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Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1829-10-06
Notice.

To Proprieto,s Of Fishing Landings, and
aHothers concerned in Fishing the Shores
ofthe Potomac and other R,vers in tie
vieiniiy, sphere Fish are caught at the re-
gulnr season for putting up.
A MEETING il proposed 10 be- held in AisxandS:a.
"A on the first Monday IN December sexf, At the house
of Wiliom Stuart Team i'o,r Hotei} for the pur-
pose Of making arrangements which may be mutually
beneficial to the proPietos and occupers If the ef-
ent landings in relation p the sale o Y,h the ensuing
season In making This sall, all persons interested ara
espeetfuIy invited to attend. aug2S-eetlseAsaDse.
Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1829-10-06
COMMERCIAL.

FLouR.-Last week the wagon price of Flour was
steady at As IS cts to g. until Saturday, when il was
currently so, and fraction paid Sales
were made during the week, from stores, Of to lSOO
bbls Wharf Flour 90 cash. with the Exception ct
one parcel said have been at fraction under co.
On Tuesday, 500 bbs King street were sold at S 81;
other smaller parcels disposed Of at from Is to
o. and several lots of old King street -four at 90
The news received by the Napoleon, upto 26th Of Au
gust advising Of the unfavorablr state of the weather
in England, had the effect to prevent decline that
would otherwise probably. have taken place, and pro-
duced uuckness in the market Holders generally
demanded 57A on Friday and Saturday. and it is be-
lieved some small parcels sold Saturday at 35
The receipts of King street Flour continue to de-
crease in consequence Of the farmers being engaged
in seeding
Yesterday, the wagon price was very unsettled. at
from As IS to So It closed in the evening at about
so to So The advance is attributable to the effect
the recent intelligence has had the New York mar
kes We heard ofno sales from stores S73 was OF
fered early i'm the day. and refsed the afternoon it
was offered at IS So without meeting with purchaser
Export for the week ending Saturday, Sd instant
2,323 bbls cosstwise.
Quantity inspected during the same period
King street 1899 bbls
Wharf 1857 q" 1873 half bbls
Total 1850 bbls 1873 halfbbls.
Cuur-The supplies of Wheat have been less
abundant, and the article Is more in demand Com,
mon SAMPLES of red are selling at 95 to 96. One small
naree YESTERDAY, of good red brough, 49,; it is be1iev
"a pr;me parcels might command 90 Corn is less
plenty, and would Oily command our quotations -
asst sale was q, 455 Rye is and in demand -
cargo would, at this time, bring highest quota
tion Of so cents Outs has advanced, and alter our
quotations to 3,a S. The retail price is 40 cents
Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1829-10-06
Wanted to Hire,

A T the Episcopal Theological Seminary. Dining.
n room Servant; . Chambermaid; . Washwomin.
and Cook. The servants must bring good recon.
mendaons as to character Liberal wages VIII b- CIV
en- Apply to the Rev Professor Lippet, At the Semi.
nary, or to the Rev. W., Jackson, in Alexandria
oct ~ 3taw2w
Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1829-10-06
PERU:

PERU:
The ship Eliza, Cap'stn Wise, arrived at
Baltimore on Saturday from Gallo, wbence she
sailed on the OH July. Tue u S ship S; Lou
is. Captain Sloa,, for Gu4yaquil, and u S.
schooner Dolphin, Lieut. Ian ginger, for Val.
paraiso, sailed on the ssms day with the Eliza
The y. s. friga,e Guerrero, Com. Thomp on,
was going to San Lorenzo 10 break GU, aud re-
stow the ships hold. Csp'ai w informs the
editors Of the American that when he sailed,
affairs remained Tranquil under the new order
OF things, and that The people were well pleas
ed a, the change Of government. The act pro
hibiiins the importa,io Of Flour and other ar
,icles had been repealed, and II wa. COZ fdently
believed that at The meeting of Congress, which
was to take place in few weeks, the ninety per
cent duties on various articles of import would
be reduced TO thirty per cent. General L. Flu.
enie, the present incumbent of the Pc sid. ncy,
is very popular, and in favor Of low du,its and
the extension ofcommcrce. lie had offered eve
~ assistance in his power, TO renew the work
ing OF the mines, and il wassupposed IN t they
would be in operation BY D crmber. Pizarro,
secretary Of State. was banish.d from Peru, and
had gone TO Chilli.
Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1829-10-06
NEW YORK uARKHr-,ero,r.s 4.

