Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1828-07-12
From the Baltimore Gazette, July 1o.]


There is prae tice very common in this
country TO publish in an exaggerated form,
facts relating to our political concerns, which,
il simply told would be ,rihIng and unimpor-
rant. II was stated in a Baltimore paper, that
the Legislature of Maryland had not passed
general assessment bill al the last session; and
hat there was not MONEY enough IN the trra.
sury To- meet the expenses OF the civil list for
the ensuing year. On this as foundation, the
northern papers declared Us bankrupt, and the
New Workers in great affeo ton advised Mary
land to visit them to take the benefit Of the In
sol,rn' Laws. From The paper Of one OF ,h' Sc
Kind friends which found lis wav BY some
CHI nee 10 London, the Editor OF the Courier
extra IS an article headed "A State stopped pay
nent!!" and credits it 10 an "American p,per."
This has no doubt, gone the round Of the Unit
ed Kingdoms, afording certain and welcome
pr"gnosric to the good people, Of the downfall
Of The 'only free Republic" In this country
il was well understood that the resources Of
Maryland for the coming year were yet un>
touched; and that the public credit was good
for millions, and thai so far from being Bark
rupt, the State had subscribed one million OF
dollars TO works oflnternal Improvement. We
hope this may reach the Editor Of The Courier;
that he NAV take the advice with which W.
close it. "People that live in glass houses
should never throw stones" in other words
England whose immense debt places her OF
the edge OF Bankruptcy should be silent On
the suhjec Cruikshanks carica,ure-England
an old man, bearing weight larger in bulk than
himself, and supported by two cracked crutches
labelled "Bsnk notes" and "pub!ic credit" con-
veys home aud bitter truth.
TREAsoNs, STRATAeEMs AND SPoILs.-A few
smart young chaps, studying to mend Their
"eaekleoiogy" in Charleston College, have voted
unanimously TO wear no more homrspun from
New Eng and; and it is expected they will next
resolve 10 refrain from all yankee cheese, ci-
der, and onions. This forms quite circum
stance in our national annals. REALLY when
its origin is cor sidered. We learn that a very
curious matter brought this event to pass. 1t
was discovered that one OF the tutors, while en-
gagged in administering certain specimens Of
discipline to a refractory young rogue, en.
ployed for the purpose Connecticut cowhide.
This set the whole establishment in an uproar
the professors wigs looked awfuly awry,
and the little masters one and all declared that
no,hing-nothlng in this world, that came from
the other side of the Potomac, should ever
again touch their delicate backs.
Blu, the mischief did norend here. Great
trees grow out Of little pignuts. A number Of
grown up foiks-heads Of families, substantial
citizens, aud such-a-had also meeting, and
entertained each other with much vociferous
volu5ilitv and loud discourse abost the diabol-
zeal Tariff, that is 20 capsize the ,Conffderacy,
split the nation asunder, send New England in
to Symmes's "paradox," and spill all the vest
ern states in the very middle Of the great Pa
chic. Boston Euening Bulletin.
BRIDeEs-The numerous bridges which
have been erected over almost every stream in
Pennsylvania; have given it The title Of The
"Slte of Bridges" 1t is impossible to pro-