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' V'"'' :' j :l ''i ( ;! I ' ' " -p:' ! ) fe'S-? frj ' T i TH ; ; I 1 I.I ' j J ' 1 VOL.-' VNO. '4; i; TliOS. W ATKhV, 1 EDITOR AND PROPUlETdR .: EKJIS OF THE jnESSEStiEBt '.'-!.- ; - . .-. mv ','' ;.'; ! ,1H 4 Two Dollar. and Firrv Ckt per annum in adrancr, or Titacc Dotutt writbin the ycarj Wo pajxr wII be dixronlinoed, rxrcpl tt t be op lion of the E l:lor, null a!l arrsarjei r pd. -j Advertisements will be inserted at Ox cj Dollar prr qnare of trn lines or low, fur lite first ipu rtion, anJ Twejmr-me Cajrra for each eontintl;iDC--r ,Tlie- number of m?riona deitiretl mil b-i rharkfd on Um marjrin, or the adrrrttucment will be icon tin -"ed till forbid, and charged accordingly. .Court Or. drs will be charged twerttjr five per cent extra. MISCELLANEOUS. 3Xarie. A TALE OF WEW, OB LEANS. ' i Gome seven ) ears agi, a funeral trairjkwepi VtrtiJi'if'Tui i"ia.Irn. r the Sunwifn tt ofl inari uiu. niu tun jwipiars on cuutr skip, stirred by a light breeze bowed iht ir hdads as though for the last lime they were p'iyins a rnournfiiI obi isance to lhe,liearse tlii bore fh? mistress of ho villa to the gravv j At the wintfuw, tlm curtain of uhich were 1 (lraivn tut'iie, the p-tle face of a beautiful girt was I seen It was Marie, and she was watching with tearful eye the morunful bund ih:rtjboru , her mother lo her tomb. A few hours .after ' lhisat night I nVytung man arid maidcfi jwrre kneeling, tKitid in hand, beside a narr oV hil. ! lock of fresh eorth. Tliey were Maim Dun I bar and Elmiry Bnrbour- the orphan giJ and her lover; ond there, uppn the dust lighty pjl, rd upon the dead mother's breast, they prayed Ithot heaven' would heal their wounded hearts. Tbnr'jarent, tlu'n Cold and" Jifljess, pn her death.bed had placed, her daughter's hand in .y Henry sr nnd ble5ing them, bado hiirj be her guardian.'; Upon her grave herjjdying w ords were recalled, and 'Henry vowrd 'tliat v. ' vrhife lifd was his, ho never would desqr beautiful Marie: Silently they, rose fro'rji jtliat narrow mound "and 'thougli their hearts were chastened by jifilinion, and the fresh memory of the virtue and uCTtction of the lost one, Estill they were full ofhopA, and trusted wiilvall ilu bmyancy of -youth to the future for Joy and IlQppitKSS. j " jj- : .' ; Marie .Dunbar was-wealthy, and she )ln. ccd the'whola of fier fortune in the hands jjufilier lovqrt ho resolved to (nvesl it in property in - the Suiith. t I n--tlitrseci ion tf the country! in : t hich h?y ihcn resided, Mane .had m rla. lives, end ICwas ftnally determined thai Hen. ry should visit the South, .anil nftef h's jiad established himself in business, they would be wedded. Viih the promise for tliej Jiun dredih ti.T.e that lie would write to her; twice every week , "llenry 'tore himself riwny frpm ' his beautiful love, and after tliort vovaireshe arrived in New Orleans., For a tlmc;tvery thing went on smoothlyi his prospects;' were brilliapti'and irt. tho thought of enjojing luxuries .-of lifo in company with Marie, jainbow f panned his visions of lh future. '.Ono evenios htt was induced bv a friend Visit one. of the gaming houses licensed in the city, and with very, little difficulty he wjts'pcr. suuded tu play fur a small amount. Hej threw the dice nndwonj and being plcnscd with he feverish excitement which gradually grew upon hip,: heltrtcd his, chance and -woq again. VVir.c was ordered, and to the gsmestor, wine is like pouring uil upon fire. - A large iet was ntfored, and searci'ty knowing what hej did he took il pp. ; He lost, and then he rccollecjed tfiat it was .Mariet money he was gambling away. This thijught almost maddene him, ; and. as a desperate resourco ho resolved to throv ognin, in the attempt to retrieve fyis for tune. lie did so, and hist, and sohe 