Indiana Palladium, Volume 3, Number 43, Lawrenceburg, Dearborn County, 3 November 1827 — Page 2

The Six Militia Men. This matter h likely to be put to rest. The following order from Gov. Blount to General Jackson has recently made its appearance before the public. It puts the matter beyond doubt that the Militia men executed' at Mobile were detailed into service for six months, and not for three months as has been strenuously contended by a number of papers opposed to the General. An act in further adfilion to an act entitled an act more effectually to provide for the national defence by establishing an uniform militia throughout the United Stats"

"Section 8. And be itjurther enacted, that the militia, when called into the ser vice of the United States by virtue of the before recited act, may, if in the opinion of the president of the United States the public interest require it, be compelled to serve for a term not exceeding six months after their arrival at the place of rendezvous in any one year," "War Department, Jan. 11th 1814. uSir: You are authorized to supply by militia drafts, or by volunteers, any deficiency which may arise in the militia divisions under the command of Maj. , vjtnieirij jritKson, ana wunoui reierring 9D -this. head, to this Dennrtmnnt. i - ' f I II 'I A 11 n uiiy oe wen inai your excellency consult Gen. Pinckney on such occasions, as he can best judge of the whole number necessary to the attainment of the public objects, (Signed) J. ARMSTONG." To Governor Blount, (COPY.) "War Department, Jan. 31st 1814. Sir 1 had the honor to- receive your Excellency's letter of the 5th inst. My letter of the 11th will have anticipated your enquiries relative to further detach ments of militia. The attention of the pa) master of the army will be particular ly directed to the payment of the troops who have been in service from Ten nessee. f have the honor to be very respectful !y your excellency's most obedient ser vant. (Signed) JOHN ARMSTRONG." His Excellency W. Blount, Gov. of Tennessee. "The above two letters are true copies from the files in my possession. Sept. 20th 1827. (Signed) WILLIE BLOUNT, late Gov. of Tennessee. IN ashville. May, 20th 1814. Sir -I ) compliance with the requisi tion of Maj. General Thomas Pinckney, that the posts ot l ort Williams, tort Sfrother, Fort Armstrong, Fort Ross, and Forts old and new Deposit, should be kept up, the doing of which, he has confided to you, until the objects of the jjovernmnt in relation to the war against the hostile Creek Indians, shall have been fully effected; and from the probable expiration, of the time of service of the troops,, now occupying those impor'ant posts commanded by Col. B inch, prior toj a final accomplishment of the views of government, in relation to the Creek war,.1 you will without delay, order out one thousand militia infantry of the 3d division, for the term of six months, unless sooner discharged by order of the Presi dent of the United States; or, you may accept a tender of service of the above number of volunteer infantry from (lie 2d div ision, for the aforesaid term, for the purpose of garrisoning the said posts, at your option; which latitude, in relation to calls for men to act against the Creeks in furtherance of the views of Government in that behalf, is given to me by instructions from the war department.

Those troops will be commanded by anUurmounted by a tower.

required to rendezvous at Fayetteville, on the 20th of June next: thence, they will proceed to the above mentioned postsunderyour order,in such number,to each, as you will assign. It is important to the public interests, that they should be at those posts between the 1st and 10th of Jul) next, as about that time, the term of service of the troops, now there, under Col. Bunch, will expire, and at which pots tlvre is much public property committed to their charge. You will order the muster master to attend and muster the troops into service you will call on the contractor for provisfon, and on the assistant deputy quartermaster likewise for supplies in his de partment (Signed) WILLIE BLOUNT" To Mij. Gen. Andrew Jackson, .Second division of Tennessee militia." Nashv!Lle, July 17, 1827. 1, Robert W. Hart Adjutant General, of first Brigade of Tennessee Militia, in the late southern war, do certify, that I was at the encampment, within 3 miles of Mobile, in 1814, when a court martial, of which Col. Peter Perkins was president, was organized for the trial of certain militia men, who deserted from Fort Jackson, under the commaud of Col. At the end of three months the mutiny and desertion took place.

