Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1830-12-24

eXtingui,bed, Dut the elements Ot light ara
eternal as the being that created them"
And what light has been stricken out: W..
has been dazLleI? Who has tried to Qucncb u.
surely not he who for The last thirty wears w. w.
been trimming this very light and but lust r"s
nuareti in fresh oil:
The Washington CORES pendent Of the Nv
Daily Advertiser complains OF The lazipe,. :,
Mr.. Barry, ard the incompetency vi Mr.. Bran,S
MIR. Barry has proved himself to have been indu.
,rious in one particular viz. the removal Of hons.
Postmasters who were too independent to h..
the knee 90 Baa. As TO Mr.. Branch. We E,r,
nothing TO say. We leave him alone 10 HI, alrrr
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Some wac has written complimentary let.
to the editor of the Norfolk Herald signed I,S
Randolph of Roanoke. enclosing lock of hi,
..of the right Nun,idian staple" as marx 4
respect. The editor takes the quiz in pe.l.c,
TO :. .Strcips. There are certain rule, i,
conducting political contests. which should never
be violated. The cOurtcsies OF life, and the 70.
ciprocry of kindly feelings, are not to be disre.
garded. ]; IS impossible, with as, to cullna.
friendly relations with man personally and
at the same time to assail his public cCnduc,
We have many warm friends with whom We dr.
fer, toio ealo in politics, and they no less gu,
friends Tor thar. %Nhy make more roash The a..
ueriiies Of life: An Editor should temper all mi.
duties with correct and gen,Icmanly feelings -
By So doing, he elcvates his own character. and
improves the moral taste Of his readers. Il
deaf in slang. however amusing it may be to
sorns--to indulge 10 personalities, however il
NAV please others. is not the proper way to max.
himself respe ted OF his paper Respectable
While he speaks the truth in all boldness. aud i
not afraid to beard vice. even Oh its seat Of pow
CT, he is not to forget his own station and his cha
racter There are a fer occasions when he NAV
be excused for poisoning his arrows';-bul then
he must never shoot from behind bush.
ANsS-
We gave Yesterday Il summary Of the mos.
important news brought by the last arrival from
Europe. 1t only increases our desire to hear
further of the interesting events occurring in tia
Interesting quarter of the world. The dcstruc
ton Of property IL Antwerp must have been
great. Horrible scenes Of carnage and page
were Witnessed during the bombardment. The
merchantmen in the basins and the canals, and
some of the houses on the Iuays. have been Sc
cyNSpaged by the fire from the CITADEL and
some have>heen entirely burnt down. The Amc-
rican Consul has assured Vi. Roger that his 'iO.
vernment will demand an indemnity Tor the loss
sustained The Custom House at Antwerp vas
DESTROYED. with 100. 10000 Of francs III gcods,
as it was said: one-half belonging to Engllsl
merchants.
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Proixity is the ' h of the age. Compai~t
are made. on all hands. of the lnordnate lei, 4
of speeches, messages, documents, reports. &c
The reading public. voracious as II IL, cannot de
YOUR one half the food prepared for IT, MAJ
can, now-a-days, hardly turn aside Tor monrn
to snatch hasty glance at a new novel or pref
ty poem. These little pic MICS are denied, vl'l
So much solid continent lies before us. Ano
all the inventions of the age. why are not lilera
~ composers brought into existence?
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BY a correspondence published in the papers.
appears that a serious misunderstanding exI.'et
between Mr. Watts the Secretary of Legation
and Mr.. Middleton. our Minister to Russia
Ii is SAID that this ubiect - NAV possibly yet N
the subject both OF public scrutiny, and Of apr.
sate demand for injured feelings"
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The Georgetown Columbian. III copying TIN
jeu de esprit which appeared in the Gazette .
| Tuesday, says
"Not long since'a letter was Pomponsl, y pa
raded forth in the columns Of the official Of
gam" purporting to be from the Gre" Of tn
United States Frisate Java, III praise OF ihel
late and present Commanders; it was gcncra
copied, and no doubt as generally considered. b
those who believe in The infallibity OF the POW
ers that be- feather in the cap of The Admins
tration. We venture to say, that 50 ridiouio's
piece 0f nonsense was never before ushered lori
officially, as this-one which may De so app"
priately termed ad capt9nduos Uuig"s--and Tia
the Commanders themselves, who aIe The object
If commentator. would be the last 10 de''n
such publication. The order Of things seem
to be entirely reversed BY this Adminlsira'rn
for instead Of the Commanders giving la.orab
reports of the conduct of their Crews, We bat
now letters from the Crews recommending thei
Commanders"
The Havana Price Current, Of the Alb n'i.nt
says "Ihe Iarif'jor 1881 announces dmin,
ution in the export duty on Susars-in.'ead o.
50 II per box as at present, they will then pay