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Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1826-11-22

tictions, are curiously illustrated in the follow.
ing anecdote:--About the year 1892, a su;,
was brought in one Of our New-York cour,s
to recover a sum Of money due to the Barons
~ Espagnac, who were at that time in prison
IN france on the charge OF being royalists-
ne declaration was in he common form with
the usual oideticet when the contract was en-.
tered into out OF the State, alleging il to have
been made within the State where the action
was brought, and concluding in the usual man.
ner, that the defendant fraudulently attemn,ed
TO cheat and deceive the plaintiffs, had not npr
formed his promise, sc. Judgment was given
for the plaintiffs, and it became necessarv G.,
some purpose of the parties, to send an exeno.
pli6cation Of i. to France. In the mean time
one Of the brothers D'Espagnac had been
guillotined, and the party who had been sued
in New: York, prosecuted the survivor in the
Court of Criminal Police fer having obtained
his Judgment by fraud, inasmuch as he had
alleged that he was in America at the very
time when in fact he was in prison in France
and also for having falsely affirmed tina, the de.
PENDANT had attempted TO deceive and chea,
him. A French lawyer, who bad been shor,
time in the United States, prepared memoir in
favor Of the Baron, in which he stated that the
allegations were merely matters Of form which
the law required, and the truth or falsehood Of
which were never inquired into; the Judges
however remained unconvinced In this diem.
ina, the unfortunate Baron bethought himself Ct
applying 10 Mr.. Otis, who was then at Paris
Mr.. Otis, on reading the copy of the record,
saw that he was about being condemned for
mere technical form in our pleadings He &C.
cordingIy gave him certificate explanating
the matter, which, as he soon afterwards had
the satisfaction Of learning, succeeded in re
moving the incredibly of the Judges"
Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1826-11-22
From the United States Gazette.

LEGHoRN, Sept &
Our market has taken off all the goods that
have arrived, and both this place and Genoa
have been indebted to Gibraltar and Marselles
for supplies-Our stock Of colonial produce is
much reduced, and our market will be bare in
shor, time; so that without arrivals, we shall
not have sufficient to supply the autumn de-
mand.
We have supported higher prices for sugars
than any other port on the Mediterranean or
the Adriatic: White Havana, have sold current
ly at l4a p. (pezzo) per Isl lbs.--browns l p.
LAB h. of Leghorn are equal 10 ll2 ID. f.
merican.
Our market has very little Coffee:Porto Rico
fine Havana, and Demarara are wanted.
Indigo is scarce. Caracas Cocoa is in de-
mand.
Pepper is very scarce.
Cochineal, scarce, but Of slow sale.
Hides--The market is bare of Buenos Ayres
Rum is in demand.
Tobacco, good qualities, continue scarce, and
in dcmand-Kentucky is liked.
Our exports may be had at very moderate
rates, particularly Straw Hats, Oils, Rags,
Wines, SC.
ST. JAeo DE CUBA, Oct. 81.
This place has experienced share of the I'M
fortunate times lately felt in Europe, the U.
States, and West Indies-the consequence is,
that Island produce has not only declined, but
a considerable quantity Of Sugars, Cotton, and
Tobacco Of the last crops, remain in the hands
of the planters, for want of purchasers and yes
sells to take 1t off,
The crop of Coffee now gathering, will soon
begin to appear in market, and will at least
reach Il millions of pounds. The crop Of Cot
ton has turned out to be very good quality; It
is offered at Sill per 100 h., and is exported
free ofduty. The crop of Tobacco is also good:
i, is selling at TO SO per 100 ID.
ROTTERDAM, Sept. /.
Coffee and Sugars continue TO find ready
sale, and the latter article even at further adj
vance; Yellow Havana having been sold at ga
Coffees are also expected to go higher before
the winter. The demand for Tobacco is yet
holding on, and about 1000 hhds. have chan
ged hands.
Rice will find brisk sale. The news OF the
English ports being thrown open for foreign
imports have occasioned further advance IN
our grain market.
Cottons remain dull and Of heavy sale.
Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1826-11-22