Pipkin that I remained at Mobile, and

the neighborhood, until the business of the court martial was completed, ana for pome time afterwards. I was present at the execution of the six ring-leaders, adjudged to suffer death; but I do certify that part of the sentence of the court martial ordering the one half of the heads of a large number of the offenders to be shared, and the offenders to be drummed, out of camp, never was carried into effect, said delinquents having been pardoned by General Jackson, in obedience to which pardon, each and every one was honorably discharged. R. W. 1 1 ART, Adj. Gen. in U. S. service. FOREIGJWXEirS. Greece and Turkey. Brussels papers give letters from St. Petersburg!), that great activity is observed in the departments of the ministers of war and foreign affairs. A new declaration is spoken of to be addressed by the Russian cabinet to the other great powers of Europe, relative to the negotiations set on foot at Constantinople for adjusting the affairs of Greece. It appears to be beyond all doubt that the emperor Nicholas has manifested great discontent at the continual tergiversation of the Porte, and that, conformably to the wishes of the people and the clergy, he is firmly re solved to put an end to the effusion of blood in the Peloponnesus. It is affirm ed that the last despatches sent by Count Nesselrode to the Russian ambassador at Vienna, are drawn up with spirit. The contents of the despatches are to be communicated to the count of Austria, with an invitation to send fresh instructions to Baron Ottenfels, the imperial internuncio at Constantinople, to employ all his influence to make the Porte comprehend that its present policy is calculated to bring on events, (lie result of which cannot hut be injurious to the empire of the Crescent. The following account of the late unhappy transactions at Napoli, is from the (Smyrna) Oriental Spectator of August 4, bearing the date of Syra, July 22. "Lord Cochrane left this place two days since, after having ordered that the sum of 40,000 Spanish dollars should be held ready under the name of loan. This is the name given in the extraordinary contribution which is imposed on the island. They succeeded in making him accept provisionally, 20,000 dollars, and this sum would have been paid him if it had not been, for his precipitate departure, which was occasioned by the arrival of a courier sent from Napoli. with the news that Griva and Collet ti, the masters-, of the fortress of Palamida, would no longer acknowledge nnv authori'ty and that the city was threatened with the greatest misfortunes. Several persons who have just arrived here, thus relate the events which have taken place. 4Gen. Church, who arrived at Napoli j on the 9th, ordered that Palamida should be given up to him. Coletii and Griva, who commanded there, demanded the arrears due to their troops. The government made answer that they had no money, to which they replied that they would remain possessors of the forts, till the debt was satisfied. Church, aided by the son of Coloctroni, ninde a movement against them, which caused them to fear a serious attack, and they shut themselves up in the citadel. The government declared them traitors to their country. Church, seeing that his efforts would be useless, quitted Napoli on the 10th, and returned to his camp at Egina.

"meantime, one ot the urothers otP1

driva took the command ot I alaimda. and the other that of the two bastions which overlook the city; they were also masters of the two ports. The government retired to Rouzzi, a little island situated at the entrance of the port, and Fauto Moras,

the commander ot the troops which re-!'ny on me insiani. uon i euro and his mained faithful to the general in chiefjmyrmidonsseem to think that all republi-j

occupied the naileries ol the ramparts' nu an me lower pans oi ina cnv. un the 11th, the firing began at Palamida and the people alarmed, rushed toward 1 ii!..! a . r ii the gates. Uut hetore they could es-

cape, they were obliged alternately to A most tragical affair has taken place' pay a ransom to the two parties, who at Hadley, near Bamet, which has were each in a position to fire unonithrown that and the adjoining villages!

them. Gen. Coloctroni, finding himself " x l i. . r r . I

iu iue numoer oi lugmvcs, was obliged: pears that an elderly lady ana ncr; was a razor round which she had A "1 II T- .i. . . !.. -

