Western Sun & General Advertiser, Volume 13, Number 38, Vincennes, Knox County, 19 October 1822 — Page 3
TiiE WESTERN aUN.
VI.YCF.XM-IS. octoiik! 19, 1822.
A number of persons having expressed a wish that vc would procure the sentence of the court delivered in the case of the State vs Mc. Kinney Judge Call has obligingly favored us w ith it, and we vtv present it to our readers. " I have now to perform the most so Tcmn and painful duty that I ever yet have had, and, I trust in God will he assigned me no more. It has fallen to my lot to tell a fellow being his final doom I to fix the last moment, beyond which the pulse of life will never beat. At the commencement of the present term of this court, the grand jury, composed of the most respectable citizens of the county, preferred a charge of murder against you. You were arraigned, plead not guilty, and because of your inability to employ, the court assigned you
counsel the witnesses against you were closely and critically examined your cause ably 8c well defended before a most respectable jury, who brought in a verdict of guilty I the penalty attached to your crime, by the law, is death ! Not that the law delights in death ; but your crime being the blackest known to our code, the severest penalty is required lo be inflicted. It prevents you from the repetition of your crime, and deters others from imitating your horrible example. Were not the severest forfeitures required, whenever this crime was committed, the fiiends and relatives of the murderer and his victim, would arraign themselves on their respective sides, take the redress of injury into their own hands 8c help themselves to vergeance. The
peace and harmony of families and com ....
our Senator in Congress James Noble, nocent recreation, and blameless gaiety, ' openly uncovercth himself : Therefore, in relation to the debt due to the U. ' and emaculatc joy, for thousands ot ages. Michal, the daughter of Saul, had no Status, from the state of Indiana, for mon- If, however, these good men of modern child un'othc day of her ehaih." ies deposited in the Bank of Vinccnnes, date, will not plead incapacity, oi igno- As for convivial entertainments, the we are enabled to give the following ' ranee if they be consciencious in their families of the most holy men nay, the statement, chiefly taken from papers on absolute interdiction, & really believe that most zralous of the patiiuich and piothc subject in the hands of Mr. Noble, abstenance from these elegant amuse- ph'ts themselves, afford precedents who has favored us with their perusal. intents is essential to prosperity here, and Tncir example, in many of ihc sacied On the 7th September inst. Mr. No-1 salvation hereafter God forbid that the books, sanction the temperate enjoyment blc attended at Corydon, who had in his impeiious dictate of conscience should of such amusements both in faniii'v par-
possession certain notes or engagements, . be disobeyed by Hum. Lven ll they be ties, and in much wider circles i mixed
executed by the governor of this state on behalf of the state, to the President, Directors and Co. of the Bank of Vinccnnes, for the payment of S3G,800- On the 22d of September 1821 the Board of Directors of said Bank transferred toThos. T. Tucker Esq. Treasurer of the United States for the time being, and his
successor in office, the notes or engagements of the Governor aforesaid, for the purpose of paying a part of the deposits, to the United States, which had been made by them in said Bank. Near the time of the transfer, the state had in her Treasury upwards of g2 1,000, notes of the said Bank and Branches. During the last winter and spring Mr. Crawford the Sec'ry of the Treasury of the United States, being informed that the state objected to the transfer, made by the Bank, and the truth of the case being submitted to him, he with an eye single to the interest ot the United States and the interest of this state, and to prevent any collision between the Federal and state authority, proposed, and determined, that those notes or engagements of the Gov. should under certain restrictions be delivered to the board of Directors of said Bank. In pursuance of the restrictions and instructions of Mr. Crawford, on the 7th of Sept. inst. Mr.
