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JUDICIAL.
rOR THE ATHENIAN.
GEORGIA. DK KALB COUNTY.
Pc Kalb Superior Cowl, .flpril Term, 1831.
T«r. State, )
rs. > Indictment fur Murder.
U'ltUAM CnoiTDE*. >
THE CASE.
A( the last Superior Court of De Knll> Co.
a man by the name of William Crowder was
in<lirtcd for the murder of his wife nnd child,
and among n number of fnels that appeared in
evidence, nnd which satisfied the jury of his
p„j|l, the following seemed to be the most
prominent.
The prisoner had been employed in the ca
pacity of nn overseer, and lived near the house
of his employer. About ten o’clock nt night
in May Inst, his employer awoke nnd lienrd the
rearing of fire. He sprung from lus bed, and
upon reaching the door, discovered the pris
oner's house in flames. lie called up two or
three of his negroes nnd hurried to the place ;
when arrived there, hearing no noise nnd find
ing every thing perfectly still, except the noise
of ilio burning, the negroes became alarmed
and begged their master to return, intimating
that there was some had design in the appear
ances. lie. however remained, and after walk
ing round the house, the roof of which was just
filling in, he heard a whistle at some short
distance. Listening for a moment, it was re
peated. This greatly increased the alarm of
the negroes, nnd they again urged their mas
ter In return ; but being a resolute and firm
man, he immediately storied in the direction
of the noise, which was ngnin repeated. The
ground, towards the place of the sound, was a
long slope, nnd he had fancied it proceeded
from the opposite hill. Fixing his eye and ear
upon that point, lie was moving thither, when
all at once he came, suddenly upon the object
from which it issued. It was the prisoner ly
ing on the ground, who with much difficulty
tamed himself upon his left arm nnd hand.—
He found his throat cut and bleeding, nnd was
Very hloodv from the neck downwards. lie
asked the prisoner who had served him so?
He could not or did nol speak, hut held up his
right lintid, giving it at the same time a sudden
turn or two upon Iho wrist. He then asked
him where his family was? lie waved his
hand towards the house. “Are they burnt
up?” lie nodded assent with his head. The
witness then sent Ins negroes, nnd went him-
Sell lo summon the surrounding neighbors.—
M’hen lhey reiurued they look the prisoner
bud to (ho house, nnd upon examining him.
they found the windpipe cut about half in two,
but the prisoner, by pressing up the orifice
with his hand, could speak so as to ho under
stood. There being use foi nn axe, ho was
usked where his was ? He replied that in the
cveuieg lie had used It in splitting light w ood,
and placed it under the corner of the house.
sionnlelv fond of his wife and child, and that j when this case is subjected to the scrutiny of
amidst nil his misfortunes he wanted her to live the law, nnd the truer arbitrament of its belter
with him, and was wretched in the extreme judgment, that san e shame is turned into
whenever .«be left him, nnd could never rest cowardice, that pity into er'Hty, nnd that love
until he could procure her return. There were into revenge. The motives lending lo this
other circumstances nnd confessions, which icatastrophe are of die most singular, ns well
seemed to leave no doubt of his guilt; and ns inexplicable chancier; and the facts that
accordingly the jury were not out more than | define its bloody outline, being too unnatural
ten minutes heforo they returned a verdict ofifnr reality, present a scene of horror which in
GUILTY. ’ the distance of receding nnd tiding events.
77« remarks of Judge CD1 YTOM, previews to passing I will pass into the region of fiction, and will
sentence upon the prisoner, published by the request e,J the■ finally belong to the tales of fancy.
Per. I It has been elsewhere justly said, that “if
The unfortunate prisoner is brought up (0,0110 man had any how slain another, if an ad-
reccivc sentence of death for the crime ofiversary had killed his opposer, ora woman
murder. It is usual, ns well as profitable, to occasioned the death of her enemy, even these
employ such nn occasion in reflections that j criminals would have been capitally punished,
arc calculated lo awaken, either in thu bosom ! But, wlmt must he the character of that crime,
of the criminal ortho minds of the community, | where it is perpetrated upon a w’omati and in-
a sense of Iho deep misfortune ever attendant
upon crime. Four times, within five month
fant : the first confiding, the other helpless
Where that woman is a mother and that infant
ad none ever can so entire- leases to have been directed by a principle | opportunity 0 disclaim any conncc.io™ever w,„.; )|ie t , iW vol wbich will bc commcncedon , ]c
rce of my feelings. The I every way opposed to the feelings ol hatred ! 1 that cab .shine,it or it. proprietor. Our friends are j ^ |# u M m #n en , ,
solemn scene bespeaks a j A principle which ho had resolved at one nmc, j respectfully advised in been their guard, and place , pril) „, d in „, c f orm „f other public journal., and;,.