10 pay a considerable sum. v rom the 1 1 th to the 15th there were about tOO people killed in the city, and a great number wounded . The unfortunate inhabitants took refuge in the plain of Argos, where they were piled up like flocks, and beset by the most dreadful miserv. The soldiers who held the little fort ofi Rouzzi, also demanded a ransom from the trying. But the Lnglish admiral, sir E. Codington, enraged at so much inhumanity, signified that if the fort did not allow the boats to pass, which were loaded with persons who had already bought their liberty, he would destroy it. For this purpose he disembarked some men to watch over the safety of the fugitives. During the whole of the 14th, 15th and 16th the firing hardly ceased. The emigration continued, and the sea was covered with boats carrying women, children and old men, who were going to take refuge on the other side.- On the 17th and 20lh, after an interview of

the chiefs of the ttfo parties on board the English ship Asia, at which lord

Cochrane was present, a suspension of arms took place, but it is not yet known what was definitely determined to put a stop to this civil war, so shameful to the Greeks, and so ruinous to their interests." It was during these transactions that lieut. Washington was mortally wounded. A letter from an American officer who had just returned from Napoli to Smyrna, to the editor of the Middletown Sentinel, gives the following account of the death of this eccentric and unhappy young man. "Mr. Washington, who arrived at Napoli from France, since we left there, was mortally wounded by a shot from the Pallamedos, (the castle), while de fending a battery, the command of which had been assigned him by Trippenally. He was taken on board the Asia, and died soon after. The shot which struck him, took offhis right hand, and carried away a part of the hip bone, He was asked by the onicers ot the Asia, a short time before his death, if he had any message or legacy he wished to leave; he replied in a few moments he had one his curses vpon his country.' The name he bore is the common property of every American: it is by them

beloved and honored: who could have'horrid maimer, her right aim placed un

believed it would ever have been disgraced by a death-bed curse, upon that country which gave it birth, and undei such circumstances, among strangers, and on board an English man of war. Brazil. The Brazillians again commenced their outrages upon American c.itzens and their property. The brig Nile from Canton, bound to Boston, was directed by her owner to stop at Beunos Ay res and dispose of such part of her cargo as was saleable; and after having approached the port within a few miles, fell in with the Brazillian blockading squadron, the commander of which having examined her papers, finding that it was not the intention of the captain to violate the blockade, yet contrary to usage and the stipulation entered into with captain Biddle our representative in the La Plata, an officer was put on board and the captain ordered to Montevideo; on arriving at which place, the admiral of the Brazillian squadron on being presented with the papers of the Nile expressed an opinion that all was right. The captainTs astonishment may then be imagined, on beholding the next day, without any previous notice or form, his vessel taken possession of by two armed launches; brought in near the shore, and anchored in an unsafe position, her sails unbent, though wet, and sent on shore1 to rot, and this gang proceeding to unhang the rudder and dismantle the vessel. The brig has since been liberated, and returned to the United States. A letter from Rio of the 4th of August, after speaking of the Brazillian government in terms of much severity, relates the following. 'That you may have some idea of the treatment Americans receive here, I slate the following facts; young Mr. P. formerly of Salenv, is here: he was supercargo ot a schooner Irom Ix'unosl Ay res for Boslon, and got safe out of the! river, not having her register endorsed. When at sea she sprung a leak, and put into St. Catharines in distress, where she was seized and the captain and mate, American citizens, with all the crew, thrown into the common prison, among murderers, and all kinds of wretches and filthy vermin; and from thence sent here in irons, and nut on board the nress II s hip. and at their mercv, where they keep prisoners. Tire captain and mate are chained togrtner, in the most miserable hole you can imagine, and compelled to make wads for the men of war." l nese proceedings snouia not he mitted, bat should heN settled satisfacto-' cans are, anu oi rigni ougiu io oeiusim-j periat prey. The country is said to be in a most wretched state. dreadful affair at iiadt.ev. into the greatest consternation. It ... i ii daughter had tor some years past resided in the village of Hadlev; and although their strange and eccentric conduct had in some degree excited the attention of the parish, and furnished food for the idle gossips, there was that liberality and good feeling about the two wretched individuals which rendered them objects of esteem and veneration. Mrs. Mary Spencer, the eldest of the two females in question, is a widow, upwards of 70 years of age, and her husband formerly kept those stables in Oxford street, which are now occupied by

iVIr. H imhush. Since the death of herjing is set up, to which his extended

husband, she has resided with her daughter, who is between forty & fifty years of age, on Hadley Green. The house in which they resided was, as well as the one adjoining their own freehold, most desirably situated, elegantly furnished and surrounded by some beautiful gardens and meadow land. No other person resident with them in the house, ex-

