Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1832-06-30

d There ia much work before them. Fri
II eu;,;.s have, so far, done great deal I'd
\ r,v of publication; but there are many pub
/. ,Ileys, lanes and lots about town. winch re-
uirs attention.
We announced, yesterday. the passage oil inc
: A Bil in the House Of Representatives. ana
=, DaDer, this morning, contains the ayes anu
w.. mon the passage Of the bill aud other par
s..,,rs. As far, then, as the popular branch OF
=. Legislature is concerned, the "iong agony
.,.,n and we cannot but unite in the general
j.. tba, the Senate may speedily act upon and
:. ,be bill as sent from the House. We have
oom. this morning, for comment. BY re-
800 ~ the final vote, il will be seen that the
.r,ug Tariff men from the East voted asa'"s'
:. biIl as did the strong an,i-tariif men from
:, South. The Telegraph says
Ne will Immediately Law before our readers
aO,nswcrable expose of MIR. McDuifie, de-
- yss,erday, in which he proved that, &C
IN, N the information communicated to the
,%u 10 Mr.. NcI.ane. this bill will not reduce
~ h,,;ss upon the same amount OF imports,
va, ". ID half millions; that, according to Mr..
81 -ns,s estimate, the revenue, from customs,
L. the hill, will be upon the same amount oil
," uowarts of twenty-five millions; and
NJ, the bill proposes to increase the burdens up
,Sa south and extend bounties to the north,
W Ia,y;nv the duties upon articles received IN
';,b,Ogs for southern labor; while IT proposes to
,ssn m the duties upon articles produced by
A,,ts,r l,bor. and admits free of duty such as
~. rsce;ved in exchange for it. Thus agra.
,,ios, instead of removing the inequality oi
which the South complains.
The National Intelbgencet, on the other hand,
avs
The general effect Of the bill, If it become
aw,s il now stands, will be, II is estimated, 10
,,k, off taxes 20 the amount Of from six to ten
nllluns of dollars annually, and OF course to
reduce the revenue in the same proportion, say
,ne.thlrd Of its whole amount.
We are requested to state, that the Committee
Of Arrangements for the National Republican
Celebration of the Fourth of July, in Washing
Ton, invite their political friends in Alexandria
and throughout the District to unite with them
90 that occasion.
We have received pamphlet containing the
Address Of the Managers Of the Colonization 80
,ely to the People Of the United States. The
appendix contains a History OF the Colony at
LIBERIA, and other important information relative
% the affairs Of the Society.
A communication appeared in the May num-
ber Of the Philosophical Magazine from James
D Forbes, Of Edinburgh, announcing that he
had succeeded in obtaining an electric spark from
natural magnet. The National Gazette states
that, since then. Isaiah Lukens. of Philadelphia,
has made an apparatus to be attached to mag
net, and has succeeded, in the presence OF seve-
raj gentlemen. in obtaining the electric spark
from the magnet.
We learn from Tallahassee (Floridal that Col.
White, the present able Delegate from that Ter
'iiOry, will be candidate for reelection to Con-
sess, and that the names Of the new territorial
Judges, appointed by and with the advice of the
Senate, are r. r. Ried, Of Geo. and ]. A. Ca.
heron, Of n {.
Wehave occasionally given extracts from Mis-.
trOlope's book, containing much matter for
amusement, and often for reflection. Our read
ers may remember several severe hits, and not
he less so from the papable foibes at which they
we're directed. The book. generally speaking,
Presents a caricature Of the Domestic Manners
the Americans, and, in many instances. gross
m'ssiatements and exaggerated accounts; but
there are, occasionally, sketches Of some parts
Of our domestic manners which are correctly
dawn. We believe we have before stated, that
here can be no doubt bat that the work in ques-
nCn vas manufactured BY some professed Lon
uun bOOkwright from the raw materials furnished