Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1832-10-09
ALEXANDRIA, I'd. c.
TUESDAY MORNING. OCTOBER 9. 1882.

ton Courier, speaking OF the recent ie'se' " -"
Calhoun on the subject Of Modification, says !"
is ga production certainly entitled TO the praise
Of great ability-f that ability be the proper SUB
ject of praise, which employs all its energies IN
making the worse appear the better reason =
Instead Of welding the Ithuriei spear OF Euth'
Mr.. Calhoun has thought proper to deal with the
dark powers of error-and we will be much dis.
appointed, if he does not soon experience, at the
hands Of an antagonist, fully his equal in intel.
ectual power and political fame, complete To-
gical discontinue"
Electoral Pots Of Vrginia.-'rhe Richmond
Wing replies to the query Of the National Intel
ligencer as TO the reason why the electoral tickets
in Virginia have on them only twenty-five names
when the State is entitled to twenty three cleo
tors, by stating that the last Legislature did not
have the time and the information, necessary to
lay the State of into Electoral Districts; and
this being the case. the old Congressional Dis.
tricts, % in number, were temporarily adopted,
with provision that the 90 Electors chosen by
Judge Barbour The report that Judge Bar.
bour had written letter to gentleman in North
Carolina, expressing wish to decline his nopi-
nation as Vice President. is now contradic ted.
He continues in his unpleasant situation. We
say unpleasant, because Of his being, in reality,
the favorite Of majority Of the State for the Of
fee, and yet unable, from party considerations,
to obtain its vote
Since writing be above, we learn from Char
Committee, at that place, have determined to
| run an Independent Ticket for jackson and Bar.
bour, and that list of electors will be forthwith
announced. We fear II is too late, and that the
result will only show, that organization and early
exsrtious effect almost any political object
whilst temporzing policy and eleventhhour ef-
forts always fail 10 doing the least good.
Our readers will find in this days paper the re.
ply Of Judge Barbour to the North Carolina meet
log, already referred to on several occasions -
|, IS SIMPLY an expression of opinion on the Sc
veral topics spoken Of, and a reIteration of the
sentiments he has always expressed with regard
| to public matters.
Unnecessary Aha"k The "ioad" Of the
New York Mercantile ''has popped up and
squrted its venom on as. This is singular, as
we do not remember to have crossed It's PATH
Had the paragraph which it comments been
read in the spirit in which 1t was written. there
| wond have been no occasion for its captioas ro-
marks.
Episcopal Bishop of New Jersey. The Rev.
G. W. Doane, of Boston. has been elected Pro-
testant Episcopal Bishop of New Jersey Mr..
Doane is an accomplished writer and very highly
spoken of where he is known.
The President returning We perceive by
the papers that the President is on his return to
the Seat Of Government. He travels by easy
stages He has been very respectfully and TO
morally received in several places through which
he has passed.
Cholera in Richmond We are happy to hear
that the Cholera has considerably abated IN kicli-
mond, and that confident expectations are enter
tanned that in few days it will disappear alto.
gether. The iuterments on the 9th were four
| teen. The ravages Of the disease in Richmond
have been fearful, and will long be remembered.
Fires in Raicigh.-It now appears that the late
fire iu Raleigh was the work Of an incendiary;
and a second attempt has been made to lay the
remaining part Of the town IN ruins M indi.
vidua has as yet been apprehended. but efforts
are making to discover the incendiaries.
Progress of the Cholera. The Cholera is said
! to have progressed South as far as Edenton, IN.
c., where there had been three deaths in two
days. We presume it will ultimately traverse
the continent, modified, we hope, as it proceeds
towards the Equator.
Explanation in time. Our paragraph with