Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1831-09-01
ALEXANDRIA. ID. &.
.vrpyoyy MORNING, SEPT l. 1851.

TUTRS03Y UOHS1a", SEfA
"a, , ,roper discipline should be preserved
I'D a reasonable strictness enforced over
n,r1,u of our population, recent events have
..f,i,ntly proved. 1t is an erroneous estimate
49,. h%nm,uity TO think otherwise; for lenlty,
ham might be cruelty to US. Our Southern
IS would induce US to 90 farther than some
,,rose: aud as it is, we hold certain old
- actions about these matters, which are
-. s,liad the present enlightened age-we
,.E.r 70 ,he subjeetsOf education &c. But all
with rs that it is unsafe to slack the
!, hermit the bounds which the laws, So
-. anil nature itself, have interposed. to be
....,ended. We are cursed with the evii-it
80, or f,uI, that It is e~ntailed upon us-snd
.,s, hear il as we best may. Ii is our duty
..,,o,, ourselves and our families, and not to
,oo,lizs the safety Of those who are to come
u. ~, rs. We are fully acquainted with the &C.
-, character Of those to whom We refer, and
80. know the consequences that may ensue tom
;,;,dici,u, course Of conduct. Providence
AS Dlaced US in the condition OF masters, and
-, must sustain that position.
Nr. Branch having thought proper, at length
,Hsr much thinking, to come out with his expo
.,Ton Of the dissolution Of the late Cabinet, we
wonder whether he will continue to call himself
I,ck.oo man? 1.-The does. we think his associ-
no. opt to drum hin, out OF camp,
onr friend HALLowELL's explanation OF the
,tmO,Dheric phenomena, that have lately attract
al ,omuch attention, has been extensively copied
MO the newspapers throughout the country, with
general APPRECIATION.
Mr.. Patton's majority in the Orange District
$50, Gen. Dade received a majority IN Ma
dun Of 6s. All the other counties gave majori.
ne, for Mr.. P.
NJ. Armstrong is elected in the Berkeley Dis
tictb BY a majority Of 265 votes over Mr.. Lucas
ne Jackson candidate.
The Letters in another column from the editor
Of the Richmond Wing. gives further and more
inmate accounts Of the insurrection in SOuthamp-
ION than We have have yet received. This mat
ter now assumes such an aspect that 1t should be
we'll looked iato.
Our Virginia friends are making themselves
quite merry at Mr.. Cokes ''libei" upon Gen,
jackson in comparing him to a ''pig." One OF
them aysit reminds him Of a story he heard some
wears sucs eta gentleman calling upon his neigh
Dor for satisfaction in consequence ofhaving been
told tina, his neighbor had said that : : He was not
fit to carry CUTS to a bear" Whereupon the ac-
cused promptly stated that there must he some
mistake in the business as he felt confident he ne
yer could have made such an assertion, having
oeen fully Of the opinion at all times, that he the
COmpla iraut was we'll qualified and fitted for the
Office, Which Of course proved quite ~satisfac-
tory.
The Mysterious haOekiag.-A correspondent
vi the Albany Daily Advertiser attempts to ac-
CONT Phiiosphically for the phenomenon which
eas lately excited ~ much attention. in that city.
Tie compares the ear IN a diseased state, when the
"a'ery substance in one Of the lnuer cavities has
oeen absorbed partially, leaving a vacuum. TO the
instrument called Water Hammer This is a
'las' tube, Theoretically sealed, partly filed with
Ha'er' me rest being a vacuum by suddenly rais-
"s which to a vertical position, a peculiar noise
made oy the falling water, resembling that heard
u1'''s ne sPa'ms OF the patient, in the case re-
erred to, The solution seems a plausible one.
oaiy three knocks are heard at a time. and in
G'''N succession, when she has the spasms; and
''a Is this Is over, the splsm ends.
'os Harrisburg Reporter Of Friday says-"A
.~Ol'ea0on Of delegates from the several temper
S~e societies in Pennsylvania. assembled at the
nu'' house IN this place, on Wednesday last
'ssniy-e'sht delegates, representing seventeen
Nsoes'attended. Delegates were also appointed
%"S Washington county, Fayette county. But
'"'0'y' and Reading temperance societies,
w were prevented from ATTENDING by unavo;d.