Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1827-05-29
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TUESDAY MORNING, MAY 90, 1927.

the following extract Of a letter, dated "Bal,i.
more, MAY Esd, 1927" the contents of which
viii satisfy even the most scep,ical, that Mr..
Calhoun must be discarded by :he "Combina.
,ion."
81 vas presen, at the Convention Of the jack
son delegates in Baltimore yesterdy, and heard
much speechifying. Maxcy and Winchester
were the most conspicuous members. The Adj
dress presented by the Committee appointed
the day before, was written by Maxcy. and by
him read TO the CONVENTION. II il is very long,
and part OF ii extremely well written, though
there was one measure recommended in it, and
strongly insisted on BY some of The delegates,
which was near producing a schism in the
views Of the party; for the majority as strongly
insisted on its rejection. L, was TO identity The
cause Of Mr. Calhoun with that Of Gen. Jack
son, and TO run him with tina, party for the
Vice Presidency again. When tina, part of the
address came 10 be read, it was moved 10 ex.
punge ii; Maxcy defended il, asserting that Mr..
Calhoun had undergone immolaiion in the cause
of the opposition, and that therefore i, would
he unjust in the Jackson party 10 desert him
with many arguments as 10 he advantage Of
uniting his influence in the South, &c. But, il
was finally determined by the majority, that it
would be Of no advantage to have him, s that
II ii would, they could not be persuaded to &C
cept him on any terms. The arguments pro
and con became so warm, that | began, 10. eX
poet a rupture. Maxcy seeing the strong AMI
decided aversion to Mr.. &, AT last made a vir-
tue OF necessity, and consented TO sacrifice his
wishes and MS friendship Tor MIR. G.. 10 tie
good Of the cause. The offensive parts Of the
address were expunged, and as none of this will
appear in the published proceedings,you might
not have heard II in any other way, On the
whole, | did not think the delegation so respec-
table as | had feared it would be. There were
few members OF any note or distinction, aad |
was surprised to find the Baltimore people so
indifferent about ii; although il was the second
day OF The meeting, when the speeches and adj
dress we're expected, there were not twenty re-
spectacle Bal,imoreans present, and very few
persons of any sort"
1t will be remembered by many of our read
ers that the Mr.. MaXcy, mentioned above, was
formerly opposed TO General Jackson, and in IA
vor Of Mr.. Adams; but at the same time was
well known to be the personal friend and admir-
or Of Mr.. Calhoun. During the late congress
sional elections in Maryland, Mr.. Maxcy con
sented TO be run by the friends Of Mr. Adams,
in opposition to John c Weems, who profess
ed to support the Administration, while like
Gen. Samuel Smith and others, il was under
stood tina, he was secretly doing all he coald to
hrinp n into Sn"Sry MI. NiaA-
GO was a.nonnEd as the Administration Can
dida,e; shortly after which he visited Washing
tou-was invited 20 Mr.. Calhoun's house-was
introduced to the members Of the "Combina.
tion"-returned home-declined the honor OF
opposing Mr.. Weems-and thencetorward de-
voted himself with great zeal to the interests
of his friends tool, for such he believed Gene
raj Jackson 10 be, until the Baltimore Conven-
ton determined TO sacrifice the crafty Carroll
Man OH the altar of a God which was created
by himself and for his own political purposes.
What course Mr.. Maxcy will now pursue is as
doubtful as it is unimportant.
We regret TO learn from the Boston papers,
that the health of the Hon. E. II Mills, OF Mas
sachusetts, is such as TO prevent his being a
candidate for re-lectioH to the U. ) Senate A
number Of gentlemen are named, from whom
his successor will probab'ybe elected-amon
item, Messrs. Webster, Everett, j. Mills,
Walker, Blake, and Fuller.
Commodore Rodgers was at Port Mahon on
the 10th March, all well. The Constitution was
TO sail from thence to Smyrna soon; had one
mast defective, which was to be hshed and re-
paired. ~. For6 herc0nf'e 'da0.
Capt. Price, Of the packet ship Louisiana,
from n. Orleans, met in the Mississippi, after
noon of the sth inst, the steam boat Post Boy,
having in tow the u. S.. Cutter, commanded by
Cap, Jackson, and a ~piratical schooner, her
prize. Capt Jackson informed, that be captured
The pirate the day previous. She had been IN
chase of and fired into the Am. schr. Isabella,
from Vera Cruz, with specie and passengers.
The pirate was lying at the S. w. Pass, * sent
her boat with Is men TO intercept: the Isabella
at the upper end OF the Pass. The Cutter took
the boat and men, as well as the schooner, hav-
ing on board with the boats crew so men and
officers. The Register Of an Am. schr. bound
- Mill IN psps,ro1S m V Crn7 WAC found