Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1830-01-09
ITEMS.
"1o sAew the rcry age and body Of the Times"


England 325 900 francs, cannot be procured IN
the former country under 500 900 francs
The duiy on hops raised in England last sum-
mer, is 90. 1861. los cd. l. is calculated that
the expense, of raising the hops, Including res',
poles, duties, ,ithes, poor rates and eu'Na'ioh'
exceeded the value in marker BY 900 Ioool
Cohbptr is delivering lrc 'ures 70 crowded au-
diences in tie Mechanics insu'uu"n. LONDON.
There are go boys al the Z ON college Eng
land.
NJ. Preston,a plan e. rcsden ahou fourteen
miles from Iailshassee, Fonda has sugar
ma ufaciory ona very A'""aiy' seize, In sue
cessful operation. r. present making
from Is 10 Is hhds - 2tuUurs, and should
il be ntoess nv, IS may made with iacih'y
in the same ''mc,
CoaL.-An extensive bed Of coal has been
discovered il the s,a'e # Me- j. rsey.~ mot lar
from Patterson, which will prpbanly prove vac
liable acquisiuon A specime" ct ~ has been
brought to this city, and ana'yz by cnemi-
al professor. We understood he coal was
found 10 be composed Of II paris cArb n, "a
Of b,umen, and Of earth-if his is so, il
mus be ihe b s. coal ~ dis. o'ered far the
purpose of meking gas 1t is said this "oal is
situated near the Morris Cansi.-N Y Mer. I'D.
We are gra,i6rd TO learn th,t the ms alment
of five dollars per share on the Stock OF he
fillmore and Ohio Rail road Com vany,whic
was due on Wednesday last, has been entirely
paid up, and that no. single forfei ure has
aiken place for non payne 'sfact affords
conclusive evidence Of the confidence Of he
Stockholders in their Board Of Direction, and
in the importance and advantages OF he en-
terprise which they have in cbarge.-Bah nm.
SECULAR WINTER The weather on Satur-
day Was as mild aud pleasant as spring, aud
our ci, Gems were INDUCING hem>el,es m walks
and rides Of pleasure in tine ci'y and 'iciniIy.
The liver is quite clear Of ice and vessel, ar
rive and depart a; usual There Is no frost IN
the ground The trees are building. and he
winter wheat has the same appearance tina, II
has in spring. We were conyeIsing, ye>ter-
day, with lady ninety five years f agr, and
she said tina, she did NOT rtmrnber any season
like the present one, during her long ht-.
albany Daily .5dr JAMS.
The WEArHgR-From Albany We learn
that the Canal is again open and navigable en-
,irely through to Buffalo. The bounufui pro.
ducts Of the last harvest WILL Of course. all, or
nearly all, find their way to market before VIM
ter shall have laid is embargo upon the
streams.
y. s BAxx.-The directors Of this insti'u-
ton have declared q dividend, On the capital
sock. for the last six months, nf lhree and
half per cent.
GREAT DrvIpEYp.-The Ocean Insurance
COMPANY of New York has declared divi>
dend of sixteen per cent for the last SIX msnths.
The same dividend was declared by his Com
pany the previous six months. making muty'
t,co per CEN for the year. We understand he
dividends Of the Company, for he twelve years
the institution has been in operation, average
ia per cent per aDnum.
The BRANDYwlNE is the largest vessel ever
sent on he West India station. The bill recent
~ passed. making appropriations for her outfit,
provides $4,000 for hsr repairs, $4,000 TOR
wear and tear, while ip commission, and S64,-
500 ior pay, provisions, sc.
A learned phrenologisf, after exam ming with
great care the skulls Of geese, and those Of the
turkey and barn-door fowl, grsvely decides in
favor Of he superior capacity OF the former -
This, we Should imagine, will be hatlering news
to geese of al descriptions.
The masters and pilots upon The river Mis-.
sissippi, have unanimously recommended to
the at ention Of Government steamboat con-
s,uc,ed by Captain II. NJ Shreve, expressly
for the removal of snagS and obstacles which
render the navigation III that river dangerous.
On New Years Eve, The Bachelors Of Bos
ton gave SPLENDID ball, al which above four
hundred ladies and gentlemen were present
The Company began to assemble between 8 and
9, supp'd at half pas 10, aud danced till 2.
Thr Ohio river was about ten feet above low
wafer mark a, Wheeling last Saturday
The Governor OF Indiana gives ia as his OPT.
Mon that the S;atr has gained abou 95 700
souls by sn,igra i'm during The last year. and
not less than 900 by natural increase
Missouri, by the census Of last year, was
found To have ll2 400 inhabitan's.
GONG THE wKoLs HoG.-A few days since,
a man opped al a tavern near the Falls ri
SchuyI kill with cart containing a hog ready
for market Having three dollars ir bank
noes, he hid hem in the hogs mouth, as
safe place, and wrn into he house. Coming
GU, TO pursue his journey, he found that horse,
cart, hog, and money were gone. No trace
could be obtained Of either.
A SALEM (Ms>s) paper contains notice of
the new hre-eng'nr recently invented by gen