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Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1833-12-17

.fnoiher Government Draft Dishonorea 1T
Is stated IN the papers, that the Secretary vt the
Treasury has recently drawn upun the Branch
Bank at Louisville, tor thirty thousand dollars.
Bat a, the government had but six thousand dol
lars IN depos,e, the draft was dishonored, and
has heen returned under protest. Where is Ma
jor Downing? He should see that Mr.. fancy
does not too frequently make a Jcdy Of himself.
" l. Com.
Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1833-12-17

~ Mr.. Binney's debut in the House d
Representatives was highly crcditatIe to hin
self. and gratifying to his friends. We make 81
extract from his speech on the motion to reis;
the Bank subject to the Committee Of Waysm.
Mvaus:-
This narrow view, Mr.. Binney said. it vi
his duty to submit to the House. Ii the letlu
should remain before the Committee of ii.
Whole. as he trusted it wosld, there would b!
opportunity for discussion, and Ultimately ib:
House might give It the direction At should dser
best. There were cogent reasons why that Dis.
cusslon should BE- immediate and large. Thee
never was an occasion in which there was loud.
er call for instant action BY this House; and lhs
necessity for this, was an independent reason 'c'
hlsde.iring u foreman 10 Committee Ol the " 5Or
The whole treasure Of the nation was 10 4 ~
si'ion altogether new but as TO con'roI and Sc
curly. The protection of the appropriation
clause in the Constitution, has turned QUITO A
altogether lllusory. under a treasury F.aei.re,
which claims to take money from place Of ,sl'
", and to pass it into any hand, and ,hron-h .
many hands. corporate or personal. az the ife'
sury department may see fit Such conGiHi
of the Treasury, i, is believed, will not be ASA
ted to by this people, when they shat he ali
quately informed Of il. The practical srtul3
Of the State Banks in which the public mott
is now placed.-what is IL!
{" The transfer Is made 10 various Banks. o.
that is ali u,at this Iiuuse knows through The ~
Tetary's lctter;-rheir char'ers-iheir capl'l,-
their condition, are all alike unknown. lleta
arise the agitation and alarm Of the Whole ta'
mercial community. 10 the midst Of crops.
to be uncomWonIy sood-ai,h all The e'Iden.f
of general wealth about US, this country Is siE.
with alright and dismay. and in the m]''
most abundant resources. there is appnbet%
and forebodlng Of the darkest kind Tor the uiaI'
What is the cause Of all this? What Is the IH
son that, in SO short time from day Of e',
and abundance, the best paper in our cites 4"
fers loss Of from IL to IS per cent per sOh'I
discount Is it the curtaiu ent by the 3apS >
the United States? Not at all. II is The Ua'e
tanty of the future tits in that state Of uncr''i
" every man desires to do what he cannot c.
make provision for the month that is TO eora,
well as for the presen, day, and out OF th', Cd
comes the alarm and the agitation, No on
lends. No man can borrow. Every o0e ho'
as in case Of an invasion. Credit and sstT
are shaken in all parts Of the country"
Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1833-12-17

W From, Madrid. Madrid papers 10 F,
22d October have been received at Boston =
the ship Logan. Captain Akin. from I ,I
whence she sailed on the lst November. VI
rid was quiet, but Instruction was rife ID y /.
provinces. II was reported at Cadiz that U
Miguel had evacuated Portugal, and gone to |"
his hopeful friend, Don Carlos.
Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1833-12-17

~ The portrait of Washington appears 10 .,
to be most injudiciousIy placed in tie Seal.
Chamber. The picture has never beer prog,r..
hung since it was brought into the Chsmbpr.
Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1833-12-17
ALEXANDRIA, Cd. C.)
TUESDAY MORNING. DECEMBER II, ,sn

|" The Memorial Of the Government n;
rectors OF the Bank Of the United States. me-,
toned IN an article in another column. is voIn
minuus doc umrnt. We shall refer TO i, ao,i,
Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1833-12-17

- Mr.. Dudley Sclen. the new R,weNn.
tative fran New York CITY. is out Of favor With
;huse who "ru'e the roast" He is said TO have
been convicted Of daring to think for himself.
Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1833-12-17

49, By letter received in New York from
Gibraltar, We learn that the United States 500,
Of war John Adams was at that port on the ST.,
October. all WELL and to sail for tie United State,
in a few days. via Mosadore, Tenerlft, AM
Cape Mesurado.
Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1833-12-17

