Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1830-06-26


The case of the, United States VS.. E. RIPLEY,
iate Major General IN the Army, was decided
1t New Orleans on the goth ult. The SUIT was
one of investigation, and comprised the settlement
Of large amounts. The Jury found a verdict for
500 dollars in favor of the defendant, exclusive
Of a claim for pension. On returning into court
the foreman expressed the unanimous opinion OF
the jury. that in addition thereto. the defendant
was entitled to his pension amounting to 5000 dol
lars. from the period he was wounded in the sor-
Tie from Fort Erie. The Judge instructed them
again he had done in his charge before, to reject
the claim for the pension: whereupon the jury re-
turned their verdict for the sum above stated ba-
lance OF accounts, and rejecting the claim to a
peasion agreeably TO the charge of the court
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From the National Gazette's remarks on the
new Novel; Paul Clifford"
LAS far "a moral or immoral design can be
imputed 10 the author, we should infer that he
meant to vilifgall political and social institutions.
and mankind and womankind: and to compound
book which should. as Schiller's PLAYS are said
70 have done, multiply the race of public robbers,
and cause young ladies to long after them for low
rrs and husbands. 1t Cannot be denied that he
has pursued these ends with certain ability. and
IN way fitted 10 awaken more or less interest in
its pages; but nevertheless he has introduced so
much hyberbole, carricature, ribaidry, Wild and
Improbable fiction, mawkisd sentimeatslitv. hOr-
rid guilt. spurious philosophy. that reader who
reflects and aallyEes, my be surprised ut the
lavish aud broad penaSyric which has been be-
slowed on the tarraso. Doubtless. 'spaul Clifford
Is not without occasional elOqueace, deep or plaus-
ble satire. and descriptive or imaginative powers
STYLED III several # the chapters: in conCediug,
however such merits, we must state formally the
opinion couched in the anteccdent remarIs-''iat
IT'S a secondary Performance. Of bad tendencies.
which. We trust, will nor be- initiated either by
VIZ. Bulwar himself, or the scribe Pee,ts."
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The Caion.-At public dinner recently in
Charleston, $. c. in honor of Mr.. PoINsErT, the
following toast was given:
"By LalgIon Ckeres: The Union-May it
be preserved; bat, if it be, it will be BY reform
which shall make it serve the great purposes for
which II was inStituted-the equal security and
protection OF the rights, the interests, the honor.
and the feelings of all tina partS- 49,, c..araalA-
racv.'
There was time when an IF about the Union,
IN the mouth of an intelligent man., would have
been deemed little less Than madness or treason.
Now its dissolution is as freely canvasscdn South
Carolina as though it was a thing almost indi4er-
emit. Even such a man rs Mr. Cheyes. whose
strong mind should temper feelings not less strong
cannot. it would seem. resist the infection of
the Atmospheric to which he has returned-and
he. too. talks about the Union with an IL
1t would pain Us 10 believe that Mr.. Cheves. like
another resident of South Carolina, DIR. Cooper
who was for a long time what Mr.. Cheves has
Just ceased to be. citizen of Pennsylvania-ha
one set Of opinions for Carolina and another Tor
PENNSYLVANIA; vet assuredly in Pennsylvania Mr..
Cieves did not take any public occasion thus to
fling doubts unon the duration of that Union.
which. while Ne~ York and Pennsylvania. and
the East and the West, shall maintain 1t. the
South NAV vainlv hope to sever.-N. I. finer.
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Small Por-The British ship Brunswick,
Blake, master. from London, arrived at quaran-
tine on Saturday. with two hundred and nine pas
sengers: one hundred and twelve of whom were
then, or had been, sick with small pox. Three
others have sickened since. Five of the cases
terminated fatally on the passage. OF the whole
number who have sickcued, not ono had been mo-
cuiatel for either the kline or small pox-aIthough
mon