Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1830-11-26
ALEXANDRIA,, ID. G.
FRfDsY MORNING. NOT %. 1850.

A NATIONAL CONVENTION, composed
of Delegates from every State in the Union. and
of the friends of HENRY CLAY, is proposed
to be held in the City of Washington; and Tues
day. the 2sd day of February next. is recon-
mended as the time of meeting IS To your
tents, o! Israel"
The New York American, in attempting TO eX-
plain the rather inexplicabe condition of politics
in that State, confesses that they are . swayed
more or less by personal considerations and pre-
ferences" for men. And after ALL this is the end
and aim of the most Of oar political struggles.
about which so much clamor is raised They
are miserable shufflings for place and profit.
without much thought about principle or honor.
The mind sickens at the spectacle which the
country sometimes presents, and can often IN
duge i'll no other feeling than that of disgust.
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A proposition is made in the Western Herald
to a in the circulation of Mr.. NILES Register.
The character of this useful work is now too well
established to need any recommendation, and al
though we do not go the whole length with the
Editor in his views Of the American System. we
yet feel every disposition to see him amply sup
ported and literally encouraged. Mr.. NILES is
one of the most indefalisable and industrious
Editors in this country. and his paper is uniyer-
sally resorted to for reference to facts and dates.
as we'll as for information as TO matters of gene
raj intelligence. II is truIy.a national paper
conducted with ability and spirit, and distIn-
guished for adherence to iTmh.
$3.50
The election for the next ltwenty-sccond) Con
gress, takes place i'll New Jersey OH Tuesday and
"Wednesday, the eSth and 2yii of December.
agreeably to the act passed at the last session OF
the Legislature
The following Note is appended to the 18th
number of the Southern, RevieW, just published
.sThe Editor of the Southern Review an.
nOunces to his Subscribers and the public. that
the twelfth numberis the last, which, under pre-.
sent circumstances, can be published.
"The necessity of stopping the Southern Re.
view arises, entirely, from cause which can be
remedied by the public spirit of the people-thc
want of money Although the number of Sub
| scribers upon the books of the Review is large
enough to pay the necessary expenses OF the pub
| LEGATION, yet from the scattered nature of the
agricultural population of the South, and the diff
ficulty of collection, under such circumstances,
the receipts of the work have not been at all adc-
quate to the expenditures. A scheme, however,
has been devised and is now before the public for
consideration. which, if successfully prosecuted,
will enable US to resume our labors, and will
/ place the Review beyond the danger of future
embarrassment"
In looking over Kentucky paper. we observe
that the Rev. AlexanderR Campbell has an APP
pointment to preach in the .RepubHcan church. ,
There is something snguarly worldly in such Il
designation-but ii NAV, nevertheless, be correct.
-lass
FISHER AMEs (savs the New York Evening
Journal) once wrote to his friends, The Editors Of
the New England Palladium, in the following
strain of advice: He entreated them mot to fol-
low the common custom of describing all the hOr-
rid thunder showers. monstrous births, and hor-
rid accidents, they should hear of. There would
doubtless occur" he said, s. every year, num-
Der of heavy thunder showers, that would split
oak trees all TO shvers; and there would be sows
that would eat up their own pigs; and large me-
Ions that would weigh-consideraJh
monsrous great rats Caught in traps, or Who would
barely escape with the loss of their tails; and for
his part, he supposed that if any man wouldonly
imagine to himself certain number, say two or
three dozen, of these incidents to occur every
year, he would be quite as wise as though he had
duly real all these amazing particulars
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Ceorgia.-A proposition has been introduced
into the Legislature Of Georgia, for removing the
University of that State from Athens to Mil
ledgevilIe.
1t is said that the Senate of Georgia has passed
resolutions striking at The root of notification.
-IAen
Uiiliam b. Giles, late Governor Of Virgin;,,.
This distinguished individual last spring con-
sented to be a candidate at the recent election
for Delegates'to the Virginia House of Assembly
from the County of Amelia; but the state of his
health having become such as to leave no hope of
his being able to perform the duties, if elected.
he was compelled to withdraw from the canvass,
which he did by means Of letter .sto the peo-
ple of the County of Amelia" publicly read by
his son Mr.. Thomas T. Giles; on the day Of
election. To use the writer's own language. thi,
letter was written to- his constituents" Whilst
standing; as believe l now do. on the verge or
the grave-in the awful presence Of Almighty
God. and in the purity and sincerity of my own
heart-to bid YOU, as now most soemnyy do.
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