Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1827-09-14
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,,,n,v MORNING, SEPTEMBER Ia. 1927.

.r,he CITY of Washington for creating Stock,
barring an interest of Jour per centum per an
ann. irredeemabe for thirty years, to an a.
.nonr, adequate TO satisfy the judgment Of the
c.,rsme Court, in favor of CHAsTAIN CLARK,
- nav the grea: prize of hundred thousand
aoIIars in Gillespie's Lottery. The Editors OF
the In,elligtncer, who give us this information,
remsrk, tina, the decision of the Supreme Court
;m,osing this burihen upon the inhabitants oil
Washington, is perhaps, one OF the hardest ca.
ses that ever occurred to any cooperative Body,
and one which was it,le anticipated.
By another Act Of the same Legislative Body,
,yulLIoS OF DOLLARS, has been appropriated
r,r subscription Of Stock in the Chesapeake S
Ohio Canal. J~See the following article
from the Intelligencer Of yesterday.
A, the Session Of the City Legislature, which
has JUS; terminated, an act has been passed, au-
;borizinga subscription OF one million OF dol
I,r, 10 the Stock Of the Chesapeake and Ohio
Canal, Oh The part Of the Corporation OF WASH.
ington.
We congratulate our readers within the Dis
,rict, and elsewhere, interested IN this grea.
work, and all others who rejoice IN the progress
Of Internal improvement, upon this hrst deci
.iye step towards the construction OF this great
cb.nnel. by means Of which, are TO be brought
10 the markets Of this District (and Baltimore
# she be wise in lime, the rich products OF the
mountains and plains Of the almost eoundiess
REGION OF our Western world
This subscription is a serious undertaking
on the part of the City. 1t is one, however,
which can involve no important responsibility,
until the work itself begins; cnd, when begun,
the responsibility is one which is justified by
The advantages which il offers, and by the pros
npct of ample remuneration which il holds out.
Should the work go on, as we cannot now
doubt, 10 the City Of Washington viii Justly
attach the honor OF commencing the work OF
which the great PARROT who gave his own
name to the City was the frs, great protector.
The Lexington Reporter is authorised TO
state that Professor DUDLEY, Of The Transyiva-
MIA School of Medicine, declines accepting the
Prolessorship Of Surgery in the University Of
Maryland, which situation was recently tcader-
ed to him in the mos Aattcring manner.
The citizens Of Fredericksburg and the Cir
cumjacent county OF SpottsylSania, whoioppos-
ed the further elevation oil General jackson, are
10 hold meeting on Saturday the 29th instant,
for the purpose Of electing Delegates 10 the
Convention proposed in the fifth number Of the
"FARMER," whose able essays we have publish
ed. L1udoun county is likewise in notion
Her example will not be without its effect.
Kentucky papers received by last evenings
mail enumeratc all The members Of both Houses
Of the Legislature, giving the preference ofeach
in regard to :he alI-absorbing National Cues
ton. In the Senate, there are TwENTY-oNE
known TO be for the Administration-.he re-
naming SEVENTEEN are counted for Jackson
In the House Of Representatives F1FTY,FouR are
known to be for The Administration, and FoRry
FIVE, among whom are seve:al neutrals, are
claimed by the Jacksonites. Kentucky is there
fore decidedly for CIVIL GOVERNMENT
and for maintenance o. the American System.
Letters from men Of both parties declare,
that had Buchanan's statement arrived before
the election the Administration majority would
baye been overwhelming.
The Nashville Gazette, which is well known
TO be tue organ OF the Hero, and his whites
washing Committee, says that Carter Beverly s
MPERTINENr QUESTION 10 Gen. Jacks
son, "indeated neither good sense no, good b,sSa>
ing" How much less did General Jackson<s
answer, "5sfors all his company" indicate either
good sense, or manly }ssting2 foor Beverly only
barked at his masters bidding, and now he is
cruelty kicked Tor it. Such will soon be the
lot Of Duff Green, and many others not less vile
than he, but more to be pi,ied, because he has
already received a share of his wages, while
theirs were wholly conditional.
Extracts ola letter from highly respectable gentle
nan in Virginia to the Editor OF the Georgetown
Columbian
Il heartily congratulate MIR, Clay, and nope
That the conspirators against him may meet
with that detestation they so Justly merit I'm
1925 in this quarter he had bat few friends;