Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1825-10-11

on the LIST inst. The Boston papers OF tues
day. state that the President will receive
company at his Rooms in Boston, every day
till Saturday, between the hours ofeleven and
two. Mrs. Adams had not arrived but was
hourly expected.
The Boston Statesman says. that Governor
Douglass, of Ncw-Brunswick, has visited
PASSPORT, Maine, and with permission, has CIV
en- direction for the graves of the British ofh-
GERS buried there, to be surrounded with
permanent enclosure, and the monuments to
be preserved.
1t is objected, in Philadelphia, that Alder
man BADGER shall be Mayor of the City, be-
cause he is too deeply engaged in the busi-
ness Of retailing Justice By The eleren.penny-
b;rs srorth; and it is alleged besides, that he
knows precisely, hoy many eleven-penny-bits
goes to the Dollar Alderman Binns, of the
Democratic Press, is said to be candidate;
but the Editor of the Gazette prefers Alder
man Badger of the two, because not being so
well known abroad, the reputation of Phila-
delphia will be essentially less injured; yet the
editor ofthe Gazette hopes never to see a trc-
ding alderman made mayor ofthe metropolis,
We are gratifed to see that it Is contem-
plated in the county of Hampshire, (Mass.)
70 send circular into every town in that
county for the purpose Of obtaining sigma
lures to petition to Congress, praying that a
duty may be laid on distilleries of domestic
spirits, and an additional duty on the impor-
tiers ofall foreign distilled spirits. tits a mea-
sure loudly called for, and viii at once advance
the revenue and the morality Of the country.
The following dividends, for the last SIX
months, were declared by the Boston banks
on the lst inst. State Bank, per centum;
Boston, 81; Union, S; New England, 3: Ma
nufacturers and Mechanics, z 10; Suffolk, 2
10; Massachusetts,, 5; City, 8 l-S; Columbian,
5; Eagle, 5; Globe 8; Commonwealth 8. The
semi-annual dividends declared at the Sc
veral banks in salem, were as follows:-Mer-
chants, 4 per cent; Asiatic; 5 ID; SalemS;
Exchange 5; Commercial
The amount of duties paid by the Auction
GERS of Philadelphia, for the last quarter, conf
prising the months of June, July and August,
1925, was s17,
DEsHA has been tried and found guilty, but
anew trial was instantly granted under plea
ofinformalty in the Indictment.
The NewYork American states that match
for 10000 dollars side, had been made be-
tween the Virginia mare FlirtiRa, and the
young horse .4riei, which beat Lafayette.
The race is TO take place on the Union, Long
Island course, and will be miles and repeat.
1t appears from the statement lately pub
Iished in the New-York Observer, that Mas
sAu HAIL, or Princeton College, reckons a
mong her sons President of the United
States, (Mr. Madison President of the old
Congress, two Secretaries Of the Navy, one
Secretary of the Treasury, two Foreign Am
bassadors, one Speaker of the House of Re-
representatives., one Attorney General Of the
United States, one Postmaster-General,t two
Signers Of the Declaration of Independence,
four Chief Justices, nine Judges of the Su-
preme Court, fourteen Governors, one BIZ
shop, sixteen Presidents Of Universities and
Colleges, and eleven Professors.
The Engineers and Contractors of the Erie
Canal, have expressed their opinion that the
waters will not be united before the Goth inst.
The Editor Of the Independent Balance, alias
the Tickler, was convicted, on "Wednesday
last, in the Mayors Court Of Philadelphia, Vt
having publisheda libel on N. G. Baker esq
of that city. The sentence of the Court has
not been promulgated.
Mr.. SHALER, American Consul Gen.
to Algiers, has sent to the Rev. Mr..
Sparks, editor Of tim North American
Review, the manuscript Of work en-
titled aSketches Of the Kingdom Of
Algiers. comprising a Geographical,
Historical, and Political account Of
that country. The work is said to be
extremely interesting, and will be pub