Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1830-1846, 1830-06-09

gard TO the most horrld ana tlii now most
mysterious murder of Capt. mite, of Sa-
lem, have filled the public mind with
gloom, horror and dismay. For cold
bloddcd barbarity, nothing in this country
has ever before equalled 1t. Terrible as
it is, it threatens trouble, tribulation and
anguish, even more terrible than the mur-
der Itself Could the desperate and
guilty wretches who perpctratcd the deed
suffer alone, public Indignation and JUS
tice would assign them to the most igno-
minious death. Pity would be chokcd
in contemplating their inlamy, and refuse
her humble offering in the cause ofhuman
suffering. But unfortunately for the
community they are not isolated beings;
they are not mere hangers on to the
skirts of society. They have connections
the most tender, relations the most dear
The fate ofothers, others respectable, in
nocent and honorable depend on them
The same sentence, which in justice,
dooms them to death, dooms an aged and
an innocent father to infamy and dis
grace; young and lovely wife, to ago
ny unutterable, and a large circle of rel
atives and friends to sorrow and dismay.
1t is said in the Salem papers that the
chief offender, the ori ginator of the dia-
bolical plot, has been admitted as wit
ness on the part of the State. From a
private letter, it appears that both of the
Knapps were willing to screen themselves
from legal punishment, by becoming
witnesses for the Government, and that a
committee waited on the father of them,
to know which should be accepted
The thoughts Of sealing the doom of one
of his own children was more than ma
ture could support, and the feelings of
the father for season conquered those
of the man. Pointing to the chamber in
which the wife of his oldest son lay, he
said con account of that young creature,
save my Oldest" The scene is dcscrb-
ed as agonizing beyond human endu-
rance.
The wife of j. j. Knapp, Jr. now but
about 90 years old is one of the most
beautiful and accomplished ladies in Sa-
lem, and the entire devotion of her hus-
band had become proverbial in that town.
She has not yet been permitted to visit
him in prison. Her grief and mental
agony are beyond description, and she
mourns as those "without hope" AL
though not permitted to visit her hus-
band, she insisted on going to the Jail,
where she was carried in carriage; !;
but she was unable to look up when she
got there. Knapp went to the window
of the prison to see her, and it is said he
did not discover any extraordinary emo
ton.
1t is lamcntable in the highest degree,
that the fate of two such beings should
be so intimately and so inseparably uni
ted. Yet so it is, an innocent and viz
tuous, young, and an amiable female,
made to adorn her sex, is united with Il
guilty wretch, whose crimes render him
an outlaw from the favor and protection
of society.-Pror. Journal.
The Savannah Georgian, of the 81 st
ult. says-"Our city is at present visited
by party of ten Indians of the Creek
Nation, than whom we have never seen
Il better looking set of men. Contrastcd
with those who have usually visited this
part of the state, they are most lavora-
bic specimen of the natives of the forest,
and the dignity and responsibility of
their carriage are calculated agrceably
to impress the beholdcr. Some of them
speak the English language fluently.-
They are here on their way to the north,
for the purpose of exhibiting the pecul-
lar custom of their country in public.
ABOLITION OF SUTTLEs IN INDIA
There is now sufficient evidence that the
horrid practice of burning widows on
the funeral pyrcs ofthcir husbands, has
been abolished by the British govern
ment in India. Considering the long
standing and invetcracy of this practice,
its abolition is one of the greatest tri-
umphs in the cause of humanity which
has occurred for many years. The num-
Der of females annually sacrificed on this
altar of superstition, rs appears from
Parliamentary returns, on an average OF
the last nine years, is G66, being upwards
of 80 every month. The abolition, it is
stated, has been made with perfect safe
ty. The London Herald urges the gov
ernmcnt to advance one step further, and
abolish "thc no less dreaded and san
culinary rites of Juggcrnaut."
Journal Of Commerce.
The whale ship Eagle lately arrived
at New Bedford, reports as follows: May