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Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1833-12-04
NEW YORK CITY.

This city, already Immense, is marching on
ward with giants stride. The whole Union is
its tributary The channels Of trade from the
North, South. East and West here run together.
and seek the ocean. as the great Mississippi.
when strengthened With lis hundred rivers. MIR
+ Everett !" a lecture last evening before he
Mercantile Library ASSOCIATION, pr, dlctrG, and
| think without exaeS' ration. that in half cen
turv this CITY would have It's MI lion Of inhabIt.
ants! Such Is lis astonishing growth. Such IL
thu heavy, hearty impulse with Which the pulse
OF trade is beating
The enrrg, of New York is.sisite about. as
well as in the city. 10 say nothing of the nu
merous towns back of New York. there is Bronx.
lyn IN front. larger than Portland, where build
ing Is rapidly going Oh, apd real estate is doub
ling IN value. for there the population Of New
York Is seeking vent. The streets. of Brook
Ign are all paved. Many handsome dwelling
houses are there,-bur more with the old. ugly
Dutch look. One two steam ferries are con.
stantly communIcating,-and they are crowded
with loot passengers and carriages from early
morning to the advanced evening.
The hotels are no bad induces of the state OF
New York trade, and they are crowded in the
business SEASONS even to overlooking. Many Of
these hotels are conducted on a magnificent
scaIe,-but as Hoit's has made the most noise
in the newspapers, | sought it with mt .eompani.
ons The Hotel is a prodigious structure, pre-
sentlns to the eye form on IT'S basis nearly
square. Fran the summit Of the dome the whole
city is visible, with its numerous Streets its ma.
ny and distant steeples,-its rich warehouses and
busy wharves Here, or near here, far as it is
toward the ky, bar is kept, the keeper of which
tellsme he does good business. A York shilling
opens the door to the dome, and furnishes Won
with spy glass-end there YOU may tarry as
long as you please, and, # YOU are disposed,
blazon your name for immortality, as thousands
do in their lofty ambition. that hope to reach the
stsrs in this way, if they can in no other.
Hslt's well. too, you have heard Of. I heard
the rattle OF machinery and saw the steam issp.
ing from the pipe, and tracing it downward I
found the boiler, and the engines yet busil, EN-.
poyed 10 periorating the rock in search Of wa.
ter. Already has he gone downward over six.
hundred and forty feet,-and this chiefly through
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solid rock! Water has been found, but not
in sufficient quantity. downward he is
going, and going with perseverance. that Is tru.
iy astonishing. IL there is water IN the lower
worId hersabout, VI have no doubt that he will
find it; foc the man that will persist IN boring
GAO feet will not be likely to stop short OF Symm's
hole He well improves his right Of soil, tow.
ering toward heaven far above his neiShbors, and
punglng much deeper into earth.
On a scale of equal extent every thing Is car.
ried on. Sometimes ain told that there are two
thousand persons dlned here, at all prices, some
even at the low price OF a York shilling. Ger.
tain It is, that the Kitchen is OF vast extent. and
huge laboratory for somebody or other. Out
landsh walters 'skulk about there amid the dark
ness, with a rurful aspect the comminsIcd
smells rise far and high. And if you are an cpl
cure, a nice distinguished Of various odors, never
adventure as [ did IN search of the well and the
steam.machinery, through all the conyoiulions
of the Kitchen.
Hollis house is q good house of the kind II
makes no pretensions to extraordinary 0nt'll'y.
The rooms are airy, spacious and neat. Ine
beds are excellent The walters attentive and
oblging. The dinners rapid and without cere.
mony. dts only fault is, that which Hamilton
found with so much Justice against all our coun-
trymen, that they are great lovers OF grease.
have horror Of srease-this is my monomania-
and therefore may be pardoned a fault which
would be to many virtue.
have omitted to speak Of the steam machine.
ry which lifts a.trunk, or baggage Of any kind, to
the upper story Of this great. Hotel. Barrels of
cider. liquor of all descriptions, am told, can
thus be carried even to theupper bar As did
not see this machinery in motion, l cannot well
describe it, but certainly it must be curious op-
Grafton 10 see ones trunk thus travelling up
| ward .-Portiand .4dr.
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Missouri Hand wanted.

