Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1833-07-23

the Richmond Wing. 1.-THE Cholera is ascend.
lug the Kenawha from the Ohio, aud may, accord
lug to all experience, be soon expected to Pene'
,rate into the heart Of Virginia. as, whether con-
,agious or not. it always advances along rivers
and thorough fares. Keep yourselves warm,
cleanly, and firm. Abate all nuisances about
your premises. Unless your habits are very bad,
change them not. Avoid fruits Of all kinds, and
crude vegetables. Drink of ardent spirits, mode.
rately and temporarily. Attack the first ssymp-
toms Of Diarrhea, vigorously. If Physician or
a Clergyman lv from his post-it being the pecu.
liar duty of the first to wait on the sick. and OF
the last to wait on the dying-never trust either
again. Eat as>heartily as you can, OF plain food,
especially Of meat and bread Above all, keep
I'D your courage, and cherish confidence in your
destiny. Stay at home likewise. and meet the
enemy amidst your comforts and your friends"
There is more good sense in this short sermon,
than you will find sometimes 10 printed one OF
thirty octave pages.
Major Jack Downing says, that after the Presi-
dent received the degree Of Doctor OF Laws at
Harvard University, some Of them E" slick look
Ing fellers" offered him major Jack)a degree;
while the President was drinking mug of cider
with Mr.. Quincy, they took him into little
room and wrote some lating upon sheet OF
pasteboard, just like the Generals, and they set
down and signed their names to it; they told him
it was a degree of A. S. S. which stood for ANA
ling Smart Skoler. The MajW says that the
kolidge fellers, when they gave the General his
pasteboard, jabbered away like all mater, in
gibberish worse than Black Hawks, but the old
General never let on, and nodded his head as il
he understood every word Of it.
The Stolen Money-We understand that the
principal part of the money stolen on the 18th
instant, from the mail stage between Boston and
Lynn, consisted of distinct emission Of bills
of the Piscataqua Bank, made payable to ]. w.
Pierce, or to II. Somers, and which were used.
not for common circulation, but only for special
purposes; and that as nearly all this emission,
except what was included 10 the packages stolen,
has been withdrawn from circulation, and no
more will be issued by the bank it is hoped that
detection will follow any attempt on the part OF
the thieves, to put the bills stolen into circulation.
We also understand that one of the three.
packages stolen, contained a $1,000 bill OF the
said Piscataqua bank. which may be identified,
not as being Of the above emission, but from the
circumstance Of its being the only bill OF that de-
nomination that the bank has in circulation.
Boston Duly Advertiser.
advertising The Pennsy lvanan has come
to the resolution to publish no mere gratutous
advertisements The truth is the practice is
growing highly Injurious to the interests OF pub.
fishers, who find that their paper makers aud
type founders are not in the way OF working for
them for nothing. 1t is common occurrence
to have the most valuable part of an advertising
journal filled up with the notices OF meetings,
military and religious-requests OF different
kinds, and appeals for this thing and that, while
the mercantile part of the community rarely
think of asking for any privileges. They send
their advertisements, and pay for them; aud 1t
is their patronage, which is solid, profitable and
desirable. As long as some newspapers, to OBJ
tain temporary celebrity, or momentary ad-
vantage, are willing to cut down regular prices,
so long will there be an uninterrupted call upon
the newspaper proprietors TO ,cork for nothing
and find themselves.
The Pennsylvania Of Saturday says: Wash.
ington irving is recovering from his late acci-
dent Who will not be pleased to hear of his
entire convalescences He is engaged, we un-
derstand, IN writing sketches of western scenery
and manners-s squirrel shooting, wild horse catch
ing, camping out at night, buffaloe hunting on
the praries, SC. &c. He tried to write his new
book in New York, but so great was the noise
and dust in that city-the calls Of vlsiters. &c.
that he had to decamp and 20 up the North Riv'
err. He now takes it quietly aud comfortably.
When Mr.. Irving was in the far west, he made
visit Of SIX weeks duration to Fort Gibson and
that neighborhood on the Grand River Arkan-
saw, Sc. &c. In that part Of the west the prai-
ries are very extensive, bufaloe hunting frequent
and wild horses in great abundance. Mr. |.
mixed iu all these sports, camped out al night,
and seemed to enjoy every thing with great goui.
His graphic account of shooting the buffal"e, or
catching the wild horse, or night camp will
probably be very amusing
He also got acquainted with several curious
originals, in the nrighoorhood of Grand River.
who tell in the west as many curious and droll
anecdotes of him, as he will probably write Of
them. One Of them is called Tonsh, French
creole Of great drollery-and another, half
.t..J ,.lad I,yofto-h n6h ,yoIl knoun in.