Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1831-02-02

to some bill lbut which our Reporter could moi
procure > hch he should move when the bill wa,
taken up for consideration, and which he wished
to have printed. The printing was ordered.
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1t is understood that HENRY ASHTON has be-,
appointed, by and with the advice and conser,
of the Senate, Marshal OF the District Of CoIum.
bia, to succeed Tench Ripgsold, whose term Of
office has expired.
We learn from the lnteligencer, that the no.
mination of Thomas MISSY. as Collector of III.
Port of New London, in Connecticut in ,bs
place of the venerable RIcHARD LAW, was pr
jEcrED by the Senate. by very close vote
<ass
Bva resolution Of the House Of Reprcsentativss
the House will proceed. to-day, to elect pr;n'
ter to the House of Representatives for the soI
Congress.
The Charleston papers announce the death oc
JonN GADsEN, of that city, whose talent, and
worth are extensively known and appreciated
4 proposition will be introduced duripp n.
present session OF Congress. to enact law de6n.
ing clear y the nature OF contempts, &c.
1t is a matter deserving of notice. that notviib
standing the pretended popularity ofthe President
and his wise Cabinet. nearly all Of his and tbs,
recommendations, schemes and measures. bays
been reprobated by the great body Of the peo.
plc--diSregarded bv the representatives and in
some instances secuted at by the .sparty itself"
The Government Bank Machine finds few SIM
porters. while the Bank 81 the United STATES <
upheld bv the wisest and best men Of the lack.
son party. The Indian bill found large nun.
Der of the party opposed to it,
The proposition for limiting the eligibility Of
the President is now abandoned by its proposer
and Mr.. McDurFlE, who supports it, denounc.
ed.
Subjects made the objects of special recon.
mendations have been entirely overlooked. and
SO on to the end of the chapter. These facts re.
quire no comment.
The anniversary of BuRNs' birth day was cee
brated in New York on the 2jth ult BY Iarss
and respectable company of gen temen 1t de-
lights US to see thus honored the men orv of the
gifted bard who proved practically the truth ofhM
own lines:
The rank is bu; the guinea stamp,
The man the xoud for a. that,
mans man for a. that"
<NeS-
Among the paragraphs in the Governor Of Lou.
isiana's Message to the legislature Of that State
n0w in session at New Orleans. we observe the
following
sit seems to me that one great and important
step to the attainment of 50 desirable an object
would be the entire prohibition of the furthern.
PRODUCTION ofslaves into this state. BY partial
returns of the census now taking by the Officers
of the United States, are enabled to ascertain
the vast disparity in numbers between the white
and black population, disparity too great TO be
viewed with Indifference or inattcntion by those
who are entrusted with the preservation of the
peace and security of the public. The annual
supply is gradually pouring in, aud scarce a ship
arrives from the slave holding states, that doe,
not come treighted with living cargo Of vice and
crime, TO be disgorged upon our shore and Iucor.
porated into our domestic establishments. II tbs
continual and growing evil be not fair and pro-
per ground for legislative interference, then have
formed very erroneous opinion OF what would
contribute 70 the security OF the people and the q
eventual prosperity of the best interests Of the
State"
The quantity of Coal imported into the Unit
ed States has more than doubled IN nine years III
the year ending 3Oth September, 1891, there
were 697,757 bushels imported In the year
ending 50th September, 1899, the quantity lu
ported was 1872, $40 bushels.
aNe>
The Kinderho0k Herald contains notice Tor t
the meeting OF the young mems and yo"ng no.
mems Temperance Society. The Albany 40
yertiser wishes to be informed OF the exact num-
Der of dissipated young ladies in klnderhook'
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A writer in the Quarterly Review, dlscus'n,
the causes OF the decline Of science in England,
says Within the last Is years not single
discovery or invention of prominent interest ma
been made in our Colleges, and there Is not one
man in all the eight Universities OF Grea Bt
tain, who is at present known to be engaged "
any tram Of original research"
Jackson and Johnson.-A few days since, d
the Deputy Keeper of Bridewell, n. Y. "aSPF
pairing the annual return of the number OF persO''
committed during the last year, he was surPnsN
to find that, under the letter J. more than Ft
sirths of the names were Jackson and Johh-1k
This curiosity prompted him to look over
books for two years preceding, in which he ~
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