Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1831-04-16
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FROM COLOMBIA.
Extract of a letter, dated


in u miserable state Since the 5th of this month
this place has been in a constant state of alarm,
and under martial law. Bolivar's party have been
since the 5th, about three leagues from the place
On tie 18th they sent in TO know if the place
would be given up. and only allowed six hours for
an answer. The principal inhabitants assembled
at the government house, and, to avoid bloodshed
gave up the place at 4, P. Nj. The Bolivar party
marched in, and commenced scene OF plumber
and robbery. Since their cavalry LETT US, lew
DAYS since, the town is more quiet.
They are on the march against old Guyana
Cumana and Barcelona have fallen into their mea-
sures. They are despatching their gunboats to
Opera and QuIacaca to bring them IN with them,
and now the countryis completely ruined. How
Paez stands affected we do not know. However
the last accounts we had from Caracas, he was
raising men to march against Cumana and Bar
celOna.
The day after this place was taken, they laid
an uncommon duty OH cattle, which have stopped
coming in. They are laying contributions on the
people. York Daily .4du.
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From London letter to the Journal of Com
merce, New York, we extract the following
"Your religious friends will be concerned to
hear that the husband "a Sicilan COUNTY of the
late excellent Bishop Heber, is supposed TO have
had wife living at the union with Mrs. IL. She
ha always been blamed for the precipitant and
incautious manner in which she pledged herself
to this unfortunate connection.
From the parliamentary debate of last evening.
it appears that the government have expended
within the last few years 91, 100000, about
millions of dollars, IN building "a churches. fur
nishing 10000 sittings, of which 10000 are
for the poor. Now this beneiicence, praisewor-
thy as it really is, furnishes but small portion
of the really poor. with ready access to the
preaching of the Gospel. 10 be admitted into
a church in England, it is necessary to be better
clad than many of the lower classes ever can
hope to be, especially in the manufacturing towns
& in many parts Of the metropolis. AS aremedy for
this evil, one of our countrymen, worthy divine,
whose name 10 Osgood, used last summer and the
proceeding to preach in the open air, and many
persons who never frequented churches, listened
with great attention and respect to the sermons
and prayers of this courageous soldier of Christ.
But believe the authorities stopped him. Since
then, he has combatted the infdelty of Carlisle
and Taylor, in the Rotunda, near Blackfriars'
bridge, where his arguments, and rather strong
expressions of reproOf, are calmly listened to.
lie said to the clergy and religious friends of his
circle, :'You give great sums and " compass sea
and and'' to convert the heather in "the utter
most parts of the earth''-why do not you pro-
mote endeavOrs and ''put your shoulders to the
whee' to convert the heather at homer" His
efforts have induced the Rev. Mr.. Bennett and
several others to accompany him in his polemica
preachinss at the Rotunda.''
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= The Philadelphia Sentinel in the following pa.
ragraph, leads US to hope that the assistant per-
petrator of the robbery of the New York City
Bank has at length been taken:-
1--WE understand, that on Saturday night
about ten O'Clock, man calling himself John Ell
lis, but whose real name is William John Muir
ray, was arrested by our High Constables, and
Immediately taken before the Mayor. Before the
Mayors Office, he threw away sum Of money,
and made vigorous effort to escape from the off
GERS. We learn, that he is Scotchman, not
long in this cOuntry.-There are strong reasons
for believing, that he is the person who was con
cerned with Smith in the robbery of the CITY
Bank"
One ut the recent numbers of the Elizabeth
City IN, c. Star contained an account Of the
elopement Of some negroes from Portsmouth.
The last number Of that paper, just received.
says: g The negroes mentioned in our last as
having left Portsmouth and crossed Ocracock bar
ln lighter, with view Of making their escape
to the North, were pursued and evertaken the
next day on the edge of the Gulf Stream, in so
leaky and dangerous condition, that they must
have persisted, but for the timely res