Constitutional Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1824-1832, 1824-12-17
THE MURDER IN KENTUCKY.

INV 'ioN'h Iti'lNNiuIS,C communicated " a get-
tleman from Maysv,llc, Ky.
1t appears that Desha fell in company with Mr..
Baker at some place near Mayslick. After some
conversation, by which he learned that Mr.. Baker
was travelling eastward, and intended Calling ON
Captain William Becky. a relation Of his living
near Washington, he, Desha. offered to ACCOMPANY
him, to show him the way III that sen,lcnan's, which
offer was accepted. Nothing more was seen or
heard of Mr.. Baker until he was found several
days aftcrwa,d DIS in the woods covered with !oys and
rubbish, with his throat cut f,om ear TO ear! The
back ofhis head was much bruised, supposed to have
been occasiomed by the strokes of a large whip in
Desha's possession, and the thumb of his right and
had been cut -apparently while resisting the knife
of tile murderer. .Desia, we learn, was met near
the place where the murder WAS co.Inittcd, by a
lad, who asserts that his hands and clothes were
bloody, and that he was carrying a bridle which
was also bloody. The horse of the deceased was
found i'll the possession of Dcsha; and d shirt Desl.a
had ON, on being compared with Bakers, was found
To be of the same quality, with the mark cut out in
precisely the same place where Bakers mann was
written on the other.
These circumstances, and perhaps n check for a
large amount seen i'll Dcsha's possession, ca used him
TO be arrested; and so great was the excitement in
the neishbourliood that the jail in Flemiusshura.
where he was confined, had To be guarded To ire
vent an enragea populace from breaking in, and
violently putting 10 inmedietc death the man charg-
ed with this atroc,ous crime.
This statement we give as we received il, with
out %vouching for its correctness. The Kentucky
papers are silent on the subject, perhaps ia deie-
renee to the feelings OF their Chief Magistrate.
The iStheio.-lt is announced from Louisville,
Kentucky, that William Steele, u. S. consul
ler Acapulco, Mexico. was stabbed TO death in
a personal combat with James Southland, of Lou
isiana. Not long since, Mr.. Baker, editor of
the Mississippian, was found murdered on the
road, and a respectable person arrested. as be-
ing strongly suspected as the assassin. 1t IS with
great pain that we have to observe, and it is cur
duty TO DO so, that instances of assassination and
ferocious contests have of late, repeatedly oc-
CURED in several states TO the west. Situated
as the great American family is, one portion must
necessarily bear the responsibility of the mis-
deeds of the other; but we owe 1t TO humanity
30 civilizations, and to religion, TO protest, in the
strongest terms, against such bloody contests,
and the inf,urna:' spirit that gives rise to them. If
such deeds are permitted or winked at--the ban
ditti of the Pyrenecs, the Condotteiri OF Naples.
and the Arabs of Africa, will be brought into
comparison with a portion of our free and hapDy
! republic.
What is the reason we never hear of the sti-
letto-Of barbarOus and bloody contests and ruf-
ian-ike assaults in this quarter Of the country:
1T Is because the tnirS are strong and strongly en-
torccd-it is because mems passions are res
trained by education and BY public opinion, and
although education and civilization NAV have
their full influence in the west, putiico Di7,5n is
not sufficiently powerful If the laws will not
reach an assassin let public opinion put a mark
upon him, like Cain, and like Cain let him he
summed. Let every citizen, who regards the
character of his country and the impulse of hui
nanity, unite to PROSTATE a spirit thus ruthless
and barbarous, and we shall hear Of no more CON
tests with poinards, duels with rifles, splitting
noses, and cutting off ears, to the disgrace of a
civilized community MAJ. .4dv.
W~AsHrNGToN, Dec. II.
twill be recollected that, at the last Session
of Congress. a loan of Five Millions of Dollars,
at an interest of four and a half per cent. was
authorized TO be raised, to be applied to the nav.
ment of the six per cent. stock of the wear 1912
This loan was yesterday taken by the Banl
of the United States, at par. BY this operation
a clear saving to the United States is effected O
rs 200 dollars a year.
WAsHfNGToN, Dec. IS.
John Gaillard has been reelected a Senate,
of the United States from the state of South Ca
rolina, for six years from the third day of Marcel
next, when his present term of service will ex.
pire. MIR. @. has been for some years the Eu-
Tier of the Senate-thd is, the Member who
has been, for the longest period, without inter
val, "A member oftfiat body. He first entered il
in January, 1905.
Mr.. Newton, it is well known to most read
ers, is, and has been for three or four wears, the
Fnther of the House Of Representatives. He
Is the only remaining Member who was a Mem
Der at the time of the passage o fthe celebrates
Embargo Law.
There are several gentlemen in CONGRESS
who were Members before Mr.. NEwToS was
of whom Mr.. Senator King, of New York. is
the olde7t, he having been a Senator from Mas.
sschusetts in the first Congress G779.l The
next oldest to HIM, probably, is Mr.. Senator
SMITH OF Maryland, or MIR. Senator Macon
the latter Of whom has never been out of Con.
gress a single session since he entered it thirt,
years ago. Had he not been transferred TO tbs
Senate, he would Of course have been tle old.
f est Member of the House of Representatives.
John Mclean has been elected a Senator q
the United States from the state of Illinois. vic,
NInian Edwards, resigned. we have not seer
the state of the vote, but it is reported that. il
joint ballot of the TWO Houses, he had a maiorit,
Of 10 votes over Mr.. Edwards, who was a candi
date for re election 10 that Office.
In .Ncu Hampshire, no choice Of a Senate
has beeu made at the last accounts. Tire lates
information IS, that the Senate, at Jcnrtlr fixed
upon MIR. Parrot, the present Senrtor. and tina
the House Of Represcnfatives had refused TO con.
cur, still altering TO Mr.. Mason.
Office If Me Commissioner undcr me So. Peters
bu0g ConUopfiDn.
W~AsHiNGToN, Dec. Ii, 1921.
ORD CRED.
l.. That the Board will sit with open doors.
each morning of its meeting, for the purpose Of
receiving proofs motions, ard other cOmnunica-
lions, from the claimants, and their agents. all
motions shall be in writing, and if supported by
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