Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1833-11-09

taken. The Boston paprrs mention that MIR. u.
has been highly pleased with his visit to that sec
ton of the country (how indeed could il be other
wise!i-and has constantly expressed has grateful
sense of the hospitality & spontaneous respect that
has been extended 10 him IN the course OF tort
nights sojourn among them. On the other hand
he has left the most favorable impressions upon
the people generally. He now proposes to visit
Worcester. Hartford, Springfield. and perhaps
Albany, IT he can do it consistently with his other
engagements, in season to reach the seat Of Go.
vernnent by the opening OF Congress.
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Matthew Cmey.-This gentleman is another
instance 1T what America owes 10 the sons OF the
Emerald Isle. From letter Of his own IN the
Ne" England Magazine for N"emD.r. II seems
that he VAS born ~ Dublin, January %. 1850,
and was the son 81 an industrious and well to do
baker He saws he only rrco'Iec's OF his child
hood that he was an extremely dull boy. and that
he was at twelve years IN the rear Ut many chii-
dren al SIX or risnt He. had. however, re-
markable ap'lruIa for learning language>-no
doubt the : bump tor this yerv ,h,Og; and he
thinks tnat, dull as he Was. had he gone on "a he
commenced wltr STUDYING toe Fren'h-whirh.
na,sIste, he ma. 'errd N abou; seven sc rs
he should have attained c"myiPte knowledge OF
all the modern languages OF Europe before he
was twenty lone. Ii GOES against prernio-,, on
the other hand. that, alioough he lad srulns Tor
-comnnn arithmetic, hp never could advance a
whil INTO the higher mathematics.
A. fifteen he bound himself DOT 20 bo0ksel.
Ter, one Mcdonnell, an ausfere aud cruel MASTER.
Here he read. ike franklin, IN the night time,
and acquired a pretty extensive acquant-
ance With the novels Of the das. H., hr,t essay
in prlnr vas on dueIIng, 0cca,IOncd by an affair
between Two OF his yOang friends. and Tor thIs
publication his master dismissed hIm. In 1879
he vote pamphlet on the oppressed condition
of the ish Ca'hoics. The advertisement Of It
came before Par lament, AID excited great alarm.
TIE Cahoiic Association Of Dublin we're fright
ened, and offered reward ot g40 tor the disco.
very Of the author The result was that Mat.
thew was privately put on bpsrd floiyhead
pa ket, wrh letters 10 Cajh"IIr priest a, Paris,
who introduced Inn /" DR.. Franklin lie con
tIbued ~ Frankhu's empt", some months, su
perIntendlug me printing of MS dispatches, &c.
and at the end OF about year, the storm having
blown over. returned L" Ireland. An invasion
Of tha, country by the French had been conem
plated during his stay. and 40 this occasion La
fayrtta had called IN hin 10 ;nake inquiries
On his return I've engaged IN conducting pa
per. and al the ase OF twenty four finally SET up
one OF his owu--the Volunteers journal. 1t was
,iaien,lv political. add had an extraordinary run,
vi u aroused tue COVE nmer. and he was arrest
ed, brought before Parliament, April 10, l784,)
and committed to Nrwgare during the session
Here he lived to his liking; companies of his
friends constantly dined with hin on the cboic-
e.t luxuries Of tue market. On has liberation. a
for ihal n ID,
pending, it was thought best for him to abandon
Ills country once more; and on the 9Th Septem.
Der, 1884, he embarked on board the America
for Philadelphia. where he landed November I.
ii. had got NJ board in a femsie dress, and he
thinks must rave cut very gawky figure
He had sold t. paper to his brother tor $500,
credit. and . - 25 guIneas in his pocket. one.
bali Of whlcn was got away from him by some
sharpers during the passage.
Beauty and Booty 1T will be remember.
ed that several officers of the British army, who
were under Gen. Pa,kenham. at the battle Of
New Orleans, have lately published a statement,
denying unequivocaIIy. that " Beauty and Boo
tn" were the watch.words of the British army,
on the day of the battle. The gentlemen. If men
Of honour, as perhaps they are. may be entitled
to credence. but the fact is by no means sufficient
to show that il was not the intention OF Gen.
Packenham, IN the event Of success, TO piLlage and
sack The city;-in other words to despol it of its
" Beauty and Booty"
We have lately become possessed of informa.
ton which establishes this point beyond the pos.
sibllty Of denial. We having unimpeacbabIe tesii
mony on the subject. A friend of ours was,
few days since, afelIow passenger in stage from
the West, with gentleman who belonged to
Gen. Jackson's army, at the time referred to
He, in the course Of conversation on tine subject
of the denial Of the British officers, stated. that
he was severely wounded, and taken prisoner 10 |
the battle fought near New Orleans, on the Esd |
1914. While prisoner he was fire. |
qdently visited BY several OF Packenham's offl
GERS, and be recoileets distinctly, that a common
subject Of remark with them was. that in case
they obtained possession Of New Orleans. the
city was to be given up to three days piadgs,
by the army. One Of the officers in question,
went so tar as to ask the American gentlemss,
.L,t h.. 1youId ha Mi al IA frnon the citv