The Patowmac guardian, and Berkeley advertiser — Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.], 1797-01-05 00:00:00, page 1

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Tbt Potomak Guardian, & Berkeley Advertiser
[No. 32
? H U R S D A Yt January 5. 1797.
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from the New- York Magazine.
Addrefsed to the Editor.
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THE ixc/ofidaccotmt 1 trafmit t+you for pubjicairon. at the
particular requ fi .of a friend, who it vsell acquainted
with the cv tun-fiances that gave rife to it ~r it <was
dtanvn bj a female hand and Jhe hire relates refpehting
Air )-— njuh f Jhe Imenv tf b<m h*rftlf. and r>.vbat
fix heard tf. him in her father's family. inhere he had
been a a occafi nal vjfitan! t as l ha ve no teafon to be
Itevt ;hat this tranjaciiun hqs eve r appeared in print you
•u/tl! be pleajed to give it a place among jour original
compojiuont.
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Neva-York, Mcy 1 ~]th 1796.
Alt ACCOUNT <H A M VnOHl COMKITTHD. BT M&.
J-Y-upon H!< family,
IN OICEMBBK. A y 81 .
rHE unfortunate lutject ul my prefent efsay. be
lung'd to one pf the moft refpectable families
of »hi* fiate } he reiivied a few miles from. Tou'.ha
bit k, and i hough he was not in the molt &iHuent c‘.r
cmnff >nces, he maintained his family, /which con
it>trd of a wile and four children) very comforta
> v —-From the natural gen time fa o* hr* ililpoliiion
)• •« ii .'jury, lobriety, probity apd kindnels. his
neigUn ori univerfally efieim-d him, .and until the
ftt«l nigtil when he perpetrated the cruel act, none
i#«r caulc of tl me in him.
i t the affernoon preceeding that night, as it wa*
^anday juJ there W3S no church ur*r, feveral o: hi*
r j.nb. tr3 with their wives cs.me to his houf< fut
b*pirp»te of reading the fcr^pture and, linking
pul ms j he received ;he»i cordially, and, when \ hey
weir go ng tf» return home iu the evening, he p els
• hi* li ter apd her hulhand, who came with ti e o
dim, to fray longer ; at his earnel't folicitat ions
S v »rrr3tned unnl near nine o'clock, during which
i• me his converlatton was grave as ulua 1, but into
■. { t.g >ud aff.'ttionare : to his wife of whom lie
.*.9 very fond, he nude ule of more than commonly
• H-aring ripo-firna, and curefsed his Ijttle ones
.. • •«o 11 * 11 —He Ipoke much of Ins domeftic feli
*, a id ...fornnd hie filter, thjjt to rend.c.r his wife
• > *rr nappy, he intended to take her to Ncwhhmp
* rr the nr*t day | " 1 have jutt been refitting my
t. »fbt’* laid lie, •• and we will let offby day bre:k.”
— Aft#* f *ging another hymn, Mr. and Mrs. J—
fl d'|»*i ted.
• ! h*y •'ad nn fooner left ca (faid he upon his
' x ni niM im) th«n taking my wile upon my lap. 1
peued tlir Bible to read to her—my two boys w^-re
»« .-d —. ne Rvc years old the oilier fev^p ray
*ia|T.Trr Retjrcra, about eleven, was fitting by the
H 9. and my infant afted about, fia months,was fluni
►♦ring at her mother’s boli.^n. — Inltantly a new
,»Sf there into the room, and upon looking up 1
-eheld two Spirit*, one at my right hand, and th?
•it»er at my Ifft he at the let* bade me dcfi.ray
wiv Idoli, and begin with caftlng the .Bible iii;o
the — the other Spirit dilsuaded me, but l obey
• 4 iiw t an* tntcw cne uook into me n-mifS.
