Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1830-12-22

tuii- ar DN summary d't'' hD7'id,t. win NE
principal docnMens and reports accompanying
the Presidents Message. the annual e,gossI
the affairs Of the couutrv by means of tmese re.
ports. is in excellent keeping with the order aud
nrinciples of q government which acknowlc,ses
The reop!e as the Only legitimate source ofreger
and looks to their interest as paramount to c,ery
other consideration.
&Ass>
The roads in the adjoining counties are in
wretchcd plight. and the mails frequently i'm.
peded Dy high waters. SC. We had snow on
Monday night The river above Georgetown il
in fine boaiing order.
The Telegraph does not half like the appoint,
mcnt Of the Sccc, Committee in the Senate 10
investigate the Post Office Department. 1t !.
afraid that the "pryaie and confidential CORES
puntlcncc Of the Department will lie seen into.
| II NAV we'll trcinbc. We 10 conscienliousIy be-
l!cGc tia. If the reasons of the changes that have
been made in ,',e Postmaster, throughout the
country could be known, the Department would
Re politically damned fu, the next two years..
We shond find low intrigue. u.can "a ming con
temptbe cunning. base aycoIhancv. vile h,po.
crsy. e. h5ited 0:. tie enc hand. and miserable
| pariZan feelings on the other. Who thiaks tat
patriotism or honor had any thing to do With
vast majority Of The renewals made By the lie.
parmenl: Who does moi know tina; the sriiit
Of ,accbinism and prescription have pre.aii,d to
their fullest extent:
Yesterday morning, the Thermometer stood
at 24o, beng So brow the freezing ygilt and
the coolest weather dis season.
E@S
To '.T,''-" For want Of @ecsley, j, want Of
scRsc.''
We give in this morning Gazette a speech of
Mr.. OGpEN's. delivered IN New Jik at tie LAY
meeting, which is eloquent and correct The
good and great of tie lard must put their shoul-
ders to the wheel, and help the people along In
the real work Of reform.
| We find nothing in the Salem REGISTER Of Mon
day last. c0rroborativc Of the rnmor of muidrr
which we. day or Two since, copied from New
York paper ~
nucAmg n.rtraoral&y.-one ui.h, lastweek
| the mail boat, frt~, Potomac creek, ran into
large flock OF ducks. sleeping on the water. and
killed and wounded Il vast number. Some sports
men on board protested that it was downright
murder.
Mr.. II. Cakes, of New Haven, lately received
a letter from an unknown and Illitcrate Persen,
enclosing $50, stating that the writer had once
dcfraudcd him of $40, which he ALWAYS meant
to restore with Interest," when he could.
Is the World growing honest?
-xsAD>
Congress. Senate. on Monday. at I2o
clock resolved ilseIfinto Court ofImpcachmeni
for the trial Of Judge Peck, of Missouri
The charge aledged against the Jud.e b. tie
House of Representatives,. has been herr;of.ro
published. Il is in substance, that ha,iag pub.
lished his opinion, in The Missouri Republican. 10
the case Of Sou!art's hens against f;c Jared
States. sometime after the aGjourimcn' 81 his
! court. he did. unjustIy, arbitrarily. and ouW,s-
siycly. commit Luke f.dwarj LdWicss. al a''.r>
ncy IN his court, to prison fer ty-tpnr for -
and suspend him from practice IN the sad cDdr
Tor eighteen months. fol an allfdgcd tcu,cwPtm
publishing. in the 81. Loui, Euquirtr. au tAtsi-
ton Of certain errors GfGac;TGc and fact chH.d
to have been set fer in the opinion OF he 'i2c..
The House of Represents preceded by their
managers. Mr.. Buchanan. Mr.. Vi, Daft judge
Spencer. MIR. Storrs, and Mr.. Nioki!t. came
into the Senate thambcr iii Il body AID ha,ILs
taken the seats prepared fer ;he.n.
Mr.. Buchanan rose and said, that The managers
on the part of the House Of Representatives. were
now prepared to proceed IN this trial.
SIR. Meredith. one Of the counsel for the rc'.
pondcnt, desired that the witnesses summoned
in his behalf might be called.
The Marshal accordingly called over t;ef
names. Some of them did not answer.
Mr.. Meredith observed. that three If the M.
terial witnesses for the respondent were hot pr
sent. We are, sad he, Notwithstanding fcaly
10 30 10 trial.
Mr.. DaIic rose to open tic case for the prose
cuion maintained that Judge Peck had been
guilty Of an Illegal and tyrannicaI u.urpalion II
power; that no contempt had been committed by
Mr.. Lawless; that the common law of England
"a such, under which the Judge had punished him.
was unknown 10 the judicial tribunals Of the Tn
4ted states. except asru!c, of proceeding and &C
ton; that no punishment could be inflicted tor
contempts committed any where but in the face
OF the court. or in the immediate and direct OBJ
strucion of the regular and fair administration o:
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