Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1825-01-06
THURSDAY, JANUARY 6, 1925.

.adperfising.-The following judicious
and pertinent-though interested-re-
marks of the Philadelphia Aurora and
Franklin Gazette, merit the attention Of
our commercial friends; and we feel
confident that no apology will be re-
quired for pressing them upon their
notice. Set interest aside, we have
long been convinced that Alexandria
has not appeared to the advantage she
ought to have done, before the extern
sive and rich country with which she
partially deals. Her capital and COM
merce are greater than they seem to
be-and many of her merchants have
large and beautiful assortments of the
most desirable goods, unknown to any
but limited circle Of customers, or
strangers who tumble upon them by
the merest chance. We have lines Of
excellent packets to all the principal
maritime cities Of the Union, and yet
they rarely grace the columns Of a
newspaper, except occasionally under
the marine head.
The same remarks would apply to a
variety of other cases: but at present
we will only add, that our mechanics,
artists, and manufacturers, many Of
whom are equal to any in New-York,
Philadelphia, or Baltimore, Of their
kind, take no pains to make them
selves known.
We assure them, and beg they will
believe us, that we feel deep interest
in their prosperity; and if they give us
an opportunity, nothing will afford us
more pleasure than to introduce them
to hundreds of our Virginia and Mary
land friends, with whom they have ne
yer been acquainted.
PHILADELPHIA and Nesc- Fork.-A cor
rect idea may be formed of the spirit
with which business is done in New
York, from the fact, that in the Gazette
Of that city, on Saturday last, in the
dead OF winter, seUenty-one NEW adrer-
tisements, besides auction sales, ,cere pub
kshed! The extent of the commercial
and trading business of Philadelphia is
immense; and if our merchants gene
rally were to advertise and indulge in
as great display as do those of New
York, we hazard nothing in saying that
Philadelphia, with the unrivalled "a
mount and solidity of her capital, would
make a more commanding impression
than she does upon the public mind
throughout the Union, and attract
far greater number of distant mer-
chants to her market than now resort
to it. 1t is natural that southern and
western merchants, on comparing the
mercantile advertisements in the New
York and Philadelphia papers, should
be induced to believe that they may find
a greater variety, and more choice as
sentiments of goods, in the former than
in the latter. In point of fact, this is a
mistake; but the erroneous impression
is derived from the spirit Of advertis-
ing which has always prevailed in N.
York. We acknowledge we have
deep personal interest in encouraging
such spirit here; but we marlborough
ly satisfied, and have never heard an
intelligent merchant doubt, that more
general habit of exhibiting their goods
and business to the world, through the
daily newspapers, would add vivacity
and life to the commercial character Of
Philadelphia, and tend to enhance the
number of her mercantile customers,
her trade and commerce.
Nothing Of importance was done in
the senate yesterday. The bill to abo-
ish Imprisonment for debt was under
consideration and postponed to Friday
when its general merits will be dis
cussed.
The Niagara claims occupied the
House of Representatives the whole
day.
HENRY NEWMAN, esq. has been re-
eognized by the President of the Unit
ed States as Consul Of His Britannia
Majesty for the states of North and
South Carolina, TO reside at Charleston.
Ne,c-JsYsey.-The act passed last
year, abolishing imprisonment for debt in
New-Jersey, has been repealed at the
present session of the Legislature of
that state. -
WASHINGTON, Jan. 4.-The follow
ing appointments have been made by
the President, with the advice and con-
sent Of the Senate:
Tobias Watkins, to be Fourth Audi
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