Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1833-05-04
ALEXANDRIA, Cd. C.)
SATURDAY MORNING, MAY 4 1s,,
o. In an article in yesterdays paper relatiu
to u crop Of Sugar in Florida, for barrel, t.,I
pounds.

to crop Of Sugar in Florida, for Larrels ts,I
pounds.
MIR. Clay. 10 his speech 10 the Senate las, u,
ter in defence Of his Tariff bill. beautifully r.
ferred TO the "splendid misery" of prbr.
man in office. IL have no desire for oi6c. y
he said" not even the highest. The most e,.
allied is but prison, in which the incarcera,.d
incumbent daily receives his cold, hear,es, ,i,i,
ants, marks his weary hours, aud i. cut of from
the practical enjoyment Of all the blessing, Of
genuine freedom"
The picture is no doubt correctly drawn -
How many Of our public men, fatsued and ind
ell with the cares and strlfcs of their career vi.
they could repeat, as applicable to them,sre,
the lines Of the poet
"Far from the maddenins crowds iguob.e STIFF.
Ills sober wishes never learnt TO stray;
Along the cool sequ estered vale OF life,
lie kept the nosseiess tenor Of his wa"
The New York American, in mentioning II,
contemplated visit Of the President aud Viz.
President to the N"rth, says, the Object Of tie
Vice President in thus appearing every vh:,
with the President--with him to
Pursue the triumph and par.ake the gle,
is one. doubtless, purely disinterested and patti
otto. and luoks notch! no-to any Ultimate
personal ends. We shall see.
The arrival of Il fine fresh salmon in Pul,o,
market, was gazet,ed IN New York last week
The Boston Gazette, yexed that the deIiciOu,
" stranger" should not have been served I'd ia
Boston, publishes the following atrociou, ,ni
bad smelling libel, as the New ork Commercial
calls it:
We know not how :. 6ne" and fresh" Ii.
above salmon was; but we suspect il was he
identical fish that graced the Faneul Hall mar.
ket last week. without finding a customer, a, he
extravagant price Of $50. Boyden Of the Ire.
mont offered $40 for it-Davenport Of the Er
. change made similar bid-but, finally, it tOk
its departure for the South. as fac aud
" fresh" as it came over the Salem turnpike.
The hit at the fashionable vuIsaritiesr Of
New York, from the Courier and Enquirer Of
that city, published 10 yesterdays Gazette, vu
good. The press performs an appropriate dat!
when it thus strikes at the follies and vices VI
those elevated by fortune and wealth. Leths
vices Of the rich be commented on and corrected
as we'll as the faults and crimes Of the poor
The affectation Of being great people, when al
the proper requisites are wanting, richly de-
serv es public ridicule. True politeness-seu'
teeI manuers-domestic comfort and genuine no:
ptal,ty. are all, now a days, apt to be desir0''f
by " fashionable vulgarities."
The danger to the Union is not oSer--ths o.
IIfiers declare that "the battle is but JUS! b.
gun'-and systematic effort is now making "a
rouse and unite the South for some purpose
mischief, which, although as yet und'hne'
" squints awfully." we think. at Southern
Confederscy. On this subject, We cannot eia
else too much vigiiance-the press must eOn''a:
10 SOun0 the aIdfm-U WVuiu ue ieS'ea"' w
trust, were it to cry sails WE'LL" when Tue
enemy are still laundering at the gates Vs
eaorts now made BY those who seem mad's O',
upon ruin, prevail, on their heads be the 81" a''
blood Of the civil strfe! In the words u Al
eloquent Senator. the DESTROYER Of tins ,NO'
will 60 down to future ages, associated inue''
with its founder, the Father Of his count'y-o'
with contrasted Immortality. No halo Of sy
ry will surround his brows, but on bis head VII
gather the Kissing curses Of all genera'lon'-A',
ribIe as the snakes of Medusa. lie wIll s'iD'
on the highest and blacklist emincnce Of ln''"'
the detestation Of mankind. II he meet 0''
a traitors death, he will fill traitors grave
over which there will be no requiem o'' ~
groans Of the oppressed and the exeera'i0n' 81 ~
good. Ills monument will be Of human O'a'''
upon foundations slippery with human blood
However high may have been his elevation ;"
fall will be like that of Lucfer, and, Ike wv
sinking into his boitomless and boundles hao''
ton of darkness and woe, he may e1tI1n--
"Hail! horrors. bsii!
.. And thou, profounde,t he'll
Receive thy new possessor'