Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1826-12-02
AIssENAYTD@IAs
aArURDAY MORNING. DECEMBER 2. 1896
rhe following, from a Pittsburg paper, is

.eomPnl q ItCIltldul vi
ss'sd,iHe, showing the amount which the mer-
Ss., Maid for the transportation Of his goods
e. fall from Philadelphia by way of New
York. the Canal, and Erie, to the town of Mead
':s The whole cost per 100 pounds, was 81
soI-We are now paying Ss per hundred for
~s.;ape in Wagons from Philadelphia 10 this
s,,. Need any thing more be said, to show
y. Advantages Of Canals, or to convince our
linens that, without a Canal, Pennsylvania
4.aId lose the carrying trade? But with our
..,sr and more southern Canal completed, we
~sy bid defiance TO our uorthern rivals"
W. IT, Murray, Esq has been elected Cash
:. # the Mechanics Bank of Baltimore, vice
v,oaen Honsy,oeH, Esq resigned.
The Philadelphia Freeman's Journal a neutral
amer. furnishes the following communicated
,,ecdo.e. Ii may be true, but it is nevertheless
,ery improbable:
The Hon. HENRY CLAY left this city yester-
law At noon; for the South. A gentleman tells
=. tina, just before he stepped into the carriage
= The City Hotel, he was handed a list Of the
rivals and departures on our Canal. The
..m, Of the FIST boat was "Andrew Jackson"
~, Of the second on the list, "Henry Clay
The Hon. Secretary observed 10 a bystander,
sWel.. | see it's true that in Pennsylvania, Jack
yu is ahead of Clay"
PHILADELPHIA, Nou. 29.-Mr. John Sergeant,
n. private secretary, MIR. w. 3. Reed and Mr..
poebester, the Secretary to the mission, left
his city, this day at - O'Clock, in the steam
hoa, for Newcastle, where they expect to en-
srk on board the u S. ship Hornet, for Vera
Cruz, thence to proceed TO the Congress of
~Taeubaya. We believe the place where the
Congress are to assemble, is about l6o miles
rom Vera Cruz, and about FIVE miles fiom the
city Of Mexico.
So soon as the steamboat put off from Ches-
~,ul.s,reet wharf, the persons on the wharf, and
,hey were very numerous and respectable, gave
three hearty cheers for our fellow citizen John
Sergeant.
From the NeW York Daily .Adrertiser, Noe. 90.
We have been favored, by Mr.. Bodies, who
IA, lately returned from Greece, with a short
but interesting sketch Of the condition of that
| country when he left the Le~ant. Mr.. Bolles is
,utiye Of Ohio, and a young man of in,elli-
,snce and observation. After receiving a mill
try education at West Point, he left this coun.
nv las, year to Join the Greek army, and serv-
I'd during the late campaign in the regular ar
ny under Gen. Fabvier. The representation
h has verbally given Us Of the Greeks, the sim
piciy Of their manners, their personal bravery,
heir unyielding hatred of their former masters,
md the cruel sufferings they have undergone,
md which thousands are enduring at this mo-
nnt rather than submit, we are persuaded is
IL r. = a.. La.a -. -.-:~
ID, but sufficient, if once understood, to excite
a%miration and the warmest sympathy.
THE PRESENT CONDITION OF THE GREEKS.
IAx Editor of the Nsso York Daily advertiser.
Ashort time has elapsed since / left the seat
d warfare in Greece, where | had devoted
some months TO the service of that, my adopt
ID coun,ry. During the greater part of the
Tine thatI spent in Greece, / remained in Col.
T,b,ier's army, where discipline was introdu-
wd, and regulations observed, as long as gov
snm,nt had the means of paying and subsist-
ing her troops. The Greeks are very suscepti-
Ne Of instructions in the school OF the soldier:
the manual, company, and battalion drill. They
srinced an uncommon degree Of pride in learn
ing the profession Of arms; but what troops are
hose, and where are they to be found, that will
obey orders, and march TO the field Of battle, af-
tr subsisting for months upon bread alone, and
when only a precarious dependence can be Pla-
ssd even upon this.
know that il has been said that the Greek
@ldiery should forego the thoughts OF month
y pay. This would be plausible, allowing
them 10 receive a competent daily subsistence,
The government allowance for a soldiers daily
subsistence, is less than five cents. This petty
sum does not enable them to purchase any AMI
nal food; and it is therefore necessary that
aey should be paid their monthly allowance,
which is 81 s5a per month. All this, when
obtained, goes for the purchase OF animal food.
Attic time Of my leaving Napoli, Greece mus
sred forty thousand men for pay; but very
f" OF these were on duty; the greater part be-
nss compelled to resort to some calling aside
nom that Of arms, to enable them TO live. 1t
Is beyond the most lively imagination to con
eive The present distress of unhappy and sui
sflng Greece. Refugees from Tripolitza, Ar
Sos and Napoli are in great numbers, In and a
"ut Missolonghi. Disconsolate widows, and
swseplng orphans meet you in every street and
aey, soliciting aims. Thousands who are ex-
Suded from the city, dwell under the castle at
!Nuapoli in huts composed OF reeds which but
~ serve TO screen their inmates from the rains
sd burning sun. There exists a government,
sSSnposed Of a president and two committees.
Inc treasury is entirely empty, and the war
vas considered at a crisis at the time OF my
ssaying Napoli. The Greeks have cherished