Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1826-12-18


As Surveyor of this port he has ever given the
most decided satisfaction.--The merchants OF
this city are we'll acquainted with the latter, &
the Department at Washington from which his
appointment flows, are not ignorant of the for
mer. The reputation of General Swift's de-
partment of the Custom House is oil the high
est grade. We repeat our remark, that his &C
quittal in our minds was matter so near to
certainty, that the feelings of congratulation
which otherwise the verdict would have occa-
stoned, have long since subsidized with US.
We will make one other extract, and
could add many others of the same character,
had we room to spare. The editor OF the
Times says-"To General Swift and his person
at large, all Of whom felt deep interest in the
reputation of one long beloved and esteemed,
and honored as he had been by the latter, it
cannot but be source Of felicitation, that with
out producing all the evidence which his coun-
sci had prepared in his defence, calling TO
his aid the talents Of his respectable advo-
Gates 10 comment upon the law or testimony OF
his case, he cast himself, with soldiers frank
ness, upon the honest convictions Of Jury of
his peers, which Jury relieved his chafed spirit
from the ordeal in which he has so long been
placed. They have restored him to himself,
and TO the rank in society, which, until the re-
cent prosecution, he has uniformly maintained
We give summary of late English news re-
| ceived at New-York by the packet ship Will
liam Thompson, none Of which is either i'm
portant or Interesting. John A. King, Esq
late Secretary of Legation, and Mr.. Waring,
Kings Messenger, both with dispatches for
Government, came passengers, and proceeded
Immediately for Washington, where, we learn,
they arrived on Saturday. Conjecture is busy
as to the nature of these dispatches; and great
importance, of course, is attached to them from
the rare circumstance Of their being attended
by Kings Messenger. To-day will probably
dispell all anxiety. In the mean time, the
following extract from the New York Ameri
can, and the one which follows from the
very important need be looked for eve guess
says the American, that he (the messenger
| does not bring any thing in any way disagree
able or unfriendly-but rather otherwise; and
that he does not bring AIRY thing that relates to
Cuba, nor TO the West Indies, nor to any other
question Of external policy. What he does
bring will probably soon be made known to us
all, until which we are satisfied with the assn
rance, that this visit is one Of good & not ofevl
The Gazette says, "the arrival of Kings
! Messenger seems to have excited some spe-
cuiaiion; but there is no particular cause for
il. The British Government has Withdrawn
the Falmouth Packets from the United States.
for two ,reasons:.-frstly, that heretofore, eve
ry month, about one third Of The seamen Of
each Packet deserted while in this port
| secondly. that a Messenger, with mail, can
| be sent out in the American Packets at tri-
| fling expense, compared with that OF dispatch
ing vessel. There is therefore, no cause Of
extra surmises respecting the arrival here of
Mr.. Warning, the Messenger, who came out
in the packet ship William Thompson. In
future, the arrival Of Kings Messenger in
our Packets will be so common, that no SUR
prise will be excited, as, frequently, quick
dispatch is an object. Occasionally, Bri-
fish mail will reach the United States, via
Halifax and Bermuda. The present CONNER
clal differences between the two Governments
will, doubtless be annie ably adjusted, and Bri-
fish Government mails will be sent out in the
New York Packets, in charge of q confidential
messenger"
NSaIE SIEH(El