Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1831-12-14

Jeo,slatipe.-The General Assembly OF the
State Of Ohio met in this town on Monday last,
aurerably TO the reauisi,ions of the constitution.
In the Senate, Col. William Doherty, of this
place, was elected Speaker; Col. John l.. Fay
Tor. of Chilicothe, Clerk; and lsaac Coole, ifoor-
keeper and Sergeant-at. Arms. In the House o!
Representatives. William b. Hubbard, Esq. OF
St. 'Ciairsville, wasin like manner chosen Speak
er; John L. Green, ESQ. OF CircleNillc, Clerk;
and Nathan Weatherby, the former incumbent
Door. Keeper and Sersednt-at.A Arms. The Speak
ers ard Clerks. of both Houses, are decided Ma
tional Republicans. The Governors Message
was sent in on Tuesday afternoon. 1t IS a PLAIN,
atter.of.fa document; and not less commend
able for its brev,ty and sound reasoning. than 1t
is interesting on account Of the great importance
of the various subjects u which it treats.
CCohun,bus (Ohio) State Journal
CHARLEsroS, December 7.
Sugar RefnsrM The extensive Sugar Rein
cry of Mr. BEMENT. in Anson-st. ia compliance
with a very approvable Yankee custom OF house
warming, was thrown open.i in all IFS departments,
Yesterday. for public inspection. Large num-
bers of citizens visited it during the day. and met
with a most hospitable reception from the prophet
or. Refreshments of every kind were put before
them, and the most harmonious and delighted as
s~embIage was the consequence.
We have already spoken of this extensive es-
tablishment in the language of 1t is
highly honorable to the spirit and enterprise, as
we'll of the proprietor as the community. II must
prove of profit and advantage to both. The bull
ding is one of the largest of the kind in the Uni.
on. 1t is seven or eight stories in height, and Of
a breadth, which greatly abridges this height to
thu Tho tntornal nnaraf inns A. nm n cnr.
responding scale of magnitude. Ten thousand
pounds of Loaf Sugar of the finest quality may
be turned of in a day. The fning is carried on
by a novel process and without the use of blood.
Samples Of the various sorts were exhibited. yield
ing specimens, which for whiteness, Transparent
cy and beauty Of Capitalization have never been
surpassed in cur market.
A correspondent, whose means ct
enable him to speak with some precision, suggests
that for the sum Of twenty thousand dollars a
steamboat Of adequate strength and power could
be built, which would keep the harbor open in
the severest winters, and at the same time be
proftably employed in towing vessels into and
out of the harbor and river. At such a season,
for instance, as the present, the operation OF a
steam tow boat would be Of the first importance
to the commercial concern OF the city, and would
be the means Of saving many thousand dollars
He contends, and we think with much propriety,
that the application Of the steam tow boat system.
vince is carried on in the Mississippi, to the con-
merce of Baltimore would. for all practical pur-
poses, bring our city nearly as close to the ocean
as New York.
As a practical illustration of our correspond
cnt's notion, we point attention TO the fact that
the steamboat Independence has just towed a
| ship, brig and schooner from the harbor into the
Bay, clear of the ice; and that last evening she
was making her way up the river with another
brig and schooner in tow.-Bah. finer.