Virginia Argus. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1796-1816, 1813-09-13
JAMES MADISON.
A most daring Auocity.

HUDSON, IN. W Aug. 81.
On Saturday afternoon las, the body OF VI Iss
SALLY HAMIL ION, the daughter OF Samuel
Hamilton, Esq. OF Athens, CON the opposit,
bank of North Riverl found in the creek
which empties itself into the river about an 100
rods north OF the upper settlement OF that vii
iage-rhe circumstances attending the daring
deed which produced this Young ady's death.
are the most agonIzing, and such as at once
evnce most wretched deterioration i'm the
morals of society. The facts as VIC have been
able to collect them, are follow
On "Wednesday evening last, about o'clock
Miss HANILroN, lett the house OF he's sister.
IN the lower settlement of the village of a.
thens where she had been visiting, TO return
to her fathers house in the upper sett emcnt
(the two settlements are towards half A mile.
apartJ accompanied by several of her acalfain-
uhces. On reaching the upper settlement, part
Ot her company stopped at a store to make some
purchases, and on beng desired to go in. she
also stopped al the door, but excused herself.
urging tha. slr had been irOm home all day &
was anxious to return When she Jeff tbis
store, 1t was precisely half past eight O'Clock.
From here she was accompanied by two elder
iy ladies', and when she parted from them, was
wthm twenty rods OF her fathers house.-af
eT she parted from these ladies', 40 positive &C.
count OF her can be- traced although the TWEEN.
~ rods she had 90 walk TO reach her fathers
hOuse, is nearly as thicky settled as any mart
oi the city of Hudson and 1t was not until he
next afternoon TIA, erabscnce was discovered
when her sister, at whose house she had been
he preceding day, visited her fathers, and
botn parties missing the favorite of the family.
mutual enquiries ior herwere made, which on
further enquiry among the ueishbors resulted
~ the distressing eciaIrc EASEMENT embraced bV
the preceding detai!.-rhe alarm was instantly
gwen, and search made for her in every direc.
zion without effect.
The only intelligence that could be obtained.
that ~ any way tended 10 euCidate her fate
was, that between eight and nine o'clock. Of
the evening in which she disappeared, a wa.
maa who was in the back part of the house at
the opposite corner OF the street. 10 that which
she had 10 turn to so to her fathers, came into
tho front part OF the house, and enquired with
some agitation, 1t they had not just then heard
The stiH q cries OF a woman in distress Tie
reply being given IN the negative, the enquiry
was dropped. This corner of the street i
within 4 stones throw of the water side. and
turning which, from the street she was last par
ted with in, TO go 20 her fathers house, She
would leave the road that led direct to the
creek beyond tbs village. About o'clock al
so, little after, tae cries of female IN dis
tress were heard by the people at a house about
% rods beyond The creek they we're heard
twice or thrice very distinctly, and afterwards
rath r family but imagining that they must be
deceived and that 1t was the noise OF the boys
IN the village, they thought but little Of it until
the next day when the absence of Miss HAMrt..
row was ascertainedi blood was found upon
tie timbers OK the bridge that crosses the
creek, where two ofthe planks were missing
The creek was now searched, out all to no pur-
pose and in this state of painful incertitude.
the search was renewed on Saturday, the third
eey of her absence, when the body was found
about half mile up the creek beyond the
bridge, nearly as far as a boat could be pushed
The body was afterwards placed in the el,arfc,
Of a jury summoned for the purpose, Ton which
were two physicians) who conveyed it to he
fathers house aud ai,cg an examination Of G.