Indiana Oracle, Volume 4, Number 166, Lawrenceburg, Dearborn County, 4 October 1823 — Page 3

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A mcst shocking cccyrrtnce to: k pi ice at Wal.am-ba. ;gh, on Wednesday lat. Two sm-tilboys chanced to Oral a b?J rd ;ui, which luid teen carelessly i r ft in a barn, t nil unconscious that it vas enar ged, began 5o handle it, take aim ly it, At lem-jih, while art; of u'u m wa p!ar"nor wih ii in this manner, it w s accidentally discharged just at thr m mem whtn the other, a son of A! r. Jahc2 Novell, v.,s passing before the muzzle, or.iy a few fee L frt.m it. He recer... the change in t!:e sbdornen, which let out hi j bt'vvtb and occasioned his death in a iacr; time. Ncrthamftcr. n7rr. ill ERIF.F HINTS TO PARENTS. Iur.:sn::::ts C arporeal punishment should be ihe last resort; ntv..r used, except for an attrocious crime, or .a smaller ens obstii.auly persisted in. And, to render it tlaraciou, or rather to pre vent its becmtiu a uang-r&us ert!, it idir.u! J be admim-itr-i ed with perfect sr. icnity of terr or-, a;:d flection towards the (.Irene sr. -

livery Ur d t:f punishment that may terrify the im.'m aion ought to be carefully avoided. The dark closet is enc of that Kir.d. Srvere frprcuche;, roupa-. hsr.diir. and the hr.vy ?lap, if they d .. ret much terrify, icrsen right aulhotily, a.d injure ir-.r it riper of a child. C.i.drtn should not be punirlicd fo: meic accidents; but milely warned against similar carelcsaieis n future. And yet some people suoy much gr.at tr dispkrsutc wi.li a child for ?cciden: . sliy break ng a piece 1 china, or t-ea!-ing its clothes, thoti in telling an untruth. Here the ieicr i3 preferred in the re-ater, and the primary ohj:ct ci tducatiou is Iit sight of. When a child has tcc; punished In any way, he thould be icstmed tifav;as si- as pcasiLIr; and, v.,, en he has reciived fcr?;ivencb-, tidied as if noth. in; hud happened, tie rnuy he ; c:unttcly rcnitf d-d of ha, fult in novate, a a W2rr.::i tor the. iivai;e; hut to upbraid intra vviih it, e;; raiaily lA !:e picser.ee cf other, is a b- i uf hn.ur, ard a great tn'ki.i.in: t-. Coder any circum f, ana, to 1 1 preach children in orravay, is useless, a:ai oftui -nju-iou, a3 v;tl; a-, patn'.ul to t:.cir; a;:d is gcneia'.'y dor.r Irom in; aUtii y U n mprr, h !:ttl- to ti,f r pr;hi. To 1 ..ve the vz-r.r i i naup.luy cluld, m..j p .rloce 50 divhrart-erur-an fi'.i.t o.i t! e in'c J, that the ill coni.Kjjti.ce-i Hi.; be Lit tu its g;sal csi.dint2 j,c. Jsir.c IlYirts c rni'iri-d rohbrrv or the hih a ay, almlen .r'h tf Whitney's factory, tn the ccrdsu; nl Thursday la-?. He mtt a your.i I doonn man, a trav.i ler, ith a p.ck a1 d demarded his trrary, 'hrtattr.ui 10 tr.ke his life if he r'hjrtd. 'Ttic nun tavc the little mo. lu y i.e hd, and pioceedcd to the factory aic 1; ve the alarm. The people turrud i u! and ic cn ai rested him. He v as brt,u;!it to the city i.n I'tiday morning. fcfid 'hilit hi kerp:ts were conitihin-j with the State's Altcincy on the itb 1 .. . 1 .... .1 cc , !.i a 1 c rr i tu 10 escaiu. uru 1 an u ( linnc.'rcblc laslarae b:h:c he sa o. e r t k r; e n . 2,1. vAvd'-.tr Vcr:::ont 2 3. THL- LATi. HAIL SiOUM. The s'firm in u. tn; wr.s about three miles fsotn ;,ort!i lu ;cu!h, ;.rid one aod a oi!i tr im er t to west. lis (.oration v.asncaiiy ha:f a; hc..r, f'u which lime ha:i f. 11 5-1 ' si. hi nt to cov-r the Mir Lace .f th; j,' -J'.d f jr ticarly one n.;?r iiji.r-, in the ctntie rd the s'otm. 'i'lasv hu'-i i;.-:' vvtie uf an eno'tir-us e".2;, bt 1 1 from ti: rec to ti,;ht irches if Circuin.c: ' ' ce, a-.. v.