TTNHE subscriber wishes to exchange one hundred
l. and twelve shares Of Ashby's Gap turnpike Stock
originally costing hundred dollars pc share, for
Missouri Land. Also,
nss< a TRACT OF LAND
SEA- lying in the County of Loudoun, Va con.
sES t.ining six hundred acres This land is about
AHxn. four miles below Aldie, and within half
mile Of the Little River Turnpike. Upon the premis
es the two dwelling houses. and out houses at
tached line apple and peach orchard; and through
it runsA stream of water upon either side OF which
a good meadow.
Persons wishing to exchange will address the sub
scriber, at Aill~ood, Va.
:. JOSEPH TULEY.
Fredegiek Co. Oct. 1S-w6w
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James 8. GWnnelA, NJ. u.

MUSEUM
Open daily from I to Il, NJ, and from to S. IN
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The Committee last above mentioned, waite
next day on Gen Green with an invitation, en-
CLOSING copy Of the Resolutions. and in tn
course OF the dav received from that geutiema
the following reply:
Vandalia Whig and Illinois intelligencer. [volume] (Vandalia, Ill.) 1832-183?, 1833-02-20
NOTICE.

Nm the LIST. day of January instant, there was
" committed to my custody, Sheriff of Union
county illinois, negro man who calls himself WILL
LIAM, but says he is free, and that he kidnapped
or stolel, by several persons whom he did not know,
Orleans, when he was sold to one William c. Burns,
from whom he made his escape, and returned up the
river again. he likewise says there was three of them
stolen at the same tme his mother, brother and him
SELF from whom he, short time since, got separated
by accidents he is about twenty-seven or eight years
of age, five feet Eve six inches high, has small
scar on his right check bone Just under the eye, and
likewise barely perceivabe in the centre of HE
forehead said negro is quite black, OF a pleasant
eountenance, and has small impeachment in his
speech. The owner is hereby requested to come and
make proof of his property, pay charges &C., other
wse said negro, will be dealt with according to law
CHAMPION ANDERSON, Sheriff
of Union county, Illinois,
Jonesboro' ILL.,, Jan. 5th, 1888. asst.
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Sale of School Lands.

AN the first day Of the April Term of the Cook
W Circuit Court, 1885, between the hours of nine
tine MORNING and six O'Clock in the evening of said
day, the subscriber will offer for sale at Public Ven-
due, in the Town of Chicago, Cook county, Illinois,
The folloping described sections Of LAND, pis J..
Section No. sixteen, in Township No. thirty five
North Range eleven East of the third principal me-
ridian; and Section No. sixteen, in Township No
thirtysx North, Range nine East of the third prin-
cipal meridian.
The above described sections of land are situated
in healthy and hourishing neighborhoods the WAY
tiers of Hickory creek and the Dupage river, in said
county, having fertile soil with fair proportions OF
timber and prairie, and well watered.
The sale will continue from day to day during the
session of the said court, until the whole of the said
lands shall be offered, in lots of eighty acres.
RICHARD |. HAMILTON, Comr
of School Lands for Cook county, Illinois.
Dec. %, 1882. 44-8t
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incident to the fund itself. The circula-
ton of the interest however small, will it
is hoped, operate as a stimulus to exertion
on the part of the people, and induce vol
untary contributions sufficient to organise
schools, whenever practicable. Your com
mittee would suggest, as the time is not far
distant, when the State will no longer have
occasion to use this fund, that it is proper
to provide for that contingency, and for
this purpose, they will report by bill. J.,
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TAKEN UP

ERY John Tully, living in the Pleasant Grove
AD precinct, Coles county, Illinois, 90 head ofhogs,
% of them marked, sows and barrows, generally
marked with crop and slit in the right and slit in
the left ear, marked swallow fork in the right
and under bit and slit in the left one barrow marked
crop and underbit in the right and underbit in tie
left, unmarked pigs, generally white and red spot
ted, black sow, generally IL and Ia months (old,)
some grown hogs and large barrows, the whole Of
them appraised to fifty dollars, by Daniel P. Need
ham and John McCan, before Thomas JefTris, ESQ
on the 9th day of January, l833.-I47.l
Acopy attest: n. ELLINGTON, Clerk.
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SCHOOL


For Young La,iiss and Gentlemen.
YHSHE subscriber respectfully informs the public,
Il that he intends opening School on the first of
June, at ATTENTION., Peoria county, where he will
teach the different branches of Science usually taught
in schools and academies. Particular attention will
be given to the mental and moral Improvement of stu
is calculated to bring the latent powers of the mind
into exercise, and facilitate the acquisition of know
edge. Tuition from So to 81 per quarter.
SAMUEL ALLEN, A. B.
n. B. The town of Attention is of recent location,
at the head Lake PEORIA the east side of La Sale
Prairie This site is healthy and beautiful beyond
description There will be public sale of Lots in
his town on the last Saturday in May. s. "A.
January o. 1888. 44-1y
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Public Notice is Hereby Giren.

