Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1831-11-11

offered, II l uld not ieei resua'"e" ~
considerations connected with the existing reia-
ton to the community in which | have oeen
placed. During the late Administration ana 10,
some time after its close, l occasionally ATTENDED
public dinners for the double purpose OF meeting
nv fellow. citizens at the festive board, and OF
vindicating my character there, which had been
u%njustiy reproached. But although It was my
duty and nv right to defend myself, those occa-
sions were never sought, never prompted, nor
always embraced by me, If there be any who
arc not convinced that great injustice was done
me, | must regret it, but | can do no more to un-
deceive them. The pleasure which l derive
from freely mixing with my feilo~-citiZens, al
public entertainments, would induce me to con-
tinue to accept them, when offered, but TOR the
reason already iutimated. From the period my
name was presented, by a convention IN Ken
tlcky, to the public consideration Tor a hish Oh
flee, | have not accepted, nor whist IL remains
thus before the public shall ! accept, any public
entertainment rendered on my own account.
hope, gentlemen, you will approve the mo-
tive which govern me. A departure from my
resolution, were it admissible, would be made III
no place sooner than in \incennes, endeared to
me {. the residence of valued friends, and by
the grateful recollectiuns of a former visit.
With many thanks for the too f~attering estl-
mate of nv public services made by the meeting
which you represent, and for the friendly terms
in which you have communicated its sentiments,
| am, gentlemen, with great respect, your o6edl-
ent servant, ii. CLAY.
Some of the Anti-Masonic Clay papers are en-
deavoring to produce an impression that the
Convention at Baltimore will meet at too early a
day.; and suggest, therefore, that a nomination OF
candidates for the Presidency and Vice PresI-
49,. ,La,l1 mt no ,poIa hy that hnlv hut 10
ferred to some future period. Our voice, with
that of the National I%nteIIigcncer, National Jour-
nal, Richmond Wing. Alexandria Gazette. and.
indeed, most of the true, M%naduherated friends
of Mr.. Clay, is against postponement. The
nomination has been too long delayed already
Had it been made some months ago, the Anti
Masons would have found themselves without a
candidate, or with such a one as would have
thrown deserved ridicule on their cause.
Lynch6urg Nrg.
Modification compiae.-Not a Poll has been
held throughout the whole Territory under the
Governors Proclamation orr, ering a new Flee
ton for Delegate TO Congress. Thus the reo-
pie have refused to take cognizance Of Col.
Cad reference.
We hope now that the people Of this Territory
will be permitted to remain in quiet; and to pur-
sue those interests that will lead to some sure
and certain good. FLORIDA Herald.
The Murderer iaken!-A letter from a friend
in Smithfeld. dated yesterday, informs US, that
WYATT Johnson. the free colored man announced
in our paper of the alst ult. as having murdered
his wife and child. at his residence near Smith
field, Isle or Wight County on the Wednes.
dav preceding. and made his escape, was appre-
ho,I,J Loot TnasIav piulf hv Mr. IosIah Hnllo-
man, of the same County, in his kitchen, and
committed to Jaii.-Aof0k Beacon.
Sail. TT article, IN consequence OF the Ca
nal being opened to this place, has fallen in this
market from eighty seven to Gty cents per bush
ell! Farmers can now procure, here, sail coarse
and fine. of the fairest and best quality. IN ex-
change for their wheat-bushel for bushel.
TChiHcofhe Gas.
Canal Ndrigation.-On Of our wholesale
dealers has received, filled and shipped to the
upper Lakes. since the Canal was opened to this
town, a large order from the American Fur Com.
pany.
A Boston dealer in leather has purchased here
a large lot of that article which was tanned in
this place; and sent it to that city by way of the
Ohio Canal. This is a revolution in the com.
mercial relations of this section of the west,
which promises to be as profitable to it, as it was
unexpected aud unlocked for.-b.
Information was received at our police office,
Yesterday afternoon, that the notorious Nina had
escaped from Doyiestown Jail in the morning of
the same day. He sawed off his irons, burnt a
hole through the floor Of his apartment, dropped
into the room below, broke four locks, and got
of. He was accompanied by a fellow called
Brown. who, not having got rid of his irons, was
retaken within half a mile of Doylestown. A
reward Of fifty dollars is offered for Mina's ap-
prehension. -PhiLad. Mron.
An endorsement on the way bill, by the Post
Master at DoylestowD, last evening, says, that
Nina has been re-taken, and is again in Jail.
GPhlad. u. s. Ga..
A most shocking occurrence took place on
Wednesday in the caravan of wild beasts now
exhibiting in Bristol. John Johnson a Yorkshire
man, was employed by Mr.. Wombwell to keep
watch during the night; he was a stranger, and
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