Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1830-10-05
ALEXANDRIA, ID. c.
7UEsD4Y u0RNING, OCTOBER S. 1850
PRIVATE CORRESPONDENCE.

MaysvilIe. We are now in the midst ot The
euuinoctiaI term-no storm, and no rain sufficient
TO Law The dust. The riverE lower than it has been
for Is vears-mv Journey on the OHIO being lou
miles Of the 600 between the District and tins
CITY. On our arrival at Charleston, Oh the nd
uawha, we were informed that a Steamboat was
at Guyandot waiting for us; but the ONO RIVER
had fallen so rapidly. that the smallest steamboat
on the Western waters could not gel above Mays
vile. The distance between Guyandotand Mays
Vile, we accomplished by means oil a skit 10
Portsmouth, (the mouth OF the ScIoto) aud Keet
boat thence TO Maysyilie. There were three Of
us-and we had fine weather and good health;
but descending the river by any other means
than IN a steamboat, is execrablc, make the
best OF ii.
This place is excessively crowded with stran-
cers and others, constantly arriving BY stages
and one or two small STEAMBOATS, that manage to
ret from Cincinnati to this place-'his part OF
the river being the only part navlgabIc. and that
with great difficulty. Our stage drove up 10
Aliens on Sunday night, and we were turned
of with as little as could be conveyed
in the words Drive on--uo i0om;' we direct
ed the driver to Langhornes, in:d here we ma
mayed 10 &c, Abundance. The crowd here are
bound to all parts Of !he West. ihis morning
a stage left, who are ge:ig 10 81. LOUIS, 80 nucs
through Indiana and li!innis. 20 descend the IL
YER from that point. To-day, a large keel BOAT
leaves here with passengers for a iyins
ut the mouth of the Ohio river, 500 miles from
this.
The country is uncommonly healthy. The
Canal round the Falls is expected 10 pass boats
in December, the fine season having enabled the
contractors to push on their work rapidly.
AsNsH
Tho interesting eyhlbition of the large Solar
Microscope, will, We understand, be closed this
week.
Oyeniag of The Hest India Por's!-An extra
from The telegraph issued on Sunday noon, con-
tains the following:
"aT- We have just seen the official depatch-
es from Mr.. McLane, our, Minister at London,
to the President of the United States, confirming
the above news; and the P~RocLAMArIoN announc-
ing this interesting and highly important tact,
NAV be expected tomorrow"
The news thus confirmed is trumpeted forth
by the organ as if there was a party III TINS coun-
try, opposed to the success Of the measure
There is none such. As much as we believe the
importance of this trade has been overrated, and
as much as we believe people will find themselves
mistaken as to the benefits expected to result
Ifrom tive are willing that the present Cabinet
Pshould have all the glory. The gross and unprin-
cipled calumnv, that the trade was lost throu gh
the laundering diplomacy Of the late cabinet, is
as mean as it is without the shadow OF truth
Honest men know, aud will acknowledge that
] Mr.. ADAMS in all his negotiations on this
subject acted up to the much boasted dlcftm OF
the mmaculate-sst to ask nothing but what was
right. and submit to nothing that was wrong
The obstinacv Of the British Government de.
c,toJ bs of,r,c Cbix ohstinacv n appparS has
at length yielded to the persevering solicitations
and almost pertinacious requests of our minis
ter-and we are to have the direct trade. Again
we say-sive them all the glory-they need.
&NsS~
From the Neto York Commercial, Oefober 2.
WEST INDIA TRApE.-The American of last
evening contains the following letter from a Cor
respondent in Liyerpool:-
Ny dear Sir: 1t may be worth the postage Of a
letter to you, TO know that the West India ques-
ton is settled. The President is to issue his pro-
clanaiion in conformity with the last act of Con
gress on the subject; and on its arrival in this
country, the Order in Council Of the eth July,
1927 ISSUED you recollect in Galatians teeth
will be abolished, and the act oil Parliament of
18th July 1926, which opens the " est India trade
to other countries, will be extended to the Uni
ted States, and all discriminating duties will be
abolished.
There is no treaty come, or probably to conc;
| but as we understand it, a communication from
the British government importing that if. on the
receipt of the dispatches here the President
Of the United States shall issue his proc!a-
nation. giving effect to the act of the last Con-
gress. tie direct tn de between the United States
and the British West Indies shall be renewed.
upon the terms stated in that act. which, for thu
the better information OF our readers. we subjoin.
The general, and, we believe, correct impress
sion, is, that there is no treaty after all. A
letter from our Consul at Liverpool, published
in the Post Of last evening. written to affect the
elections in Maryland. New York and New Jer-
sew. makes no mention of any, but refer gene
rally to the successful termination of the nego-
%tation. By an act passed at the last session Of
Congress, it satisfactory evidence is laid before
the President that the British Government will
comply with the stipuIations it contains, he may
issue his declaratory proclamation, upon which
our ports will be open to vessels Of Great Britain
canning from hpr colonial posspssiOns. This