Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1833-04-23
ALEXANDRIA, Cd. CO.
.,resnsy MORNING, APRIL %. 1888.


,nrs onr friends Of the Richmond Wing,
'' .s,d call upon it to PAUSE! or rather upo"
" uho have the power to control it, to make
"''1 Tn treat il otherwise, would be to in.
'.. i,s importance and enlarge the sphere Of
:, m,,chevous consequences.
I'll, Wing "deprecates sectional hostility"
o,s course had satisfied Us OF that. And
" t,r this reason that we regretted to see it
"n,n;,, in the wake Of the Telegraph in the at
w., ,h,, the latter print has made against the
r,,ce and Benevolent Societies OF the
.,.v The intention Of the Wing might not
,,,s bs.p to implicatc the people of the North IN
mil, If fanatics; but little reflection will
Inf, our friends that their Intentions will not
!, REGARDED by their readers, who' excited oy
,,,h Ja,,,Is As are served up to them, will think
=, 0,,biac else bu, hatred and opposition to those
ann ,hey are led to believe are hostile to their
,.,.,s.,. and their happiness. That such will be
=. ,..,l, Of thi, business, if persisted in, must
h. obvious to every man who candidly considers
the subject
Las, week we published an account OF great
,,,,be, in the South (Georgla;! and to-day VIII
~ found the particuIars.of another In the North
,v,insN Also a terrible tornado in the West
Springfield
We understand that our useful and enterpris-
N, fellow citizen Mr.. JOSIAH IL DAVIS has put
chased the Point at the Southern extremity ot
the town. commonly called jones' Point. on
sheh il is his intention TO erect Rope walk Oh
an extensive scale. The situation is an admira-
Die me for the undertaking. rhis establishment,
together with the Sip Ysrds--the Alexandra
POundry-,he Steam Plaster Mill-a Steam Saw
Mill that is in contemplation. sc. &c argue Ia
,orahly for the improvement Of that part OF the
town.
Norfolk County having voted, MIR. Loyal
comes to the Borough with majority 1T Ia over
Mr.. King. the Borough aud Elizabeth City
are vet TO vote the contest is close one, but
we expec, that Mr.. I.oyati viii be elected.
From the Northern Neck Congressional dis
tict, although We have not received all the re-
turns from the different Counties, we learn that
Mr. Chnn has been reelected by about forty
majority over Mr. Taliafsrro
We are sorry to learn that Com. BainbridSe
Is now at Philadelphia, extremely Ill. His DIS,
ease, we believe, Is the dropsy.
We should b. glad to know upon what charges
Con- Rodgers is to De tried-if the Court of Iu-
Qnlry Is made up-who are the accusers, &c.s-
We ask these questions because we believe
here are real grounds for asking them.
We had yesterday an avalanche OF papers rom
New York aud Boston-those kept back for the
'a't three or four days poured in upon US. No
Blum"re papers were received yesterday.
Miss Kcmbe and her father have been enlhu-
'lnsticay received in Boston-the former parti.
caaris. The fremont Theatre is represented.
on the tao nights that she performed there. TO
nave been crosded To excess: and il is added,
Wa thsTe cab he no dnub, that both father and
aics'er will become as great a,orites in Bus
"0 a. 'hey already are in the more southern ci-
ties
rehaps the Leeshurs Genius Of Liberty did
"' uteod 1t, but al observation il uses in refer.
'ac' 10 this paper might be considered uncour-
"'us We have nothing 10 do with the editors
t'S"Gs Tor nut Puo,shin. communicated articles
"r'erest to his Own county, when requested to
'"'o' merely because they happen to be publish
Nesewhere first. In some eases his rule may
Oe eO'Feet, IN others manitestly unjust. This
P'pe' o'' an extensive, and we are happy to say
'n increasing, circulation 10 Loudoun. F,uauier
'au Fairfax II is often chosen, therefore. by
"e citizens Of these counties. of all parties. (for
- 'O'amns are opened to ali aike-wr,h no dis.
o"'oOn or dltfereuce)-as the medium Of convey.
"e'' sentiments to the people. We would
" gao, therefore, If the Genius Of Liberty
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