'wpnt on . i;r:'l r.t hst he. rushed from the "hell," "a beg- 1 and dishonored man. s That nigljt was . i p-w ."jd.i in nisery. llo recollected how he had wronged ;the. confidenco' of iho orpfi j;!rl ; hmv they bad knelt together-on her dead mother's grave, and every, word then spoken roio up arid taunted him with the fliodghi of what he wasthen, and w hat he was rjowj. Goaded ta desperation,' he resolved tjoj break tne last lie dial bound turn to nonori ano in an ciil moment he' forged a check on; a raer chant ia the city tfta Jargc omounU iJe re sentcd il atjthc bank for payment and tvns detected and thrown into jail. 1 His tri?i came on nt-j lha crlmirtnl court, and there hjs jjuilt was mada so clear that he was sentenced to five years imprisonment in the penitentiary; ; Heavily ironed; he was placed oo boardl the etcarnboat-which was Mo convey him to, I Baton Rogue.' In ihe hiddle of the night n plunge . ' ; woa heard, and the state roomr which he ctin. PH vict occupied was- found empty.- Every'xuic cn board came to the conclusion thatj he! had f thrown himselfbvcrboard and was drowjnea.' - ; Ma rie was 'sitting alone in her chambejr.- ' ? Sha had.been weeping, poor girl, andjirj her lr lav her mother's miniature and: one o Henry's letters. !. She had not heard from him for- months; arid. hisf silence wan theajkest enigma-that ever her young heart had tried to solve! 1 Ho could not Lcdead rno nb! Like! the wife of-the gifted Raleigh j'shfc be. lieved that , " 'J .-. 'fjitinj or dead, he would not tarry froni ller., . At ! this moment n servant brought' her a htter'.and a single glance told her it was from Henry. A- "glad cry escaped her Hps-j-she hastily, opened-it jj-and insitod of the warm cjtcour;r."scf a lover's heart she read Hen. JABHE ry con'rs-iuii of bis g'jjJi! The 5t-rvabf heard a sh'rhk, and henj they came in they flninc! their! mistress lifeless on the ft ior. FW many wr'KS after, Marie Dunbar jwas a ma, iiiac", and j hcq ehc rrcorcrt-d, tier beauty waj like tlint of a Jilly which had btecn cruh: ecl by a sTurm. ' AVhli a cal i. tie that savor. eJnot of earth, ishe iitinounct'd her inu-niion of qahting her' place of -bjrlh forever 'Vhc uld homestead wn$ gold, and Uic ser. vants, many of whom' had grown grey in ihe acrvFce'of Ijier family, wept as she bid them farewell'. Again, encj fo? the list time, Mane knelt down jUpon lier mother's grave. jA prayer akin to'Hi breatherd In the 'garden of Gethsrmane, went up to Heaven, and the or. P(han wa f't ' nont- but God. to shitld f i ntHTS32i4jnr cal aity , 1837, uSien'lhou sands we rd 'lorn away by the hand of dis ease, there jwas' agister of charity injthiscify, whoso origin none knew, but who was unH versa Jfy b vcd. Muny'a buggered wretch in the. Hospital, in his last agony, had breath1, ed f prayer for the "pale hdy,'' wlio like ah angel had s i kindly relieved his wants. She never smiled ; but a holy radiance wo Lid some, times overspread her beautiful features, and then ns she turned her deep blue ryes to her spiri.'s home above, she looked liked bein of another world. ; Sunc said she carried in her breast a broken heart. She was rver seen to weep, but still there was a sorrowful shade on 'her countenance, that! spoke of blighted dreams, ancj the wreck of early love. j ' jQne evening while the yellow fever was yef at its zenith n Kor outcast, who waa! evident ly in tlie la.s1ttare of his disease, asbrouht Ut the! hospital. jMcdicine was given him j and the largest rooms being full, he vas plaJ ced in one of the small chambers of the build-j ,tng. It was now night, and the sjty flung who iuvisii nanu mn jusire 01 lis jewels on tne sleeping' earth. The culm sweet moon 1 the silver heart of the heavens above- threw! its' tight upon the timid flowers, nnd they w ith their rainbow eyes' returned its chuices. The I. il" i'f'1 '' I . .