John C Colt

-This wretched man, after■tymg every cxpedient to preserve his lile, has it length committed suicide to escape n public jxecutiön. On the dny nppointed for execu-' tion, he was married in piison to Caroline Hensbaw, his wife in every thing but neme. After being alone with her nbout an hour he parted from her with many demonstrations of affection, He was thsn left alone till four o'clock, when the Sheriff eniered iï3 cell to tuke liim to oxcution, when he was foursc dead in his bed, having plungpd a bowie.knife into his heart. It w3 found still sticking in his breast. At the eame time t!ie cupola of the Hullsof Justico, that had recently been erectcd, was discovered to bo on fire, and was cnentiieiy destroyed. It originated from a f-tove.OJTho New York Evangelist, one of the best papers of the United States ;iul]resses ita many tliousancl reader3 respecün Mr. Clay as follows: Fully aware of fhe position of Mr.' Clay and of the whole hearing of our remark, we are now pre pared to euy, that so fax as wc can learn f rom liis speeches, writings, or political coursr, heis tlioronghly cotnmitted in favor of ■perpetual slavery, and therefore is utterly unfit to hold any olïicc of high responsility in the United States . It is too 'late for a man to take