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sequent insertion.
ORIGINAL POETRY.
pFOR THE ALEXANDRIA GAERTTE.j
a AN O’ER TRUE TALE.”
The maiden had gone to her lattice on high.
To watch the distant gleaming
Of the far off »aila. as they shone on the sky,
Like hopes from Eternity beaming.
Id the depths of its gladness her spirit wa:
hush’d;
And if tears to her eyes came up,.
They were not such drops as in sadness hac
gush’d.
But o'er flowing* from joy’s full cup.
And proudly the battle ship came o’er the wave,
W ith its pinions abroad in the air;
All out on the deck are the young and the brave
Then where is the lov’d one?— «h where!
Full well he had fought in the fierce sea fight;
Hut ’twas not in the battle he fell:
For the fever blew n’er.him its pestilent blight,—
And he’s gone that she lov’d so well!
Then the storm-cloud of Fate o’er her youn*
spirit roll’d.
And blacken’d life’s sunshine,—and pale
She stood, mid her griefs, like some statue ol
old.
And spoke uot a word or a wail!
From the song and the dance, and each mirth
ful thing,
That maiden then turn’d her away,—
But He who can wound, consolation can bring,
Her G-hI, and her hope, and her stay!
.ffex., A!w>. 16, 1833. Imogene.
SPIRITUOUS LIQUORS.
Philosophers and divines have, lor centuries,
been engaged in pointing out the pernicious ef
fects arising from an improper use of ardent spi
rits. Hut the task which they imposed on them
selves has served only to make converts of a
lew; while the great masv^g»rdless of consc
quences, and bent solely on the gratification ol
a depraved taste, contiuue to pour the liquid fire
into their stomachs.
The partial effect produced by the efforts of
these friends of man to lessen the consumption
of spirituous liquors, appears to have been occa
sioned. io a great measure, by the want of cor
rect information as to the deleterious substances
> with which they are impregnated. All will ad
Fnit that drinking to excess is a great evil. But
cw seem to De S«»ace of mi tacT, mat the com
mon distilled liquors; tmv, the greater portion
of what i*. imported, are, in consequence of the
adulterations, to which they are almost invaria
bly subjected, rendered unwholesome, and fre
quently poisonous, even when used in tnudera
tion.
The only spirituous liquors that can be made
pure in this country, are whiskey, apple and
peach brandv, and gin. AM imitations of French
brandy, or \Vest India rum, are prepared by the
use of ingredients of a most deleterious quality.
Whiskey also, which can be manufactured here
as well as m fTeland or Scotland, is seldom to be
bad fit -for use. This is occasioned entirely by
the ignorance ol those etnpioyeu in ine instilla
tion; few oi whom know any tiling of the busi
ness, and. still fewer have any pretensions to
sciebce.
It is well known that Ergot, a poisonous fun
gus, is found, sometimes, in great abundance
among rye, and that this is permitted to be thresh
ed out, ground along with the grain, and after
wards converted into whiskey. Of this whis
key—this liquid poison—tens of thousands ol
gallons are swallowed annually in this city with
out one among a thousand who drink it being
aware of the fact.
* Through the most correct channels of informa
tion, it ha» been ascertained that no less than
£0,000 hogsheads, or upwards of two millions
four hundred thousand gallons of whiskey were
purchased, and resold again in New York in the
course of 1831, after having undergone what is
called the process of rectification Bad as the
general run of whivkey '»•. it »» rendered many
• degieejs worse by the prevailing mode of recti
fi alion Evert chemist knows that alcohol con
sists of SO parts of carbon, 7-5 parts hydrogen,
and 62 5 pw<e water; and that if these prupor
tinns are increased or diminished, the nature ol
the alcohol is materially changed.