Mf not alarming, at least should he his ruling passion in death, and .their names on the subser.pt.on hat of no paper, unt,.1. led d t0 t tll0 >aII1 . principle, heretofore ad-
h w hich nothing hut death should control. I ilicy ore well assured who are its proprietor*, and what voca(cd The lWM
have I been compelled to perform this most' her child ? where that mother and infant are
painful duty; nnd I can say, in great truth, j the wife and child of the murderer, and where
no case has so seriously'assailed the firmness | that murderer disclaims all malice, and pro-
due to my office, and none ever can so entire
iy overcome the force
frequency of this
condition of society, if not alarming
of so distressing an import, ns to claim and
deserve all the aid nnd all the influence be
longing to every moral nnd legal institution,
tending lo remove from the social structure
such a fatal infirmity. The lesson which this
tragedy conveys, is such as to arrest the wild
est impulses of passion, to sotten the strongest
cravings o( malice, nnd to disarm the most ob
durate purpose of its revenge. He who now
hears the story of the prisoner’s crime, nnd
beholds the last consequences of his guilt, just
about to inflict the.finishing blow to his ruin,
and docs nol feel his whole heart shrinking
from the wayward courses of vice, must soon
er or later full a victim lo the same shame nnd
confusion with which it is his misfortune to he
so signally overwhelmed.
From a long course of observation, made
from a station where human depravity is for-
•ver passing under every possible variety, my
Athens. May 10,1831.
Caution.—'Vc have received undoubted inlorinn-
tion trom Habersham and Hall counties, that ia I ]j CV c that they would cheerfully acquiesce in any rca-
cable or not, is beyond oar ken ; w« ore, however, ft*
vorably impressed with regard to its utility. The od j,
ous system of holding our follow men in bondage,..
in days gone by forced upon us, notwithstanding t; ie
remonstrances of the founders and early pillars of out
Stale ; and it does not now become us to yield t n ,
conscientious misgivings that any of our philanthropic
brethren in oilier Slates may feel for us, when their
ow n interests are not concerned, by at once abandon-
ing our principal source of present profit or subsistence
The gradual abolition of slavery, however, we think
cu;r-be ellectcd without detcrioraling from the wealth
of the Southern States to any ruinoue, or hardly i„j u .
rinns extent, and wc have confidence in the humanity
and patriotism of the Southrrn people, enough to be-
obtaining subscribers fur the proposed ^ewspaptr at i f0 nable plan that can be fixed upon fur that purpose.
Gainesville, the name of the editor of this paper lias
been used ns connected with that establishment; nnd
that several of our friends in those counliesbave been
induced in consequence to place their name, upon the
subscription
nothing of the motives that influenced any person to
make these representations; their contemptible littic
ness will he apparent to every one—but we take Ibis
— *8f—
“ The Irishman and Southern Democrat.”—Tin- valua
ble weekly paper Das now been published nearly two
, , _ . ... . , , , ... years in Charleston, 8. C. bv William S. Plain and ,1.
list .it the Gainesville Advertiser^, ,»e say . . , - ‘ , n "' 1 d «-
i voted, as its prospectus avows, lo ‘‘Irish Diicnilnal-
! menl nnd the intrgrily of the American Union.” The
principles on which it was established have been ably
whatever with i 8nrl fr,i,,lf " llv «“PPorted during the past two years, -
have mentioned these things, bv no means to ; principles it advocates; and especially would we can
iissniJ or harrow up your feelings, hut lo re- j lion them against listening lo any attempts, from
mind vou that if these objects were so dear to j whatever quarter they may come, to deceive ll.cm into
- ‘ -■ *' > a belief that by subscribing to the Advertiser they are
patronizing the editor of the Athenian.
