Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1831-05-02

,rha Charleston Mercury asserts win great
ovult.t;on. that there are no fdamses'
aP p CI.vs nor Websters, in the State Rights OF
Nn,I;scation marty. The friends OF the ohio"
will have no difficulty in giving full credit 10 tne
assertion. The Mercury never spoke more truly
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The Mercantile Advertiser states 'hst III. IT,
;,o of the merchants of New York - 10 take
rlsce in few DAYS. on the subject OF the irregu-
iaritics in the Southerm Mails 3
The Episcopal Convention VIII convene u ->''.
folk on the 18TH Of May.
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The Albany New York; Evening journal
makes the following severe com"eh's D" '''' "
sienaiion Of the Premier:
:. Mr.. Van Buren's last act is IN close keeping
with the other trick res of his iuglnrous career
all alike false and hYpocraiea. HIS 'e'ter-eaen
and every sentence ofit-RetTays the de'naso."e'
Ths nnhiic must. of course, look beyond ii, can't
;,a ,r,ter for the reasons that led to this political
eyol,,on. There is to be new shuttle OF the
National Pack. What position the Knayc VII
t,ts remains to be seen. We shall not be sur
nrised TO find ham candidate, with Gen. Jack
Son, for Vice President. This would be excel
lent. In that event, King and Rnave must sink
| together"
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We learn by the Fredericksburg Arena, that
Judge Lomax, proposes early in the fall, to open
in that place Law School. The appointment OF
judge fucker to the bench Of the Court OF APP
peaIs, will make 1t necessaryior him to close his
establishment in Winchester. and the proposed
school will supply the deficiency. It's unneces-
sary to say sny thing of judge Lomax's qual'il-
cations.
HThere are two principles strictly and purely
American. These are, first, popatir GOrern-
n,eafs. restrained by written constitutions; and
secondly, universal education. Popular Govern
ments and universal education, acting and react
ing, mutually producing and reproducing each
other, the mighty agencies, which. IN our days
appear to be exciting, stimulating and changing
civilized societies. Man every where is now found
demanding participation in the Government
and he will not be refused-and he demands
knowledgeas necessary to self Government. On
the basis of these two principles our own A,
merican systems rest. Thus far we have not
been disappointed in their results. Our existing
institutions, raised on these foundations, have con
ferred on US almost unmixed happiness"
Daniel Hebster.
A letter received last week from Vienna. says
Young Napoleon has recently been introduced
at the Court of the Emperor for the first time
He is a tall and very elegant looking youth. with
countenance full of intelligence. l afterwards
met him at party at the English Ambassadors,
where he delighted the circle in which he moved
BY the ease and familiarity of his conversation.
and his general knowledge. Marshal Marmont.
with white cockade, and Marshal Maison, with
coloured cockade, were present upon the &C.
casion. Young Napoleon talked freely with both
these persons The stories that prevail, relating
to his Monkish habits, are quite untrue"
The Charlotte IN. c.; Journal states that
some persons employed in the pursuit Of gold,
at spot about 90 miles east of that place, Mad
discovered an extraordinary deposit of the
precious metal on the Cd instant. The guam.
tity found in one day was at least one humid
red pounds. ''The gold was found in small
space, two or three feet below the surface,
in grains and masses weighing from ounces and
pounds, to pieces of fre, seuen and eight pooads!
There was no vein discovered, or sign of any,
but the laborers came suddenly upon the whole
mass of gold, deposited as it were in nest, and
imbedded in very red clay"