# In thi* citv, and. We believe, all over the Uni
ted St-ites. the rectifier* of distilled liquors usi
nothing but charcoal in their operations. They
fill a tub (Having a double bottom perforate!
with holes)Hearly one third full of ground char
coal, on which they pour the whiskey purchase!
from thedi-nller. " Alter standing a few hours, i
is drawn *>ff, when it is found almost divested ol
taste or flavor This is then called pure spirits.
and is purchased by the importers, who mix it.
sometimes in the proportion of two thirds some
times one half, hut never less than one third, wit!
French brandy, Jamaica, and other West Indii
rum, Holland gin. and even New England rum
From the insipidity which the carbon communi
cates to the whiskey, it requires the best judgei
to detect this mixture.
The prevailing opinion is, that the charcoa
disekwtt* the natural impurities of the whiskey
But this is not the case. It merely covers over
disguises, or, as chemists term it. neutralizes thi
essential oil (often burnt in distilling the liquor
and other deleterious qualities which it acquire*
in the manufacture The poison of the ergot
and the poison of the burnt oil, remain as entire
and is fatal in their effects as if the whiskey hat
oever been passed through the charcoal.
It were to be wished that we could atop beri
io our details of the methods employed to adulte
rate an article of such vast consumption as thai
1 of spirituous liquors. One only of the methods
already noticed to effect this, might be of itself
' sufficient to terrify any reflecting being, and to
induce him to resolve never again to taste thr
deadly poison. But the distiller, the rectifier,
aud the impoiter, are not the only persons who
find it their interest to pursue this traffic. The
retailer, whose narrow circumstances compel him
f to purchase fcom the importer, or wealthy whole
sale dealer, not content with a reasonable profit
. on his retail salesvincreases the quantity of his
liquor by an admixture of water, which reduces
the proof considerably below the legal stan
dard. To obviate the objection of purcha
sers, who would naturally complain of this, a
faint strength is quickly given by the use of the
oil of vitriol (sulphuric acid j) and a pungent taste
by an infuBion of capsicum
" Thus do thousands, unknown to themselves,
and unsuspectingly, every day pour into their sto
machs a poison, which, by slow, but certain ope
rations, undermines the constitution, and gives
biith to the great mass of those numerous diseas
es with which the human frame is afflicted.
The deplorable abuse of spirituous liquors is a
i national evil of the first, magnitude, and is cer
tainly more malignant in its nature, and more
fatal in its consequences, than is commonly ima
gined. It not only disqualifies men for activity,
and habits of industry, but tqtally deprives them
of that honest •pint of independence which ought
to be their pride The time uiispent in riot and
debauch, occasions a vast loss of labour, ruins
the peace of families, aud strikes at the very root
of population. Men addicted to this vice, have
• * « i.:__fn. m fnmilti nr am.
no iuea 01 ,v< - -.s*
bition of earning more, at their respective occu
pation, than barely sufficient to buy the daily por
tion of spirits. .....
Among mechanics, this pernicious habit produ
ces debts, disgrace, and bankruptcy; while their
half-clad dirty children grow up without manners
or education. Among servants and domestics, it
engenders idleness, extravagance, loss of charac
ter, and beggary.
The chemists who first discovered the art of
obtaining, from innocent ingredients, a noxious
intoxicating spirit, little dreamt that the disrlo
sure of that fatal secret, like the opening of Pan
dora’s box, would instantly let loose upon man
kind such a formidable crowd of evils—evils for
which not all their splendid discoveries, not all
their boasted remedies, would ever be able to
atone!—for had they sat down to study the surest
means of destroying health and life, without ma
king an open, direct attack upon either, they
certainly could not have devised a more effectual
method than by introducing to the multitude this
fascinating poison—which, at first, like a friend
ly cordial, cheers the heart, and raises the spi
rits, while it secretly saps the constitution, and,
at length, unhinges the whole machine.
jV. Y Star.