Case nf William Crotcder.—We recommend to the
vou that the idea nf leaving or losing them be
came intolerable to you, how much should
you he eoncerucd in being prepared to meet
them, where the miserable inquietudes of hu
man life, that so disastrously robbed you of
them here, will never again fhfturb that pos-
session of them which certainly awaits your
repentant supplications.
In a few week- the end which you sought
to put to your own existence, will he inevita-
l»ly nccompli.slicd I’)’ ,norc Sl,rc an ^ 8 tcady
arm nf the law, nnd you will have to meet the
vnrv wife and child you have so suddenly hur
ried from time, and on account of whom,
doubtless, you have undergone the keenest
sufferings. " You may yet meet those dear ob-
of future experience, that whenever the moral
powers and rapacities of the mind shall have
been well understood, most of its aberrations
from duty will ho found lo soring from some
remote misdirection of principle in tender
years, and which never loses its bias until it
breaks out into some overt act of folly or
crime. The mind is a fruitful .soil, as true
to the grain, he it good or bad, cast upon its
field, as is the faithful earth lo llm great va
riety of seeds committed lo its bosom.—
Then, of what infinite importance is the busi
ness of moral inslruelinn—of suitably cultiva
ting the youthful intellect ! Laws, though
salutary in ridding society of the offender, can
Sctueh ivns made for it nt that plnee, hut it was I do him no good after Ins principles are fixed ;
not found. He wns then asked where his ra-j this is the priceless work of othnr ngcncies,
rid must tie employed from the moment the
mind has received the settled coniietion that fjee.s ofyourmisfortunc.these innocent victims
by fur the greatest number oferimos have Ihoir of your infatuation, these unconscious instru-
..rigin in a most criminal defect of early cdu- rncnls of ygur -infamy, „mt 0 . c iro«mat»n«..
ration. I will venture the opinion, and safely that may change your despair into hope, your
depend fur its confirmation upon the findings grief into smiles, and your despondency into
5ior was? He said it was in his trunk, which
stood by the fool of the lied. The bodies of
the wife and ehild wore now perceived in two
separate bundles, through the intervals of the
burning logs of the house. After the flames
had somewhat subsided, an attempt was made
to gel them out. The bed upon yvhirh they
had laid was nearly consumed to ashes, but
Iron) tho clothing, feathers nnd straw about it,
they were plainly distinguishable from the pur-
roumling ashes; mid it had fallen, together
with the bodies, to the ground, with its outlines
distinctly marked. The child wns lying on
Iho edgo near the wall, the mother in the mid
dle. A razor blade lay near tho bond of the
child, and nn axe near their feet, all within the
print o( the bed as before described. The hin
ges nnd lock of Iho trunk were found near the
foot, where ho stated it was standing. His
knife, shut, was found noar Iho head, but nut-
sidu of tho print, ns though his clothing had
keen hung on one of the bedstead posts, nnd
after burning, dropt their contonts immediate
ly by (lint corner. Tho prisoner wns found
with u different wnislcontnnd pantaloons from
those he had on tho evening before, nnd they
Were quilo clean. In accounting for his situ
ation, he ststed ho wob asleep, and the first
thing lie knew, sumo person had placed their
hand over his eyes and suddenly cut his throat,
uad then emptied a strnw bed over him, to
which fire was instantly communicated, nod
amidst the flumos ho jumped up, snatched lliu
waistcoat nnd puntnloons linnging near him,
which he throw over and around Ills head, nnd
fled tn the place where he wns found Tlioro
was the nppearnneo of straw about lus hair,
and he wns smartly burnt in one or two places.
Upon getting out the bodies, Iho child wns
found wrapped up very carefully, first in cotton
bats about its body, nnd then three sets of
clothing. The skin was nol burnt, or hut very
littic, nnd its throat was cut. The mother
was also wrapped up in certain clothing, hut
wns much burnt stid disfigured, particularly
about the head, breast nnd turns. The bones
of her head separated, and n lurge clot of
' blood wne discovered among her brains, into
which they appeared to be sticking,in it cook
ed slate.