Noble together with the I reastirer of
state Daniel C. Lane Esq. liquidated and
cgregiously mistaken, in such adoption of
the anti-dancing dogma yet, so long as they think that in inteidicting all amuse-' mcnts they utter the voice of Deity, disobedience to the commands even of an erroneous conscience, in them, w ould be sin. In like manner, Se by parity of argument, if we say christians do consci ntiously believe that in all such denunciations, these
society. Indeed, at such entertaii.n e i.ts, men of knowledge in all ag s, h.ive imparted to each other tneir iiiscovci U auei opinionssoldiers oiganized ysum of defenee seamen cxr hunted their piojeets for maiaiime impiove mem. 1 ne feeble have there soiici ed r.ml ( htumed piotection of the pocnt or. a!i-cad suc
coured, proclaimed their jiatiin!c he-
guides and censers wander then their rocs been icanimatcd, and otnn lmwia.
error ought neither to influence, alarm, or ted by the distinction of the minc' t.
a v basii layman. (To be continued.) FROM EUROPE, The ship Philip Tabb has arrived at Norfolk, bringing English ciatcs a da) or two later than before received. The latest dates furnish the most ani-
i he
munity would be destroyed and confusion a(ljllsled a t of the sad m')tes or en. and civil discord ensue. I o prevent this ! ntrygntc 0.., t cos 1 co
ih the law puts its mark upon Cain, j of the Dircclors of lhe saiu Bank, Doc-
cv
and says u Whosoever shall slav him,
shall surely die." It takes the offender and his offence into its own custody, and by a tribunal wholy disinterested, wheie no friend or relative of either party can interfere, cooly k deliberately adjudicates his cause, and when hit guilt is thus established, then, and rot 'til then, is his punishment pronounced. . . ...
Death, coming m its usual ami natural
tor (i L. Murdock, and William H. E ids were present, and received the said sumofg25,l52 in Banknotes on the said B ink and Branches, from Mr Lane; Mr. Noble delivered to him as the Treasurer of the State, so many of the notes or engagements aforesaid, as amounted to the sum last named: Mr Noble having previous to his setting out for Coryrlnn fnr thr nnrnnsp n lrirci? rl t-trrn
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viuu, vvu -.at iiu mvmu u, ..i...va w i agent in favor of the U. S. upon real es
awer lor. its approaches men, tate, consisting of near twenty town lots brought on by our own guilty deeds, must , in Brookvile & Connersville, upon be viewed with the wildest horror A wUheie are seven buildings and other short space of time is al owed you be- improvements The state debt including
tween tnis ami me grave ; v e auvise you :mercst im to lhc 2qth nf neremhnr t
mislead us. Nay, their en or may be
come our sin, (by adoption) if we use not proper vigilence to have our consciences nronerlv enlightened. Let us not then
receive without cautious examination any new secular restrictions whatever as sacred tics, if we conscientiously doubt the purity and goodness of their foundation.
On every occasion of doubt, let us resort mating accounts of ihe successes ol
to those great fountains of light and know- Cuctks oxer then bathaious loc. An ledge which are open to laymen as well as official report by the Admiralty c.f I!y. to firiests in the pure word of God. Let dra and Sptzzia. dated 5th Jui, 5 c.ks us learn cautiously to distinguish between : the loss in the Turkish fleet ai'Sco 10 the interested, and austere fancies of de- j be, the Admiral's ship ol '3 gun, b.ov. n ceitful men, Sc the immutable commands up; three other ships ot ti e iine hi; nt of the Everlasting. Let us not exhaust and sunk seven frigates witcked 1 tar on trifles that zeal which ought to be re- Tschesmc, and the gn at, r par of their served for weightier matters and letev- crews drowned, in cniiM-nm-iu-c d"a v!o-
ery sincere christian, beware of classing i Jnt panic which seized upi n the '1 inks. cardinal duties with sinister, or carnoni- ! I he Greeks had ais? capuued 16 mes
cal antipathies or of ovct loading conscience with mans obtruded observances, sometimes frivolous, oftentimes imiolitic and always burdensome. Wholly to refrain from dance, music, and festivity, is a precept I think ur.au thoiized, and not ordained by Moses or the prophets. Such entertainments indeed were practised 111 times long anterior to that of Moses. The coming guest was welcomed by them, and the departing made cheerful. Thus we find Laban the uncle of Jacob, when he chode with him tor departing secretly with his family say to Ins son-in-law, " wherefore did
most earnestly to employ this dreadful ' amounling to S32 570 17. leaving a balinterval in true repentance, and I tumble j aiK.e due'by the state of 7,411 17, supplication before the throne of the Al- vh.,cl u pa ble in 1823 l825 d
mighty. Although earthly advocates tail
in their suits, and earthly tribunals refuse to pardon yet, in that heavenly court,
where the eternal God of mercy is Judge, Sc the blessed Redeemer intercedes, there ; pardon and forgiveness, flows as freely, 1 as 'tis sincerely sought. Remember with hope and faith, the promise of our Saviour to the penitent thief, w ho expired by
his side and may the Lord have the like mercy on your soul. It is adjudged and ordercd, that you be now conveyed to the place whence you came, there to remain until the 15th October, inst. and then, between the hours of two and three o'clock on the evening of that day, the lie riff of Knox county convey you to some convenient place, without the limits of this Borough, and there, upon a gallows to be erected for that purpose, vou be hanged by the neck until you arc dead. Agreeably to the s ntence of the court, n Tuesday last, Thomas Mc Kinnev was executed for the murder of James Bovd -a large concourse of people assembled to witness the solemn spectacle. A few Tn'nutes before he was launched into eternity he made a short address to the people acknowledging that he had been a bad man, Sc hoped he had made his peace with his God. t Longevity. There is now living at the Bluffs of White river, a Mr Summers, aged 1 19 years his eldest chile' is '3 years old, and his youngest U. Mr.