-1 rc accorr.pi.nied with loin Pi l.r3 ic-, ficim four to ti;ht i:ch-s 1.1 In.jj h, v-i'h ryp;t sx'rs and :r:c "i,ar Ij.iii; th:y descend td w h !. tin.j'k. hie forrej a to ipht i!iinvJ 5 in' the r-. it build.:; I vn.cow u!ai.; 'ai ('. pc nitrate into cv:i y l;art oi r.-.anv i.v.cil s j; houses a:.u some la nahe v. ere t.oo I'cacd to fl.c to llicir CciUi j I .: vh ; . 4 bna- pjit, ..! lie clouds were scan to cisMi.-t ,.-.-.. . c 1 trooi the main J) cy una i-as:. ut.'o th. j;iound. A person in Austria ha? recently in. vt tittoa mj .ciescf iccket, hich a tends to such a p,. i.;;eoUi height, that ;. is said tn have hem seen a dtstancc ut utatr than for.y -e-.. It th;a be the fact, Ihrse lockets m-y be o! "teat tun as si;n.U. and ev.-eLia;iT in t: -ortrapatcal ?d - ' F - I ' !UaiU't lilt.lt;:: "f "'-'ll. A ttmpciatw i,. iuc moat li:ppy life. Prcccp"n cl inorality thculi lite cs

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10 000 steam tnincs in operation iCireat Brii.'in, averairty each thpu.rei .t tW;fity hoisei. I'.tiiiuitn one ijorst -! ul to that of six men. The nctiiir, ;v;iv.ts of those engines f ill be tqual tii IS.COO.OO'J. . Ao unfortunate al7. ay tcck ph ce c 1 e 1 o u UK. at v .ciuviiia, I mnat s. tern'i.. ivdley, cashier 'uf the tate bar:k. Toe .Mrenrr.etuor.e arc ai fr Slows : A Uotttord, of V.iodalis, was ccsp;cted o! obb.i the bt ik ; but no proof vv a s '('ju.nt suhi.ttent to convict hi?j Krllev thsi-ei-irs e nticed 15 utf rd into i c weods, ti:d !s;m up and whipped him overtly, to make hiri confess thecrime, hot fjund in-. IT-ctMa!, llostfjid t!n so .d Kcilry for d.-'niaes, but H none : up-a which Roiscil Hostford, a brother the cue surp'.xted, rni:d himscl'wilh a k'.nr'e and a wore he would kill Kilcy w.th it, if he could ret an oppcrtmity. Ivelley a!.o prepared hwnvelf with pistel and a c v, :ktn ; met liosfrsd io the strr . a".d mad . ao attempt to cjwskin him; but iios-iord a iackrd him with his kn.Ie, and -j.aebed hint 3 or l times. K.51ey followed h;:u about ICO yrds and fell dv.n L.;ad. He '.vis a f:,i- ai?.a at'id much re pect d -:i Var.tal'i. lij-Ujrd wis ar . ested and 1: uranitt-. d In ; h a v;ua:u -v:r hi:a, Ij vait h:b tiia!. It was tx pecud there v ivald be a fpfcial court cal' icd to try him ator.ee. Rebuff lie jr.. From ih.c Vinccnms J;urnal, From a friend just arri.-.-d f ont NewOrlcar.s, in wnora we iiave fall coi.ll djcc. la-n that the per; or. who kid. r.aoped Jick U i lcraad fatndy, was Jc iy l:d,;cd m iil in t!iat p! ice. Tin wcic oti the p'.r.t of eniba: kint; for sum-'-t the west India lslami,, when, f. urn some ' . Fic terry 1:1 tlieir cltartnce paper?, u r:c;cn v.-a a c xrpv-d, and ll.ey were ;ah.n op, 1 Mn lned and ccromitttd io jd. This is z it should be. We have J eqoently remarked thr promatitude, w:ta l,ic!, in ven ial, the ciuz.na cf kicve .ta'c-s, belli thoj; in author ity and ii. p-iv tc st ait- r,', have c rr.o farwird to rescue Ironi illc':! bonda.v :ri5r.i o ciicr. 1 his ou;;h: to teach ui, the citi m . .... zmu cl nnr s.avc held::: ttcs. in. ' 1 T l H f t-i 1 h i r'i M Irs r r r . - . x . . a - t 1 1 ia w v. u ' I V. j i cur ui.f ir'.uni'.v brctl.rn v.iir are cut siC wi h U:e cidv si slavey. It shows u? . i 1 u .Javriy Is not tolerated from prin ciple, can from necessity ;.a tr.'petiou? uectssi'y cv. r which th.cy have no crai trol, ar d that w hen an opportunity ffas. ;l;ey hov.' an c(pjal devotion to tht lio tiiy ol the hrtmn futnily, r.o niu'tta i!iat my be their c to th; must pat. iiotic cii;z.