- There are said to be hundred, Of oHico
hunters now in Washington, seeking for govern.
ment bounty. counting the smiles and fayors .,
the men in power, and realizing the word: Of ID,
poet
Full little knowest thou, thou hast rot tried.
What he'll 1t is ia suing long to bide,
TO fswn, TO crouch, to wait, TO ride, to run
10 speed, 10 give, TO want, TO be llvne.
Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1833-12-17

The Vice President Of the United States. (Mr.
Van Buren, and the new Attorney General of
the UGned States, (Mr. ButIer.) have arrived IN
this city. To take upon themselves their respective
off tial duties Md Int
Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1833-12-17

Suicide The city has been much agtated
this morning BY intelligence that Nc. Asa Rich.
ardson. very generally known, and much res.
pected for his industry and intelligence, had
committed suicide. He was found this morning.
at half Past.7 o'clock, by his maid servant. sus-
pended by cord, from beam in the cellar of
his dwelling house, quite dead. The act appears
to have been premeditated. and committed with
much deliberation. Yesterday he employed his
attorney to draw his Will, and executed it last
evening. between and o'clock. We under.
stand that it is very judiciously made. and its
provisions very evincirg a parental
anxiety for the future welfare of his children -
On going home last evening, he complained Of
low spirits and WEAKNESS. Mrs. Richardson.
knowing that his nights rest had been for soma
Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1833-12-17

Banks.-Au abstEactfrom the Officials lst pub
ished in the New York Commercial Advertiser
states. that there will be applcatons to the Leg
islature during its next session, Tor the 'ncofPo.
ration of SEVENTEEN new Banks in the city, and
SIXTY THREE new Banks IN various counties OF
the State of New York!
On Wednesday, petitions FOR three banks were
before the Legislature of Virginia, for one in
Stanton, for one in Charlottesville, aud one at
Buchanan Rich. Com.
Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1833-12-17

Il tphdier The Captain Of the Br. barque
Tottenham, at Philadelphia, from Wales. reports
that he Z" had boisterous passage and had three
sets Of sails torn TO pieces. 10 consequence of
the packages Of iron breaking loose, the shifting
Of the iron, and its bounding from side to side,
created such friction, TO elicit continual sparks
of fire, that made it quite hot TO handle 81
N. Y Mer.
Martinsburg gazette and public advertiser. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1826-1833, 1833-08-29
From Blackwood's Magazine for June.
THE BALL; or, NIGHTS AT THE MESS

Blackwood opens with an article on
the recent translations from the Greek
Anthology, by the Rev. Mr.. Bland,
which brings US back to the days OF
our youthful classical enthusiasm, when
studious and single minded, we wan
dered among tuneful reeds of an imagi-
nary Ilisus, and waved our "myrtle
wreath swords" to the memory Of the
brave youths who "struck and set A
thens free." Passing over politics, we
come to the first of a series of papers,
entitled "Nights at the Mess" Long
may they last. 1t begins in the follow
ing jovial hearty style:-
Such set offellows as the -th dra-
goons, | never met with in the whole
course of my life. Talk of friendliRess
and hospitality! they would beat old
Solomon, who had a table that stretch
ed from one end of Palestine to the 9TH
er. Their invitations are not given
for certain dinners on certain days, but
for weeks and months. "There now,
there's a good fellow! you'll dine with
us till Christmas; we've got new mess
man, and the claret is fresh from Dub
lin."
The chairman, Colonel O'Looney,
who bids fair to rival Col. O'Shaugh-
messy, relates story which was un-
dertaken and not finished by friend
of his:--
Jack OsFarrel was the most gallant
looking fellow ! ever saw--great red
whiskers, shoulders like the side of a
house, bright fiery eyes, and a cash
from a shillelah across his brow, that
made him look like handsome copy
i, OF u the devil, as soldier should. he
was a Galway man, the best tempered
fellow that ever was seen in the world
and had been out five times before h
Martinsburg gazette and public advertiser. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1826-1833, 1833-08-29


