Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1830-08-21


w WEDNESDAY evening, August llth, we have g.
lee ted the following;
sour Electionreturns are now so nearlyeo
rlete as to leave no doubt about the pol tiled
connie xlon of either branch OF the Legislature
In ho.h branches the National Republican party
have maiority-in the popular branch, large
ihaa they had last gear.
Mssour,.-Extract Of letter from gentle.
man in St Louis, Missouri, to his friend N d;i
place, dated
owe have here the most cheering prospect,
10 ,ogards the election. Our election come.
an here next Monday, and what Is truely gat;
fving. is. that we shall be able TO elect lloM hi;
county. six members TO the General Assembly
one in the Senate and five in the house Of repe
sant,tiyes-all firm and steady friends Of Iu.ci
nal improvements, and declared friend, OF Chy
and Barton. Barton will be reelected, TIN.
to the United States senate. We can now r!aE.
all but two, of the number of members nccess--r
to make choice, who are firmly pledged /.
Barton. Six months ago, we had lost all iioptl
If him. But there has been one OF the most a..
tonishiny revolutions in public opinion that Ia,
ever been heard Of, or known in our government.
The amendments TO our state constitution pro
posed bv wild and disorganizing Jackson Re
p,aJIc0i,, legislature have fallen through Tie
Jacksonians with Benton at their head, have beer
previously discomft,ed BY the .'Pscple"
h1-The returns received from 81. Louis, %
to confirm the anticipations of the above write;
<0sS
A slip from the Office of The Norfolk Beacon,
dated August I8, gives the following INTEL.
gence:
NaraL.-Mr. Randall, who arrived here OF
Tuesday from Pensacola, informs US that the l..
S Schr. Grampus, arrived at Pensacola 21lhJr
Nv. from the Baize, whittier she escorted he
prize Schr. recently captured by her. iaccFes
were all well.
List of o6fcers attached 10 The Grampa'
Isaac MAYO, Esq. Commander.
NATURALIZATION and Morris
P.uSer-Greenyile c. Cooper.
.yrgeon--Wiliam Whelan.
!Mdshiomet-W. ii. Brown, Richard c. GU,
dell, NJ. 5. Stokes, Charles h. Cotton.
Mr.. Randall also informs that the U. S. sip
Erie, Capt r. NJ. RosK, dropped down fiCl
Pensacola on the goth and sailed 5lst July, on.
cruize. all well. She was afterwards seen 9th.
Hole in the Wall.
Effects of the sasteriy gate.-A gentlemsL
who passed through the adjacent country yrster-
day from Gibb's woods to this place, informs Us.
that the fields of corn on either side Of the road
were completely PROSTATE, and the large trees
were torn up from their roots, by the violence Of
the gales.
We learn also that the corn had suacredn
verely in North West.
The corn on the Banks of the James River. n
alsolearn, has suffered much injury from t'
gale.
Since the above was in type, we have seen 4
Farmer from Princess Anne, who states. tai
the storm has made sad havoc among the Loo
in that County, and that the fodder was alr'
totally destroyed.-Beacon.
-2A6S
At this season of the year, when much alarm
is usually excited among our citizens in re9afd@
that dreadful malady, HydrophoJia. The mloI'
nation contained IN the following article may
prove Of incalcuIable benefit. II should bess
nerally circulated:
Hydrophobia. the hydrophobia season Va
set in. we comply with the request OF cofio
pendent by giving an insertion to the toiIo"'n:
What we happen to know Of the eNiraOrdIH4!
property of The Chloride of Lime, induces Us
put great faith in its properties in the cure "
wound inflicted by dogs, BY any other n''4''
Liverpool !ierttUy, J"iy1'
We are indebted to NJ. Coster. firO'A
physician, for the following valuable discover.
AS a preventive tohydrophoba: "o aux
spooniuls Of fresh Chloride Of Lime In po"osst
mix it with half pint Of water. aud Win w.
wash keep the wound constantly bathed anu vs.
quently renewed. The chlorine gas Pos'c'''
the power Of decomposing this Tremendous I's
son, and renders mild and harmless that 'en'
against whose resistless attack the arulIfH
medical science has been so long directed in''L
1t is necessary to add, that this wash sh'ua
Iapplied as soon as possible after the nf't'"
the bite"
The American Minister at London has f.,'u'
~ forwarded to the Navy Department at Va" ,,',
ington the following letter from the Com"i's
ers of the British Navy. 1t is an acknc"'ea'
ment, on the part of the British Government r,
the assistance rendered to TIVE captain o! 30 -
glish vessel and six seamen who were ri'e'e -,