Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1825-10-18
GENERAL SUMMARY.


A late number ofthe London Morning Chro-
ncle mentions that, at a meeting held at Sr
Francis Burdett's, sum of 93O0, 900 was a
greedy to be instantly placed vt the disposal Of
Lord Cochrane, for the succur Of the Greeks.
He is to provide two steam vessels, and, If
possible, purchase from swedentwo ships Of
the line; and that $500 men shall be placed
under the command nf Sir Robert Wilson. 1t
is added, that the Brazilian frigate Peranga;
was nearly ready for sea, and that in her Lord
Cochrane was to sail for Greece.
II is stated that the British government is
opposed to the proposed expedition of Lord
Cochrane to Greece, which was stated by the
holders of the Greek loan. &
General Miranda, who distinguished him.
self in dispensing the troops of Riego, is APP
pointed second in command of the Island of
Cuba.
We are indebted, says the NY. Commercial
Advertiser, to Mr.. Javier Madina, the Colon
bian consul, for the Bogota Constitutional, Of
the 25th of August, the latest paper received
in this country from that capital. This paper
contains official documents from the Liberia
tor. giving detailed account Of the fruits Of
his victories in Peru. By these itappesrs that
the whole number of royalists, officers and
soldiers, defeated, killed or captured at the
battle of Ayacucho, was 18, 594. Among 9TH
er trophies of victory brought to the CAPITAL of
Colombia, and presented to the Wee President
Of the Republic, was the RoyI Standard q
Castle, u'th ,cb oh P;zarro entered South .3me-
RIGA, three hundred gears ago.
Mr. Cevallos, formerly Minister Of Foreign
Affairs to Ferdinand WI and author Of the
celebrated Manifesto of the Spanish Nation,
has Just published, in Spanish. a History OF
Napoleon Bonaparte.
Mysterious !fm'r.-A bloody shirt and a
dead horse have been found in a corn-ield
near Hartford. Con. from which it is inferred
that some unwarv traveller has suffered by the
hand of an assassin.
| The Niagara Cleaner saws, that on the sun.
nit level e Welland Canal more than l0C
buildings have been erected during the last
year. From the level of the Chippewa, on
| the head waters Of the ~ mile creek for ahout
| a mile the canal is nearly completed, the
greatest depth of which IS II feet of solid clay.
The stage from Prominence to Boston was
overturned and dashed to pieces on Saturday
| night the 9th inst in or near Foxborough.-
All the passengers except one were injured,
but none of them serisusly. The night was
very dark and smoky. The driver fortunate.
( " held on to the reins and checked the horses.
| At the present October term ofthe superior
court, at Hartford, Connect cut, John Sher.
man was convicted of possessing large mum.
Der of counterfeit bank bills with the nten.
ton to pass them, and was sentenced to two
years imprisonment, y :
Professor Olmsted, Of the University Of
North Carolina, has. accepted the professor
ship Of Mathematics and Natural Philosophy
of Yale College, lately Conferred on him.
There is now living in Wake, Forest town,
N. Carolina, man named Arthur Wall, one
hundred and four years of age. Ills oldes,
son is so, and his youngest % years old.
The executive of Connecticut has appoint.
ed Thursday the Oath OF November, to be 90.
served throughout that state, as day OF
Thanksgiving.
In Baltimore, within the lastfew weeks five
persons have been assaulted, Knocked down,
and robbed of their hats in the lower Marsh
Market at night: one of the persons thus rob-
bed, had his head most dangerously cut.
The Nantucket Inquirer of Monday says,
''there are now two COMETS viSible-one bear
ing Southcrly at 10 p. NJ. and the other APP
pears IN the zenith at the same hour: The
Latter IS scarcely distingushable by the naked
eye-and from its situation, the tram or tail
cannot be easily discerned." ..,r
During one of the late ievees at the En-
change Coffee House in Boston, number of
tine old soldiers OF the revelation, VINO have
been excluded from the bounty OF tneir coun-
try because they could po, and would not
take the paupsr oath, waited ON the President
with a. representation in writing, OF their
case The President received them lost
cordially. and. assured them that tner ;eple-
sentaton would be duly considered.
II IS announced IN the New.York papers,
that Madame johnson, a lady from Europe, is
to make ner first ascension from the Castle
Garden, an the 18th inst with the balloon with
winch MIR. F.. Robinson SO recently assembled
IRON the same place. A
II is stated that petition win be presented
to the next Legislature Of Virginia, for an IN
corporation for company toimprove the na.
d. q ..cn Ia cII