Trade.—Since the completion of the Che-a
peake and Ohio Canal to Harper’s ferry, we have
been informed that this town has already began to
feel increased advantages. A merchant, who re
sides between this and Harper’s Ferry, and who
had been in the habit of laying in his stock from the
Baltimore market brought acaigu of Flour which
be readily received the rash for, and in return
■ laid out n thousand dollars in goods, su< h as he
1 needed, and in twodavs after hi* arrival here,
| r_i. _r-i—gu ‘u~ '■ ~-‘k' *’**"*SK**~
| ^ “ From small streamsr^lrge rivers flow. ’—
; This observation we have no doubt, will e’re
i long be realized by the citizens of our town
i from this great and magnificent wmk.
Georgetown Col.
State Rights.—Pennsylvania is the only one
of the good old thirteen United State* that ha*
I never had one of her native citizens on the bench
i of the Supietne Court of the United State*.
New Jersey is the only one 01 the good oiu »nir
: teen United States that’has never had one of ber
citizens abroad as a minister plenipotentiary of
I the United States^
| Pennsylvania. New Jersey, North Carolina,
Georgia, Connecticut, Rhode Island, and New
Hampshire have never given either President,
Vice-president, or Secretary of Slate to the Uni
ted States.
Virginia, New York, Massachusetts and South
! Carolina have had six out of seven presidents, all
the vice presidents, and eight out of ten Secreta
ries of State
Delaware has had more fed/ral officers tban
North Carolina, and nearly as many as Pennsyl
vaia*—[Phil. Sentinel.
Prosperity of Steubenville.—From the quiet
appearance of the place, a stranger can form
no idea of its manufacturing and mechanical in
dustry; and although we have often takpn seve
ral days to look around us on visiting that truly
enterprising place, we are much surprised at the
list of manufacturing establishments wi.ich the
last Steubenville Herald exhibits. There are
now in full operation in the Town of Steuben
ville, Ohio, one paper, two woollen, three car
pet, and two cotton manufactories: three iron
. foundries, three steam engine manufactories,
one brass foundry, three machine making shops,
three steam flouring mills, one steam saw mill,
two beat vards, two breweries, three copperas
' manufactories, three tanneries, one rope walk,
and a chemical manufactory. Truly, when such
industry 19 going on, “ few idlers are to be seen
in the ’streets,” and the bustle in the way of
business is confined where it tells most for the
true prosperity of the place, viz. in doors.
Washington (Pa.) Reporter.
Pure Water.—The Report of the Water Com
missioners, appointed by a law of the Legisla
ture, was laid before the Board of Aldermen at
their last sitting. We learn that the Commia
sionera have agreed on going to a never failing
source, the Croton River, distant over SO miles
from this city. The subject will now come be
fore the Common Council in an entire new shape.
On all previous occasions, the friends of intro
ducing water have been met by the objection that
no authorized reports and surveys had been
made, on which the work could be undertaken;
that good water could not be found; and that
there were certain vested rights in the Manhattan
1 Company. These objections, with the exception
' of the last, have now been disposed of. The Re
1 port is conclusive that a supply can be had of the
best of water fora population of twenty millions
' of inhabitants, and, as we learn, at an expendi
tore of not over four millions of dollars. The
! I Common Council have now to determinf whether
•Ws* ..
they will Incur the expense: if they should ap
prove of the plan, they have next to apply to the
Legislature for authority to create a loan, and tc
undertake the work. Large as four millions ap
pears to be, we have no doubt a loan could be
had at three percent, the interest of which would
be one hundred and twenty thousand dollars per
annum. In 1832 there were twenty thousand
and ninety three dwelling houses in this city, and
b» the time the water will be introduced into the
city, it is not extravagant to estimate that the
number would be at least twenty five thousand;
so that the cost to each house, for an abundant
supply of water, would be less than five dollars
to each- If, however, only-half the dwellings in
the city received the water, it could be afforded
at less than ten dollars a year—and thia not in
cluding the immense number of manufactories,
public houses, &,c. which would pay a much lar
ger sum. There is, however, another point of
view in which the advantages cannot be estimat
ed; we allude to the supply for the extinguish
ment of fires If the plan at present proposed
should be adopted, a head of water would be af
forded to reach the top of the highest building;
and the saving of property from the flameawould
annually quadruple the amount of Interest.
