The Sun.
London, England, 1851-08-22 00:00:00

AN AMERICAN TRAGEDY.

Our town was thrown into high excitement on Mon-
day last by the arrival of a runaway couple from tho
county of Amherst. First came Dr. Williams and Miss
Morriss (the affianced lover) with two brothers of Dr.
W. and Mr. Hill. Soon afterwards, Mr. Richard Mor-
riss and his son Richard (the father and brother of Miss
Morriss) and Mr. Shelton arrived in hot pursuit after
the fugitives. The whole of Monday evening was con•
sumed in propositions from one side to the other, Dr.
Williams refusing to give up the young lady to her
father. Counsel was called in, who decided that there
was no law by which Mr. Morriss could recover posses-
sion of his daughter. Threats passed freely on both
sides, and young Morriss being told that his sister
would not be given up without a fight, drew a pistol
upon one of Dr. Williams's brothers, who showed that
he was fully prepared for such an emergency, and blood
would have been shed had not the bystanders interfered
to prevent it. The parties were then arrested, dis-
armed, and bound over to keep the peace. In the course
of the evening Mr. Morriss obtained possession of
his daughter, and thus ended the affair in Char-
lottesville. On Tuesday morning the Morriss party,
with the daughter, set out upon their return home, and
a few moments afterwards the Williams party followed.
The Williams party passed the others, and arrived at
Lovingston (Nelson C. H.) first, and it so happened that
both parties stopped at the same hotel. Young Morriss
and Mr. Hill met at the supper-table, when something
passed that exasperated Morriss, and ho threw his plate
at Hill's head. Hill thereupon drew a pistol and fired
at Morriss, the shot taking effect in the region of his
heart. Morriss then shot Hill in the abdomen, giving
him a severe, and it is thought mortal wound. He also
fired at Dr. Williams, the shot taking effect in the spine,
and the doctor expired in five minutes thereafter. Miss
Morriss is a raving maniac, and threatens to put an end
to her existence it' her lover should not survive his
wound. Mr. Morriss proceeded home with his daughter
and the corpse of hit son, expecting that the dreadful
calamities which had befallen them would cause the
death of his wife. Thus has ended one of the most
terrible tragedies that has ever occurred upon the soil
of Virginia. Nothing is wanting to render it complete
—love, misery, madness, awl death, make up the
scenes of the bloody drama. We trust that so awful a
lesson will not be lost upon the community.--Charlottes-
ville Advertiser.

M. Cremieux, representative Of the people, com-
plained on Sunday to the commissary of police of the quarter
Montholon, that an extensive robbery had been committed
in his house, No. 8, Rue Riboute. His servant, Rosalie
Klein, a Jewess, stated that at six o'clock in the morning
she had gone as usual to seek the milk, leaving the apartment
open by mistake. On returning she found a man dressed in
black in the ante-room, and be knocked her down by a tre-
mendous blow on the head. Stunned by the blow, she could
not, she said, cry out, and on recovering she perceived that
the jewel box of her mistress had disappeared. M. and Ma-
dame Cremieux placed full credit in her statement from the
air of sincerity with which it was made. The commissary
of police, however, suspected the girl, and made a minute
search in her apartment, and all over the house, but withoat
finding the jewels. A watch was, however, set on her, and
yesterday morning she was observed to leave the house at an
early hour, with a basket on her arm. She walked rapidly
to the Boulevards, and on reaching the Boulevard des
'Wiens, perceived that she was followed by a police-
inspector. She immediately took to her heels, but he caught
her, after a sharp chase, at the corner of the Rue Taitbout.
In her box was found the jewel box, containing two gold
watches and chains, a gold lorgnon, a large gold chain, 0
witha
simple brooches, eleven pins, three brooches ornamented
brilliants, several nngs, earrings, &c.,
of 10,000 f. The inspector proceeded to take the girl and the
the whole of the value
of
booty to the Prefecture of Police. On passing""rlea
Pont Neuf she broke from his grasp, and attempte o p
into the river. She was,seized however, prevented. On being
taken into an office at the Prefecture, she a bottle of
ink, and struck herself a violent blow ou the forehead. She
fell senseless, but after a while recovered. She was then
interrogated, and locked up.—Galigna"
DEATH FROM FIGHTING .—A coroner's inquest was
held yesterday at the George and Dragon, Holton-market,
before Mr. Baker, coroner for thr:3 district, on ()inn
thethe body of'
market,
Daniel Michael Dutton,
he
adduced, that on Tuesday
evening who met his death undearnBtc37feollowing circumstances
appeared from the
companzuwttlen),seavlleraofl
ofevtihee name:of Henry Gregor
evening last a man in . was in
the public-house above named,
at bagatelle and skittles. A few words
other men, among whom was the deceased' (
whom were playing
arose, and there was a stand-up fight, the details of which
have al ready appeared. The evidence of Mr. Blackmore
and Mr. Watson, two surgeons, went to show that they had
made a post mortem examination of the body, and it was
their candid opinion that the deceased died from the inju-
ries he had received at the hands of the man Gregory, who
is now in custody. The jury, after fifteen minutes' delibe-
ration, returned a verdict of 4 Manslaughter" against Henry
Gregory.