Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1825-11-10
Union aware of the advantage Of getting rid

Union, aware Of the advantage Of getting nd
of so Improbable and so troublesome popu-
lation, should determine to act upon the pro-
posed principles of Tennessee-not by aiding
in the transportation of these people to a To-
reign Colony. but simply by ordering them,
regarded IF their prospects, to quit the
State. The absurdity Of such course, when
| adopted by all the States, is manifesto and the
adoption oft bya single state, relying upon
the mercy ofthe others to effectthe object, is,
to our understanding, far more cruel than
even Slavery itself. Let the States respec-
lively, prohibit, if they please, any ingress OF
free negroes-the step would be free from IN
Justice, and tend to the advantage of all-out
to kick them from one place to another, VIII
not be tolerated. If Tennessee pass law IN
conformity to the pending resolution, her
neighbors will be driven in self-defence, to
pass others that will counteract il. The Dis
trict of Columbia already requires prohlbi-
ton of that character ofingress, and we hope
at the approaching session of Congress, to see
| the matter brought into discussion.
From Knoxville, in Tennessee, we
learn that A Fickel, late Assistant
Postmaster at Brownsville, in the state
of Tennessee, has been convicted of
the offence. with which he was charg-
ed, Of robbing the mail of letters con-
tanning money. The sentence of the
Court had not been pronounced al the
time our informant wrote. ! he pub
lie have reason to rejoice tina, justice
has overtaken this culprit, whose fate
may serve as a warning to all others
who are under temptation tofoilow his
example.
This person is supposed to have
made extensive depredations, but not
to large aggregate amount, before
he was discovered His detection took
place in the following manner: Mr.
John Eason, Of Jonesborough, in Ten
nessee, enclosed two hundred dollars,
in bank notes, to correspondent IN
Baltimore; and, taking memorandum
of the amount and description OF the
notes in the presence of the Postmas-
ter there, obtained his certificate OF
the memorandum and of the deposite
of the letter in the office. The letter
Was daily mailed for Abingdon, the dis
tributing post Office. Blountsviile is
an intermediate post Office, and there
the mail rests over night On this oc-
casion, Fickel plundered it at leisure,
as he had probably often done before.
On the letter failing to arrive, the Vi
GLANCE of the General Post Office was
put into action, and Mr. George Swee-
ny, for many years the faithful and in
tell;gent principal Clerk in the Pos,
Office Of this City, was despatched to
endeavor 10 detect the criminal. a
mong other measures taken for that
purpose, copies OF the list Of bank
notes, fortunately so formally attested,
were left with the principal merchants
Of A bingdon; and very soon one of the
notes, for fifty dollars, made its appear
ance, and the possessor Of it had per-
sonally received il from TickeI. He
had, when he received it, moreover,
from Naturalization, endorsed on the
back of the note the name Of The person
of whom he had it. Fickel was OF
course approximately and the chain OF
evidence was so>complete, 1t was ln'-
possible for him to escape conviction.
National hielligencer.