Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1831-07-20
ALEXANDRIA. D. {.
,,r,rpSo1y MORNING.. JULY 20. lsol.

n.r.;.y We were mistaken IN supPosins'
IL. we had heard, that the editor o' Tue
r.,ar,,ob vas in possession OF the correspond
.nra between Messrs. E,roS and DERH'fS
p ri. Mondav's paper he says
I'VE have not seen the correspondence ou'
~, ., rs.,ssert the statement, and from
We sr"wIcdre Of the facts, and IRON suuSe Der
OUT I",.tsr % declare that so fai from deny
F'e''S S,c, stated in our publication ne main.
l'a u ~. trn,b .Under existing circumstances,
'A'hee ~ ia cause of truth calls for the publ
'Here'o.s s ,o correspondence. Will Major Ea-
~ IT, ,bs city without doing SO.
''n TO- 10 mist see that an issue Is made up,
Us, call from Messrs. ingham, Branch
psrr;sn. statement relative To the agency
a1 nla ~ Coj Johnson in this matter. Ii MAJOR
n, ves here before that statement appears,
-, :, ba borne in mind that he is torwarned.
.rhs Globe saws" We have understood that
E.. re,orted, TO give countenance 10 the contra
',;c,sJ statement of the Telegraph, that MI
W,,r;sp has received letter from Col. JohNsoN'
49, .hew, that Ue had no warrant for the de-
- CO., made IS TO him. We take the liberty
.i,arsF,rp Of Quoting from the letter OF Colonel
IN WHICH we have. his express declaration
LAT the President did not make the exaction
+ rho members Of his Cabinet charged by the
- : TELEGRAPH. The Colonel says" He.
c. I,cLsnui never authorized me torequire
81 intercourse, SC. &c. He always diSclaim-
~ TIA the parties so'' These are the
.roris of The Colonel, to the word, point and let
,e.." Sc.
The ycry evening before this appeared in the
Globe. the Telegraph had the following:
..Tbs Globe asserts that our statement rela-
.;vo 20 the cali made BY Col. Johnson, in the name
,f the President. on Messrs. Ingham, Branch,
"a Psrripn. IL be "a foul SANDER upon Col.
Iohoson;, Is the Globe authorized to make this
as,pr,ion. II that paper will publish denial.
authorized 6u Col johnson, we will give our
nroof When that goes before the public, there
can be but one opinion among those who prefer
truth to party,
The issue, therefore. will be made up, though
there has room been left for Juggling, retreating'
backing out or siding of If the parties are
GOOD special pleaders, they may hold on yet un'
Ill the Kentucky elections are over. We pub
U.h these matters merely to let the people see
that miserable Grew" are, or have been. oc-
cGpyiug conspicuous places in the nation. Ii 1t
does not sicken "ths republican party''-there
will be no use hereafter in using ipecac.
Under this head we might as well mention al
80, that Amos Kendall deaes 10 the Globe, ha-
wing had any thing to do with the insham consPl-
racy. He declares that on the cre"Ins. Of the
day, when they say he was accessory to the plot,
he did, to be sure, "several times pass MIR.
Inuham's door with his wife on his arm" but
continues and concludes Amos. eve were look
inc at several houses with view to rent one
Probably we were mistaken for recruited
force but | sOlcmny declare / had no hostile
design against Mr. lngham, nor do believe my
wife had"!!! There's for you Amos. Not
so coarse for pumpkin
Before we conclude this article, we would
state also, that the Telegraph thinks that better
counses having prevailed, the President has aban-
,oned the idea Of dismlssing Col. Towson. In
one instance, at least, the greatest and best''
seems to recognise the maxim OF Fa!staff, that
the better part Of yalOr is discretion
The Boston Patriot correctly remarks, If there
we're not in our institutions some self preserving
principle, the government would beforeaow have
been dissolved. For four months there has been
no administration. The imbeCile Rcforner who
is its nominal head, Is utterly incompetent to
auy systematic or regular direction Of affairs,
and the Clerks and Deputies to whom the several
bureaus have been intrusted, if inferior to their
ate principals are humble enough. That essen
tial interests have suffered by the broils Of the
Cabinet, cannot be doubted. The supsrintend-
cnce Of wise and efficient commander is abso.
'ntciy necessary for the economical, and even
,ale management Of affairs.
The POOr's House in Georgetown has been fin.
shed and delivered up to the Corporation. The
Columbian Gazette describes it as being 100 feet
,Ous and % wide-has two wings. each Is by
y feet. and piazza extending from wing to
wing, on the south front There are on the