The following amusing narrative, which we
copy from an English Periodical, affords appro-
pirate reading for dog days.
THE MAN WITH AN APPETITE.
never, for the life o. me, could un-
derstand why a man often stone should
pay as much for coach hire rs one of
twenty. There's neither reason nor
virtue in it; and the stage coach pro-
prietors must be set of unjust Jolter-
heads not to alter it. The rogues
weigh your dead stock-your luggage,
and, if it be what they call "over
weight" they make no scruple of
charging you so much pound for
every pound above a certain number of
pounds, but they take no account at
all of overweight in living luggage,
and will charge just as much for car
rying whippersnspper ofa passenger,
whose entire corpus, in full dress, might
be tucked into a coach pocket, as they
will for a great, over-fed fellow, whose
empty waistcoat would button round a
haystacki IL man will stuff himself
till he's as big as roasted Manning
tree OK withpudding his belly, let him
do so-there is no statute to the contra
nv thereof, that | know of; but see no
reason why he should obtrude his fat
upon folks of reasonable compass--or
expect to have his over weight of blub-
Der carried about thescountry for no.
thing. Twelve stones is about the
average weight of a man; and if the
coach owners were not blockheads and
boobes-blind to their own interest,
and to common equity, they would es-
tablish a scales of fares, hang weigh
ing chairs in their coach Offices, and
demand so much additional fare URN
every stone weight above twelve; re.
ducing the fares to these Of less weight
in proportion. If ..,ney would do that,
a man, wedgea into six inside coach
between Two of these enormous bowel
eases, might take some little comfort
ito himself in knowing that what he
suffers by suffocation he saves in pock-
let. And, truly, your political econ.
lomists-your Malthuses and M'Cul-
llochs are little better than strainers at
enats aud swallowers of camels, or
| they would have proposed some such
Martinsburg gazette and public advertiser. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1826-1833, 1833-08-29

alone. Worse than this happens; for
some eccentric minds are turned to
mischief by such accounts, as they re-
ceive troops OF incendiaries burning our
cities: the spirit of imitation is conta-
gious; and boys are foun1 unaccounta-
bly, bent to do as men do. When the
man few from the steeple of the North
Church fifty years ago, every unlucky
boy thought of nothing but flying from
! a sign post.
1t was once a fashion to stab here
tics; and Ravaille, who stabbed Henry
the Fourth of France, the assassin of
the duke of Grise, and the duke of
Buckingham, with many others, only
followed the fashion. Is it not in the
power OF newspapers to spread FASH
ions; and by DINING burnings and muir
ders in every body's ears, to detain all
rash and mischevous tempers on such
subjects, long enough to wear out the
first impressions of horror, and to pre-
pare them to act what they so familiar
ly contemplate? Yet there seems to be
a sort of rivalship among printers, who
shall have the most wonders, and the
strangest and the most horrid crimes.
This taste will multiply prodigies.-
The superstitious Romans used to for.
bid reports of new prodigies, while
they were performing sacrifices on such
accounts.
Every horrid story in a newspaper
produces a shock; but, after some time,
this shock lessons. At length, such
stories are so far from giving pain,
that they rather raise curiosity, and
we desire nothing so much, as the par
ticulars ofterrible tragedies. The won
der is as easy as to stare; and the most
vacant mind is the most in need of such
resources as cost no trouble of scruti-
NY or reflection: it is a sort of food for
idle curiosity that is ready chewed and
digested.
On the whole, we may insist, that
the increasing fashion for printing Won
derful tales of crimes and accidents is
worse than ridiculous, as it corrupts
both the public taste and morals. 1t
multiplies fables, prodigious monsters
and crimes, and thus makes shocking
things familiar; while it withdraws all
popular attention from familiar truth,
because it is not shocking.
Now, Messrs. Primers, | pray the
whole honorable craft to Danish as ma
ny murders, and horrid accidents, and
monstrous births and prodigies, from
their gazcttes, as their readers will per.
NIT them, and, by degrees, to coax
them back TO contemplate life and man.
ners; to consider common sense and to
study nature, where she can be known,
rather than in those Of her ways where
she really is, or is represented to be,
inexplicable.
Strange events are facts, and as such
should be mentioned, but with breyity
and in a cursory manner. They af-
ford no ground for popular reasoning
or instructions; and, therefore, the hor-
rid details, that make each particular
hair stiffen and stand upright in the
readers head, ought not to be given.
In short, they must be mentioned, but
sensible printers and sensible readers,
will think that way Of mentioning them
the best, that impresses them least on
the public attention, and that hurries
them the most swiftly to be forgotten.
Martinsburg gazette and public advertiser. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1826-1833, 1833-08-29
MARTINsBURG, vA) THURSDAY. AUGUST 90, 1888.

