Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1833-10-09

cond story Of the building which occupy as .
grocery store. Mr.. Carter and myself both slept
On pallets, aud nv brother on a hammock
About o'clock in the morning, we were ava
keued BY tremendous explosion, which threw
me on my feet. Immediately ran to hole
that was in the wall, where distinctly saw four
soldiers, belonging to Capt. Stuart's Company.
with the six FOUNDER, within ten steps Of the
door. After standing few moments, during
which distinctly recognized two OF the persons,
they started and returned the cannon to its for.
mer station.
Upon examining the building the next morning,
We found ok pound ball, and between fifteen
and twenty pieces Of old iron aud lead. The
ball entered above the door, and struck the joist
upon which slept, which it cut nearly half In
two. 1t then struck The next joist, and glanced
and struck the shelf. demolishing every thing in
its passage. After spending its force. it fell
harmless to the floor, where it was found, and
we now have it IN our possession. Had the ball
entered the house four inches higher it would in
evitably have killed 10 all. The distance from
where the cansen was fired to the door was ten
steps-beins - near that il could not be elevated
high enosek 10 strike where we slept. have
taken the necessary steps to bring the perPetra-
tors to Punishment, and sincerely hope that our
laws are sufficient to protect US against such out.
rsges 10 future
Yours, in haste. JONAS BIDELow.
We, the undersigned, certify the above to
be true statement Of the affair which happen.
ed on the night OF the 9th Of August, 1885.
J. w. CARTER.
q. BIeELow.
a hint to rich Planters. The Alabama Intel.
ligencer asks the planters around It, whether, as
they likely to get for their cotton fwo dollars
where they got but one last year. they mean to
let their prosperity go about. and give the print
er twice as much for his papers and advertise.
ments? And whether the borrowers aud non.
takers mean to become subscribers, and the debt.
ors payers?
ISahpetre-The following interesting article
is from the New York Farmer
"Profsssor Rafienesque. denounces the use OF
saitpetre m brine intended foe the preservation
Of animal flesh to be kept for food. That part
Of the saltpetre which is absorbed by the meat.
he saws, is nitric acid. or ua.fortis-a deadly
nelson. Animal flesh, previous to the addition
of pickle, consists Of geatinous and fibrous sub
stances, the former only possessing nutritious
virtue. The gelatine is destroyed by the che
mical action OF salt aud satpetre, and, as the pro-
fessor remarks. the meat becomes as different
substance frum what it should be, as leather is
from the raw hide before it is subjected to the
process Of tanning.
He ascribes to the pernicious effects OF this
chemical change all the diseases which are COM
mon to mariners and others who subsist prnci.
pally on sailed meat-such as scurvy, sore gums,
decayed teeth. ulcers, &e.-and advises a total
abandonment Of the use Of saltpetre in the ma
king of pickle for beef, pork. &c. The best sub.
stitute for which, he says. is sugar--a small
quantity rendering the meat sweeter, more whole
some, and equally as durable. These statements
ought to be remembered BY fathers, butchers
packers of sea provisions. purchasers and consul
mers. They are Of peculiar importance to the
latter c,ass--of which some thousands are cons:
nected with our own community"