Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1827-11-08

hunters over the Rocky mountains, 10 the SHORES
of our ocean o.. fool, carrying nothing, oa'
themselves, prac,sed lakewood men, and SUD-
sis,iur on FIRE that would hardly sustain sayag-
&c they were twenty four months from Inc
mouth of the Missouri TO The time oil their re-
tsrn. How different is the case now. Arrivals
from tina. place by that river, the mountain ca
nal. and our river, are often short oil twenty
DAVIS. We recently noticed the arrival OF La
DIV in this city from New York. 1t was an IN
land water excursion, not much exceeding SIX
thousand miles. She came by the HUDSON, the
New York canal, The Lake, the Ohio canal, the
Ohio, the Mississippi, the Missouri, the noun
tain canal, and the Columbia. She was oPu-
lent, whimsical, nervous, fancied herself SICK,
and took the within Of this trip for change OF
scenery and air. She had her state-room and
her servants TO herself, all the way; and did not
rise from her couch during the passage, we
are happy to learn, that the effect o! the excur-
sion has been favorable 10 her spirits. She
strengthens upon the sea breeze Of the Pacific,
and already attends balls, parties, and The the
atre.
At the commence ment of this century, hsto.
~ bears melancholy testimony, that there
was no such thing as union, peace, and good
feeling among the various religious den0mlna-
lions. a vast deal Of clean paper was bloted
and ink shed, in religious disputes, because the
disputanls were prohibited, by the laws and
public opinion, from shedding blood. And
what were the points about which they dispyl'
ed! Why, generally matters Of this sort-Whe-
Their contingency be substance or an accidents?
Whether the third Heaven be in latitude $50
9 81, or $50 So? Whether pre- science makes
, p,,, ~, chine Crpe aSent2 w hpthPr a
man can be compressed with all the omnipo-
tence of destiny; and yet have perfect freedom
Of &c ton? And grea: deal about kai, and To-
Cos, and ouneka, and thousand other points
Of equal importance, Of which these a@e fair
specimens Every one has beard Of the. grand
meeting Of Representatives Of all the Christian
churches in the world, which recently assem-
bled in the venerable city Of the birth place OF
our RedeemcT. All our readers will be delight
ed to hear, that il broke up, after long session
Of solemn inqui:y, and reei2roc alton Of every
affectionate and Christian ofiice,by rec ommend-
ing, as the motto and formula of all Christians
under Heaven, these words: Glory 10 God IN Tie
highest; on earth peace and good ,ciH 10 men. Our
heart swells with pleasure as we record, that,
in China, containing nearly half the associated
population Of the globe, thousand churches
Of the Redeemer are already founded, on each
one Of which this sublime motto is inscribed.
AT that time, there was but one canal of any
Importance in our vast Republic. They are
now too common even in our State, to be nam
ed as matters Of curiosity. Canals and rail
roads are every where substituted on our lead
ing routes, for the ancient modes of travel and
TRANSPORT. A package transmitted from Bos-
ton to this city, now costs less freight, and sus-
tains less risk and damage, than would former
ly have been incurred in its transport from the
Northern 10 the Southern extremity Of one OF
the Siates.s. ktthat time we numbered seven
millions Of inhabitants. Ws--nows RHHis.rfi;o,
:, VIC are all as one man, and
We ca"- b"t we are both too strong and loo
proud 10 boast We need only saw ,b,, ,hs
most earnest patriot could not wisl, to see ~
more e"ur'ed by he nations than we arc { !
nv that Tune, balloon assembled from :, c;,,
WIN man, and sometimes lady with hin g
ne whole city greeted them with aecI,m,,;',,s
,h'', 'ne shouts would no longer reach them in |
ne heights They moved few leagues a, tho
port OF the winds, and generally landed IN.
ORE 81 or a quagmire. Now the balloon ~ ,nan
geo and directed, aseasily in the air a. LIN
IN The water We rranspor, our distan, ,n sni"
men, and trip from ibis city to C,n,or
balloon, excites no more notice ,b,n ,n
epartsre OF a steam boat '''"" '"e