"An' I'm very glad to hear that
Do we happen to know what my name
isl am John O'Farrell, Esquire, OF
Ballynamora, in the county Of Galway,
Of very ancient family-and, what
do We think ofthe name, ma'am."
90, it just seems a very pretty name,
SIR"
"Do We raelly think sol An how
would We like TO have it yourselfl"
81 think it would just do as well as
ony other"
"Och, then, my dear Miss Scrae,
you're just the sort of cratur | wanted;
I've post-chaise at the door,"
"'Indeed!'
"Yes, indeed, my charmer, and a
pair of pistols in it, too"
"Indeedl'' again replied the lady,
looking very conscious all the time.
"Ayel and sweetheart in this ball.
room that will go off with me to Gret.
ma Green this moment"
"Dear me--and wha is the happy
leddyf"
can who the diyil should ii be, but
just yer own self, Miss Sibila M'Scrael"
"Me, sirl" said the lady, endeavor.
ing to blush; ''are you seriousl Ye
should ma triae wi young lass's feel
ings."
"The divil take all trines Of the sort
i am serious, my darling, and I'll
prove twill we go off with me This
instantP
"fiad we no better wait till we've
had the supper, sirl Yo know we've
paid fort in the ticket"
"Faith, an there's some sinse in
that; an will we be ready the moment
aiter?"
The lady blushcd, and looked her
consent, and Jack was in raptures all
the time of supper, meditating on the
four lakes and the river, aud the seven
ty-fve thousand acres of land. Supper
at last was ended, and a new dance
formed. Jack, who had by no means
either the champaign or his
partner, whispered in her ear, care we
all riddy now, my sweet Sibillal the
horses must be tired waiting"
"Weel, since we insist upon't, Pm all
ready enough-only my shawl is in
the leddy's robing room"
We will only say, that Jack gives
the lady shawl value eighty guincas
belonging to another person; that the
couple are pursued not by raging bro
theirs, inveterate fathers, and conciliat-
ing uncles, but by two constables with
a warrant--that the lady turns out to
be Scotch governess-and that Jack
escapes matrimony. The concluding
sentence Of this article, where the young
guests press the Colonel TO relate his
own love affair, is, Colonel OLooncy
sighed and shook his head" which, in
our opinion, is almost as euphonious,
and gives as much scope to the imagi-
nation of the reader, as the celebrated
line
"Major M'Pherson heaved sigh"
Martinsburg gazette and public advertiser. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1826-1833, 1833-08-29

Death of a Miser.-Died, at Anstru.
Their, on the goth of May, Alexander
Sim, who had for upwards Of thirty
years carried on the business of a sad.
der, in mean shop, and lived in one
room. When not in his shop, he wss
quite recluse, and his meager ap.
pearance and threadbarc garment e.
WINGED no little modification of the
flesh; he was constantly complaining
Of poverty and badness of the times.
Nothing being known of his relations
after his funeral his shop and room were
searched by the Town Clerk, and in q
chest, the key Of which was hid in q
shoe, receipts were found for $4,000
deposited in different Ianks, and eta
in bank notes were in his pockets. No
will was found, but a letter from q
sister-in-law, in one Of his pockets,
begged the loan of few pounds. An
old woman, his occasional house.kee.
per, says she was present when he re-
ceived the letter, and he threw il from
him in great wrath, declaring she
should not have a farthing, as if he
complied with such, he would soon be
a ruined man. II is supposed the chile
dren Of the applicant are his heirs.
DHn5yies Courier.
Martinsburg gazette and public advertiser. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1826-1833, 1833-08-29

A proud man is fool in a fermentation
that swells and boils over like a porridge
DOT He sets out his feathers like an owl.
10 swell and seem larger than he is. He
is troubled with fumor and inflammation
of self conceit that renders every part II
him stiff and uneasy .---RMlsr.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1833-08-29
R0SGissgf0ss.s
TEnIPI2 or FAUuom.

H>HE subscriber returns Ills sincere thanks
Il to his friends and customers for the very
hberai support he has received since his com.
mencement Of business I'm this place. and
informs them that he has just RETURNED from
tnc eastern cities with Minister'S latest Pari,
ana London Fashions, also Mr.. Allen WARD.
superior drafts Of the Philadelphia FASHIONS.
He has also tho pleasure Of INFORMING the
lovers Of neat fitting garments, that he has
received such instructions from Mr.. Alien
Ward, on his Patent Protractor system of de-
iineating gentlemcux' garments, as viii ena-
Ole him TO cut in neat and superior style
Gentiemcn may depend on having their gar
meuts made as neat and durable "a in any a
the eastern cities, Is he will keep none hui
expersenecd and steady workmen. Ills prices
WIN % moderate and suited to the tines-hi,
motto, ncafness and despatch.
He would also inform his brethren NJ H..
shears. that he has been appointed agent for
Alien Wards Protractor system Of Cutting
and will give instruction to all who NAV W i,h
to become master OF the best mode Of cutting
now in use.
WILLIAM NJ. RoLLINGToN.
Harpers-Ferry. Aug. Is, ls33.--3t.
N. d. Country produce taken in exchange
Ao' "o'S- w. NJ. r.
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rnnn pkAcgwoep's uAsAsrrr
THE EVENING STAR.


