Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1826-11-11
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.rueDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER II. 1926.


rupDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER II, 1926.
=. Nev-York papers of "Wednesday even
convince us that Clinton viii be defeated in
y eity, by a large majority. Accounts from
.arts Of the State render it more than
liable that Rochester will be elected.
l.. an inch thick was formed at Quebec on
oh, Of the oath October, and snow had
=. 70 the depth of three or four inches.
~. ,roprietor of the Automaton Chess
,,.,,r has published a card in the New-York
..,s. accepting the challenge of an anony-
6, writer to play against the Automaton.-
.,o,oses that the stake shall not be less than
.or more than Ave thousand dollars.
.nonymous writer, who dates from New
r,,t. charges Messrs Gales s. seaton with i'm
.,sr,v suppressing Mr.. Randolph's speeches,
'.,'v.red during the last session Of Congress.
~. Editors thus reply to their correspondent
aTbe facts about Mr.. Randolph's speeches
EASILY stated; and the simple statement OF
I.m will be our all-suficient justification.
Several of the speeches Of Mr.. R. in addi-
~ those previously published, were written
= and placed in his hands for revision, before
~ 10th Of April last. When about one-half
',,hese transcripts had been revised, returned
NE MI, in type, and corrected in proof sheets,
y mi. Randolph, he declined for the present
flashing the remainder, not desiring his
.,,ech a, that time to appear,for a reason which
|. .ssipned to the editors, which it is not ma
,~al 10 report, further than to say that it did
,a concern either US or our reporter. we
,omnGed with his wish, at great inconvenience,
mill we found that Mr.. r. had sailed for Eng
land. without returning the remainder of that
.0,ecb. or either of the others in his possession.
p,fore his departure, he did us the justice to
,,use 10 be published in the Telegraph OF this
en-, by a member Of the Senate, a full exemp-
ion Of the editors of this paper from the impu-
nion Of Withholding his speeches. Other edit
ors he had no occasion to exonerate; for, though
nme Of them have undertaken TO arraign us,
tbey have themselves, possessing equal oppor-
uuity with us, never attempted TO report any
dMr. RS speeches.
ave began, as soon as we could, after Mr.
Rs departure, to redeem our pledge to report
his speeches, from such materials as We had
xanty enough, as any one may imagine, who
Ia, recently heard Mr.. Randolph in debate, &
therefore, could not but see the difficulty OF re-
porting his speeches. The first speech was
published. Our reporter was engaged in tran
sibing the second, and had got nearly thro'
hhis pen stopping in the midst of a sentence,
n The middle Of the 9th page of his manu-
script, when he was suddenly afflicted by a dis
ease, under the painful mental sensation OF
which, he instantly left the city, and was hun
dreds Of miles distant before we heard from
him. We have not since seen him. We are
not certain tina, we ever shall, deeply as we
shall regret it, because he possessed much OF our
aspect and esteem. The manuscript notes are
nour possession, but, as will be seen hereafter
dno possible use"
List Of Consignees of goods On board sloop
lsina, wrecked on the Wolf Trap, Chesa-
rake Bay, on the 26th October.-Goods most
l~hst-yessel totally destroyed.
Samuel Messersmi,h,l
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