FLoun.-in consequence of the adviccs from Eng.
land, Of probability of injury TO the rps by the wea-
Their, and the small supply market. prices have ad
vanced fully 373 cents per barrel on all descriptions.
GaAlH.-1he advance in Flour, has caused an sd.
vance in Wheat Of from to cents per bushe Choice
Western is selling At 81 ~. lot If Virginia sold at
los los cents: it was Of inferior quality
Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1829-10-06

The Nav ORLEANS correspondent Of the
Norfolk Bacon, under date of Sept. s, informs
The EDITORS Of that paper that the City CONT
nu's extremely sickly-as many as from ninety
10 one hundred dying weekly. The surround
ing Country, also. is very sickly.
Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1829-10-06
DIED,

Yesterday afternoon, Mrs CATHARINE GRAr, IN the
s6th year other age The friends and acqnsntaices OF
the deceased respectfully invited to attend her III
neral, from the residence of Mrs Catharne Violet on
King street, This 9f.ernooa al O'eloek
Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1829-10-06

',OubI-s,,.' "Amed Smith. who has long been very
aid 70 The parochial officers in London. has, il
The gas, had verdict given in his favor against
nualEy "uia Company for f70. 600, and $1,000 an
Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1829-10-06

,nonenls. Rumor, ever ousy IN suCh
''u mr. brings a report tina, $4,000 have been
'' Government by one con,rac,-a SUM
w. s..s !, these days Of reform and economy,
IA more than pay for all the newspapers
n.,ribed for BY the last corrupt, and stopped
-. D,esent pure Administration. All the
.-s connected with this subject will, We
1.,o,. in due time, be brought before the
~. as Me. BRADLEY is not the man 10 make
..h assertions without having the means Of
o,ooC.
p,,,bere are other things 10 be taken into
=. ..,oon, when we speak Of the Post Office
n..,,,ment. We refer to the frequen, and
.,,5,lous overcharges Of le,ters-,o the sys>
- ofes,ionage which, there is too much rea-
=, n fear, i, exercised over political cores
.l.ncs--and 10 the general removal which
=, ling of all Post Masters who have no,
,,u,d The knee to Baal.
Tie FIRST is designed 20 increase the revenues
/ ,r,s. Department; auG The strained construc-
ian # The laws, for the purpose OF conceaiing,
.,1e, legal right, the frauds Of the Depar,-
,.r, makes il almost intolersbe. Any Posi-
Master has the power, now, Of flching from
=. p,ckets OF our citizens; and If the design is
40, exposed before the eyes, perhaps, OF one OF
NJ, fellows, the law is made 10 sanction the ex-
or,ion /, is fAcr, tina, the overcharges Of
.uers are now more frequent than they ever
we're h4fore. In some instances, the frasd is
oDsn and palpablc- Where there is the least
doubt abou; the letter, according TO the new
yv,,lm Of things, ,ae highest charge is pu, up
m it, and the receiver is 10 take his chance Of
5,n, cheated or not, as the case may be! Ye,
hi. is the work of the returning" Adminis-
ator and, of course, ii is all right!
Tha, the police" Of The Department over
,oliea! correspondence is strict, begins TO be
,.y manifest. How DO all those letters which
IA. writer's never meant for any one besides
those 10 whom they were directed, leak our?-
And for wha, other purpose than this, is the
.nyely Of the Department, to have every petty
| ?n OF in the country filed with its friends,
10 Je isaceL! rs soon as the system is COM
2s'y,Fe shall have an organized band ii poll
lc. Pos, Masters, who, having sworn tealty to
u: powers ,ha, be-" viii be ready to aid
hem in almos, any manner that can be named.
When the present Posr MATER GENERAL
catered upon The ischarge OF his duties, we
coEiess We hoped and expected different, far
different course. He has disappointed Us much
He bis responsibility on him, which, il abus
ID, will crush him 10 the earth. The diguiied,
upright, aud impartial official conduct Of his
predecessor, has lent name 10 the station
which should he preserved. IfMr. BARRY con,
,sOs to make his Department party machine,
ne may triumph for time; but II is as sure as
night follows day, that the result will be con-
fusion, modification, and disgrace.
Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1829-10-06
German Linens

n bales No. Burlaps
Z do No. 3 do
6do No 5 do
5 do No do
lido No 0 do
Received per ship Johannas from Bremen, wa Ba''''
more, and for sale by s. MEsshho"'"
Litchfield enquirer., 1829-07-02

