Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1833-07-30

would most probably pass OH his way 10 the river about
three miles from Mount Holly. About II o'clock they
and steady pace. They occOsed him. BY asking who Is
therel No answer was made. They repeated the cues
ton There was still no reply They then advanced to-
wards him, when Clough stopped and said. "Gen,lemcn
what DO you want?" One OF them immediately grasped
him firmly by tho wrist, and asked him. "ls your name
Pile = TO which he replied in tho Affirmative Where are
you going 2! ITO Philadelphia" the reply They
held him !ast and asked, what business he had there to
which he answered that he did not know what business
they had to stop man when going his way peacesby
candle having been brought by one OF the from
snail house not FAR from them, Cough recognised
hen he found this 10 be the case he appealed to them
apa begged them for Gods sake 10 let him 90 "You
know, gentlemen, (aid he) that have worked hard for
my life; do for heavens sake, let go They replied
ihdt he must accompany them back prison. He made
no resistance, and was committed again abou, one o'clock
in the morning. lie had with him at the time as
stated by The two men who took him, any other
pom with which he cost have defended HIMSELF even il
he had been disposed TO do go
lie told our informant. that he had intended TO make
his way to the shores OF the Delaware and if no
conveyance were found 10 enable him 10 cross il, no
thinks he would have made tho attempt 10 swim il, al
though he observed, he might have been drowned in;
the effort, from the weight of iron yet abou, ono of his
ANGLES, IL not not from the width OF the river .,You
know, gentlemen, said he, ''ie is sweet, and who il
mere that would not have done any thing that would a
ford him the least chance of his life but now gentlemen
am done, and shall endeavor TO give up: have been
unable TO do so before, as always had hope until now
oil getting clear. He further added: "Gentlemen VIM
don't know how hard il has been me TO brine vscr
into the proper mind TO listen the friendly advice of tho
ministers that have visited me, rs always induced
the hope OF an escape, and therefore could bring N.Y.
sell 70 believe that must meet that end which have
been condemned" ~
He appears more penitent than ormery but still, seems
occasionally to indulge lingering hope either of being re-
proved by the authorities OF the State by some mean,
OF making his escape. He expressed a wish that DR.
Moorehouse, one OF the clergymen of the village might
be requested 10 visit him yesterday morning Tia, ocn
t'eman was accordingly called and promised 10 do so
Much credit is due 10 the Sheriff for his exerons to re-
take him. and also to Mr. Striker and the citizens of
e Vage ior the prompncss with which they seconded
his efors-SentneI
CLouGH-Today at about IL o'clock this wreched
man was to have been launched another world The
circumstances OF this case, peculiar and melancholy as
they are, have excited an interest intense and nver
sa' mat an immense assembage must have attended his
execution. $50
Great exerons have been made 10 procure a rcsn,e
he petition was, we learn, headed by the mother OF his
victim, and signed by thousands The C,overnor and
Council will decide on the application. They are now in
session at Trenon and it is by no means impossible tina,
among them there will be sufficient sympathy for the cu
pr TO procure a respite-PhH Inteiigencer J,,ly 26
| EXECUTION OF CLoUGH.-Yesterday afternoon obout
twenty-five minutes before three o'clock the wrscheJ
JOEL cLoUGH paid the penalty of his offence. The
spot hSed for his execution about two miles from
Mount HOLLY II is said that he died with great frinness
having aided the Sheriff in adjusting the rope. An i'm,
tace We shall give the particulars our paper of Mon
Iday-Phtt Inquirer Of Juy %.
With deep regret, we announce the death Of G,no,o,
JOHN COFFEE He died the 9TH instant in the 62d
year OF his age, at his residence Florence Alabama
lhis brave man. was OF the nobest specime ns of an
american citizen soldier We him last winter on
visit 10 the President 10 whom he had been righf.arm
throughout the war, and were greatly struck with the
paln unpreendlng, iarmerka appearance of one who
had been hunderho in battle. He had nothing of ne
pride, p0mp, and circumstance of glorious trGr abou,
nun. Although OF exceedingly robust HercuIean person.
he had not martial look. His manners were gentle
the expression of his quiet and thoughtfl
and his whole air and aspect the appearance of
Gus, religious feeling. And this of mind reused TO
enthusiasm, characterized his sodiepsp One of the bra
vest men that ever led column TO The charge and in
spring all win his own energy, the snnang motive in
his own bosom was decOion his country
He fought the first battle that of Tauhatchec urdo,
the orders OF General Jackson, but not in his
This the prelude to the glorious of vic,o
rios which terminated before New Orleans General COT
fee signalized himself by his valor and commanding
ers in the thought battles of Talledesa Emuchhw
Enotichopco, and Tohopeka. At Ernuchaw he was shot
through the body and although suffering under This
tul wound, when the Indians attacked the retiring arnv
al LnochoPco Creek and thew it into panic and coniu-
sion, General Coffee rose from the litter on which he was
borne mounted his horse and greatly aided the Com
in restoring order and retrieving the day
On the summons OF General Jackson yyithouf tho ~
ders OF Government General Coffee raised the 600 W.
Iuntccrs that enabled the COMMANDMENT. Chief 10 Storm
Pensacola,-drive out the Britshto the whole
Southern frontier, and finally triumph in The successive
conflicts upon the plains OF New Orleans.
lie died Gays correspondent) the death of the
righteous and manifested the faith of the christian
The disease OF which he died, affection of the
lungs, contracted during his visit this city last winter
From the middle OF April until lew weeks before his
death, his constitution seemed rally. The disorder then
recurred with violent symptoms OF peurisy and he ox-
pred from effusion the lungs
In his dying moments, when giving his blessing to his
family, he remembered tho friend dearest TO him desired
that he should be written and his blessing also nyo
ed for them.
No man enjoyed more unhoundcd confidence md
affection Ii deeply evinccd in the last Offices paid
him. when the military honors which consigned him to
The grave were lost in the grief Of the sad concourse of
his immediate neighbors-W Globe.
WASHINGTON, July 22
The President Of the United States was exneceJ IN
nave lett this city on Friday in the Norfolk boat on his