Martinsburg gazette and public advertiser. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1826-1833, 1826-08-17

turdav night, the 29th uIt. destructive
fire was experienced. The large grlst
mill. in which the fire originated, be-
longing to Mr.. Gustayus Beall, togeth-
er With smaller grist mill, his dlstille-
nv. two store houses, two stables,
smoke house, and very large corn
house. were consumed. Also, the
store house belonging to Mr.. J. Wall,
in Winchester, Va. was burned TO the
ground. It's supposed that MIR; Baall
sustained a loss Of about 10, 600 dollars,
and Messrs. Hoblitzel aud Payne,
5000 dollars.
The PiHsburg Statesman furnishes
the following particulars OF the princl-
pal actors of the late scenes inKentncky:
Jereboam o. Beauchamp, being a
young gentleman of talents and of one
Of the first families in Kentucky, the
bar naturally presented itself as the
summit of his earliest ambition, and the
theatre of the proudest illusions. To
the profession of the law he was des.
tined by the wishes of his friends as well
as by his own inclination. To prepare
himself for that field in which he had
fondly hoped, in time, to gather honors,
and opulence, and public confidence,
and thus happily have spent life of
usefulness, he entered himself a student
under Col. Sharp, an eminent practi-
toner in bis native stale. What an i'll
fated moment for this brave, but unfor.
tunate young man! An orphan girl,
Miss Cook, resides his near neighbor,
who was descended of respectable con-
nexions, with many personal accom-
plishments, and intellectual beauties.
She was under the protection OF Col.
Sharp, who had protested that be was
the mutual friend of her and Beauchamp,
and proposed marriage alliance be-
tween them. Fame at this time, had
not whispered the tale OF her disgrace,
the fatal evidence OF which soon Disco
vered itself. Mr. Beauchamp, however,
prevailed upon by an ardent passion for
the female, and the high consideration
of Col. Sharp's influence and interest in
life, had joined his fate with hers. One
short month revealed to his astonished
vision the chilling truth of her far ac-
yanced pregnancy. And she who's had
nnw by management and true affection,
secured the unalterable love of her de-
luded husband, without the concealment
of circumstance related to him the
history of Col Sharp's previous Grimm
al intimacy. That she had been left an
orphan on the worlds cold charity, that
Col Sharp from affected friendship for
her deceased parents had offered himself
as her protector, that when contldlng
in him she was ruined, and TO repair the
injury and rescue his own character
from reproach: he proposed wheeling
Mr.. Beaucbamp into the solemnities NJ
a marriage, all which he affected with
dark but consumate stratagem. Would
to God that here we could pause, and
throw veil black as his own infamy
over the conduct of Col. Sharp, or that,
for the sake ofhumanity, we could bu- |
ry in the shroud of his nterment the tears |
of blood he caused TO be shed. The in
husband, maddened by shame !
and sorrow, the worst of SORROWS and !
the worst of shames, menaced the life |
Of the adulteror. But the heart had now
an attachment for his wife which |
was the sovereign of all other passions.
Still the mind brooded over past wrongs,
painful injuries, which time alone could
not alleviate nor fortune soothe, the
memory Of which he could not brook.
The fall election had now arrived, when
Col. Sharp had announced himself a
for the assembly His poll
.ical enemies, to answer the purposes of
ais defeat, proclaimed to the people the
story OF his Illicit association with the or
phan child under his guardian care, and
he imposition practised On the young
nan whom he should have respected and
IGNORED. In refutation of this truth
Col. Sharp had the efirontery and the
,ccursed heart to circulate that he was
lot the father of the child, nor indeed
could he be-that the child was black,
L seemed, as if to finish his demoniacal
mischief and make the plot complete,
his last calumny must be added Now
was the actors take the stage and start
nto action. Mrs. Beauchamp's proud
mind could endure no longer. An ac-
ress of revenge she plays no underpart.
The resolves that the monster shall die,
nd that too by the dagger of her hus.
and. Sharp is assassinated- Beau
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