Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1830-08-16

o., ,...s,,,, ,le,lt,-We have received TWO
Mons accommodations, complaining, one of
.,,,nInr pf the census, and the other OF the
PC .."J,rIurs Of soap within the Corporation. La
,''.., 81, that ON the subject OF the census, we
II rc,onmend 10 the writer 10 give IN his
., tbe Marshal, with the number ne has IN
/ ',;iy. and thereby swell the aggregate.
4 ~. y,uldalso recommend to me writer whose
neryes appear to be 50 sensitive, that
n. ,..,,t proper place 10 make commanica-
I'D be 10 The Superintendent OF Police.
,te,,r,st auain take occasion 10 say to our cor
....,,.jants. that whenever they choose to make
mt. they must invariably forward the
.4a.e y: tie wl.Iet.
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VI. Give today. an account Of the honors paid
~ C,.v nv the Mechanics OF Cincinnati,
MA and recommend it to the attentive perusai
a,, re,ders. In it they wilt see the spru
~nirb inmates the people Of the West IN their
.,nJ,.t towards MI CLAY II is no ssycophau..
rir. Grazing spirit, bowling down to the idol oil
n,,yer and patronage; but the Spontaneous now
r,be,rt.f.lt gratitude for the splendid talents
spd eminent services .! great rabic oenefac-
~.
9rie ygsst Ia liz ?rals-Oar readers doubt
los. recDjlect the tarce which was got up ov the
Administration last winter relative to the Colo
,iqi Trade. The confidential Message OF the
prasiIent-tle secret session OF the House OF
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT the bill which was passed,
.i,in0 the President discretionary power, during
:, recess OF opening our ports To British YES
sells. on receiving satisfactory information OF a
,.,rin-ocal measure on the part OF Great Britain,
,,,.,t.L too much attention at the time 10 have
,,,n already forgotten. We then stated our
h.,i,f that il would end in nothing; and time has
confirmed our belief The following paragraph
iy,m the ST. Johns New Brunswick Herald OF
ne s-th ult. may be regarded as ctftie@
Private letters have been received mere from
: gentleman holding an official SITUATION under
The British Government in the UnIted States,
,ratus that the writer had received positive IN
formation that the West india trade question WAS
how settled, and that the posts ~N ~! Be open 10
.meic0aS."
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We have received the "Cu.ted States Law In
.eligencer and Review, foe August. 1t con
taius. besides Ohor Interesting HJcleS. sketch
oi The life of th~ late MILAN P.NHNkT.
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An official statement from he Stamp Office.
mi ishpd in the London paPrrs, states that the
m1uut paid Tor stamps dgt;aS the wear 1929,
i; the London Times aud E,enins Mail was
-. 58S lbs, "a. by the Morning Herald and
Ea..ish Caronicle, G55,5li IS. These sums
IRE exclusive Of duty O! three ,hiinss and sin
.cuce paid To Government Oh every new adver-
,i,eueny, besides three pence for every pound OF
paper, ANU other duties.
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We copy the following obituary from the Bal
.imore American oi Friday, Il Is melancholy
l-l bearireuGn5 narrative:
Died on Tuesday evening the lC inst. at
-as Civ Hotel, after an illness of eight days,
Stt"EL KEEP, Esq. of Washington, ID. c.
native # Boston, and formerly agent Of the l..
safes at Pensacola, in the Goth wear of his age
lie unfortunate subject of this notice, was
married on The lSt instant to ali interesting Young
Ady of Washington, which place he left the
HeN. lay with lis wife aud her two sisters. to
yl>,t lis parents in Boston. Intending to leave
Bl'Imore on the morning of the Sd for Pniia-
-'paa, Mr. Keep rose about three O'Clock To
observe The state Of the weather, and to make
Inc necessary arrangements. Between tree
-Rdiour O'Clock, before the persons who usually
attend the bar were up, he called on the Porter
hr a glass Of cider BY one of those unaccoant-
ib.c wersights, which in the best regulated es-
.ishment. may sometimes occur, bottle If
>'rr.N.re SddHG's hid been left in the bar.
aicb tIe porter by mistake drew for Cider
,nll! portion of it was drunk BY Mr. Keep,
d produced Immediate vomiting. As soon as
he POISONOUS nature of the drausht was discov-
ed. two eminent physicians were called in.-
'aer aitenuOn, We're unremitting during the
taole course Of his sickness; and the family of
Nr'Barnum could not have been more assidu-
4.> .aH 'hey were in every possible effort to a
'rt the fatal result Of the accident which they
"de'pIy depiOred. The strongest hopes were
. e',olncd Of the recovery of Mr. Keep until
''anday last, when SYM toms of modification
2e.rc!, whlch terminated in his DEATH
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I'i' stated, "a u curious fact, that every Mo-
'''S Of 'he Bdtish throne siuee Henry VIII.
3't on Saturday.
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ne last General Court of Virginia decided that
marriage which had taken place between a man
il MS brothers. widow, should ne cancelled. -
me man pleaded that the law. being penal one,
''-M 10 be strictly constructs; and that he had
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