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FARMERS’, MANUFACTURER’S AND MECHANICS’ ADVOCATE.219their heart,—they had the welfare of us, their posterity before their eyes,—and, without a murmur, tllcv laid down their lives in the righteous cuuse.^Is there no one that loves to wander about Zion, «and the Mowing brooks beneath, that wash her halloaed feet,” and to sing on sacred harps the achievements of the saints ? Is there no one warmed with tla, lit me of their devotion, and touched near the heuit with tlioir patriotic sufferings, that will twine laurels to dieit sacred memory into the sweet numbers of immortal melody? Is the theme not soft enough for the reined car of modem taste, or is it too sacred for the win:' of the hard I but why should we call for the it mi's lyre ? liven now, their praises sound from harps aii 'dic. “ What are these which ut e arrayed in white riiiics, and whence come they ?” “These are they,” respond the choirs of heaven, “those are tiny which mute out of great tribulation, and have washed their robes, and made them white in the blood of the Lamb. Therefore are they before (he throne of oil, and serve him day and night in his temple; and he tt.at sitteth on the llirone shall-dwell among them. Tie;, sli.iil htingri no more, neither thirst any more, ncilhei shall the sun light on them, nor any heat. Tor the Li ah, which is in the midst of the throne, shall feei! then, and shall lead them unto living fouiituins of w ■ ters; and (Jotl shall wipe away ail tears from their eyes.”After the execution, Dnl/iel and Macduff having stood for a little, glutting their eyes with the effects • their cruelty, or, rather of the government unde: w ;i.:h they served,, Macduff, sadly disappointed at tla-failure of t.iiis attempt to draw .tfr Bruce iuio his h nds, s.'i t to l.vl/iel, “ might we not try what tot tain would elicit from the daughter ? She might In-less oh iimto ; or the father, moved by bur sulieiing, might deliver himself up to us.”“ Inhuman matt,” replied Dalziel, touched witli emriptinctious vtsitings of nature, “ wotddst tliou hiy thy hand on the distracted girl ! So. i will not permit it. Let us find the father us we may. but the daughter shall not lie touched.”AI ic.dulf being thus reproved by one who was note for his inflexible rigor towards the covenanters, ignorant, savage, crocodile-like as lie was, seemed to fee! a slight in to nent of shnrtyc, and, without resuming the subject, said to JtaUiel, “ Let us go and despatch the prisuncis whom the soidiors brought in tins morning.”The corpse of the martyred youth was left hanging upon tin ti e till evening, when some of the villuge!.-vnnturod to take it down ; and, having dug a g.oivc b‘‘: ’ ttli the shade of the elm, laid the remains ol tin sun ot their minister in the narrow house.From I he iMawmv WhsujUp, April 17.TIIK MUItDEitS IN SUSSEX.V.'e stated biiefiy in our piper of Friday last, some circumstances respecting a most diabolical course ol conduct which, for.some years past, has been carried ou in Sussex eountv, in this state, the evidences of tvuieh have just been brought to light ; and promise::, in our next number, to give further particulars. This promise we failed to perform ; one reason for which was that a family affliction culled our attention to the consideration f other things, and another was that as the Court was then about commencing its session, at wan a the ex imiu ition into the circumstances was to he m ole, it would he better to omit saying any thinir further upon the subject untii after the trial would be likely to he ended. This we presume is now the ease: a'i! although we are ignorant 01 The result of the tri-jff we proceed to redeem our promise so far as we have it in our power.I'roin our correspondent’s ae.couut we gather the fallowing particulars : About ten days previous to his wcuunf, .| tenant, w'io lives on the farm whore Patty Ljunon anil her son-in-law, the celebrated Joseph Johnson, negro trader, lived for many years, in North est Fork Hundred, near the .Maryland line, was ploughing in the field, in a place generally covered with water, and wlieie a heap of brush has been laying lor years, when his horse sunk in a grave, and ondigging, he found a blue painted chest, about three feet long, and in it the bones of a man. The news Hew like wild fire, and people from many miles around visited the place; among wlioin it was universally agreed that a negro trader from Georgia, named ltell or Miller, or perhaps both, had been murdered, by Johnson and bis gang, about 10 or 12 years ago, anil that the bones now discovered were those of one of them ; as the man or men had been missed about that time, and the horse on which one of them rode was found at Patty Cannon’s, who laid claim to the animal, until a person from Maryland, who had lent the horse, came forward and claimed his property ; end she alleged, at the time, that Hell or Miller had sailed a short time previous, with u cargo of negroes for the South.Since that time he has not been heard of. and it is siiil that a few (uys before he was missed, lie was heard to say th it he had with him tiitcen thousand dcd-Inrs vviili which he purposed to purchase negroes.