Oh! svecely dAisssSAe snwurr ~s-
Whea hessss iron esosds !. fi,rr'
And eeightly glcsns The u.ocslirhs q.
Field rosA, sssd foerse rer.
Boa 10 The psndve heart uf low.
IN. sveetrr thaa thess by fax.
u With dsvisas sscp Co row
be"c"sh th- evosias st.r.
To others give the fsssivc hall.
Whcrc vise caps ahiuc In lirl,:
nc m''sic a the crowded hall.
With beauty lussre bright,
hut give 10 me this lonely dell.
Uh! s~c~tcr th.a these by Car,
Wherc pine trees wavr md xxssrs swell.
Beneath The evening star.
The days are pass thst have seru.
AVID nc'er shali zee again,
When nature, With brighter rsxeu.
Oerspresd the field and tire.
Though josicss not the pr,-.ent d.v-
Vet s~ecter than Il by Ear,
lis on the past ~ mus, and ssr.av
beneath the evening star
For all the future eaano, give.
What spae-ic,s time has l..,t.
And on! since thou hast ceased To I've.
n vacant world IL left:
turn me 10 my dnys Of love-
The sscetca on earth bv Tar.
Aud oh In thouxhs y i'm ,hc,- \ 49,.
Beneath the evening ss.r.
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$3.50 1EvUAR0.

AN AWAY from the subscriber', re,i.
= dsnce, In Jeferson county, Wa. on ss.
turdsy night the 10th inst. n negro man named
tie is quite black, about S feet 6 or inebe,
high, heavily built, has large feet and thicl
lips. He no doubt iefl with the view q,
reaching Pennsylvania, as il 10 believed ne
has brother ia that State who lately 8ed
from berkeley county. II apprehendcd IN
Pennsylvania, and secured so that the sub.
ser,ber shall recover him, the above reward
OF l50 dollars will be given-If taken in Ma.
ryiand, 50 dollars, and % dollars il taken In
Virginia. DOLPHIN npryy
kablctown, Aug. Is, 1883.
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NOYX0E.

v ME undersigned tenders his grateful ae.
n knowlcdgments 10 his old friends and
customers, for the very liberal support he
has received from them rs q merchant 70.
the last I'VE years, and must now beg leave
TO call the attention Of all those yet Indebted
70 nim, 70 call and pay their respective dues
without delay; and those tina. cannot nav. -
close their accounts BY NSss. He finds L IN
dispcnssble necessary 60 close hh old busi.
ness, and that as speedily ~ possible. Thi.
notice be hopes viii be sufficient 20 euabIr
hin TO do so Ia his counting room, and save
him the unpleasant duty Of doing Il out OF
doors. Tie can At ali times be found IN hi.
Store room, now occupied BY Joseph L. Rus
sell h Co. JOSEPH l.. RUSSELL.
HsrPers-Ferry, Aug. 8, 1899.
p. S.-Persons failing 10 comply win th;.
notice, must expect 20 be called on personally
which 10 very unpleasant frequently to both
parties J.. 4. r..
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$40 REWAR1
PHIL N.4Ey


EDERsONS holding prizs ticket. in any OF
II the Virginia Lotteries, sold by me, ye,
unsettled for, will please present them lou
seuiement; and those indebted TO mo for tic
kets, wiii do me the favor TO pay for them,
= 90 not ever expect 10 sell any more, and
wish to close the unpleasant business.
J. l.. RUSSELL.
Harpers-Fsrry, Aug. 8, 1879.
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NOTICE.

THE subscriber has fitted up temporary
ware-House, on The Lot belonging 10
the New sbcns7doah Company, opposite w..
Anderson 4 Co.'S Store. " any person wish
es 20 dePosiie any -four, aud send IL 10 mar
ket by !. < q Butler, or any other person,
II will BE- carefully attended 10 by the sub
soriber, living on tho above property u
will be very convenient place 20 deposile
Hour or other produce, by its being situated
50 Immediately on Tie bank Of the canal.
GEORGE MAUZY,
Lock ksfPsr.
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e - ASsSBC0ee80ee
@HFFER for sale largo and general az
W sortment OF
Groceries, Dry Goods, Rard,cars.
Ssoes. Boots, &c. &c. &c.
and would invite all those who wish 20 n.
accommodated at reduced prices, 10 come
and judge for themselves.
HarPers-Ferry, Aug. 8, 1899.
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