Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1831-03-02
From the Harrisburg hfeMgentsr.
,-THE LETTER AGAiNs1

Tx t-uCltiliGilOkl VI oNb' N w
waited upon by some of the members Of the Lee
e~islature who have SEEN the letter. They say
that we omitted one circumstance, which gives a
deeper coloring to the whole transaction. ne
letter ,eas not onIy ucritfen By The Generals PRi-
T.4TE Secyetarru. but uas FR.4NKED BY
HIWSELE!-One gentleman has
limited to US. that the letter was received the day
before the call. and not the day before the meet
ing itself. This certainly is unimportant. NET
ter oas received by a Senator Of the Pe"ns!ytrd-
mia Legislature, previous to the meeting, rem
the Pirate Secretary of Jackson, uah the RE
s,dent's frank upon II. stating that II uas proper
for a committee of the members ofthe Legislature
TO address a letter to Jackson, requesting h,m 10
consent 10 q reelection. THIS Is substantially
true. unless a number of the most respectaD'e
members Of the legislature, who say they nave
seen il have falsi6ed themselves. We DO not
wish 10 publish ialsehoods-we have never Gone
II knowinoly. We have not vet named the Sen
ator who received the letter, although every mem.
her If the LEGISLATURE knoWs who received 1t, be-
cause we have not had an opportunity OF conVers-
inc Nth him on the subject. He is A gentleman
whom we respect,& hadwe not considered 1t aauty
would not have brought him into a SITUATION wiicn
is undoubtedly unpleasant. Should tins sto'smehl
be denied BY any responsible name, we snah oe
obliged in selEdefence to call upon the senator
by name, as well as other gentlemen VINO ha's
seen it, living in the counties OF washington II
Fayette, and gentlemen living IN other SECTIONS
of the State.
~saacaa-
Last moments Of The Liberator-Ihe following
letter from a gentleman who attended Bolivar IN
his last illness. though not OF a recent date, VIII
be read with some interest.
SAN PEDRO. Dec. IS, 1880.
The decline Of the health of the Liberator be-
coming daily more visible. his friends deemed 1t
a duty which they owed 10 him, To themselves, to
the Republic, ard the world IN general. To &C
quaint His Excellcncy of his danger. The Blsli-
op of Santa Martha was considered by them as
the most fitting person to make this delicate
but necessary disclosure, and he cheerfully un-
dertook the unpleasant task. On the loan OF
December the Iiberator of Colombia was inform
ed by him. of the critical state Of his health.-
His Excellency received this awful announce
ment with c~allnness and resignation, and instant
~ made dispositions to meet his fate becomingly.
As a christian he cunformpd with all the usageS
prescribed by his Religion, the holy
sacrament. and mos, cordially expressed his tor
yiveness Of his prosecutors and sianderers. who
had brought him TO an untimely grave. l en-
close to YOU his farewell address to his Fellow
Ci,ixens. Its perusal will prove to you the pu-
rity of those sentiments OF patriotism winch were
the guide Of his actions through lie, anu aHl'nat'
ed him to his latest hour. His directions regard
ing his worldly affairs. rs well as the preceding
documents. were given the following DAY. the
llth, in the presence OF numerous witnesses
both friends and strangers. who entered 70 take a
last view Of their dying Chief.
~ -. "A ,l,, ,1l ,c g fnIInWz We
insert only such parts as have not already been
published. He declares that he only owes mo-
new 10 Mr.. Juan de Francisco Martin. and $780,
600 to the house of Puwles and Co. on account
of a bill which they had honored, drawn BY His
Eycellency in favor of the celebrated Lancaster.
(which HisExcellency had already directed to be
DISCHARGED He however ordains that both these
accounts shall be instantly settled, on their be-
inc presented to his Executors. He then Or
dams that the sum of $4,000 shall be given to
his faithful Major Domo. Jose Palacios, in con.
siderafiop of his excellent services. He had
previously recommended to his Legatecs to make
competent provisions for his other servants
IL desire that the boxes containing my papers
shall be burned."-'.it is my will also, that my
remains BE- conveyed to my native country
(Dais natal. Caracas. The emotions ct His FIX
cellency on repeating this endcaring term, were
very visible. For Il moment they quite Overcalne
him. He then ordered that the remainder OF his
property shall be divided between his two SIS
,,rs. both widows with families. and the chill
dren Of his elder brother Juan Vicente, now no
uofc, towards whose memor, he ever entertain
ed the mos, grateful affection.
To all those WHO accompanied His Excellency
in his dying moments, he urged the necessity OF
union, cordiality. and submission to the national
government, as the only means of saving the
county from the h." "rs of anarchy. 10 the
las, he maintained his 70 clu,ion of never again
accepting the supreme power. That his disorder
was brought on by his mental agony, no one can
doubt. The decree of o~stracism forced from the
of Venezuela by the lances ct Paez,
and the still more indecent intimation of it to
him by Resident Mosqucra, at the instlsatlon
and through the medium of Vincente Auzuero,
were the two injuries most keenly felt by HIS
Excellencv. and which mainly contributed to his
death.-That His Excellency has fallen a victim
to the calumnies of his prosecutors. is an lndIs.
putable fact, and one which all who have accom-
panied him during the last few months can attest.