Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1830-10-22
ALEXANDRIA, ID. c.
ar V0RNITG, OCTOBER %, 1850.

ar y0RYIyG, OCTOBER %. 1850.
al ,4y,s Book" continues to be hand
10. n-;ntrd. and well got up. Ii will, I'M
.'1 f:dv. receive the encouragement 1t merits.
f'''''N -aNeS
r. H.. ,,a holdiag Clay meetings all over Ken
iiI'. c,ccess to the good cause.
Ia -sAsS
9, - new, from 0hiu, in this days Gazette,
D. - -, will perceiye that there is every rea-
III I'1 s,rsye that majority Of the citizens of
ga s, s ...,e declared in favor OF MIR. Clay
., Rsnaam, as is supposed IN tue extracts we
~. iii not be elected to Congress, but he will
r. C., Findlay 50 very close IN the former We
80 o,., lold of Jacksonism, as to make his de-
mn 'Im9.t triumph. We shall not, however,
- before we get out of the woods" but
'. -',.,,.s our friends upon the cheering pros
~ Ohio. aIoog with her sister States. has
-. cgt manfully in support OF the American
:-l.s@al, Henry Clay:
u, Monday, the llth lust. dinner was gwen
-, Han p. p. BARRoUR, by the members OF
,N,msrle Bar, upon the occasion OF his re-
--peat IRON pIdCuIc' III
..,s,,cd the appclutneutof Z. 5. District Judge
- ~. 10 district Of Virginia. Gen. VIM. +. Cor
~ s.,,;ded, assisted by +. ". Gilmer. Upon
y, nf.u,l complimentary toast 20 the guest, be-
=. ,;ran. Mr.. Barbour addressed the meeting,
i. mai Sclici,ous manner. Many toasts
ere dsana.
r. citizens nf Norfolk celebrated the triumph
irr,nch Liberty on the l9,h instant The day
rs happily aud harmOnicusiy spent,
500
FIRE broke out in Wheeling. Va. on We'd
f.. div evening last II originated in frame
,.lJ,ny near the arket house. which Was des-
,m,rd. and an adjoining brick building. owned
M. John Kelly, was nearly DESTROYED, be-
Is. lae fire was sabdaed. MIR. Helly's proper
!, Ms insured.
IT.. whole of the Masonic Lodges in Paris have
lridtd oa giving banquet 10 General Lafayette,
,nl expressing to hin their gratitude fer his no.
,e conduct daring the events OF July.
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There vas great NasOGic celebration. last
.,ek. Al Brston, in LAYING the corner stone OF
,l,onic Temple Nearly three thousand indi-
,slaa,. bearing the Masonic insignia, made part
Il he procession. and are reprtseated as among
n. mos, acllye, industrious aud respectable citi
7ea; Of Boston and the neighboring towns.
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Lieutenant Sands. Mii.hipman 4. E. V. Rob
Y.on, d.. W. Johnson. and Midshipman W. ii.
P,alIeton. haze arrived AT Sew-York from Bra
d. hayn! been sent home in CO" sequence of he
IL. Concerned in the due, in which d.. II. W.
Rsset vas killed.
The opiulons Of " r.isrn Pvnu,,l~~u;a IN rels-
son Z, the Indian Bill of The last Session. and OF
teconducl of their representative, John Gilmore
shoyoed for that measure, may be gathered from
n fast contained in re- following paragraph
,hch we find in the Ias' Pi,tsburg Gazette:
..CoxrRA>r. fpr ,he use Of John Gilmore. Esq.
he friend 4 the Indsh Bill:--in 1923 there
p.rs five candidates IT, Con .ress. and Gilmore
rc.eyed. in Alleghany county. $3.50 votes. In
$50 there were asain 1--WE candidates. aud he
;eceiyed l,42I votes, 01out the same number OF
7',ys being poled.'
Tfotting erfGanrii,ary.-From late English
| N1ers We learn that he celebrated American
l'r,., Tom Thumb, has recently come Oft victor
another extraordinary match AGAINST time. He
rs backed bv his owue, 400 to Goo To tgot 10
ME-, ia harness, WITHIN the hour; and a',rr this
match was made, the owner offered To ta.e 4 to
ltl; Re would do l6! miles within the iour.-
iaeoter was promptly accepted by another gen
Le'ren, who, ii /, said. backed time to large
inre.H The decision was had on the SOth Az
81. near Cambridge. And it appears that this
astonishing little animal performed the l6& miles
n ut nlnu'es-thps having i minutes to spare;
ad hl' toowithon' any sisns of distress.
SNss-
6raItg.--A letter from highly respectable
aIcanh!e house dated Coo &C. August l6, says
'hranjvwill be scarce this year, the crop being
n worst we have had for thirty wears past
rom 10 francs. the price has cot ur:ol70 nom
IA" Even at POO, few se,lsrS would De found"
THE ELECTIONS.