HNHAT the undersigned has taken out letters tes-
- tamentary of the last will and testament OF
HENRY WATSON, junr. deceased, and qualified
as such executor. All persons having claims against
the estate of said deceased, hereby notified and
required, to exhibit the same to me, or to the court
of Probate for the county of vermilion, for settle
ment within nine months from the date hereof. Da-
ted at Danville this 25th day ofJanuary, A. D. 1882
HENRY WATSON, Acting
l474tl Erecutor, Of the last &C. of said deceased.
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Public Notice IS Hereby Giren.

fNHAT the undersigned has taken out letters os
- Administration of the goods anG chattes, right.
and credits of Hezekiah Eastburn, deceased, and
qualified as such Administrator. All persons having
claims against the estate of the said deceased, are
ereby notified and required to exhibit the to
the court of Probate for the county Of Yer
million, for settlement within nine months from the
d ate hereof Dated at Danville, this 18th day Of
ia nuary, A. D. 1885,
[47-4t. PETER NJ. cox, Administrator
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Administrators Notice.

q IL persons having claims against the estate of
"a JOSEPH F. MOREHANE, deceased, late Of
White county, and state of Illinois, hereby noti
fed and requested to exhibit the to US, to the
court of Probate for said county of White for settle
ment, within nine months from this date; and all
indebted to said estate requested to make
immediate payment.
BENZ. r. SMITH, oa.,.
, JNo CRAW, "emrS.
Carmi, Hin OILS, Jan. 7, 1888. 45-4t.]
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S7O65 93i
By balance due to Charles Dunn, S122 3ll
CHARLES DUNN,
Acting Commissioner.
IN SENATE, FEBRUARY 10, 1888.

Mr. ARCHIBALD WILLIAMS, from the COMMITTEE Seminary
School Lands and Education, made the following Report
The committee Seminary, School Lands and Edu-
cation, to whom referred resolution instructng
them to enquire into the expediency of uniform system
of schools in this State, and also into the expedency Of
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S7o65 93i
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S4,O94 SO4
SlS,79S S7a

Charles Dunn, 4cng Commissioner Of the Illinois and
Michigan Canal, current auth the Treasury of
the Board Of Commissioners.
$780, Dr..
April %: Tocash reed order Board No. 49, Sl5l 90
4" 16, SO 90
June 26, +" " SO, l24 90
Oct S, Z" " SO, 1874 81
Dec. I8, T" +" 40, 1913 IS
1881.
May 20, " =" 81, 1000 co.
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STRAYED

NROM the subscriber, about the fifteenth of last
IL October,
A GRAY HORSE,
six or seven years old, l6 hands high, is natural
trotter, has saddle marks on his back, left hind
hoof white, some black spots his head, and very
large ears. Any person returning said horse to the
subscriber shall receive liberal reward, and be paid
all reasonable charges.
d. B. WATERMAN.
Vandalia, Jan. 2eth, 1888. [45-tfI
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1926 S0}

James B. Campbell, 1eaeovrer The Board Of Commissioners
Of the Illinois and Michigan Canal, IN account current
NTH sand Board Or.
1880.
May 9-By cash paid S. Bartholomew, per rect
No. ], Sll 0U
e rect No. 2. % 90
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James B. Campbe Treasurer Of the Board Of Commissioner
of the Illinois and Michigan Canal, in account curre''
zvith said Board DH
lS3O-To amount Of monies reed on sales of
Canal Lands--see abstract here -.
with filed. S13,7O4 Ga
IS31-To amount of monies reed on sales OF
Canal Lands--see same abstract, oOO rs
lS3O---To amount of monies rec d on sales OF
town lots in Chicago and Otto"a,pr.
abstract, 4''9t w
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ACCOUNT CURRENT OF. THE ILLINOIS ANp MICHIGAN
CANAL. COMMISSIONERS AND TREASU-
RER OF THE BOARD