New York Daily Jidv.
Prodigious. —Some Sevan at Louisville, Kv.
advertises, under the signature of A- B. C., that
! he has found the fulcrum of Archimedes, and
1 that he lias studied Chemistry and Mechanical
Philosophy until he has come to the conclusion
that Capt'. Savany,' Fitrh, Olivar Evans, Watts
and Bolton, Errsion Braithwaite, Stevenson of
Manchester, and Robert l. Stevens of New York,
Perkins of London, and all others, have been on
the wrong scent or pursuit for poicer. As for
himself he oilers to give security that he will
move a common steamboat 15 miles an hour on
_- __ i. _ . *__ ..f fin ..i.n, in 1 O to At wtlitr
I i»ri s,a u«im j v. ^-—
at 12 miles per hour, cross the Atlantic in ten
days in a power packet without stopping for fuel,
ascend the Mississippi at an average of 13£ miles
an hour—(Here our friend Col Crocket would
beat him; for he wades the Mississippi with a
stemboat upon his back with more speed )—na
vigate the Mississippi or Ohio without freight 18
miles an hour, and do divers other enormous
leats in that line. We are afraid this gentleman
will raise the devil with this fulcrum of his. For
our part we wish old Archimedes had kept it to
himself.— I(ew York Cour. fy Euq
Ji Great Fright. — Last Sabbath during the
morning service at one of our churches, a co
loured woman was overtaken by epilepsy, and
as the fit seized her she uttered a loud shriek —
The shriek was echoed back by some of the ladies
and the second echo was one great cry and gene
ral rush for the doors The awful scene that
did not occur at the Catholic Church in Ann
street filled every mind. A pell mell of a
minute and a half brought the whole congrega
tion out of doors, crvmg • what's the matter?’—
Another minute and a half all answered, ‘noth
ing at all; nothing at all.’—iV. Y Jour. Com.
^Lssachusetts Election — Ninety-four towns
gifJBlax is, the Nauonal Republican candidate
foflBhve nor, 11 954; Adams, (Anti-Masonic,)
Sj935; Morton, (Jackson) 7.732: Allen, (Work
| ing Men’s vai.didfltf) 1,263- There is no proba
btfity of a choice bv the people The election
will, therefore, be made by the Legislature in the
following manner: Out of the four persons hav
mg the highest number of votes, the House of
Representatives will select two% and of these
two the Senate will select one, who will thereup
on be declared Governor for the ensuing year.
In the .Norfolk Congressional District, there
is again no choice In the townships heard from
General D-arborn has 1610 votes, Jackson 1553,
Thurber 617
In Essex County it is believed there is no
choice for State Senators. In Plymouth County
no choice. In Middlesex, but one Senator ia
elected, viz: Nathaniel Austin, who was on the
s...: ii u: a a n.Ln).
In Norfolk, the Anti Masonic candidates for the
Senate are elected. In Bristol, the Anti-Mason
ic_ candidates probably —.fiew York Jour. Corn.
Steam Boat Disaster.— We find, in the New
Orleans Bulletin of November 5. the following
additional particular*concerning the late shock
ing disaster on board the 8tea o boat St. Martin,
on the Red River:
“The sail casualty—the destruction of so
manv valuable lives, and so much property, on
board the St. Martin, a notice of which we re
publish this morning—coming close at the heels
of such numerous losses—almost confound our
judgment, and overwhelm our feelings.
“ 1'hat so mav should perish, in open day,
within a lew rods of the shore, suprised us.—
The cause was. that, on the cry of fire, the
Captain thoughtlessly rang the bell to stop the
engine, when the boat had head way enough to
run to the bank, and save all. Fa»al order! for,
when it was too late, the tiller rope burnt, she
could not proceed, but moved round and round.
The sequel i* but too well known.”
