Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1828-1831, 1830-05-26

that tho Vice President will give the cast,ua
vote for Noah, as he did for Kendall Such are the
to which an individual. 6lling the august
office OF President Of the United States. can be re-
dueed by his own wilfnl tomper, % wells a b. n.
counscls OF the %intriguers Of whom heis the tool
We nave hoard OF denominations in formor periods OF
American history, but It was reserved for the present
AJns'ustration to exhibit the humiliating spectacle
Of = President Of the United States watchins tho
mevements OF the Senators, and availing himself Of
tneir sickness o. : domestic s6l,ctions.' TO smiggle q
isvorite measure through the Senate, against what
tnN podys IN fplt session, has told him is their DELHI
efste opinfou We trust Mr.. Marks will have 20 tar
recosenee TON nis Illness. a TO prevent, by his pres
cnce y, the senate, this moan manUuvre from sue
ceeu'ng. HE greatest and best il q hopeful pupl
OF hs Prenier; and, indeed, from this specimen. ~
lar, after a little more experience in wretched tricks.
y 9t Hnn Bursn pan Buren. n.
uis understood that three or four individuals or
commercial houses in New York, who are known to
have held Noah in contempt and dntestatisn for tan
years, have signed his supplcatory memorial. and az
tccled to regret the rejection OF this pure and disin-
..eres,ca patriot. Whether these recommendation
prnceeocd from q weak good nature unable to resist
ilmportunlty. or from ogciai prompting, we knot not:
but when the injunction OF secrecy is taken Of pub.
nc opinion will be better able 10 decide on the moiivr1
y may be hoped, thai the memorialS,sh have not omit.
tod 20 diiate on Mr. NoAs's chief political merit; thss
of having advertised Mr. AbANs, when President Of
the United States, as.n runayvay. The coarxene,.
of this insult was, no doubt, rs agreeable to the feel
inss. OF eho Best OF Men" a. the siti Of 1t was suits.
Die TO his taste and understanding. II NAV be n suf.
ficient reason, considering the quarter from which
nominations come, for nominating and reuomin.t;ng
Ncah. Whether. il is su dicient reason for con6rms
ing him. will soon appear.
ISAAC Hills nomination. The following afQument
IN his favour is addressed to the Senate IN M own
paper the New Hamsphire PATRIOT.
The Senate byits own act showed in the case of
~ w llQma thar fAafsAn a. L. :,
"chnracter. A larger vote for Ma. Hill .when he wa.
"rcJcctcd, " indeed any cote Of that honorable kodv
'"eaa affect the reputation Of a man, wonld 90 to show
him as stapding better than Mr.. Wiliamss.'
% The Nationa! Gazette. copies the error Of thu
Baltimore Republican, thot Gov, Barbour has los.
his election to the Legislature of Virginia" Mr..
Barbour is a candidate undar The new Constitution.
andthc election takes place in October next. Erro.
ne0us IN point Of fact, the statement may turn out
equally erroneous in point of prophecy
DEArn OF Mn. FIrzHUoH.-We accord most on.
tirely, with the justice of the glowing tribute paid to
Mr.. Fitzhugh, by the Editors ofthe National Intelli.
gencer. He was in truth, a perfect gentleman, a
warm patriot, an able. man, aud what is in these lat.
ter days, o rare thing under the sun, a candid poli,i.
clan.
FROM THE NATIONAL .,SrsuLiosscrn.
II is with griefof heart, that we announce to our
readers. las by the annexed letter. the decease Of
WILLIAM II. FITZHUGH, ESQ. of R-ayenswortS.
Fairfax county, Virginia Torn from us in the prime
and pride of vigorous intellect and manly beauty. hs
sudden death reminds us rather Of the to wering Oak,
Iiven oy ilre from Heaven, than Of the flower cut
down In the field by the mower Without one mo-
ment's warning. his noble spirit passed away! no
more shall his eloquent voice be heard in the Senate
OF his native Statc-no more his hospitality dispensed
IN the nan OF ms Fathers--no more his time, his ia
tents. and his 1Ifrge. uueaa ain01v erunf1.ol \. AZ -
suit OF objects of benevolence, charity, and pubI;o
good. There is left to the wide circle of friends. op
which ne was the idol, and of the people by whom be-
was beloved. only the melancholy consolation Of ,bc
remembrance ofhis virtues. -
TO THE EDITORS.
-, .CAMBRIDeE,M Nd. Bay 2ad, 1880.
Messrs. GALES s. SEAron:
Gentlemen:ZI regrett to announce 10 you the death
OF ii FlTzHUGH, Hsq. Of Fairfax
Ito h,s matrimonial connections He died Yesterday
morning, at 3 o'clock, at the residence of the Hon.
Charles Goldsborongh, his father-in la w., one milo
from this place, Of an apoplcctic attack. He had been
a little indisposed a day or two before-but not en-
much as TO produce any alarm-not so az to confno
himsto the house. Just before the attack. he felt sicE
and was IN he act of receiving some drink. when ho
fell back on the bed, turned over, and expired.
We make the following extract from a letter do,oa
May 4th, and received by the editors of this n,,ss
from a highly respectable gcntleman resident IN the
cIy o, New York 1t Is quite gratifying to learn
Mr. Clay's great popularity in that extensive citv.
Our prospects nc truly fiattcring; not a day mas.
ses that does not bring the most CHEERING intellioence
! deceive myself very much, if Mr., Clay is not risino
US rapidly as hs wnrmest friends could desire. Msnv
OF the Jackson men acknowledge this. witbou, bes;t.
alton. Their only objection appears TO be his having
taken office under Mr.. Adams. sincerely belieye
that If a vote could be taken here, in this strong
hold OF Jncksonism, to- morrow, that Mr. Clay would
succeed against any one man, let him be whom he
MAJ. "-Csneinndt .lmcsicdp.
CONGRESS.
10 the Senate on Saturday the bill Sin alteration
OF the several acts imposing duties on imports, wns
lost, on the question for it's third reading. by vose
OF ~ to 20. The bill authorizing a sabscriot;on NJ
stock ~ the Baltimore nnd Ohio Rail Road Comp,nv
was consldcfed; and, on the motion Of Sir. M'Kinley.
was ordered to lie on the tubic, by a vote Of ~ to no.