Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1831-02-11

in the line in which lie offers his services to til.
public
Appended to the advertisement is certificate
from John ]. Young, formerly lieutenant Of The
u. States ship Hornet
The Washington Correspondent of the Bosto,
Courier thus speaks of the late unsuccessful AZ.
tempt in the House of Representatives to disturb
the Judiciary System of the United States:
:. This morning the erudile Mr. Lecompte. of
Kentucky,-a gentleman whose prodigious legal
requirements have heretofore been kept in The
shade by his own retiring modesty.-was seized
with the prevalent mania, and shone for mo,
ment with the lurid brilliancy of new Esht.-
His proposition was to have an inquiry into he
expectancy of so altering he Constitu;io, ,b,,
the Judges of the Supreme Court should hold tbc;,
Offices for limited number of years. II will hs
remembered that they now retain their si,p,
tions during good behavior: the inference. there
fore, appears to be, that Mr.. Lecompte and Il.
coadjutors are diss. listed with the exemnl,ry
department Of the present Bench. and the Jndrc.
not seeing proper to misNehacc. are constr,nsI
to seek some other mode Of reforming them. NJ
l.. would probably have developed the train Of
thought which led his profound mind 70 contpm
ton of inquiry, astonishing, both by the nanns,
and the matter, had not Mr.. Wh,tlescy. of(IbiO
Que OF the lactlous opposition men, an an,I.re,
former. who will not see the beauties of nuIl;Gra.
ton, who persists in doing congressional bushes,
according To the manner OF mauy years since. and
who Is blinded by the seductons of the Suprcmr
Court, stopped the month Of c!oquenee and tba
ears OF expectation, b. calling for the pre,en
consideration Of the rcsove--a motion which nre
ciu,ies debate. The House happened at thetime
to contain majority Of the non-coniormists
WHO are to be chIistened with tie old name q,
Federalsts. and they most d!srespectfully 70
solved not TO consider the matter. hy vote ocr6
ayes TO rs noes;
Extract Of letter to the editor Of the B,Id
more Patriot, dated Washington, Feb. :, 1851. |
"You will see that tie House Of Recrescn,,.
tives has degraded itself by the reelection If
Daft Green. as Printer. The jackson party in
the House is on tie eve of an irtcconcileahe
schism, brtween Calhoun and Van Buren,, bo.
by drilling and importantly ard the fear Of Clay.
1903 cut of l63 Administration members. (which
is the total Jackson strength in The louse( were
got to vote for Green, and elected him. He has /
been giving dinners and parties all the winter To-
those members who would accept them. and he
made the most humiliatins appeals to his party 4
to avert from him the ruin which the loss Of the
printing would involve HIM and his family Ill.,
avlng 10 feeling of dcIicacy or sensibity, he
eectoneers in the same INSCRIPTIONS and IN.
blushins manner which distinguishes his master
Blair, the Globe MAN. was seduccd Of iou +
competition by ruse Of Dutf's He got Blair
to his house to dinner, and after the Champaign
had circulated freely, appealed to his generosity
telling him that If he opposed him he would
be ruined, and his family made beggars. Blair
softened by his appeals, promised him he would
not offer for the printing of the House, but would
be content with that of the departments, ora
large share of it, Had there been no election
the first ballot, the 16 for Greer Chiefly Penn.
sylvanians) and several who went for Duff ui.
der promise, almost extOrted from them, 10
give him one vote. would on a second trial have
voted for Gales & Seaton. These men g. gt
S. ought to have met Duff with his own VII
pons, and electioneered too. But they held them
selves aloof upon foolish dccacy never visit
ing a member, as | am informed, and even "a
luting them with reserve, (evcn those whoa
heart wished them well) from ridiculous aP
prehens;on that they might be suspected Of court.
HlS ldNoI.
"Judging from the result of tins election 30.
would not imagine the odium in which Green =
held personally in Congress, as he Is in the cliy
Since | have been here. have conversed vIl
several members about him; and was onIy ye;
terday assured by one of his political supporters
that ii his election were to be determined By b.
intrinsic standing with the Home he would no
get fifty votes; But that BY the means which h'
been used, and the Van Buren, men haylngr
other alternative, he would be elected. HeTt
however, it is said, desperately frightened an
was for two days necessarily busy in the llO9S
sending for members from their seats. and ats
earnestly talking to them. marking his list, VINO
with his pencil he held openly in his hand,
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A few years ago Messrs. Dennlson, sant!!
and Stuart Wortley, visited North America
II is worthy ofremark, thai Mr. lg
nison has lost his election for Liverpool; thatN
Stuart Wortley has lost his seat for FOra, .
election having been declared null and void; u
that Mr.. Stanley will be ousted from his seat
Preston by the Huntites.
-4AS&
Steamboat .7ccident.-We learn BY the Lss
nile Ky Journal, that on the night Of the w
lltimo the steamers George Washington y
Amazon came in contact. passing round the W
creek Bar, 10 miles below that city, lR'