Cs;tRcEtss of the Linn9n Botanic Garden and ~! F
"Tva Nurseries, at Flushing, near New "Y%
- York, offers to furnish the public .sstssS
with such Trees and Plants as they may desire
The collection of Fruit Trees Of all the various xmas
and also of Ornamental Trees, Shrubs and Plants, Gy
far the most extensive in America. In addition 10 u
numerous acquisitions of former years, the proprle
now offers to the public above fire hundred nstC FIE
Ties of the most choce Fruits, which not in the pm
session of any other establishment IN this country
of which are announced in his Catalogue for 1870 i
assortment Of Grapes consists Of above two NUM-" ~.
and fifty kinds, and comprises The finest WINE anu
bic Grapes of France, Gcralny Italy, and me CI.a
The proprietor having acquired extensive niot'1"Gs
the subject from actuni observation and e1pe!sn
enabled to make such selections as may be Snt's
any particular locality; and where such selecuo"o ,
left to his discretion, he will send such as ca0' e. one
succeed. lie also offers them, in asscrtmen's' -.
dozen each, ut the following prices FOR the %
sOrtment, the price will tie eight dollars; TOR the
six dollars; and for the third four and an hair
The collection Of Roses exceeds five huhoIe % .ro
varieties; and of Greenhouse Plants, he has SDO' ~,
thousand species, comprising twenty thousand sIsnd
mong which are all those known as most beaut'of me
interesting, Catalogues may be obtained gfcSS Cor
different Agents throughout the Union, ait
wartled through them, or direct by mail, (poS' P'
will meet with prompt attention. IL
Persons who order Grapes, will be furnished
rections for their culture. WILLIAM fhl'o - n
c. Dr. ofMe Linnaan Society Of Pg1S S,S y IN.
Horticultural Society Of L0adon ana q .,' 81
p,rial Society Of the Georg9fAM i XIV
~ Orders received by S. JAN AM. Dc
oct 1S-StaW1W AieXahuII1-->
Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1826-11-22
Selected from late Foreign Journal.

We have been favored with copy of rather
a singular letter from the Count de Bid,
Piedmontese Refugee in London, addressed to
Don x an exied Spaniard, who has sought
safety in England from the persecution OF Fer
dnand.
6 have never ceased TO speak to Mr.. &. "a
bout relieving the great dis,resses OF the unior-
lunate Italians and Spaniards, who have sought
an asylum in this generous country told him
that the English government had always afford
ed bouutiful relief to those who had suffered In
the cause of Royalty, and they ought not to
withhold miserable pittance from The Italians
and Spaniards, who had suffered in the cause
| of liberty and justice; they had pensoned the
roulonese and Corsican Emigrants, the Anne
rican Loyalists, and all the French Royas,s;
and as to Withdrawing the allowance to few
poor starving Spaniards and Italians, 1t was
disgr-
"True," said the English minister, interrupt
ing me, eve pity these poor exiles; but really
the English government is now SO distressed,
that they can no longer afford TO be bonntiful.'
The English are called on the continent, phi
losophic people, reasoning people, free peo-
pie, and an ingenious people. If there is one
epithet that can more truly characterize them
than any othe-, should call them lying peo-
pie They not only tell lies, but they look lies
and act lies. Wherever go hear of nothing
but distress, and Of general bankruptcies and
ruin; but see every where the same number
Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1826-11-22
From, the Charleston Gig Gazette.
AI1TTIM ~

Writers have generally compared Autumn
with the stale Of man-comparison has gone
hand in hand with comparison, until forsooth,
doleful moral has been solicited, and Autumn,
with the descending scale of existence, finishes
the picture. This might be well, but the cam
vass is now threadbare, having been touched
and re-touched by so many pencils, that origi-
nality is lost in motley confusion.
Thomson, that bard of sweetly undalating
Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1826-11-22
FALL GOODS.

TOsEPH JANNEY has imported in the sup
81 andoah, from England, ooods.
II General assortment of FuH UU0"H q.
sorment Of sattinetts pIsids, Tickngs and 0hsI
mestic Goods, and SPUN COTTON OF superior $%spt
German Linens, &c. 9mo ~
Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1826-11-22
Communicated for the Democratic Press.

u
B. | feel not much interest in the question
whether Jackson or Adams should be oar next
President, but rather wish it may be Jackson,
because he deserves it best, having done SO
much for his country.
F. No citizen 10 whom the prosperity and
Happiness. Of his country ere dear, should con-
slider that as an uninteresting question, and IN
order to decide correctly, he should reflect serl-
ously on the character, the disposition and the
alf alton Of the candidates. No man, what
ever his services may have been, deserves to be
our first magistrate. who is not in each OF those
particulars, fitted for the ofice-and can COM
Darison be made between the two men you have
named, without a conviction, that in point OF
temper, necessary information, talents and ex-
perience, Mr. Adams has vastly the superior
ity over his competitor He too has done nu-
merous and important services to the State
but, in civil capacity. They do not blaze
forth so much to view as the military achiev-
ments of General Jackson. Qualities which
enable man 10 Shine in war, are often incon-
sis,ent with, and sometimes indirect opposi-
ton, TO those which render him useful as a
Statesman. Who can then, hesitate to say,
that taking all circumstances into considera.
ton, .Adams best deserves 10 be the President OF
the United STATES.
Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1826-11-22

