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handling a gun, when it was accidentally discharg

ed, lodging part of the shot in his side, hand and

arm, injuring him severely.

We have advices from Port au Prince to the

10th instant. The projected invasion of the

Dominicans has been abandoned tor the present,

the army of the North having refused to march*

The war excitement has been the main prop ot

Pierrot’s administration; and now that there is a

prospect of peace, formidable opponents at e me

nacing him with another revolution, and the sev

erance of Hayti into two new States is talked ot. j

A correspondent of tho Union says that he

never supposed the proposition to introduce the

mv« rtf Texas into that ot the L- nited States, to

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have been seriously made, until it was gravely

Brought forward in the Senate. Now that i’ has

been thus proposed, he says it becomes worthy

of attention; and, although there are many rea

sons which might be urged against the project,

ho deems this one sufficient, viz. that there was

not, at the date of annexation, any such thing in

txistexce as a Texan navy. It was, he alleges

disbanded and never recognised.

Tho Birth-Night Ball, which was given last

Monday night, at Farusi’s Saloon, in V. ashing

ton, was honored with the presence of the Presi

dent of the United States, the British, French,

Russian, Portuguese, and Belgian Ministers, in

fheir diplomatic uniform, by many Senators and

Representatives in Congress, and other distin

guished visiters.

Washington’s birthday was kept last Monday

at Georgetown College. An oration was deliv

ered by Mr. Richard IL Clarke, which was much

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Alexandria gazette. (1846). Alexandria, D.C., 1846-02-26. Haiti in the American Press. Library of Congress, Chronicling America: https://www.loc.gov/resource/sn85025007/1846-02-26/ed-1/?sp=2

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Library of Congress, Chronicling America: Alexandria gazette, 1846-02-26.