It seemed that he lived a miserable life with
his wile, on account of the passion of jealousy,
mind is prepared to receive the slightest impres
sions. It Ims been the peculiar and anxious
cure of the age, bv all those honovolent insti
tutions which can improve the moral frame of
society, so to train and direct the rising gen
eration, ns to divert it from those vicious hab
itudes found adverse to its peaco, into which,
by nature and practice, it is prono to full, and
which never fail lo terminate in disasters close
ly allied to those which the present scone ex
hibits. If, thon, their object is to nvert misery
so tragic, misforluno so touching, and delin
quency so destroying, how ought every good
man to encourage tho eflbrts, and strengthen
tho hnnds, of those that are engaged in such
nn invnlunhlo labor; and to increase and dif
fuse the means designed to accomplish an ob
ject fraught with such unspeakable blessings
to society. Tho Into unusual prevalence of
crimo, of a character so miihgnnnl, call* for
the serious and combined exertion ofull those
concerned in its suppression, cither ns private
citizens, public functionaries, or ministers of
divine truth. The present ease is one (tint
must stir up into lively emotion all those gen
erous aflcctions that have been so much dis
played nnd exercised in disseminating the prin-
ciplcs of vir'no and religion, and upon which
mainly depends the amelioration of the moral
condition of iho people.
To the unfortunate prisoner I hove but a
few remarks to make, and these are far from
being intended to reproach his calamity. Tho
plainest history of his ease, is too strong for
Ihr most unregulated credulity. The testimo
ny would seem to warrant this belief, that no-
Hinted by the miserable passion of joalousy.
nnd giving a rein to the most unbridled re
venge, he has dashed out the brains of his
wife, out the throat of Ins infant child, attempt
ed his own life, and burnt down his duelling
over the mangled bodies of his murdered
family.
't'here is presented in this rase some of the
most amazing and complicated feuturcs of
horror and despair, that perhaps ever resulted
from a mind overcome by that consuming pns-
sinn lo which allusion Ims just been made.
It seems no man Imd a more ardent attach
ment to Ida family, nnd though ho lived in a
stale of successive miseries, and an ever shift-
joy. But this can only he effected by seizing,
and that without delay, those consolations
which Christianity is forevor tendering to eve
ry shade and degree of human delinquency.
The outspread nnd extended arms of mercy,
as known through the proffers of our holy reli
gion, are co-extcnsivo with the widest range of
guilt. It cannot he too great for its charity ;
it cannot bo too broad for its benevolence ;
it cannot he loo deep for its power, loo dis
trustful for its sincerity, nor too dejected for
its solace. As you have hut a short time to
live, and must live out that brief remnant ut
terly excluded from every hope of forgiveness
horo, let mo beseech you, by all your hopes of
future happiness,bv ally our wishes to embrace
once more your wife and child, by every con
sideration which can induce you to have the
slain nf murder washed from your hands, seek
to he forgiven, where it will not only he full
ami free, hut whole it will come crowned with
the most mimixed nnd enduring repose.
Destruction of the Penitentiary by Fire.—
On Monday night last, a few minutes after 9
o’clock, fire was discovered to issue from the
roof of the work-shops forming part of tho
Penitentiary F.difice. nnd in spite of all Iho ex
ertions of those having charge of the Inslitu-
iis will be S3,00 per annum in ad.
vancc, or S3,50 iT not paid within fix months from the
time ot subscribing. On the subject of the election of
President, a clause in the prospectus fur the third
volume is as follows :
“ As regards the ensuing Presidential election,
symptoms by no means equivocal,have already tisgun
to manifest themselves, tn the utter discomfiture of
pecial attention nnd perusal ofourreaders,the remark, i ? i6r > i' rc ' lo “ s P r0 6. n .° 818 - N°r ,,oea “ .squire any re.
• . 1 r . . . . Mined sagacity to discover their proximate cause—
ol Judge Clayton in passing sentence of death on this j j flC / 50n j, a «, |j a( j the firmness nnd consistency to frown
unhappy criminal, which appear in this paper, accom- j on the machinations to which we have already advert-
panying a summary of the evidence given on the trial, j ed, and hence, some of those that rang the loudest
The case is one of uncommon occurrence, and calculo-! nnlcw of praise, are beginning to wail their feeble cries,
. c V j* t -.-m, nt tiio I to fulminate their coarsest anathemas. Tocillthis
ted to excite m every b-jsom feelings of l.orroi at the [ only polilical (Jefcct j on| werc a feeble phrase: in our
enormity of the net committed, mingled with pity for j opinion it involves a much more serious charge of gross
the blind infatuation which induced it. The prisoner! moral delinquency, for it must puzzle even nullification
appears to have been driven by his misfortunes and j sophistry itself to point out the vast discrepances be-
, , . . air a- „ • „,i i,« t'veen Jackson the idolized, and Jackson the forsaken!
