Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1830-11-06

fcers who had been engaged in an affair OF the
kind. it is to be presumed that. for the sake OF
consistency, he will not permit Secretary Eaton
to go unpunished, when he hears of this sweeping
challenge to : the public in general or TO any
:. responsible individual of that public who may
doubt his s'PURITY!" The gentleman has
passed through the fire, and scorched his fingers
we have been told; but we doubt whether 1T pa-
rified him.
ex15csa~
MRS. HEBER.
The recent marriage of this lady having been
perhaps uncharitably commented upon in some
American papers, our own included, it is but just
that the motives which prompted this step. should
be made known through the same channels. We.
therefore, at the request of the Individual to
whom the subioined letter is addressed. give
place to it in our columns.-New York finer.
"LoNDoN, SEPTEMBER l8.
81 am indebted to Won for two letters; the
last a most interesting one, written after you had
read the "Life." | was very sure that the beau
tifuI touches of goodness and wisdom.
ing in the very earliest of his letters. and ill.,
creasing in strength and kindness TO the latest,
would interest and please all my kind American
friends.
"You are right in surprising, that there is a
considerable mass Of correspondence, OF all
ages, still unpublished: but l think ! have omit
ted nothing which could throw additional hight
Oh his almost perfect haracter.--whii there are
many Craze persons who ccnsure me for giving
too much TO the world.
s.You will have heard of the change which has
taken place in my name and situation since |
last addressed you.
"In giving my children, as their protector, a
man of sound Judgment, sense and temper. Of
strictly moral and religious principles, as well az
of noble birth, fortune, and possessing an homo
rabIe employment in his own government, while
their fortunes are legally secured, | trust that
they " i'll find essential advantages. A residence
of two years in the Ionian Islands will. I have
every reason to hope, be Of infinite use to my
eldest girls health, which was much affected by
the severity of last winter. My beloved children
will ever be my first object; and to bring them
up in the faith and fear of God, and in the exam
pie of their blessed father, my earnest and fond
est hope.
We leave England Immediately. and, travel
ling through France, Switzerland and Italy, hope
to reach Corfu in December.
".Count Valsamachi is Secretary to the lOnian
Government, and VIC must consequently remain
in that island till the parliament adjourns, when
we shall proceed to Cephalonia, where his pro-
merit. lies and where he has q. G0lNptE.Y. house in
tIful island, close to the sea. | take an excellent
governess with me, and look to ENJOYING every
opportunity of experimenting my children1's edu-
cation myself. The island boasts of little socie.
ty; but with a happy family circle, such as |
think ours will always continue to be, one is in.
dependent of external circumstances.
PAMELA VALSAMACHI."
see0eHa~
New YORK, Nov. 8.
Clinton H0M-This noble monument of the
l%lberalIty and public spirit Of our merchants. was
last evening dedicated to Literature and the Sci.
euce. Inc services were commenced by an adj.
dress to the Throne of Grace, by the Rev. DIR.
Wainwright.
n report ct the trustees was then read by the
President, w. w. Woolsey, ESQ. detailing con.
cisely the origin and history of "'Clinton Hall"
and also those of "The Mercantile Library A..
socIatlon," with a view to the patronage of which
this building has been erected. The President
OF Clinton Hall then presented to the President
OF the Library Association the Charter of their
privileges in the Hail, bv which is granted fine
use of the apartments allotted them.
subject to forfeiture only by mis- use, or non.use'
lhIs Charter was then accepted. in a short and
neat address from r. b Brown, ESQ. the very
active, and efficient President of the Il.
brary Association.
After which. the Merchants Clerks. members
d ue ASSOCIATION, were ably, eloquently and
'PProPGr1ateiy addressed by Isaac Hone. ESQUIRE.
,,Poh 'he advantages of literature and science ,o
ne merchant. The delights of Iearninr-its
from the paths of vice to the paths of
lFtue' &c. Mr.. Hone reviewed and comment.
q aP0n the different courses of reading and their
upon 1he character OF the student-intro-
,uccd a condensed euIogy upon the character IF ,
ne DISTINGUISHED statesman and scholar after |
the Hall is called-heId him up as an ex. ,
mPle to his auditors. and closed with \ strnnc '
Ppeal TO the clerks, to use well the PRIVILEGES =
18th which they were then endowed.
Mercantile .adr.
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as we observe with pleasure the adyanccme,,
u'e arts IN our country, generally. we cannot
It view with peculiar interest every cyhih;,;on nj
talent III TIE artists of our own me,ronnl;s ~