Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1831-11-22
t,e first. audi believe the lust choice oil the
Nstfmdal Republicans of Indiana.


At the date Of our latest papers from Teunes' |
see. the Senate of the State was engaged, as
Court of Impeachment, in the trial ofJudgs has
keil. -
lErts,sspe. Printing Eiebishpsem. The frm
Of Harpers. printers aud publishers, New York
City, employ one hundred and forty workme"'
and sometimes greater number. They have
nineteen printing presses in constant operation,
and the work turned of during the year Is equal
to fourteen hundred ismo. volumes per day,
making total of four hundred and thirty'e'ght
thousand and two hundred volumes annually
This printing establishment is built OF brick and
measures forty feet BY ninety, having on its SIDES
more than eighty windows. - - 49, $50
We Judge, from the whining OF the Globe. that
Mr.. Clay's election to the Senate is any thing
but pleasing to the partisausof the Court. Nodoubt
they dread his manly independence in that body,
under whose supervision many Of the acts OF the
Administration must come. But they may be GER
tain, that Mr. Clay will act for his country, and
not against their party or their CHIEF. lie aims
for tile goodof the nation not for the petty con-
sideration Of party.
The american almanac for 1882, has Just
| been issued The astronomical part occupies 20
pages. There are two principal astronomical
phenomena Of the year 1882. First--The Tran
sit Of Mercury, the 5,h of May. the first visi-
BILE either wholly or in part in the United Stat es
for many years. AS it will be also visible through.
out Europe, the advantages of the opportunity it
will afford for determining lonsitudss aud cor
recting the tables are obvious. Secondlv-The
Eclipse of the Sun, OIL the eth Of July. This,
Isays Mr.. r. I. PAIGE, in the preface to the
astronomical part Of this work. is the Sec
ond Of the very remarkable series of five
large eclipses visible 10 US in the short space Of
seven years; and although in magnitude in the
United States not to be compared with that
of last February, it will be very valuable for
the determination of terrestrial longitude, being
also visible in the south Of Europe. In the
Southern states its magnitude will be much more
considerable than in the northern, and in the
south. eastern part Of Cuba, in great lnagua and
grand Turks Islands, It will be nearly central,
and total for about five minutes. As it happens
that, at the time of the eclipse, Venus is 10 Su.
perior Conjunction, those who see the totM eclipse
may likewise see, what it is supposed never was,
nor for ages will again be seen, thus planet on the
day Of her Superior Conjunction. and only two
thirds of degree from the SUM-
incident Laws Of Marytand.-Messrs Lu.
cas- & Beaver have issued proposals for publish
ing by subscription, ga View Of the lrsolyent
System Of Maryland, -" by John L. Dorsey, At
.torney at Law, The work will contain digest
of the InsoIvent Laws Of that State. and the
whole series of decisions Of the Court Of Appeals
/ in connexion with that subject, besides cupous
notes Of parallel cases decided in other States
and in England; also, digest Of the Laws Of the
United States in relation to debtors of the Uni.
ted StateA II is expected that the work will be
comprised in volume Of about $50 pages; and
will be put to press as soon as the number of sub
scrlbers will warrant the expense Of publication.
Legal Decision.-At late term Of Oyer
and Terminer, in Gloucester county, N. j.,
Chief Judge Ewing presiding, on an indictment
for murder. juror applied to the Court to be re.
leased from serving, ON the ground Of conscien.
tious scrupIes. with regard TO the punishment of
death. In consequence Of the declarations Of
the Juror, he was challenged by the Prosecuting
Attorney. The ground given was. "that the
Juror cannot conscientiously find verdict of
guilty on this indictment under any circum-
stances; that such is his belief aud conviction Of
the punishment Of death, that he will not, what
ever may be the evidence, find the prisoner gull.
ty of the charge contained in this indictment,
inasmuch as such verdict may subject the pr-
soner TO sentence of DEATH" The counsel of
the prisoner de,nurred to the challenge; after ar
| gument the challenge was sustained by the Court,
and the Juror set at liberty.
The Providence Qi. H. American says, ga
Question Of much importance, and one hitherto
differently understood in our State Courts, was
| Ipc;dsd vesterday nv rho II s. Cirruit Courf