Can anv predicament more awful be conceived
than that of the passengers and crew of this ill
fated vessel? Within a stone’s throw of land,
moving round and roud, in the same spot where
the engine was stopped, the devouring flames all
about them, without the possibility of reaching
the shore!
The Bulletin further says—
“This sad disaster occurred from a parcel of
moss taking fire, which was almost instantly in
flames, and the people in confusion. ,
“ The moment the alarm was given, there
was a general rush to get into the small boat,
which almost instantly sunk, and all means of
escape cut off. Mr. John F. Miller and Mr.
Merimond of this place, with several other gen
tlemen swam ashore. One gentleman saved
himself and lady, by getting upon a bale of cot
ton, and floating down the river until taken off
bv a person from the shore. There were 80 per
sons on board, crew and passengers.
“ From a passenger we learn, that the scene
was heartrendering in the extreme. In fact he
was, when we saw him, unable to state particu
lars. We hope to be able by our next publica
tion, to give the names of the passengers that
were lost.’’—Nat. Int.
* _ij_ ■ ■ ■■■■■—■■■ ■■
WMtfc Brazil Sugar.
« gm Barrels handsome quality White Brazil Sugar,
JLt> just received and for sale by
dot 14 WILLIAM N. McVElGH.
ALEXANDRIA, (D. C.)
MONDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 18, 1833
CHESAPEAKE AND OHIO CANAL.
The opening of the navigation of the Chesa
peake ami Ohio Canal to Harper’* Ferry is al
' ready, it will be seen, producing its fruits Ooi
village, or rather town, has sprung up into exis
j tence at the Point of Rocks. We observe no
I tices in the country papers of persons being pre
pared to transport flour, &c. on the Canal, ami
• these articles are beginning to descend in no smal
quantities. Once let the Coal-mines on the bank*
of the river oe opened, and we shall s«e!a pew state
of things.
Our lateral Canal must and wiit be pushed di
ligently on. We must share in the common be
nrfit. We hope at no distant period to see omj
! basin filled with canal boat* loaded with the
agricultural products and mineral riches of the
upper country. Every nerve must be strained—
every effort must be made—to connect our towr
with the important work of which we have spok
ea as soon as possible.
We have always believed that this District
must be a place of great business. Our town,
from its situation, will assuredly be the commer
cial depot for this business. But on commerce
only we must not rely. When our Canal it
completed, we shall have the water power, and
manufactoritt must be brought into operation
,,On the successful use of both these means ol
wealth and prosperity do we build our hopes ol
the future elevation of our native and beloved
town, and our friends and fellow-citizens.
The papers every where—north, east, south,
and west,—speak of the brilliant atmospherical
phenomenon noticed.here on Wednesday morn
ing last.' The different descriptions, in general,
agree with each other remarkably.
If the readers of the Globe are not ready to
wish that a noli me tangere rule would be adopt
ed bv that print in relation to the Bank, they
must like to wade through dull articles better
than we do.'
A splendid project is broached, designed to
supply the City of New York with pure water.
—See another column. No city in this country
stands more in need of such an improvement
than New York.
A quantity of Heather.—A New Hampshire
paper says they have had several days of warm
weather in that part of the country, which the
old ladies call “ weather breeders;” and if they
should prove as prolific as such breeders general
ly are, he thinks they may look out for a good
I deal of weather during the ensuing winter and
spring! We think it quite likely.
The London Courier says, the last letters re
ceived from America, by Mr. Kemble’s friends,
stated that Pierce Butler, E»q- of Philadelphia,
was the gentleman to whom Miss Fanny Kemble
was to be married. Mr. Charles Kemble’s fami
ly remaining in England are to depart imme
diately fur the United States.
A Charming Sentiment. —The following beau
tiful and Impressive line, saya the Boston Post,
is copied from the works of one who is now no
more:—
“ Pay thp Printer—’ere ’tis Winter.”
A word to the wise. &c.
