Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1831-08-08

Captain Graham and 1e~ e -. ,hom
lice, as the crowd @ssNTaa ZIG: t Ssr U weTs = few
as,is sepssite With their bayonets charg-
tain Esst the people; the police said to them.
Is throw down your s%tones;' didn't see any OF
that crowd with stones; they replied the road was
theirs "a well as the policies that they paid for it;
the notice were then desired BY Captain King l
believe. to 90 Oh, and we proceeded; a few po-
lice we're placed in front of the cattle, and others
hah;nd them: | was to the left, and Gregan, the
hailitf. to the right of the cattle; | saw stones with
some of the crowd; the yeomanry were then
drawn up in line facing the river, and Capt: IRA
ham was on their right {next the pound; saw
nothing happen till we passed the line; the yeo'
many were filing after US; the first thing that at
tracted my attention was a shot, about a minute
after passed the line; it was in my rear;
then another, and another Immediately alter, ana
then a general discharge of fre-arms; l don't
think the whole firing continued more than TWO
minutes; l saw Captain King from the time ne
left the pound until after the first shot was hred,
distinctly say he did not fire that shot, and
am certain he did not fire any OF the three hrSt
shots; | did not see him fire any shot that Gay;
Captain King was in front of me, In my sight, until
after the three first shots, l did not see Captain
Graham during the general running flre; there
we're odd shots after, and | saw him then riding
by me; and heard him say-''Oh! lie: ne! SHAME!
cease firing"
The inquest had been sitting four days at our
last advices, and had not yet come to a decision.
4 .Judicious' ,eplY.-A friend Of the Hero in
a neighboring county, upon being asked whe.
Their or not he thought the President ought to re-
move from office, the Second and Fourth Audi
tors, Lewis aud Kendall, very jadiciousiy replied,
Ut is,a subject that l have thought but little
about, and am not. at present. prepared to answer
the question: but | have no doubt that whatever
the President does IN relation to the matter, will
be done with a view to promote the public good,
and the cause of the republican party. 1t he re-
moves them, (or either of them | shall be satlsf-
ed his motives for doing SO are good, and ii he re-
tains them. | shall perhaps still be satisfied. 1t
is not tor the Presidents friends to say what he
ought to do; but to approve of Uhdieper he does"
Lexington Observer.
Tie Springs.-The Lewisburg Palladium Of
the 5Oth July states, upwards OF 400 guests have
already been at the Uhite Sulphur Springs dur
ing the season, and that about 900 are now there
that the accommodations have been greatly i'm
proved, and more than 500 can be entertained at
one time. i lie DNI DUtpHUI hhS wv uSoto,
and can accommodate about twice that number
near 200 have arrived there during the season.
The Street Springs has about SO persons, and
Richmond Compiler.
A Washington correspondent of the Enquirer,
whom Mr.. Richie quotes with much commenda-
ton, defends the Presidents conduct in the late
disgusting scenes at Washington, and calls him
the :. OLD Roman!"-What old Roman did the
f~awnins .ycophant mean-Nero, Caligula or Ii
berius?-Vrginin.
On Friday evening the s2d inst. a whirlwind
passed through a portion Of Bourbon county,
ABOUT nine miles from Lexington, which surpass-
ed in violence any thing of the kind ever before
witnessed by the oldest inhabitant in that section
OF the country. Fences were prostrated-corn-
fields observation-disclosures unroofed. and trees Of
every description, torn ont of the roots. We are
sorry to learn that the stOrehouse of Mr.. kleZier,
on the road to Paris, was torn TO pieces and ma
ny of the goods injured or destroyed. Som
pieces Of dry goods were found at a distance of
two miles. A large 10y stable was entirely over
thrown, and yet four horses were found in the
ruins uninjured. Notwithstanding the destruc-
ton by the storm. we are happy to state that no
lives have been lost; and we understand that the
injury only extends toa limited extent.
Harrington (RyJ Observer.
Troubles IN Michigan A friend at Detroit,
has sent US the following, under date of July %:
s. This community has been thrown into a perfect
ferment by the receipt of intelligence this morn
ing, that a boy from Kentucky, between 10 and
90 years of age, has been appointed Secretary of
the Territory, an Office corresponding to that of
Lieut.. Governor i. the States. The father of
this boy, J. T. Mason, was appointed to this Of
flee little more than a year since, and has now,
1t appears, resigned ID favour of bis son to enjoy
a more lucrative appointment. The fact of Mr..
Mason, senior, being brother in law to the Post
master General, accounts for this regularity OF
succession. The people of Michigan, however,
arc disposed to bolt, as you will perceive by the
enclosed handful. Yours. sc.
"To OsE AND ALL.-.4ppointment by the
Presideat.-Stephen Thompson Mason, Of Ken
lucky, to be Secretary of the Territory of Mich
igan. Citizens Of all parties, who are unwilling
that the extensive powers, vested by the Ordi-
nance in the Secretary Of this Territory, espc-
- tho oG.on,, M. to.a, IS H., C,o..os