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nor could / have entertained towards
him any unkind feeling. I make this
statement to show theunprovoksd man.
ner 10 which | have been assailed -
had that gentleman considered him
self sggrieved by me in any way, or
had he desired To become The "fighling
hero" of Gen. Jackson, he ought, By
every rule of honor, to have called
upon me in direct manner. Had he
done it, certainly would have an.
swered him promptly.
trust l have too much self respect
to yield to feverish and mosbid anxi
iety in casting around for the angry
ebullitions OF every "toasts drinker,"
or newspaper scribbler OF bully, who
may think proper TO offer me insult BY
commenting on the language fused 10
my letter, and by putting wrong con
structions upon it, l consider myself
bound only TO answer those who, feel
ing themselves aggrieved by that let.
ter, call upon me in gentlemanly
manner. To such will always nc
cord any satisfaction demanded The
individual who gave The "loasl' can
not expect To take any further no
tice of it than have done; but IN
concluding, must be permitted to say ,
that if any thing personal to INC was
intended BY it, nne9uivocally pro
nornce such conduct as dishonorabIe
and at war with every gentlsmanly
feeling.
WM. L. BRENT, of Louisiana.
AIR. Desha's reply:
TO THE PUBLIC.
10 The National Journal ofthis morn
ing, MIR. Brent, OF Louisiana. has
endeavored TO relieve himself from The
awkward situation in which he is sus
pended by the honorable notice which
| was pleased 10 take of him on the
9Th of January last Neither my re.
spect nor charity for that individual,
will influeDce me TO save him from a
responsibility which the whole charac
ter of his communication so pteously
discloses.
ROBERT DEsHA.
Washingfon Cify. Jan. Is. 1923.
A fatal and most distressing ealami-
ty occurred in the family of Henry
Eckford, Esq of New York, on
Wednesday night One Of Mr.. E's
daughters, Henrietta, aged 10, was
sitting up with her sister, who has
been confined to her room by illness
for considerable time past. Atalate
hour in the night, she fell asleep in a
chair before the fire; some of The sparks
OF which shortly caught her dress, and
enveloped her in flames The invalid
sister was too feeble to afford assist
ance, and il was with difficulty that
she succeeded in alarming any OF the
family. At length one of the brothers,
hearing her cries fastened to her cham
Der and extinguished the blaze, after
much injury TO himself; but the sister
had been so severely burned, that she
expired the following morning.
The Hon. George Holcombe, me m
Der of the House Of Representatives Of
the U. States from New Jersey, died at
Allentown, in that state, on the 18th
instant.
Suicide. The Macon Telegraph states
that young lady belonging to an ad.
joining county, ofrespectable connex-
ions, had her Affections won, and won
only to be sighted, by per6dIous Low.
er; with too much pride to sue for a
breach OF promise, and too much feeling
TO forget the injury; determined on self.
destruction. Accordingly, few months
ago she left the roof of her parents and
threw herself into the current of the
Towilaga. Being missed in the NOR
ming by her friends her foot prints were
traced to the fatal stream, and after d.
ligent search her body was found com
posed in its last sleep in the bed Of the
river, her cloak wrapped around her
face and clenched ia her two hands a.
cross her breast. The remains were
dscenily inferred
Woman. The following beautiful
sentence is extracted from the Sketch
Book The sentiment is most tender.
As the vine. which has long twiued
Its graceful foliage around the oak, and