Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1833-05-25
REFORM.

WHY need the Inteilyencer mince The matter
Does it not know that there is prescription h,
going about containing. as We have understood
from 100 to $50 names of clerks Who are 10 b
reformed; aad that there is memorial or me~s
rails also handing around to collect signature.
requesting thei. dismissal from oaice
OGe report is, that signatures have been d,
tanned and afterwards names appended .. nIl
,iduais who are to be the subjects Of the rcoa
which individuals were not IN oortempia,Iond
the persons signing. We have also hyard squ
dry singular things about the inercep'oa Of
certain letter or letters, which were land blc,e,
certain great parsonage; which letters he w,ttd
10 retain, but which Se understand are fled VIII
other documents as vnuchers tor The correc!oc,
Of the reform. The said letter or letter, bnn.
something in them rejecting on some houurlat |
members OF the lover cabinet.
Ii ~ further said that Secretary McLane Ia, T
TO his honor be i; SAID, expressed his decided d..
appreciation Of the whole transaction.
II is further said that three individuals, 9Gos F
names are pretty we'll known in the city, are I: /
principa agents under the Government III Ha |
transactions; that it has the sanction OF the Pc |
list have been laid before tie President, and n
ferred by hin to the cabinet, 1--WE know not whIt
cabinet, whether the upper OF lower,l and more
over, there is no clerk can say that his lie nth
own.-hls official life we mean-uness he sd
the real true blue. So much for the on d@d
the city. The whole transaction is dIsrePuIih
to the administration, and 10 the parties cOhrt'c
ed in it. There may by possibility be sont FL
cusc for the agents, as they may have ug.H
that their own safety depended upon IT. and if
it was better to be hammer than anvil; and nG
NAV have acted by-orders. flo" Tar th''h @
case We do not know; we offer It as m''eS;
gestion of possible extenuatlon Of their e''1s"
1U s. Ysieg'qI
Uhirlof The Tennessee hircr-Ihe Irna'
see is the largest branch of the Ohio. Il '''' %
Virginia and runs OuthHestward about i"
miles, then wheeling to the north about I'M! n"'
from its junction with the Ohio. IL eunso' y
SO uniformly rapid, that it requires eight men
proceed with boat ten miles day. MS cav
not be done better than by pulling the Goal 10,
ward bv the bushes OF tie shore. I' se"a-
width is from so to 100 rods \ boat VIII o'
sccnd by the rapIdny Of the stream sixty 10 ',.
ty, or even a hundred miles III day, ate"'OD'
to the season. IN summer, tie water Of we IT,
yer is 80 warm that it Is unpleasant. uh'e'' ""',
on the deck Of the boat, by the ar OF me ','l.
The Muscle Shoals are about 500 miles ""
its entrance into the Ohio. Al this pace
river spreads to The width Of three miles a.,
forms a number of islands. The pa''ass
boats is difficult and dangerous, except "heA u
water is hi5h. ,,..
From these shoals to the place called TIE "'''
or Suck. $50 miles. the navigation all inc ''
is excellent, to the Cumberland Mountain, 0""'
the river breaks through.
This mountain is sometimes so steep 'na' ''-
the Indians cannot ascend it on foot ID Wv
place, particularly, near the suUm't Of toe a''
tain, there is a remark able ledge o. 'oIA''
about thirty miles IN length and 200 '''' "s'
with perpendicular front facing me snu,. .as
more noble and grand than any artificial '".n
cation in the known world; aud apparently ei'-
IN point Of regularity. .h
The Whirl, as it is called, is about lat - V.
1t is reckoued greater curiosity than 'ne oL'
ing Of the river Potomac through the Blue h"'
SO well described by Mr.. Jefferson. 81;
The river which above is half mile "iO' "
here compressed to 100 yards, or eighteen w., ,l
Just at the entrance of the mountain, iafse".,
projects from the northern shore, in an oV's, ~.
direction, which renders the channel SUI -.
rover. This causes sudden bend, b! ".s
The waters are thrown with great force ag'j
he opposite SHIRE. From thence tbes rso'p1I
.bout the point Of the rock, and produce Vs. .,
IF 80 yards or 240 feet in circum'erenee nm
he dexterity Of the rowers, canoes ara"" I,m.
his whiri have sometimes escaped wilho'' n,d
lge. In less than mile below the """ ;,
he river spreads to its common width, gov. .,".
he Muscle Shoals; and thence runs IN ar IN
ar and beautiful stream to its confluence WV
he Ohio -Rambler.