Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1830-04-15
ALEXANDRIA,, ID. {.
..,,,,pSn3Y MORNING, APRIL Is. 1850.

,,.,,,,-The performance on Tuesday even
tended by numerous and fashionable
" go Mrs. Barnes, as the Widow CHEEKY,
4'a ~ soIdier's Daughter, and as Clari, in the
~ of Milan. delighted every beholder. We
VA non this charming and accomplished actress
"'a na If the brightest stars of the American
s~ Her conceptions of character are remark
~ vivid. and her style of acting beautifully
'' and correct. There is a richness and mel
~ IN the tones of her voice, and its modu-
..,. ,ra 50 tremendously varied, as to be to US
,'.l,,slv irresistible. The applause Was spon-
-, and unanimous. On the whole, the per-
.,,,oce, If the evening gave general satistac-
,Da. ,o,,e,
%, f,D,,ino remarks were intended to pre-
,o article in Yesterdays Gazette, headed
,,Js., Fairs" but were accidentally omitted.
,,n,;- Dn5Iication now, out of place, will III
49,, ,,y If our fair readers to take up the paper
,irinr the piece to which we refer. and give
....n,;ye perusal. we shall be satisfied:
J.y,x, Fairs.-We have looked around us,
,,srv side. aud hearing no = note OF prepa-
49, for one of those fashionable assemblies,
, 'T,5 :. Ladies' Fairs" have concluded that we
Ii 'H roi,bcr be charged with ungallantry or mo-
,noss Go- publishing the following very plain,
,, rsry sensible article from the Southern Re-
'.I.r Il expresses. pretty exactly. our own
:.,, however ulfasli9aatle those views may
", The home truths below may be very unpa-
I,,,v,,--,sycrtheless they are truths, and we are
- mt 70 reject them. As the article is. as
IN no seep, from the pen of a protesting Chris
a,n We trust il will receive attention from those
.tn are generally instrumental IN getting up
Fairs.
After this avowal of our sentiments. we hope
,, mover shall BE- asked to write another ''puf''
mr. Fair. On that head, - Othello's occupa-
)a's gone
-See9e9n-
From .Mrico.-The editors of the Baltimore
Ia,ricaa have received letter from friend in
TampicO, dated March Is, from which they make
.efllOwing extract:-"T The present is merely
DenclOse sou a number of the C0rreO of Mexico,
IA which YOU will find an abstract of the report
II ae committee Of the House of Deputies on
Texas. and tue repeal of the Prohibitions. -
he Ls dates from Mexico, to the Sd instant,
rsauon that 4 change in the Government must
axe place soon. s it was currently reported that
he ,<srilo'' of ceniraliSm would be given there.
lAg interesting to commerce has lately been
passed. it enacts that .'all duties are to be paid
hi, i, most serious affair, as it is impossible to
sufr cash, and no merchant in this country
r,a Afford to have inactive funds"
From lhe Corrso of Merico, February. "a.
r., Committee Of the House of Deputies, engag.
rlon the affairs of Texas, presented their report
yesterday. They recommend the prohibition %
-taemirration of North Americans into the prov
nee, without the permission of the supreme gov
eminent: the formation of the province into
Mexican colony: the erection Of Notifications OF
Aefon,iers: and the suspension OF the law f"'
one year prohibiting the introduction OF cotton
goods.
-sa95e9en-
We gave, few days since, some extracts OF
,e,rer from New Orleans, which indicated an un
pleasant state of affairs in that city. The follow
n,fOm lie LIBERAL of the oath ult. confirm
hose tears.-j. $. Gde.
"0lr city has since, few weeks back, beel
scene of the greatest anarchy and confusion
No sooner Is one excitement quelled than som
other circumstance occurs which causes the rels
Of discOrd 10 recommence. The shameful act
Young Kerr, his escape-the assassination OF
sailor by one of the city guards-the fights who
occurred in St. Mary's Chureh-the order OF tn
Mayor commanding it to be shut-the report
"adark and bloody plot" among the negroes, an
many other accidents have, each in their turns
animated, exasperated, & revolted the public Zee
my and mind, The hue and cry was raised &c
anu against. the injured parties threatened to tar
exemplary vengeance, mobs assembled. an
many good citizen trembled for his lite an
property. Military force was resorted to In o
aer 70 quell the disorder, or to protect our CIT
zen, from the molcstation they feared. ltseen
d ~ dlscOrj has thrown her apple among Il
Inhabitants of our city. I'M order to tear and