Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1832-02-17

and make one seek the noisier forum over head'
where the Senate locally trample Justice under
foot MIR. Roger B. fancy, the Attorney Ge'
neral. argues iuently and coloquially, but forci-
bl,-is about six feet in height, with hne lace
and figure. wears Observation-Disclosures young
What more can sayl" 80, .
Over the Court Room is the Senate Hall. Al
quarter before IL, you find almost all the Sena-
tors assembled Certain it Is. that about the nrst
man that comes in, will as soon IS he is seated on
the sofas out the bar. whisper g which Is Mr.
Clay?-Mr. Hayne?-Mr. Webster! A tall
Methodist Minister looking ike-(pardon the
phrase, but it is expressive and complimentary
to the sect) man is conversing with all anma"on'
and with one Of the most agreeable faces IN the
world-perhaps with Mr.. Calhoun. mat man
is Mr.. Clay. In another place, l point my IN
quirer to,a pleasant. smooth'ha'rea, youIhiu''
looking, genteel middle sized man. often CONVEX
sing with Mr.. Webster. This man has grace
full. quick air, face frightened by smiles, and in
deed full of human kindness. That man is Mr..
Hayne. He does not look In the least like null
LITER. What! Mr.. Hayne and Mr.. Webster
both together, after rousing the whole nation ty
a pitched battle, that has created as much sensa'
ton in this country as the battle OF Waterloo
Indeed they do converse together, and snake
hands like the very best friends in the world.
Pra, ers come next The Rev. MIR. Durbln,
Methodist clergyman makes the prayers every
other week. If had room, | would give you
an account Of this mans manners OF sermonZns
But let me say, that with the worst voice, he Is
one of the best preachers ever heard. Then, a
man goes to the chair, who has a head Of hair
that looks like biad's nest. 1t is rough and brist
Ing His motions are quick as lightning. His
words flow like cataract. His voice is harsh
and cracking. He seems to think with unac-
countable raPidity But more Of the Vice Pre-
sident some other day.
Most .4irocious Murders.-The late Upper
Canada papers contain an account OF the muir
der of Mother and sac children. and the strong
est suspicion Of this act rests upon Henry sove-
reign, the father of the family. The following
particulars are from the pen Of the Reverend MIR.
Ryerson:
A general horror has been excited in the minds
of the inhabitants Of the London District, BY the
perpetration Of one Of the most atrocious and un-
natural crimes that ever stained the history Of
man-it is the murder Of mother, and six. il not
seven children! will briefly state the particu-
lars of this dark and bloody transaction, as de.
tailed to me by the deeply afflicted Father and
Brother OF the murdered woman, and also by one
Of the Coroner's Jury that investigated it.
The principal evidence, am informed, was a
neighbour, who lived between quarter and half a
mile from the place where the murder was COM
mitted. He stated that on Monday morning, the
21st instant, some time before day, Henry Sove-
reign, the father of the murdered family. came to
his house, slightly wounded in the breast aud left
arm, saying that there we're murderers at his So
vereign's) house, and that he was afraid or ex-
pected they would kill his wife and family. The
neighbour, in company with Sovereign. came with
all possible haste to the place. The first object
that attracted his notice on his arrival, was a lit
tie infant about three or four months old, burn
ing on the fire; one of its legs was burnt of near
ly to the knee, the back part of its head was con-
sumed. and its body was much burnt Near the
hearth lay another child in state Of insensibilI-
ty. This believe is not yet dead, although il
is not expected to survive. BY the side Of the
door was another, in a sitting or squstting pos
ture, having been struck on the head with a
bludgeon or some large instrument, which occa-
stoned instant death. fourth was found out of
doors. at the corner of the house, IifeIess and
bleeding on the ground. About rod from the
house, in a path which led to an old hovel, was
seen fifth in the same state. Nearly rod far
Their, in the same path, was found young woman
about seventeen years Of age, lifeless corpse
In the yard in front Of the h"vel. lay the mother
and another little boy, close together, welterng
in their blood. Close bv the mother was observ-
ed the blade of knife. all bloody. 1t was found,
on examination, that she had received blow on
the back of her neck which fractured her skull
and dsiocated her neck bone, and had also been
stabbed in the pit Of the stomach, so as to pierce
the vitals and divide one Of the large rteres,
which bIed most profusely. The knife blade was
Immediately challenged as Sovereign's, and the
unfortunate woman's brother declared that he had
frequently seen it at his (Sovereign's) house.
Search being made. the handle of the knife was
found about two rods from the place where TIE
blade lay. and it was said that Sovereign had
been seen. few days before. putting rivet in
the selfsame handle Sovereign, however. de-
MED having any knowledge of the knife aud said
he had his knife in his pocket. He produced it,
at the request Of those present. and behold! it also
was bloody!
The above, together with the facts of Sovereign
having brutalized himself BY intemperance, and