Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1833-05-21

The Rev. DR.. William "A. MeUo"eii, VI
Charleston, S c., has been unanimously elected
uaasr,,or of the General Assembly Of the Pres
S,tsrian Church, now in session at Philadelphia.
The Goth number Of the American Quarterly
p,,;ss. as We learn from the National Gazette.
!. in fOrwardness and will appear at the stated
.,,;,d. The titles of the several articles are
reo;sart and his Times; 2. Army of the u.
States: S. Morrell's Voyage; A. Fertilization
,J sieces; 5. Dungilson's Physiology; 6. Life
# Sir Humphrey Davy; 7. Negro Slavery; 8.
STARTS North America; 9. Palgrave's British
Commonwealth.
Mr.. Webster. it is said, has commenced his
,osr to the West. Mr.. Livingston is now in
New York.
The perpetrators of the late murder at the
Connecticut State Prison ian account of which
we recently published) have been tried, convict
ed. and sentenced to be hung.
garidiioa of the Magnetic Neede.-The Re-
rents Of the University Of the State of New
York. have requested the authorities of the Col.
lsses aud Academies, under their supervision, to
cause observations to be carefully made. annual
", Of the variations of the Magnetic Needle, and
The results announced. SO that they may be used
IN determining boundaries, where the courses are
indicated bv the needle. The Regents have re-
commended a deviation from a manner Of making
Tie observation sometimes used, and have recon.
mended a more accurate mode, accompanied with
diagram.
The chairs Of Institutes and Materia Medica,
IN the University Of Maryland, having been va.
slsd By the resignation Of the former incum-
bents, alta meeting Of the Trustees, held on the
9th instant, the subjects Of the chair Of Insti-
tutes we're assigned to the chairs of Anatomy,
Practice of Physic, and Materia Medica, and
Professor Robley Dunglison, Of the University
Of Virginia, was unanimously elected to the chair
Of Materia Medica, Therapeutics, Hygiene, and
Medical Jurisprudence; which he has accepted.
Very tate from Smyrna-The fast sailing brig
lanes Ramsay. Captain Gunby, arrived at Bal
timore on Saturday, in the remarkably short run
Of only forty. one days from Smyrna, whence she
aied on the 9Th April. Her passa ,e from of
Gibraltar TO Baltimore was made in twenty two
days. The accounts from Smyrna by this arri-
val, are one month later than before received. -
The authority Of the Turkish Government
which, it will be recollected, was for short time
suspended IN consequence Of the presence Of an
Egyptian armed force, was now regularly main
tanned at SMYRNA; and peace between the Porte
and the Pacha of Egypt was confidently looked
for. through the Intervention Of the allied powers.
This opinion is corrobora,ed BY the following ex.
tracts Of letters from the best informed Sources:
"SMYRNA, April 6.
awe are waiting with great anxiety for fur
tsr adyiees from Coustantinople. Peace must
be near at band-at least every thing concurs IN
inducing this belief"
Extract Of another letter, same date.
sour last adyices from Constantinople to 50th
ulUmO give hope that the great exertions making
by the Ambassadors there will very soon result
in peace. When this desirable event takes
place, we shall no doubt have a very animated ba-
snpss here"
Just previous to the sailing of the James Ram
say, it was reported that the Russians had enter
ed COnsraltnople.