Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1825-10-29
GENERAL SUMMARY.

On Tuesday the Legislature of New Jersey
assembled ut Trenton. In the Council, Z.
Syyker, esq. was elected President, and d.
Coleman, Secretary, protein. In the Assembly
George K Drake, esq was elected Speaker,
and HIM l. PrGlI, esq the Editor the True
American unanimously elected clerk
We are distressed TO learn, says the Albany
Patriot, that in rencontre, a few days since,
at Undertook, between two young lads of
that place, Zone student at the academy, and
respectfully connected at the south,) one of
them received a stab in the side from the
southern lad, which is sand to be mortal.
Caution. Persons who are in the habit of
using portable cooking fornaces, are caution
ed against warming rooms with them, espe-
cilllv those without fireplaces and chimnies.
Several cases have occurred where the effects
of burning charcoal had nearly proved fatal
In one family, three persons fell down sud-
denly. and would no doubt have died but for
the timely arrival of a physician.
caster, Pa on "Wednesday the Goth inst. which
was caused by live ashes being thrown upon
a dung heap, which set fire to the straw, and
immed atcly communicated tn the stable. Two
large brick houses on West King street, and a
barn, and two other brick buildings were de-
stroycd.
.4cc'Geaf-A young man by the name OF
Galbraith. was thrown from his horse on Tues
Iay last, in renton, n. J. and died in three
hours afterwards. He walked about half a
mile after the accident.
The King has addressed a letter to the
Archbishop Of Paris, directing that solemn
funeral service should be performed on the
10Th Sept the anniversary of the death OF
Louis XVIII.
Wm. w Woolsey, esq. Treasurer of the
American Bible Society, acknowledges the
receipt of S2,75S 46 for the month of Sept.
The issues of bibles and testaments for the
same month, were to the amount of S3,U5S y.
Although Centrevlle, on the Eastern Shore
of MARYLAND, with ITS suburbs, contains about
1000 inhabitants, there is neither Halter, Ba-
ker, Cooper, OF Ornamental Painter in the
town.
The Navy ofFrance, according to the Eto'ls
of August %, contained IN 1925, the following
number and descriptions of ships: II of l2O
guns; 90 of 80, 20 of74, 40 carrying from 90
to a; and of corvettes, briggs, &c. no; ma
king 2lS armed vessels, of which 90 are Of the
line, and 46 friga,es.
Mr. Thomas $. Byrnes, of the house of
Byrnes, Trimble, < Co. proprietors OF one OF
the lines of New-York and Liverpool packets,
died at sea on the S;h INST He went with his
family to England, some months since, for the
benefit of his health. His corpse was landed
on Sunday at New-York.
There is paper manufactory at Plttsburg,
situated on the banks of the Monongahela, in
which are employed 1870 persons-the mach''
merry ismoyed by steam, and paper IS furnished
in the building from the rags, ready to be ap-
Piled to the walls of a parlour The proprie-
tor of this extensive establishment, ships unu-
sual quantities OF paper to South America, by
way OF New Orleans. Every branch OF busl-
ness connected with paper making is, we be-
heve, carried on there, and we should pre-
sumo that it is one of the most extensive pa
per manufactures in America
On the favorite horse Cleareland, which was
run at the last Doncastcr races N England,
bets to the amount of one million Sterhng
were depending. New York has not yet over
taken the English spirit of wager.
Kentucky is losing her citizens by hundreds
and BY thousands-that is by removal to the
westward faster than She has acquired them
from the eastward Tor some Years. 1t is sup
posed that more than forty families nave pas.
ed through Frankfort within the last ten days.
The Count Salvinsky, Poiander, has re-
Gently lost at piquet ~, 600 acres o. woodland
and ch,teau, situate in Saxouy. The Prince
Dolgorouky IS the winner. The COul Sal
whisky is the same person VIE, at Cnn,Ianti-
nople, won of the Captain Pacha, al 7. game of
chess, IL slaves and l6,1JU leopard skins,
which ne sold IN Hungary for 10000 forms,
and set the slaves at liberty.