Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1827-10-30

gk' L. LA-ANNf'
~.,;ooea. in the above %nolice, for The purpose
.,,, ,rin,ipg two delegates 10 represent SAID
,,i in The Convention 10 be held in the
r.ru rRichmond. on the sscoad Tuesday in
,.y.,v aeri. In Publishing the above, you
vii ,oige many Of your friends and suhserio'
cs in rAiHfAA ~0'
,crs S;yDs.-A Convention Mas 10 have been
Ia ~ the Republicans Of Jefferson county,
Nv York, on Saturday last, 10 take such mca-
,,r,s as nigh, be decmrd most 'xprd'eri to
.,,n,e The nomination aud selection ofDe Witt
=, ,,oo IS President Of The Uuiled ) aies The
h.,rds of Mr. Clinto1 insist upon II that he
oil degrade himself by entering into COM
,s,riop viii JoaN c, CALHOUN Tor The Vice
Pt.ideacy.
We publish this morning he proceedings OF
tie great Au jackson meeting held ON the
,d inst in the Ciy If Richmond. A letter to
Oh, Ed tor Of the Natl nal Journ al sass that
II. gre test talen,s of the S ate were in at
,.,d,n.e and tre number Of the hoary head
ID Fathers pr sent added q solemn!ty 10 the
.cere which cannot be des rI7ed. From ano-
br letter to Il gentleman III Washington the
allowing extracts are made
r,,r,cts ufa / ctter from RiChmond, dated 9th Oc-
tober.
You viii learn with pleasure that we held an
Arl-Jacksam meeting III this city last evening,
jug, Cabclt acting as chairman, and MIR. &
P dtton Secretary II WAS truly the most
anne,oas md respectable meeting ever he'd
h,r on anv occasion wnatsvtr The Rev. Ino.
Er,r, Formerly a member Of Congress, Chap
ma J.hnsou, and Mr.. Call, were sppolnted
JgIeya',s ro rhe Convention in January The
d. Republicans OF the City turned out IN u
bon,; and on the corresponding committee YOU
W. End among Others. the name Of Jndge Carr,
Mr. S.anard, Mr. Thomas Rutherford, JidEe
C,1rH. MIR. Rootrs, Gen Harvie, SC Chap
man J,hrsun rode seventy miles Yesterday To
reach the meeting in time, ard he has become
g.lAus and active in his CXrr,iops. ion may
ny u,on Il, that the Convention ball Is NOV
ng rapid'y, and i, is Impossible now In arres.
It, progress. The people are beginning 10 see
,br danger of hazarding their liberties IN the
hands e Gen Jackson; and with a proper un-
dtrgandmg Of the relative merits oil The can
did,res, nut little douoi is entertained by many
COL AMI sagacious men, tha The vote oil Fir-
rr,lrwIII he against the "fiero." The party
here are seriously alarmed at The general move
! me- I Of the neopic, and henCe the bold Sser-
ions of 10, Enquirer, that The objects Of the
C~onenion will fail, and taeir untiring efforts
10 defeat tho measure. The only advantage
,hey a c over Us, is a legislative caucus, 1t
ndcg1 they can get up one which begin TO
doubt.
al forgot to tell you that our meeting consist
,H IT al least 600 persons. The Delegates's
Hall was crowded TO Overlooking, aud many
icurr,d Who could not get m"
AN the Judges Of the Court OF Appeals at
sNled except Judge Green. Conversions
usvr been made 10 our side IN various and di'
tr,u' parts of the State. | DO not mean to de-
o's Won whenl say. that a very considerable
tbange in favor of the Administration, is every
lay taking place"
The Boston Patriot mentions that a Steering
Hhd has been inyeuted py Mr. Ebenezer Cot
IN 1t NewburyporI, for which he has obtained
patent lis plan is simple and tfhcac'oas
It $50 arranged that it keeps the chain or
ole equally taught when the helm is up or
down, or midships; il leads also perpendicular
70 The shive, so that il cannot ride upon the
barrel of the wheel. Experienced nautical men
lave pronounced il tn be Of The FIRST utility, and
'tesideratum long sought for. They are Tor
BY Mr.. Moses Pearson, Newbury port,
ron Tie Baltimore Commercial Chronicle, netober ~
1t Becomes our mournful duty TO record the
D'a'h Of the Right Reverend JAMES kEMr,
y d. late Bishop Of the Protestant Episcopal
NAa'eh in Maryland; and Provost OF the Uni
"'''y OF Maryland, who departed this Lille yes
Nuay At about a quarter past i o'clock, I. W.
lie meekness with which this distinguished
'"ne bore his high faculties, had endea'ed
"am a peculiar manner TO those whom FRO
'aence had placed under his pastoral CHARGE
'adi his uniformly un~assumiag department,
'G upright conduct, rendered him the object
profound respect, on the part Of those with
"aOm he acted in the general intercourse OF
az Asthe head Of the Church over which ne
~ called 10 preside in this Diocese, his loss