Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1831-02-01
ALEXANDRIA, ID. T..
TUESDAY, BURNING, FEBRuaRY1, 1851.

name with US, and MS communication shall 10
inserted. This is in compliance with a ruI,
adopted, particularly in regard to local subjects
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The tcrrors of guilty conscience operated tc
some effect, when they induced the young mar
who forged the note which we spoke of yester
day, to return the money he obtained.
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INDECENT families continue to be supplied da
" from the Soup House with wholesome and M
tritious food, at a very small expense We Oh.
serve that soup houses have been established in
all the cities to the North
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The Potomac is frozen across to its month 49,
We observed hundreds passing over to the Ma
ryland Shore opposite to n on Sunday, and as
many returning. The country people bring their
produce to market many miles below Us ou.hs
ice. The National Gazette remarks:
The river Delaware now forms very i'm
posing and animated spectacle, -..he ice. chained
waters sumbering on the Shore" and the hard
and brilliant expanse traversed in every direction
by flying skaters and sliding pedestrians. We
observed yesterday that large boats, laden with
merchandise, were drawn round on the Ice from
wharf to wharf. The booths or tents whichb,yo
been raised as far as the middle of the river. with
their flags, add not little to the novelty and in.
terest OF the VIVID picture"
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We take great pleasure, and il is with SOM.
degree of pride that we mention the beneyoen,
display by our citizens since the commencement
of the present Indictment weather. The collie
tons in the churches have been quite as large a,
could be expected, and private charities have been
dispensed with cheertunees and alacrity. "To
do good to Others" is golden maxim, worth
whole code of ethics.
The argument in the case Of Judge PECK wa.
concluded on Saturday.
Mr.. Buchanan concluded his argument in SUD.
port of the impeachment, He took the further
position, that the publication Of Mr.. L,wlrss,
under the signature of ''A Citizen" could not,
in a trial upon an indictment for libel, be es,a
blished to be lbelous, according to the con.
stitutIon and laws Of the Iand-that the paper
was, OH its face. perfectly harmless in ITSELF
and that, so far as it went, it was not an unfair
representation of the opinion of Judge PECK
The honorable Manager critically and legaIlyana
yzed the nine last specifications in the publica
ton, to establish these points. He then proceed
ed to gum up and descant upon the testimony
produced in the case before the Court Of ImpeacI.
ment, in order to show the arbitrary and cruel
conduct of Judge Peck; and, in a peroraon,
marked by its ardent eloquence, he declared. tina.
il this man escaped, the declaration of distin.
guished politician of this country, that the power
Of impeachment was but the scare crow Of the cor.
stiution, would be full verified ;that when this tn
al commenced, he recOiled with horror from the
idea of hitting, and rendering precarious and de.
fbe acon;t..I OF the judicial office, but that
70 thai owl; o. tle resPoDdentwouJd reconciehim
NEEDLESS submission to judicial usurpation and
syrahhy-at least SO far as respec ed the in.
'er'or courts-God forbid that the Limitation
should ever be extended to the Supreme Court
Mercy to the respondent would be cruelty tobe
a american people. In the name, therefore, Of
the people OF the United States, whose Gbertis,
ne had vIoIated-in the name of the judiciary,
whose character he had injured and furnished
ne respectfully asked of this honorable Court Ii,
of the respondent.
The argument being concluded on both side.
m motion of MIR. Webster, the Court then re.
olved to meet again at l2 O'Clock on MONDAY
morning, in order to proceed farther in the cor
liberation of this impeachment
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The Administration prints are violent in then
of Mr.. burgess, for his speecb OF
'e Russian Mission. The Editor of the Rich
.ond Enquirer, in fit of mendacty, APPLIES to
lr. b. the very verses so often and always 50
'proprlateiy addressed to Mr.. Randolph com.
encing
"Thersites only camored,"sc
These gentlemen forget the almost hyena spi.
which seemed to actuate Mr.. Randolph during
memorable career in the Senate, when he
SPIT his venom" around on the living, and ran.
cked dead mems graves to satiate his maevO
ice. Apw, however, when even-handed jus
e returns the poisoned chalice to his own lips,
y are full OF sympathy for the man and dees
ion OF his accusers!
he motion to strike out the appropriation Wi
ought to fail; but it affords an opportunity
lch we are glad to see seized, for Independer;
to utter their sentiments with regard to TIL
sslon, which is dsgraceful to the Administra.
!, and any thug but honorable to the Mins,er
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he factions among the dominant party-the,
TT burnings and jealOusies, divisions and quai
do not disturb US, and we therefore do no;
Die ourselves much with noticing what We
on the subject. 1.-THE people arc no, heartily
listed with the farce playing before theireys
because they'are wilfufIy blind.
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