Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1833-01-16

Diver Turnpike Company, heio ~ '"e Wv!
TIo,sl. in Alexandria, On the ll'h 'nsf.' the 'o'-
.m;n, named gentlemen were UNANIMOUSLY &C.
,r..,ed for the present year. VIZ
pu,xr,s JAxSEY-President.
Sss.'s' carter: Directors.
Reuben Johnston,
Thomas Moss,
Jonah Thompson-Treasurer'
occurred at Natchez, on the 9Th ult.
.,;.h DESTROYED the U. States Branch Bank, a
- and three or four private houses. ihe
,o,ss and papers Of the Bank were saved
~ an arrival a, n. Orleans Fl m CamPeachy'
o,sil;ysnce is received that the State OF fuca-
IAN had declared against the administrator 81
Bu,,amen,e, and that three battA''ons VI 's"'
infantry had been embarked at CamPeaeny 'o'
". Gem in order to sustain the cause OF the
people. ,.,,.,v ;,,o
the City Of Mexico
ro,,r.-A New York paper CONTAINS THIS
.,,,emen,:-.. la the most over taxed countries
x,,er and air, lf not free, are at least the 'o"est
IL. ,,v Iis,. but in the city OF Ne" York,
a. .os, of water to its thirsty inhabitants is more
N o,oDortjon than 10 any other part Of the Un'"n,
EVAN in the world. The whole quantity con-
AIMED Of wine, brandy, spirits, ale. porter, &C.
g., Joes not cost much more than the single
Item Of water. On inquiry i; has been ascertain
ed ,ba, every large public house in town pays tor
drinking water alone from $50 to $3.50 a year;
and many families pay $50, while a vast number
are as high as Sl5 to 20. The whole quantity
Of spring water carted INTO the city in one year
oo,r, nearly $40, OOO-this is exclusive OF the
supply to the shipping, and the portion OF i'm
pure water afforded by the wells and pumps
Martin Francois Saillard has been recognised
hv the President as the Consul OF France at New
Orleans.
Peter Amedee Harcons has also been recog-
nized as Consul General Of Rome, during the
abse ussoi G. b. Sartorie.
Fur two or three weeks past there has been
current a vague rumOr (little believed, howe'er')
Of the loss Of the U. S. Frigate Potomac IN the
South Seas. All doubt on the subject OF the
safety Of that frisate and her crew Is happily re-
moved by the following official information.
Extract of a letter from Com. John Downes. Of
the Uuited States Frisate Potomac. to the Sc
cretary Of the Navy, dated Latitude Sc So,
8. Longitude s5' w, 18th October, 1882.
~ have the honor TO acquaint you, BY the
American barque Minerva, bound Ia New Bed.
fnrd, that | have progressed thus tar on my way
10 Valparaiso, where l expect to arrive IN four
or five days. | have only time to say that we
have met with no accident, have lost no officer,
except my Secretary, and that we are all WELL
Extract of a letter from General Lafayette to
an Americau gentleman, who was aboit to en-
bark for the Unlred States frcm Havre, dated La
Grange, Oct. g.. 1884," four passage through
a part Of Europe, short as it has been, must ena-
BILE you to tell our fellow citizens how luxurious
TO the consequence Of the United States, and
the cause Of republican institutions in Europe,
are their State collisions; and what are the anti
c~ipa,ions, unfounded l firmly hope, OF a dIssolu-
ion Of the Union"
The Philadelphia Chronicle informs US that
the price Of 6rs wood IS now much lower than it
va, lash summer. Good oak wuod may be bought
on the wharves at IS and 5 25 per cord.
Bulwer's new novel, The Pilgrims Of the
Rh'ne," may be expected to appear in a few
weeks" -
Vice Admiral Sir Edward Griffith Colpoys.
Gomu",der.m Chief Of the British Yves, India
and North American Station, died at Bermuda
on the STU No'ember, aged g. years.
Il log worii rolling Alta sale Of mahogany
IN NV York. IN Friday last, one log, measuring
aAfes. brought 50 cents per foot, making lS2
dollars l6 cents.
Nor" ,jmsrican RecieW-The seventeen hth
number Of this journal. which was published on
the h'St OF January. appears well calculated to