-n of the s'atcs. It is a Ls son cf importance to cur sictcr G!ate I: Imois, : t to admit slavery in principle, which her t'.r s iu fjture must endui. frcm nice rity, without tht power of ohtainit relief. The navies of history cti .urnish 1.0 instance where the lolctaticn of n Toluo'at y bcivttudc has hot been a curse to the whole body politic, and in rn ny instances has proVcd the complete :ve!liiro of the Government. KS'.'c;:ii Dtkors A man named Ed wiio CS.ul;, a brewer, near London, hav in;; lately applied for the beta fit of the in;uivcut uct, it appeared in the course of investigating his cauc, that he had jiv en f warrant ol attorney, in the month of Tebruary last, to his fathc, a creditor, for money advanced to the amount ol 530. and that the old man, fi ldtng hh son was not likely to succeed in the bu. irees, stfeptofTlhe whole of the prtper ly by tht power he held, which on being valued, was found to amount to 313 9s. The fact of the father b:iti; a ci editor 10 the above amount docs not appear to have been disputed'; but the court were n( opinion, that the i;ivin,; a power over the whole property to to near a relation ai that of a father was detrimental to all the other creditors, and therefore a frau luletit transaction. The insolvent was emandcd for a period not e::ecced:n? 12 months dot in; which ha rras ordered to be confined vithin the walU of the prison and not to be permitted ta go on thr li mits. A few examples of this nature, in 'imtiar cases, ould have a salutary cf fret in nhcckir.rj that system of fiaudu i-nt as-Jnmrnts, which exiat to an a tarniii Ut'jiee in Uv country. aV T Evening Pest. In the lUltimore Morning Chronicle, it is stat. ed that an ri jr gernnt had been mtde by th' bar.ks cf that p.Ucr, to receive as cus'i (thst is, without dis'ount or delay) the piper of lit Kaoks of C'diuri'o'iH, Viiutia state b;nk aou branches, V.-lh'y ba. k cf Va. and the neighborbanks of rcr.ru !vania, and il the invent banks of itary Ir.d. Lex. l'ub, .IJv,

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L llVUf-:.)i:fJHG, OCT 4. t'Jil Till lllACLE. C! IRONIC IX OK Tf IF. TIMES. CILU'TEU 111. Allj it camj to p9J, ttulinthe 1S23J Vear of JUie Christian lh;r-r- and on the eiU month, r.aiourioany oHli.- rsr;th, tint ail the people uere gM.ierea toeirier trcm Uin even to l!eihs'aeba, it ckoose ilitm rulers wid Uwjjivers, as iliy wont to Jo in times past. Aii ,he multitude when hssrmaled took eoitocd together, syir.g, s" we have chosen men n timt-sitst to bear iuli over us, who lisve Pve neri'lcd the book of the law, as it U wnuen u l.'ie cor.ititution, and luve set it at naught, f.d lijve fallowed the vin imair.atior. ot thrir o.n htai s; ye a verily, they have xvmujjl.t t".jhy m (he lsnil; by reason thereof, evil tms tome cnthii our Isra;-!, mid we are Ltcome a oy-wordand x laugliinj: stock to the nations round abut; yea we Hink in their nostrils by rttson o their own odicui laws, for it is not mete lint we enjoy n haudrtd pieces of silver ndrefu:t t py our i.elghbor one p'.ece whith wc j.u.i,- jwe to hmsi the hke wts never Jisard d -.' wo lit-r. -ii l p.apl was moved with ir.dir.-' ion -;aii st tin. t.jrm-.r mhrs, sriyinjr, let us cast ii-ni aide as u. .,?;. fi.ble s rwn j, and clicose Jr us nu-n tr.dii- 1 with wisdrm, ho will res-tr-t j us the -n;Lit'. or.itr of things, tr.d tiki way Uiiscurv :id reproach tr.ni our Und. Arid ihr th.r.j ws considered jpd, nd the oicr of ;lic peop'e prtvi?td, and they cast out heir funntr ruicis, and appointed ctlieri in hnr bttad. 15ui he - h writttn in the l.tvk of thr .'jt.ktnuiion, h.t .Umcs t'.oni the land d calves, 1. a J 'ho, aii i cfr'ain others could i.ot te c.s iut yet tor a little tim-, and the thmjj j;r'.tcd Io- Kfi !e aQixly, far tl.cy cuoSidtrcd tli.m as .urn nd dross Aid the people c hsrgf d the rulers wlu-m 'ky lid a;;p htitrii, s.) ir.jr, w.ti h ye over tht sc oeo 1 r tint.