Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1830-04-01
ALEXANDRIA. ID. e.
,,,rp<D3Y uORNING. APRIL /, 1850.


.,,,pxD3y MORNING, APRIL !, 1850.
-;v;no place to the communication OF
: of this town, which will be found
"H her column, we must be distinctly
TODD as not opening our paper to con-
D' ..;,I warfare on religious opinions. A news
y. Ike ours, is not the proper arena for
a;c,l discussion of creeds and doctrines;
IaF,Il disputes upon earth. we most abhor sec
.,n ones. They are profitable In no manner Or
' 49, snasnder only unkind feelings, and are
identity uncnistiau in their nature and tenden-
The request to publish the article to which
G.. came in sucha form that we could hard
,,f,,e complying with it. and most of our OBJ
=, ,,sre obyiated, when we understood that
III lbs was delivered from the pulpit, by the
]" o. Gentleman who hands it in for pub
,..,.ion and that it is the commencement OF Sc
ga fEscoarses. which he intends to preach
n renly be made through our columns
,b.v are open for one, and one only-for
.bam,tter with us must rest-three things
,n.oIu,ely requisite; it must come with
.onsble and respectable name-it must be at
IT,. ,s temperate as the article we now pub
~ and !, must not occupy too great space.
throughout our editorial career we have stu
rnn.ly avoided ever introducing religlous mat
u'' o,r colums If we find it difficult, al
,hor 70 Keen in the path thus chalked out.
determined that the deviation shall be as
,,aom and as short as possible. We therefore
,r,n repear, that after publishing reply, ut a
,snv should be offered, our columns are closed
,,,a.t further discussiOn-another field must be
chosen for Its continuance.
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uol Pobberu.-The New York Journal of
Commerce publishes the following letter, address
,.d 10 the Post Master Of that city:
Posr OFFrcE, STANFORD. Conn
Jiqrch 20. 1880. {
SIN. The Providence Mail Pcrtmantua for
,our Office. was found this evening IN barn be-
lonoinq to Mr.. A. Davenport, in this village,
,bi2b Ia. been 'by some villain or vilhans) cut
on.n and riAad. By rhis mail forward the con-
tents. as thew were received at this office.
With due respec'. Your Obed,t serr,t,
JOHN BROWN, p. NJ.
:. L. GouyERSEur, ESQ.
Post Nasier, New York.
About 100 letters were found in the bag. prin-
,imIly from Providence and Taunton, for per-
an, in New York. There is also draft by J..
|. Haghes. Agent of the Scituate Manufacture
nv COMPANY, ON Fitch, Goodwin & Co. of New
fot&. for $1,000. at four months, dated August
l., 1899: another draft, by Z. Darlington, of
Providence. on 5. P. Baine, at sight, for 1890;
and a third, BY Philip Allen, of Providence, on
Fitch, Goodwin & Co. for $500, at four months.
There are likewise several soldiers patents,
granted to Jacob Wilson, Isaac Plat, William
Frazier. John Morrill,, Thomas Mosier, Rich
moad Booth. and Benjamin Notter. The letters
are post marked about the 18th of August, and
the robbery must have been committed about
that time; but the particulars of the case are not
Known.
&GI9Sehs-
Richard Rash has been nominated as a candi-
date for the office of Mayor of Washington City,
i also George S,ceeay.
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During he last week $50 vessels passed through
the Chesapeake and Delaware Canal, and toll to
tie amount Of $500 was received.
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STORMS, sc.
Newly DIRK. MARCH, 90.
me tfe N0rm.-We were not apprised. with
IA'hIlent accuracy, of the particulars of damage
G'ae Oy the late storm, to publish them on Satur-
d.v' 1t Is said, in the Gazette, that the account
|'Wo vessels being upset in the harbor, and the
crew OF one of them taken from the masthead,
was noi correct. That paper gives the following
particulars:
The petOauger schooner Jane, loaded with
MANURE sailed IRON the city on Thursday after
IOon' TOT Red Hood, l.. |. and, in beating down
"'e '"er' IoS' her rudder and small boat, and was
SO''Pt !eu TO anchor near oyster Island. A sig-
"a % distress was hOisted. when three Whitehall
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