Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1833-09-14

, a man who is candidate 'or P""''
.;s Country! We said. not long sihee' NV.
,eioh would not be the first who ever exc'a'"'eu
Save me, from my friends!
r.,r South Carolina we learn that MI. o'''
,,.,o, fNu,iicaton) has been elected 10 Con
rrss. over Mr. Mitchell, (Union,) the late Ne
preventative
rh. Globe contradicts the statement at"''
bo,ing to it the paternity Of paragraph accusing
the majority Of Congress OF BRIBERY. w"
the on,ende at once. A writer in the BAL |
timore Chronicle quoted the obnoxious se"''"en'
from the Globe. A kindred spirit, the bos'o'
Statesman, is its true father.
The Journa, of Commerce. Of Tuesday. states !
that S6Os. 900 were passed to the ered'' o' "e
limited States Treasury on Monday oy '"e WV
.ctor of the port Of New York. 1t was the a.
uount of duties collected during the previous
week. after deducting debentOres, return uu'
ia. u,hthou,e bills. and other sums paid ny the
co,,sctor. II is stated to be the largest SUI"
| ,,h;ch ever accrued in a single week.
\
We learn from the Columbia. South Caroh"a'
naners. that an unusual degree OF excitement mas
been produced aiming the citizens o. mat ''""
nv a colonization sermon, which was P'ea'"e"
N the p esby'erlan church by 8 MIR P'nney' 'a'e'
~ from Liberia. and a missionary OF the C"'o"''
za,ion Society, betnre very numerous auo'e"ee
| L., A ,,b,;c ,opptInr was called 10 take
the subject into consIdrrati"n.
. TEMPERANCE from recent instructions
sent by the Secretary Of the Treasury 10 Inc oo''
lectors of the Customs:
81, appears to me that officers whose habits
are not positiyely sober, cannot be ''y'ian'' '""
, they cannot exercise their skill with erect anu
that an indulgence in one vice, mean' 10 '''c'''
too naturally removes rrpugnance to others
81 consider it my duty, therefore, as 'n.''"a
tions have been gwen to M, mat some oihee''
=, the Revenue Service have permitted them
- selves to indulge in incorporate nso''s te'P'es
- fuIv and earnestly to ask your aid 10 put an ef
=. feetual termination to such practices WI
,r which your position offers, tor ascerTainIng
10 making known any acts such as have referred
TO, IN order that may perform my own duty II
,r dent. tor his information and decision"
,e The Philadelphia Gazette gives the following
D. account of the force of habit, or attachment L
al the "oId stand" which is singular enough.
The Old Post Office, in Chestnut street has beeI
clused about two months When the chang
y WI. made. sign Informed the public that III
'e office Tad been reno, ed to the Exchange, an,
p TIN. announcement was nailed Immediately i've
" the hole in the window, formerly used to re
u ceive unrad letters Notwithstanding this in
o. formation, ~hlch stared every one IN the fac
who apprUa, he'd the window, multitude Of let
, tiers we're deposited in the old receptacle. and nj
!" being discovered by the postmaster. were Tor
=" warced to their proper destination. To proven
y similar delays and dsappuintments to letter wr
terS the hole itself was closed with a TN plate
's few DAYS afterwards. II was observed tina
&c some kind soul had forced the TIN III, aud IN pit
y of revelation itself, deposited hi, letter in a.
~ forbidden hole, thus opening the way to nume'
" Gus other blunders. The pate WINS renewed
a. and in more substantial style. That too a
NC forced off by second careful body. in utter di.
'e regard of the tin sign Immediately adjoining III
a hole. Letters poured IN, as a necessary conse
quence, whiie the slip, ~ the neighbours door
received small sprinklins from the bew,ldrre
messengers. In utter despair, and to proven
;, more serious blunders, the postmaster has sine
~ wisely left the old place open, despatchInga cer
&c there daily for the letters which continue TO dro
10 in. though the public is told it is no longer Pc,
u: Office, in letters clear as
" Heaven's golden alphabet
e, Which he who runs may read"
" rPhik Gaz.