Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1828-07-18


racter of candidate for the Presidency Of the
U. S it was found necessary to have recourse to
the Newgate Calendar. quit abruptly he
odious theme, /, is too disgusting for the con
temptation Of your FELLOW CITIZEN.
WHITE-WASHING COMMITTEE.
This August body seems 10 have abandoned
their functions, and their duties appear to have
devolved upon the editor of the Nashville Ga
z, tie. That paper, Of the 9Th Of June, con-
aims an explanation of the Benton quarrel and
the Dickinson duel. In the first, Benton is pla-
eed in The attitude If an aggressor. In the sec
ond, ii is distinctly admitted that Jackson fired
deliberately after Dlckinson's fire was exhaus,>
ed. This i. shown 20 have been according 10
the agreement. 1t is not therefore the less
barbarous. An interesting lecture upon horse
racing is interviewer with the defence, aud also
honily upon duellIng. In the first, we are
told that Lord Godolphin, ga celebrated ,ohig
minister" was racer; that Fox was lover Of
the turf; and that Lafayette attended horse
races. In the latter, M. Fox VIM. Pitt, Mr..
Canning, and my Lord Castlereagb, are intro
duced. This quotation Ct foreign precedsnIs
is exceedingly pertinent. II shows the true
SOU hern prediction Of the Jackson men, and
must be very acceptable to John Randolph and
Dr.. Cooper. Cincinnati Gazette.
The Fourth Of July was celebrated in no.
vel manner at Richmond, Virginia. In that
city, early in he morning, agreeabIy TO arrange
men!s previously made, ceremony was COM
menced, which in all its stages was calculated
10 make deep impression upon every specta.
tor. The design was 10 bring out the Sabbath
Schools, connected with the Methodist, Pres
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Manchester and accordingly Committee had
been appointed to arrange all the details, 10 is
sue the invitations, and TO continue the cere,
monisls. Among the citizens who were invit-
ed to attend, was Chief Justice MARSHALL, who
in the following reply TO the invitation, p, Us a
very marked and impressive tribute to the be-
nefts Of Sabbath Schools:
RICHMOND June 28th, 1928
Gentemen:-l acknowledge with grateful
sensibili,y your very kin1 invitation to Join the
members Of the Sabbath Schools of Richmond
and Manchester, on the 4h of July, in a pro.
cession to be formed on the capitol square, at
half past eight, and from thence 70 procee to
Trinity Church, where an appropriate address
will he delivered at ten.
beg you TO believe that no person estimates
more highly than do the purity of the motives
by which the members Of these schools are ac>
lua,ed, or the value of The objecrs which they
seek to attain. lcannot be more perfectly con-
WINGED than am shat virtue and intelligence
are the basis OF our independence and the con.
sentative principles Of national and individual
happiness" nor can any person believe more
firmly that the Institutions you patronize are
devoted to the promotion Of both.
should not hesitate to manifest the sinceri-
,y Of these opinions by attending the process
sion you propose, were not prevented bv una
vodabe absence from Richmond I am COM
PEELED by the feeble health OF Mrs. Marshall,
to leave this place on the Sd July, not to return
till the 5h.
l entreat you 10 make my most respectful
Acknowledgements to the societies you repre-
sent, and to receive yourselves nv grateful
thanks for the kind and aaltering terms in
which you have communica ted this invitation.
With great respect, am, gentlemen, your
obedient servant,
JOHN MARSHALL.
The number OF Sabbath School Children
presen, (grls aud boys) was about $50, and The
citizens who joined them formed heightened
procession 10 the new Methodist Church, where
interesting religious ceremonies were perform
ed, &c.
We have been favoured with the following
particulars Of the location Of the Welland Ca
pal. II in,ersects Lake Erie at the mouth of
Grand River, 40 miles above Buffalo, 10
miles Of the bank Of which river is easy to tow
path; il runs from thence, IA miles 10 Bead
Greek, through low marsh, and requires
great labour 10 keep the water baiIed out Of
the road Of the workmen, from thence I-2
miles 10 Chippewa creek, through high hard
soil, and Ia miles down the creek, the bank Of
which was difficult 10 tow path, from thence
Is miles to Lake Ontario, through the high |
ridge, extreme hard cutting. The whole length |
Of the CanalA7 miles. I,s width is so feet at
the surface, So feet at the bottom, and 10 I>2
feet deep From Niagara River across to the
Canal iz0nly miles, and Is from Erie TO
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