Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1831-07-22

.chemc--bcsidcs the names of few gentlemen,
who are to patronize the association and to ASSIST
in carrying its objects into execution. Some idea
of the manner in which this proposition has been
received by the people to whom it was address
ed. NAV he formed from the facts which we have
stated above, and the following editorial article
which appeared in the Enquirer Of the 18th;
We hope the opposition. with which this Propo-
sitiop has been received by several OF the most
enlightened Citizens of Richmond, will MP IN
the bud. The people of Virginia are disposed TO
cherish the Gospel.-The great nass OF them VI
sits the temples consecrated to the DIVINITY
They have delighted to listen to the admonitions
of different ministers of the different sects-to the
affecting exhortations Of the venerable bishoP OF
the Episcopal Church, the erudltion OF Rlce'
the eloquence of BrOadus, the touching enthu-
siasm ola Parks.-But when they are asked TO re-
ceive the DomiciIiary Visits OF the ministers OF the
Churches, or their agents. they will be apt 10 say
to them: "No, no, gentlemen; we must decline
, YOUR proposition. We esteem you as men; we
hearken to YOU at the Churches or at tie lectures
with the respect which becomes your station
holy religion which you preach to men. But, we
must decline such Visits as you propose. We
cannot consent, that you should visit our house
holds for the purpose of regulating our conduct
there or that of our families. il looks too much
like an inquistion, and we cannot assent to the
introduction of any thing which looks like such an
institution. We must Judge in these respects Tor
ourselves. The great quality Of the Virsin'ans
is that thew dare to think for thcMseves-and this
is said to be the. secret of the independence
Of their minds and the firmness of their character
While we yield all due Difference to the Ministers
of Religion we cannot consent TO become their de-
pendents."
We hasten (says the Norfolk HERALD to give
publicity to the following statement, communicate
ed to US by several gentlemen of the first stand
ing in Accomacx and Northampton counties,
and call upon the publishers Of newspapers south
of US to follow our example, that the perpetra-
tors of this lawess outrage against humanity and
the laws NAV be brought TO justice, and their vic.
tins rescued from illegal bondage.
DRuMMoND Town,
Accomack Co. Va. July IL.
Some time during the month Of October last two
negro women, the one called Abigail, and the other
Ann, with two children called Leonard and Jane,
were taken from the possession of certain Daniei
Mex enzie, negro trader, (whO brought them
here from the State of Delaware) and committed to
the custody of the sheriff of this county upon an
application to sue in forma pa,tperis for their free
dom. Early in June last, the Jail of THIS county
was broken, and these negroes escaped into Ma
Iryiand, where they were apprehcndcd and com
mitted to the Jail of Worcester county, in Snow
H,ll.-In the first week of this month the deputy
sheriff OF this county proceeded TO remove the I'd
thence to our Jail, when man named --
Currle, who professed himself to be agent Of
Mckenzie, by some means yet unaccOunted for.
got them out of the custody of the deputy sheriff,
and crossing the Chesapeake in Fioyd's packet
from Northampton, landed them at Portsmouth.
1t is probable that he is now on his way TO North
Carolina, or some other Southern STATE. II is hoped
that the friends OF humanity will endeavOr to arrest
this.kidnapperin his outrageous attempt to tram
ple on law as well as liberty, and prevent his re-
moving these unfortunate beings beyond all hope
of freedom, their right to which is very little
doubted here.
The New York American. in advertihs to the
foreign news brought by the last arrival, says of
the tyrant of Portugal
"We find nothing more about administering
wholesome chastisement to Miguel. No answer
had yet been received at Paris from Lisbon; but
Don Miguel has taken it into his head that the
English squadron. which remains at the mouth
of the Tagus, is intended to protect him against
the French. The adase that God takes care
of FOOLS" seems to have held good in regard to
this miscreant. His power (of dong mischief)
seems hardly to totter, while that of most of his
compeers is Frustrated"
We learn that the Hon. John Quincy Adams
has been requested by the Common Council Of
Boston to deliver an euiogiam on the late Presi-
dent Monroe, and that he has accepted the APP
pointment.
The Richmond Compiler very properly takes
the Village Record to task, for its msrepresen-
tations, unntentional We presume. If late &C.
currence in Pennsylvania. The Southern people
on this subject are badly treated. and at times we