HOUSE OF REPS.--February 10, 1883.
Laid on the Table, and copies ordered to be printed
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To balance,
Unpaid orders of the Board up to the
10Th February, 1888, on Treasury,
Balance after pay't outstanding orders,
Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Wayne County, Ind.) 1831-1837, 1833-03-02
WHOLE NO. liz

eminent lands near the mouth Of the
Ohio on the Mississippi, fenced with
all the guards to keep out interested
ness which the wisdom of YOUR hody
can devise. for the life tnaturaD which
we say will be (cndlesS) Of Alexander
NC Daniel, now G6 wears of age. liz
appearance weak and in.irm. save the
buildings Of immortality
The memorial goes on TO state. tina.
the near paradise. will be placed at
The junction ofthc Ohio and the Mi,,is-
>iPpi; that there the tree oflite will be
planted. and the subjects o:.cniless
life gathered together.
"The number ofus, it furthess is.
SIS at :ais time l. or IL. though not all
are now here 1t is signed Leonard
Jones and Henry Banta, shaker for
many years. excluded from that soc,c-
ty for this blessed faith. 1t is dated
Mercer Co. kentucky, 18th Dec. year
of our Lord 1882, and of Endless Life
the lst.'-Journa! of Commerce.
Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Wayne County, Ind.) 1831-1837, 1833-03-02
BRIEF NOTICEOF GEN. MACOMB

As many OF our readers may be In
terested in knowing where the Head
General Of our Army was born, how
he was educated, how he looks, &c.
we will endeavor to satisfy them on sun
dry of these points, from Richards
Memoirs, lately published.
Gen. Macomb, who was oflrish des-
cent on the fathers side, and French on
the mothers-was5 born at Detroit on the
Sd of April, 1872. He is now, ofcousse,
in his jlst year. As Detroit was at that
time military post, he may almost
have been said, observesh his biographies
to have been nursed in field and for
tress, and rocked by the storms of war.
He became a favorite with the soldiers
ofthe garrison. He was handled on
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q Sfrefcher.-Ane elderly pcntlcma

4 Stretcher.-An elderly gentleman
Of unimpeached vcraoity, though by
the way somewhat addicted to story
telling relates the following:-
During the early days ofthis town,
before carts came in vogue, he was
to haul his wood by the aid
OF an old blae k mare, kept in his service.
Now the old mares harness consisting
OF a breast plate, and traces, made OF inc
Unframed hide of ano At the close
of "A rainy day, he went to his wood lot,
81 tuated some 40 or 80 rods from his
dwelling, for the purpose Of procuring
a load Of wood.
After having cut log which he
judged might be smart load for his
beast, he fastened her to one end, sc.
her head towards home. and gave her
the rein. TIL. old mare continued
her course till she arrived at his door.
when to I.is surprise, he discovered,
that owing to the great extensibility
of the traces they had stretched the
whole distance, without breaking OF
moving the load an inch. Throwing
down his axe, he went to his beast,
and removing the harness from hca
threw the breast plateov or post that
stood near the door and went to bed.
Uponrising the next morning he found
the heat Of the morning sun had so
operated on the contractibility ofthc
traces, as to bring his wood up TO th'
door, ready for hewing and splitting.
Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Wayne County, Ind.) 1831-1837, 1833-03-02

MARHIAcE.-In Chateaubriand'e
''Gcnlc de Christianisme" we find the
follow REPRESENTATIONS on Marriage, and
the reasons for its indissolubility.
Habit and a long life together arc
more necessary to happiness. and even
to love, than is generally imagined.
No one is happy with the object Of his
attachment until he has passed maay
days, and above all, many da, Of mis-
fortune, with her. The married pair
must know each other 10 the bottom
Of their souls; the mysterious veil
which coverd the two spouscs in tho
primitive church must be raised IN its
utmost folds, how closely soever it may
be kept drawn to the world. What!
on account ola fit OF caprice, or a burst
of passion, am l to be exposed to tho
fear of losing my wife and my children,
and to rcnouncc the hope Of passing
my declining days with thems ct no
one imagine that fear will make me
become better husband. No: We
do not attach ourselves to possession
of which we are not secure; we do not
love a property which we arc in danget<
oflosing.
We must not give to Ill ymcr the
wings Of love, nor make a sacred reality
a ileeting phantom. One thing is a.
lone sufficient to destroy your happ,nest'
in such transient unions; you will con-
stant'y compare one to the other; ;hc
wife you have lost to the one you have
gained, and DO not deceive yourself. the
balanc. will always incline to tie past
for so God has constructed the human
heart. This distraction ofa sentiment
which should be indivisible, will em.
poison all your joys. When you caress
your Few infant, you will think ofthe
smiles Of one you have lost, when you
press your wife to your bosom, your
heart will tell you that she is not the
first. Every thingin man tends to
unity; he is no longer happy whrn nc
is divided, and like God who made him
in his image, his soul seeks necessarily
to concentrate into one point, the past,
the present, and the future.
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ENDLESS LIFE SOCIETY.

