Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1831-05-12

horn, on terms 80 exceedingly favorable. thatSS.
work, which, at the usual rate of cb,ro os' S 81
sculpture, would have cost $4,000, did moi on w.
reach half that SUN. 1t was carefully n,tit. I
up and sent to Newport in the Frlsate Constr
ton. whence it was re-shppcd to Washinv,o.
To show how little credit the Government ~
serves in the premises, it may be proper to .,,.
that an application on the part of the galan, w.
generous officers, at whose expense It was ca'
structed, to land the materials free of dutv ~.
rejected by the then Congress of the United S,,,s.
What contrast of lIberalIty and meapne,,I
Congress was afterwards solicited for the sum a
$1,000 to defray the expense Of putting it IN
This application. though renewed in yar;or,
shapes. proved iruitless, and further subscr;.
| ton on the part of the officers was resor,ed u
The Navy Department subsequently gave som.
aid, and IN 18OS its erectisu was effected in Il.
Navy Yard. where it now stands. 1t was sOm.
what injured in the destruction of the Yard :.
1914. and an inscription, implying that it was fl.
act of the British, now disfsures it, We hon,
in repairing it, this inscription may be obi,en,.
ed The expense of removal and repair will
betrayed by the Navy Department. We :w
the following inscriptions:
6. The pedestal has on the south side us
scription:
8. Hic decora functorum in bello vi Drum ciusr
81 Here are deposited the sacred deco4
handsome. cannot be literally translated ans
of men who fell in war.
s. Erected to the memory of Captain Rrcu,
SoMERs, Lieutenants JAMES CALDWELL, JAZZ,
DECATUR. HENRY WADswoRrH, JOSEPH IsR,t.
and JOHN 5. DoRsEY, who fell in the ditier-r
alta cks that were made on the city Of rripoI
the year Of our Lord ! 804. and in the 18th yey
of the independence of the United States"
"On the east side:
I" The love of GLORY inspired them, Fame hs
crowned their deeds, History records the event
the children of Columbia admire. and Commerce
laments their fall"
"On the west:
..As a small tribute of respest to their memo
nv, and of admiration of their valor. so wOrthyd
imitation. their brother officers have erected hl
monument"
Rio de Janeiro.-The ship London Pnts.
Robinson, has arrived at Baltimore in Is in
from Rio de Janeiro. The Editors of the An.
rican are indebted to the politeness of her sup
cargo, Mr. William Peterkin. for file Of u
Literary InteIigencer to the 18th March, inch
sive. II is stated that the Emperor and sulsnI
turned to Rio de Janeir0 on the | | tn March, fp1
their visit to the interior, and were receiyedvT
enthusiasm by the inhabitants. His journey ar
the empire was not, however, without some en-
dences Of dissatisfaction among the people.
the city of Ouro Preto, in the mining districts,
issued proclamation. IN which he says:
L" There exists a disOrderly party, whO ID
ing advantage Of circumstances solely appernr
ING to France, endeavored to deceive you
invectivcs against my Inviolable and Sacred Pa
SOD, and against the Government, with The
tent of representing in Brazil scenes OF horn
and covering her with mourning; with thellr
of placing themselves in Office, and satatlng to
vengeance and private passions in despite Of
welfare of their country, which is never con
dered by those who have followed the reyOIutla
airy system"
Some slight disturbances had also takenP
in Rio, but were soon quelIed.
Complaints we're still made against the lr
amount of copper money in circulation.
Between the GATH January and 18th Of Marc
nine vessels from Baltimore, and seven IND
other ports in the United States, arrived at h
de Janero, with an aggregate amount Of ;0,si
barrels of Flour.
The Editors have been kindly favored with
annexed letter, dated
RIO DE JAxEIRo, March 10, 1851
"Every thing continues in the same dull s..
as when we last addressed you. We have
several arrivals of Flour; our stock may beol
puted at about $4,000 barrels;--rates rule
$4,000 to 10000. as in quality. These MAJ
considered retail prices only, for the bakenc
supply themselves from hand to mouth: the!
holding back their purchases under the imp
sion that prices must decline. We haven'
lets to Santos, Rio Grande, &c. those place
ing stocked, as already advised. :,
ga lot of prime quality Coffee was gold
1920 a 1880 per arrOba; regular flrs's o"
4HOOO."
No NewS Ya!-We are without add''1
intelligence from Europe.
The following paragraphs from the last ndn.
OF the Albion, present in small compass
aspect Of affairs abroad at the last adSlces'
Europe presents at this moment, the no.; :
traordinary problem ever witnessed. AZ
tons are arming, yet all are proclalmng pa
In the midst of the most gigantic military
rations the Potentates of the Continent anu
Ministers are pouring into our ears the ~':
! & A han nlp