Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1827-06-30
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SATURDAY MORNING. JUNE so. 1897.

By an arrival at New York English news to
,be 18th Of May has been received. Particulars
will be found in another column. One OF the
INNS is that the water broke into the Thames
Tunnel on tie 18th MAY. Abou, 60 men were
avOrk in making the excavation when the "a
Am was given. They were all fortunate e.
,mgh 10 make their escape, although some Of
Anwere near being drowned. Large quanti-
\ aisOi clay, great proportion Of which was
4 ahss, were lowered down into the river to
tip the opening into the tunnel, which was at
Mt5ected. On ,h.24,h the water Of the tun-
Mpbich had been filled to the level OF the ri.
nyas pumped out, and the brick work, al
tzsh i, had been so long exposed TO the ebb
.aiaow Of the tide, was found entire and unin:
v ind Mr.. Brunei, the MANAGER Of the works,
5aght that in day or two the excavations
Tald be resumed.
The National Journal of yesterday remarks,
hat the meeting at the City Hall,'on The even
!as before, for the purpose of making arrange
nents 10 celebrate the approaching National
Anniversary, was perhaps the largest ever held
70 that city, and was SO conducted as to reflect
the highest credit upon the moderation and
hrmncss Of the very numerous ard respectable
citizens who attended. The propositions first
submitted on Tuesday evening, though opposed
them and again at The second meeting, were a
dop'ed, and the proposed substitutes rejected
with great uBanimity.
The conclusion, then is, that Gen. Van Ness,
ard his Aid de Camp Duff Green, have been
ssnal!y defeated in their attempt 10 make it a
JACKSON instead of Nafionol celebration.
Messrs Gales and Seaton declare, most Sc
giously, that no S,ar-Chamber lnquisition, in
The plenti,ude Of its worst tyranny, over press
or speech, ever attempted more high-handed
eacroachment on the freedom OF either, than
Mr. w. d has done in the case of The National
htelligenccr.
From the National Intelligencerl
We have observed vague story coursing
through the public prints, that General JACK
son had challenged Mr.. SOUTHWARK, the Sec
rotary Of the Navy, Not ourselves perceiving
how these eminent citizens could well have
come in contact, Wills, We gave the rumor as
we found it, we could no, bring ourselves 10 be-
lieve that there was any possible color for the
story. We do not now believe tina, Gen. JACK
SON has challenged Mr.. SOUTHLAND.
But, from an article in The Nashville Repub-
,;ean. which we have seen in the columns Of the
Richmond Enquirer, we are not so sure thai
there is not some color for the story. In this
article. Mr.. Secretary Southland is placed sir
the ranks of the vituperators" of General JACK
son. I, is apparent, that, in some manner o.
other, Mr. SourKARp has become obnoxious Il
the immediate friends aud neighbors OF Genera
jackson, who even go the length ofsiyling hin
a "situperator" OF the General. In addition u
this, we have heard, from a source which WI
believe to be entitled credit, that there has il
fact been correspondence of some sort be
tween the Secretary and the General. W.
ha,e heard il said, also, that copy OF IL is ii
private circulation at Fredericksburg. II TIT
"a, he en- the editor of the Herald, printed q