IRs Ksy Vest Msrder.-In the latest ac- counts from Key West, some new particulars are communicated relative to the causes of hostility between the late Mir. M'Rea and Captain Hawkins. It appears that these gen. tlemen had long been at variance, arising from an illicit intercourse between M'Rea and the wife of Captain Hawkins. Previous to discovery of this, Captain Hawkins had em- Ployed M'ReA aS counsel In m some very i'm Portalt lAw case then and seill pending in the covered M'ReA,s intimacy with his wife; a,
Litchfield enquirer., 1829-07-02

By the census recently taken in South Car olina, it appears that in the city and suburbs ot Charleston, there is a decrease in the white population since l8l9. of between six and seven hundred-thc number in 1879 being ls.7O6, and at present l7.2O2. The reason as- signed is thealmost entire assertion of the up- per part of King-street, section of the dis trict which was exceedingly p0pulous and thri- wing at the period when the last census was taken. In the country parishes there has gen. erally been an increase.--MeTc. AdC.
Litchfield enquirer., 1829-07-02

6ik efike Queen Of Spain. Capt. Snow. sok lie shEp States, arrived at Baltimore, on alek8d insfAnt, from Gibralter, mentions the
 fepkt of the death of the Queen of Spain.- Thilnews was received from Madrid the day
 tlathe sailed from GibraIter, t24th May.)-
 Minltn guns were firing the whole day, and the &stIe and chipping flags were half mast. -Capt Snow came of without any papers.
Litchfield enquirer., 1829-07-02

IHe Afoorish Prince.-We have seen. says the Journal of Commerce, letter from Prince Abduhl Rhahaman, lately slave in Mississippi, dated Monrovia, Colony of Libe- ria. Africa. April 18th. He ascertained that his relatives in Tromb0o are still the reigning family of the country and is able, by means Of travellers to transmit or receive communi- cations in the space of i5 days, My broth er," he says " is the present King, having been enthroned three years since; and his magni- 6cent and placid qualifications endear him to all his subjects" He expresses the deepest sympathy Tor his children who are still in slavery in Mississippi, and says their enan- cipation would be paramount to every other consideration"
The Delaware register, or, Farmers', manufacturers' & mechanics' advocate. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1828-1829, 1829-10-17

authority turned Of course, fabrication Still 1t
was generally acknowledged by all pesons except those who
ware most competent Judge of it, that would be nice
match; the gentleman not toe DID, and the lady was
not too young hate mentioning ages after people get be-
yond that uncertain time of life which called certain
ape' 70 shall compromise the NATTER by giving the sum
total Of both their ages leaving IT, may chance, to the
saeacy gaanty of my reader TO adjust the difference in
such proportions may the aforesaid declaraton
that the gentleman old the lady young
SIR Frederick, then, exactly - Mrs Fitzroy within
three months of -; which, by the simple rule of addition
will be found give the ont-sock amount Of ninety
throwing in the lady's quarter of year.
Sir Frederick Trehearn had two sons George and Edward
and one daughter, Emily Edward the elder, and of
course the title and estate George miserable
cripple consequence of accident which befe him in his
infancy OF Emily, every thing is told when is said she
was not ugly and shorts not natured, and stupd
not too fat and pae not laxative, and
grave To complete her negative character however, must
be added she not the affirmative of any of these
tves fact she of those girls of which million
are according pattern every years and which would
hardly be fair consider the workmanship of Natures
ouneynen even, but rather of her apprentices; while the
mould which she cast must certainly have been in
ever since Adam and Eve driven of Paradise There
is no more marked difference between of these wo-eg
qed human machines and the mob of Others than there
between one whte-heat cabbage and another between
half dozen blue and white cups, belonging the
set.
ITO be- concludcd.l.
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Etymology of the word Milc.-In the Hindoostar
ITO be concluded.

