Wheeling compiler. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [i.e. W. Va.]) 1829-1831, 1830-07-21
pnR1ER AND WILSON.


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'uT T. vii be rccollected that Wils0n' ms
,.loc;o,a IN crime, had been pardoned the
conitaI offence by the President Of the u
O;toJ States- but remains subject to I'M
,,ris for life on counts OF the lndic'-
ments against him.-Wilson Is an A@
MEXICAN, Porter was an 1 A 1'.,'
TSHVAN. This seeming Ra 5iRj;
coIied Ln1oHwerfuI excitement IN Phlladei-
ob,a. and among the people generally, es-
pecially Porter's counlrymen.
From the Chester (Pennsylyania) Visitor.
The following awful account OF the oy'
;,o agonies Of Porter, (taken from the
Bucks County Inlclligeacer,) may be con,
sidored as one argument against capital
punishment: 80,
saw the most minute particular. i's teet
,yere not tied together, contrary 70 general
nractice. lie did not struggle much, but
fell apparently dead on the instant. S''''
could discover the horrible c0n;oriIoas o!
the dreadful paags OF so apPallog an exit
The can was drawn down only to has nose
thus exposing al tic lower parts OF his
G.ce saw lhe borrd aeonIes OF sutioca'
lion Dlay around his mouth and mount up
in his lacc: the deep, dreadful, unimagln-
able langs of the poor helpless BODY me
pasDinn in VAIN for breath, tho strong but
IncGectual forts OF the hands TO reach the
fatal ropa aud mitigate its killing horrors,
the droIaug of the same impotent mem
hers 10 -oalzed & helpless despair WIN
all file shocking, terrible convulslons o. the
ID nv violently robbed Of its immortal ten
ant. 4 quarter of an hour had elapsed,
and the heart of the wretched being had
not ceased to beat. 4 strong convuislye
heoving Of the breast was percoPilbIe, but
it now lasted only few moments longer,
If was the last, awful, soul appalling effort
.ofexpiring nature, and AL sensation either
of fear or pam, had ceased with the life Of
the convict. -----a---
INDIAN WAR ON THE MISSISSIPPI
A letter has baen received here, dated
Saulle Ste. Marie, June 7. Il stated that
a trader had arrived tie evening before
from LapoIate, with information that IN
the beginning of winter the Sioux attack
ed fifteen lodges Of Chippewas and Crees
at Red Lake, and killed every living being
in the lodges even to the dogs. That an
other attack was made by eighty Sioux,
on eight lodges of the Chippewas, contain
ing thirty men, with their families, and
two Canadians, near Lake Courtoreile, in
the beginning of January. The ChlPpe-
was were discovered short time before
the attack, the alarm was gIvOn, aud a
breastwork erected. The fight continued
from | o'clock til sunset; one Chippewa
was killed and SIX wounded: the two Can
adams were also wounded. Ii was repor-
ted that but five of the Sioux we're wound
ed and none killed
The writer further states, that the In
dams are call up in aims" They are
all collecting along the Lake from Lapointe
up, TO make Il general attack on the Sioux
All the Indians from Lapointe, able to
bear arms, have already left that place to
Join the Lac CourtorelIe and other bands
for that purpose. The Chppewas will
be headed by a noted war chief be-
longing to the Lac Courtoroile band.
This intelligence IS not unexpected.
War was waged between these tribes the
last season, and renewal of it is a mat
ter Of course It will be perceived that
all the tribes, spread over tie immense re-
gion, extending from Lac Courtorelle,
south Of the Falls of St. Anthony, to Red
Lake, 40 miles from the extreme source of
the Mississippi, arc involved in the con-
test.-DctrOH Journal.