The Sun.
London, England, 1850-01-03 00:00:00

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MYSTERIOUS SUICIDE AT
NL Galt,.
The Detroit Advertiser g,,v,6 the following parti-
culars of the mysteriOui death of Mrs. Miller,
• ughter of the lion: John Norvell, late United
St: senator of Detroit, and the wife of Msjor
Milk , of the army, now in Florida.. This Illy.
rea ed
,the Eagle Hotel, at Niagara, from Witt;.
elfester, Va., on the 26th
.tilt., with her two little'
bop, four and six years old. She disappeared dur-
ing the night, • but sundry letters, her .gold'latch, a
purse with some 4 dollars in coin, all the ormemented
parts of her hair, two trunks, and a very'feve eloThes,
her wedding ring. &c., were found on 110- chamber
table. Among the notes were the following:—
NIAGARA } 'Nov. g.lioa. J.'
Norvell, U. S., District Attorney, Detroit. ‘Vell, riiy
dear father and mother, this is perhaps the laid letter
you will receive froM me. I believe .I'left
Wits-
chetter for Pittsburgh, by Way of P. ilidelphis;
but so*hew I got here,: don't know 'how,. fire
I never travelled it alone before. TAP 'good .
care oftotisp.oetdreositr ,
.libttulot
ylouincrearindfetrrl, I think,
ping do all chil-
dren.
My little girl is in heaven. I hope to join her
soon. My head aches almost to distraction now.
Go?,1 bye, dear parents, brothPre_arid sisters. Don't
forget to do all you can for. Major Miller. He hat
always been_ a kind husband.—As ever, your
affte-
tionato d .ughter, 1. G. MILLER.
The Advertiser thus proceeds in tbe-ftirther hikory
of the

Her two bop, the oldest of whom is nowsids
ears of age, s.fy that vn the night of their arrival
at the I'dlk their thotht r put them to bed and bade
themgood bye ;
,vv!:eo they awoke on the morning Of.
Tuesday, the 27th of November, they Pa usual wrist
to the bed in ytich they supposed sheliad'ilicpt:' She
had not apparentlybeen in the bed, rang the_
bell. The barkeeper came up to, the room. They
asked for their mother. He knew, nothing of her,,
disappearance. He observed the letters noticed above, ;
and gave the alarm. . •
Upon the alarm being given of her disappestarice,
much excitement took place in the village, and difa
ferent persona and parties set out in search of her.
Filially, her new silk bonnet:or hood, trampled upon,.
was found in the abutment of the bridge which leads
frol the main shore to Goat Island; about 200 feet
frotn the shore. Her crape ihawt, torn into three.
pieces, tied tcgetber by very hard:knots, was fastened
to the bridge, apparently to let herself down, first to
the abutments, and then to lower herself still further
towards the rapid current which sweeps over the
Falls.

This is the last trace which could be discovered of
her, as far as regards her meditated self destruction.
Mrs:Miller, with her children, arrived at Buffalo
on Sunday morning, the 25th of November, and went
in a carriage to the Lovejoy House. She then opened
and read the letter which was handed to her at the'
depot. Finding that the had made a mistake in going
to that house, she apprised the landlord of it, express-
ing herself perfectly satisfied with her accommoda-
tions, but said she had a friend, or some friends, at the
Eichange, and desired to go there. Upon the sug-
ge'stion of the landlord, she wrote a short note to
some one at the Exchange, and remained where she
was for breakfast. In a few minutes a man came
from the Exchange, and inquired for the lady
,Who
had sent for him. She was notified of his arrival.
She said that she would see him in the public parlour.
Accordingly she came down, saw this person a rno•
meat, and after breakfast ordered a carriage to take
her and her children to the Exchange, where OW
remained till the next morning, which was the .morn-
ing on which, at nine o'clock, she proceeded in the
cars to the Falls of Niagara.
At the Exchange she was not seen in company with
the stranger who had gone from that hotel to the
Lovejoy House, in compliance with her note. When
she went in the cars in the morning, this man did not
accompany her, but was seen near the cars, and
directed the conductor to put the lady into them.
The conductor, a gentlemanly man, was struck with
the appearance of the two boys, took them in his
arms, and placed them in the car where their mother
was. When they arrived at the Falls, the same con-
ductor very kindly again took the children, carried
them to the Eagle, and then returned for theii mother.
He had but one umbrella. It was raining. Hence
the necessity of two trips.
On the Tuesday prior to the arrival of Mrs. Miller
at the Falls, a stranger came to the Eagle tavern at
that place, and put up. The book-keeper requested
him once or twice to enter his name. He reluctantly
took up the pen, wrote " Henry," threw it down, 'and
asked the book keeper to finish the rest, saying that
his fingers were cold, and giving his name as Henry
Blakerner. On the Thursday after he arrived at the
Exchange in Buffalo, and remained there several
days. In the hook of that house he entered his name,
with similar reluctance, as Henry Blakemer, of 'Phi-
ladelphia.
This man is represented to have hr en from five feet
six to eight inches in height, thin in person and
visage, with dark fps, Wok heir, dark whiskers,.
mustachios, and a largo quantity of hair on and under
his chin. He occasionally wore a hat, and ti en a
cap. Occasionally he put on spectacles; to which he
was evidently unaccustomed. ills deportment was
restle,s, aid his motions nervous. Ile kept a con-
stant look out for the eastern cars, and directed the
porter of the Exchange to notify every time they
arrived. his whole conduct demonstrated that be
was not a gentleman in feeling or manners. When
he arrived at the Exchange, he insisted upon a
bargain to pay only for the meals of which he actually
partook, and refused to give anything for a bed the
night he purposed to leave Buffalo for Tonawanh.
In engaging a buggy and pair of horsta at a livery
stable, he cotnplaineil of the price, and inducid the
owner to reduce it.