Ins love, into a mental alienation, in which «'a‘c ">| In wh , t h „ he fallen short of the glorious antieipa-
committed his deeds of blood. Revolting aB are the •
impressions which this act stamps upon our hearts,
and fiendish as must be the motive that prompted to
its commission, there are still some extenuating cir*
uumatancoa connected with tho en«o. that nro not of
ten met with in developments of murderous transac
tions. The remarks of Judge Clayton were eloquent,
feeling and appropriate. They exhibited to the pris
oner the true nature of his crime—plain, but free from
useless reproach, and tending (we hope effectually) to
call his attention to view it also in its true light, so that
the foulness of bis sin should he so deeply impressed
on his mind, that he would quickly flv to the only tri
bunal where he ran hope for forgiveness. We hope
they will he read, if for no other reason than the in
fluence they may exercise on the minds of those who
are invested with the care of children. They show the
vast importance ofjudicious instruction in early years,
and paint in vivid colors, tho disappointment, and cha
grin, and wretchedness, and crime, that must almost
inevitably follow when this task is performed with a
careless or injudicious hand.
Changes oj the ( abinel.—Since our last publication
nothing definite has been received as to the successors
of tho present Cabinet; though newspapers arid letter
writers have been very busy with speculations. Rumor
has indeed said that Mr. Livingston has already been
appointed,and accepted the office of Secretary of.Stot
hut this information though it may he correct, is not
tions, of which these very men were the vouchers and
praclaimers? What duty has he neglected! What
responsibilities has he evaded ? What recent occur
rences have cast their darkening shadows over a life
of unparalleled -devotedness, nnd incalculable public
services?—For ourselves, ns wc were among the first
to support, wnarc now confirmed in our confidence in
the man, by the very measures that have entailed the
displeasure of his opponents ; nnd if any possible eon
tingency could induce us to swerve from our fidelity, it
would most assuredly he of a more important, charac
ter than n personal difference with Mr. Calliour, with
which the public have, properly, nothing at all to do. ,r
Execution of the Pirates.—Gibbs and Wansley, two of
the mutineers on board the brig Vineyard, were execu
ted upon FJIis’ Island, in the harbor of v cw York, on
tlic22d ult. agreeably to sentence. Shortly before hi?
death Gibbs confessed that his real name was James D.
Jeffers, that lie is a native of Newport, R. I. and that
he first went losca in the brig Brutus from that port in
1S1G. He states that his confession, os first published,
is correct, with the exception of that part which re
lates to his going to sea in the Hornet and Chesapeake,
lie gives as a reason for this false statement, that his
real name, could have been ascertained, hod he con
fessed that he fir«* went to sen in the Brutu9, and he
was anxious to prevent his friends from being visited
with the stigma that his crimes would cast upon them.
VVe understand he has made a full confession of all
I the accomplices, aiders and abettors in his piracies,
I which when published it is snid “ will astound the people
official. and thcroforo"cannot ba'impliciliy'Vcl’ied on! 1 V <Af * nali f n " » .,.p|K,.rf tl.at .ovoral ci-izon. nf
I thft Unitnd Slates, vvlio now ptand fair in p-.iblir esti
mation. !iave boon connected with him. The gcn'Ie-
man who had the information in hip posprspior was to
Reports have been recently circulated that Mr. Liv
ingston was once a defaulter to the government. On
this subject, a Washington correspondent of the Rich
mond Knqnircr, in detailing a conversation had with
tho President, remarks that ihc story ip . uliroly niisun-
lion, uitled hv the ritizetis of the town, the j derstood. lie says that Mr. Livingston Ims documents
flame spread rapidly to the main building, and ' in liis possession to prove that not one cent of the
the wholo wns burnt, together with tlm wood- ‘ money licwascharged uitli having taken, ever cumo
en house in the yard, nnd the county Jail, ; into his hands, hut was collected by his Deputies and
about fiO yards off. The county Court-house ! Agents, and squandered by them when lie was *icti in
was saved with much difficulty, nnd although j bed—Notwithstanding this, the money has long since
the wind wns light, the file caught some hou-1 been paid by him, and his accounts closed with the
Tor (he existence of which there appeared, un-Jing scene of wretchedness, yet never was the
fotInnately, loo much reasnu. They bad par- j firmness of lus regard, the constancy of Ids
teti frequently, am! on one occasion, he had j kindness, or the tenderness of hut affcelinn,
•tteninted her life with a razor. He had j shaken or impaired for the partner of hi* ho-'
ses nt tho distnnrc of three hundred yards.
