Phenix Gazette

It is a long time since we have referred to the opinions of the Telegraph, because, although styled the "official Government Journal," it clearly has not the confidence of those whom it endeavors to support. We now cite from its veritable columns, an amusing specimen of contradiction in language and sentiments, showing that the compilators of its editorial articles do not themselves know exactly how to chime in with each other.

In the Telegraph of Wednesday we have the following:

It is in this point of view, it is as attacking Mr. Jefferson's memory—that we are to consider the attacks now making on the anniversary celebration of his birth day, which took place in this city on the 13th instant. Since that day a systematic warfare has been carried on, by a certain political party, on the event itself, and all the persons and incidents connected with it.—From North, South, East and West, a concentric fire is poured in.

For the '..letter writers from Washington.' this celebration has been a fruitful theme for misrepresentation, and the old federal prints and their young progeny have greedily received and propagated them.

In an article immediately succeeding the one from which the above extract is taken, we have the following, upon quite a different tack—the Telegraph still speaking of the celebration:

Many prints of neighboring cities, have assumed, not merely a mysterious silence, but have scarcely mentioned the festival! Even the idle, babbling, frivolous letter writers, have been dumb, or have held back their bright lucubrations or have had them suppressed. Now, why this mighty effort to rival the mysteries of Udolpho? Why all this trickery, mummery and charlatanry?

We would advise Duff to supervise the editorial articles which his kind friends furnish him with, or at least, to adopt some plan for not telling two different tales, in one, and the same paper, about the same thing. Our readers will readily see the contradictions, into which these paragraph grinders have run.