Late on Monday afternoon, the 26th November,
having engaged the horses and buggy, he set off, as he
said, towards Tonawande—paying that it was impor-
tant that he should go two miles below that place the
same night.

The next morning, at three o'clock, long before
daylight, he arrived, with a lady, at the Mansion-
house, in Buffalo; and the .two left that city in the
last train of Eastern cars, at five o'clock the same
morning. The man wanted tickets for Cayuga lake,
but on being told. that way tickets were not given
I ut, he took them fur some other stopping point.
Mr. Fargo telegraphed to this city to know wheth't
he should dispatch a police-officer in pursuit of the
parties. lie was immediately rtquested to do so.
Accordingly an officer proceeded all along the route
to New York, discovered the trace of tbem, and, in
the city, could only learn that two persons, corre-
sponding in description, had gone on towards Phila.
delphia. The officer was then, by telegraphic
dispatch, directed to follow on to Philadelphia, and, if
he could learn nothing there, to return to Buffalo.
The only evidence leading to the conclusion that
Mrs. Miller was the lady brought back in the buggy
by the disguised stranger, is the fact of his handing
her a letter; their seeing each other in Buffalo, her
going to the Exchange, bis loitering about the cars
when the left for the Falls, and the size of the person,
on arriving at the Mansion-house, appearing to be that
of Mrs. Miller. No one saw her face. She was
thickly veiled, and may, though that is uncertain,
have worn a black straw bat, which she with her..
To this relation, embracing all the material facts
now known here on the subject, •it is proper to add,
that at Winchester the infant daughter of Mrs. Miller
was distressingly ill for several months. Of courts
she felt called on to devote her days and nights to the
sick bed of the chid. A young mother, with an
ardent attachment, seldom equalled, to her children,
her unremitted atten*.ions, her sleepless vigils, her loss
of rest, mode heavy drafts upon her constitution and
mind. In her lett,q3 to her mother she evinced an
admirable siiirit of fortitude, but occasionally intimated
that the absence of all rest, and her distress of heart,
had affected her health in various ways: ••• •
That she could have placed hetself in the power
a stranger, left her poor little Orphan children-seeersi
hundred miles from any of their relations; helpress,
thrown upon the mercy of persons to whom they were
unknown—that she could have done so, blightirts the_
hopes awl affections, humiliating tne pride, aroishing
the reputation, lacerating the feelings of her family
and connexions, is still more beyond the possibility of.
belief.
mulsft hshaevle beeneftt a mereheFal agent.lswit Allhtheher
person
tastes,descri all bed,
herhe
habits, all her previous sent 'rent!, must FavP'Ciused.
her to revolt from such an association.

DIVIDEND•DAT AT THE, 'BANK.—Notice was
issued yesterday at the Bank• of England th 4 the
itnhem9uthrseinosrtapnta?lnTenhte
totrautt
publicfer books b
for the following annuities will' be opeied on
the undermentioned dates :—Consolidated Three per
Cents, on Wednesday, the 16. h inst.; Three-and-a-
Half per Cent. Annuities, 172.6, o Is tb 11 h
• • n, e_,
inst.; New Five per Cent.. Annuities, ditt6; Annuities
for terms of years, on Wednesday, the 16th inst. The,
dividends on South Sea Old Annuitiee will be in course
of payment on the 9th inst., and the transfer
.books
opened on the 16th. The dividends on East India stock
will be in course of payment on Monday next, the 7th
inst., anti the warrants under the 11th section, Act 3d at d
4th William IV., chap. 85, will be ready to be delivered
on that day.
At the, meeting of the Royal Santiago Mining
Company. held yesterday, aft rnoon • it, was jail:natal
that the differences with the Cobre Cimpany had been
Settled by the latter tigreeing to pay 5 0001. in adju
ment of all claims. Of this sum a ••portion had been
already anticipated in expenses incurred for prosecuting
fresh discoveries on the Royal Santiago property, and
the remainder would be added to the existing floating
capital of 21,000/.-to carry on general operations. The
live produce of the mines was 'regarded as encouraging,
but the receipts for the half-year did not warrant the
directors in declaring a dividend. The explanations
given by the chairman were received as satiifactory, and
as it was intimated that in all probability a dividend
would be proposed at the next meeting, the 'von pre
I
tented was unanimously approved. -