-. I-,-: . j brrezoi flewiby with nmbrosial wingsj nnd asi the dying.ones inhaled, its' passing fragrnnce,i ihey ihoughjlmw sweet a thing it was to lie in health, nnd they remembered thu't when they were young they had loved the fresh and bkjomiug flywers. , Then they fell the sharp papgs dart through their frames, ihecold dew stood upon jihejr foreheads, and the grave seuvd pleasant. I The tinkling bell in some ot ihc wards told them thatjone of their num ber was no more, and then hey wondered how n bell would sound to a dead man if he could hear ill, and if il would be rung when they were nV more. ' i: ' ;! " ::: ' ' ' ' ih j J '" ' !:" : ' " 1 he pale lady r was passing by the cham ber v here! the outcast lay,! and the hrnnp in her hanl ljirpv a strong glt-am upon 'her fea tures. The sick man fixed' his eye upon her reunng iorm, anu covering ins lace won iiis hands, he murmured, "Not no. It cannot be her , The lady thought shc remembered the voice, and ahe trembled like an aspen. She went baik to the room whence the sound proceeded j and looked upon the patient; but his eyes wer closcil and she could not recg. nizo him. hc laid her thjn while hard upon his tcmpte, nnd" the touch 'seemed to revive hirp. , Ho lookid at her for a momefit, and then the muscles of his throat swelled, hnd his lips quiveret" as though ,he tried to speak. A tear coursed dowrJ the 'snjlow cheek-tit was the last dro'pjin the! well of sorrow, and it flow, ed for soma by.gone' memory.. The! 'pale lady'' t(xk jjher hand away, for though the outcast was dead, yet his features assumed a livjng expression. She knew it all. She was standing beside the corpse of Henry Bur- i Marie, the "pale lady" uttered no sound; but she. kissed his still heated brow!, while thoughts too big for uiterahce rose in her mind. Poor heart.siricken girl ! Her trials on earth were ended, and in a few months afterwards, onrthe celebration: of All Sajnts Dy a little child placed a wreath of flowers on the "pale lad y s grav ;. An Iuiiocriit JIau Hung by a Jlob. Under this caption iho Paris (Mo.)jMercu. ry narrates some curious particulars connect. edfVtith OTo au. i J Some years since, Mr. J.imes Birnes, son of Aquilla Barnes, of Missouri,' was .hung by V mob 'in Arkansas, because lie was suspected of having murdered the " Wright family,"5, in one of iho counties ifiha; state. '"Barnes to ihe very last asserted his Jnnocene, but the mob was inexorable, and he was hanged by them. Il now jOppears from statements in the, Van Burcn (Arkan sas) Intelligf nce that ihe real murderers have been found a,nd,nre in confinement, at Fayette willetin that state, j. there are three ol them, by ihe names of Star and Reese and iheyare said tajhaye frequently boasted of their crime. TJiey will be convicted it is said, on ihe test i-, mo'ny of many witnesses td these confessions.! But their conviction will not rcsloroy the inno- cent mar to, life, nor save his murderers from the stings of ; remorse for so cruel an act- The ed.tor bf.the Mercury says that the netvs of Barnes'j innocence is truly graiifying t Inm, 'kfor we persptially knew Aquilb'Barnesj and ' the B irnes family i twenty.siri years a'o' at Old Franklin, Howard county, Misi sourt ; Hi? father, grandfather, and uncles were tnea of high standing and respectability VILIiE, TT.