Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1832-09-25

BILE body occupies length of ten feet and u.
engine house aud apparratas about eight in II.
rear. The quantity Of fuel consumed dunn,
mis- trip was about Ct bushels of coke, the g..
being fed behind. The stock Of water con,,,,
ed into steam was about three barrels, OF IN
gallons. The height Of the vehicle is nine f.,
and il stands 5 feet inches from the ground -
The boiler is Of the description called ,ubul,,
and in this engine it consists Of twelve chamberj|
each distinct, and formed of the bes, charco,
iron, so that no explosion Is probabe, and if al,
took place. it could be only one Of the chambers
and inconsequential. This carriage is bull, sr
the Greenwich road. and it vii! perform ,N
Journey in half an hour. The facility Of ,opu,,
is perfect, and its traverses on crowded Toad
are effected with far greater surety ,han in an,
carriages drawn even BY the best trained hpr,
| Ii turns in the shortest compass, and, 10 h-
possesses all the best qualities Of a modern but
carriage. Q.her carriages, with onnibu, bote,
to carry fourteen passengers, are no" building 4
somewhat lighter construction, which are intend
ed to travel about twelve miles an hour. Asis
engine is placed in the rear OF the carriage and
the boiler and fire at the extremity, 10 incon,,
nience is experienced by the passengers iro
noise, heat, or smoke, and the sensation is pre-
cisely that Of travelling in any other carriage,
The Convention of the National Rppubirsn
Party OF the City Of Baltimore. at its sitriD. o.
Friday evening last. nominated Luke Tierm.
Esq. as candidate to represent the City ID,
next General Assembly. The Convention alo
Resolued. rhatit be recommended to the NJ
tiona Republican Party in this CRY. to support
Thomas Yates Walsh. in conjunction with then
own candidate, Luke Herman.
Extract from the Official Address of the JACK.
son Republican General Committee Of New Yois,
adopted at Tammany Hall. April s. 1923:
| Experience has satisfied u, that one tern
Of Office is sufficient to repay any services or ga
tify any ambition At present, the first iOr
years Of an administration are passed IN rfortw
confirm the bargains and pledges as TO the rish!
of succession. II is thus that the great lnterrs,
of our country are sacrificed at the shrine Of per-
sona ambition"
We published, some time since. the case Of
marriage of Doctor s., when in state Of
collapse from cholera, to Miss w., that he
lady nigh, inherit his property Weare pleased
to see it mentioned iu the DoyIestown Pa fe
mocrat. we know not on what authority, that ID.
gentleman is now convalescent, and stands a laHI
chance Of living 10 enjoy, in health, the society
his bride.
United States Schooner Experiment arrived
at Norfolk 2Ist instant.
appalling Mortality.-A committee appOnse
for the purpose, in Philadelphia, have published
q narrative report Of the ravages OF the Ch0en
in the Arch.s,reet Prison Of that city. The seems
Of one day in that prison. are represented to A'H
been of unparalleled feariulness in the history
disease and death. Before night, not less th''
seventy persons. who were living when the mort
ing dawned, were consigned to the grave!
The st. Louis Times contains an address O.
Gen ASHLEY, the representative Of the state q
Missouri, in the House of Representatives OF he
United States. He recapitulates thu acts pa':ed
by Congress, at the last session, in which '
people of Missouri were particularly interesra
together with those which we're not finally ace4
on. and those, which, having been passed by t''l
two houses Of Congress. were vetoed by he
President. OF the last class are the bill mis1
appropriations for certain internal improvement
in which the improvement Of the nlvIs,r&
Of the Missouri and Upper Mississippi are pr |
"ded for; and the bill to recharter the Bank
the United States. In reference TO the forsef
these, the President, informed Gen. Asnif'
that .'he felt it his duty to draw line betHe''
those Improvements authorised by the Constr
ton and such as were proposed in the act ''
coming within its provisions; and in doing ="
he should be governed by the establishment Of
custom houses, and should not advance abJt
these points: and finally that he should ad1s''
TO his determination not to apply any portion "
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