Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1826-08-19

pufus King, Esq. our ia'e
= and family, arrived at New-fork on Tues
= evening, in the ship Aeasta, from cowes.
gay "a. s..l,b IS said to be much impaired, though
~" hot better than when he left England.
81 adyices from New-Orleans to the 27th uit'
;,c;usive, have been received at New ! ork'-
The Bank of Louisiana, on the Gath, declared
,,,;dend Of per cent for the last half year.
Brig Francis, from Providence, with cargo
\ .,;ms look fire in the hold on the 2lst, and
80, scutsled and destroyed.
4 The death Of Mr.. Jefferson was announced IN
+. Civ on the.24th. The shipping were dress
- n mourning, guns were fired from sunrise
- ,rrses, and the City Council assembled to
,.te into considera,iopihe most suitable man.
,sa 70 nav due honor to the deceased.
rhs chillicothe Supporter of the 10th inst.
.,oouoces ALIEN TRrMBLE, Esq. as candidate
c,r me Guberna,orial chair of Ohio; and says,
~ authority, that Gen. Duncan Macarthur de-
Lines being considered candidate for any OF
sce whatever at the ensuing election.
gentleman of Frederick county, Md. in a
,o,e 70 the Editor Of the Examiner states, that
~ the 22d ult. his daughter was bitten on the
ankle By copper head snake, the bite of which
is considered fully as dangerous as that ola rat
IL. snake. The mouth of a common glass bot
lie. Sled with whiskey, was applied to the
wound for three quarters of an hour, and when
taken away the poison was found to be nearly
sllextracied. The poison was distinctly seen
passing from the wound into the bottle. A per-
Zee, cure was effected ty this simple remedy.
Mobile papers 10 the goth ult. have been re-
c.;7ed at New York, giving the agreeable infor-
5oa,ioo. that orig one new case OF yellow fever
xpas reported during the week preceding the "a
Snce date: and only one or two deaths had oc-
carsed for the same time. A great number OF
families had senoved from the city--many OF
anonn had gone 70 Ne,o Orleans.
a meeting was held in New-York on Wed
aesday evening last, for the purpose of deli'e-
rating upon The best means to procure pecunia-
~ aid for the american Colonization Society
The brig Day, from Marseilles, arrived yes
Serdav. was boarded on the Goth June, in lat
IS. 81, long. 8, by the Colombian armed brig
FL Vencedor, from the coast Oh Africa, where
she had captured three guineamer, viz: the brig
ia Teresa, ofo guns and As men, and the schrs.
la ?rueyba and Horsnsia. The FL Vencedor,
ic company with The Colon. armed schr. va
eiatha, also the GoveFnour of Cape Measurable.
mad met with considerable resistance from the
Spaniards and French at Trade Town, Africa
They had armed the natives for the purpose OF
preventing The Colombians taking off the Spa
nish property deposited in the stores, and to
prevent the Governour from receiving the ne
groes that had been taken from the commercial
settlement and sold as slaves. The Colombian
Government Soldiers were Obliged 10 burn the
iown, as the houses were cover for the enc
sny's Ere. The Yacintha lost2 officers on the
coast, by fever: Mr.. Edward Pampileon and
SheimunGine. The Ell V. lost two at the Ca
ilaries by duelling, Wm. w. Kerrison and Jo-
Seph S. Almeda; these excepted she has lost
none of her complement. The FL V. intends
cruizing off the coast of Europe, having COM
pement Of 90 men. Ne,c- York. .Advocate.