Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1817-10-10

t,fs uiasy o''icr person, HAN myself u
lite Is spared to prevent IT." Alas, altho
HE vile oaihs and imprecations of the
cash young man were then regarded as
pniy the fruits of intoNicatinu, vet, sad to
relate, he has since made manifest by Il
deed of dreadful note.
Having hy means unknown, "a few days
since obtained information Thai the mar
riaye ceremony VAS the evening following
10 Ice performed between Miss Z. and
her new suiier(a young gentleman from
Mar, land y thc vile murderer, j, appears,
began to devise Il plan and 10 furnish
himSelf with surh weapons as would en-
ai,le him To effect tins heii,sh design; Sc
crc;lv obtaining brace of large horse
pistols and IA clasp knife, The iorsuCr be
charged Mi,i a bsIl aud slug each: thus
al med and lnstigatCJ bN the devil, he, on
Tie evening o. t,Ic 10Th u!t. repaired to
tl,e house OF Col. p. for the unfortunate
MARIA, where, Gas appears Icy his own
coniesSion) after hayin. shulAcd about
the house fur some line, seeking AN op-
portuni,y 20 destroy the innocent aud un-
s.ispccing victim, and becoming still
more exasperatea al a view Other through
the wiGdow, seated in d cornwall mood
beside her lover, his disposition would
NJ longer permit him Ia postpone deed
* hi u the deceptive arts ot hell (it may
be allowed The eNpresSionl were prompt
i'm him 10 execute. On entering the pi-
azza, with cooked pistol in his hand, he
tapped at the door, which, unfortunately
being opened by the everi Ia toe iamenieG
Maria. she instanianeously received in
her left side the contents Of the fatal
weapon, aud fell !ifnl'ss on the floor.
The vic assassin, conscious OF lis
guilt, and probably of the aionement
which Justice would demand for an act
So ban harous, attempted to escape his just
reward 10y plunging the knife into his own
Bosom; but. although he gave himse!iIwo
$ we're wounds, ain informed BY the
Surgeons who attended him, that they
are not such as willgrove mortal.
II is impossible, my dear sir, 10 deS-
cr.be the gloomy sensation which seems
10 pervade the minds Of our inhabitants,
OF every description, in consequence Of
this truly melancholy event; nor is il
hardly possible to determine which ofthe
wrrtched parents exhibits the greatest
marks Of insupcrable grief, those OF the
poor unfortunate MARIA, or the wretch
ell SPoONER; they are each equally res
pectable-and as they have ever beeu up
on the terms of intimacy. they mingie with
each other their tears Of aii.ictiOn those
nf the latter think, however, descr, e
tue most commiseration ; for, while the
parents of the justly lamented MARIA,
have the 7Oot!iny consolation 10 presume
the undtfled spirit OF their beloved child
now numbered with the blessed, those
of her ex"crsble assassin have The heart
renting rejection ti.at they have yet to
witness the isnominious death of their
son.
The mortal remains of poor MARIA
were yesterday deposited with its native
clay: but that vital spark which never
dies. we trust ilas been ushered by sister
spirits. through the ETHEREAL regions, into
the biisSful abodes of Paradise there 10
exist with renovated vigor, where lie is
one continHed scene of endless ecs;acy
in company with myriads of the heaven
/; choir.