The following anecdo,e is related in the last
numbe, of the United States Review and Lite
rary Gazette, printed at Boston.
"The difference between the practice OF the
French courts of lav, and that of our own, and
the great difficulty which the French jurists
find in comprehending the utility OF our legal
Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1826-11-22
Fruit 'Erees, Grapes. sc.

49, The subscriber, proprietor tx tx
esS9ssss of the Linnen Botanic Garden and fIff3l
sYTa Nurseries, at Flushing, near New NY~
Is. York offers TO furnish the public -
Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1826-04-28
VaIMqlle Proncrin "a 80 :

Granville county, North Carolina, viz: one tract Of 1000
acres of LIND Grassy creek one tract of 200 acres
on the same creek tract Of 900 Tuihomoy creek
and one OF 1000 on Island creek and the waters ii GRASSY
creek The aforesaid tracts OF land have plantations ON each of
them N toieabe good repair rhe Isl large enough to work
III bands or TO advantage the 2nd, or hands, tie Sd oh
or ten and the ih sufficient for hands The other
GA each plantation oIcaby good (cgan
dng' eNcePted9 1T believed that the Orchards two Of
The places valuable and contain more Fruit Tree
man airy CHER two plantations the county, aud which are
known bear eyeryycar. One Of the above tract, of land
wiJm or miles OF Oxford the other three tracts are in
The North Western part Of the county The subscriber wall also
sell two Other tracts, go the other 100 acres each with
small improvements, lying said county.
The ABOVE lands are situated the most healthy part Of
Granville ohorng plenty Of excellent springs and cther
eonyenen, streams OF water, with mill two Of said tracts
The soil well ada edto the culture corn tobacco wheat
cotton &c and may lastly be ranked with valuable lands of
od county Ale plantations in good condition for ma
hHS crop the ensuing year. Persons inclined purchase
are Teqescd 70 examine the premises satisfy themselves The
subierbe or Samuel s. Downey, Esq living the upper part
OF GRANVILLE, viii show the property, and make bn6an The
terms The crops Il" and fodder and stock OF horses
mules cattle and hogs, two Of the above plantations are for
saiej also, very valuable Jack and three Jeuneys feJ
FROM tie most approved stock.
Two Of the above tact, Of land will he exchanged for We
'eIn lAhd; MAURICE SMITH
pldH''ie county, Rent u. 8i---,gI2,yf
Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1826-04-28
..ssss-s
/ rom tas London Netc Moath!y MasaeiHe.
THE BIRDS OF PASSAGE.
RY MRS. HrNIANs.

ny MRS. HEMANS.
gi-ts, JOYOUS Birds Of wandering wing
Wh.irc st 30 with the flowers OF Sprius
- We cone IRON the shores Ut the green old Nile,
from the LAID where the roses of Sharon smile,
from the palms ia, wave through the Indian skv,
FEon the wytrh trees of glowing Arahy
awe have sweep, DER cities, in song renowu'L--
Silent they Le with th. deserts round
We have crossd proud rivers whose tide h.,h ro,i'l
all dark VITA the warrior blood Of old;
.tnt each worn win: hath resan'd its home,
Ihder ftasiiit's rOO!-tree, or chs dome"
=" And wha, have We found in the AIonaIcl's dome
Since last We trareised the bluesca's foam
- We have found change, we have found a pail
And gloom o'ershsIOwing the banquets hall,
sud inark 1.-THE floor as 1T lite-drop. split
Nonsht looks the same, tlie n,>t we bull, -
oh! JoyVu. Birds, il hath still been so!
Through the halls oi Kings doth the tempest, 20
But the huis OF the hamlet lie still and deep
Aud The hills DER their que, a ,igiikcep.
say, what have We found the Peasant, cot.
siuce last &c parted from that s,s-. t5po,
. 4 change we have found there and many 1 change,
races aud footsteps aud all things strange
''Hnc are the heads al the siivrtv lsii,
.Nnd t!e young that wee, nave the brow Of care
Aud The place Is sd',vhcre the h;idrcn PLAY IL
-N"ugt looks the same, save the net we u.a,!c -
Sli v,-'r tale of tlir be4ulcIl earth
iirds Chat crsNcep /, IA power and miuh!
Yet, through the waste. e.: the ira, hie,, aig
lie have guide, and shall y, despair!
fe over desert 9ad ieep have passed
80 snail a1e reach our nome at last
Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1826-04-28
BeaUer9nnl foT Sole.