— The supposition now is that the knowledge of his having this money in his possession, formed the inducement to take his life, and that to conceal the body it had been deposited in tiie place where the bones have been lomid.The excitement produced hy this discovery, as may luturslly he supposed, was very great in the neighborhood, and on the 2d instant, one of Johnson's gang, mimed Cyms James, who has resided in Maryland, was caught in this state, and brought before a Justice ol the Pe-tve at Scaford, and on examination stated tlml Joseph Johnson, Kbenezer F. Johnson and old Fatty Cannon had shot the Ilian while at supper in her house, and that he saw them all engaged in carryingini in the chest and burying him ; and stated, more-■ ver,’ that many others also hud been killed, and that he could show w here they had been buried. The 01-lieers r.nd citizens accordingly accompanied him, to the places which he pointed out, anil made the neres'-sary search. In one pluee in a garden they dug aim lounil the bones of a young child, the mother ot which, lie stated, was a negro woman belonging to Patty Camion, v.hir.h, being a mulatto, she had kided for the reason that she supposed its father to be oneoi uer own family. Another place, a few feet distant, was then pointed out, when upon digging a few feet, two oak boxes were found, each of which contained human bones, 'j hose in one of them had been those of a person about seven years of age, which James said he saw Patty Cannon knock in the head with a tiillet of wood, and the other contained those of one whom lie said they considered bad property ; by which it is supposed was meant, that he‘was free. As there was' at tiie time much stir about the children, and there w\.s no convenient opportunity to send them away, they wa re murdered to prevent discovery. On ex.mining the scull hone of the largest child, it was discovered to have been broken as described by James.This fellow, James, was raised by Putty Cannon, having been bound to her at the age of seven years, and is said to have done much mischief in his time for her and Jolm-mu.-.-cumber witness hy the name of Butler has already been secured ; and it is thought that some others will lie brought forward who are acquainted with the bloo-ly deeds of Patty anil Joe. This w oman is now he. tw'ccn (10 and 70 years of age, and looks more like a •nan than a woman ; but old us she is, she is believed to be as heedless and heartless as the most abandoned wretch that breathes.As stated by us o%Friday last, Patty Cannon had been lodged iri the Jail at Georgetown. James and fuller were also placed there at the same time ; and it is highly probable that ere this the trial has taken place, uid the result of it will soon be known.James stated that ho had not shown nil the places where murdered bodies had been buried, and at the time of writing, our correspondent informs us the people were still digging.Joe Johnson, who is said to be residing, at this time, in Alabama, is stated to have been seen in this state in December or January last ; and the probability is that bis business here was to do something at his old business of kidnapping- lie was convicted ofthis crime some years since at Georgetown, and suffered the punishment-of the lash and the pillory on account of it. He is a man of some celebrity, having, for many years, carried on the traffic of stealing and selling negroes, in which he was aided and instructed by the old hag, Patty Cannon, whose daughter he married, after she had lost a former husband on the gallows. lie continued to reside near his tutoress until within a few years when a reward of $500 was offered by Mr Watson, Mayor of Philadelphia, when having obtained information of the fact before any others in his neighborhood, he suddenly decamped, and has since been very cautious in suffering himself to he seen in that part of the country.The former husband of Joe’s wife was bung for the murder of a negro trader, the plan for which is said to have been arranged at her mother’s house.From the circumstances, which have already taken place, it would appear probable that such develope-mcnts may be expected to take place as will present, the wretched actors in the scenes of blood which have taken place on the border of our state in Sussex eoun-ty, as successful rivals in depravity, of the infamous Burke, whose bloody deeds and recent execution in Scotland, have occupied so large a portion of the-putt-lic prints. _iIIIi
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Wilmington Delaware Register or Farmers Manufacturers and Mechanics Advocate
Wilmington, Delaware, US
Sat, May 02, 1829
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