Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1827-03-15
AHsdENANDBIAs
THURSDAY MORNING, MARCH 1 S, 1927.

The reader may see in previous column,
partial report Of one Of Captain Symmss's Lee
lures on his new Theory. 1t will be found
particularly interesting to those who attend the
lectures of Mr.. Reynolds.
A late letter from Trieste gives Intelligent.
of a naval combat having taken place 10 the
south Of the Morea, between the frigate HeIlas
built at New-York for the Greeks. and an Otto.
man fleet of small vessels Of war. The frieate
sunk a Turkish schoone: and thirteen large
boats, and then entered Napoli di Romania
amids, the discharge of cannon and the acela.
nations of the people.
The good Lafayette has written to friend
in Philadelphia, for the purpose Of contradict.
ing the report which was lately circulated in th.
country, that he had been much annoyed with
pecuuiary applications from American travel.
lers. He says-"It is no such thing: have N.
yer been called upor in that way" Such base
SANDER upon the American character ought 10
be traced to its source, and the name Of its au.
thor exposed 10 public scorn.
The Na,iona! IntelIigencer of yesterday, say,
that final disposition has been made, in the
Supreme Court, Of the various questions arts.
ing under Stale lnsolvent Laws, which have
been so repeatedly argued, and SO long under
advise ent. The result is, that where the con.
tract is made subsequent to the law, and is made
between citizens Of the State where the law ex.
lists, a discharge under such law is valid de.
fence; so, also, if made with the citizen of anu
Their State, il such citizen shall chuse to sue,
and the cause proceed to judgmen, in the Courts
Of the State where the law exists. But if the
contract be made between citizen of the State
where the law exists and the citizen of another
State, The party claiming under the eontrac.
may sue in his constitutional forum, the Courts
Of the United States, and discharge under
State Insolvent Law will not bar the action
Asto contracts made before the passage ofsuch
laws, our readers are aware that they are not
held subject 10 the operation Of those laws, even
between citizens of the same State.
The editor of the Newburyport Herald, 10 a.
void an unnecessary history Of the recent rebel
lious conduct of Governor Troup, briefly in.
forms his readers, that His Excellency, the Co.
nsrnor 81 all The Geoygias, has declared WARE
gainst the General Government.
The Pift shin roth Ea,o,,. go. A..
Lady Washington, performed a trip from that
city 10 Nashville. Tenn. and returned, in less
than II days-going in that time $500 miles.
Allowing four days for detention in port and on
the voyages, she must have run 200 miles per
day-one hundred with, and one hundred a.
gainst the current.
We copy from the New York papers of
Monday, summary Of French and Spanish
news as late as The 4th ultimo. The following
remarks, by the Editors Of the New York
Times, seem 10 US to be justly inferabIe from
The present posture Of European affairs.
SPAIN.
The relative position in which Spain NAV
ultimately place Great Britain and France is
II We may credit the latest European accounts.
involved in additional uncertainty. That France
has, Tor considerable period, felt little attach.
ment TO Spain, is easy to infer; but it does not
follow, that lukewarm friend may not be
10 jealous champion, by a third
party, under course Of language and conduct
calculated TO irritate national pride. Such. I'D.
On France, seems to be the effect Of the speech
D. MIR. Canning in the British parliament. pre.
'ious TO his taking part with Portugal, NOR.
nan the fact Of ordering British troops in aid
d The latter country. 1t remains to be seen
whether resentments will be confined 10 the
liberals, who have recently made themselves
audible through Mr.. Chateau brand, and other
eaders OF that party, or will disseminate them.
selves extensively through the nation, more es.
'eclally when we advert to the fact, that the
present minister, Mr.. Villele, carries with him
It'le Of that force of character which is neces.
AIRY to crush an opposition which he is unable
o sppease. We are further to reeollect. thai
Though there cannot exist any strong attach.
nen' for, or personal confidence in, the SPANISH
monarch, the sympathies are powerful which
onnect the various branches of the Bourbors
0rtfied also by the Catholic faith. common to-
9th countries.
we look to another quarter, from which the
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