jeept to female servants. MrsSpciicor

and her daughter were in the habit ol leeping in one room, and their bodsfa were placed close to each other. On Tuesday night they went to bed at their uual hour, and in the morning the servants were surprised that Miss Spencer did not knock at the wainscot as she was in the habit of doing, to warn thorn it was time to rise. However as Miss Spencer and her mother had very olten passed a restless night, and as the ser vants thought they had enjoyed but lit tle sleep on the night previous, they did not call them. However when 9 o'clock came the servants became alarmed, they knocked at the bed room door, and no one answered ; they opened it and saw not Mrs. and Miss Spencer but they saw the bed of the old lady bloody, and being alarmed, they ran away, assistance was culled, and upon the house being searched, a horrible scene was discovered. We stated above that the two unj fortunate females slept in one room; adjoining a dressing room, and in that apartment the dreadful affair had taken place. On the floor close to the window, lav Miss Spencer, the unhappy cause of this scene: she was attired in Uev chemise only. She was lying opon her right side, her throat cut in a most der that side of her head, and her limbs partly doubled up. At her feet was the body of her mother K ing upon thr same t-ide, almost in the same position, but her! throat exhibited a more ghastly wound than that on the throat of her daughter. The floor was completely covered with blood, and in the midst of the. gore lay the instrument a t:zw with which the deed appeared to have been committed ; at night before they retired to rest, they were seen in the parlor conversing cheerfully together; there was not the slightest appearance of ill-will or resentment on the part of either, hut in the mornii.g they were discovered murdered and mangled in the manner above stated. From the evidence, not a doubt can exist that the mother had fallen by the hand of her daughter: but then there is a mystery thrown around the transaction. What could induce the daughter to commit so foul and unnatural an act?! of' It would seem, troni the appearance the bed of the old lady, that an attempt had been made upon her life while she lay there. There w as a considerable luantity of blood upon (lie bed, which had apparently Honed from the throat of a person who had lain upon her side, and it seemed that seme individual had

held the throat of the old lady while the( : praiseworthy, behaved with the utmost wouad was intlictcd, for upon the pillow ! kindness to his princely bride. He obthere was the maik of a bloody hand, asUerved, however, the strictest etiquette, if the individual had taken it off afteriand required it from the empress. If it the bloody work had commenced. Ihappened, for example, as was often the From the bed-room the pour old womanjense, that he was prevented fromattendmust have got into the anti or dressing ing at the hour when dinner was placed

room; and there, as if to show thai she

was desirous ol escaping irom me violent the interim ot his absence, which was otwrath that awaited her, it appeared she-ten prolonged, she either took a book, or

had staggered to the door, smearing her-had recourse to any female occupation, lacerated hands against the side of the if, in short, he did not find her in the wall, hut becoming at last faint from thejattitude of waiting for the signal to take

loss of blood, she fell at the feet of her daughter and expired. L,)tglish paper. Zanesville, Oct. 6. On Wednesday last, our citizens were Called upon to witness a scene of the most shocking nature. Mrs. Slack, wife of Jacob Slack, living about three miles east of this place, had, during the ab

sence of her husband in an adjoining cornjliam Morgan, and has been heard in his field, in a temporary tit of derangemeut, .defence: And whereas, in the investicut the throats of three of her children,! gation of the said accusation, it appeari . r j . i T T : i i . i . -i .i

anu auerwaros uer own. upon repairing to the house, the children were found laying upon a bed with their heads nearly half cut off; the eldest was a girl about eleven years of ae, another a boy of four or five, and the third, an infant of six per-imonths; the woman had not so tar completed her horrid purpose as to deprive

fierselt ol lite, although it would appear; trial at Canandaigua ot certain persons that she had made several attempts at itjeharged with the said abduction, the

her windpipe was however, cut, and it was with dithculty she articulated. She stated her reasons for committing the horrid deed to be, that conceiving herself slighted by her acquaintances she had determined to kill herself, and she first destroyed her children that they might not be left to the unfeeling rharitv

