Public Leger, Volume 1, Number 6, Richmond, Wayne County, 17 April 1824 — Page 1

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. .. fs rJI XUMBER 6. RICHMOND, WAYNE COUNTY, INDIANA, SATURDAY, AIJRIL 17, 1324. VOLUME .

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UN'TED AND 1'UBLISHED EVERV SATURDAY BY

EDMUND S. BUXTON,

j front street opposite the Richmond Hotel.

political or civil obligations. That no hu-i lowest olhce of executive iustice : he sought

'man -authority can dissolve the tic that by his crimes a superiority above all that .binds their consciences to observe the laws was most respectable in society, reduce

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tion of the tuirJ subscribed lor, will be considered

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Y.ltl L' tiers n the t.ii'or musi narc riz pvjiagt.

,of God, which they conscientiously believe

iorbiu war.

From the Trenton Emporium. CAPITAL PUNISHMENTS.

The right to indict capital punishments,

,1 has, particularly in late days, found many

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i v r discontinued until ail arrearages are;;"". " i cr-t. iauic uppuuems. i ue pm-

lay ot such inluctions has met, at the same

hire to notify a discontinuance at the time, with CVCI1 more powerful opposition.

jAmone; tliose who have written on this subject, there is one whose observations de

serve an attentive perusal, and a calm con

sideration, both because of the peculiar

lorce and aptness of the reasoning applied.

.and of his own hum and distinguished char-

pjid oi ihtij iziil nji be attended to.

TERMS OF ADVERTISING.

fifteen line-, or I1, fir three insertions One Dolj j;ir ,?ach continuance Twenty-five cent. t irtr advertisements in the same proportion.

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RIGHTS OF CONSCIENCE.

acter. e have reference to Ldivard Ltv-

Won. late member of the Legislature of; him to Hve, but to live under those priva

liim in his punishment to a level with the

most vile and abject of mankind. If avarice suggested the murder, separate the

wretch forever from his hoard ; realize the

fable of antiquity ; sentence him, from his place of penitence and punishment, to see

his heirs noting on his spoils; and the corroding rellection that others arc innocently enjoying the fruits of his crime will be as

appropriate a punishment in practical, as it

was feigned to be in poetical justice. The rapacious spendthrift robs to support his ex

travagance, and murders to avoid detec

lion ; he exposes his life, that he may cither

pass it in idleness, debauchery, and sensual ienjoyments,or lose it by a momentary pang;

disappoint his profligate calculation; force

OFFICE HUNTING. The decease of Col. Freeman, late

fourth auditor of the treasury, the salary of which is 3,000 a year has caused a great

stir at Washington. J here are said to be

about fifty applicants for the place, among

them are a doZcn or two members of con

gress. JVihs.

Louisiana, and now a Representative from

Durin the late session of the Ohio le-,,tbat state in Congress. This gentleman

-Witurea bill was brought forward "tojjwas appointed by the Legislature of Lou- , . A. r hisiana to prepare the project of a criminal -vmnt troin military duty in time of peace,1! i r i r i . t v-'"t . - t , code of laws lor that state. In its execu-

V persons whose religious tenets and cor- tion hc proposca abolishing the punish- ; r i l - l -.... At.. : a r i . .l i. ii a " ii. . i

Sciences ioruiu men neaiui- aim?. jui. ?nieni oi ueaui auogemer, on ine ground Pollir.s, of Highland county, advocated thejtbat while the spectacle of public execu1 irovisions of the bill in a verv able speech.!.1!0118 h:ul a tendency to demoralize the pub-

from which we extract the following: I I -BiiL ("said he. the exm!u.m here

lie sentiment, there were many other punishments, which would have more ef-

fee t in deterring from the commission of!

I ''ight lor, is not clatmed upon tho,e nega-s-cririie th;in this. The following extract

l jve argument, merely, u i, uemanoeuH Hi,ia jlis enral ideas on the subject: ! i i t . iM, . :.. iil -

I )!' le uroau nun n,i-i ui uh: umimhu-

Ji a; the fundamental principles of thi?

tions, which he fears more than death; let

him be reduced to the coarse diet, the hard lodging, and the incessant labour of a penitentiary' , j

t n ermnent ; the eternal and inflexible!

