Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1833-05-10
ALEXANDRIA, I'd. c.
ypynsy MORNING. MAY 10. 1853.

.,-d of truth, the Globe OF yesterday mas inc
Shaving paragraph, in reference to the recent
S";a.,6abie assault upon the President OF the
United States:
~ have. however, the best reason tor believing
49,, The attack ,ors premeditdted and Planned aay' oe'
~ Es and the tim. chosen as Gtord'ns me oesf oppo'!"
yg"' Articles in the Alexandra Gazette and Teie-
MY which appeared cotemporaneous'y, were evil
gnt,II ;,rended to take off tie odium OF the violence,
- 49,. KyEar PatcAUrIoS WAS rAKEN TO MAKE SAFE
- TaE rsRrLraArOA'
We know no terms strong enough to use to
Is ,ur dstestation Of the calumuious insinu.
IN, conveyed in the above sentence. 1t has
hon before stated in a paragraph in the Globe,
n.,nared in this place and sent up to that print,
H., ,he .~ssailan. was protected by /" ruthan con.
s.~,r,,es." We call, then, upon the District
,,,orUey, whose name is currently used in con-
,.,,iOn with the paragraph to which we refer,
81 lis duty aud lay the names OF these ruff
e., sooledera,rs'' before the Grand Jury. 1t
~ knows Of them, or bias heard Of them, he Is
humid 70 bring them to justice. But il becomes
r.c,.slry to say a word or two with regard to
Il, ,,,ck upon the President. We state, upon
"a. authority Of . highly respectable gentleman
,.,s.o.. TIA, the President was surrounded by
i, psr.onal friends from Washington; that the
r,ssrh,e Law Officer Of the d strict from Wash
acton. the U. 5. Marshal, was present; that
Nr. R4ndu!ph, in the face OF these gentlemen.
committed the assault; that they fell upon him
ri,t sticks. umbrellas, &c; that, fearful that
ii, life would be lost, a gentleman showed him
tvn the cabin; that nine tenths OF the people
=, The wharf and about the boat did not know
What had happened; that Mr.. Randolph walked
deliberately from the boat up ,own--the citizens
1,he town not knowing what had occurred; that
pe Marshal as deliberately followed up the street
for a short distance. anil as deliberately returned
+, the boat; that no earthly " precaution' was
akeu whatever TO SNAKE safe the perpetrators"
except he ''precaurion" taken by the Marshal
from Washington. Of not a~rrestins him upon the
.go,, As he ought, of course, Ia have done,
and where an imnense crowd, if necessary,
would in a moment have assisted.
We repeat, what We have before stated, that
il. believed tina, no human being knew Of Mr..
Randolph's intenrion. Certainly his most init
nate friends did not, No breath Of such a ru-
nor had ever come TO any person, as far as we
have been able to learn. lie acted. III believed,
without the advice or knowledge Of any one what
ever.
As for the article which appeared in this pa
per, tMr. Raudolph's defence,) "intended to
take of the odium of the violence" tie veriest
dot in Christendom will see the fallacy Of such
reasoning. Mr.. Randolph gave notice, the day
after his dismissal from the Navy, that he intend
ed LAY the facts connected with his case before
he public. As soon as ever his statement was
prepared, il was handed for publication, and, Of
course, Inserted. Not to have done so, would
have bcen pa'pable injustice.
We make no imputa,ions. When we speak as
W. have above. We know that such was the aston.
hnmeai created by the assault, that the by-stand-
es hardly knew What course TO adopt. In this
%E,Catlou, no doubt, was the Marshal-or he
night have had other reasons.
Il gives US great pain to recur to this unplea-
smut subject at all. We hope We are now done
with 1t ~fnrever. Let the ha,Us take their course
upon the offender, and justice be done.
IN arrangement has been made by the Balu-
more Methods, Episcopal Conference with the
trustees Of Dickinson College, Carlisle. This
institution will open under prosperous auspices.
Upwards Of two hundred students are expected
at the resuscitatiOn of the establishment, which
WI probably be about January.
The Berks Journal states, tina. the woods on
'e mountains, in Sohuy,kill and Northumber-
land counties, are on FIRE to a dangerous and
alarming extent. Several iron masters have lost
"eir corded wood, and some dwelling houses
nave been destroyed. A portion Of the Mill
''esk Rail Road, in the vicinity Of Pottsville,
"s been seriously injured by the fire.
ine Ne" York Advertiser says, that Ell ves-
~'s arrived at that port in the month Of April
4 greater number, and comprising a greater
amount OF tonnage, than ever before arrived in