Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1832-11-01

TABLE polls in the capital OF Massachusetts Is
ri which, BY the constitution Of that state,
.,s,Ie, the City Of Boston to sirty-three repre-
.,,,iscs. A meeting Of the two branches OF
\. city government has recently decided to avail
l.mscIyes Of the privilege OF sending to the le-
,.,,urc the whole number to which they are by
/ w entitled,
r,,n,s,es State Bank.-A bill has passed
=, h,,oehes of the Legislature OF Tennessee,
|,,corUOralias State Bank, with capital OF a
u;,,;oo and half Of dulars. For the half mil
ioo II, state is to issue scrip. bearing six per
..,, interest, which will b. placed at the dispos-
=, If the corporation, and to that amount the
.,,,. < 10 be 4 stock holder in the new Bank.
We mentioned Yesterday the decision OF the
Nev York court in the case OF the steamboat
Washington, by which $4,000 were given tor
d,w,o.s done to that boat. Ii is stated, in the
Nsu York Gazette. that the Judge has granted
a. o,5sr 10 the defendants, STAYING all proceed
mo-. in the case. in order tina. they may apply 10
|,hr court for new trial.
A clergyman was recently prosecuted in PHI
,J-lnbia, under an old law, for soemnlzlns the
marriage Of a minOr without the knowledge or
consent Of his parent. The age Of the lad was
,e, nteeu years, while that Of the lady was prov
LII +, be- :" not under" twenty-une. The jury
re,uraed a verdict Of 1888 sS for the plain
|tiG" -
A London paper asserts, as the true reason for
me determination Of Charles Y. to quit Eng land,
that hi. arrangements for liquidating consider
able debt which he had contracted al the time OF
The emigration, having been interrupted by the
events Of July. his creditors entered prosecu-
ton against him in England, and would have OBJ
aimed judgment to take his body, 10 the course
a November next.
The Augusta Courier Of the l5th inst. states,
|aat a duel was tough, last week opposite Peters
hury. on the Carolina side Of the Savannah Ri
ser, between M,ssrs. Brown and Gregory, Of
Macon, in which the latter, i, is believed, was
nOrtally wounded.
Health Of Lerington.-The Lexington (Ky.)
Observer, Of tine oath inst, says, that city and
vicinity continue in the enjoyment Of unintsr.
upted good health. There had not been any
cases Of cholera, or other malignant or epidemic
disease.
II is stated, in the Stauuton Spectator. that
Two deaths have occurred, at the Kenawha Salt
works, Of Cholera.
The number Of deaths in New York during
the week ending on Saturday morning was one
hEadIed and one, including IA BY cholera.
The Baltimore Chronicle mentions that some
Of the ccn'ets in the penitenhary of that State,
complain gre,Ously Of their case, and insist that
he sentences under which they suffer are iniqui.
Oas and unjust. being contrary to the constitu-
ton as they understand it--and, if General
Jackson be right IN the principle he has advanc-
q IN ms veto message, these poor fellows have
indeed hard lot. If every man be bound to
support the constitution according to his own in
expectation, we cannot see why the construction
4 convict should not have equal validity with
a' Of The President, or the Supreme Court.
Il nsV Comet Suabiau Mercury has the
blowing
I'm July 90, at night, Professor Harding Of
HOuenssn, discovered new comet in the head
We Serpent, which is different from any of
o% whose appearance is announced for this
'e~, Rs without train, and its light is feeble.
'IlVs nucleus is more brilliant. Its. direction
'Ppsa's 10 be towards the southeast At "a min.
.s'' ten ITS right ascension was 2S5 deg. 50 min
sec, and It's northern declination IA deg. 10
i" ~ Sec At the end Of an hour and Is min.
"H mad diminished min. "A sec. and the
">'nd min. 40 Sec"
a., ,aaSiiry, # not Btasphemy. "A correspond
-" We Washington Globe, when speaking of
- w. Jackson, says" Permit me, in this way,
~, Jap'e's to you the qualification felt on yes
-'ui1 anu the ,ax haE e Al.