Etu,noloey of the word Mle.-In the Hindoosanee,
as well in the Persian and Arabic languages,
hNile'' Neil" or " Neel,'' means blue. 60 Neil
ahau'' is the blue cow,--an animal most of us have
seen in Europe, though native of Asia Neil-panee
is blue waer and in Hindoostanee is applied to any
mass of deep water. great intensity depth Is
implied by the word kolla," or "kala,'' black,
"kaa- panee," or the black water,' which is the
name given in Hndostan to the great ocean, over
which the English pass, say the natives, in going 10
and coming from Europe Now here we have the
term OF idea blue, black, applied by Asiatics to
water when congregated in great quantities. and we
shall see by and by the same idea and word Neil
imported by Arabian merchants into central Africa
and applied all the large rivers of which they have
any knowledge in that country The natives of India
generalize in the way and they call the river
Indus, not only Kaa-panee or the Kaa-sinde, but
they give il the descriptive generic of Nile
The people on its banks, | am told, call it the Nile,
using the definite article to express their great river,
in the same way as an Arabian geograpber would
call our Thames tie Nile of England, while the Sew
ern and the Humber would be called each Nile
The denitive article is used in Egypt by the natives
when speaking of their Nile and once heard ma
tive of Hndoostan, who had travelled good deal,
call the Ganges the Nile;' in all which cases moth
ing more was meant than great or blue river The
Sacusans call their largest river the Cyane, from It's
deep or blue waters in short, Cyane means Neil
panee" Ovid personifes and makes the Cyane all
over as blue as indigo. BY the way Neil is the Hin
doostanee word for indigo.
The chief river in Ethiopia is called Bahr 81 Az
REX, or the Blue River Here, then, is another Nile:
and thus it that the early geographers in speaking
of large river In Central Africa, called it by the
general name of "Nile p while of the Arabi-
an writer's, fully of the true meaning and gen
era use of this term, called the river of which we are
speaking, the Nile of the Negroes by way of dis
tnction. l will here just remark, that the name OF
Niger is unknown both to the Arabian geographors,
and to the natives of Central Africa. We have fur
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her exemplfcation of the force of the word Nile
Or Neil, ca contrdrio, from opposed name being
given to the upper part of the Egyptian river which
is called there Babi Abiad,' or White River, to
mark its whlte shallow, foaming amongst rocks
in conradistnction to the deep blue Nile, which
it becomes lower down. Park, unconsciousIy catch
ing the descriptive language of the country in which
he had been for sometime, first seeing the Gambia
or some large branch of it, rolling under the noun
tain which he STOOD calls it the Black Rioer; :
and he also speaks of the plain which extends from
the Faeme to the Black River
Major Denham gives a notable instance of the gen
eric application of the word Nile and only won
der that the question he records did not awaken his
tenon to the fact, that Nile was the general appel
atve of all large rivers and not of specific one on
ly. 81 had before been asked,' says Major Denham,
IF the Nile not in England p the real meaning
of which was, Have you no Nile or large river, in
England?' But Major Denham, not so understanding
it, said No, the Nile is not in England Now il
this Moor were literary man, and kept, as Major
Denham did, an account of his travels quite i'm
agine such entry the following in his journal
"On such day met white called Major
Denham, a man of courage, discretion, and truth
he, like all the other travellers from his country, which
far in the North inquired constantly for great riv
er, calling it the Niger, name we know not of-but
it is clear that they all want to great riDer.-
From this conclude that they have great river in
his country, called England indeed, | asked him,
and he said there was none. | suppose, therefore,
that his country must be dry, bad country, not like
ours watered by Nile and begin to suspect, that
these white men want to discover a country where
Niles to be found, that they may leave their own
deserts, and come and live by our deep waters.' Now
after all, such conclusion the part of the Moor
would be about as fair we have come to on
the subject.
Of the word or name Quorra, QuoHo, Kowarra, and
others slmiar applied to the Niger, and apparently !
to other rivers, can give genealogical account;
am assured by competent Orientalist and Arabic
Scholar that il is not Arabic word, traceabe to
tine Sanscrit, Persian, Hindosanee. | conclude.
then, that is African given by the natives,
but evidently used, by what Park, Denham and Clap
perton say, in general sense, and applied to any
large river, the word Nile is and if so, we shall
have here another instance of the generalization of
word by the natives which travellers have per-
ceved, but have taken the word Guerra, Quol
la, Ko,oarra (for they a the same) for the spe-
cifc of the river the banks of which they |
we're standing, about which they talking
Donkins Dissertation the Course and probable Ter
mination Of the Niger.
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Cotton for Oakum- has recently been ascertaned by
course of experiments makes better material for
cakng vessels than hemp Here then our cotton plan
tiers NAV look for another market for their great
pie supposed that sixty tons of hemp used annually
for cakng public vesses the quantity used for merchantmen
is not known Mr. Davis his letter the Secretary of the
NAVY states that the of hemp oakm has laid the seeds of
dry rot the mbers of which never known to be
the case when sound cotton used-Proudence Journal
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cry advantage the pure plumbago is found to give
This done, the prepared substance is applied with,
camelhair pencil, either in state of powder or mix
ed up with drop or two of pure spirit of wine. 1t
readily adheres to the surface of steel pivot as well
as the inside of the hole in which it runs, that the
rubbing surfaces are longer one metal upon ano-
ther, but plumbago upon plumbago. These surfaces,
by their mutual action, speedily acquire polish only
inferior that of the diamond, and then the rearda
ton of the machine from friction is reduced almost to
nothing, and wear and tear from this cause is totally
prevented. An astronomical clock, made by MIR
Herbert of which the pvots and holes, and teeth OF
the escape-wheel had been covered their rubbing
parts with fine plumbago fourteen years before, was
not long ago taken to pieces by Committee of the
Society of Arts and examined the surfaces OF plum
bago were found to be for the most part unbroken and
highly polished, and neither the pvots sockets APP
peared on examination with high magnifers, to have
undergone the slightest degree of wear.
gentleman who lives in the lower part OF this
State informed us, few days snce that he has used
pumbago altogether, the axles of his carriage, for
several years. II is said, that if the axles and BUSH
es of the wheel be true, carriage may safely be run
one hundred and fifty miles with once using com
position of black lead mixed with lard, or tallow.--
Tie same gentleman says it is used in nearly all the
mills and machines the lower country, where there
is much friction 1t may also be used, advantageous
~ for painting the roofs of houses, by mixing it with
rosn and oil, and then applying it, Three coats of
it, thus prepared will render wood almost fire proof
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At the late term of the Supreme Court at Spring
field, IMass) Mr. w. S. Lowing was fined Jf0e han-
dred dollars for violating the sepulchres of the dead
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From the Raleigh Register
NORTH CAROLINA BLACK LEAD.

