Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1833-02-21
ALEXANDRIA, I'd. c.
.,grBs1aY MORNING. FEBRuaRYai. 1885,
THE CANAL AND RAIL ROAD.

THE CANAL AND RAIL ROAD.
r., Editors Of the National lntelligencer. al
r"s % the proceedings in the Legislature OF
,n",1,nd. in relation to the refusal OF the Cne
M"!t s and Ohio Canal Company to comply with
Psas,est and express requisition OF that body
We ea the construction Of the Rail Road along
I;a;cnIt masses of the Potomac, ask petu-
ms :, what have we done to deserve TINS
'a",;s,,;, We answer-y0u have been guilty.
s. The sin Of omission, you nave ieit uuuoue
~ ". THINGS YOU ought TO have done," and thereby
,ncnrred the Just indignation of the STATE anu
INJECTED yourselves to the pains and Penait'es
.sy mus, inevitably follow your transgress'on.
unless you repent Happily Tor you; Is nos
,oo Iaie-.vou may yet recover the good VIII anu
.n,nnrt Of the State, by prompt acflon;-ou'
,sa pnto YOU if you do not act; tor, assurea'y'
van will have To repent in sackcloth aud ashes,
;h., Won ever undertook the Quixotish project Oh
harding Sore,eign State. AN OBSERVER.
Tn. above is iron the Baltimore Patriot OF sa-
,o,,,y last Why, what Bombastes Furioso
=, ;. =, Observer" is this: He speaks in the
90, p;,tol vein, and talks as if he was for going
N sxtremities! We cannot commend his as
crs,iOn.
Mr.. CLAY, Secretary of Legation at the Court
06 81. Petersburg. came passenger IN the Henry
ro,,,h from Havre at New York. Mr.. c. is
bearer Of dispatches for Government
The list London papers contain the Proclama'
INN pt President Jackson relative To the conduct
ar South Carolina, with many comments.
The arrest Of Watkins on new process, after
his release BY the Supreme Court, IS looked up
on a, being very cold b'oSled and malignant
affair and has excited much sensation.
"A motion for another wit Of habeas corpus
MAS immediately made by Mr.. w. l.. BRENT,
and j, to be argued on Saturday next
The Post Office Department. has availe itself
# the accommodating disposition OF the Citizens
Union Line Company, to put the Eastern Mall
N, the Sumner Establishment two weeks earlier
than would have been otherwise cow enent.
John Randolph, Of Roanoke, Esquire, has ar.
rived 10 Washington.
Commodore De Kay. and Mr. Eckford's cid
eat sou Who were at ConstantinOrie, q, The time
Of Mr.. Eckfud's death, have, by the advice o
Commodore Porter, assumed his untulhlled con
tracts With the Sultan, aud they are stated BY
private letters to be 10 train Of successful full
flmeni.
No New York papers were received by yes
tefday's mail.
The following gentlemsn were duly elected,
on the 18th lust, President aud Directors Of
the Alexandra Library Company for the ensuing
year, VIZ:
John Richards, President,
John Roberts,
Charles Bennett,
Hugh Smith,
PhIneas Janney,
Nathaniel WattIes,
James Douglas, Directors,
Rev. Elias Harrison.
Rev. Samuel Cornelius.
Benjamin HalloweiI,
l. P. Thompson.
ueO >. H0ugh.
GEO DRINKER, Librarian.
Mr. Editor-I have promised a Young lady
BY the next birth day, " Two yards of jaconei
ora Husbands" can you aid me in making my
pOnse goods A. NJ.
'7as~sr--We can,-as To morrow's paper
Will show.
A BILL
Ia Improve the nayis CATION Of the Potomac RI.
yer between GeUrSetuwn & Alexandria aud
hr other purposes. passed the Scna,s Of TIE
T. aud nav pending before the House ui
representatives.
ne" enacted. &C. That in order to a the CT.
uAe"S OF HeorSetown. in removing the oostruc.
wn 10 their navigation, By ,u,,as the cut alrea-
" "ade through the bar, below tie town. to be
enarsed aud deepened; and Tor the further pur.
P''e OF enabling them 10 make free turnpike
'0'u To the District line. on the Virginia side Of
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