Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1831-01-03

noss. 40 abundance Of black hair. comb
81 CLOSELY sud lie. xiv 20 the head. a. al or
stor. his manner u not very good. lie has
rather toe much aciion, add that not oil the most
Rracefal KIND. lie has bad habit, which
MIR at he easily eo'reeied' 81 taking up from
Ia. table befnrr him NJ. pocket haudksrehiFf
aud then throwing il down with apparent We
hsmsncs.
III. voic. "a not mu.ica but be has snch
perfse, cnm,nand OF It, and be emphasizes 80
rhsE.ly, ihat ne - an aRreesb'" speaker.
when he ronmsuees new branch or poipl 10
bis snbieet he = calm and deliberate. lis Ut
frrancr audible snd distinct A. be advances.
ne becomes VAIN ani animated. add then u IL,
that rom the FIRE III ms eyr. aud the enthusiasn
which he evinees go impereepiibly participate
IN IN. feelings aud pas. unhssdsd that por-
tinn Of his BtauHsr winch consider exception
abia lie deals iserally IN fpiihet snd insec
tive and IL extremely sarcastic. lie ~ per
facti, tee from eubauAssmsnt or hesi'anoy
lie has no rhr,oTicsi nonr'sbes; or rather tfor
hav.n never heard hin befnie) in this speech
none was attempted. lie = und'ubtedly, great
mao. snd hp talents would do honor to any
delibeTstlye assembly on oarth-
IN Y Age.
Teuitorv NJ Haron--A meeting of'he in
hhbnnuis Of the country of Brn"n,. Michigan
Territory. wns held AT Green Bay on the 21'h
al October, 10 take into consideration the pro
pfiei, of expres.ng their views IN relation TO
the bull reported NJ the lat session oi Congress
for the organization of the territory Of Huron
To q 4, licu the General Government t. author.
izs n survey aud sale OF the public lasds itIoR
within the limus of the proposed territory. To-
eeiher with such other subject, nj general IN
tercst rs might suggest Themselves. Robert
IRWIN. il acted MS President, Samuel 1. STAN
baush ~ Vice President, aud A. e. Ellis rs 81
creiaIv. A Committee was appointed, which
nj - subsequent meeting, reported pl eambe
and fcsoluuOns winch " lie adopted.
" Y Gas,
Does not a govern neni that fayorS exclusive
" the papers and journals winch are unliin"-
eddy devoted 10 II, impair the real heednm o.
the pfrs,2 especially 1hen Those journals d'.
nounfe aud SANDER all that venture 10 praehc"
I'm pa rtialry OF display generhi public sp'til.-
Rewards are reserved Tor the sasi,h--con-
tnnrlles hslshed upon the independent. lbe-e
are proceedings almost equivalent TO ordinances
Ma. Oar.
Napol n ne 10 saw TIA he wanted IN pun
lie iunrrionnries, more head hnd less tongue
The Sovereign People might say me same from
tip,r 10 time. MAJ. Gaz.
Tn, HVierV T4ickens.-The following mr.
ticle - from the Salem Gazette ol Tuesday
II corroboraies ru,nOr recently published ~
the northern pap-r,. But SO far liom clearing |
IN the mystery, it only serves 10 make " dark
ness visible"
Saien Mtader.-The rumors which have
snre,d abroad TINT all who were concerned ~
tho murder have not yet been arrested PTeVaIl
here aud obtain extensive anu general
belief. We have reason 10 believe maj
application was mad to the Governor ana |
Council few days since, FOR the pardon OF }.
l. KnapD, inn. or for n Communication OF the |
sentences IT death To imprisonment Tor lite IN
tho S,atrs Pnson on the ground that ne was |
not in tact, as the public have hereteioie sup
posed the piine mover OF the murder : bht mar
there 10 another person, not yet arrested WAC
y dotted aud originally nttignated the connls-
sion OF the crime. Both knapps have Intnnted
NJ mu.h aud all who are acquainted with them,
know wns not IN character for them To have
piaun2, I they are too passive aud ihett 10
have conceived OF to have executed such an |
enterprise of their own heads' Aud II Is Sh'd
Joseph has very rocently written "A l"iter TO the
Governor, aud declared 5olemnly he Was not at
the bottom nt the all ar.
Great pans have heen sedulously taken by |
sone who have mad innuence owe, the knappS. |
10 prevent lnem from disclosing fully all their |
knowledge Of the busue.s, Frank, a short time |
before his execution, eelolutd upon Joseph TO
gltc no further miormdtIon.
los now grnrraliy understood that the mur
der bad been IN agitation many months at leas
before II actually took place end that the AS
sassip, X CrownInshIcld j entered the house
OF Mr. White on Sunday evening 1.-TWO night
before the muI der was commtled,) for the pur.
pose, bur thar his heart failed hin, aud he re-
tired IL Is SAID AT five minutes he fore clock,
so that he mig ht he out Of the streets before
the town watch was set, which was at ii o.
clock.
lis also sad that the murder had been at
temptedh by meaus Of poison, before H. {. was
employed, aud that prnsslc acid aud arsenic
we're the deadly drug II Is certain that Capt.
White two or three months before the murder,
Ind I'll OF indiSpositon which many suppose 10
have been caused by some poison.
Some Editors, we observe, have suggested
that he disclosure BY the knapps. that there
Ii stlli another PEI son implicated IL The murder
was mHie to oh ain avoi. lbas however, Is
tot the TACT Frank, at lea9t, never wished
Tor m"rCy : ieW days after he WAS convicted,
gentleman OF influence, in whom Frank bad
the utmost confidence, offered his services to
| obtain IA Communication OF the sentence, aud on
subsequent days renewed the proposal Frank
teplird. " No, | do not wish to li1e-rpm
the ms morning awaked aud found The muir
der was commurel, have been wrelched. aud
have no dcsne 10 plolopg my lite | endeav-
ored 10 dIssuadc Joseph from it, and told hIm
THAI though the side he was looking on was
! bright, there was also another side, black
! rs hell Fromthe time of his conviction to
/ his execution, he manifested no desire tor par
! don or favor, and never denied his participation
4 ~ tn" guilt OF tue murder and Joseph now
makes no preience OF innocence.
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