Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1827-11-07

req 10 Wnat Wouiu prooaoly nave been the IN
temperate conduc, Of Gen Jackson on a SINH.
lar occasion. He again warmly expressed his
indignation at the idea of comparing General
Jackson's character with Gen. Washington's
He then closes his address with strong ap-
peal 10 the judgment and sound sense of re,
tlecting men. and expresses firm conviction
that it was impossible for the disin,erested,
the upright and the patriotic, to support anu
su> ain man whose whole life presented in.
stances OF gross violation of the laws and
constitution Of our common country.
The CoNJUGATINc DUTcHMkN We knew not
where the following story came from: but as it
gives droll picture Of a methodical and perse-
,ering Dutc hman, il may not prove unenter
tanning. "Two English gentlemen once steps
ped, a Coffee house in Paris, where they OBJ
served tall, odd looking man, who appeared
not to be native, sitting at one of the tables,
and looking around with the most stone like
gravity OF counlenauce upon every object. Soon
after the two EhgIishmen entered, one Of them
told the Other that a celebrated dwarf had ar
rived at Paris. Al this The grave looking per-
sonage above mentioned opened his mouth and
spake: Il arrive, said he, 'thou arrivest, he ar
rises, we arrive, you arrive, they arrive The
Englishman, whose seIiark seemed TO have
suggested this mysterious speech, stepped up
10 the stranger and asked. 'Did you speak TO
me, sir" Il speak, replied the stranger, thou
speakest, he speaks, we speak, YOU speak, they
speak, How is lhis.' said the EnSlishman
do you mean 10 insult me?' The other replied,
u insult, thou insultes,, he insults, we insult,
you insult, they insult This is 100 much,
said the Engli,hman; Il will have satisfaction
if YOU have any spirit with your rudeness,
come along with me- To this defiance the
impeiturbahle stranger replied, Il come, thou
CONTEST, he comes, we come, you come they
come and thereupon hearost with great cooi>
ness, and followed his challenger In those
days, when every gentleman wore a sword, du-
Ell, were speedily dispatched. They went into
n ueighboring alley and the Englishman, UNI
sheathing his weapon, said 10 his antagonist,
now sir you must fight mel fight replied
the other, drawing his sword, 'thou 6ghtes', be
fights, we fght'-herc he made thrust-'you
fight, they hght'-and here he disarmcd his
adversary .-'Well,' said The Enslistman, you
have the best of it, and ! hope you are
satisfied q am satisfied said the origigal
sheatning his sword, thou art satisfied, he is
satisfied, we are satisfied. you are saisfet, they
are satisfied Il am glad every body is salts
fed said The Englishman, but pray leave off
wha' is your object, if you nave any in doing
so. ihr grave gent eman now for the first time,
became ineligible. Il am Dutchman,' said
he, and am learning your Language. | find il
very difficult to remember the peculiarities Of
The verbs, and my tutor has adj Used me- in or
der to fix them in my mind. t. con iuga;e' every
English verb that | hear spoken. This have
III de it a rule to do: ! don't like TO have my
peace broke in upon while they are in opera
ton, or would have told you Of this before.
The Eng ishman laughed heartily at This TX
planation, and inviting the coniugating Dutch
man Ia dine with them. Il will dine, replied he,
"hou will dine, h. will dine, we will dine,
you will dine. they will dine we will all dine
together. This they accordingly did, and il
was difficlt TO say whether the Dutchman ale
or corrugated with the mos, perseverance.
rhi, story is quite parallel to an occurrence
in the western part of Kentucky some years
ago \ little travelling Frenchman CHANGED TO
breakfast at ta.ern in company with tall,
bon-y, Jonathan, whose appetite was in pro-
portion 10 the magnitude Of his frame, and
who ate more al a meal lhon little Monsieur
would have done in week. 'Ehe Frenchman
was astonished at his gastronom.c periorman-
ces, and after restraining bis curiosity FOR some
time, asked with Furnishing DOW" Sare will
YOU be SO polite as tell me IS dat YOU breakfasts
or YOU dinnair, vat YOU make?" The Yankee
at first made no reply; but Monsieur, not salts
ed, again asked-"Do, Sare, ave DE politics. TO
tell me is dat you breakfasts or YOU dinnalr vat
YOU makei" eco TO the d." SAYS Jona-
Than, feeling himself insulled. A challenge
ensued, aud the Kentucky rifle proved too much
for the little Frenchman's vitality. While he
was writhing in his last agonies, Jonalhan's
compassion was awakened, and he in'reaed
the little Frenchrnan if there was any thing that
he could do for him, though il should cos, him
years 10 perform it, 10 1T him know, and 1t
should be done" 80 Monsieur" replied the
little diving man, ''tell me, vas dat your dinnalr
or your breakfass, dat you did make, an will
die hapDie. NJ NoIeSmon.
A meeting of the Freeho!ders al Fai'iax
County, favorable 10 the re election OF John ..
Adams to the Pre- silency OF the y. STATES, is