Alexandria gazette & advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1822-1824, 1824-04-08
ALEXANDRIA,
THURSDAY MORNING, APRlL.a

At length. says the National In,ellieep.
Ger OF yesterday, the Tariff Bill has been
reported to the House, from lhe commit.
| lee OF the whole, in the House Of Repre-.
| senistives. This was effected by sitting
Of seven hours yesterday, during which
there was good deal OF discussion, and
a variety OF amendments proposed, some
OF which succe eded, and others were Re.
jected. VI the Debate. il is in VAN to
pretend 10 give any account. Twenty
columns OF the newspaper would net sui.
fee for It
An important step has thus been taken
IN the march OF The bill. Our readers
are. however, cautioned against MAKING
| calculations on the decisions 10 the com.
mittee OF the whole, for they are all liza.
BILE to BE- reversed. aud, considering the
cioseDess OF some OF the vole., cannot
| safely be relied upon as indicative OF what
will ultimately be done. rbe general
principle of die bill. moreover will be-.
debated, and possibly settled upon .bs.
announced motion OF SIR. Forsyth, before
the amendments come up Tor dec ision,
Don BARToLoAE GUTIERREZ Acuy.
late Governor OF CadIz, ava Don JOS.
GRAsEs, boiu members ui the late Cortes
OF Spain. arrived IN New Orleans .,h Of
March, in The Monte Gslels, from Gibrsl.
tar. They fed from persecution on the
re.es'sblIsbmen. Of despotnm in then ma.
tive ianh sad II IS said IN a New Orleans
paper, That they contemplate seeking an
asylum 10 our neighboring republic Of
Mexico
From The Conneclicu. Courant, March So,
Ii rs with pleasure we learn that le.ler,
have been received 10 this city from Lon
don, communicating The test OF Perkins,
improvements on steam power. Public
confidence in MIR. Perkins, project did Tor
time decline; bu! en- experiment with a
fifteen horse power engine. applied in
propelllng boat, has proved the prac,jca.
Giiiiy as well as Importance OF his Inyep.
lion Large contracts have been made al.
ready tor the use OF TIE patent ~ this side
the Atlantic The subjec, is deeply in,e-
resting TO The community in general, and
particularly 10 the inhabitants OF this titv.
whose attention is DOW directed 10 the ma.
vigatioD o! the river.
Another important disclosure has taken
place itnay not be forgotten by all our
readers. that the brig Hoikar sailed from
this port 10 1919, and has mol been heard
from since, excepting by the story OF a.
black boy who was on board, and return
ed to this city several years ago, and gave
information that Der crew had mutinied.
murdered the captain and mate, and Mr.,
dunphrIes, passenger scu.tled the ves.
sci, ana bad gone to 81. Domingo. The
negro boy (now grown up,) saw one of the
mulineers W Bancksr street, on Thursday.
and al once gave information 10 the police
The fellow was last from Newburg. He.
was apprehspded yesterday morning, and
examinations are now gong on. He has
been Ieco90izrr by name as one OF the
crew of the HolkaT. ana v a. .L,rpsd by
Mr. Bogert. the Notary
Nev York Com. Adv.
The Charleston Courier says We are
authorized TO state, by several Captains Of
vessels recently arrived here, that there,
has been exhibited on the southernmost
Rac"on Key, near Bulls Island, a decoy.
ing Light, TO al' sppearcnce q Revolving
light, calculated Ia deceive mariners, and
induce them to believe that they are of
tho Charleston Light house,
II Is to be hoped the Navy Department
will direct the Terrier. or some other Of
our West India squadron, 10 Ferret out
these wrefches Tor whom banging were
too mild punishment. Maj. In,.
Thegr surgical operation of remov.
ing the thigh al the hip bone has been re-
| Gently Performed for the fr-t time. at
Guys Hospital, London, by SIR Ashley
Cooper IL was accomplished IN twenty
minutes, and securing the arteries. and
dressing, occupied fifteen minutes rore.
We have no informs ion whether the pa
tent survived The operation beyond The
day on which il was performed.