Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1832-04-11
ALEXANDRIA, ID. Co.
,rpnygsDaY MORNING. APRIL IL. 1882.

To .advertisers The new arrangement
10 mails will compel us to put our paper to
=. =, an earlier hour than heretofore, IN order
time. The Mail Boat from Potomac
C...k is expected hereafter to be up at or near
,,o dowu or thereabouts. We must therefore
,o,s., that advertisements should be left at the
.9c. as early in the day as possible. The ar
cement, at best, subjects US to great addition
: ,,ooble and inconvenience, and we hope this
mice will be attended to.
The No,thera mail arrived here yester-
10, At about o'clock A. NJ This is a great
..O;.nce Could the Mail Boat from the
s,n,h s,op at our wharves an hour or two every
evening, the whole arrangement would sultus.
t..n;o;a Elections -Princess Anne County.
I.no Lewis for House Of Delegates bV majo-
,sog a yotes over Caleb Ward. We did not
learn the state OF the polls =,
''T w,ro George.-Juo. Hooe reelected without
opposition.
Tho crops of wheat in the Western part of
u,,yI,nd. and the neighb0urine counties of Vir-
,;n;; are said 10 present an unprOmlslng appear
- N consequence of the backwardness OF the
Inc The farmers in the Middletown Valley
Frederick county, Md are ploughing up their
srain fields
The New York papers state that Mr.. Bucha-
~ hos
aiken passage in the Liverpool packet Ship Silas
Richards to sail 9Th lnst
N. Durand De Mareuil, late Minister Pleni-
ooten,iary OF France in this country, has gone
10 Berlin in the same capacity.
The New York Evening Post mentions the re-
csipt Of letter from Mr.. Van Buren, to the COM
mtee of New York, in which that gentleman
ssni6es his intention Of tarrying some time IN
London to attend to private business, and after
wards to visit the continent.
Extract from letter da'ei
GREEN BAY. Feb. 8.
The small pox is making dreadful ravage among
the Indians along the western shore OF Lake Mi
chigan As many as sixty had died of this ma
adv at Milwouky up to the last accounts.
Int and important from Werico.-From the
,ubioned extract of a letter, il will be seen that
battle has been fought between the contending
parties in Mexico. aud Santa Anna defeated:
"VERA CRUZ. March 7. 1882.
Aheavy battle has been fought between San
"a Anna's party and the Government troops,
about 7 leagues from this CITY, in which the for
mer we're completely routed. and lost many men.
aarge number being taken prisoners. The loss
on the other side ia no doubt very great. as they
did not pursue the remains of Santa Annals army,
who hel for Vera Cruz. Santa Anna te'urned
TO the city with very slight wound. We have
had no news from Mexico for a number OF days:
many cOniectures are afioat as to the cause-solne
suppose that city has also revolted. The ship
Congress has arrived from New York in eight.
;een lays"
Extract Of another letter. dated Haraaa. Mr.. Is.
"Lauets from Vera Cruz inform me that San
Ia Anna, animated BY his success on the Esd of
Fen, made second sortie at the head OF 1000
men, and directed his march towards the plains
OF SlIorne, where he encountered the troops of
h- Government under Gen. Ca!deuon, on the
81 "f MJrch. who Was ready to receive him.
Santa Anna. impatient of delay. attacked them
with lnpetuoslty, and was received with firm.
ne'' oN the Government troops. No quarters
were given on either side. The battle lasted
ir'm Ion the morning to 4 p NJ when Santa
n'o'lng DEBATED. was obliged to retire to
' "a Cruz. where he arrived with only men.
ill., loss 1, computed at 500 killed. including Co.
ione Lan'Inr's, and 500 prisoners, including As
"lh erS On the Ain there arrived at Vera Cruz
lou tsltlvps. The inhabitants were waiting
hom hour 10 hour for the arrival of the Conquer
Ur' That thes might open their gates and receive
"a' The 9Th regiment has been put 10 the
sword and the 4th also has a large part Of it been
DESTROYED
}, March 10 1t is rumored that Gen.
sna Anna ha' oeen for three days off 81. Anto
so 10 brig. which has at length disappeared.
= You NAV perhaps expect him soon m the U.
"es h,> Hsnr is very proper, for he had no
troops to defend him"