The Sun.
London, England, 1835-05-05 00:00:00

TRAGICAL OCCURRENCE.

The Charleston Courier gives the following parti-
culars of a shocking tragedy, which are said to have
been established before the Coroner's inquest :
Colonel Myers and Major John M'Lemore were
neighbours, and their plantations adjoined. There
was no friendship between the parties, although a son
of the former had intermarried with a daughter of the
latter. A dispute existed between them concerning
seven acres of land to which they both laid claim.
Col. Myers bought the land about four years ago from
Joseph Threwitts, for 50 dollars, M'Lemore had previ-
ously offered Threewits 47 dollars for it. The land was
valuable to Col. Myers only because it connected his two
plantations ; and for this very reason M'Lemore as he
himself declared, was most opposed to Myers having it.
_Nothing was known of VPLemore's claim until last spring
when Col. Myers gave one of his negroes permission to
plant the land for himself, and with that view had it
ditched. Then for the first time M'Lemore came for-
ward, saying that the land was his, and his plat em-
braced it. On examination it was then discovered that
the corner and line trees had been cut down and even
the roots dug up. It was agreed, however, that
11PLeinore's land should be surveyed, and if his plat
embraced it, that Col. Myers would surrender it. The
day was fixed for the purpose ; Col. Myers attended,
and so did M'Lemore, but only to say that his surveyor
had disappointed him. Another day was fixed, when
-q‘Lemore was again in default. Here the matter rested
ti.l the 3d inst.; when Col. M. went with his overseer
.1 four negroes to fence in the land. He had not
en there more than half an hour, when M'Lemore and
his overseer, both armed, rode up to Colonel M.,
who was standing with his back to M'Lemore, and
the latter when within six or seven steps of Colonel
M. (who was not aware of his approach) called out
to him that he was a damned rascal, and as Colonel.
M. wheeled round he shot him dead on the spot.
Colonel M. was unarmed, not even having a stick.
M'Lemore after this, still on horseback, advancing a
step or two nearer, cocked the other barrel of his gun,
and was in the act of shooting a second time, when
Colonel M.'s overseer called out--" you have already
killed him-.-don't shoot him again :" upon this he
turned his gun upon the overseer and threatened
to shoot him too if he opened his mouth. He
then dismounted from his horse, and reloaded the bar-
rel he had discharged, and called to the overseer to
look if Myers was dead, and on being informed
that he was, replied, " for if he is not I'll give him
another load." He then went off with his overseer,
having first ordered the negroes away, leaving the body
of Colonel M. weltering in blood, with only his over-
seer to guard it. Col. Myers was shot directly through
the heart, with a heavy load of buck shot, several of
which passed through him. The physicians say that
he could not have breathed once after he was shot.
M‘Lemore's overseer (Sligh) proved that his employer
had been on the watch for Col. Myers ever since day-
light, and told him (Sligh) that " if Col. Myers came
to that land that day, he was determined to kill him."
We forbear any comments on this horrid transaction,
as it is shortly to be judicially investigated.

GILCONISTON CHURCH.—Yesterday the Rev.
James Bryce, of the Scotch Church, Wooler, was elected by
the congregation of Gilcomston parish to be their pastor, in
the room of the late much lamented Dr. Kidd. —Aberdeen
Advertiser.

The Waterford Chronicle complains of the neglec
Limerick has evinced of Kean, whose father gave 5001. to.
wards the relief of the poor in that place.

HUSBAND HUNT IN G.---MUSiC is cultivated to
fascinate the reluctant ear, painting to captivate the eye, and
dancing to enrapture the touch. Botany has been studied as
an excuse for solitary walks and maiden musing ; geology, for
a rocky nook, or a secluded pass ; astronomy, that "the silent
Lour at night, and star of love," may produce their wished-for
iiifluence ; poetry is read to select tender and touching pas-
sages ; and history, to quote examples of woman's undying
1.-ficction. Attitudes are studied, sighs practised, fainting
stimulated, and a fountain of tears, sacred to dear sensibility,
is most conveniently arranged, to pour out, on all fitting
occasions,

" A shower of glittering pearls."— Old Maids.
Extremely cold winds prevailed in this neighbour-
hood during the last few days ; and on Sunday afternoon,
after a heavy shower of hail, rain, and snow, the Blagdon-
bills appeared completely covered with the latter, in which
state they still remain. The late severe frost, and still pre-
vailing sharp cold winds, have inflicted very general mischief
on the blossoms of all descriptions of fruit-trees. Grape-
vines, gooseberries, and every sort of garden produce, have
been prostrated by the sharpness of the air. The orchards
may yet, in a great degree, recover, but the more tender fruits
are wholly lost.— Taunton Courier.
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A MISER.—A man named Whiting recently died
in the parish of St. Mary, Colchester, of which he had been a
pauper nearly thirty years. The overseers having suspected
that he had been possessed of property, obtained a warrant for
searching the house in which he had lived and died, and found
7 chests, some with 3 locks and some with 6. These boxes
contained 32 coats, 11 jackets, 42 waistcoats, 36 pair of
breeches and pantaloons, 33 pair of stockings, 20 shirts (nearly
all new), 6 new hats, 18 pair of boots and shoes, 7 pair of shoe
aad knee silver buckles, and 14 silk and other handkerchiefs.
They then forced up the boards of the floor of his room, and
in different parts they found no less than 1891. 7s. 6d. in gold
and silver. The deceased had received parish relief for nine
years previous to this discovery, to the amount of 471. 7s. 6d.
which sum with expenses they detained, and returned the
surplus.

It is well known, that for some years the late Al-
derman Brook Watson wore a wooden leg, in consequence of
his natural one having been bitten off by a shark while bathing.
Dining one day with a gay party of his friends, he indulged
very freely in wine, and became nearly insensible. After a
while he went into his room and retired to bed, forgetting,
however, to disencumber himself of his wooden leg, which
made its appearance at the foot of the bed. Shortly after,
the chambermaid (mistaking the room) entered the apartment,
and seeing the end of the wooden leg, it had such an effect
upon her, that she immediately exclaimed, " Bless me I I've
left the warming-pan in the bed 1" and in her fright she
seized what she took for the warming-pan, and actually
pulled poor Brook half out of bed before she discovered her
mistake.