Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1830-06-23
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wsDyEsDaY M0RNISG. JUNE 2s. 1850.

uPDyESnaY MORNING., JUNE %, 1850.
30 Readers of our daily paper will find, this
,nyninr. a column OF miscellaneous matter on
ne first page.
yo blame is to be attached to the Post Office
Washington for the delay in the Transmission
.f,be mail to this place yesterday. The mailbag
",s neglected by the driver OF the stage from the
po.t Office to the Steamboat.
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4pablic dinner has been given by his constr
,osnts 20 Nr. DAVIS, a distinguished tepreseh-
awe from the State ct Massachusetts,.
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Tho General Court formed a quorum IN Rich
nond IN "Wednesday last-Ten Judges being
present.
The United States Circuit Court for the Dis
..;ct Of Ohio will sit in Columbus on Monday,
-Ao 10Th of Jnlv next. and the District Court on
,%e Monday following. We have received infOr-
zion saws the Ohio State JournaD from a
.rnrce entitled to the fullest credit, that the Hon.
u,vgy Clay intends, on this occasion. TO resume
II. ~practice in those Courts, which i'll health and
she rrrencv of his public duties have interrupted
far number Of years past.
Nsse
The Baltimore Water Company have purchased
,he Salisbury mills for $500 and are about to
srecf reservoirs. sc. for supplying the city with
y,tpr. The supply will be sufficient for a popu-
hdon Of SOC, 1000.
II iS said that Secretary BRANCH is th,akipg
,hnpt qping to North Carolina. We hope. when
h.rets there. he will Mink best to stag there.
lSN
Mr.. Van Buren,, Secretary OF State. arrived IN
Baltimore on Monday, from Norfolk, in the steam
BOAT POcahOntas.
Fytrarf of a letter from a gentleman in Norf0k
n his friend in Baltimore, dated Goth instant.
Our great Plenipotentiary arrived here, Fri
dy evening from Richmond; and the Secretary
Estate ON SATURDAY., in the Potomac, from Wash
notion. You will no doubt admire the idea of an
Hon. Secretary of State trot,ing about the country
~ wait ON 4 minister with his instructions; but
any thing rather than keep such a troublesome
,%oaler as r. in the country during the tendency
of the greatest and best of administrations. As
tie mountain would not 90 TO Mahomet, Maho-
met vent 10 the mountain"
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The u. 5. Sloop of War Concord. Captain
Perry. sailed from Portsmouth on Monday. the
1lh INST. with tine breeze, for Hampton Roads,
Z, AXE ON board the Hon. JouN RANDOLPH, Mi
MISTER TO Russia. Com. HENLsy and family took
massage in her for Norfolk. The Concord is a
t~eau,iiul vessel of : or 500 tons, and carries "a
.IaS, with a crew of nearly 200 men.
ENN
A newspaper is about ia he started at Constan-
fnople. half N the Turkish and half in ;ic
FreacA language.
\ commission merchant named Elias Warner.
wa, tried In New York last weekafor perjury. IN
making a false return Of his effects as an insol-
vent. lie was found guilty, and sentenced to
seven wears Imprisonment. The nature ana CIR
,.rl,tauoes of the crime VAL be understood Dy
me following statement:
V,r York General Sessions.-The People rs.
Elias Warner. Before the Recorder, and Al
d,nen Neyius and Mott. Elias Warner. m
ticted for wiful and corrupt perjury, IN making
oath to the schedule of his property. which he
filed before the Recorder on his application tor
he benefit of the Insolvent Laws, was brought
mo Court and put on trial on Wednesday. 1t
appeared from the evidence adduced by the Dis
trct Attorney. that the features of the case were
a, faloas.-The prisoner whOwas Il partner with
Abner P. Phelps in the auction aah commission
business, male large purchases 0F dry goods,
from the lst to the Goth Of October last. from va
nous merchants IN this city, which he was to paw
Tor in cash. and which were delivered under that
express assurance. Those goods 50 purchased,
were Immediately shipped to various places, some
to Philadelphia, where they were sold by para
i've orders at a loss of SIS Is per cent, and
,ome 10 Troy. A Large quantity OF the goods
were bought on or about the 18th OF Oct. tor
which an arrangement was made with the sellers
70 pay in ten DAYS, and checks payable on the
9th. were accordingly given. The Oath occur
ml on Saturday. on which day the creditors
found that Warner had stopped payment. Ear
Won Monday morning an application was made
% ne Recorder bv W. for the benefit OF the In
solvent Laws. and us is usual in such cases, a
statement of his property was annexed to the pc
mon, which he swore was a just and true state
mut according TO the best of his knowledge and
cErG, Upon the schedule, not a particle OF the
pOpert, sent either to Philadelphia or Troy, or
concealed IN Elizabeth street, in this city, was
a>e found, amounting to the aggregate to seve-
a' thousand dollars. The charge of wilful and
corrupt perjury. it was endeavored to substantiate