EBURSuAhTto prospect entertain OF removing from. thi
State, have determined sell my farm ON James River
lying Al the mouth # Beayerdam creek II will he sold
pnbic auction onthe premises the 10th DAY May next if
fair Otherwise the t fair day thereafter on the following
terms vat; fourth Of the purchase money 10 be paid
tae end OF The preent year, at wiSh time possession will be
for this tie purchaser Will be reouued TO exc
cute his bond with rnqueonabe personal security payable
1"read-'he balance tthe purchase money
ged by three equal annual inaents from thai perod and the
payment OF the same TO be secured ya deed OF t ON the
land complete deed in simple will be made al The fine
Of closing the other conditions of the sale.
This farm contains about IGj acres of Land nearly 900 of
which river low grounds; in addition TO which here are
20 OF creek bottom equal TO the former in on of f
y The high land supposed he equal any in this sec
ton OF the e9unir II lies dau from Richmond % miles,
directly on the hEn stageroaj Stanton below the
termination Of the James River Canal Those who may wish
tovie The P eies with prospect purchasing will enquire
Tor The subscriber living Genito creek, about miles from
the place. WIZ. Ii. PLEASANTS.
march n. 1Of-,ygv
Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1826-04-28
THIRTY DOLLaRS REJY.aBD.

wv III De PAN Iot deI'thy OF my follow Charles, who len
w me on the day of JInulry last expect that lac
mas Tree papers, and going under the OF Henry Roberts
those papers issued from the office Of Middlesx cont
February cour 1928. The said fellow Henry Roberts ws
aged forty years. FIVE feet inches high dark complexion scar
fellow described follows about the hegh rather
tawny complexion, knOckkneed, has had tor long time Or,
hd cough shutters much when spokeno alarmed Ia,
one OF two small humps his breast, had very good black
cloth coat wh ich he had bought gentleman; he il
an eNceien; hand with the pit ai broad axe and smart
coarse carpenter ANY who wl deliver him. or secure
han IA amy jail 50 that get him, shah receive the above re-
ward ANY information will bethanAiuly received by the
suocTioe directed To- Montague Post oce Essex county
Va LEWIS ID. MONTAGUE, Aijdlesex county, Va.
March7 O-S,e,y
Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1826-04-28

DO hereby farwsrn all persons adn. for or k;n- nj,
assignment OF bond executed by James Nc Farnc
OF The county OF Shenandoah State Of Virginia which aid
bond Is tor the sum OF hundred aud eighty four dollars and
eighty ccns with credit of twenty five cents Ito the hes, of
recollection The sud bond bears date the I'D October
1872 aud payable the last day ofAuru 1895 the above
mentioned bond having been given by said Me rIine
a money due from & the o. phll Of Peter Wammick
dec. he, the said Mcfans having uin ne that an ,,
leees OF said Wamnck dee that had not claimed were
dead except the two signing the power of attorney from which
nc cianc since which lime othc legatee Represented TO
be dead by said Merang having come forward and esied
oil me her portion. Holm SpEAUS
Ches erdeld, April II, 1926. iI1-,xiIs
Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1826-04-28
DAVID TRIMBLE,
w. S. YOUNG,
Il. p. LErCHER,
ELISHA WHITTLESEY,
JOHN WOODS,
LANES JOHNSON.
@J the Y. States.
W. DEpAnralrNr. Anril 4. 80

WAR DEPARrMENr, April 4, 1926.
HENrLEMES Your letters of the Goth an Il
2slh OF March, addressed to the President of the
United States, requesting reconnaissance to be
made, with view to the extension of the Cue,-
beTland Road to tide water, In the District of CO.
lomoIa, have been referred to this Department
10 answer thereto, have the honor TO inform Won.
mat have already given directions to the Engi-
neer department to detail officers for that service.
anu that they will be ready to commence their OPP
eratons at this place on the 25th instant or AZ snv
oih'r point that may be determined upon, as soon
hereafter as they can reach it from this place.
have the honor to be, gentlemen, very respee.-
July, your obGdient servants,
JAMES BARBOUR.
To the Honorable C. +. MERcEn, u. TI.rs1-
BILE, sc. &c.
Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1826-04-28

unequal weight from ditTerens minds; and ii 10 this
difficulty is added that of comparing moral with
physical advantages, we must acknowledge that
we cannot, without presumption, attempt to draw
a conclusion as 10 the route which is entitled to
the preference. Therefore, here is TO end the task
which has been entrusted to US; and we will only
beg leave to close up this report, by submitting
some suggestions in relation the Interior
OF the road adapted TO It's constructions and to it's
repars,'
Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1826-04-28

