The Rhode-Island Republican. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1809-1841, 1827-11-01

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Mutual inipoyefishnent, however, by war,
may, at length. l,epSh, all thirst for glory
aud aggra ndzc meht, fatinguish pride, and
produce the genunespirt ofpoaee. Esen
the successful in war are impoviserhed.
From he .atdhy .dfgits Of Oetcber s2t
MORGAN.-Reports have been in cir
culstlon during several days past, that the
bod dy of Morgan has been found in Lake
Oniario, near Oak Orchard creek, and has
been recognized as such by those mos.
likely to Ideniiy his person correctly. y
he was murdered ot the time ond IN the
manner generally alleged the eircumstap.
ces Of the natural decay and mutllatoH of
tho body seem to pres, nt material obsta
clcs 70 belief that it could have been
found at this day, and at The place mention
ed, and If found, that it could be recGgniz-
ed. Hut tho following article, which Is
corroborated by other papers, is conclusive.
From he Rochester Daily .AirpfiSer, Of
October IL.
.NorgGn's Body.-The arrival since crr
last, OF gentlemen who we're familiar ith
Morgan in life, and Witnessed The second
inquest over the body found on the Lake
shore in Orleans county.iogcthcr with ,h.
minutes Of he investigation politely eu nish-
ed by the gent tltnan " no took them dow,
leaves 10 room TO doubt what the verdict of
the jury proclaims, The objections we Lad,
give way to the light Of evidence: and lcs
the preservation be accounted for, as 4
.ay or may not be nccOuutcd for at all, it
cannot alter the belle! We freely avow that
the corpse in qncShoa is no Cther than that
o) Tie icrcfched Morgan II is. to be sure,
n9 We inlmlted yesterday, scarcely recon- g
cIinbic with experience, tbatn body thrown
into river, and Coating such distance
through lake. should have hold together
for tie space Morgan is alleged 10 bave
been dead: Int the Investigations OF the
Jury prove either that Such Is TIE fact ~
h's 'nSidnce, OF that he fecrased lid no,
meet h's doom a. so early a day as general
~ beiitref.
The body was discovered near The mouth
Ut Oak Orchard creek on the shore of Lake
Ontario, Oh tie 9TH instant bv two or thrc,
persons who were hunting, and gave infof.
nation to the coroner before moving ,l,c
body. The inquest then held, ended in 4
serdict OF fsMPocaiion Jy drouaing, without
any discovery Of the name cr character OF
the deceased, there being no papers aa,e
lew religious tracts, &c. in The pockets.
The publication of'hc height and prpear-
ancc and other particulars, concerning the
corpse, soon raised snsp,cons which 70.
suited in the taking up and hoding Of
new inquest over 1t. ~ this. Mrs Morrsn
and many others formerly acouan,ed With
her husband, attended and were exan,in-
I'd Scparti.!y and jcf6rt s.fing tte bo5, "a
20 any particular marks by which lis iaen.
lty might be established. The cvi6enro
20 eliclted was sustained by reference %
The hcdy and i,co teeth drawn by surgeon
al this village from Forgan's head, and pre-
duced by Mrs. Morgan, were applied to
rnd corrcspondod exactly with ue vacnr.
'ies and he other teeth in the month uftha
deceased, The hcnd partly bald, and hair
somewhat erey-the height, apparent egc,
and mark on ono Of III" feet correspond.
ing with seer left by n surgical opera.ion
"n similar part cr Morrun's hodv with
'thcr circumstances which We have ros
uoS room 10 detail. led % a unanmaus YER
'lct from three md twenty iurvu.cr that
this body was no other than Mcrgen's. Il
may no observed that no mark of violence
Is visible on it.
We have neither time nor desire 10 ndd
fuel 10 passions already mole than suflic-
lcntly excited for all useful Purposes, by
enlargng on the atrocity OF the case.
The thing has swollen INTO a calamity.
which 10 lust or honest man, no real welt
wlsher Of the PEACE and guod order of so.
ciety, VIII aggra,n.e by idle and iuflamms-
tory comments. The deed stands now i,s
all its naked deformity and the spirit a.
broad needs no further st;mulant to hay.
the laws viDdcn,rd in retrioution on the
, iihunan perpetrators
The Advocate printed at Albion. Orleans
Co. Of "Wednesday. October II, contains
the following paragraph:
PosiScrip!--We stop the prcss TO an
noGnce that Capt. 5. :. purirc, Of one of
the canal boats, who lef, i'ulfalo yesterday,
brought information. ~hich was confirmed
, by two Of his hands who att cndca The cv-
animation, that man by the nrme of fI,li,
of Buffalo, has confessed that he was one
J Of five persons who murdered Morgan
: that they rowra out in skiT u,to the Nj
agara river and threw him moycrboard.-Thc
story of Morgan's body being found, il is
supposed drew from him this confession.
! The Albany Advertiser ofTrcsday last.
snys. Letters from Buffalo confirm tho
story we published in yesterdays paper,
from the Orleans County New-York) Ad-
Gocate, that man by the name of Fill
was in Jail at Buffalo, on his own confess
sion that he Sss one ofsix or seven persons
concerned in the murder of Morgan. II is.
thought by many that Hill is dcrcnged: /:
bat he himself declares he is snrr. lie sara
that one of the party who wcI' into the
boat with Morgan lell on, and was drown
ed. II is not stated that he hasmeu'ioned
the names Of any ofhis acrompiicos.'