The Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1822-1829, 1824-05-21
L. S. CIRCUIT COURT.

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New York. Nav 3 This forenoon
Thomas Jones, otherwise called John ltu
buson, a colaurrd man who had been con
/ slct.d of murder oo hoard Of the brig
HeIk II and Josef Perez Spauiard, who
was guilty nt Piracy on board of the sch'r
Bee. were pat Ia the bar to receive their
srutencrs.-Judgr Thompson addre ,srd
the prisoners in a feeling and solemn man
nrr, reminding them Of til" cuormlty Of
the crimes the, had been convicted Of, and
advising Them to lose no time ia making
lhCr peace With their Maker The JUdge
lhrn sentenced THoWas Juncs Obr hanged
On the lth day of june next, between the
hours of12 and o'clort, aud his body
gwen 10 the Doctors for dissection. josef
PEREZ, 10 be hanged on the same day, and
same hour, with the exception that his
body was not ordered 10 be given mp for
dissection. Jones listened with attention,
bot appeared not to be affected. Perez,
when his sentence WAS read 10 him ~
Spanish, was considerably agltatcd, hul
neither Of them vept or shed tear, that
ne could perceive. ErtaiHg Post.
."eas"~
We are indebted to friend for file of
tae jamaica Courant, TO April 9th. From
.tbepaper of the 3lst of March, We extract
the following
DLEL.--Aboat5 o'clock on Monday
evening, Two ,ndstlpmen Of the L. ). -hIp
John Adams, accompanied hv two of the
ships crew, mel NEAR the NlctualIng OF
dee, Port Royal. Alter the second fire,
one OF them WAS shot through the heck {.
part Of buth thighs, and bIcd prollIseiy.
The magistrates apPrehended two at the
party, but Gn receiving Information on
oath from the Surgeon of the John Adams,
thai the person wounded was III no danger.
they Delivered them oyer to IN officer,
" b. was srut on shprp from Commudore
Porter. We understand that the conba
tauts were only IL years of age aud had
been eogaged a L." days before in an allan
Of honor
These boys ought to be sent home to
their mothers, who should whip them
both well, before tnry permit incm to 60
Ia STA again. FhiL Coz.
The Norfolk Herald contains the report
Of the Medical Commission which was DIS
patched ~ 'rhompeon's Islaod, under The
orders OF Commodore Rogers, in Octobrr
last, II enquire into the causes Of tbr nn-
healthlness 81 that place. From the report
of the ply slclans II would seem thai thu
cause To winch arr asCrihed The slhrallhl-
ness oi the spot are not susceptible OF re-
uotal, and that every yror, It mast As
natural consequence, he visited Una greater
or less degree, according To the weather.
during the summer and fab stusors, with
thu malignant trvrr which last year PROVED
So fatal. Nevertheless II Is conceived thai
the place pnsseSs,s SD many advantages
far naval purposes, t6ot il would not be
advisable 10 abandon il entirely ; though
certainly it wo0ld be prudcnt 10 keep j..
small i lorce Is would barely suffice tor thu
protection Of the public property, dining
the slekiy mon'h5-composcd # practical
bic Of persons Injured To tropical climate.
General .1iu0Id- the " Extraordinary
Red Book" we find thdt Edward Shlpprn
Arnold, james Robinson Arnold. George
Arnold, and Sophia Matilda Arnold, re-
cei,e pcnslons Of 4O0L sterling, paid by
sign manual oft KING Of Great Britain at
The Treasury. The ioilDWug note u sub
joined
" \. B. These are the children of the
notorious American Grnrral'
Another son, john Arnold. Is a Briga
dir General on the Bengal Establishment
ia India Edward :. AruoId has also srrN-
I'd as An officer on the same establishment.
We l,,rn from the Boston Evening Ga.
zette. mat the forth coming novel of Mr..
Cooper, will probably be published IN