Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1833-04-26
ALEXANDRIA, d. c.
,o,o,y MORNING, APRIL ae. 1898.

r., Richmond Enquirer, under the head Of
..nl,. and prospects," says that "there VIII
"''' %.cidsJ and overwhelming majority in the
,I..i,ature against Modification. Virginia
.",. 10 the back bone. She goes against the
.o,,,c. of South Carolina. She is devoted
Asp,eHrs and to the Union Of tie Sfafes' :"
,Ls proper character to sustain, and we
l,;a;,s IN the stand Virginia has taken. we DE-
thai, in most Of the counties where gen.
.o Opuosed to the principles oil the Presl'
I.n,.. OrOclamatiou have been chosen they de-
.,...s themselves opposed TO nall. fcaf'on. ms
:. al Important. We do not uphold all the
,..,,o,l points Of the proclamation, But the
..n,,,l scope Of its argument in opposition to
.,,isc,,on we hold TO be unanswerable. The
-,hi, ,uce should put down the heresy OF nm-
r...,;,o and then the rights of the States would
" ,b.ri,hed and respected. On no other ac-
an, would We be pleased with the election Of
u. stevenson to Congress; but as the candidate
"a, the UNION, in opposition to qualifications
.. confess we are sradfed at his success. Ut
,.,lr and Numerically opposed as We are to HIN
IN must political subjects, SO important do We
eo,,ider this one point, that. had we AN opportu-
81, ve should have cheerfulIy bestowed our sui
f,,re upon him in preference to his competitor.
", cling to the USroS of these States. in the
words Of Washington, - as the palladium OF our
LlbGRrEs''
Ills well remarked by the U. s. Gazette. that
.,he business Of newspaper making is overdone.
The .ycess Of cost over calculation, and the de-
isie,ov Of patronage when high hopes have been
held out. have made.shipwreck Of capital aud ia
,pu that IN almost any other business would
hire been proitablv employed"
writer in the Richmond Wing thinks that
iuf dozen Presidencies, a dozen Cashiershps,
fty cerk.hips, and hundred Directorships, Ju'
leipR,iy bestowed. would remove the constiiu-
i,Onat scruples against the Bank OF the United
safes, no" eHlci'aiheu " S'No' """' 'y
gentlemen, very clamoreus, but very needy. We
lhrk So tOo-nothing more natural.
Nicholas P Trist, Esq. Of Virginia, has been
appointed, bv the President, Consul at Havana,
ID The place Of VIM. Shaier, deceased.
The Globe hammers away at the Bank Of the
United States. Its ESSAYS, "ike wounded
snake, drag their slow length along" This is
NPepars the public, we presume, for the re-
mVyal Of the deposits.
Isaac Cox Barnet, for many years Consul of
the United States at Paris, died in that city, as
We learn from Galignani's paper. on the 9Th ult.
Later from Harana.-The Boston Centinel
ays-" Captain Person, who arrived last even
Ing rum Havana, states that when he left, 1.-THE
ja instant the cholera had not abated in malig.
Al,l; the deaths by il averaging from 500 TO 600
daily The accounts from Havana are very
contradictory. Ii was but only the other day
hat aIetter from there stated directly the reverse
4 the above.
The Russian Minister at Washington has is
sued notice to all "subscts Of Poland residing
10 the United States, who have taken no part in
me Polish rebelion," and who wish to return to
Poland CT to STAY in the U. States, requiring
them to report themselves to him., and get per-
mssiOa To that effect. This sounds very strange
y to our Republican ears; and must be consi.
dered as. rather strange movemnet. Are we
Tree and independent nation, and governed by
laws; and DO not those laws protect all who live
within drir jurisdictions?
The Telegraph thinks that "nulhi feation has
become principle Of our government. II
N our government" the Telegraph means 5.
'aTOina, 1t Is right enough. But, if we recoi-
Iecl CORRECTLY. pu,li6r atiop has mt hoa, connto