Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1830-07-21
% Wrapped in iurid clouds

- wrapped an iutlu SlV"S'
Tle riau, 6eud, with yulture JOY, careers
Amidst the sleamiug carnage. To- uhte'"eu'
Aud shaking earth at every poIderuu' oouhu'
IL, IN ,Biac st-ed, with eye at meteor S'afe'
An! nos,rls breathing lotth des,rolIn mes
?, yaulIins throughthe FAINT and scattered mo''''
Aud tramPins dead anG dJins Al Tue 1u'''
tgaip: !.
There, much O: eaIftI darkness DER the land,
,Di wicked spirits plat their crimes therein
Vt.I,. llnjt an IT. deep impervioGs folds
their ats anl hideous features lnik conceaed,
rhsy wave tIe 1tring torch Of Fiction high'
~, t,uring--'' 30! the ra't,1nt sun 0f truth:
l..lI-,! crowd, the eNutns shout repeat,
AMI Ike beu'g!.tcd wild fowl sn'it by glare
Dfu.s1,ng mountain, or constituting dome
.ghry biadly rushtu the b-Si!drrIn6 rL'ine'-
With dircst PASSIONS kiHdcd into rage,
ihev thence become the dupts ofpsrty wiles,
- Aod Il. ,sln', solemn ouunseis madiy spurn
Then ,is,se uuhinges all the social irare,
Sal &h,re dcligbtui harmony prevailed,
Conflicting rancOr sud confusion rciSn
So lhrou IN the according well'adJu''ed parts
uf some meiolious Instrument OF sound
lghicA the rule hand of vioicnee ass'ls,
ir,nle,sing changes ran, until the chsrm
ur tub faI strains 10 grating diScOrd yields"
We think these extracts will be sufficient TO
,,tisfy every man that the'CIuner Is mistaken
IA It's estimate of the Poem. attempted to be crit
icized. ami which has been dealt 80 hardiy with.
Pertains A candid review of il would>inGucea
a more favorable opinion; certain we are that
from the best critics we have, 1t has received UNI
qualified praise, and Mr.. BRYAN has every rea-
son to be grst6ed with lis reception by the lit
elary public in general.
Oar unsolicited and perhaps unnecessary de-
fence of the Poem, is not matter OF any cOnse-
luence Il will stand on irS own merits.
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Expedition 70 ,4lglers.-rhe grand movement
OF he French against the .AlgerlneS has command
ed the attention of Europe, aud is matter OF m
terest and curiosity 10 the people of ihiS country
VIVA, NAV be the probable fate Of the expedition Is
matter Of the merest speculation, and we confess
rhat to Us, the success Of the French, natWlth-
standin5 their extensive preparations l. e>tte'ae-
" doubtful. An account Ut the Battle ol NgierS
in 1916, bY an English officer engaged, which sc
.ecul.ect to have read somewhere, presents VI
vii display Of the difficulties attending bomb
bardment or seizure of the ell fortified tOwD.-
Its occupation would DC every way desirable by
is present assaiiants. We ate told in GA arti-
Gle in the Revieu Encyclopedque Oh this subject
4hlch We Cad translated in the New York Com
merci4l, that the realm of Alsier, is separated
from TCIlOn by only 25j leagues OF the sea, which
Geet vail eros, in eight DAYS, merchant vessels
IN three, ships Of war in thirty-slX hours, and
steamboats, In twenty four. fhe sea joins France
10 Algiers as the chain of the Pyrenees separates
1t from S;lin, Tolon OF Magseilles and Alsers,
which are ne. hbors, are the centres of CONNER.
cial activity and intelligent enterprise; while the
proximitY Of Rosas and Perpiguan IS of no utility.
This will at once shew the use that the French
might make Of his place-Whethor is possession
would not excite the jealousy. and alarm the
fears Of England, isauo;hcr matter worth consid-
Grafton,
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DJFs.--0lr good friends of PHILADELPHIA ap-
pear to be IN some little STIR about their Dog
L1ws-Ditto, amongst the interested in our town.
Oa the subject the National Gazette good hu-
moucediy remarks:
4 correspondent complains of partially in the
execution Of the Dog law He AYERS that the
'cs' pointers are seized. while =. thousands of
aI-iooNlas and sOOd-Or-nOthing dogs, that know
10 owners, are suffered to run at large unmo-
4 e'ied.' The canine iG-ar0ai are the privileged.
4 Gj)dtorRoihiaga ess hasits advantages with quad
Tupeds rs well as bipeds. knowing 40 owner''
Is however. an honorable distinction both for
man aud beast To walk in the leading-strines
oil master Is pitiable condition, even when
ne dog seems 10 guide A solemn appeal is
made BY our correspondent to the high conStaJies
against the ''gea'lsmea ,Iog.ktl!ers.o who either
a!sdaln or fear 70 handle the outlying mangv ours.
We 'tel but little compassion for any of the ca
h'oe race, ahd think that the epithet dog dqus is
veil connected wi,A,he period of the hottest
"ei'aer the most odious and dangerous In
NE cceicHls man and horse are most to be pitied.
We recommend impartaliy to the gentlemen
81 a|@->".or'. and pray them to fall alike upon
- H,'NSpeayc's eaumeration--' MAstis. orey.
a'iH,L m1p-'ii grlm. hound or spaniel, brache
y '''n' or ooJ.ali like, or trGndlc-tail"
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WILLIAM ". M.CARry is announced in the
1H'e>hg'g papers a. 4 candidate for the Senate of
'',-.nn, t1.a the Loudolu ard Fairfax district:
g" NN. /. :. N,soN aui II. B. POWELL as
'4ooldates Tor The Hous, Of Delegates from the
"a .1ntf Of LoudOun.
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ihe Cincinnati America & he 10th instant.
Fl ~ that Mr. CLtY hes gope 10 Columbus. Ohio.
attend the Circuit Court which will be in SEES
,'n there on the twelfth Instant. We un.
"eF>'apd, as he passed thron IN N,v.v;Ila onJ