y.
PlumbdgO or Black Ledd--In Professor Olmsted's
Geological Report he states that he has read of
any Mine of Pumbago which compare in extent
with that discovered in this county 1t is only of
very great extent, but the itself is of very supe
rior quality. 1t is however, comparatively of small
value, owing to the limited use that is made of it. We
trust, however, that later it may be found
advantageous to manufacture this article among our
selves. Every fresh instance therefore, of the to
which it may be applied, should be made known for
the benefit of the public. 1t is stated in late Lon
don paper, that the application of to the works of
clocks and watches, is likely to supersede oil. The
pumbago is prepared by repeatedly grinding and
washing it over. by which the gritty particles
that occur even in the best black lead are removed
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Repenue collected at BoSton-The Boston Patriot states
the revenue upon imports and tonnage secured that port,
the current year, ending LIST October, at 667be
ing only 1929, 267 less than last year.
THE me pape says-The duties the Teas alone import
ed in the ship Alert arrived Sunday last from Canton,
amount TO upwards of 100000 dollars of which house
pays about hundred and ten thousand dollars is the
most valuable cargo of imported into this district for FIVE
wears The duty the during that period
The duties the whole cargo amount to upwards of 10000
dollars.
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From the New York journal of Commerce.
CIRCUIT COURT-WEDNEsDAY.

Hancock Us Bhss.-Ths action to recover the
amount of promssory for $4,000 1t appeared from
the testimony that the defendant had been merchant in
Boston, where he contracted the debt but had failed twice
his removal TO this CITY, Some time ago, the note was
it. but hoped the plaintiff the subject This
remark contended equvalento an acknowledgment
of the debt by the defendant which action could be
sustained The counsel for the defendant pleaded the statute
of limitations and the nsuicency of the observation to
acknowledgment The charge OF Judge Duer
inclined towards the plaintiff but the jury returned verdict
for the defendant.