Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1833-02-16
ALEXANDRIA, I'd. CO.
: ,rrsn,y MORNING. FEBRuaRYls. 1855.

S,rU8nfY MORNING. FEBRUaRYl6. 1855.
~. ;ndmated in the New York Gazette, that
-. office Of United States District Attorney, for
S,, ci,s, is worth $4,000.
hill il now before the Legislature of Massa.
.b.,stts for encouraging the cultivation Of the
White Mulberry Tree. 1t is stated, that one
,er. Of Mulberry Trees will produce 5000 worth
Of silk.
N, Eckford AS an evidence Of the high
...,imstion in which the late MIR. Eckford was
,.,dby The Sultan. il is stated that, in speaking
s him IN Com. Porter, he observed, "America
o,.t be great nation that can allow such men
=, Henry Eckford to leave her dominions +"
MIR ID. K. Miner. Of the New York Ameri-
81, has commenced the publication Of large
and handsome monthly work, in the quarto form,
.o,i,,sd The New York Farmer. and American
Gardeners Magazine. The contents of the Pc
riolieal are various and useful; and the publca-
INN deserves a cordial support among the ex-
,,nsiye class Of people, whose interests 1t IS 50
likely to subserye.
There is a very able and eloquent article in
n, ls,, number Of the North American Review,
IN the subject of Temperance. 1t is stated in
the course of it, that there are three hundred
,bousand habiuai drunkarls in the United States;
aud that an equal number may be found among
every twelve or thirteen millions of the porula.
ton throughput Europe.
The packet ship silas Richards, Capt. Burs-
ley, arrived at Liverpool on the Slst OF Decem-
bcr. after pr. sage Of IS days, having sailed
from New York on the 9th. The Presidents
Message, a, the opening Of Congress, was car
ried out bv Capt. Bursley. The Siias Richards,
on every winter trip, has carried out the Mes
sage, and has been the first vessel by which the
message has been recel, ed IN England.
There was violent shack of Earthquake at
SWANSEA, IN England, on the morning. oi The o0ih
December; and oh the same day the superb
church Of Broughton Mouchelsea was almost de.
stroyed By hre.
The body Of Dr. Thomas Taylor, son Of Wm.
TAYLOR, Of Columbia, S. c., was latel, found 10
swamp about six miles frum Ope'ousas, La;
The gentleman, il is probable. lost MS way, and
persisted by famine, although some suspicious vi
foul plav are entertained. When the body was
found the saddle- bags were under his head
Part Of the brde Of his Nurse remained attach.
ed to an adjacen, tree.
There is law in Vermont, BY Which miller
10 subjected TO penalty Tor refusing TO grind,
when called upon 50 to do. Rowland R,bi
son, having come to the conclusion that he could
not. cOnscieutio1sly, grind grain for the purpose
OF dI>tia,oD, refused to do it, was prosecuted
aud fined. He applied to the Legislature for
relief, aud that body, at their las, session, passed
4 law Tor his relief ard gave TO all mllers the
privilege otrefasing to. grind grain to be used
III the manufacture Of distilled spirits
The London Times OF the 9Th ult. thus an.
noanees the appointment Of Chamberlain to the
Qleen:-
Her Majesty has been graciousiv pleased to
appoint the Earl OF Denhish as her Chamberlain,
IN the place OF Lord Howe. The new appoint
ment Will give general satisfaction. The Earl
OF D'nb'sh Is 6rm ReIcrmer, a friend Of the
present Ministers, and las BY them recommend.
eI % Her Majesty for the long vacant Office
nan 'ne appointment as prognnstc Of good
peli"s IN all quarters to the cause Of the people.
h"fFer-The Peudeton. Is. Messenger
gives an recount Ut an outrageous murder, com
h'i'ed "n the s6ih ult near Stantonvi.ie, IN PEN
u'e'"n District. on the body of Jason Howard,
oy John BakIey. Howard was on the road, with
a"Ason' where he VAS met by B'akely, return
ios IRON muster in state of intnxicatiOn.-
nakeIy ordered Howard to give the road and as
nc stepped one side. raised his gun and shot him
u0~n' Howard lived nut an nour or two after
nc was shot These had been no previous quar-.
'e'' Out 1t Is sand that BiaSely had loaded his