The Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1822-1829, 1826-07-10

|Iy affirm that OsteniaiiOn - no part uf sin-
|cerity. Some people art always con-
|drmning Themselves, complaining of their
wicked hearts; and this ~ their religion.
THE ansn~ OF Whitfield tn surh II person,
|on a certain occasion, was admirshle. A
,man. repn'edly very piouS, perhaps really
$50, was once complaining 10 him Of his
|own heart. what a sinner | arn-how
|ittl- do | profit under preaching what
distance do live from God" &c. Whit
field heard him for a While, and then re-
piled" My dear sir, do you really believe
|all this for if You do, you had much bet
|trr coutess 1t to God, than display it to
|me." ICh. Spectator.
SHOCKING OUTRAGE.
Washington. June 3O.-On Wednesday
Tobias .Aartin, whit, smith, of
I,his elry, a valuable, industrious, and We
|ry ingenious mechanic, was suddenly and
without pr~ovocation snatched from IA IA
|ml'y which he sustained by his toni, and
IA society which he benefited by his ex-
ample, by the hand of a fellow creature,
who has thus dawn on his own head the
double wrath of public indignation and
public Justice. The causes which have
ed To this fatal event will be found detail.
I'D IN the evidence given before &. II.
|Nh- { I, B.. Chalmers, and d. Bnssard,
|Esqrs. OF which va s%utjoin a sketch.
Deunughn, who thus stands charged
with the murder of IA fell"w-heing, and
|Hho has thus incurred the most amf ul of
III human responsibilities to society as
well as to his God. has not yet been taken,
although such means have been adopted
3as to render his escape Impossible. We
know of no Circumstance, for many years,
which has produced a deeper or more ge-
neral feeling among our citizens ; who
have TO mourn, rs they do with all SINGER.
by, the untimeIy destruction not merely
of a frlIow-creature, but Of a fellow citi-
zen whose genius and application pron,is-
led to add to the fame of the city as well
jas to his own--one who had purchased
'the esteem of all, by his peaceful demra-
|n"r, and industry IN his profession. His
srrmalns were attended to the grave, yes
afternoon, by his brother masons,
,and the company of Yegers, AS we'll MS a
barge cuncourse at his fellow. citizens, who
followed the corpse 10 see the grave close
iiD forever on the richest promise that RAJ
|%t"nal hope ever held forth to human inJ
|dusiry.
Tllt following is the substance of the
Propositions taken by the board of magis-l
|trates:
G. ". Ddshf.n stated that he WAS Iy-|
ing IN bed between the hours of seven ardl
Eight on Wednesday epening, {his house
being about one hundred aud tNsntyl
yards from the residence of D~evaughn, II
when he heard the report ola gun, which,
was immediately succeeded by shrieks. |
supposed to be those u fenale-ttat hrl
rprang out ofbed, and directed a servant
10 ~ aud endeavor To ascertain the cau-.s
that lie followed soun after, aud took
he direction to Drtaughn's house, audI
being arrived nj the fence within six ,ardsI
|of the house, he saw Dc,aughn staniingI
Pm the yard with his gun in his hard, andI
is wife at the door. He asked DeyaughnI
|A hat VAS the mattct ? Whether he hadI
|nr"n shooting some innocent p.rson Il
Who replied that he had fired on two per
sons who bad threatened him, one of|
,hom he supposed 10 be il man in VOL
clothes. he, Devaughn, then walk
ed towards the meadow, and ~deponenl|
went up TO Mrs. DryAughn, and made MI
quiry as TO the temper and disposition of
her husband, Who represented it 10 be-
and violent in thr extreme, and that
she was afraid to OpPu her mouth befnreI
him. She stated that she WAS f.uucutlYl
ill-htr children's lives. were offend
threatened, and that he more than once
regretted he had not killed them that
per son.in-law, Mt. Jones, had been|
the night before, and was expected
his evening with his wife, tn protect hst
and her children from his tyranny. When
Nnterrogated If she had heard what passed.
deceased and her husband, audi
deceased's language was respectfully
answered that shr had, aud that it wasI
and not such ~ to cause off,
Fence. Deponent then left the house.
Rtbeecd, the wife of Jonathan Devaughn.l
stated that she resided with her husbandl
on a place belonging to Mr.. Moore, adj
Joining the city that on Sunday evening /
Hast, between 5 and 6 O'Clock her husbands
boys in the orchard that h,I
ieit the house, taking with him d smallI
switch, and returned about sun down, saw
ING that he had chased the boys from thr|
one of whom, in his fright, hadl
left a hat and basket. She said. she heard
nothing more about it until Wednesday
evening, when deceased and his wife camrE
mp to the fence by the House, and inauir-
I'D Of little eir!, her daughter, if Mr. Del
lived there7 Her husband, who'd
was seated at u table eating his support
jumped up, aud answered yes-what ofit;I
Or what do you want Deceased askedf
him fine WAS not the gentleman that hadl
sons hat aud basket her husband1
said he was, and If he wanted it, he must
go aud satisfy Mr.. Moore for damages,
and he would get il. Decsased's wife ask
ed what damage her son had done +; uponI
" hich her husband told them to begone
IN thu int zpI nnt bl.rko ,,,l k:n. II ~