Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1833-08-08
ALEXANDRIA, I'd. C.)
THURSDAY MORNING. AUGUST 8, 1879

We are made to suffer loss, in the coun,r, =.
we'll 40 the town. from those common Nest,
newspaper borrowers. A punctua subscribe !,
Rappahannock County, IVA. has discontinued !
his paper, for the present, to get rid Of the tron
BILE of Ioaning it out to all who wish to borrow i
We are treated most uJustly aud meaalv \,
some 10 our own place, who daily look for, bo:
row, and read the paper. and never contribu,
one cent to its support-yet. perhaps, subscrS,
not good citizens or just men.
We should be clad to hear from our corresp,.
nent :. b." whenever bis ayocations or bis incl.
nations lead him to write. We should be pl.u
cd to consider him as regular correspondent
he is good subscriber.
A colored boy, a slave, (owned 10 this town
By the name OF George A. Rose, alias. Albert
Taylor, was yesterday carried before the Mayu
of Georgetown, charged with the murder Of Al
white man in that place on Sunday evening last
He was committed to the gaol for Washns,or
County, for trial at the next term Of the COun
The London Morning Chronicle. Of the ST.
June, contains Major Jack Downins's account d
Lieutenant RandoIph's assault on President Jack.
son, prefaced thus" We extract from the New
York papers, the following characteristic accom-.
of the late singular attack on the American PIE
sident."
An eastern editor, in taking leave Of Ep
patrons, remarks that he has labored, he iA
watched, and he has prayed. Tor the good caua
10 which he embarked, and if he should contin..
his editorial connexion much longer, il is prob
Bile that he should also fast.
The London Court Journal boasts that d,
best cookery, best continental wine, fish, gan.
and indeed every sort Of comeatibte, are fOurt
in London. Talleyrand, the most accompi..
ed feeder of the times, freely admits that be Dc
yer beheld French Cookery in perfection unttt
visited London"
Bishop McIlvaine has arrived a! Gamble;
Ohio, with his family, and taken up his perm ,
nent residence at that place. 1t is understood
saws the Cincinnati Advertiser, that he has sue
ceeded in collecting funds to progress extensive
ly with the buildings deemed necessary for Ks,
yon College, in which the Theological Seminar
has been merged almost from the time Of its fOgi
dalton.
A merchant Of Nantucket states, 10 an adru
tsement. that he will sell his goods at tyenty YI
cent. aboue cost, his object being to make none,
He may be pronounced an honorable man, ID
comparison with those of his contemporaries VIA
are continually procIsining goods at less tr
cost,-which, in the majority OF cases, n'aye
taken as precisely the reverse.
1t is stated that Miss EJgeworth is about Il
give the world new novel.
The British Factory Commissioners have fs /
commended in their official report that the hours
of labor for children in factories should be re |
stricted to eight hours per diem.
Upon the arrival Of the Hon. LEWIS Cas-, At
Detroit, lew weeks since, public dinner va
rendered him by large number Of citizens
The compliment was declined, owing to NJ
Cass's engagements elsewhere.
Col. Drayton, of South Carolina, (says Ii. /
N. Y. Mercantile) reached here few days since !
IN the Sutton. We learn that il is his ln,entiOt
to settle in Philadelphia. Wherever he maj
take up his abode, he will receive a hearty wei
come; for no society Of which he may becOm'
an inmate can be insensible to his worth
The nullifiers Of PendIeton District s. C. seen
to be utterly unwilling TO bury the tomahaHI
and stand ready to renew the political warfare
from which we have SO recently emerged. The
toast, offered BY their representative in Congress
on the 4th July, WIS ominous Of mischief; and
accordingly we find the popular voice, in b'!
quarter. responding to it. in the following resoa
ton. passed at a militia muster, on the Goth ult
on motion Of Col. Bonhau:
6 Whereas, by late unpleasant experience We
have seen that the virtoous efforts Of this STATE
in her trials were weakened by the opposition
and unfaithfuI part taken by some Of those who
enjoy the favors and Offices of South Carolina,
Therefore, be il Resolued, That we instruct
our members Of the Legislature, at the next Se'
sion, to vote for the passage of an act to exacsn
path Of paramount allegiance to The State, from
all those who shall receive her Offices"
fthis sentiment becomes general, among Ii,
who hold in their hands the politica