Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1833-07-11

may be returned, she may rely upon the greatest
secrecy aud honor, being observed.
n Norsi Case -CHsNo and YANG. the STA.
mese twins, have been tried in Trumbull Coun.
~, Ohio. for an assault aud battery committed on
an old and respectable citizen. The defendants
plead guilty, aud we're each fined i've dollars and
cnsts. The case is stated in the Warren News
Letter, of july 2. Ii is strange that mherp the
offending party is one, BY an indlssoluble aud
natucal ooud, that they should be severed IN
judgment. Ii is Jew preceIeut.-Glo
On the 1.t July between 4 ahd 5 P VI. in lat
S2t, loo II, a bird knuwn by The name of Boo
by hew on board. the BRIG Evelina, arrived yes
terday from New Orleans. Ii had attached TO
its neck piece Of leather Containing the follow.
ing words "Cape Florida bearing W. s. w.
distant 30 miles, Booby took INV departure
from the ship Plato, Colligan, master, from New
Orleans bound to HaYre. III DIS out, all well. -
Passengers, DIR. Rigsud, lady, chiidrea and
servant July lst, 1856" On the reverse side
was inscribed Mrs Coll,gan is we'll aad hearty. ,
Allowing the above 10 have been dated CORRECTLY
the bird must have travelled nearly 400 miles in
8 or 9 hours.--N Y, C0m g. Eng.
Another black Poney The new brig John
Gipin. built at Baltimore, left thai port IN Juue
1859. tor Canton aud Valparaiso. She arrived
at the latter port on the 10Th of March. Her
passage from Canton to Valparaiso is said to
have been the shortest ever made. aud as the
sapercarso states bath VOYAGES were performed
at the average rate Of one hundred and sixty
eight miles day.-N. y Jour. Of Com.
Naru Commissioners These useful agents
Of the public, the gu dams of our Navy in peace,
and its gallant conductors in war, will, we learn.
arrive in this City to day, tour of inspe
This practice is fraught with all that is useful
aud economical. The inspection of our Naval
stations BY such men, practiced as they are in
all that relates TO the structure of ships, and to
the pot,ce OF our NAVY Yards must be extreme.
lv beneficial TO the service, and the Government.
1t is gratifying to speak OF such public servants
as Rodgers and Chauncey, Sc. &c. We ieei that
with such men. the Interests OF that part Of the
public business which ia entrusted to them, are
never for moment lost sight Of
We learn. also. that Wm G. RiLseiv, Esq.
the Chiei Clerk of the Bard Of NAVY Cou,mis.
sioners will accompany them as their Secretary.
Phil Com. Herald
IN .9dreaiure William Avery was yester
dan tried 10 toe Court Of Sessions, upon the
charge Of having abstracted thirty dollars from
ladies' reticuie at church. Inc circumstances
we're as foilows:-A young lady on entering ST.
Johns Church, 20 attend week dav lecture. pass
I'd Aver, in the aisle, who immediately followed.
closed her pew door With seeming poliieness. and
took seat IN the pew immediately back OF hers.
The affair was singular, and attracted the no.
tice of the lady, but did not far awaken her sus.
PIGEONS as to prevent her throwing down her re'i
Guile upon the cushion by her side, nntw,thstand.
ing il contained wallet with thirty dollars At
ter PRAYERS, she was surprised. on opening the
reticule, to 6ud the wallet lying on top Of her
pocket handkerchief, and turned to look for the
gallant gentleman, bur he had decamped, feeling
10 doubt quite sure Of having obtained some
good at church.
Unfortunately for him, however, he had been
too long in setting his trap. A gentleman in the
gallery had noticed him for several weeks at
church, and always following some lady and tax.
ing seat behind her, as on this occasion. As
he was stranger, aud had no peculiar marks of
PRAYING man, the constant repetition Of the
same ceremony excited suspicion. AS the con-
gregation were standing, this gentleman saw
Avery, while leaning over and take something
from the ladies' seat, examine it, pass his hand
TO his own pocket, aud then lay back what he
had taken up. The gentleman interpreted the
whole in moment, and came down at once TO
secure the strangers arrest-But he was gone.
A Young lady in the opposite gallery also had