-, that tiuy cf imn.t no furtticr e- ',!; beh'd ihf tune com ' h w hf-n f will purge t.e land from su h ev ii counsellors and all the -pic s d A n. 0. llcic tiid.ih the third Chapter. TO STUDKV I S. In ht drjrree of N th l.t'itude, must a pole tf S J tt et in lei ;h, be t rrctrd on u level plain, r ai tj rfct a shad w of 'IO tcet, nn the 2 1 fc t day ol Ju..e, pr.-ise?v t U ..Vh-ck: Jica iucil nr. . ra i'lilLOll. 7b the Edna's of Xiz'Sfjzptrs. An i'ucti'.o.i of the foihi.ir. list cl Ua k Nt;s several limi m )ur resp cttve paper;, may futnisli ihe Postmaster at Lexington, Ken. with ddriition l testim .ny, and restore the property J :hn Utes, was t xamir.rd on Monday ht, and commuted for trial on N'-vem. ber, f a- robbing the mail on the 29 h o! July, between L-. xinton and Va:hin too, Kentucky, by judi;e Todd of iht United otates C:rcu.t court. Tne accus d is the same; John Hres, chatged with a similar 1 fT;rce in Ohio, in the month i May. The sum found, is considered lot a small part of the deptedations on he route where this man acted as Post' master for a considerable time. A. 100 dollar note payable at Lynchburr, Va. dated August 1815, and No. 13.0, was parsed to a gentleman in Chllicothej Ohio, by the taid Uces, in M;y last. O dollars Plantei'i bank, state of Geo. H S'o. 162, -1th Drc. 1316, endorsed J. V. O dollars bank Darien, Ga. A. No J3 , 1st M3y, 1S20, payable to I. G. B-:I. D dollars Uai.k Augusta, GfP. H. No. 161 13d Maich, 1818, payable to A G. 1)0 dollars, liank Stale, G3. A. No. 23 6.h August, 1S16, payable to J Mc lent y. 5j-llars, Union Bank City, V. Y. 1). N. :7'J, 1st July, 1319. endarsed on thr back JohnLawience at Patterson, J. W. mIso Jas. Lawrence and J. Kecs. The fire dolL'" note was founJ in thr Pocket back cf J. llccs. The others wcte conceikd in the upper lining of his hat. All hive been divided. The halves of the 100 dollar note have lately been joined together by a piece of fancy letter paper, corresponding with a few sheets, found in the saddle b.g"s ol K;cs. JLcxivfton Vu!j. Adt. Fntn the ltjcktvoodsman. Jluw'inj Green, Kv. 16. NFAV JI'HCbMd.M-SOMKiniNt; XBW. 'I hr f-!iii:dr of ibis in w City calls hiiini ll M.SIIS CIIUIS I', tut is the nmc prrsun who tormcrl) wi,( by the nun i of M DIIN'AI.I), l id r by profe ssion Ih is alout 5 J years ol ajre, ru'.l kUiue, mul his head is somewhat bald 11 his be: n prtMclanir occasionally in this lc.-, fr about twelve months, tin? doctutu- Si hvuig ldrtver in this world in (air pre s"nt supe. lie Says l.r is the Christ, LeciUse he walthe hrst Uti embraced the doctrine ot living fhiTver on this etth, h: quo'es many puds it Hie 11 hh-, to fdicw if we luve Faith, ue "shaa.:v r Uie, ' ai d is " (lid fciuely will not ho," addi'.tf that ia,ny of the disciples of tkr tj:pv.r Chrut, never died, or that the It;-

b!e furnisbei no evidence of the fact. He talc, s the Ihble as his guide, and is conversant witii every chapter and verse therein He possesses geod natural Ulents, but his education is quite limited. !Je was formerly a ltam.n Catholic, and ssme siys a Friest; but the latter we arcs inclined to discredit. The centre of this New Jerusalem, is situated about half a mile from uur little village, acd theon'y building as yet is a little hut, Ludt in tbe shape cf a tent, w ah small p3lc, (abiut two r three inches in circumference) and co.rid with dirt. Curiosity prompted us a few d.ya sincc. to visit th'.iaumble habitation. We lou::d the old f;eritlemn engigcel in cooking hi breakfast. He tppeared