My • iU nrtrrdiately fntuched it out, and was go
of to rxp iltui nr, when 1 threw it in ,ag*in and
hr 1 h*rr ui't until it w*» intjt;rly confumsd .‘ — then
ftMrd <*i|h the determination to perfevere, 1 flew
i*» i*l ?ve hotilr, aiui leizing an axe.whiih lay by
tb« i r. with s few (trolls demolished ray fleigb*
*nd r nrto n\y ftshle killed one of,my itorle,*—
»h« «ih*t 1 •t.iuck, but with one fpring he got clear
if the liable — .V;y (pirit* now were high, and 1 bal
tenrd to the houle to inform my wife of what 1 h^d
dune *>he appeared terrified, and hedged me to lit
^•n ; burih* good angel wh ujn 1 had obeyed (food
me *nd • *de me go on, '* You have more idols,
ft <d I In. k ai your wife aDfl children " 1 htlita
<■ J iiu. a oi.iftirni, hut ruQied to the bed. where my,
t. >» i y, and caching the eldeft in my aims, I
i >t a him wit I) luih \ i ole nee again ft the w nil, ih:it |
f-without a groan I —his brother w?,; ft ill ]
fi rp -1 io< k lom by the feet, and dallied h's faill
*1. n<» ,es -gait It the f.re place I—1 bell looking !
in..' ,'. and perceiving ih»t my wife and .daugh*
'!» were 5 d, 1 lefi the dead where they 1 *y find i
• • i p.iriuit ot the living, taking up the axe a- j
f“ n —<\ f. ght fnow had fallen that evening, and
. I described my wife running towards bar
!i'l r'<, 'who lived about half a mile off) encurxi
Nerd with her habe * 1 ran afirr 0 -r, calling upon
i tt to return, but Ihe ihriekeo and ran falter, I
<h*refer* doubled my pace, and w-hen 1 was within !
thirty yards ol tier, threw the axe at her, which j
bii her upon the hip! the moment that Ibe felt tlve j
blow Ihe dropped \he child, which Indirectly caught :
-p and threw jg./nft the .log fence—I did not hear 1
ii tri. J only heard ih»* lamentation. of my wife, of |
w f 1 h*d n*<w lull, fight J but the blood gulhed
c- piuvil. from her wound that it formed a dil- ;
t» ; p tb along the <uow. We were now within
w^f*< of b*r Utlier't houle, but from what caute 1
v*f.uw. »eli. the took an oppoiite courfe, and after
(u-»u mi via aa open held fevera) times, (he again
flopped at her own door ; I now came up to hei
my heart bled to fee-her diUrtlt, and ail my natui
feel lugs-began to revive .* 1 forgot my duty, fo pov
erfully did her mournings and pleadings affect m<
“ Come tbm, my love, (faid I) we have one chi)
left, let us be thankful lor that—what is done ;
right—we nnift not repine, come. Jet me embrat
you—let me know that you do united love me.
bhe encircled ine in her tr< moling arms, and prefst
her quivering lips to my che« lies, — A voice > -hiu
me, laid, “ 1 his it alio an idol !"—l broke troo
her inftamly, and wrenching a.liake-front the gat
den fence, with one itroke leveled her to the arth i
and Iratr the Ihnnld onlv he (tunned, and ruinht.
perhaps, recover again. 1 repeated my blows, till '
could.not diltinguith .one feature of tier face ! ! !
