The Express.
London, England, 1851-03-31 00:00:00

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A MURDER AND ITS PUNISHMENT IN

A DJUCA.

The following facts, if true (and their extraor-
dinary nature is the sole-ground for doubt), arc so startling
that, expunging a few expressions and details wholly un• '
fitted to appear in the columns of an English journal, we
transfer the account as found in the New York Morning
Express, of March 9. The heading given is " llonible
Occurrence ;"—as to which portion of the "occurrence"—the
murder (dreadful enough, it is true) or its punishment, the
qualification of " horrible" is best suited, and how far the
spectators of the latter merit the title given them of " la-
dies and gentleman," we leave the reader to judge :

"We copy the following from the Paulding (Miss.) Clarion:
On Tuesday morning Mr. Dixon started front home in
quest of cattle. Ilia little son, an artless child two
years old, startled fondly after him, pursuing some dis-
tance, unnoticed by the father and undiscovered by the
mother. Mrs. Dixon soon missed the boy, went alter him,
and called to him to return. She Wag then approached by a
negro named Haley, who commenced improper behaviour
towards her. She repelled his advances, when he felled her
to the earth, and having effected his purpose, beat her
upon the head with pine limbs, and stabbed her until
she died. • • •
•
. . . -

" On returning in the evening, Mr. Dixon found his
youngest child (an infant) lying in the bed, but missing his
wife and eldest child, he gavu the alarm, and the neigh-
bours immediately commenced a search for Mrs. 1). and her
child. About 12 o'clock that night she was found, about •
quarter of a mile from home, horribly murdered. An end
of a large stick was found broken near the body, which is
supposed was done by the unfortunate woman in her strug-
gles to save her life.
" When Haley was 'nested, his clothes were stained with
blood, and he threw away his knife. After being severely
whipped, he made a full confession of his crime. On
Thursday, about two hundred persons were assembled, in-
cluding many ladies. The guilt of Haley was too manifest
for doubt ; and, while indignation was at its height, it was
proposed that Haley be burned to death. To this proposi-
tion there was not • single dissentient, if we except the
officers of the law, who, in compliance with their sworn
duty, protested against the illegality of the act. All were
eager for the instant and signal punishment of the mur-
derer. Accordingly, be was borne to a tree, chained to it,
and surrounded with light and thin wood.
" We will not dwell upon the horrors of the death scene.
nor do we deem it necessary to utter • word eatennative of
the violation of law which the punishment involved. It
was • lawless act, bat who will say it was not just—who
will urge that they, under the same circumstances, would
have acted in a different ananner.
" In the instance under consideration, however, we have
no censures to indulge • bat, in simple justice, we would
observe that those who participated in burning the negro,
in point of rtopectabsitty sail character, would rank M-
I vouralsly with the rase number of citizen. in any commu-
nity or state.
P S. The negro num, Haley, was put to death by burning
as the spot where he committed the murders, at ten o'clock
on lint Thursday, in the presence of nearly two hundred
I ladies and geestkmsn."

TuE MANCUESTER BOILER EXPLOSION has cre-
ated a painful sensation throughout the week, in conse-
quence of the protracted search which has bad to be made
in the ruins of the building destroyed fur the body of moot
he sufferers. It was stated in the Express of Friday
that nine persons had been killed, but that only eight of
the bodies had been found • this was the body of a boy
named John Cominisky, and it was not discovered Ull
Saturday morning. owing to the mass of masonry which
had been displaced by the explosion, and left in a huge pile
on the spot where the mill stood... By the evidence of Mr.
Williamson, owner of the saw null, given at the opening of
the inquest, it would appear that an occasional fireman,
whom he only knew by his Christian name of Richard, was
probably buried in the ruins ; but this is not the case ; and
though the man has kept out of the way fur some reason, it
is expected that he will be produced at the arVourned in-
fanta, to give evidence of the state of the baler ap to a
amt time previous to its bursting, and the woffittlllloM
the safety valve. Mr. Fairbairn is also to be called in, to
give an opinion of the strength and capabilities of the boiler
for resisting the pressure of steam to which it would be
subjected.
2:en WEST 'INDIA REGIME-XL—nix laglmepte,
under the command of Lieut-Col. Cobbe, landed aI Bubo.
does from Jamaica on the 21st February lost.