Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1828-01-31
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.,-asn.y MORNING, JANUARY 81, 1888.

~. mi, Brilliant arrived at New York on
!. o7,h inst. after r0yase OF Us days 'r0"
ga. and s. from Rio de Janrlro. Mr.. Allen,
,,.U {. Minis,er, came passenger on board
r.sre was no political news !, Rio OF Inn
49,, and no prospect OF peace with Buenos
,..os But one opinion was entertained OF the
t.le,,r,s sDeech in dissolying The Congress
-, WIS. that the opinion he expressed Of
,os,pc, Of peace, was altogether russ
The editors Of the New York Gazette con-
.,oa with j passenger, who informed them
/ :, VAS reported al Rio, and generally be-
- that the Brazilian corvette Maria Isabel,
I'.,,.r,, the Steamship Roher Fulton, OF New
York had been captured off Rio Grande, BY
a,rros Ayrean 2rivatccr brig commanded by
Preucsnan, named Tonnare, after hard
,..,, .c,Ion. Il was surmi1ed at Rio that II
he should get safe into port, that Admiral
q.,.,, ,,ould make her his FIRST Nag snip, aad
- ,ucb injury 10 the Brazilian commerce.
The same gentleman who gave this inf'rma-
49,, ,,so informed them hat he convsrs' d With
,f,i,pd :, Rio who had just arrived here from
,,,,,,,;,o He learned ftom him that seri-
49,. air;-nl,v had occurred there between the
Coys,nuenr and the Briti,h Off ers on thai
,,,,;,, craving out Of disturbance which
mex Mace a. .hr thratre between an English OIL
scsr and i cl,z.u of Valparaiso. II appears
hat oaarrel osy between them, in the course
,lu,;cb The officer struck the Chilian, when
he soldiers were immediately Called IN one
,,,bem advanced towards the officer and touch.
d him with his bayonet; the latter immediately
drew pistol from his pocket snd shot the SOL
der dead on the spot. This iei 10 the lmme>
a;,e arrest of all the British officers then IN the
bo,.se, who were forthwith conducted TO pri-
sop, The mex, morning Sir john Sinclair, the
BRITISH Admiral, and Mr., Nugen', the Consul
General, applied 20 the Governor tor the re-
ease Of the officers, but in sonrequence OF some
delay in giIng them up, the marines attached
70 ,Ac SOU ,dron then in port, amounting 10 Sc
raral hundred, were twice landed, and 'ppear>
IN, e. were, for ;he NONE mt, quite threatening.
The officers were, however, eventually re-
,e,sed, when the one VINO killed the soldier was
Given ~ by tine itish Admiral to the Civil
NJ nor; les o. Valparaiso for trial, and the
VII lie fir was under investigation a, the las,
a, counts We learn that great excitementwa as
pr. duced at time, and general massacre
II the foreign residents was anticipated.
- -, hoye re.
:srycd from Havana their regular file Of the
"Noici1so Mcrcanlil," TO The 18th inst. inclu>
si,e.
Among The articles Of Cuba production, en-
ported lrom Ha, ana, in tbr month Of December
last, We notice s,l47 boxes sugar; 10000 aro-
las Of roF',; 20 DO wlx, Sc. &c.
Tnc Gtiowing IS a custom house regulation.
"Cousisuees Of vessels viii. from the ist
INST. be allowed 80 hours after their arrival, TO
preSeu; their mante,ts al the custom-house-
Bu tn s. vessels which arrive after 2 O'Clock,
lhe hour for closing that office, will be allow d
- h ,urs counted from o'clock The sue, ed
Iug day; and any infr4cl on # his regula ion +.
WI bt punished with the utmost severity of
he law"
The Southern Recorder, printed in Nil.
edgrSi!!e Georgia, aud firm supporter of
Gen Iackson's professions to the Presidency,
admits that MIR. Cla}'s offence exhibits an
imposing mass Of tesrimony tina, mus have
It's weight on uuprejud;oed mlnds," and ad Is,
ithat II will go far towards relieving his char
a't"r from the suspicious under which il has
- long suffered"
From the Leesburg Genius of Liberty.
NE nserehens and property holders of the to,rn of
israndriG
NENTihNFN!-i have Geen wishing for a
mouth past, TO drive nv wagon with aour
from The neighborhood Of Lecsburp 10 your
-owG, but il is imD,s,ibe m on, r.,r. H.,