Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1826-12-18
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MONDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 1s, 1926.

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MONDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 18, 1926.
A passenger in the schooner William, at New
York, from Maracaibo, contradicts the reports
received at Philadelphia in relation to the move
ments OF General Paez The Passenger allu-
ded to left Maracaibo on the 10th November, at
which time General Paez was at Valinua, and
General Bermudez a, Barcelona, quietly wait
ing the arrival of Bolivar, who was shortly ex-
pected.
MIR. Walsh the editor of the National Ca
zette suggests that when intelligence of the dis
orders in Colombia, and the news Of Bolivar
reaches Mexico, il may have the effect Of dis
solving the Congress Of Tacubaya. He plau-
sibly remarks that "whiIe the governments, to
which the members respectively belong, are
declared 10 be in a state Of dissolution, or un-
dergoing fundamental, anti-republican changes
we know not with what degree or sense of due
authority and ultimate advantage, any com
pacts or arrangements can be made by that bo-
dy"
destructive fire occurred at Brooklyn, OPP
poste the city of New York, on Friday morning
last. 1t broke out about half past 8 o'clock in
the extensive distillery belonging to Hicks &
Smith, which, together with the slorehouse
adjoining, was entirely destroyed-more than
three hundred hhds. of whiskey were in the dis
tillery at the time it took FIRE. The proprietors
had an insurance Of seventeen thousand dol
dollars on their property, which will nearly CO.
YER their loss.
Captain Partridge's Corps of Cadets arrived
in Washington at one o'clock, P. M. on Satur-
day, and was received with military honors.
| The editor Of the Nantucket Enquirer speaks
highly Of Mr.. BRyAN's Poem entitled the clay
Of Gratitude" and adds-"In addition to the
poem aforementioned, we have perused Mr..
Bryan's Appeal for Suffering Genius, designed to
awaken the active sympathes OF the American
!. people towards native bard now lingering
upon the verge Of time, and struggling with
the aggravated woes ofpenury. We are con-
scious that the name of the Boston Bard" has
resounded through our newspapers, and thai,
his claims upon public generosity have been
reiterated, until many have considered those
appeals as mere specimens of commonplace
importantly; yet, as ,he grave must soon ex-
clude him alike from the charities and the sus-
picons Of changeful world, this last appeal, so
! honorable 10 the head and heart Of its writer
\. r, ,I ,ns.
noble qualities of our nature, merits neither
oblivion nor indifference. II should be purchas-
ed. in fur,herance Of its benefcent design the
benefit of COFFIN; il should be read, not merely
for its intrinsic excellence, but also for the ex-
pansion of those KIND emotions, which, when
brought into action, contribute to adorn and
elevate the human character.
| Josiah Quincy Esq. has been reelected May
or of Boston by large majority. He was sns-
tanned, it is said, by the discreet and moderate
men of all parties.
| The Ohio Grand Canal is to be 500 miles In
length 1t passes through very fertile eoun-
try. and terminates at Cleveland, on Lake Erie.
| OurlnS the present ySai, hS'ShohoiAS " e''N
value of $780, 900 has been landed at that viii
| lage.
Letters from Harrisburg state that Governor.
| Shuttle. since the publication OF his message,
is almost universally regarded as friendly TO
MIR. Adams's Administration. 1t is further
stated that two Jackson members of the Legis-
/ D..
vious to his election, and that his answer in
substance was-"I shall support the National
| Administration whenever think II right, and
feel self at liberty, entirey at libertyto oppose
| il whenever may suppose it in error" This
lis all we ask of any man, no matter to what par
ty he belongs; but ii is not the characteristic Of
the Opposition, and he that pursues such
course will find no favor in the eyes Gifts lead
ers.