:, " ResolOed by the General assembly, That the
Executive be, and they are hereby requested. in
pursuance Q! the recommendation of the Board of
t"oiic works, 10 open correspondence with the
Governments OF the United States and of the
states OF Ohio, Indiana, and Kentucky, for the
purpose OF obtaining their cooperation, in effect
lng an extension of the National Road from the
ONO TO Fort Cumberland, as far as Winchester
and, uniting by short and improved nor
tage, The navigabe waters OF the Great Keubava
with those of James River"
Agreed to by the tno Houses, 22d February.
lSl7 'D"' -
The recommendation oi the Board of pnblic
Works referred TO, in the preceding resolution.
makes part OF the FIRST annual resort Of the pre-
sitent and directors TO the General Assembly
transmitted TO the House of Delegates. bv the Co
vernon OF Virginia, on the 10th of Dee. 1916, and
consists OF the following paragraphs:
" There several objects within the scope of
the System devised by the General Assembly Tor
the Improvement OF the interior of Virginia which
III Tie present stake OF her wealth and population,
1t Is heyond TIE reach OF her unassi,e cd ability to
accomplish; but which being equally interesting to
her Sister States and to the Government of the r..
States, 1t may not be improper TO further by their
cooper aon.
- such is the contemplated connection, above
mentioned between the Eastern and Western wa
tiers, by extending the navigation OF James River
10 Dunlap's Creek; and constructing an ordinary
Turnpike rom thence TO the falls of Kanayvha. or
an non rail way across the Allegheny, and alone
the valleys OF Greenbsier and New Rivers, TO the
same point
" Oh less magnitude. but OF like utility, is the
extension Of the United States :oad from Wbee-
! Ing to Winchester; by which. with the aid of the
Companies already incorporated in Virginia, per
manent highway would be completed from the
Seat Of the Federal Government, I o the River o
hio.
The Board of Public Works beg leave. there
Tore 10 recommend it to The General Assembly IN
invite the corporation Of the Governments Of the
United States, and OF the States of kentucky, and
ONO, IN tile accomplishment of those obiects.''
Ihe members present at the Board, when the
report, from which the rrec eJing paragraphs are
extracted, was adopted, consisted of the Governor
Attorney General and Treasurer Of the Common
wealih and OF the following persons, W ho.are ac-
nuaily elected by The General Assembly: Alexan-
der Smyth, Lewis Summers, and John SlolzeIv
from the District West of the Blue Ridge: Charles
F Mercer, and William J. Lewis, from the Dis
lrict between the Blue Ridge and tide water: and
luleton Waller Tazewel, and John Mercer.
from The district on tide water.
Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1826-04-28
LfgND POR SALM

virtue "l decree the county court of New Kent the
~ Subicrers appointed commissioners Tor III, ,uro,. will
expose to public sale on Thursday 27h of April next fair il
MOI inc heA idr day thereafter, 1.-THE late residence of Ella
heh Wad dec the tract Of Land whercou the said Elizabeth
W ala reed during her lifetime, containing one humid ed
seven acres, lying ClOptons Mi and adjoining IN.
OF EdwinJ CloPtUn, John Kent, aud others "
Twelve months credit will he allowed toe purchaser nv ri
S BOND with approved security for the purchase money
II. Z. TERRELL
., PATRICK CLoUrON.
Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1826-04-28

A'ihe survey and plat ofsureys the land above
cann"t DE Completed by me ii Gay Of the ucxt month"; tie
sales viii nD ic p1rc, uni Friday ihe 18th day If M t
when hey will commence viii ihe William lug pfopefy
and O1 Saturday The Zh nj he month. he ilns n Jtr
Guy county "i hc sold, Commencing with he not vteris
ani' and vail b. continued fom day 70 day until the whole
shall he sold, onuch thereof ry be- nrce.v 10 rs
ting thc fi decree.
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