Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1830-09-17
,.,..;s,.a. i..tellgxseer Of Wednesday,.

y,,;n,o, L.felIgeacsr Of Wednesday.
N"' now to a passage in the Official, whlci
III ,.J rass BY with the silent disgust wacl
y a0; n,,,.on into the private affairs OF other'
4lsir :" svery we'll organized mind, were Il
.lri'S' |" o,r readers are concerned that, IN ou'
~ tia' Vs are not influenced BY motives OF any
s''S'' $3.50 than that of earning honest bread
gsa'e' nsans. and endeavoring to make those
Is sonSs. sa .,,ne time conductive to public good
aeaa's ut from the Official the following pas
We eI1 ..,;,ou,ly and wantonly thrust upon the
~ ~. eve. in the course oil ITS 'ucnora''0"' %
,"',S !. Totslligencer a free press? Could 1t
- u" ';,ale week if it were not fed by the
tt ons s ~, he United States? Has not the senior
AK o. -" into the country to splendid house
il'o' 'ei"e1 -, ne baak? Is not the office in
M .t "I I"teiIgencer i. printed, the property OF
.'I Bank n Can such press be irees'
w.. ,o.ders of the Intelligencer can testify
,te ''~ ,nrb reluctance we ever bring our per-
l.' , '' '.r a'r into their presence. must
aa'I Gonces .ns hear with us, aud '.heH US for
$685. r' ~. We hope we need not say to them
'i' cS Ga, ~I,,osa lnteligencer is rs free as the
al ~ Ind the restraints OF justice, truth, de-
".5 ,nJ propriety only excepted. mat the
:'', ~; is Printing to Congress, more than ayear
o., q" T S',f aro. directly after expanding some
'aO ,S.' t,.esty thousand dollars IN adding TO
a'eeA y :, doit, was severe blow upon tins
.aI ~; h,an, cannot be denied. 1.-The Party
ESTABLISH, lad done for US, and some of their
-aoi55'' "'1 \ ,haroat with a 6endlike ioy-
~ -, b,"rbt they were dancing on our graves
o"e! p2onl. AT Baltimore and Boston, who
sayp .ii,re been rewarded for that ana IKE en-
.Io;.. fred sautes Of artillery on receiving the
go, Yes. even Bunker HILL was profaned on
."a orc,s;op. For two years proceeding the in-
I,", r.lerred 10, every mean art was practised
IN, N, by conspiracy TO destroy our credit
Il .nh,rrass our circumstances. Attempts
80. made in various WAYS to get the control OF
e1,ahl;.hmept: Of the nature OF which every
-. Or inst man nav form an idea, from the
: N that an overture was made TO pcrcnase from
W. If our largest creditors lien which he held
, w." onr Establishment, in the vain hope Of thas
go il from our hands, Indeed, the persec1-
.on ,rh;rh we have undergone. and have sur'iH-
\ v;,bout the slightest aid or countenance from
,aI;,;r friends. would astonish every reader, IT
20 chose to make tits Paper the herald OF QUE IN
mos We have brne up against the shock bet
;er thaasiher our frieudS or our ene'nies expect
.. and @ National lntelhsencer has at no time
men in serious danger. though 1t looked little IKE
III Ahcr these preliminary remarks, We ask all
,audnl personS. and especially our professional
,retbrsn. to read over again the above extract
lom the Official and then the following CORES
gondence:
Ro Smith, ESQ.
Cashier, 0Gce IF Bank z. States Washington.
WAsHiNGToN, Sept. Il, 1850.
SIR: Fur reasons Which /, is hardly necessary
70 troable YOU with. we wish YOU to state, IN writ
.ag, to be used publicly If necessary, answers
% tbefoIlOwiNg questions;
What amoat: Of property of the undersigned,
" either of them. has been sold under deed OF
rust. aud the proceeds thereof paid over to the
0.6ee Of the Bank of the United States, in this
cts, on account Of debts due to the said Bank,
since the 4th day of March, 1929?
What amount Of money has been re-loaned to
IS by the said Bank, since the 4th day Of March,
$40:
Smce Tat amount being re-loaned, has any
application for further loans been made BY the
,adersjgen TO the Banks
Since the i'h day Of March, 1929, a house has
zen built on Firm bordering on this city, i'll
smch ], Gales. jan. now resides. Was that
.Oase built b. the Bank of the United States,
GbS It's meanss
W. regret to have 10 give YOU this trouble,
AID request The favor Of an early answer.
Yours very respectfully,
GALES s. SEATON.