Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1826-12-04
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MONDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 4, 1896.

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SESSION, will ofcourse terminate on the Sd day
C March next. Manv members of both Houses
- at their posts, but the best information we
have been able to obtain leaves il doubtful whe-
,h,r ouorums will be formed before tomorrow.
The Presidents Message will be communicate
a we presume, as usual, the day after the or
,,niza,ion; and it shall be laid before patrons as
soon as its publication may be proper. Among
he topics which it will probably embrace seve-
=, are Of unusual interest;-the condition and
~r,ospects Of the Mission to the Congress Of A.
merican States; the progress of the Georgia
Controversy; the operation of the Revenue
Laws; and state of the negotiation with the
british Government relative to the Colonial
Trade. On the last subject, we have no infor-
nation that we can rely upon, but we have e
,ouph to induce US 10 believe that the favorable
dispatches received from Mr. Gallatin have
-endered a proclamation, by the President, un-
,eeessary. We feel the fullest confidence that
all difficulties will be speedily removed, and
,ba, our trade with the West Indies will be
nlaced upon q better footing thangit was pre-
,ious 10 the Interruption.
Besides the ordinary subjects of legislation,
several important measures will occupy the at
,en,ion of Congress, to wit: The Bankrupt
Law; the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal; the
claims Of the surviving officers and soldiers of
he Revolutionary Army; the Judiciary Bill;
The protection of Wooden Manufactures; the
Amendment Of the Constitution, in regard to
he Presidential Election; and the formation Of
ar efficient Government for the Indian Tribes
beyond the Mississippi river. Upon the pro-
bable result of the measures, we offer no spe-
citations, but promise TO keep the public cor
rsc,ly informed of the passing events connect
ed with them. II is he opinion OF many,
that he time ofCongress will be ludiciouslysp-
nropriated, and that the debates will be less
stormy than the last; but it is an opinion in
which we cannon concur. Our present impress
sion is that the great and dying effort of the
opposition will be early made, with a view to
the Virginia and Kentucky Elections, and the
proprie,y of substituting some other Candi-
date in the place of General Jackson. The
Administration, however, has nothing 10 fear.
Ills strong in the confidence of the people,
and so long as its measures are directed, as they
have been to the welfare of the country, that
confidence will increase, let who will be at the
head of the opposing party.
The Legislature Of Virginia convenes this
day. that of Pennsylvania, tomorrow. A part
Of Inc business of each is the election of a
NATIONAL senator TO serve for six years, from the
fourth of March 1927. Mr.. Ingaam, the triend
ofGeneral Jackson, and guardian OF Mr.. Kre.
mer, will probably be elected 10 represen,
PENNSYLVANIA, and il is more than probable
that P. p. Barbour Esq. will take the place
Of Mr.. Randolph. The movements of the
Lod of Roanoke are as secret as his poll
teal motives; but il is said in whispers tina,
he will not return Immediately; thereby secur.
ing a salvo for his own feelings, and . pretex'
for his abandonment by the Legislature.
IL evidences were wanted of the declining
popularity of General Jackson IN Philadelphia
they might be found in the fact, that his parti'
sans deem it indispensably necessary, to esta'
bish additional presses for his support. be
sides the Nep aurora, to be edited by Colone
Duane, proposals have been issued TO publish
a ssmi.weekly paper, under the title OF the
National Palladium. The primary political Oh
fct of the Palladium, is avowed TO be the
election Of the Hero of New-Orleans to the
Presidency. We admire the classic ingenuity
Ofthe proprietors. They hold out the idea
that while the Pennsylvanians support the Pat
hdium, the Faction cannot fall.
An arrival al New-York from Pernambuco
brings accounts that the Am. house OF Kay 8
Bryan stopped payment about the middle o
August. Capt. A. informs that information
had Just been received from the coast OF Africs
that the English had a steamboat on the coast
and had taken 80 sail of Guineaman belonging
10 Bahia, in consequence Of which business was
dull a. tina, place.
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