch's Commentaries.
Bait. Gag.
con;upal Lope-A late London Journal con-
tains an account of most extraordinary at
tach nent between husband and vile, demon
s,ratinp how deeply the Joys Of welded lille may
he impIanted in The heart, and how fatal the con.
sequence is of their sudden uprootIng. lhe
case occurred in Islington; it was this:-the
wife of poor man had died-he had approach.
ed the coffin to take last look at the once ioVed
PARTNER of his joys and sorrows; between nun
and whom there had never been heard, IN Jyty
ycars, the vuice of dissention. As his eye Tell
on the inanimate form, he suddenly drop
ned down. and, before medical aid could be pro-
cured, died!
The reader may fancy what must have been
the happiness enjoyed by such couple during
the period of fifty years. How smoothly ran
the stream Of their juys-how blended their al
fections-how united their hearts! "Desu'
nv's relentless knife could not sever the tie
which connected one Of them to life. without
cutting asunder that which bound the other:
(PhiL Com. Her.
From Carthagena. -InteIIigrnce has been re-
ceived from this place to the lst instant, from
which II is confirmed that conspiracy had been
formed to overthrow the present government, but
that itbad been detected and suppressed. Not
only the murder Of Ssntander aud his cabinet,
but Of all foreigners Of distinction, is said to have
been contemplated. The principal occurrences
ere published in our paper OF the l1th. 1t now
appears that the conspirstors have been tried al
though their doom has not been announced:
N. Y. Com.
Cholera The barque Mason Barney, which
arrived at this port yesterday, in twenty four ola!
from Vera Cruz, left the ship Robert Wilson, Of
New York, still in the hands OF the government,
for importing into that place quantity OF coun-
terfeit coin. She had lost her mate, one seaman,
aud cook and steward by cholera. The average
number of deaths when the barque left was about
twenty five per day. One hundred and three per.
suns had fallen victims to this disease between
the sO,h Of August and the Goth Of September.
Standard
Erchange Hours.-In 1907, the merchants
began to assemble at the old Tontine at IL o..
clock; at it was was termed high Exchange; at
, the floor vas thnned of, and at half past the
walters swept out the premises. At that period
large portion of chants dined at o from that
time to the present the meeting Of men OF bust
ness has gradually become later and later At the
present day, high Exchange may be said to be at
o'clock, the great room Is comparatively empty
until half past Q, when'they begin to assemble; at
) greater NUMBER IS 10 Ue IUuuu vi lie HUI
than at any other hour; at half past 8 they thin
Of; and at P. NJ. disappear. large portion
Of the gentlemen who attend and who reside down
town, dine before they come on change, and OF
those that reside I'D town, many Of whom dine
at chop houses, get their dinner previous to the
meeting. We should not be surprised, if in
few years, the hour should be extended. as it
is in many parts Of Europe, to 5 P NJ. The
regulation is altogether regulated by accident;
we believe the merchants have, IN no instance,
ever fixed the hour by any concerted arrange.
ment.-N. Y Daily .9dv.
Destructive Storm On Sunday morning
last, we we're visited with severe storm from
SSE. AT high water. the wharves we're mostly
overlown-sone utterly destroyed and others
greatly injured. A large amount Of lumber is
wholly lost. The damage to our citizens will
not probably fall short Of $4,000. Most Of the
vessels belonging to the port were absent. At
Prospect, we learn, that much damage was done
to the wharves, and all the vessels 10 the hsrbor