- C,. FEIi: many of ihern exemplary members; cf the church of Jesus Christ. How painful it-musl Invebeen to his father and motherthe wife of his bosom, with heir helpless babes, and his relative, to be thus deprived of his society and lothink, too, ihat(a mob hung him, withi iut judge or jury, under the charge of murder thus blasting his fame?,' and putting a stain upl on his poor little children, his Unoffending wife, his ag;-d father and mother, together with his brothers and sisters, his friends and rtb- tnrci. Alasms 07 Fibe i Viesma. A traveler in Europe gives the . following account, of the plan adopted in Vienna, to giro alarms of fires : i ,tM ltJv t-J In Vienna the fire department is rery cu riously managed. There are watchmen ita tioned on Sr. Strphe'n's tower, night flnd! day, at an elevation of four hundred feet above the city. The watchmen have maps and books at hand, with powerful jttlescopcsL As soon as afire takes place they examine the spot j with their glasses, and are able to distinguish the very house which is burning. fThey tlien look at their botiks and learn whose it js. They write the owner's name, and the place where the fire is, and throw it down a tubo to a per. son stationed belowj The information is then mnde known tu all whom it concerns, and no time is lost by the; firemen in reaching the place of conflagration. j Ve have no doubt that it was from this practice that. Shakespeare caught the , idea given in the oft. quoted line . 1 am merely a lookcr-on here in Vienna.: A Silent Wedding. A very interesting ceremony was perform ed this morning at! the Prebhyterian Church in Eighth street, formerly in Murray' street. A ceremony interesting at ail limes, but pecu. Irarly so in the present case, from the jphysi. cal condition of the parties most, immediately concerned, it wa$ a marriage; Thd Rev. j . ; - ., ' l , ' . :) ; ., .,7 L : Dn MeAuley ofiiuiated. A larsc audience I i J , iP. " i .- n. T . was present, the mjor portion of it compris. ing the pupils of a i honored nnd most lauda ble educational institution pertaining o our city, t The groomjhad been for some time a monitor in this institution, the bride for an equal or greater length of lime had held the responsible post of assistant matron. Thus inmates of one dwelling, and engaged in ihe performance of assimilating duties, it is no wonder thai they had become acquainted with eacjh other's estimable qualities,! and nhat a mutual affection prompted them to linkj their destinies in life together. Yet wc are assured that a word of lovp. was never uttered by his lip.j or breathed into her willingear. J And the same reserve was manifested by ihem at the altar: f They stood m ute. The voice of the clergyman alone was heard when the! solemn vows of marriage were exenang. The parlies were Nathan Miles Tottcn, of Huntington, Long i Island, and IMrs. Mary Emma Mitchell, widow, of. this city .-t-both deaf mutes. Mr. eet, iheestemeed principal of the institution, to which they have for jsonie time been attached interpreted by signs be tween them and ihe. clergyman ; and he also made I iho concluding prayer, in the Isamc voiceless hut impressive language; At the close of the ceremony the happjjr cou. lej entered a carriage, with ihe groomsman and bridesmaid, a$d proceeded to Brooklyn, where the wedding feast was provided at ihe house of a friend; and thence they were to depart by. the three o'clock train, for jHun tington, where Mr. Toiten i possesses a mod. erate property. iV.1 Y. Com. Adv. . : Pathetic. A 'learned young lady being asked at a tea-table if she used sugar, replied, " I have a diabolical, invincible repugnance to sugar, ' for lo my -insensible cogitations up- on the subject, the flnvosity of the sugar nul ifies the flavosity of 'the tea, and renders il vastly obnoxious!'1 i What State Raises the Iffost. jThe . following jibstroct has been made by some one from a report made some time since It will be seen that no reference is made to size ot population. " ' ' " Ly'" i.: j, . . ' ;.. i: -i :! .-'! : Si ,. ' I i. " . Bushels. i Ohio' raised the most; wheat, viz: 11,780,705 Nftw York themost barley, . 1,802,982 New York the most oats, . 