Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1832-11-05

fer to give to the relief o. the sugsrers 0no "1dy
be aoounded, or to the relations of those who may
be killed on the occasiOn.-Bosfon .dttas.
Cabins on Deck.-The new Savannah packet
ship Louisa, just loaded at the foot OF Wall
street, is fine sample Of the new method OF
building with the cabins on deck. She has no
cabin below SO that the whole ship is in fact, for
use in taking freight. But on deck she has
cabin finished ia the finest style. containing thlr'
ty or forty state rooms and extending from nesr
the mainmast, back to the stern. This cabin has
over il a promenade covered with an awning,
and is quite the perfection Of accommodation at
sea- II seems the ladies like it, for thirty or tor.
ty have taken passage on board the Louisa on
her present voyage to Savannah. This ship, and
the Poland intended as q transient Liverpool ira.
der, but fitted up in the highest packet style.
were built side by side at one OF the Yards up
town, during the last symmetry. T. j. Com.
Business of The Cty.-It is not our habit to
make averments on lisht or insufficient grounds.
We stated few days since, that the public mea-
sures pursued in South Carolina threatened ex.
tensive injury to the business Of this city Such
a result was to have been looked for by all who
knew what slight causes affect commercial pros
peflIV. IL Is NOI NECESSARY w Wdlt IOT eNpCtl-
ence to confirm general conclusions on such a
subject. All history shows thar commercial con-
fidence never lives in an atmosphere of revOlu.
ton, or where revolution IS only remotely appre.
hended. But we spoke on this subject not with
out full warrant. We did not breathe sylla-
bic on this matter until we were assured. from
quarters above all suspicion, that the mere ap
prehension of violent measures in this State had
begun to affect the business of Charleston. We
now repeat our original statement, which has
been confirmed by subsequent inquiries.
We have c0nversed with merchants extensive
ly engaged in business and the most prudent Of
them assure US that they have ceased within a
few weeks to guarantee sales on commission. on
account of their Northern correspondents. That
this must cut off large share Of the commission
business of the city, we need not state to those
who know in what manner that business is con.
Quoted. We have been assured by others, that
the term Of commercial credit has been consider.
ably shortened, in this city, from the appre hem
sim Of persons that their capital may be placed
in jeopardy by longer period Of credit We
have been assured by those who have the best
opportunities of correct information, that the
Banks. for the same reason, are curtailing their
discount of paper at long periods Of credit--and
| that credits at sc and 60 days arc now generally
substituted for 90. and 100 days.
We have been also assured, that such Of our
merchants as have rrsorted to the North for IA
cities Of credit in their BUSINESS have found an
indispositiOn in their former friends to extend to
them the same accommodation as formerly. The
facilities Of this kind have been greatly curtaiIed
in almost every department Of business. Are
these no signs of decreasing c0nfJenceI Shall
we wait unit the evidences of actual and mean-
chuIy decay visit US, before we are persuaded
that ruin awaits our course Of measures? Are
we to take no warnings OF experience that tells
u how frail fabric is commercial confidence!
How sensitive credit ia to every rude touch
of public policy!-How easy it is to divert trade
from its accustomed channels. and how diff ult
to recover it when once diverted?
1t will not do to say that we are producing, by
our representations, that state of things which
leads to the results we so much dep'ecate. News
paper reports are not the grounds of proceeding
for those who have extensive connexions with
the city. The representations Of intelligent cor
respondents form the basis Of their conduct, in
their mercantile intercourse with us They look
to public measures. and not 10 newspaper reports.
for their guides To action, when they trust their
property abroad, and to power OF control, over
which they can neither measure nor estimate the
extent by any certain standard Charleston Pat.
american Theatres. first company of
players arrived IN this country, at Yorktown,
Virginia. in the year 1852, under the manage
ment Of Lewis Hallam, who is even now remem.
bered by the lovers Of the Drama under tn. ia
miIiar appellaton OF 1" old HiIam." The first
play performed in America by a regular Compa-
nv, was at Williamsburg, Virginia, on the 5th Of
September, 1852, before Governor Dinwiddie-
The play was - The Merchant of Venice"
The first Theatre il America was built at An
napos. in this state, in the same year. This claim
to the fl st establishment of ouil ding for excIu.
sve use as theatre was urged BY writer in the
Maryland Gazette a few years ago, and Mr.. Dun
lap. in his work, after inquiry, pronounces the
claim we'll founded. Before that time, plays
were performed in such other rooms. principally
warehouses, as could be procured for the single
occasion. The new building is represented to
have been neat and well arranged editice Of
brick, erected upon ground leased from the Pro-
testant Episcopal Church. The lease expired a
few years ago, when the building was torn down