Mr.. Clay presented in the Senate,
Jan. 4, a memorial from certain per-
sons in the west representing them
selves rs subjects Of endless life, stating
that they had made great moral and
religious improvements. and asking
an appropriation of land in aid Of their
objects. ile was puzzled, he said, to
know what to do with the papers, but
as they had been sent to him, he should,
he supposed, become a subject, OF
their 'endless enmity' unless he pre-
sented them. The petitioners mo-
destly asked a life estate in the land.
but the committee on public lands to
which he proposed to refer the me-
mortal, would remark, that according
to the faith Of the petitioners life
estate to them, would be an estate in
pcrpetuity. The resolution was re-
terred to the committee On public
lands.
Being curious to know something
more of this fantasy, subsequently
obtained an opportunity to persue
the papers, which consist of the memoir
ial above referred to; and a letter from
the same source commencing it to the
special attention of Henry Clay, and
Richard NJ. Johnson. The memorial
commences thus.
sThe memorial Of the subjects Of
endless life residing in the west, having
struck the rock Of principle. higher
than the highest in relation to the
great purposes and ends Of our being,
and gwen to our bodies, souls an . spir-
its, perpetual existence upon this globe
which is the consumation Of ancient
and modern lore. that which kings and
prophets long desired the sight OF, and
the knowledge Of which cannot be COM
municated to the unsavored mind.
We ask lease ofland for this SUBJ
ject or principle on some Of the go:-
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mess, his eyes were dazzled with the
gorgeous pageantry ola military par
AIDE. and his ear delig hted with the rous.
ing strains Of martial music.
While yet an infant, however. his
father removed to New York. where
the son spent the early days of his child.
hood. When eight Years of age, ne
was sent to the Newark Academy.
which was then under the charge OF
the Rev. DIR. Uzual Ogden. He there
received the rudiments OF classical,
mathematical and French education.
There also his fondness for doing bat
tie, and his talents for command first
discovered themselves, in Juvenile
affray with the young sons of st. Girls
pin. The challenge came from the
latter, who appeared en- masse before
the students. A combat ensued, in
which Macomb took the lead, and IN
which after u severe struggle with fists
and sticks, the Crispins were driven
from the field. In subsequent at
fray, 1t was agreed that each party
should select its champion, and decide
the contest according to the laws of
pugilism. Macomb. then but thirteen
years of age, entered the ring on the
side Of the students; where, BY means
Of the pugilistic art, which he had
cultivated under bis brother-in-law,
he honorably maintained the combat
against the brawny arms and athletic
strength Of his antagonist.
At the age Of fourteen, he intima-
ted to his father a desire to enter the
army or navy. But his father,
decming good education Of the
greatest consequence, refused his
consent. lie took him home, and eau
sed him to be particularly instructed
in mathematics and drawing, and en-
gagged masters to perfect him in the
art of fencing and riding.
At the age of sixteen he entered a
company Of volunteers, called the New
York rangers; and soon after, the
country being then apparently on the
eve Of war with France. he received
from General Washington the appoint.
lent ofCornet in a company o: ligh,
Dragons, commissioned on rans, OF
the 10th Of January, 1897, whence he
dates his military service IN the army
Of the u. States.
In 1902, when the Militay Acade.
my was first organized at West Point,
Macomb received the appointment Of
first Lieutenant of the corps of Engin
GERS; and he Is considered the oldes,
graduate, now IN the service, from
that institution. lie was soon ap.
pointed to the duty Of Adjutant (being
then but twenty years Of age) and
charged with the instruction of the
cadets in their military exercises.
His subsequent life, previous to the
late war, was mostly occupied in the
Engineer Department., in various stat
lons.-a department an which he is
considered to be most thorough pro
ticient. OF his conduct during the late
" ar, tn laurels he won at Pittsburgh
and the stat on he now holds. the public
need not be informd.