ap-jofthe world. The instrument she ued

. ...... i ped a handkerchief to prevent it from turn ing back in the handle or shutting. In the blood on the floor was the marks of some struggles made, probably by the little boy, who it appears from the bloody tracks, once escaped several yards from the house. Republican. Fro?n Alexanders Travels from Indie to England. Burmax rrXlSHMENT of Ckime. The culprit is led to the place of execution, which is commonly an open spot on the banks of the river, where a bamboo gratup, arms and legs are tied; sometimes he is made to kneel in front of the grating, and the hands .done are pinioned to it. The eyes of the culprit are not bound, so that he witnesses all the appalling pre parations of his oeath. the executioner, who is distinguished by a red cloth crossing the body over one shoulder, and armed with a bar or swords which he

hoids'in both hands, retires about twen ty yards from the criminal, and making

rush at him inflicts a frightful wound in a diagonal direction, from the upper part of the thorax to the bottom of the abdomen, which exposes the viscera: a piercing shriek follows the blow, which is ooi immediately luiai, me mim living sometimes for several hours after. This is the punishment for heinous otfrnccs. The most common punishment for more trivial crimes, is decapitation by a single stroke of the bar; or a target is painted on the naked body of the culprit, who is fixed to a tree tired at. In the latter case, if the executioners miss their objt?ct, after a certain number of shots, (w hich they are very ready to do if bribed) he is permitted to escape. It is extraordinary to observe the apparent unconcern which the Burmese exhibit when led to execution: they smoke a cigar on their way, and continue to do so with great sangfroid, until the fatal moment. Josephine and Jiforia. Louisa. In speaking ot the divorce of Josephine and the marriage of Maria Louisa, sir Walter Scott says uAs a domestic occurrence, nothing could more contribute to Buonaparte's happiness than his union with Maria Louisa. He was wont to compare her with Josephine, by giviig the latter all the advantage? of art and grace; the former the claims of simple modesty and innocence. His former empress used every art to support or enhance hexpersonal charms; but with so much pru dence and mystery, that the secret cares of her toilette could never be traced her successor trusted for the power of youth and nature. Josephine mismanaged her revenue, and incurred debt without scruple. Maria Louisa 'lived within her income, or if she desired any indulgence beyond, which was rarely the case, shetasked it as a favor of Napoleon. Josephine accustomed to political intrigue, loved to manage, to influence, and to guide her husband; Maria Louisa desired only to please and to obey1 him. Both were excellent women, of great sweetness of temper, and fondly attached to Napoleon. In the ditTorer.ce between these distinguished person?, we can easily discriminate the leading features of the Parisian, and of the simple German beauty; hut it is certainly singular that the artificial character should have belonged to the daughter of the West India planter; that marked by nature and simplicity, to a princess of the proudest court in Europe. Buonaparte, whose domestic conduct was generally upon the table, he was displeased if, in her place at table. By DE IV ITT CLLYTOX. Governor of the state of JVezv York. Whereas Eli Bruce, sheriff of the county of Niagara, has been charged before me with a violation of his duties as a good citizen and a faithful officer, in being concerned in the abduction of Wil i i eti inai u was comnieieiv in u:e power ot the sajd tJi bruce, it innocent, to establish his innocence: And whereas, in order to afford him that opportunity, a deti?icn on the complaint has been suspended for an ample time, and he has

given no explanation of his conduct; And whereas it annears that at a recent

?aiu Hal oruce, when called on as a M-it-nes, refused to testify on several material points, on the ground of self-crimination; from all which I am persuaded that he was participant in the said abduction, and thereby has rendered himself unworthy of the official station which he at present occupies 1 do therefore, pursuant to the rowers vested in me bv the 1 I r 1 Ilk

wrap-Iconstilution ol this state, remove the said

. . ff Eli Bruce from the office of sheritfof the county of Niagara. In witness, Sec. DK WITT CLINTON. Albany 2o!h Sept. 1 827. Rare luck for a Printer. The editor of the "Village Herald," Maryland, in his paper of the 18th Sept. acknow ledges the receipt of a snrall packet, enclosing 915 dollars in bank notes, without the least information from whom the present came, or to what purpose it was to be applied. His patron undoubtedly wished to improve the Press. We would that instances of the kind were more common with the fraternity. Lecsburg Genius, The election for Governor of thestate of Georgia has just taken place. John Forsyth, Esqis elected to that oilice, without serious opposition; the opposing candidate, Mr. Talbot, having died just before the election.