The central gazette. [volume] (Charlottesville, Va.) 1820-1827, 1825-01-01

he had been found guilty, and assured thc
Court, that il s.tbe vigi ance CT the officers
had left him one hour start of them, Dubois
and earle. tvo other magistrates. would have
been dead +" Such a case Of hardened dcp,a.
witty is without ara,a!'el; and presents a>ui
king instance Of the sav,gc dcsre, alton to
which man may he d'iven, by toy freely in.
dulsing in the polluted cup OF ineh'ia,ion.
NAcuIrocurs. 10Th ocr. l:G,.
STA: Bv the last mail received "a .et,er all.
dressed nv YOU to MIR. Spotswood Mills 1t
~ with the sinccrest sorrow iptoi n, Won that
! the melancholy intelligence YOU received nv
the National Intclligcucer is tue: Your SON
was assassinatcd in the street Of this town on
the ed July last, about half past nine in the
evening. by Frenchman called DR. Provost
Mr.. Mills had previously some difficulty with
Provost, which however, had been settled.
and was mvselfthat morning the witness Of
their reconciliation In the course of the dav
] found myself con PEELED to quarrel with the
same fellow. who was rcmai K ably qua, re,somc,
but had not the least idea that he retained
any luminosity towards MIR Mills. In the
evening Mr.. Mills and myself were returning
home togeh her, las lived with him at that
timel in order to go o bed, and on the way he
WAS taken aside by DIR. Provost, who engaged
him in some conversation about law snit
until had passed on about fly steps. when
he stabbed him in four or FIVE places with a
dirk The first intimation bad OF the fac,
was Mr. Mills calling nv name, when I ira.
mediately ran towards him., but the assassin
had fed. I found Mr. Mills living on the
ground but unable TO speak. and;In fifteen
minutes perhaps less, he expired ;'thc last
words he uttered was my name, which he re-
peated three or four times before I reachc,.
him. Unfortunately the assassin was fed.
| and though | went after him ] could not sue.
coed in finding him, on account Of the extreme
II arb hoc ha,,
| the tribunals of Justice He was, however.
apprehended in about half hour hv Mr..
John S. Roberts, our Deputy Sheriff, who
| deserves the highest credit for his promptitude
! on the occasion. He is now in Jail awaiting
| the scntenc &C Of the ensuing court. which takes
places on the first Monday in November
| next He has not confessed the crime, but
| the proof against him is Of the strongest kind,
| and If you find any consolation under this
\ r"aianehely afliction, it will be in the fact
that more than dozen young men OF this
place, have pledged themselves in the most
| solemn manner to perform justice on the as
| sassin, il jury should be found weak enough
| to acguit him or 10 palliate his crime
1t gives me sincere pleasure to inform YOU
| that your son was attended to his grave bv the
| largest and most respectable concourse I have
ever seen in this place on a similar occasion,
| and that he was buried with all masonic no
nors.
Another letter 10 the same, dated Nov. IL.
| says -" Charles Provost, the ASSASSIN of
| your unliving son, our late friend was found
| guilty Of Murder bv orr Jury, and on Friday
| last received his sentence Of death"
| On onr first and second pages we have given
| the debate in Congress on the bill max in g pro-
vision for Gen. Lafayette. Mr. Hayne Of S.
| G has disclosed facts which viii satisfy eye,v
one, that our government were bound to make
handsome provision for this iliustrious cham
| pion Of our independence. II cannot be OBJ
iected to as being too large; for it appears by
| the statement of Mr.. ii. that the sum advan-
ced by Z on Lafayette no 1ess than $40
| Co0-this, at simple interest from the time il
was advanced, would amount to upwards OF
half a million of dollars. The sum which has
been granted to Gen. Lafayette, cannot
be viewed in any other light than as part nav
ment of the great debt which is due to that
ilh'strions man by the American people
|
| We stated last week on che authority OF Il
| highly respectable gentleman, that three Of
| the Professors OF the University had arriv ed in
| Charlottesville The same gentleman h,.
since informed US that he was inistakcn-two
only have arrived, Messrs. B'attcrman and
Long. We believe that DR.. Dupglison has
not yet arrived in the United States.
| q Dreadful Siiuation.-Mnch scnsi-
bihty is expressed an to the distressing and
miserable situation in which the Governor of
Kentucky is placed by tho conduct of his son
lie IS committed to prison, and, nndcr violent
presumPtions, accused Of MURDER IN the
| first degree. On looking at the Constitution
OF Kentucky, we find that the Governor OK
/ that State is entrusted with the sole power
| 'ro grant reprieves and pardons except in cas-.
es OF impeachment" How deplorabie will he
| the situation of the Father, If the Governor
shan be called upon To sign the death warrant
! OF his son. Without the public, power fuI and
pressing consideration which moved Bruins
Gov. Desha IS likely 10 be placed in nearly
the same situation He cannot now ,esip1.
because 10 resign would be to preinGee his
sons guilt, BY presuming his conviction.
which is the only thing which, can compe, HIM
! to act upon the case. His situation is indeed
heat rendins and most pi.iabIe--D. Pyess.
Reported defpat IF Bolirar.-We ex-
tract the following letter from the Boston
Centinel without being able 10 form any de-
| cIded opinion as to the authenticity of The in.
tel'igehce it contains. The date OF this battle
| m which only apart of both armies could have
been engaged, is % days later than that of Boil
wars victory over the Spanish horse in Can.
| tarac's army, which was expected to prove de-
| cisive.
"PANhMA. October 90. lC2..
"Dear Sir NO doubt you have heard Gre