The Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1822-1829, 1827-11-01
THE BODY OF MORGAN.

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nlan. Supposed TO bc that of William Morgan,
has been found in Lake Ontario. at the mouth OF
Oak Orchard Creek, in the county oil Orleans. A
Coroner's inquest has hetn held aud the wife OF
the deceased was sent tor 10 see if she could i
IDENTIFY the supposed remains as those of her
late husband. The body having been in the wa
ter upwards oftbntcen months, II would ueces-
sarily be a pretty difficult matter 10 ascertain
the personal identity with precision. We are
told, however that the clothes were supposed to
be the same that Morgan had on when taken a
way His wife moreover, said she should know
the BODY in consequence OF fractured ann,
which had never been properly set. She also
stated that he had double teeth all round, one OF
which had been extracted, and another broken
in the attempt to draw it. These peculiar marks
il is said were all found on the examination OF
the body; and the physician, moreover, who
drew one tooth aud broke he other, ON being
called to view the body, declared that ii could
he none other than tina, of Morgan. There
are persons however who entertain strong
doubts whether the body found is actually thai
of Morgan-especially II was found SO IA,
from the SPOT where common fame has fixed the
last act Of the bloody tragedy. The general i'm
preston has been tpat Morgan was drowned "a
the neighhorhood ofFo!t y agara. Our opinion
has been thai he was drowncd above the falls
! twenty five or thirty miles from Fort Niagara
Oh the British side And the place where tn,
| body under consideration was discovered, is a
bout forty miles this side Of the mouth OF Niagara
| river.
Since writing the foregoing We have seen srv
eral letters from Rochester, which state briefly
| that +" Morgans bod, has been found - And a
| gentleman has called upon us vino arrived IRON
| the " est last evening. tie states that the body
| int 40 he n
! suspicious were excited thai il might be that o
! Morgan. II was afterwards dlsint.Ired, Mrs
Morgan and others sent for, stated above
| The Committee from Rochester, accompaniedby
! Dr Strong, of that place, went out To the exam
| nation, Mrs. Morgan had preserved the teetl
| aud brought them along. Dir, 5. who had ex-
| nacted them, pronounced themto be the same
Bat the clothes were not the same which Mon gru
mad on when taken way. n Y Com. -Adr.
From he Cieatetand Ohio Herald.
! Died in Twnshn.g, Portage county, on the
! 2lst Instant, Moses aud AARON WILCOX. aged n
| bout 30
In our obituary of this week, we have inserted
notice of the death Moses and Aaron v il
cox, of TwinSblg. We lament that il came un
accompanied with that culogy due to the distin
gushcd merits of tnrii personal character, a,ic
some account of tho sing ular condolences which
attended their lives aud death.
! They, as we are informed, were Twin broth
ers, born in Connecticut ON the same day, and
| of cou,se OF the same mother they we're mar
ried on the same day thsir wives being sisters
| ihey hoped to have experienced religion on the
same day 4; they engaged in mercantile business
| together, al MlddleioNn and failed together
from thence they removed and settled them
| selves together in this State, al place which,
| from them derived the name ofTwinsDurg they
were taken sick on the sane day, continued sick
the same lengIh OF time; they died the same day;
and were buriei in the same grave, and have
LETT to their bereaved children the same rich in
seritance of an unsulFied moral and christian
character. The singular identity which perva-
ded the character cstaese mcr, aud the events