Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1829-08-07
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ceived in relation to the reported hostility oil the
Creek Indians :,
The Uniontown papers say that the Pennsyl-
vania Canal will no, be completed; and ina, me
business men a, Pitlsburg place their Chief re.
lance on the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal.
We learn that The President and Directors Of
the Baltimore and Susquehanna Rail Road
Company have appointed EBENEzER l.. FINLEY,
ESQ. to deliver The Ora,ion on the interesting
occasion Of laying the corner stone OF that great
work.
George Howard, Of John E. Esq. has de-
elined standing poll for Congress in the dis
,ri,t composed of Anne Arundel and Prince
Georges counli,. and The city Of Annapolis.
The editor of the Baltimore Patriot, in noii-
cling the number OF barns that have been set
on FIRE by the electric fluid, observes, II IS a
well known fact that barns are IN more danger
for he frs, few weeks after the grain has been
housed, than airy other season OF The year, on
account Of The sweating process, the vapour
arising therefrom operating as conductor TO
the fluid"
Tn. French Minister OF Foreign Affairs stat.
ed la.ely, IN the Chamber OF Deputies, mat me
" disorders and miseries OF all kinds, OF when
Portugal VS. The scene, engaged the most sc
TN, Courts ha, are more Immediately Interests
ed in The fate If that kingdom"
We unders,and Ina, several Of The principal
stage owners in New England have IL in con
temp alton To ron 'rne OF stages daily between
Bai,imore and Washir g,or-Ihe horses 10 bf
of H.. most valuably kind for that purpose, and
the coaches in a superior New England style,
so tn, I'll IS, rate line " i'll acc ommodale pas
singers u s. Gns.
ihe Rosor Pa,s riot of Saturday says"
friend VINO lives q, he western part OF the CITY
Informs us ,ha early ytser'm he observed
a large nuanber Of toads as hig as . nutmeg,
hopping very ljvrly bout The streets, and
wrich. if they c. me down in The rain, Ga matter
of some doub appeared 10 have lost none Of
their ACTIVITY by heir descent
To- D,uoi, G,zcue safes that five or six
Potoua,omi- Ind,an,, broke in,o toe house OF
MI Jorn B ,dwin, IL mics east from BEARD
sley's PraIrie s'abb,d him in several places,
and as they supposed l.f' him for dad. A
letter to Gov { IS, fr.m the attending physl-
clan states shat Nj. b. though badly wounded:
would 'ecover.
NJ. Hanson Nj. Har', who was lately
rem wed from the Gus on House II Ports
mou,h, ivy Col. Drcaru,. 6erduse tie ne,cspapere
contained scuriious paragraphs. adseriis-s III the
las Commercial Advertiser, that lie is ALIVE
AND XII, KING
/ RAIL ROAD VS. CAsAL-Mr. Johnson con
Guided h,s argument in reply to the Counsel OF
the Chesapeake and Ohio Cans! Company, on
ouTned till Monday Hf, close ' aSu co1. az:
reasoning, il is believed, will induce The Coun.
sci for the Canal Company to ask leave re-
JOIN. Mr.. fancy commenced, on Monday, his
reply on behalf OF The Rail Road Company.
| Bali Ga-.
Mr.. JOSEPH SIMMONS, the oldest, inhabItant
Of 'he city "f Annapolis, departed this life on
Sunday evening last, al the moment Inc Church
bell toled for three O'Clock that hell which
for time immrmorial he mad himself 'ollcd
regularly five or six times every day. There
lives not this da,. a native Of Annapolis, uay,
hardly any one that has ever dwell amongst, or
S journed within our borders, that will not,
on meeting this melancholy ho,e, recall the
well known sound Of our church bell, and The
striking figure Of the old man tina; has so pune
usll> luead' to The precise moment OF rim
ging re h"ur, ever since the oldest of US can
remember.
SEIZURE We understand (says the New.
York Jonrnal 81 C"mmercc) ,ha. a seizure was
hs had b. en- struggled into this city from on
board Europa. vessel. The properly libel
led consists ot several frs rate gold watches,
precious s,r"es rings s., Sc TO a very large
'mopnI S'stisl p,rons supposed 10 have
been Engaged in the rams, ion, have been arr
s ed. Some Ut TIL m Lave given bail in $4,000
, rch
CoTroN SEED OIL The king Of Oil from
C"to" Seed, Is b. c"m,ng IN important bu.I,
ness "a the South In-VIrg MIA, mac hiene ha
been invented 10 has IN n! assis' The process
OF obtaining TIE Oh By careful calculation
il Is esiIrna I'd hat III re is annual, sufficient
surplus SEED in The United States 70 max as
much Oil IS will, at so Gems gallon, come to
6 100000 dollars.
BRoNcHoToMY.-Th windpipe Of child 10
months Old, il Fryrhorg, who had been strsn
gled with piece Of meat, Was opened lately by
DR. Barrows, OF that town, and The obstruction |