The light of this great conflagration was dis
tinctly seen at Ealontnn, twenty mile? from
this place. None of the prisoners escaped,
or were burnt—nil the bonks and pnpers of
the Institution were saved. The loss in manu
factured articles, raw materials, tools, &c.
may amount to eight nr ten thousand dollars.
Temporary arrangements are making for the
shelter of the convicts, who are kept nt labor
within the high brick wall that cticompnssed
the building, nnd secured at night by being
hand-cuffed and strictly guarded. In a short
time a part of ihc cells, the construction of
which wns directed by the Inst Legislature,
will ho in readiness for their reception.
The buildings destroyed cost the Stale, we
believe, upwards of an hundred thousand dol
lars, hut the construction was very had, and if
the system of punishing crimes bv Penitentia
ry imprisonment slmll he persevered in. of
government.
It has now been reduced to a certainty, or at least a
strong probability, that Judge White will be called to
the charge of the W’sr Department. This w ill no
doubt be a popular appointment—indeed, some of Gen.
Jackson's friends werc anxious to have him appointed
Secretary of Stato. The other two Secretaryships
were not tilled up at our last dates; several candidate:
arc named for the offices. Mr. Buchanan ot Pcnnsyl
vania, and Mr. P. P. Barbour of Virginia, are spoken
of tn succeed Mr. Berrien as Attorney General. From
this it would appear that he hasrcsigncd.yctw carcdis
posed to doubt that such an event lias taken place, as
he was nol in W ashington at the time the other resig
nations look place, nnd has not been since. Mr. Van
Burcn, it is rumoured, will go as Minister lo F.ngland—
Major Eaton to Russia in place of John Randolph—
the other members of the Cabinet wilt probably retire
to private life, unless they arc called by the people lo
stations of public trust.
Notwithstanding the opportunity given by these re
which there ntav ho some doubt, the demoli-1 8i 8»» ,io n» ^forthc enemies ofthe administration lo cry
^ .1 weakness! weakness!” and the momentary dis-
lion ofan edifice so unsuitable to the purpose,
will .scarcely be a public loss. It is not doubt-
momentary
satisfaction 11 has probably occasioned in a portion of
1 , ... , ,l * I the republican ranks, wc believe it is in the power of
ed but the fire was communicated by some off D - A ’ . . . ’
, . . . J the President lo collect around him such mm as will
ne convicts—as yet, however, jio discovery ..1 ... -"
u 1 j . ... * . * * put to rest the exulting tone ofthe onpo^t bn* men
has been made that will fix it on any ono of! L h „. 1«.
have proceeded immediately to Washington, to ' akc
the tacts known to the President. Wc shall look with
anxiety lo the result.
Rhoile Island.—Jl. II. Arnold, Esq. has been elected
Governor of this Sta’e, by a large majority over Gover
nor Fenner, the successful candidate for thirteen years.
Tribute of Respect.—The inhabitants of Savannah
have complimented our distinguished fellow citizen
Hon. J. JSI Berrien, with a public dinner, which tvatf
to have been given in that city on the 4th inst.
—<®>—
William P. Dural, of Florida, is appointed by the
President to be Governor for another term in and over
that territory.
, uluu 7 7 ,,, V , . on a 7 whose superior talents and unbending integrity will
thorn. In tho general confusion and anxiety \ iervc l0 , trmgthtnt cvcn , norc ,v„ nth * c / bincli
the pillars of our gnvernment, a;,d the confidence of
to secure the convicts, n prisoner in the conn
ly Jail, of the name of Wilkinson, charged
with the robbery of the public mail, of which
lie Imd been the carrier, made lus escape.—
Southern Recorder.
the people in its President, a jt d restore harmony lo the
council? of the nation.
