Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1833-06-24
THE pREslDENT,s TOUR.

Tour to a mere annuhciatlOn Ot his arrival anu
departure from each resting place 10 his pro-
gress, wehope no ONE charge us with want
Of respect.to the President OF the United States;
but quite welcome are all to impufe our neglect
toa thorough contempt for the balderdash, the
twaddle. the hollow hearted hypocrisy. guided oy
an osentatious hospitality, toe frequently mani
tested BY the mass of the People Of our large u
ties. An enlightened stranger, on reading de-
scriptions Of the scenes on board the various
steamboats,, at the landing places, before the no.
tel .doors-the eager curiosity OF the multitude:
pressing to obtain IS sight of the Lon"-would
almost be moved to ask, sis This a King?-
and I" fire these his liege subjectS?" We know
Of no parallel to such exhibitions, except their
like can be found IN the Journey, some years
since, of George the WITH to Scotland, or in the
more recent excursion of Louis Philip through
several of the Departments Of France. President
Monrue's -Four, though sufficiently disgusting,
was meagre in comparison. Such things, we dare
say, are not to the taste of General jackson, who
has ever buasted of his devotion to Democracy
but why countenance them? Why not turn his
back upon the sycophants,
Who Ay buazing round him,
And like SO many screaming grashoppers.
Held by the wings FL every ear with noise!
Thank Heaven! Old Virginia, with all her
faults, cannot be charged with Man Worsaip.
Petersburg Intel.
The Lynchburg Virginian asks if it be possible
that John RandoI phi, Of Roanoke, fraternized
with the great bug bear frderalisi," the editor
Of the National Gazetteer Mr. Randolph was in
limately connected with greater bug bears of the
kind, during the war with Great Britain. He
was Of the I" Royal George" mess at George.
town; gave Rufus King preference over all
other politicians; lived and acted with Hanson
and Grosvenur, and fraternized. almost exclu.
sively. with the principal adversaries OF the adj
ministration. His speeches against the war were
received and reprinted in Great Britain as the
strongest testimony in her favor. MIR. Stevens,
the author of War in Disguise, edited one Of
them on that account, &c.-Nat. Gaz.
A TuluaJie Discorry-Napping Hats by
Seam.-The invention Of man appears to have
no bound.: since Fulton discovered the utility,
and applied TO the purposes Of navigation the
power Of steam, the improvements that have
been made in the arts and sciences are almost in
credible. We stepped into a Hat Manufactory
a few days since, and were surprised and graft.
fed to see in successful and admirable operation
new patent machine for Mapping Hats, carried
on BY steam. fhe beauty and superiority OF the
work is admitted by all who examine it, On in.
quring whether Hats mapped in this manner are
preferable to others, we were informed that it re.
auired extremely hot water to bring the article
to perfection, aud that this is accomplished much
better through the agency of steam than in any
other manner, it having been ascertained that
steam applied in this way is five times as DO! as
boiling water.--Philad. Ing.
That tireless bard, DR.. Emmons, usual no.
minated Pop Enmons, is about to publish col.
lection Of metre. in numerous cantos. entitled |
Bunker HM Those who have experienced the !
unutterabe somnoency dervable from the Ere. !
doniad, by the same author, will purchase Bun |
ker Hill to certainty. Mr. Emmons is ma.
tional Apollo: his muse is an Amazon Of the
West. who sleeps in ten-acre field, and drinks
out Of the Mississippi Phil Gas.
New ORLEANS, JUNE 8.
L1ternents in the Catholic and Protestant Bury
ING Grounds yesterday, 7th inst.
Protestant %
Total 50
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