From Colombia.—The brig Medina, arrived
at New York, in 23 davs from Savamlla. biines
nothing larer from Carthagena than before receiv.
1 ed, except a rumor, probably entitled to little
confidence, that the Fort at Carthagena had fired
upon the French ships of war at that port. This
rumor we understand (says the Journal of Com
merce.) to have been brought by a boat which ar
rived at Savanilla a day or two before the Medi
na sailed. The distance between the two placet
is about 200 miles; and(by land there is little or no
communication.
Jl Yankee Description of the approach oj Win
ter.—We copy the annexed remarks from the
Augusta (Me.) Journal:—
••Winter is approaching us from his arctic
> realm; already he is striding over the northern
hills, and puffing down upon os hia icy breath.
He is preparing to spread hit fleecy mantle over
us His emissary Jack Frost has been prowling
about for some weeks, generally committing his
depredations in the night time, nipping the ten
der herbage, and occasionally seizing a stray
pumpkin, or a lot of turnips left in exposed pla
ces, making *mall pigs lie close together to keep
! off the common enemy, and biting the toes of
S' nor children who have no shoes nor stockings.
uch there are, and they must be helped Let
i those who walk out with cloaks lined with fur,
| and pocketa lined with cash, or who ait at home
| in comfortable parlors, and listen complacently
’ to the rustling of the leaves without, and the
roar of the cold north wind, remember those
who have neither cloak, cash, nor comfortable
home; perhaps not even bread. And let the
lazy bestir themselves, and the drunken foesake
their cups, and provide for their families.”
From the Federal Union we extract the follow
ing account of a motion made by Mr. Cooper, in
the House of Representatives of Georgia.
Mr. Cooper's^ Motion —Nullification has al
ready protruded its cloven foot into the proceed
ings of the House of Representatives. It was, to
be sure, a very small matter, but demonstrates the
more strongly the deadly and aettled hostility of
' | the doctrine to those sacred and revered nr
! P‘e«, sustained and uniformly supported E
i founders of our government, and the fratntr ^
: and contemporaneous expounders of
our Con«
totion.
I On Tuesday morning, the Clerk of the Hig«
1 of Representatives, in reading the Journal r
. Monday, announced the opening of the se,M'
with the usual and as we understand, terbati,
, caption that has been used for years, in the n^n
ing of our Journals, to wit; At’an annua:
&c , in the year ..f our Lord. &c. and of ihnQ\
• vereignty and independence of the United State,
, 4*e Mr. Cooper, of. Putmao, movid to str.^j
out the word ‘vaovereignty ” We have pukKi
up the first Joornal. that ca ne to hand, which is
for the »e*r 1827. and find these identical wordj
i there used—and we presume no n an eter before
i thought of objecting t«» them. Mr. Cotper’s no
I lion v\as put tlown by an overwhelming majority
J but had supporters enough to -diew, that u,* n^||
1 lifiersare determined that the United States at.al!
not he sovereign, and that each State is to »unfl
■ sovereign and supreme upon her o»u basis..!.
, This motion and the support that it receoej
shew clearly the spirit that the nullifier* h«f
brought into thp Legislature, ami that the utmost
vigthnce and tlir most determined patriotism arf
required to keep down its turbulent and dn«ri|.
m/.mg effort*. We have no more time force®
i iTient
i
—
The following extract from the London C«a
i rier, found its way into Galignant’s Pam Mm
seriger: —
“ It appears that the people of Virginia are
1 so much alarmed i.vlhe wh^iI of Temperanci
Societies in th** N ♦-•hem .Mat*--. tlut the? hid
^ formed an Anli Temnernnre Satiety, to counter,
act the effects of the w iter-drinking institution*,
which they consider to be ‘•destructive to cor.'
munities.”
In speaking of the late fire in Thnmaston, Mr
the Portland Daily Advertiser observes:
I vv e learn mat an me va uauie property or Mr.
