Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1827-05-05

at time when two courts were in session, and
consequently an unusual throng of people IN the
town Of carbohydrates, Jurors and witnesses
AN attempt was made, by some of Gen. Jack
sons jealous partizans, to get up a meeting in
his favor-it wholly failed; ga similar attempt,
SAYS he, was made at the last August court,
with like success"
We sometimes labor to persuade ourselves
that if the Jackson editors here, had proper
knowledge Of the state Of public opinion thro'
the Commonwealth, they would not so grossly
misrepresent it as they do. That they may not
plead ignorance on this subject, and that the
public may know, if,they continue their misre-
presentations, that they are wilful, we propose
occasionally, to publish some Of the letters we
receive from the various counties in the STATE,
from persons well acquainted, and in the habit
| Of estimating the relative strength Of parties.
In Northumberland county in 1924, the votes
were for Jackson 643, Adams 6, and Crawford
81. There is now no doubt, that in 1928, that
county will give majority for Mr.. Adams.
The JACKSON DEMOCRAT, paper published
in Reading, Penn has been discontinued for want
Of patronage! What has become Of the ffy
thousand fund? Is all expended? BY the way,
the discontinuance of this fierce Jacksonian is
another proof, Of no mean value, that oennsyl-
vania is no, quite willing 10 abandon her manu-
featuring establishments, & her splendid schemes
of Internal improvement for Gen Jackson, or a
ny other Military Chieflain, however proud she
may be of his services.
Extracts from Lisbon papers 10 the 24h Of March,
reeeiued at Boston.
A e. OIL,
contains the following account of the late snow
| storm in that country
."We have had the greatest snow storm ex-
perenced for S5 years, or since 1894. great
many lives and much property are lost; it was
2 O'Clock P. W. before | could enter my store,
or get out of my house. No post has arrived,
no carriages or coaches can go out, and all the
world appears immersed in snow. Such storm
so late in March, is very uncommon in this
country
ESGLAND.-Lord Liverpool, according to the
almost daily report of his physicians, was Ego
ing on we'll" In the report of March 49, it is
remarked that his Lordship does not recover
the use of his speech in the same degree as his
other faculties. In all other respects, his health
gradually improves. On the 18TH it is stated
that he "can now walk without difficulty from
one apartment to another, the use Of his right
leg being in great measure restored to him :"
| Dr.. Lyall, the traveller, has been appointed
by the British government 10 reside at the court
of Radama, King of Madagascar, as physician
and agent, to see to the execution of the treaty
| for the abolition Of the slave trade.
| The report had been again revived, that the
King of England was turning his thoughts to
matrimony.
| At meeting Of Directors of the Bank of
England, March D, a half yearly dividend OF
4 per cent. was declared, In answer 20 an in
quiry by proprietor, the Chairman stated that
the amount Of circulation, including that OF
the branch bank, was 81 millions.
The discovery ship Hecla, Capt. Parry, was
ready to sail from Deptford, March 25, on a
voyage to West Spitzbergen, aad the North
Pole, and was expected 10 take her final depar-
ture from Sbeerness, or the More, the first week
in April. She was to go unatteded by any o.
Their vessel. She has complement of "a men,
and carries provisions for lo months.
lRELAND.-The Archbishop Of Dublin is re-
presented in the Dublin papers as the great &C
tor at the head Of second reformation. He
is an avowed enemy to education and the i'm
provement of the people; and his object is said
10 be the removal of some apprehended danger
in his own church. He is in a state Of the ut
most perplexity, between hatred Of the Catho-
lies anc his fears lest the reformation should
fail to conine itself to the channel in which he
wishes I, TO flow.
The Dublin papers furnish numerous &C
counts Of the riots and disturbances al the
churches where the converts TO Professionalism
were reading their recantatons of the Catho-
lie faith. About 60, in the various counties,
had conformed to the established church; "a
mong them, the Rev. Mr.. Murphy, Of New
Ross, with his father, three brothers and two
sisters.
| In Trinity College, Dublin, on the receipt Of
the news that Sir F. Burdett's motion was re-
jected, the young gentlemen OF Alma Mata par
ticularly distinguished themselves. Five Of the
Fellows, among whom was DR.. Hodgkinson,
the Vice-Proyost, about thirty scholars, and
eight hundred and seventy students, had signed
the petition agains, further concessions. When
the news Of the rejection arrived, the university
was illuminated A figure dressed in black,
and intended to represent Mr.. Punkett, was
brought Suit 1t had two faces under hood,
on one Of which was placard marked "Pro-
testant Ascendancy," on the other another plai