Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1833-10-02
ALEXANDRIA, I'd. CO.
wsDygsniY MORNING. OCTOBER 2. 1855.

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,rsDygSDiY MORNING, OCTOBER 2. 1855
Il the case of the United States against AL
h,r, Rose alias Taylor, a colored boy, on a
.,,,ge Of murder, and who was recently found
,.;,ty the Circuit Court, now sitting in Wash
;,,,op. have granted the prisoner new trial,
n ordered the venue to be changed 10 this
county.
Same of the Cherry frees on the Cameron
farm near this place, have eudded and blossom
a anew lately, and give indications, at present,
# Welding a second growth Of fruit
Tbe lonr and extraordinary drought which has
h,sO s,perienced in this part Of the country was
,,,rsrday ended. We had a continued rain all
J,y. and occasionally the showers were heavy.
The Hon. JouS w. CAMPBELL. United States
r,d,s for the District Of Ohio, died at Delaware,
.o,iol on Monday, the SOth ult . after several
,,,.' illness of a fever. The Judge was resi-.
a.ot Of Columbus, but during the latter part
II the endemic had retired to the town Of De.
hsar.. He vas highly respected Judge;
,,r,,olent aud exemplary citizen; kind hus-
hand. a moral and aaiable man. No man, pro.
b,by, could have left SO many personal friends,
,,o,,h very few family connexions
The engineer of the John Bull steamer, on her
r,,.,se from York to Hamilton, (Canadai recent
=, attempted to blow her up; he turned the wa
-, from the boilers and then jumped overheard
she dangsr was discovered IN season to save
ii. vessel and the lives Of the passengers. The
engineer vas supposed to be deransed-he was
mixed up aud sent TO gaol.
good method Of furnishing the lazy at Ham
,pry, is described in the following paragraph.
t.n EIo,'s travels in the North Of Europe:
IL remember TO have read in some English
uo,k an account of curious plan adopted here,
"a, m. punishment of the idle. They are said
lobe placed in basket, and suspended over the
nble IN the house Of correction, while the rest
dhs inmates are at dinner; and to be detained
i, that position. tantaiised BY the savoury Tunes,
dII night; by which time it is presumed that they
have acquired sufficient experience to induce
them to work the following day"
The success Of belle in managing troop OF
admirers 80 as TO secure the devotion Of all, BY
engaging the enemy only in detachments, is by
10 means uncommon. But it is difficult to lind
40 Instance in the annals Of coquetry like that
here related from 'Sharp's Peerage,' just pub
lshed 10 London, where three husbands were
carried together lin open 6eld-fair light
"Lady Gage. the wife Of the first baronet, Sir
John, ancestor to Vlscount Gage, when first WI
dow was only seventeen. beautiful and rich; she
was courted by her three husbands, Sir George
Trenchard, Sir John Gage, aud Sir William
llerve,, al the same time; and to apPease quar-
rel that had arisen respecting her between them,
se threatened her everlasting spleasure to the
6,, aesressor-which, as she had declared for
neither. by balancing their hope against their
tas, stliled their resentments against each other
-addiu-, good humoredy, that if they would
Keep the peace and have patience. she would have
them all in their turns-which singularly enough
did happen"
And who will say she did not deserve them?
n Tsiiation. The Evening Star has come out
strongly against the Albany Regency, and it at
lacks them at the very foundation. 1t proposes
tOremOSe the seat Of government from Albany to
Utica. This would be a sore resolve-the reno.
val would probably lead TO some strange disclo-
SQres
FROM MEXICO.
Wehave been put in possession OF letter
from Tampico OF the Sd inst recei, ed BY the