Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1826-11-27
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,oSpAY MORNING. NOVEMBER ~. 1896.

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.oSnAY MORNING, NOVEMBER "a, 1896.
,.sxpected, says the Philadelphia papers,
: Mr. Sergeant, his private Secretary Mr..
~ and the Secretary Of the Mission Mr..
8. hester, will sail, in the sloop of war Hornet,
Vera Cruz tomorrow.
-. New Jersey Patriot, states that the Dis
80 ofthe Hon. c. F. Mercer, pronounced in
..ssence of the Cliosophic and American
@,;g Societies in September last, is now in the
' :. and viii appear in the course of the next
penth.
c.,v pcr.-It is stated in the New-York
,,nnercial Advertiser, that there are now
:, forty cases Of small pox on Staten Island,
,,bat there have been about one third Of that
'mber Of deaths from this loathsome disease,
.;,biu short time past.
destructive FIRE took place at Utica, N. Y.
Monday last. Seven of,he most valuable
Sores in the village were laid in ashes; most of
,sch, however, were insured. The amount OF
,,mape has not been ascertained, but supposed
pse about $4,000.
= The subject Of the expediency of erecting an
c,,bauge IN the city of Philadelphia, was to be
,oa,idsred at public meeting Of the citizens
: ,,n on Wednesday last, but adjourned without
deeiding upon any plan.
1 A Senator in Congress IS 10 be chosen for
Pennsylvania at the next meeting of the Legis-
hlure Samuel D Ingham, esq. is spoken of
With confidence to fill the place, to secure which,
ne Democratic Press says number of 6orers
re 10 attend at Harrisburg in December
The Press mus, be wrong.-The Legislature of
Pennsylvania can stand in need of no boring
when INeHAM is candidate. AS well might il
/ Be said that the people required boring when
Xemer claimed their suffrages.
snow storm commenced at New York ear
n in the morning Of Thursday last, and coniin-
v,d wi,hou. intermission through the day.
CHESAPEAKE AND OHIO CANAL.
Agreesbly to public notice number OF citi-
rns assembled on Friday, the oath November
Al the Exchange, when Jacob Small, Esq May
Or Of the city, was called to the chair, and B. G.
Howard, appointed Secretary. The following
resolution was offered by Mr.. Thomas Ellicott,
inG adopted:
he re hat
ae interest Of the city of Baltimore requires
that she should be represented in the Conven-
don to be held at Washington on the 9th day
ofDecember next, on the subject of the Chesa-
peake and Ohio Canal, and that the Chairman
Be authorized to appoint eight delegates TO at
tend said Convention.
The meeting then adjourned.
JACOB SMALL, Chairman.
B. C. Howard, Sec'y, Bait. finer.
Extract of letter from agenteman in Laguayra, to
his friend in this city, dated
"Luguayra, Oct, %, lS26.-You must know
from the public prints that almost the whole Of
Colombia is in a state of insuriection against
The government of Bogota, and that they want
liberation. form of government like the Unit
ed States OF America Bolivar is on some Of
DIS QulXOtiC eXpeuitiOto, dHu SSSHio " nav ~
wish TO return. Indeed the general wish IS,
that he never will. Paez is at the head of at
fairs in the province, and has hitherto conduct
ed himself with much propriety and great mo-
deraton How the affair will end is still with
in The unread book Of fate. Ihope they will "a
void all fighting or civil war--although stran-
gers are pretty secure, especially English and
American subjects. We have lately had an En-
slsh frigale and sloop of war in the roads,
They leftus about week ago; but the Primrose
sloOp Of war arrived the other day, and is to
remain here.'' Bali. Chron.
From the Chambersburg Pa. J Repository
Any one acquainted with our politics and
public men will be surprised, in looking over
the names Of the Pennsylvania delegation TO
Congress, to find among them so many friends
to the Administration Of the General Govern
ment. From the clamor kept up and the cri-
erion LAID down by the Jackson men, strangers
would suppose that our whole delegation 10 the
10th Congress would be in favor Of the eleva-
lion TO the Presidency of Gen. Jackson. l. is
quite otherwise: it will be about equally divi-
ued. Not more than half the delegation will
exhibit symptoms of Jacksonism, and OF these
there are but four jealous and devoted partisans
OF Gen. Jackson. The change in the delega-
cation is much in favor of the Administration
A clear majority Of the new members will take