4k Let us liave constantly before us, when

we reason on this subject, thent prin-

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' . . , . , , riv I VI Ml, lii.il till. I'lIU V1 IJUiilSIIIIH IlL 13 lilt principle ol ngut arid justice. pti-ji 1 ,. r . r' . , , (. 1 . v, ,j t't prevention ol crime. lJeat!:, indeed, ope- ' .1 , i i -. , i;rates this end most eflectuallv as it respects

r) me state ta taeir u:iuu, ana ne ou iui , . . .. - , . . . r. , . , i - , . , - ,s ('the aeliiiquent; t)ut the great !ject ot m- ' Jnt clau-e winch savs "no human author-t ,. . . . . .r. , -r , t i i dieting it is the force of the example on , tv can in any -use xvhctevir, control or m-; . ,. in c , c r - other-. 11 this spectacle o! horror is mMii ieriere with ae rights ot coi!sari! e. s . . , A 1 . . . rnr i j i i - i iiicient te tb'ter men from the commissiot

loi sng!ii lUHMices, wnai good reason can oe

.C'iriscientiously opposeJ to bearing arm-, learning or practising the art of war. In .proof of their being thus conscientious upoa the subject tin v refer vou to the his

tory arid practice of their live- in ull co'in

given to pursuade us that it will have thioperation here the crime is more atrocious? Can we believe that the fear of a remote and uncertain death w ill stop the

traitor in the intoxicating moment ol far

- ' v i s. i h line iitu , ur t n i ... , . ii-t f Lage a scrutiny into their conduct, a!fI,d Vi!;)r" over th constitution and lib-(n-mbers of civil, political. dom-Mic or n-trIit:,If U ",,ntr-v? , ;hlJe ' tl,e I,rou'

.J .'J- societies, a:ui UctV pr-. udice itsrii ; .... . f. ' i . , . , . i't"'!rt!j. ; 'i r rimiif s his cvufiMirf in til

f : iirouuce anv act to contraUict t heir nro-U 7 . ... ... :- -

(From the National Republican.) NEW-YORK CANALS. On the 20th of Feb. the Commissioners

of the Erie and Champlain Canals made

their annual report to the legislature of N.

York. From this report it appears, that in the articles of plank, scantling, timber, cord-

wood, shingles, fence rails, laths, &,c. form

ing what is usually denominated k lumber" there have been transported upon these canals to the value of more than .S400,000.

j The whole of this lumber is prepared for

market durinir the winter season, when

the frost precludes firming operations, and jdeducting the value of the labor emploved

in the summer in carrying the lumber to

market in other word-, deducting the

lieight, the whole value of the lumber

jwhen at market, is a clear profit to the

'state. It we estimate the ireight at xlO,-

000, the clear profit will be 390,000; a

sum exceeding the interest which the state jhas to pay upon all the monies borrowed ;for making the canals. j Exclusive oflumbcr, there was trnnsSported upon the Champlain Canal

,j tons of produce and merchandize arid the

tolls collected lrom that canal amounted

In announcing the adjournment of the Massachusetts legislature, the Nantucket Inquirer says: "What they have done in matters pertaining to the general good of

jllie state, might have been recorded on ithe margin of a two dollar bill: what they

nave not done, will be lelt in the bamboozled bosoms of their, constituents."

The legislature of Pennsylvania have appropriated 1 10,000, for the erection of

Penitentiaries in Philadelphia and Pittsburgh.

piouuce aci to contradict m.;ir pn

ions, upon the subject under con-ide-

rrdioR. " If it were a-ked. (said he) for whem do

yvi solicit iius exemption. and wtiat is ti;e ; - " .' ; " l' . ' r : I produce and merchandize;

cook- to entitle- r'-. i;u,:u Iv;nimc ,l lum;? u . , no

'!Tiihit!f-i if , it Trro; t hrinH r,i tin-i. -' -

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tpveuuar nisiory oi mose peoi

Ithtrn to it? He would iir-t name tint

i c ! i 1 1 '. i ot ,irm; that t 10 rlrcail nt t ns 1 H:

ishment will eliccl: hi pride, force him. '-6,9G6 CT. j ii!-.. ,,r cii I.. , i ,.Kn,n rJl LxcIumvc oi lumber, there was trans-

L. ii i . i i " - i ('ported unon tlie hrie Canal Jj.u37 tons ot;

iu uil- iavt s, 4ini aoacaori a course wiuni . . , ,,

tne ions were

infuriate! wretch, u-h. at a single blow, is labout to gratify the lrmyi paion of

