Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1833-10-28

clothes, and rags. &c. may be coyered ;n,, Ue
ceiIent sugar, weighing even more than III. "a 81
stuffs out Of which they were made,n We!
no doubt Of it; for far be il from US n d.. .4's
the authority Of any thing that appear, IN W
newspapers, always excepting now and ,hs, s
article in the Globe; but at the same linz
confess our own ignorance of this modern ~, We
derment in chemistry. However, the ,rp,h w. !.
that discovery and improvement now ,s
march TO tome Of such treble quick time ma. h
ment. that it is out Of the question to keepun ~;
it., A man must wear seven league boot, 10 ,,, IVA
within haiing distance Of modern ",mo,a.'
ment." The discovery now announced :. ''s
ceedinsy important. and we intend TO look iDo;.
little. II chemistry can extract one subs,".'
from another at this rate, it were worth attend
to. ANY man who can get pound and half
lead out of an ounce, for instance, is bepsr,.,s
To mankind. and MS discovery ought to Ia ~
roniZsd. Myus Ell Sc continet minus. il, oo,i
axiom enough. but he who can make the min,.
quantity Weld the joi. will come within an.
or two points Of being wizard. We will euro,
him hereafter IN selecting a battalion Of ,l,..
hundred able bodied men iror a platoon Of,us,
tv.four broken "inded rasamnffins. The el,,,.
di,ttch Of the three wight. who all fell hros,S
the ice, while the rest Of the same number =,
away, ~ nothing to the present achievement,
But aside from this mathematical marvel If .,
ting more weight nut OF a thing than its ow, sDs.
clic gravity. there is something exceedingly i.
terestlug in the idea Of extracting sugar from
bundle Of old clothes. 1t surpasses the Achsar
of the honey bee. OnIy th!nk of .weeena,
mans coffee with pair OF old pan,aICons Via
b-fore ever dreamed Of any thing saccharine in 4,
discarded wa!stcoat; or supposed it possible 70
frost plumb cake with a superanuateG poc,,,
handkerchief! How delightful the dpa wa, 4,
old maid we wot of will be obliged 10 drink On
all her old nightcaps by way of ":"r,;enins" 70
her B0hea. A man now a DAYS can transmit,
his under jacket into " kissing commits" ando
fer his worn out Jickes to his sweetheart in he
+" form and pressure" Of sugar rIums Yoca.
ladies fond OF lozenges can have them manqac
tured on shares out Of cast of shaaIs Ties
can eat up a whole rag bag of confectionery Of a.
evening! When the process becomes ilitsir.
proved, as we dare say il will, We intend to lave
some 4" double refined" made out Of 10, Of Oh
boots we have on hand. Nothing will be NOE
comfortable, and nothing more economical aGg,
our thrifty housewives. than this same melemsL
Ghosts Of old clothing. II will be absolutely DE-
Iicious to SIP souchong swsetened as II will bes,
the fragments Of a 'diapdated morning dress
There are various portions Of dismissed ward.
robe. that would make exquisite sugar, but It b.
ing a delicate subject, we OF course shall nOi a
lude to them; "sVeet is the memory OF the pii';a
but there are certain particulars IN this Phlos
DIV" which we touch not. 1t is matter d graa!
ton enough for Us, that such magnificent ti'H
very has been made, and it becomes moi Us Vi
are mere novices in it, to descend into particulars
The old cIothesmao is abroad! and bis ms'lr
is, for aught we know, as much to be resar5,.
as that Of the {" schoolmaster." At any rat'w
advise all persons having "lioen 10 runs
worn-out Waterloos. soiIed slippers, antqua
and other corded indescnbabIs
of % certain age," to lose no time IN earlE
them to him who s. sweetens all the Ills Of 'an
life"-the manufacturer Of lump sugar from oil
clothes.-N Y. Cor.
The Natchez Courier. Of the 4th instant
states that upon the same day, and about "
same hour, that the late earthquake 81" le,'h
Virginia and Maryland, the ground at the uI'F
OF Washington, near Natchez, cracked Tor aHa
o hundred yards. making an opening Of Irom@'
TO three inches wide. A pole was INTRODUCED"
the depth Of twenty feet, but its further lTos.''
was arrested by an angle in the crack v
shock, however, was observed, and tor vhl' u"
son il IS not probable that the assure vas oa
stoned by the earthquake. although II oe'an'
with il, and Natehez Is n'ifi
the direction 10 which the earthquake seeneu
extend Bali. Ga.
Henry Hone, Editor Of the New YORK ~.
dard, is nominated for the State A''emO!
the democracy Of New York. This max" y
third editor that is looking up in New YORK
Pennsylvania
Tobacco. In our Shipping List OF ye'tI1'' y
we gave the arrival at the Brom'e'a"' u ~. :.
bark Tancred, of Leith, Blues, master T ~,
Virginia, laden with tobacco and cotton 49,! -,
is the first cargo Of tobacco TO Glasgow u"'
from Virginia, under the recent ei'en'O1 r.,
bonding ports throughout the empire i,
Tancred had all her colours hoIsted, anu
British Ensign was seen floating over hl' n."
ty's tobacco bonding warehouse IN YORK H s|'.'
CGiGgOw C0""'
Curious Historical EacL-Durng the wv w.,
in the reign of Charles l. country 81. as.
r. pIars A spTtbnI Ws