! Abbott, an attorney. an«l of Ins clients that hat I
been entrusted to hu care, were securely locked
up in a double iron safe. The sale fell from tbe
second story into the cellar, and the burningtioi
hers tumbling down upon it, was expn»fil to »
intense li«*a» for hour*. It was for a long time lit
erally red hot—but the vipers all fame out ii.ih
l juren. A of king else/ram mu, part of the biddni
was saved
Merchants as well a* attornies, here hate a
evidence oi the utility and safety of iron die*!*,
and we think no bu-tr»e*» nun who ha, in l is
possession valuable papers, should be without one.
It would have been well for our correspondent to
have mentioned whose make the sate was.
Mr Randolph's Will —We lad heard nothin; I
of Mr. Randolph's will, relative to which there
was no little conversation several weeks subte
quent to his death, until we met with the folio*
ing paragraph in a letter from Richmond tu the
Editors of the New York Journal of Commetii
“Mr. John Randolph's Wills were to be of I
fered for probate at the County Court of Cher
lotte this month. It is said that a curator of t«
estate will be appointed, and it is generally ix
lieved, ihat, after a long course of litigation, tM
will of 1822, emancipating the slave*, will beri
tablished. Counsel has been engaged, on tM
part of the slaves, and Judge Leigh who wrote
the will of 1822 has signified his intention to re
nounce all claims for himself under either Mill,
and to testify to the fact that Mr. Randolph
Remarkable Case.—Ttte Paris Acidcroy d
Medicine latdy reported the case of a man *h«
died in July last in that city, delirious, and i;
the right ventricle oj whose heart was found tin
bedded a needle* which eitended into the ca*«ty
No trace of a cicatrix by which the needie mi;
have entered, could be discovered on the uterior
of the body. He had been suffering lor spe"
months from shivering and pain in the side
fcOMMU.VICATKD. J
JAMES DUNLOP, ESQ
The gentjernan, whose name stands a! ! B
• i a . . • . • r . • r a i- _» ik.i nrilPf ’
neau Ol ini* uri**l liomr, j Jim r -
Term of our Court, discharged the dun**' of At
torney of the United State* tor the Di«rr*c» j-1
Columbia, in consequence ol the necessary a-f
sence of the United State* Attorney.J 'f
serves the commendation ol his fellow-utize-'*c
this place, for the promptitude and ahibtv *■
which he acquitted himself, as well as the ,,liir4
nity which heat all time* manifested
the accused, consistent with Ins duty to insCuJ"
try.
He came amongst us in a great degree a: r*
ger; and although his sojourn was short, )et. ^
the gentleness and amenity of In* manneM, *“,
his uniform respect for the rights and feeuiij* "
others, he made himself many friends, cti
tainly no enemies . , .
He therefore carries with him the best fr*'1 r
of this community, with tha conviction, on • •
part, that the important and arduous duties *
he had to perforin, were confided to one *» .
wav qualified and worthy of the high ’,ocat“! ,
This poor tribute of respeet iv thus pu 1 ■
paid to his personal worth and legal att*i«'n
by hi* felluw-citizeo An AtzxaNoaiv-1
Nov. 16, 1833. _
There teems to have been a general d'^
bance in the upper regions. The *snK c
; phenomena that were observed Ir0®
\ yesterday morning, were also witnesse • .
; York and Baltimore. The description*1'
appearance do not materially differ in ei 1 - ff
According to the Baltimore Gazette, a 0 •
snake, apparently about thirty fe*fde|pSia.
set off somewhat in the direction of r <
shaking its blazing tail at a fearful r» • {be
teori exploded about the same time D ^
town. A writer for the Gazette g'*e -eC.
idea, that theae fiery particles <re ,ton,e ’
ted from the Mountains of tbe Moon * -T€r»e.
mountains most be the strongest in t .e • t(jch
to fling their hot entraila through *P*9e,r
«d extent. Pr»fw.or Cltpp. o« 1‘I.«_C?'£|
imagine them to be pieces of old P ^
have been broken up in ancient times. .