24,9Q7,553 Pennsylvania the'most rye, '2,429,637 Pennsylvania the mostbuck wheat, 2,409,508 Tennessee ihe mosl Indian corni 07,839,477 N J Yo'rk the most fjotatoesi ! 26 ,553 ,6 1 2 We musi jusi say I in passings that Maine raises, mosl potatoes in proportion to her pop. Ulation. - N. YorK tho most hay, 3,205.539; tons. We will add here, that we guess Vermont cuts the most hay, in proportion to her size and population, we know she clips the most wioI.U-V ''V 4VU '.!?: : r r :i ;a 4 Sifilfcilhs- Virginia the most fhx and hemp, . z 31 ,728 Georgia the most cotton, . 185,759,129 ?.! Carolina the most ticey" ?""! 68,802,807 Ginnecticut the most silk, ;. 140,971 -I. r , ' IS ' '. ' " 'f i . . J , i Louisiana ihe most sugar, I 37,173,500 N. Carolina the mostiwinev 17,347 gal r ; - :. ' , i " j; ""jThey wronr who ehiink from ooka alone, - l . - . , - : ; Or from appearance atie; -' - j jVirtoe may have the brightest throno n , la him wt taako our drud je.. J 111:, TIUI.: 3r C, if'-'f ".-..POLITICAL.-: ' Trdn lbs National Ir.ic!! -?r:rcr. - xl ' ; T::aClIIcy Dncl. Loote Hbtls, vre Jjidy shoivn high authority fur v saying," ought generally lo be passed by in silence; and all'our es-rier.ic approves this judgment of a" profound intelli gence. The case may however occur cf a libel, in every sense loose end in every l;ght infamous, attaining, from the very e!cv2tion of the character at which it is aimed, such a degree , of consequence as to justify a public refutation of it. -We had not, ue confess, supjwsed until very lately that the imputation to Mr. Clay of an agency in promoting the Cilly puel was; of such a character. ,The facts concerning that unhappy occurrence', we had th'Mit, .were loo notorious to bs mis understood at the time, and Uk recent not to be remembered, v. ,But we find -. that we have deceived ourselves,. and that,-between. base misrepresentation on, one . hand and honest crecjulousness on the other, thai cnluniny has, from deserved contempt, risen to the dignity of & formidable lie ; formidable, that is ta say, for its nngnitude and its power of rnUchicf. Under these circumstances, having at hand materials, which are not within the reach of every one, even of our. readers, fur a com. plcte refutation j of ;thifrtse - aspersion, we think it proper' to place them in our columns, not without ihe hope that they may be of use lo some of our professional contemporaries and to others tf our -friend vbo j-j forth among the people to expose, the wrong; and vindicate the right. t . . ,; j.i? Before we proceed to the examination of the matter of the Cillcy, Diicl, however, let us premise that never ryas more injustice done to any man than to Mr. Clay when, he is re, presented as ah ladvocit or admirer of the prncuce oi-'ueiiing. nis sentiments on me suhjecl are yell known to his personal friends. riiey were publicly; expressed twenty years ngo, in his address to his constituents on the 24th day of March; 1825, just after his ac cession to the Department of Stale, .from which we quote the following passage t ,., A crisis appeared tomo to have arisen in my public lifeT I issued my card, 3of do. fiance of his malignant accusers in reference to the then pending election of Mr. Adams. ought not to have put in it the last paragraph, because, although it does not necessarily im ply ihapjnrt lo n personal enmh.it, j' TlflmttS of that construction ; nor will I conceal thai such a possible issue was within my contem plation. 