Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1826-08-02
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WEDNESDAY MORNING, AUGUST =, 1896

WEDNESDAY MORNING, AUGUST =, 1870.
We publish to-day the circular letter address
ed by the Secretary Of War to the Governors
Of the different States and Territories, relative
to an improved system for the organization and
instruction of the Militia. The course which
the Secretary has adopted is correct one; and
we hone he will receive the cordial cooperation
of the State authorities. The present Militia
system is oppressive to the people, and Produc-
live of no manner of good.
A writer IN the Freeman's Journal has dis
covered that the Declaration Of independence
was Written at the Indian Queen Tavern. in
Fourth, near Chesnut street, Philadelphia
The tavern mentioned was the boarding house
Of MIR. Jefferson, during those days OF gloom
A letter received in Norfolk, dated Vera
Cruz, 22d June, asserts positively, that Com
PORTER has accepted the appointment OF Capt.
tan de Nayio, that is Captain Of "a gun ship
with priority of date, and is in effect Com
uander in Chief Of the whole Mexican Navy.
The Editor ofthe National Gazette remarks
with much point, that there are in the Union
some Governors Of States that resemble the
great Bishop Of Cordova, who "preferred the
pastoral care Of the whole church to the gov
, eminent Of a particular diocese"
The Editor makes no particular application
Of his structure, but it is not very grea
stretch of the imagination to suppose, thai
Georgia affords one Of :heGoyernors alluded to
The following is extracted from the Contra
Gazette of the 22d ultirno.
We are sorry TO hear that Mr. Monroe ha
failed again in his attempt TO sell his landed es
tare in this country, for the payment ofhis debt
contracted in his long course of public ser
vices. Few persons attended, and none, wh'
wished to purchase more than few hund rec
acres, and few Of them, and in consequence, M
pa.t was offered for sale to the highest bidder
1t was shown on the ground by letter from Mr.
Swami, the president ofthe Branch Bank Of tn
u States at Washington, that eighteen thous
and dolars, of the debt due that Bank, by trans
fer of the debt from the Bank of Colombia, hat
been paid by the sale of small part of hi
Mountain tract Zoos acres) and tina, the bal
ance due (twenty thousand doliArs,) was secur
ed by the mortgage Of the residue Of that tract
consisting of two thousand eight hundred acre
which is considerably more than ample securit
FOR it, provided the sale is not fixed, and tn
land sacrificed, II appears by that letter, tina
the pauk --.s~--~. ls-r--s~l - p"su tie SAFE U.
the sacrifice of the property, and that full pow
er was given to Mr.. Monroe TO delay 1t, until !
more favorable season. 1t is said that the mon
ey allowed by Congress on account ofhis claims
has been applied TO the payment OF his debts
TO othe. banks in the District OF Colombia, il
this State and to individuals there and else
where. Of the amount Of his other remaining
debts we are Ignorant, but we indulge strong
hone, that if he can sell his valuable estate
here, at fair price, he may save his Louder
property, and have, by means thereof, com
Portable provision for his family. The inter
est in the mean time, is consuming ERE, which
as our crops are short, and our produce sells a
low price, may create embarrassment, but We
hope for favorable change for US all"