Summers enjoys good health tor a man
vt . r ;, ' , rn. r thou steal away Irom me, and didst not Mortgages of the Board of Directors of tii 1 , t , ... 1 i . 1 .1 1 .1 , : tell me, that I might have sent thee away
with mirth and with songs, with tabret and with harfi Myriam, a prophetess in Israel, played on a timbrel, and danced op enly, and all the Hebrew women followed her dancing. as Myriam rebuked for dancing on this occasion, as she was for slandering Moses on an )thcr, when for reproaching this brother on account of his Ethiopean wife, she became leprous white as snow ? The severest chastisement perhaps, for gossipping scandal that history has recorded. Did Aaion the highest priest denounce Myriam for dan
cing ? Did the Levites deny the bread vf
the fiassover to dancers ? No, never. Again, Deborah, an Hebrew heroine and poetess, about two centuries afterwa ds,
! celebrated the triumph of her countrymen
over their enemy, Sisera, in a similar .nanner : " Awake, Deborah, awake, utter a song." Fet Deborah was a pattern of prudence and propriety, a mother in Israel, whom she led both in the forum and in the field. Again, about three cen-
Hines aftewards, all the inhabitants came
1826 The Iivliana Republican of the 1 2th
mst states "that gen. Noble was selected 1 to arrange the matter, St he undertook it J with tie hope and expectation that he ' might prevent injury to the state, and for j
his services he is to receive no compensation," which statement we have no doubt contains the fact. Brookville Enquirer. FOR THE WESTERN SUN. LETTER VI.
Touching this plain question Are
and public amusements obnoxious to cen
sure or prohibited by the ivord cf God ? This grand maxim some advance, That all the world is but a dance. That human kind both man and woman, Do dance is eident and common ; David himself that godlike king We know could dance as well as singThat Natures' all a ball we find, The water dances to the wind, The sea itself, at night and noon, Ries and capers to the Moon ; The Moon around the earth doth tread A Cheshire round in buxom red ; The Earth and Planets round the Sun Dance ; nor w ill the dance be done, ' I'ill nature in one mass is blended ; Then, w e may say the ball is ended " What intrinsic deformity, I beg leave
; humbly to enquire, is necessarily attached to dancing and music, modestly practised by old and vouncr of both sexes, in
of his ago, and can read the smallest print a public ball room ? in other w ords, do sin
Dancing assmbli?.s, Convivial meetings, out Gf lhc cities of Israel, singing and
vela out of the thiid expedition which sailed from Constantinople on tin 4tli June, and the remainder wcie blot kaitd near Tschesme. A lettei from a tespectable mei chant at Vimna, elated 24' h July, states that the Greeks I ad canieet Artaby storm, in addition to haij.g taken the Castle of Athens, but thr.t many of their best officers had fallen in the assault on 'he former. Only three important fortresses in the Morra reman ed in the hands of ihe Turks, and the whole of them had bee n treating for a sin lender upon the same terms granted to the garrison of Napoli di Romania; hut the Greeks, ovc joyed at then victory ob
tained over their fleet, refused a com
pliance. A report prevailed in Paris, which was believed to be well founded, that an Austrian and Prussian army was about to mach through France to Spain, with the concurience of the French gornment The subject had created some warm remarks in the Chamber 01 De puties, and a dctci mined spir it of resistance to siuch a measure, had been manifested in the Chamber. No injury had been done to the Crops by the wet weather in England, and they were so abundant as to produce a decline in the price. Great ?nd costly preparations wero makinjr in Scotland, for the reception of the King. Addresses had been pr pared at Edinburgh, kc. Millions had been expended for the occasion.
