Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1831-02-08

proper 70 his proiesslou, anu, heNetlneiess, VIC
might readily acknowledge that he would not
make suitable President Of the United States.
Create him an admiral, we should add--sive him
ninety gun ship-but save him and the country
from rash experiments Of his powers in the most
arduous and peculiar of all civil stations. 1.-THE
nation, dazzled by their professional glory, or
relying upon their characteristic energy, or in
the funess Of its gratitude for their noble achieve.
ments, had exalted Decatur Or Perry to the
Chief Magistracy, with result like the present,
much as we personally admired and esteemed
those ilIustrious men, we should have deprecated
with equal earnestness. for their sakes and the
common good, repetition of the mistake or the
continuance of fond delusion under circum-
stances of peril greatly aggravated and sensibly
developed.
Mr.. Benton has been siugularly unsuccessful,
even for HIM, in his attempt, SO long premeditat-
ed and hugely labored, against the Bank. Eve
ry year he has come to Washington with some
mighty scheme, or brood OF projects; but
this, we believe, is the first which has not been
allowed one DAVIS existence. 1t hardly deserves
to be called ephen.e. al. No one thought it neces-
sary to answer his encyclopaedia harangue. which,
no doubt, will BIZ given to the world, distributed
into sections if not chapters or books, and pro-
yided with learned and desultory scholIa, like one
of DIR. PARIS sermons or tracts. The refusal of
the leave which he asked, is an occurrence which,
perhaps has no precedent in the proceedings of
the Senate, for the fifteen years past. Among
the minority i'm the question are several gentle
men who are known on believed to be hostile to
his object, but who felt unwilling to do thing
so unusual as to vote against leave to 6r,nS IN
resolution. To reject a proposition thus. is
always regarded as ''rough treatment" Five
Senators were absent, three Of whom at least
are understood 10 be IN favor of the renewal OF
the Banks charter. On the whole this vote of the
Senate is an encouraging indication. Take it in
connexlon with the vote of the House Of Repre-
sentatives against repeating the Union, by abro.
eating the power of the Supreme Court, and the
two prompt decisions should have. perhaps the
effect of satisfying the People that Congress is
not vet quite ripe for DiS,mion. Anarchy and
Paper Money.-Nat. Gaz.
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From the .7ibaly Erenmg Journal.
SPLENDID CuARIrY.-In the course Of the
proceedings of the Assembly on Tuesday, Pc
titon was presented by Dudley Selden, to incor-
pOrate CHE LEAKE AWAITS ORPHAN HOUSE,
under the following circumstances:
John &. Leake, late citizen OF the city OF
New York, died, leaving personal property,
amounting to nearly SSOO,0OO, by his will, which
was finally established by decision of the Court
of Errors about year past. Nearly the whole
of this estate became the property of Rober:
Watts, who died without issue after he arrived
at the age of twenty-one years some few months
after the above mentioned decision, and thereby
the said estate vested in his father John Watts.
lnasmuch, however, as it was provided by the
said will, that in case the said Robert Watts
should die before he arrived at the age of TWEEN
tv.one without issue, then the said property
should be applied under the care of certain truS-
tees to the support of Orphan Children of all de.
nominations. John Watts, who, by the course oil
events. has become fully entitled to the estate
as his own, has voluntarily resigned the whole.
and applied for the creation Of corporation for
the purpose of administering this splendid chart.
ty. And although the petitioners have affixed
no name to this charitable corporation, yet we
think the above name ought to be selected as
commemorative of the names of these benevolent
individuals.
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From the Philadelphian.
An AWFUL ScENE.-A respectable gentle
man, living near Dagsborough, in Sussex county,
inform US, that on the 18th and 18th days of the
present month (December), the people in the vi
cinity of the sea coast experienced the greatest
Al Ii l.