Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1830-08-07
ALEXANDRIA, DC.
SsTURDaY MORNING, .aUGUST7, 1850.

President or the Vice President. Gen. Jackson
having heen re-nominated for the Presidency, ".
should like to know who is the Combination can
J;date for the Vice Presidency-for surely it is
not intended to keep MIR. CALHOUN in that Sta
t;on f,celve years. Are the plans not vet com.
nleted-or. If they are, why are they not mad.'
pubI;c, We should like to know.
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Mr. Sr.ysBERRY of Ohio. one of the Member,
IF CONGRESS who bolfed, at the last session. from
tho Jackson ranks, has published an address to
his constituents. which nightly dispeases tn.
d;srator of the Telegraph. We argue from tia.
r,ct that it tells some wholesome truths, which
are not palatabIe to the recipients of Government
patronage.
Hearu Wheat!-I'he Hillsboroush, fN c.
p.cordSr saws. 8. the wheat has been cut this se,
SON from field IL the vicinity of that place.
which Welded Isl bushels per acre, and the Grain
iudiscriminatey from the heap. on repeat.
ed trials, weighed 70s pounds to Tie busheI, az
ter having been long and thoroughly dried in the
sun.
Heirs OF Fulion.--We are glad 10 find. as We
do. from the Cincinnati Commercial Daily, tia.
the suggestion made some time Since, Of placing
a box on board Of every steamboat, for recenl!
contributions, for the benefit of Fulton's heirs,
about to be generally adopted on the Weston
waters. An association OF the Captains and o.
Ulcers of steamboats,, at Pittsburgh, have resolved
| to use all their endeavors to favor this laudab.
plan.
| .9yo;er,-The Providence Journal says thats
letter has been received in that town from Glib
rartar, by the ship Bengal, which arrived at Bos.
ron on Sunday last, and which left Gibraltar on
the 29th Of June, announcing that the French
had taken AIgiers with the loss of 5000 men,
The letteris dated the 25th; four days previous
to her sailing. Such thing might have happen.
ed. and might have been announced BY this ar.
rival, as the date is seven days later than The
last from Toulon. The same rumor is referred
to in the following extract from letter dated
Gibraltar, June o5h, to gentleman in this af'
:. There are some shipments making from hn
to Alo;ers. under the belief that 1t must have
fallen into the hands of the French. In fact &
report had reached us, via Malaga, that they took
the place with the loss of 5000 men; but it does
not come in a very creditable shape. The neN
east wind will bring us late intelligence, andEe'
move our anxiety for news from thai quarter
IN. Z. Com .7aV.
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From, the Pacifc.-The'schoon Yellot Mlr
phy, arrived at Baltimore on Thursday from Ca
lao having sailed from that port on the 4th OF May
The editors OF the .7fnerf an are indebted to the
attention of Mr.. w. Crook, supercargo, tora
file of Lima papers to the first of Nay Ihey
contain very little of interest, being chiefly hll'
ed with miscellaneous items from European
journals No mention is made Of any disturb
4 ances in the interior. A decree had been pass
ed, levying tax upon vessels and their car
cargoes. arriving and departing; the money Fal;
ed to be applied to the construction oi Mole III
| the harbOr of CallaO.
| The minister of state, in the customhouse de-
partment, addressed letter, on the 9TH April
t0the Project of Ayacucho, in which he states ,"
conviction of the necessity of encouraging the
manufactures Of Peru, and aAording them suca
protection as to enable them to compete WIN
those of other countries. He is particularly de'!
rous of restoring the manufacture Of cotton to in
former state, and in the contracts which are abaN
to be made for clothing the army, he thinks 'haI
preference ought to be given to the fabrics ol
Peru; and he directs the Project to offer pIoPo'
posals for 1900 shirts, made of cotton woven IN
the province of Ayacuch0.
INSe
Trinidad papers to the oath June have been re.
ceived atQuebec. They give deplOrable accom-"
70 the crops, in the different West India Islands
owing to the wet weather that had been eSPe'r'
enced.
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The population Of Baltimore is 60,5l9' I0a
of Winchester (Va.) s,6l2.
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The London Weekly Despatch Of June ~
says,-s' Madame Vestris takes her departure
for America in August, in expectation OF reap
ing golden harvest by the exercise OF her ll'l
mating talents in that country. Her aPpeaIan..
among the Yankees will doubtless create gi'''
sens; ton"
We find it ntimated in the London Mornnk
Chronicle. of the 10th June. that the Duke " "
Clarence, on ascending the British Throne W"
assume the title of Henry the Ninth.
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alabama Unirersify.-The Trustees ha'e y
pointed Professor Wallis their agent TO PuICH-.J
IN Europe or the United States, philosopher ins
chemical apparatus, for which $4,000 was app
,r;atod nv fhe hoard The Presidents salafVb~