1 owe it to the community; to say hat, whatever heretofore I may have donS or, by inevitable circumstances,! mights be forced to do, no man in it holds in deeper ab horrence than I do that pernicious practice. -Condemned, as it must be, by the judgment and philosophy, to say nothing of the religion; of every thinking man, it is an affair of feel. ing, about which we cannot, although we should, reason, j Its true corrective will bo found when all shall unite, os all ought, to unite, in its unqualified proscription.? -iVai. Intelligencer, March, 1825. These sentiments, thus frankly, unfolded to his constituents, Mr. Clay repeated more than ten years afterwards in the face of the nation, when, on the fljor of the Senate, he voted In favor of iho bill for the suppression of duelling within the District of Columbia. On that occasion ho expressed himself to tho follow ing effect: " Mr. Cl-iy said he had taken, no part in ihe discussion which had been going in rela. tion to this matter; not, however, from any indisposition on his part to do all that he could to aid in the very laudable objects contempts. ted by ihe bill. No man would be happier than himself to see the whole barbarous sys tern forever eradicated. It was well known that, in certain quarters of this country, pub iic opinion was averse lo duelling, and no man cou in ny in tne tace oi mat puunc opinion without having his reputation sacrificed while there were other portions again which exact ed ooedfgnce iv iiic-raraTeusiom. The man with a high sense' of honor and taice sensibil ity, when the question is whether he shall fight or have the finger of scorn 'pointed at him, is unable to resist, and few, very, few, arc found willing to adopt such an alternative When public opinion " was renovated, nnd chastened by reason, religion, and humanity, the practice of duelling would at once bodis. countenanced. It was the office of lemsla. lion to Jo all it could to bring about this health. ful state of the publc mind, and although it mtght not altogether effect so desirable a re sult, yet he had no doubt it would do much towards it, and with those views 'he would give his-rote for the bill Congress.. Globe, 2d session 2oth Congress t 'p. 292. ki j iTo this indisputable evidence of Mr.' Clay hostility to the practice of -duelling," we may add the fact--a'nd to his honor be it spoken that perhaps no. man has accommodated more difficulties, and contributed to the prevention of. more dupls than he has.. Frequent instan ces : might be mentioned. We will content ourselves with one which made a particularly strong impression on our minas. . , , Among our earliest ; recollections of Mr, CIsy WC3 ihe part he took, sorro thirty years figo in preventing a djrcl between ?Ir. Cal houn, the present Secretary cf Clite, and I Ir. Gn-ivcnur, c;.o cf il.- R 3 c7 c.-. ,"..- . ' - , h;sf- ';f ' - tfl'i fricr.Jj end i!:?? wM.es cT! "c , . T. - iwo -.:-:!e:.::.:, L !i fl( ; ( -, cr I disticjjiihcd r- bj l - ' - 't f" i' - jr bearir ;t'.inly t!.3 pw.vcr c,t" ' - .ncc, were Lading menibcrs cf ti c -- . par. ties In t!;3 II;j cf "?;rcz-:. ta critical pcrM c f t':c i wircf 1C12 lrA v was then S?pe-:':cr rf t! ? H c ?.ar 'rz the duties cf i'-t trt'"n v !;h rt c!' 'n!iv and propriety that clial.'rrjcd universal r;( rJ-a. lion; luking-part occ-j.loily ia in Committee of the Whclttiih cc;:'" . J fj. pcribrity, but for tho garter prt cf t!. 1 tbie necessarily coa fined to il.j C'tair, an irr-sir- ti: umpire L tween coiitendipg prtirs. The II oust) complied nr that timo an :-V number of, compantivtly ycurg ir.C!r.l?rj cf rare- ability, as mayj bo , believed when V? camo among them, besides1 the rccilcr,vn al ready nienttuccd, suoh nicn cs Lowndos. Webster, G iston,' Oakley, Eppes, Z' z.Tvy, Charles J. Inger'soll, Troup, GrunJy, i:c , not tospeak of jx considerable infusion cf cr hicn of great" pov, er cf ii.;c"r 1," i.i Pickering, Slocktoa, Johath-n Roberts, Wm. Findlay, A:c. s In a body t!.j3 constituted; it may well be ir.ii-inc J t!;ai 1!.? r"!