The Wilmingtonian., 1824-02-19

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and enabled her to live without exhaustine
the little sum she had saved from hel
earnings whilst in the service OF Mrs. Bur-
ton. After having been thus employed
nearly two months, she had occasion one
day to go to fruiterer's shop, which was
hear to a joiner's mandatory. One OF the
joiner's men, who was amusing himself with1
suddenly stopped, and after ooserV-l
ling her for a moment, said, Nh! la peauI
blanche! la jollie Jamie /! Recollection
flashed across her mind, and 1T became ev'.
dent to her that these expressions, directed
to her, could only have been learned from
her own mouth, at the time she used them
under the circumstances which it has BEEN
necessary to describe. The manner inl
which the words were uttered fixed sus-
lpicion in her mind against the man, but she
concealed her emotion, and suffered moth
ling to escape her which could induce HIM
to suspect her feelings.-After having til
nished her business at the frulterer's, shel
repaired Immediately to magistrate, tol
whom she related the circumstance which,
caused the simple exclamation thus repeat
ed in so mysterious manner by the joiner.
The Magistrate Immediately issued his
warrant 10 apprehend the young man,
whose character had already become no.
,ltoriousIv bad. The usual forms of crimi-
nal proceedings were gone through, but
without producing any thing further than
the circumstances related against the ac-
,Icused. The case under these circums-
tItances, was considered to be one Tor the
duplication of torture. which produced the
, expected effect. The man confessed that
,he was hidden under one of the beds in the
5 room where Mrs. Burton and her maid
, slept on the night of their arrival; that he
|, had remarked the conduct OF the latter,
T. Notwithstanding his constrained position,
: from which he did not move until the
: neope in the house had retired to bed; and
: that then, furnished with a gag and poin-
4 ard, he committed the murder in silence,
c and escaped with the purse he found under
o the lady's pillow. He further stated, that
n the maid owed her safety TO her profound
! sleep, and to the hope he entertained that
e all the suspicion of the murder would fall
t upon her.-The report OF surgeon was
V obtained, from which it appeared that thu
h wounds had been inflicted on the deceased
v by means of sharp cutting instrument
rsuch as described. This evidence. togrthe
bwth the fact that the man soon after thu
e murder had spent money very proiusely
t (which it was probable he could not hay
Y obtained honestly the relation Of the ser
/, want girl, and the confession of the monste
,fhimself, were considered sufficient grount
J. for his condemnation and his execution
which took place shortly afterwards.
From the Cincinnati Literary Gazette, OF Jan. q
:, - The note in which the following was in
~ closed ment;ons that it is the accoun
eh of an event that really occurred to tn
~, writer as related.
Vi sailed from New Orleans in the begil
of ming of February, 1872, in a small scho
"a. ner bound for New York. We decende
n the river without any accident, and wei
We to sea with fine breeze; we had iavou
an able winds and good weather for the FIR
US five days. On the morning of the slit
he it began to cloud up; as the day wore
Nv .Iway the gloom increased, and when u
might set in it was as intensely dark as
on, ever remember to have seen it. The II
the velty and interr st OF my situation proven
n a ed me from turning in; the scene was a
the fully grand--the railing OF the thund
ou- could just be distinguished above the roa
Irs.Iing of the waves, and the vivid flashes
as,lishtnng dispersed Tor momentthe gloo
be and showed the raging waters round |
aid. Il continued walking the deck with t
hercaptain, who was relating to me some
but the many dangers and difficulties, that
pse life of thirty years on the ocean had ST
ror ected him to. He had been thrice shi
en-, wrecked. and twice captured by the err
the my in the late war with England.
iHq was good seaman, and had all the vlrtu
nd and vices of sailor. We continued
e o. deck some time; the wind had now
tur- creased to gale. The waves ran moi
asst, tain high and our little vessel danced o,
re- them in fine style, when accidentally ca
the Ing my eye over her side | perceived son
und thing dark moving in the water; I pol
hing ed it to the captain. who no sooner saw
,ess, THAN with an exclamation of terror a
poseIdcspair lie cried tive are all lost" a
sur sprung to the pinnacle forh his trumpet.
rpsc saw in an instant our danger; it was
She large ship with all her sails set, beari
fellfull upon US. knew if she struck US
and destruction was inevitable; she wol