Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1833-06-20

avery highly If II should attract the attenton U,
/" such good patriots and able statesmen as Lord
Il, Lord H and Mr. s. 4. !.
g When YOU write to England or Ireland pray
"remrmber me to all friends. BY the way. get
"s some Liverpool friend to send you Tin Bob
wbin., Ia Lancashire auJhor) and then make me
"a present Of it. Farewell, nv good Sir. Sin.
/" cereiy yours, J. n. OF n.
up. 8. As you relish such matters, l SEND
you couple Of jeux d'esprit:
..On DR.. Fl delivering very aowery grafton.
Sc with scroll Of barley sugar brandished in
'his right hand"
with razor keen
Ase 'cr seen,
B-r-b-r they call Phil,
In Congress rose,
And by the nose
Took Er Hemphilps Bill:
In huge alright
At such sight,
saw jersey Dandy
Attempt to stay
That razor's way
With a stick Of sugar csndy"
g. WYNN, the Virginia Racer, sold DR.. Thorn
% ton, OF great notorlety, race horse named Rat
:. tier. aud was obliged to briag suit for payment.
" Thornton pleaded tina, Rather was good for
=. nothing and Wynn proved that he had been
"brousht to that condition by starvation:
WYNN Us THORNTON
slow can he hope IL VIA, whatever his speed,
With MS horses unfrd, and his Counsel unfaed!
lis horses uufed viii sure lose m his race.
land has lawyers unieed viii lose him his case"
{. March /. 1924.
60 I send you a more correct report OF my
s..neeches IN the Greek question than has yet
., been published. They are not compositions
..i in writing; they are short hand reports, with
., here and there correction of fragrant mis-.
q. take. shall send you by o-morro@'s mail all
.. Cobbett's printed sermons. | am very un-
.. we'll. and nearly bind. Farewell-and LET
.. me hear from you as often as possible. have
.. the pout in my right hand and great toe.
=. should dislike that Mr. s. R, or Lord
al, or Lord H., should think spoke
uof Mr. Pitt as the greatest OF Minister'S 1
q. never thought so, and said no such thing. l
gave the palm to Mr.. Fox. Yours,
~. R. OF R."
"March 9, 1894.
..Your favor Of the 9th arrived not ten mi.
.. nutes ago. You see tina, | endeavor, by the
.. promptitude Of my acknowledgements, to ob.
q. tain. If not 70 deserve, a continuance Of your
.. Gsyors. II such as that before me be among
YOUR " srupid'' letters, shall die a laughing
.. when get one Of the witty ones
Yesterday, Mr.. - came out flushed with
&C confidence on the Tariff bill; hut his shallow
{" sophistry and ignorance were exposed in the
l." most glaring manner. He did not know that
.. the article of the treaty which he had signed
(. wa, transcript Of that of Jay in 1794; aud he
.. talked OF duties which England had lam. &c J
81 We struck out the third section OF the bill.
"ll4 to 16, and never saw modification more
." strongly depicted than in his face and manner.
81 think we shall defeat the bill.
a. Mr., Macon was much diverted with your
6. letter, which took the liberty to send him;
especially that part Of it that relates to your
"lrish road jubs. | remember well Miss Edge.
/" worth's admirable satire. By the way, do you
..ever have conveyance to herr IL you are
.. one of her correspondents, make my devoirs.
/. In one Of INV speeches, will is reported
eos hall.' Iforget whether corrected it or
not"
{" .apri l4-From Babel.
Nothing but the Tariff bill kept me from
% going to New York on Sunday last to take
:" passage in the packet that sails on Good Fri.
4" dav.
"A most uuprosoked and rude attack was
.. made upon me in the House on Monday; but
"u was received in spirit which Robert Bar
clay could DOT have disapprosed. and which
ss bought me sRolden opinions from all sorts OF
d" peoole. have heard ofnsny-Mr. King, the
&C Pstruun, and twenty m0re-speaking tor them.
&" selves. Nc. K. said she delighted, &c.
SC With much more that my modesty will
" not permit me to write"
"May II. 1894.
elf the affair OF Mr. Edwards aud the Tarif q
9. will let me oif in time, shalt travel post 50
$500 NJ. Vork nm fhe niphf of the 9Th |