-s f prder were in genpral rcrpcclfu!!,- cl:iriJ sr !; 1 decorum of debate seldom vio! .led. I,'o jrr-.t. er contrast could well be concciicJ. J. than that which'would result fnni a cc r- iri- son of th-j procecJirtgiia t!;o ILj.j , II.; r-I scntaiivts lit - that day i.I.Ii. ll.j. l. ; , 2. sent.s Asperity would yet, in ih zzJ cf con. flict, sometimes find its v;iy into'd.-' r ?J now and then, but very rarely, take ths c. - r. aeter of personality ; by.whicli tva dj r.:t mean.coarseness of language, such as is now too often heard in debate, L.;l t-ch rcf...:: V.3 upon motives as one' gentleman owu it ta an-' other toT refrain from. CometMri u tl.j l.ir.J had passed in t!ie bc-l cf utUio, Lci...wa Mr. Calhoun and Mr: Grosvcr.or ; bv.t'jaf. fairs oflhis sort were then, condjctci with great privary', it was not kuoua, or kr.au a u very few;, that atluel was to rcsuh from ill The next day, or Ihe day following, tha L;ur of meeting of the Hou'2 had arrived, r.r.'.'.ie members had assembled r.s'.utrjil, but the Speaker failed of his usual punctuality! The in quiry pissed from mouth to mouth,' 44 Where's the Speaker ?" " What in the worlJ 1 iz L3. and yet no Speaker. At length it camj lo be understood that '' Mr. Calhoun anJ f ir. Grc3- venor were, that morning to mcit, U tcn or cloven o'clock, tt a Hay u.'Ms ,..rn the Cipitol, to settle tliclr q i trrcl by mortal arbitrament; and tint Mr. Clay, Living ac cidentally got wind cf it, hid ncjnted !.s horso; leaving the Ilouso'in th'o lurch, 'with the determination, if possible by is ny cfTjrtof his, to prevent the shedding cf UooJ upon l mere point of honor between two gentlemen whose lives were of so much vuLci to l!. ir friends and to their country.' -An-:hr.Lr.J another ho-.ir past amidst the deepest a n.xictv when, out. of breath, from hajtc ia ru'in". but full of jy and gladness, arrived ihC- zzli. er, and called the Housa to order. Ilis mc dialion, united with that of a disti.-"":: Jv.-d member of the Senate, had been s-2?c6'.::(. 'Xljeir earnest instances had been irresistible. They had brought back unharmed, if net rs. conciled, those who had gon out as encmicj, to stake their lives ngiinst or.s arntLcr, They were received by iheir colleagues -arj sls ciafcs with open arms; anJ, ths rcidcr rr. .y be sure, thero was not mucli business dune in the House tliat day. . By hi ccriyj tL'.erpo sition, the prompting cf a hi.rr.3r? zr 1 ,-?r?. rous heart, Mr. Clay 00 that 'occssici v en golden opinions of all men. . v.; In the same pacific nnd humane r-irit was the entire agency of Mr. Clay in ihs 'ca;3 of Messrs. Graves nnd Cilley. ; It was directed to the object of prevcrJkj a mcui-j ljt-.vc;j the : parties. ; With thai viewbcadvisud'a modification, of . the. challenge. " Viih " tl.j same view he "advised tho'p-jlico to Lic.!!;J out.. They were called out, but were defeated in their purpose of arresting that panics ly their having taken an unusunl route. " -. " We present to our rcscbrs .thacvif which places beyond doubt or cavil ihn nnturc of Mr. Clay'i rger.?y i.i tho Ci!!ey dj-J.Y It would be to detract from, the force cf simple truth to accompany it with ens word cf com mcnt. z. v . EXTRACT rttOM A lTTZZ OF IllZ HZZl. VS. J. " , ' CZAVZS TO Zin. CLA7. . ; ' " r From the c -rnenccmenl cf t'.3 dliUcuI ty between Mr. C;I!ey ar i myself e- to ihs time I sent him the challenge, I do not recol lect lhat 1 ncmbnid it to you or acy: other colleague or friend, except Mr. Mecc&e and Mr. Wise- - x-- -. '. , , do cot recollect naming. ihe su'ject to you until the ; mornirg before tV? mertr, when I called at your room, I think in cerrp3. t.y with Mr. Wise, nnd exhiL'ted lo yo j the correspondence, and pcrhrt dcf.I!r J Vi yei the circumstances of the afTir. I reremb?i lhat you Eu'jesied to mo some mcJU.'.catioa in the pl.fcccloy T thj chiilen'', .' ' 1.1 I had writtca but not sent, Ij icLlcJt. uglier r --Zz :: .. ; c.v . Z, ar.l tlz r 'u V tlzzzi cjzL:l cdjiLi:.. I rcccllcc; .II, kilhs ti.'ns year J':- 1I.3 r.