Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1826-10-19
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~ MORNING. OCTOBER 10, 1926.

.n.y MORNING, OCTOBER - 1876.
,.,o says the New-York Mercantile
w ,.,r. that some English capitalists are
ld'a' s;tablish Bank at Havana, with a
p' : .nwards of 100000 of dollars
P'' authorized to loan money at an inter
~ ner cent.-to charge quarter per
g. dsnositss, and TO loan on pledges OF
sIon I've a, an interest of one per cent a
yatn. e our readers viii remember the cele-
Nv General SwARTwoUT, Father Coniessor
aSl Jackson. The following Card from
W ,.,on True American, shows that the
DC ., r.,s General has second time destroy
New lanes Of the "Mili,ary Chieftain, :" by ex-
' ISL. kindness.
's .0nnor,ers Of the Administration, in
49, -. Jersey, beg leave to return their warnlest
.,s 10 Messrs. Swartwout and Ogden, OF
haaAyv WI f,he active friends Of Gen. Jackson
Ns, -. rerroactive electioneering services in
s wv. NO. and for the timely assistance they
lIr 80 rs BY their vigorous opposition to the
s s,oms ticket. Hehcefor,h Gas they came from
aa 'ssr sla,e) when conspiracy is formed to
"' '.srow the administration, they may proper
G I'.hin pre-emptive RICH: for employment in
undertaking
>, the arrival of the packet ships James
80, and Birmingham at New-York, files Of
and. papers to the 18th, and Liverpool to
!, 18Th ultimo, have been received. The Lon
don oapers contain variety of extracts upon
\. stas Of the trade and manufactures OF
Graf Britain, which show an evident and con-
timed Improvement in the general aspect oil
,sirs. Business increases but slowly, howe
r and e.prices are as yet but little better
But employment is becoming more plentiful
c,y week, and it is confidently hoped SHAT
the effects Of the late depression will soon dis
,pDsar, leaving only salutary lesson behind"
Avery general impression prevails that tho
ne ousning of the ports has caused sudden
and considerable decline in the prices Of grain,
such dspression will not be lasting, but that
home and foreign corn will, between this and
Christmas, experience considerable advance.
his said to be the intention of The British
Ministry to propose to Parliament as modi6-
cation Of the Corn laws, to impose duty on
foreign grain Of from Is to 2os--beginning at
lsDer quarter on wheat when the average price
in England is COS, and inc reasing 10 2os, when it
is as low as sos. When the price is as high as
7os, the importation TO be free.
The announcement of the opening of the
ports for the Importation of coarse grain was
received at Liverpool and at most of the ma
towns with the ringing of bells and
cher demonstrations of Joy.
hlreland, the fever produced by the priva
ions they suffer for the want of food and raj
ntht continues to spread. The alarming state
Oiiver in Limerick, has obliged the Governors
si'he Hospital to forward a requisition to the
Mayor fors meeting of the inhabitants. Such
slhe state of the fever hospital that there are
one hundred and sixty patients who, for want of
Sufficient accommodation, are obliged to lie two
or evan three in bed. In Cork and in the
ngOfWexford, fever has spread. The want
Of straw beds for the, poor, aggravates the af-
fiction Of the disease. There were l,746 per-
sons admitted into the hospital of Limerick
Within the last nine months.
ihenews from Greece occupies much space
10 The European papers, and is, as usual of late,
very contradictory. We gather, however, that
The affairs Of that gallant nation are in an i'm
proving condition.
De Greek committee at Paris have made
statement, by which it appears that Lord Coch-
ane sailed from Falmouth in the sloop Porcu-
pine oil 20 guns, manned by 100 Englishmen,
4ad was Joined by two steamboats,, each carry
1S' our "a Founders, and mortars to carry
I'.0S ball OF So pounds. In July, he was to.
~l0h'd by two French coryettes, carrying 90
We guns, manned by Dutchmen, who were
gagged when Lord c. was in the Netherlands
VT, Gallatin had conference with Mr.
.'Anlns on the Tin ult. which lasted upwards
'ian hour.
:, VT and Mrs. Canning set out for Paris on
NC 18th. The Courier asserts that the depar-
'~ VIC. is solely for the purpose of health