Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1832-02-11

A.b and was welcomed by my kind husband
A few DAYS alter this, MIR. Nina, t"sether WIZ"
myself and husband, wrote letters I'd MS !a'"'!
m Mex,co-myself and son William calling on
the consul with him, requesting him 10 'or"aru
his letters. Mina's dignfed behavior whiie az
nv house, and the Consufs respectful behavior
while at his, inspired me with belief that ne was
really the son of Governor M as he had stated.
While Nina was dining With the Consul ana MS
family. one of the sisters Of the Consul, speaking
with sympathy Of Mina's misfortanes' said to me-
this Young man is very good in his own country
Had any doubts remained relative to his being the
Governor's son, this statement, together with the
Consul's expression Of gratitude Tor my Kindness
to him would have been sufficient TO destroy them.
Is il to he wondered at that unsuspectlng females
should be duped by him, since not only gentle
men. but his Consul must have been deceived, or
else me,hinks he certainly would have informed
me, if he suspected him to be an imPoster. From
the Consul's he returned 10 my house. continued
to learn the English language. under my direc-
firms. telling me if would teach him to speak it
Aueutly in three years he would give me 5000
dollars. He evinced an extraordinary attac hment
10 nv husband, self and children, often saving he
had found father. mother, three sisters. and
two brothers in strange country; all this artl-
flee was used to ruin his benetac'ors.
Extract of Washington Letter to the New
York Commercials:
81 repeat. that it is Mr. Clay's manner which
gives much effect to his speeches. Ii you take
his language, as il is WRITTEN you will lind moth
ing very remarkable in it, except clearness and
understanding, certainly. which can have
the effect 10 produce the shuddering, delicious
horror which, in some passages, is produced by
| Mr.. Claws voice and manner. | have also re-
marked that in his printed speeches. reported by
himself, he does not do justice to himself His
dictiOn is better in extemporaneous than IN writ
ten discourse; probably from the reason that he
learned to speak at the county bar. before he gave
much attention to writing. But to return to Mr..
Clay's topics:-After finishing Mr.. Hayne, and
all the anti-tariff champions, he took up Mr..
Smith, of Maryland, mo favorite of mine, as my
former letters may testify,-and therefore it will
from Mr.. Clay's speech the passage in which Mr..
Smiths name is mentioned. without much com.
piim mt. 1t was, in fact, an episode in Mr.. ClayS
speech.
:. The Senator from Maryland, Mr.. C. said,
has reminded US that the friends of the protect.
i've system are in the majority, and he hopes We
will exercise our power with moderation, justice,
and fraternal feeling. Mr.. Clay was alwaysrea.
dy and willing to meet the minority on terms Of
Justice. fraternal feeling, &c. But, said he, the
remark comes with an i'll grace from the Senator
from Maryland. He, too, is member Of the
majority,-is on the side Of power, and supports
the measures Of the ruling administration. How
has that power been exercised which has uniform
" been sustained by the votes of the Senator.
Look back to go. when this administration went
into power We then saw the seekers Of Office,
those lean and servlle menals, stealing into this
house. and into the Presidents mansion, begging
their bread From the vastly deep these spirits
came. at the signal Of success, and were seen
cingng to the sides Of those gentlemen of the
majority from whom they expected their reward,
and asking that the honest, faithful, and expert.
enced servants of the public should be displaced,
to give room for them. Ask the mother and her
children. whose dependence was on the prOscrib.
ed husband and father, what mercy was shown to
them by the majority of which the honorable Sc
nalor il an influential member! Ask those who.
thrown upon the world. poor, aud unprepared for
other employ ments, were then deprived by the
mnions of power of all which was left to them
what was the forbearanee Of the ns:j0riiy which
the Senator from Maryland has officially and
zealously supported Sir, for myself, l neither
desired mercy nor expected justice, at the hands
of TIN, MAJORITY. Born in the midst Of the Re-
volution,-in the favored spot Hanover County,
Virginia. the residence Of Patrick Henry where
the spirit Of resistance to lawIess power was first
awakened, and when the partsans Of power ex.
tended no mercy, scorn alike those who exer.
else, and those who submit to oppression!
Letter to the Editor Of the Globe dated
PoRr ToBAcco, Feb. 9th 1882
DEAR Sir: hasten to inform you Of meIan.
choly occurrence, relative to an affair of honor,
which took place yesterday morning on the banks
Of the Potomac river, four miles from this town.
between Lieut. II Mathews, of this place, and
ioct. G. Walter Jewson, from Virginia. Where.
fore ard how the difference game between them,
know not; let it suffice to say, that they ex-
changed shots at the distance Of 10 PAGES. andboth
balls took effect. Mr.. Mathews was pierced
through the heart and expired without a groan;
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