Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 182?-183?, 1832-06-15

! pressed great Indignation at the transaction :;
and as for myself, having known Mr.. Hicl-
lie for The last twenty years, l was appre-
hensive that he was urged TO the commits
sion OF the act by some other person.
While Mr.. Darlington & myself were con-
versing upon the subject, Maj Miller rode
up to my door, and has just left here. And
he distinctly stated 10 me, in Mr.. Darling
tons presence, that when Hickle called up
on him TO have the distress warrant issued
he demonstrated with him and believing
him 10 be ignorant OF the law upon the sub
Iject, told him one week or one year hence
| would answer just as well as then. This
will qualify to lift should be necessary.
SAMUEL HAWKINS.
In order TO clear our skirts in this business
we here add the statement of the editor of
the Sentinel on which our paragraph was
BASEL
eff the scenes which we have Just related
are calculated TO excite the indignation of an
intelligent community, what will our rea-
ders say when we tell them that distress
t0arrdnt tCas issued against an individual
tchile has Ioife lying corpse IN his house;
and that that individual is the editor of their
paper! The fact seems almost too incredi-
bic for belief, but it is nevertheless true =
The bier-the Pall-the winding sheet-the
gathering of the neighbors to the house OF
wo, and all the paraphernalia of mourning
which denotes that an immortal spirit has
taken lis flIghtto better world all was
not sufficient TO stay the hand OF the ruth
less wretch. The officer who was called
upon to serve the process, familiar as he is
with scenes of distress connected with his
vocation, demonstrated with this modern
Vandal-pointed TO the insignia of mortality
which surrounded his victim and expressed
his adherence of an act so brutal Gone
year hence, said the good man, "wilI do as
well as now. -" lot an hour" replied the
inhuman monster. F'Next week then"
said the stIll imploring constable CHOW
is the accepted time" exclaimed old Gripus.
"Pos:pone it then until tomorrow, still
persisted the humane officer ''Not mo-
ment," retorted this blotch upon the face of
humanity. And just as the funeral train
had started for the house appointed for all
living, was deed committed, at which the
very children in tie street cry out, ooh
shame, where is thy blushr' To what spot
on the face of the habitable globe shall we 90
TO find an act of equal rapacity with the a
bove? Even the untutored savage who
roams the forest holds such a moment sacred,
and pauses In reverential awe until the body
of his fellow savage is committed to lis
mother earth. But enough of this horrible
picture OF human depravity. The soul sick
ems at the contemplation of it. 1t only re-
mains for us to state the name of the beastly
wretch, and our triumph over his cupidity,
which has been as signal as that obtained by
Antonio over the far-famed Jew of Venice.
His name is CHRISTOPHER HICKLE
"a man of wealth, palsied with age, and
without a child with whom to share his
large possessions.
e5-Our reply to Mountain Boy .as been
laid over TO afford room for the matters per-
tanning to the call made ON US by Mr. Hick-
e
@@The Young Mems Address, in
this paper, is an able production. Those