now went to look af*er toy I a ft (ubtrnary tr* aiur«
but after vailing feveral tint; s without receiving :
ny ani'wer, l returned to.the hojfe "gain ,* and i
i be way back picked up the bah* and laid it on m
wife’s bofom.— I then flood muling, a ntinuir—d>
ring which interval l thought I heard the liipprefs
robbings of feme one near the barn, I approach*
it in (iienee, and beheld tny daughter Rebecca er
dea.vou.ring to conceal her I elf among the hay I'.ack
At the,unite of my feet upon the dry corn !) all*
— ihe turned ha ft i lv round and feeing me, exclain
ed, “ O father, my dear father, (pure me, !<-.t u
!i\e.”—let me live,—1 will be a comfort to you ai
my mother—(pare tne to lake carr-ot my brie f;
'tr Di3ua—do—do h i me- live.”—bhe was tny di
!'.ng child, and b» r fearful irjts pierced me to ti
'on! — the tears of natural pity l f-ll as plentifully dov
ny rheekr, as thole or terrur did down her'.-*, n
met bought to defray all my idul?*w«8 a hard la
— 1 again rclapfed fft the voice of complaining ,* at
taking her hand, led her to where htf mother lay
then thinking if 1 intended to retain hr* 1 mult
mike four: other fevere facrifire. l-.hads her finp
tmi dance—She complied terribly fi uatrrl j-s fit
was,—hot I was not acting in ihe line oi my duty
—1 w.ii convinced of my error, and catching up a
hatchet that liuck in a log, with one well aimetf
ftroke cleft her forehead in twain—lne fell — and no
fign of regaining life appeared* <
I then fat dowu on the lhrellir,ld,.to confide^ wbqtj
I hud heft do—'* 1 (hall be called a murderer, ( aid I)
[(hall be . feized — imprilpned—ex-voted, and for
what ?—for.deftroying my idols.— lor obeying tho
mandate of my father—no l 1 w:li put ail the dead
in the houfe together,, and iening nre to it, run tq
tny fibers and lay the Indians have done it—[ wajj
preparing, to drag my wile in, when v.he idea ftruclSq
me that t was going to. tell a horrible lie ■—and
how v/ill that accord with my j*voh tlion i (af?
ked 1) No,-let me fpcak thetruthand deefy i e.thq
good mot.ive for my actions, be .be conft'Tpiences
what lilt v may.** .. 1
His hirer who was the principal evidence 3P.a;nf$
him, I'tated—rthaf (he had (caret got ho.nie, when a,
menage catne to Mr. J-n her hulbnnd, in-<
forming him that his mother ws$ ill.ar.d willed, to
(ee hiiu; lie accordingly itt i ff immediately ,•pud
(be not expecting him. home till next day, w»nt to
bed.— there bring no other pei Ion in the houfe. . A,
bout four in the morning Ihe heard her- brother.
Y-call her, Ihe ftaned up ar>d fw.de him carr,^
in “ t will nor (returned he) fori have commit
ted the unpardonable iin—1 have.bprnr the fcibje/9
She knew not what tc think, but riling haltUv open-*
8d .the dnor, which was only latched, and caught
hold of his hand : let me gow Nelly (i'aid In}, my
bands are wet with bloo.i—the blood of my Eliza-,
be'.h and her children. She faw theblood dripping
from his finger-, and her’s chilled in the vtjti^, yet
with a fortitude uijparallelled Ihe hedged him to en
ter, which as he did, he attempied to I’eizr a oaf*
knife, that by the light of a blight pine kr.o.t ftre*
he perceived lying oia ihe drelsc r—*be pi evcntcdl
him, however, and lei zing a cord that wasjbippiiy
at hand., bound him with ir to the bed pofn—Uitep
ing his hands behind him—She then quitted th»
hpule in order to go to his, which as Ihe approach’
ed, Ihe beard the voice of loud lamrntat ior.s th^
bob* that it w:;s fotr\e one of 'he family who had
eicaped t he„ctfrcts,of her brother’s phrenzy. fubdu
ed the fears natural to luch a .iituai.ipn »Dd lime,
(he quickened her, itrps and when (became tolho
place w.here Mrs. Y-——lay, (he perceived that
the mourns came from Mrs Y--!a nged father,
who<-xpecred that his daughter would let out ypoji
her journey by day break, had come at that early
hour to bid her farewell.
They alarmed their neareft neighbours immedir.
ately, who proceeded to M/s. J-n*s and ihere
found Mr Yr...-in the liiuai ion (he bad left ljitfi ;
they took him from hence to Tomhanick, where be
remained near two days—during which time Mr.
W-;-tz*—1 (a pious old Lutherian, who occafi
onally acted as preacb.tr}attended upon him exhort
ing him to pray, ar.d repent,- but he received .the
admonitions with comen.pt, and feveral tinic^wnh
ridicule, refuting to. conftH his error or j"in trip
prayer—I fzy join ia prayer, for he would nor