I'irge Sc. respectable portion of the cornum

r.iiv. commonly called Quakers or Friends,

charities, a neacelhl demeanor and be- ltnv 1 v 1,1 11 1,1 rn ;Ci :" inn purpose oi inr

Sievolent a( ts. As n.embers of rivil i- r('"rvt '"h v!u meditates the removal

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'tv, they equally participate in all the pub- j UH on,-v oostacie to ins enjoyment oi , r 1 . - 1 I ... ... 11 1 I. . i x t 1 1 ; i i a . . I

la; -Ipirthensjor the support of governrnentr "ononis r v in u masier uie and the internal improvement of the C(mntrongest passion anl counteract the most

uv. l fiev coninnute v taxation or the il'"" ' l" 'l i"" "' l"

prevent tne indulgence of the slightest

s'lpport of all the poor in the country; and Ieirnit no member of their own society to!

V" f n"" ;i caiarze to the country

iper,iut up)crt all such themselves. Their

criminal inclination? If this be true, if

l.friilt fir rrifVwLrwl Kif If nmennre i nnrii.:

.i. an , -Jidox, which will be found more difficult to

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soive wnen we reiiecttnat great crimes are.

hose

rpi uate charities to the distressed stranger f ive when Wf' reilect that great crimes ar cf whatever color or country, are prover-!-(or t'ie rnot Prrt, committed by men,who! bial. That they are friends and raf ronJIon habits of guilt have familiarized the

,f literature they refer you to their schools to tne 1(Jea f d'th, or to whom strong pas'aa i academies. That thev are friends of ?ion5 or natural courage have rendered it Jpeace and good order, thev refer vou t0im ome measure inditfereut; and that the the well known fact of there heinfr no niiJiCowardly prisoner or assassin always thinks

ation among thcnr they provoke no ouar-'itnat nf: has taken such precautions as will

j Tiie tolls upon both canals amounting to

S153,09'J 56. In n22 the tolls were 05,000: and

ithose lor 1821 are estimated at 25O,Q00.

Among the .articles transported upon these into the interior of the country w ere 69 tons of oysters and clams. It thus appea is that the inhabitants of Ohio and Mi-

jchigan may hereafter enjoy those salt wa

ter delicacies.

Excluding the lumber, the produceand

merchandize transported upon the Erie

Canal is in quantity about equal to that

carried upon the James luvcr Canal, ex

clusive ol coal.

iidea

A letter from an oflicer on board the na

tional schr. Shark, dated "Off Antouaj

Sizardo, (Mexico) Feb. 18," says

uWe returned yesterday to our anchor-

are after havuicr been compelled to sup.

I ). ''ds, public or private; they excite no te-''l'r(:V(jnt any ns of discovery. I he fear and put to sea in one of the heaviest gales dition or tumult: but on the contrary they ieath, therefore, will rarely deter from: of wind I ever witnessed in my time at sea.

The people on shore say tney nave nui

ennn vin on! :i nnf tor VCaTs. VC

did not lip until our chain cable had part

ed: 14 of our best men were lost in the

launch, in attempting to beach her slit

had cone to the assistance of an English

schooner, that got on a reef, and on her re

turn the gale come on so suddenly and with such violence, she was unable to rermln the schooner. The schooner was

readily incur the lesser risk of sulfering it

:ivir t,. A'.,- , . : - i. il i a if rrimmKiiWin rf irrfif rnmm ii is nn

I ' - iiiseiiim;ue tne uoc nines ariuM - ' -"i. "-v.. .v , .... saris (f j.eace by all possible rnears. Inltie contrary, a remedy peculiarly inapplifirther j.-roof of these assertions they rL.Jrab!e to th)8e oflences. ..Ambition, which ' ' f ou to their missionary i-stabli'.liinent Jiu,;u,','b' inspires the crime of treason, soars

ariong the northern Indians, which havea')ove tbe tear death; avarice, which, f been attended with a success in educatin"'IwmslHrs tn secret murder, creeps below! the young, in our lan-uage, and teaching1' threats of death will never dc- . I. , i i . i . . . 7 ni ' i i . , ii . i

l-k oia lIlf. agricultural arts which no oth- ll''r mc" w,1 are aciuaicti uy mcse pas-

missions can boa-t of; they have done' slons man)" 01 lriem ailronl it in me very much to teach those enemies of white men j Commission of the otTence, and therefore the manners and ni.ihitu. tlw. -.r.,i r,.J readily incur the lesser risk of sulfering it

