Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1831-05-26

Ir,,kins:-The following article is from
D. pennsylvania Inquirer We are glad to ma
n' iSnp President has at last consented to release
"a U,' Watkins, on his being satisfied OF his ina
D''' - nav the fine. This was what he prom,s-
NY y, " 66siore. but what he refused after gen
p. ""J h,J taken the trouble To procure the re-
i,h'1' a';Jrnce of Dr. Watkins Insolvency.
.Hs% Inns Inns should at once make his affidavit of
D. , "n upon which. We presume, he would
'0h' ~ !rrelease:-Bah. Chrcn.
.lI 1r - case of Tobias Watkins has, as 1t has
t.aa 80, in the newspapers, naturally
ecu he ,ympathies Of the public.
sc!e11 ,"rr,n5ble of paving, as Watkins is, the
al 'l;cb WAS attached to the penalty adjudsed
ni,Jemeanor, We are enabled to state on
r - ;.nt authority. that the President will I'M
MY ,oy release Watkins, ON ITS being shown
'ln.; 40, competent to the liquidation of the
"nf The fine, or as soon as he abSolves him-
cf,0 hat claim by awaiting himself Of the IN
''S 81, law. honly remains for Mr.. Watkins
'''s", f;rnd, to DO one Of these two things to eff
| ,,.bs release
r.. (;lobe informs Us that at theJackson meet
Id in Washington on Tuesday evening. a
: nh'e ard resolution approving the conduct
r. Calhoun, and nominating him as
- '%i for the Vice Presidency, was indefi
i ,.'r postponed by an overwhelming majority.
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-. General Association OF the Baptist Church
I t% will meet in Lynchburg on Saturday,
4. ~ DAY vi June next.
-SAer
o.oa.,c, Henry. OF the Albany Academy, has
! %s honor Of constructing by far the most
.rG,y m,anct that has ever been known. This
w., i now arranged in its frame, in the laba-
NV of Yale College. Its weight. including
.,,r,e and all, is only S23 lbs and it sustains
-, ,ban ton. IL is eight times more power
!. ,b,n ans magnet hitherto known in Europe,
81 ss,ue.n six and seven times more powerful
-, the great magnet in Philadelphia.
~
rl,nr i said 10 be at twenty dollars barrel
.one ol,he West India Ports. What pity
IA. ,he hero Of the following trading transaction
~hl not transport himself and his load 10 such
market;
=. 4 countrymani in one Of the Western States.
,ih load of meal. drove up to ladH's door.
,sn the following brief conversation Took place
| %, YOU want to bug any meal. ma'am: "Wha'
b, van ask me for il bu,hcl:' - Ter ceI's,
IAN. prime.'' :" D, can get it for ftp --
in a drspairlng voice. q" Dear Laiy! will ynu
a, bashel for noihiRg?'' - Is it silted:"'
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! APPOINTMENTS BY THE PRESIDENT.
Edward Livingston. of the State OK Lou,si.
ma Secretary Of State, in the place OF Martis
Van Buren,, resigned.
Levi Woodbury., Of the State of New i'amp-
Nre Secretary of the Navy in the place OF John
| Banch, resigned.
The Office Of Secretary Of the Treasury.
| ahi.i has become vacant by the resignation OF
samuel d. Ingham, has been offered to Louis
| WLane, cf the State Of Delaware, at present
/ Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenlpoten-
nry Of the L. States to Great Britain. MesSrs.
Livingston and Woodbury. have entered upon
he duties Of their respective Departments. Mr..
hgham, We understand, will remain III the
Treasury Department until some untinish-
Al tusiaess, upon which he is engaged. Is
ampleted. Hugh Lawson White, of Ten
aessee, who. on the 9th ult was offered the APP
ointment of Secretary Of War, in the place OF
| tAn H. Eaton, resigned, has declined accepting
. We understand that the vacancyin that De-
Mtment will be forthwith supplied, and that
the meantime its duties will be performed by
w. Eaton. Globe.