MKDICAL NOTICE. THE board of Physicans Sr Surgeons of the first Medical distiict,' will A. . I k
Monday the 4th of Nov. next at 10 o'clock A. M. J D. WOOLVERTON, Srcr. October 19th, 1822. 38-td.
M)'l ICE
TTithout the aid of glasses.
i. dia n afi 0 lis Gazette. Wc are informed that a company has been formed on While river, 35 or 4') miles below this place, for the put poc of manufacturing salt. They have been successful in procuring salt water of a
V good quality, and have now one furnace,
and ab miiution naturally cling to modu
lated sound, intimated by graceful gesture? No canting hypocrisy can support a reply iti the affirmative ; yet I am to be told that numbcis of elergxmen and laymen, denounce all public amusements, com i vial parties, festal music and dancing, as immoral meretricious and sinful ! 1.1 1 t i
sureiv tnoke nvnocnonuriacai censors.
- 'jind contemplate putting ethers in opera- . must he incapable of appi eciatint? the de
Uon shortly. Ib. licacy and dignity attached to the presei.ee of polished females surely they For the information of the public in are ignorant that dancing and music have regard to the late arrangement maJw by been the natural and allowed sins of in-
T a 1 t
dancing uiu aamuel, that severe Aro
fihet who heived Jgag to pieces before the Lord rebuke them for this country dance, practised to celebrate the victory of Da
vid over Goliah of Gath ? So far from it, that he seems to have confirmed their
gladness, and sanctioned their rejoicing by annointing David king over Israel, in
stead of Saul. King David himself, too, (the man after God's own heart) some years afterwards, on a signal occasion of public joy, danced in public. Moreover, we learn that he played with such skill on the harp, that he often charmed away an evil spirit that haunted Saul. Thus, ten cer.vji ics t f..re the christian sera it appeals th.i ! , dancing and music, at pub ic and i;ate parties, were practised by all classes both in the bower and the ball room. We find too, that such public amusements were countenanced by the example of wise men the approbation of prophets, and the permission of patiiarchs. It is remarkable, indeed, that the only person recorded in the Old Testament, w ho disapproved of public dancing namely, Michal, Saul's daughter, was punished for such austere prudery, by remaining for life childless And David danced before the Lord with ll his iight. And Michal, Saul's daughter, looked through the window and sawking David dancing. And Michal came out to meet David, and said, how rrlfirirm
r - wv. hhuivu uii any laihis was the king of Israel to day, w ho uncov- within the reserved districts which hae t ied himself in the eyes of the handmaids hciettfore, been offru d at public sales ' of hit servant, as cne of the vain felloe ; JOHN U A DQLLET u x. 0
A LL persons indebted to me, by note
iH bond, or book account arc request
ed to make payment to Huble 5 Brokan
whom I have constituted my lawful attornies, to transact and do my business for me in my absence. S. P. STRIKER. October 17, 1822. 38-3t
NOTICE. LL persons having any claims
airainst the estate of William Shearman deceased late of Sullivan county Indiana, are hereby requested to come forward with their accounts properly authenticated on er, before the 7th day of October 1823. BENJAMIN SHEARMAN, Mm. cf the eaiafe of Wm Shearman deed
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October 7th, 18
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Land Office t.t Vinccnnes.
SK1MEMHKII. 19tl), 1S22. NOTICE.
II is hereby made known, that pursuant to insti unions frr ni the Commissioner of the General Land Office Can. adian Warran t may, after the 31st ci'
; October next, be located cn any land: