Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1831-03-14
ALEXANDRIA, d. G.
,,oYDsY MORNING. MARCH "A, 1881,


A villain entered gentleman's house on sa-
turtiav night last and was in the act oi bearing
off \ cloak from the passage when he was acciueh,
tally discovered. He dropped the CLOAK ana
made his escape
The circular of Mr.. CLARK OF Kentucky 10
his constituents is very valuable document, ana
contains a mass of information which must nave
a nowerful effect. We have received copy
and read it with great deal of pleasure.
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The Court House in st. Mary's. in Maryland
took fire last Wednesday and was burned to the
ground. We are informed by gentleman from
that county, that many valuable papers were lost
by the fire.
A fire broke out on Friday night in the row OF
wooden bull dngs at the extreme end OF Prince
street, which DESTROYED several of them. 1t IS
not known how the fire orig mated.
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We have read with great satisfaction the speech
of Mr.. TYLER ON the Mission to ConstantinoPie,
and are pleased with Its manner and Its matter
with its independence and correctness, win us
severe but Just censure of the Secretary OF STATE
and with the noble stand which the Senator has
taken with regard to the politics OF the Admins
tratiOn.
The Course of the Richmond Enquirer is true
~ contemotible Is it possible that the NOUN
piece of great party can be made to speak win
two voices to the aspirants for power! Can 1t De
that the Editor of the Richmond Enquirer VIII
truckle to the editor of the Washington Tele-
graph! such is the fact. The course OF the En-
9uirer, at all times tortuOus, and twisting IS now
even more sinuous than ever. 1t seeks to thread
the labyrinth of political intrigue, and escape
untaneled, but the effort will be failure.
WHY should the sneers and rebukes oil the lei
eeraph be borne with SO much meekness and pa
tience? awe have no disposition " says the En-
uuirer, .sto lash the already angry waves into
fury., Precious confession! To sustain the par
ty then, honor is to be sacrificed, and independ-
ence disregarded. We had thought the motto OF
the Enquirer was ''Verite sans puer."
The backing and filling of the Enquirer will
not answer. Virginia will not consent to be
managed cut other true opinion. When was 1t
that the old dominion ever acted upon the nom
| committal system? Never. 1t is not in the ma
ture of her people to set with their arms folded,
and wait for the tide. If the Enquirer will not
lead, it will be let,
Tirginin.-As far as we have had an OppOrtu-
nifty Of judging, from actual observation and from
| information derived from other sources, public
opinion in Virginia, with regard to the recent
correspondence, is decidedly in favor of MIR.
Calhoun. General Jackson has undoubtedly fall
len in the opinion of the people. We know this
to be fact. MIR. Van Buren, suffers under the
strong suspicion of being accessory to. or rather
the principal, in the plot to undermine the repu-
taton of his competitor 1t is our firm belief that
time will continue to operate against the disunit-
ed triumviratc, and work their downfall together.
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Cobbett's paper'has been stopped. The Rich
mond Wing thinks he has only followed in the
wake Of some of his brethren on this side the wa
ter" Bought up, sir, bought up"
We find the following pithy note in the Viii
Iage Record:
{. The President has signed the Light House
Bill-given his appreciation to making Road in
Maine; to clearing out rivers and harbors, Back
Creek and all. We congratulate the public on
this happy change of sentiment. Gentlemen, We
who approved the Veto, Attention the whole!
To the right about face"
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.a,,ofher instance of General Jackson's respect
for the Senate and ConstitutiOn.-Samuel G..
Stam5augh, whose nomination TO the same office
was REJECTED by the Senate, has been appoint
ed by the President, since the adjournment Of
Congress, United States Agent to the Menomi-
nee Tribe of Indans!!!
"What will Mrs Grundy say to that:'
-&Ne%
1t is said that the annexed uputterably curious
sentence is frequently used in Western Schools
for the cure of stammering. We copy it from
Kentucky paper:
s.Theopolis Thistle the thistle sitter sAted a
sieve full of unsifted thistles, and if Theopolis
Thistle the thistle sitter sifted sieve full of
sifted thistles, where's the sieve full of sfed this
ties that Theopois Thistle the thistle sitter sft-
ed!w
This Is hardly parallel to the following, from
the works OF the famous Ben Johnson:
elf twister, twisting, doth twist him
twist, and one twisted twist of the twister while
twisting. untwists, then the twister, who twist
ing. UNFINISHED the twist, the UNFINISHED twist must
untwist."
The Stolen Letter.-How certain Confden-
tial letter from President Monroe to Mr.. Calhoun
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