•tiongly intimated that he could not and would
not live in such a state of torment, and that he
would kill hia child rather than it should he
raised by hia wife’s father, to whom, in the
countenanre and protection of hi* daughter in
her misconduct, he had attributed much of hi*
misfortunes. For about three weeks before
the murder, they had lived in an unusual slate
of turmoil and confusion, and in that time he
iiad been bea’on by the man whom he suspect
ed and believed lo be the cau«/ of his injury.
It wns further io testimony that be was pas-
om and their unhappy offspring. In analy
zing this deed, one i* constrained to say that
the mind of its author was given up lo the
sport nf every pnsMion, nnd that they wielded
their inexorable influence under every diversi
ty of wanton caprice.
To his own imagination, doubtless, the act
has been justified from tho softer pnssions of
shame, pity nnd despair. From shame, he
struck nt his own existence; from pity, lie de
stroyed his child ; and from hopeless and un
requited love, he murdered his wife
_ Gradual Molition of Slavery -In a late Lexington,
It is rumored at Richmond that John Ran- *?' „ P * P "’ nolic<: " P r0 P'> !ili <> n for the foundation
dolpli comes home from Europe determined r nm ”"8 sllve hn,, l e r9, tr> cflect the gradual
to make war on the administration; that iie is 1 1? p * ,lon of * ltv "‘ ' l ‘ !ne,, '*>' names,
satisfied the appointment lo Russia was given! ««■"* •« b" to emancipate the
to bribe or disgrace him; that as a redjcmitig COm ' ng ecn l er l a,,on 88 88 “ be done with-
measure he will decline the outfit of nine thou- J 01 " " ,8, ‘ >rlal dc,r,m *nt «> the interests of slave hold-
sand dollars; #n d that under his auspices, the ! ° r, ' 1 “ ,va d ,° ' h8 ' ,hc "y s,cm "f 8 ' 8 vcry is
Calhoun standard is to ho ratsed. Johnny is ! .To ' '' oun "’' b8,8 "« il8
no doubt bravo enough to fight the devil I •d»"' 8 S«. «nd that therefore Hi. our .merest to dis-
JUabama.—At a public dinner given by the
citizens of Montgomery tn the Hon. Dixon
H. Lewis, a member to Congress from South
Alabama, the following toasts werc drank.
They display much good sonse, patriotism,
and courtesy.
The lion. Geo. M. Troup, IT. States’ Se
nator from Georgia—Honest and patriotic,
his principles know no compromise. lie has
gained for himself an immortal fame, and pos
terity will rank him among the first of the
sons ofthe south.
George. R. Gilmer, Governor of the State
of Georgia—Deserving of the gratitude of ere-
vy true Republican for his late decisive con
duct towards the Supremo Court—an illustri
ous commentary upon the principles of the
Resolutions of ’93.
^ The Agriculture' interests of the Country--.
Constituting the virtue, the intelligence, the
strength of a people, let us carefully guard
thorn against the withering effects of Manu
facturing Power.—Macon Mcertiser.
United States Bank.—The New York E.
Post publishes an extract of a letter from an
American gentleman residing in London, on-
der'the date nfFeb. 5th, from which we learn
that the capitalists of Europe nro alarmed at
tho prospect before them, and deposits to an
immense amount have been placed nt the dis
posal of the Bank of the United States, sub
ject to their drafts. There was much specu
lation as to the amount of money thus trans
ferred, but tho writer names no supposed
amount. The principal London bankers nt*
T . . ? " or j penso with that portion of our population hv some such
would ImrHh ""hl'niic Idm'f'or'a chamn; n 8en96 | ? r8<iu81 P’oce* 8 »• will not stiddeaty or csscnnsHv in-1 amount. J lie prmctpni lionuon oamters nt-
general. Unless he lake care his name^vih "T*" 0 ' V ! lh ,h< i * rrar, P cmM1,s of our plant or*, oi other* | trilmto the great export of specie from I'ng-
a seronH i i nvnnnoed .1 ! whose principal dependence now is upon slave labor, I land lo this country, to the confidence in the
nudun-' GoorS Sn.v of i - b8 « been .a, iou. the. some officii mode ' United States Bank, which ho say. is now
ife—but a nCW ! I,c doviscd and Ci " ied inl ° •**». «o nccoa.pl.xh .hi.' cc-r.amiv greater than in the Bank of England,
tfc-but | cognomen Macon Telegraph, j ot)jPC( . whether the one proposed i, the most prsev- -Sac. Republican.