pleased ut t!ie visa, and conducted us to a seat. He sce-ms to live a frugal life a large gjurd cf water composed his beverage, three or l"ur old boards, idlaria h.m a place to repose his head; and cue or wo more mkes him a ttuporary desk. He up peurs (paite ch-.crful ani communicative he shewed a pUn el'this wonderful city, the city ia to be fourteen miles squire, and it is contemplated to erect one or uo good Li-ick houses this fll. As absurd as this doctrine will appear at first to tLe reidrr, t,:s astonisbtr.ent will be increased when we inferm him that twelve men bae actually decUrcd in its favcr and somenf thtm hare comxjnc;d preaching! The Lest o$ all, however, is, that some of the converts are viorh about 4 or 500O dollars!'.! Let os assure cur readers, that this "Live fr .T-r" is nut a deranged man. His schemes, intr-ntiorjr, Ice. we th.erlu.ly leave to others to judge of without off-ring a comment ourselves. All we feel dit.po.sod to say, :s, he is an ir.0rTrr.1ivc old nr.in; and if he and L'.s d.seipks can live fat ever, let tlieca d it. SAILOR'S POT OFFICE. At the desolate Island of Aictnsion,

:n the Ailatitic, between A itca and Ura cil, tliere is a pec uliar cri vice io a I ige reck, termed 1 he Szibr's Pjst Ofic:," in which the crews of vessels pairing to I. aha, or retui r.ir.g, leave such letters as they wish, to send back, and which are punctually taken to their places of desti. nation by the next ihip pa3 irjg in a contraty direction. Cti?ico!e, Sept. 6. Sicln'ss At no tine shut he hrst settle ment ot aos country, has it been more sickly, we believe, thn al the present- In th s town, and indeed throughout tht whole adjacent country, thtre but few families who are not more or Icrs afH;cted. Thr harr. howtver, Lets not as sumed a very mbgutfit farnii and we have the consolation to atate, that bat very few deathhave occurred. 'mupdlh. The Georgia Jou nal ofl'ers a reward uf one thousand dollars for the apprehension of iL. William A. Walsh, charged with t! i murder cf John Wyuurj a'. Cj tumbia Cant House. " W'a.h is about twenty six years of ig-: is abuut 5 feet S inciies higi . light c .nipl'.'xion and blue eye.-; is rather a -.1 -uch in his gate; droops in the shoul ders; and swings his arms loosely and awkwardly: his ryes are of rather a hea. vy expression; his speech is alow and his voice hollow and ptctora!. Was moanted when he ilT.-cted his escape, upon a. hty mare, lie is an emigrant fiom Lansiogburg, New York." M AKUIF.l) On Wednesday evening the first insanh br l).iel ikgrrm ai, Ksq. Mr. .Man Fluke -A L.urh.ry t-woship, to Mrs. Lois G'aJtpecd, of th s j larr. When Cun'tl (ntiliog1 rheriS) spke, Sweet llytnen ii. : ig.it d to hear ; When Lo ! into my pre aits brcks A bridle hsppy p.or. Adiiiinistraiors Notice. ALL persons mdtb.ed to William Re no, deceased, will make immt:dtate payment to the subscribers. And per.-ons having claims against the said William Reno, will present their claims to th-ia as soon as possible. IILNJAMIX RLNO, GLO. II. DUNN, jidm itiisi rators. Sept-mVirr 29. '823. 166 It. SALE. WILI.be cld at the house of William Reno, d.-ceased, near II ardinsburgh, 0:1 Saturday the 1 Lh day of October next. Two Horses, one Cow, one Wnjjron, & ;i sixty foot boat, I Sheep, fifty llojjs, seven Steers, twenty" acres of Corn, three ploughs, two log chains, one spinning wheel, one side saddle, one man's saddle, and a quantity of household furniture, and a variety of other a rticles. A Credit ivill b: given cj r.ir.e months, c. all pureuses ov:r 3, cn the pureuser rV iv.g v.li villi approved sccunij. IS LN J AM IN UMNO, GLO. II. DUNN, Administriit'-j.