-.: .11 - wliclt I I. .,1 .r. v ue c. re collect C.i rc ctin -ream 7 " ? t tV"; tT" "t t r " . i .:.---.t Ii - f "1 t' t r '"',t' 5 - i.:jecces, v. :! - .- cf - this tiew cf l' ; filj-ct; t;:r.j "cf . '. ' i n;fc.4...w... 1 Uua i.i K jyijyw .c t-t y; i t-. . J.t t!.- i..-.. v adjusted -t a hrt!l!- r-ttirV 1 a 7H yoVr form, - !:h tut Ilttlj if cry t flarri, cr 1 I r.:-Q t !rc; -J it t 1 drar;:i t-.H:':-!'" S' my::'.;. i r I aPHed toihissuljcct in jcurprc- -end ab-ut r.:r- o'c! cf it.- i.'J : t . . ict tho' r v, I !.: J i t a : cv.. . .) . ;.j ) c j, I.i v.!.:.! I r ' - I : trtywj my V"- rf ' :'i i t"-- - r weapon selec!" 1 ' " r J r . It 'H CTTEttLY urrTitrr: thrt --t ' hibitcd to vr.z sny vi'iir! tV? tr.:-,: - ' lakj' p!-ic?.- ' f htl rt f. A i i i 'Ji I r--;!. Let,' r.f.?r l1'? nffiir, wr::: t ; : with rn? myit deeply in r" rv.C , ir-; r- ! j-v U vtljr a irr.- Ut-zI Ir.':!:j;r.:crt Feb. C , 1C 12. - Since t!:i ' va-3 In t' - p"ii:ive and c'.t l'ur.-:-y cl jl. : ' ' li. j.prcccJirj Lrt:c!-, f.'"-V ' view n!.ic!; wo hivi taken cf it, I n Ir- cur eye, uc place il Ixf ne cjr rc" ' r: Ir..i l!. I'. . Yo.IiTi :. . . T 'i ! ! - 'i ii.: . . ....; .:att jiiw..t Ly a r . ur.JouLted iwr v.Iij , L ( ' j! t tcf . . r. ai. ur ti a: r c-.1ci4.-iv3 .:..z. : Ciay:' -' - I TI16 rr-::'. - cf r!::-r 1 most f pier ' .r.tl.-jrl .;.':r. . ' lias been 1-' J ::"3.th r 0.:rr(--! -CM: rioasrras.f.:: fljwing. It U .'"ilfcof c-fjrt ' modating 1.1" ' - :r-nt. (). IT ' who has r ;t niter! J n p-' .1 ci "3. ..1- to : bro in tixtrcrs yc"s, pr" 'I.'ri.' .- ft editor of lha Nev Yurli A:r.:rlcsr.. CCI3 V. lata a a clcarnc i a t p tt'T.tion of t! -.z'. l'.irz .3 With tH'c;;,Vy l: : t:v Mr. il. Ives i.i V.'a.bir iir.d v.it!. .;:r. Gr-vJ 1 1 . : c. . t . 14. r " .1-, y " '.2 14-4. .. k 4 V. fc-rr-1 '. : : , ! " to Mr. C 1.. 3 r r.ti t :ir. C!-y 1. - tl.3 I ..;:3j . :r" I l -il :r-.J ( 1 i any pn-j -ct w:is CJrr. 4t zii ; .! lt.. A Is.... , Irt y i;..Ci Cvii:; f .1:. ' v : .. ,,r. u. - T tija t!.-IIi r, r.i it I.id L;rn irr.':: Chy. H .Mr. C. C .v. I '.3 - rcccici': ;. TI he iV'st 1 ! U c-l rV ,c'Ii 1-1 L'ey' ' -r, tu? (lir,?; -r.i ..t v. I Ii !.;! cvn 1 er i-.'!c, w!.i;;h to c'rawn tb :t r.:.j;r, 1. 1.... r, uat cu:;,.: f li.'i t4-.c, tbui i.,od..1cd for t' ' jurj.-wCji . 4 t,t to 4-!r. Gii.y; -t 4., 4 4 t 41. w J, bcn j ur. ...Iy ! -ccJ ,lcfj.'3 I ' . l! ;.'.rr.I:.J. J c Ji;j;j about f.I " . -f.r. , rf a!ij c-Iki..J LIr.i to chooso lha 1. vcapen ui'h .vh!ch tbi "r r?-' I ! - fj ;ht. There V- - il-.zjv. f.r II ' : . 9 a weep-1 h-..:.:.i.c;::eyv.airc-: i.-'.j lie w-jiI.j i.- .t flwtin V'aihirtc.n. L..w. n-;. ..I..: about, it. In orJcr t-, ( VIS pur. - par.LJ C..!y fur practice ia u,.vll::o3 piCCv-'I .j il; C..C!, ' aul i.i iiz i.. .Iley cut ucil a a sapling eigfjj, i paces I Mr. III.. j rernar!.cJ tht, v.La I I.j;rcj l!.it tbc challc.e v.aj .cc:;...I ' ".j l;ct.J zz t.j Ki: t 1.1 r. ; , : cfctJr':r,Ir:e ! If ; j. I'-'? f ; - : frcr.-s I "'." ::z':k il.. -y-ccc 'If.- tbev s' - ! ;' i retired, Dr. Duncan, vI.3LCtLj -Cu!cys fri... Jj, t- zr.'.i: 'iy ..1 1 ' s Graves, vvi.i: 1I.3 1 . i it -be lost' for ihtf watit cf a x...:. ( . sago Mr. King ar.J .'Ir. Cijy v.-j c ri')r-:.l. " Ti..y 1 J iiif. J i! that i..wc;;r. j cc-Id net ? t tme Ls.01 i.4cJ " rert r.'jn.irj, Mr. V.'.-y -1 r Lrr;;:J ib'.t Grzr.s nr;J C.I y, (rhr.U9"l'"-:2c t. lT proceeded to Clay's L -', - ' rr.J,r.f.:r a r i..-. - tr r Jf .ves ' J . . r. "eed " -i ths .'ver, I in. . thsir" .1 L'p, i-rr.'rz t" r: 1 rf M zl 1 :s i J -" r '-'-'' :i cite' . . &c .,cT a ro 4.. j 4. . -- w..-. I-- , ' t. . 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Highland Messenger (Asheville, N.C.)
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Sept. 6, 1844, edition 1
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