"Sn of christians and Americans; where-.'" what they think the impossible event oil

v U1(y become attached to us and nm detection, isut present other consequen-

JiovcrmncriU And he would hazard little1' more directly opposed to the enjoy-

(oe thought) in sa iiig, that civilization a-l rnents which were anticipated in the comj mong the Indianswouhl do much more in 'nission of the crime, make those conse-

j protect the women and children of theTlIJ,Mires I"'1""1'1110141 Ild certain, and thenJ

nomier, lrom tiie savage tomahawk and ; ''"though milder, they will be less readily ; piping kniie, than the militia syst' tn of tr'?ked than the momentary pang attending ' t!ie country. Tiiissir. 1,., i.r;- f th- loss of life. Study the passions, which

; -''Uii ot one clas, (jf tlie persons embra-jllr-t suggested the oflence, and apply your I ced within the provisions of this bill, who 'punishment to mortify and counteract ? with the single exception of bearing' arms -bem. The ambitious man cannot bear the iji military ournaif.;. tui.r.,w ... :a,J ordinary restraints of government. sub-

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nis, exception is, tjiat the alb giatice, eid;ire the supenorty ot the most uigninea tney owe to heaven, is. paramount to .all 'magistrates-force him to submit to the

from Havana bound here for money. The

last we saw of her she was at anchor, but w;mdra"dnLr. We have little hopes of her

safety, as nothing has since been seen oil

her. Mr. Thompson, our masier,uuu une

of our men w ere on board ol her.

u Tint f?, rt n Sinkinv Shirt." The New-

M .. . ... v - v ... - -i t London Gazette, one of the oldest and most able naners in Connecticut, which has;

heretofore sunnorted Crawford for the

residency, has recently deserted his cause,;

asserting for its reasons, that ms menus have ruined his cause, and that the editors have become convinced, that he Is a more

ii tiviiit nhlo nprsmi fnr that otlice. than hib

competitors. KaU Rep, I

THE REFORMER. THE design of this work is to expose the clerical schemes, ami pompous undertakings of the

present day, under pretence of promoting religion, and to show that thy are irreconcilable with the spirit and principles of the Gospel. The great Missionary operations which commenced a few yearn

since, and the numerous Theological Seminaries

erected, and which are still erecting in every part

of our country, have tended to the exaltation of aa ordrr of men to a hjiiiht not warranted by the New Testament. Their numbers and iraluence are rapid-

jly rxtendinsr throughout all parts of the community t

nnd threaten the destruction of our civil anil reiiEjioos "l;berties. By means, either direct or indirect, thny are steadily advancing their cause, and their ncendancy over the minds of the people and at no distant period, should their influence continue to increase, scarcely an individual will be found, Willing to incur the hazard of opposing any of their schemes. The pernicious effects of clerical doaiination in this country, may be inferred from the history of other countries, and ought early to be guarded against. There are already few who have sufficient firmness f present those men before the public in their true colors, and hence the prospect of their Urr's, and our danger, is greatly increased. From the? e considerft'ion, and to expose the corrupt, pompous, and fashionable religion inculcated ;ind supported by this pensioned order of men, TUB REFORMER was commenced. The extended circulation of the work amone the reflecting and bcC U r part of the community, has convinced the editor that his views on these subjects are not peculiar Hid that the publication may become more generally known, and coriequently be nnre useful, he it

induced to nresent some notice of it in a more pub

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entitled the

AFRICAN REPOSITORY COLON! L JOURNAL. The deep and increasing interest which is felt fa

many parts of this country on the subject of the efforts to colonise the free people of color in the United States, on the African coast, has induced the board of managers of the Colonization Society, to propose the establishment of a periodieal work, which shall furnish the public with at curate inform

ation concerning the ( bins and prospects of their in

stitution; giv ing a minute account of its operations, and of the condition and progress of the Colony ;

communicate anv new and and interesting inttdli-

'cnce which mav he received, relating to trie geo

graphy, natural history, manners and customs of

Vlnca; ami aumii into its pag s tuen essays as may

lie thought caculated to. advance the interests of

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society, George town, U. C,