Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1831-04-30
on the first Of March next, and which Mill L..
be applicable TO all debts and contracts, past tx, :,
we'll as future.

be applicable 10 all deDts anu contracts, Dast :.
we'll as future.
The late intelligence from England ao,,..
cs the death Of that celebrated divine. ths pa1
Robert Hall of Bristol, March 9TH; the mo,,x'
tinguished Baptist divine of the age,-the ;r,s'
ment took place on the 9th. 1t is Stated hs
gentleman long and intimately ACQUAINTED "a
the late Mr.. Hall. that he assembled the puIn;,
aud preached his first sermon when atarp, r !,
years old, attended By his delighted Father y
wonder he should have shone the most eIoous,.
of preachers, when his extraordinary powers us4.
thus early developed. Mr.. Hall preached .,
tempore, and was generally exact in the length =,
time taken up with his sermons. In his c1nr'S
was a clock opposite the pulpit, a necessary 70,
q~uisi,c to a preacher like himself; an hour srJ
ed rapidly, not tedIously to his hearers: but =.
s,nn as it was expired, he always closed his vivid
i impassioned, argumentati,e, or impressive die
course: without any snpcrluaus subdividinp. .,
spanning out, or applying and improving in al
the tediousiy minute methods Of mere scho
tausht divinity. He had more i'the flowing fi
ness and majesty OF Cicero, than The dry teebn
! carries OF schoolmen. Without ii time piecs 8.
expberance Of thought, would have prolonged 4,
exercise of the sanctuary beyond the limits IT.
ally appropriated to such services, and vml
have thereby subjected his feeble health to or.
exhaustion: aud 1t was to economic his . |
div powers, and to prolong his ~use(uIps,
that the Deacon, in a desk under the pulpit, ,,,'
out the hymns, and ofiiciated during the Sac,
ment Of Baptism.-Those only who attended n
on his preashing. during the greatest vi.or Of
mind, can feel, and justly estimate, his fenid :
oqucnce and astonishing copiousness in PRAYER
it was in the exercise of PRAYER that all Il.
trsnscendant power and zeal Of bis su|
was boured forth, in supp!ication before r,|
throne Of the Eternal; 1t was like the bright sn
glorious visions of st. john; with him, the con-
trite soul was elevated "amidst the splendors ,t
~fruit!ons of the beatilic ~visiOn.'
ASSA
We understand, says the New York GazeM
that the Hon. EDWARD LIVINGSTON has recsr.
ed an invitation from the President, to uD
charge of the Department Of STATE, and that b
has s~ignified his acceptance. lie will, a. W
learn, leave New-YOrk in a few DAYS for y
Seat of Government.
lHc DditlilVlc SnIUHiCiC SllS.- 10 e.
friends IN Maryland We say, 'sIumbcr not; sr
not, Our opponents are on the alert: al
although vanguished and routed at the last CO.
test; they will renew the strife at the apprnd
ing election. with redoubled efforts. lhey v]
said to be organizing in secret. and we have hear
that they have recently held several private met
ings in this city. 1t is time that the mote
preparation should be heard on our side, and Id
arrangements should be on foot to effect a Ia
rough organization of our strength. One MOI
struggle, and the 'long agony will be over vi
the Jackson party in Maryland }Jrerer! Al
crisis SO important, each man should yield biz
dividual preferences and desires, for the comm
good, and all should cordially unite in bring
forward as electors of the Senate, the best o
in the several counties. We trust that there's
be a steady and cheerfuic CO cooperation on all hand
and that all who recognize the national repa
can flag as the banner of their country's best
~terests, will be found ra!lying under it@
day Of the engagement"
AaeD
Foreign Elections. The election of Mr. q
art, as member from Liverpool, had been !
aside, on the ground of gross bribery and corr
ton, though none of it was brought home 10
E.; and it was even a question whether the
rough would not be DISTINGUISHED; Mr.. BenR
Chairman Of the Committee of Inquiry. hlvi
moved, with the Chancellor Of the ExcheqR
support, that the issuing of the writ for a a
be supended. Q
&ssN
At a meeting on the elst of March, in ID
Scotland, upon the subject of Prl
mentary Reform, Sir Walter Scott spoke d
nestly against the measure.
%sS1
Among the few instances of disinterestei4
which the Reform Bill has given rise to on
part of members from rotten boroughs. a LOsAi
paper mentions that of Sir Sanford Graham, VI
without saying a word, or claiming any ND
whatever, gave a vote which tended to deP1
himself of Ss5,O0O, the sum paid by him fr
Of Ludsershall.
: In reply to a remark in the Federal UDIo+
Milledgeville, Geo that " MIR. Calhoun v
not be a candidate for the Presidency eN
Carolina Observer adds
/" In one sense, this formal annunciatOr "a
be true; that is, the Union may be auihorl"
that Mr.. Calhoun will not offer himself
candidate for the Presidency. We never
pected that he would. But it is not auth'r'1
speak for the large and respectable BODY
of Mr.. Calhoun throughout the cOans]
We trust that they will bring Mr.. Calhoun ~
before the nponle az a candidate. A one o.