Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1831-10-07
ALEXANDRIA,. DC.
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A friend in town has received a le,,s, 6.
Fauquicr, stating that Mr.. Samuel Wither, .
shot on "Wednesday last at the " ar.en,cp R,..
by Captain Gale. They were bett,ns en- ~.
which prodaecda quarrel Mr.. W. sruckC,,
G. who immc liately drew pistol from lis no.,
ct, aud shot him in the stomach. He l,yet ;,
days after receiving the would.
The eleventh number Of the Cabinet If v.
raj History contains two beautiful ensr,,;,,
and much valuable and interesting matter "
should like to know if this American work :. :.
tronized as It should be:
Proposals have~been issued BY Mr. ami
al, for publishing, in the City of Washins,oD
weekly paper, to be called the Paul Prrs
Doubtless it will be popular paper. Peh,D
may become, in time. the Government (ti,nI
There is no knowing what strange thin, n,
happen in these strange times.
! The subject Of the annexed extract, is ;D,.,.
ing. and may become important to the who'll. finn
try. The National Gazette says the Gaze
consequence whether we regard the priDcD,
VOWED, the manner IN which il must saec,
Southern right OF slave property. or the yalu,
the subject Of tie present dispute. The .I,,,
are owned in this town. aud were shipped on brs
the Brig Comet, Captain Staplc.. which vessel
will be recOiectcd was wrecked on Abaco. T
slaves were insured in New Orleans. and tie a..
of The Insurance Companies is now dem,p&,
the negroes from the British Governor who ri,
es to give them up. Without further prci.te,
give the articles.
From The Jamaica COuralt, .7ns. Y,
We transcribe from the columns Of The Or,
sition Journal recently established in Nassau
article Of considerable interest in many points
view. 1t relates to the manner in which hsE
fish Government has disposed of certain Slaves
the United States, who had been wrecked vi.
on their passage from one part Of the rcTbr,
another, aud had been brought before me A,
rally jurisdiction of The Bahama Islands.
case, Invested of al CapfaaiUm twotiie n,
simple. Let Us consider it with references
laws Of nations: Whenever an act OF nature trs
the people Of one of two friendly cuuntre.@t
shores of another, the sufferers are entitled h,
ceWe all the assistance and hospitality which
be afforded by those on whose coasts they are "a
and, after paving the expences Of the sen
rendered them. are to be allowed to completsh
original vnvagc; nor does the accident Of ni.
give the one nation any right to legislate over
other. Upon this plain and undonbted primo
of international law, the question now al i'd
ought to have been decided. The circumSllj
of part of the wrecked property being snf
does not alter the principle. Such an eua
comes with very ill-grace from Great BnI
which from the LIST of William the Sd. til
middle of the reign Of George the Sd, deer,
the Slave. Trade to lie most beneficial. and
| to be restrained-nay. forbid her then Colon
New Hampshire and Virginia, IN any Vayh
strict the traffic.
The question, if settled according to Rs
tinents attributed to his ExceIIency Gen'n !
J. Carmichael Smith. will probably eScisiH
hostile feeling between the United Sue'iM'
British Government. for the former nlona
ders itself bound to protect the rights d pa'
ana equally with those OF New York S%
British despotism forced the Slave Trade
when we were too weak to resist lhe ~"
who eticctuaIly raised voice against ',s ~
was our Jcftr, son, who as IS acknosle':,r
Lord BrOuSham, induced his native 'lal''
nia, to set the example to mankind ol aOoI'
the commerce in slaves from Africa s'nV
time, the United States have been gfaa"n'y
ing themselves from the thradomo lOe'N
ycry-a system which every well luos"s
knows to he injurious to all classes one W.
ceedcd in abol,,hing il in all the STATES o.
the Potomac, and this she has done nl'aT'
larins the rights of her citizens, but T'"n
equitable considerations Of The claims -
property. She proceeded in the naturai 'o ",
freedom from war duties, perPetuated u W
peace, and the certainty Of ENJOYING m
profits of ones Industry, encouraged "'s
and that was found SO much more s Wv
in every respect. that the Northern ''r.
glad to get rih Of the burthen OF mat NV, ~,
sive system, which never worked wen !"
pie bn, the white Europeans. who '"e.Jj
Africans from their native land, and % a,,
on the new world. 4 contemplation
tish policy on this subject. is ausht OO," ~