Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1830-08-25
ALEXANDRIA, d. G.
49, o,rSDsY MORNING. -3UGUST 2', 1850.


S,,m T,iel- Knapp found goiiy.-The Bos'
Conrier Of Saturday states that the jury il''
% n.1Ied on the new trial of ]. F. Knapp re,
::naJ tbe case on Friday, at one O'Clock, and
:, twenty minutes past six they returned YER
u, Of GUILTY.
r. ,,,,oe tIs Chocta,cs this head,
-, Mobile Register Of the Sd inst state':-
Tolerated Chocktaw Chiefs Masau'at-
49, - LAHORE, the first at the head OF the
~ district Of this nation, and the latter
-.''n,i;rp the north portion, met, on wed
.''la.' .ts AVN Nh. at the Factory or Annuity
b.. IS sometimes called eash III Io.i"''hu " MS
,,.nertiye forces. Mushuiataoa WARRIORS
,,o,.t,d 20 one thousand, Of winch NUMBER
-, ,bree hundred were armed; ana Lahore
$50 vas about fifteen hundred, or huhafea
c,.t,ch were armed with musquets- ana the Dali
u "'',I .;,b war clabs, spears aud knives. Mush-
- 49, r,,,y was encamped about the Factory
- 49, ,be scen, we're distributing 10 each his
go; Mir ai possible expedition. IN order to
T. "' cham IN their bones: and LAHORE mad
.'.;.nsI himself al no great distance from
:: ,,,,,qopi,t. Both be'igercnts are represent
~ nv me Green County Gazette, from which
-: ,,a take the account, TO have been full OF
s,Pt Notwithstanding their disparity, and La
- r,rriors we're painted and decorated IN
,s'b stvle. The latter chief had travelled with
= ,r,S,, 5oO miles 10 accomplish the meeting.
The whole number of Choctaws Is about Is
.,op,,nd: the existing hostility between the up,
,sr and lower districts is said to have originated
Z, unvsrran,able and arOitray efforts On the part
>; anore 20 christianze the nation. which rem
I'D him extremely unpopular with many; and
Il, qt,emp.s to sell the lands 10 the L. States,
,.,sryinr 70 himself, Folsine, aud some others,
,srce and valuable tracts. The spirit OF dlscon-
(which was first felt against LAHORE. exhibit
a .seIf. in the burnipG OF a large number OF re-
l;c;,,, hooks aud one or two churches, anu then
i, tbe election of Mashalataba over the dlsai-
f.cted.
"A, soon IS LAHORE, arrived on the held, he
,,s,Dsrched messenger 10 Musulataba. inform
mo him il he did not consent TO give up his com
ni,.iOn that he would fall upou him with his at
nv Two hours were given him TO decide, but
Mu.hala; aba treated the message with the utmost
conteupt. Two OF three messages followed this,
but to all he gave the same answer OF disdlin and
defiance. supported by the splIlt and chivalry
ufhs comnaratiyely little force. A general bat
lie was mOmentarily expected, when the praise
y,prhy and courageous exertions Of Nr. Geo. ,.
q tines. WITH some other gentlemen having III
ilence with the parties, arrested the catastrophe.
We consider this instance a beautiful illustra-
;ion OF The difference between pure religion, and
that spirit, SD called, which SHOWS itself in fiery
Zeal. persecution and determination. False views
Of christianity, would have forced the bloody
luises Of the untatored children OF the forest,
l4,o each others bo>oms-i,s true spirit, restored
peace aud harmony among them"
ss>Ss~
The editor of the Lynchburg Virginian, in
Pl1l,lins the account of the execution of Jones,
,4ciains against the practice of the public al
sial,'ration of the penalty ofdeath. He says
collect no such crowds together, as we saw
bee On Monday last, and as are seen wherever
here Is to be an execution; the certain cOnse-
lgence Of which is the perpetration of hundred
odd more vice and crime thar is expiatcd by the
death OF the mAlefactor, which they assemble to
behold. The number Of persons at the gallows
ha' been yariouSly estimated. We think there
we're about 5000 persons present-others esti-
nate the number as low as 1000, and others as
Nso a. $1,000. IL Is not very material which is
a5At-ail will agoee, however, that there were
'aongh 10 create sentiments Of unmingled dis
sls;' Here. females, leading by the hand their
Dt,PrlnS Of tender years; add there spectaces Of
brutal nisnpsrance, the very vice against which
ne execution Of Jones had warned those who be-
led 1t witha trumpet-tOngue, but which, as in
,.l similar cases, they heard motor hearing.
'syesarded."
'f"o'her Report Of The Capture Of .qigiers. -
.'.aP'an bOerum. of the schooner William A
Na'y, II DAYS from st. Thomas, who went into
h.'l River on Thursday night last, reported that
~, 'al accounts o the capture Of Algiers by the
sfe"c6 had been received there previous to his
gg.P0I'are' aud that the report was generally be-
.'e'ed to be true.-NoJfoN Beacon, .4ug. RI.
MISSOURI ELECTION.
HE friends Os Mr. B.sro,, and of Iptsrnol