Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1830-07-07
ALEXANDRIA, ID. C..
WEDNESDAY MORNING. JULY7, 1880.

report Of the Government Defamer. He chal-
lenges his accuser5 TO bring their accusations III
u tangible shape, and before a tribunal which can
iodge of facts Invested of party coloring and
mean insinuations and inuendOs. He also makes
satisfactory rejoinders to the charges preferred
by the Fourth Auditor.
We are absolutely sick unto loathing, and COM
pletely disgusted with the system on which the
Government Is administered. The Departments
are not only formed into offices OF Rewards and
Punishments. but saughter-hOuse Of character
has been attached to them, where the political
butcher mangles reputation, indiscriminatelv and
without feeling. The attacks upon MIR. KING
and Lieut.. RANpoLPH, are specimens OF the ef-
forts resorted to by the Government to PROSTATE
,hose against HON their interest or their maiice
orompt their efforts. The time was. when the
officers Of Government would have shrunk from
such a man as KENDALL, asthongh his touch pos
sessed contamination. Oar rulers. good souls,
are perfectly Indifferent 70 the old adagc. = Who
40 touches pitch mast be deGled."
~sNss~
We mentioned. day or two since, the sInsu-
lar fact of ChOctaw Indian Offering himself as
candidate for Congress from the State of Alsss-
sipri. According to the laws of that state, the
Indians residing within is limits, are entitled 10
ali the privileges of citizenship.
The address of the Choctaw to the voters. as
given in the Port Gibson Correspondent. Is frank.
manly, and independent: and this son Of the
woods" has given worthy precedent 20 other
si,aag candidates for similar occasions. 1t is as
follows:
To The Voters Of Mississippi.
Fellow CrrlzENs:-t have fought for YOU, |
have been BY your own act madea citizen ofyour
State; am freeholder, nature nay parent. l
have been told. that the term "a Roman citizen"
was once passport throughout the world. Ac-
cOrding to your laws am an American citizen,
the greatest aud the purest representative repub-
lie that has ever existed. In nv yoG.h was
hunter, in manhood a warrior. always battIed
0a the side of this republic. Ny feet now iai III
the chase. and my arm can no longer bear the
burden of my bow. While in a state Of nature.
M ambition was alone in the ,ha,ie--ny hopes to
Dc Inferred in the mounds of my ancestors. But
You have awakened new hopes; vour laws have
for me frightened m prospects. | know no
man who has suffered mere than myaef, whether
YOU or myself time will tell. have been told
oy nv white brethren, that the pen of history i,
impartial, and that in after wear, our iori,rnk,l-
9TeiWil have justice and ENERGY too
This. tel.ow-citiZens, is plain talk. Listen.
tnr have spoken in canIor. According to your
laws think that am qualified for seat in the
roancil, Of mighty Republic. of which the State
OF Mississippi Is 4 component part; and | could
weld tn uo citizens III point at devotion To the
laws aud constitution If the same.
IT, fellOw-ci.iIths, after exsmnng my preten-
sions, aud iupartially comparing them with
others, who viii be my opponents, IT YOU vote for
me, will serve Won. have no animosity against
any Of my white brethren. who enter the list
against me; but with Indian sincerity, | wish
You would elect me a member Of the next Con
sress OF the United States
MUSHCIATUBBA.
CicctGlg Nation, Isl .2yrd, 1850.
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UeH P)iHf.-The annual examination of the |
Cadets AZ this national school closed about ten
days ago. 1t was satislactorvin an eminent de- |
gree ~ The board Of visitors, aud creditable to the
institution.
We annex list of the Cadets which. accord |
lng 20 a regulation for the Government of the |
Military Academy, requiring the names of the
most distinguished Cadets. not exceeding five in |
each class, to reported for this purpose. at each
annual examination. is to be attached 10 the Ar
nv Register
REPORTED Al THE EXAMINATION IN JUNE, 1850. |
Fist Class
AleX'r. J. Swift, New York.
- ''''''N''' S'CutSlds
Walter 5 Chandler, District of Columbia. !
Francis Vmton. Rhode Island
I'Wm. y. Pendlcton, Vir,inia.
Second ClaSs.
| Roswell PARK, New York.
James Allen, North Carolina.
Henry Gay, Kentucky.
Ricnird H. PeytOn, Virginia.
"uiim A. Norton, New York.
Third Class.
! Eo'ert T. Smith Mississippi.
benjamin =. L"cH, New Jersey.
G''Ise W. Ward, Massachusetts.
JACOB W. hany, Rhode Island.
Lewis Howell, Pennsylvania.
Fourth Class
fredelcN \. smith, Massachusetts.
, John II. Allen. New York
; Francis II. smith, Virginia.
s David Il. iarris, Virginia.
} William IL. Sidell. New York.
Inc hrst class Is composed of the cadets who
have been four years at the institution. who have
1t.