Martinsburg gazette and public advertiser. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1826-1833, 1831-09-29

suspicion of his insanity. On thurs.
day night he retired to bed at his usual
hour with his family, consisting OF bis
wife and two children. one 3 and the
other year of age. About midnight
a thunder shower rose aud the noise Of
the thunder awoke them from sleep
Mrs nj observed to her husband that
the shower was very heavy, to which be
replied yes. the day of Judgments
at hand, and we must get up and pre-
pare for nr-He Immediately left his
bed t,ak his elder child and commenced
be ating il in terrible manner, to keep
(as he remarke at the time, "Tbe Devils
of" Mrs NJ spraDg out of bed and
! interfered- Miller let go the child and
seized her by the hair Of her head. and
before she could extricate herself from
his grasp, he tore ali her night clothes,
of. and bruised. bit and scratched Der
flesh shoe kingIy; on making her escape
she Aod below stairs, and he followed
close after-in Der attempt to pass the
outer door be caught be- by the ANGLE,
she fell outsid-, the door at the same =,
time closing against her leg; in this
! condition she lay nearly an hour naked,
! and the rain pouring down IN torrent,
/ he. during the time. holding her by The
ANGLE inside the door He finally, and
of his own accord let 60 his hold and
she fsd to the nearest neighbour, al.
| most liteless. The neighbours he ne a.
larmed repaired to MiIler's house aud
found him ranging about it; the win.
! dnws were mostly broken to pieces
the younger child was found lying in the
weeds, about two rods from the house,
! awfuly wounded 10 several parts OF the
| BODY by blows apparently inflicted up
IN it with a hoe-it fingered few
hours and died. The other chIld was
found corpse in the cellar wretchedly
mangled
From traces of blood, end other ap.
pearsnres. it is supposed the last mem
toned child was killed by beating 'ts
he ad against the castings of tne window
10 the chamber in which the tragedy
commenced and that the bod, was
then hove out Of the window and after.
" ards taken u and tbrnwn through an
other window into the cellar Mrs Mli-
Ter remained at the house where she
first gave the alarm. and where she yet
remains unable to leave her bed, in
consequence Of TIE injury she received.
NJ Miller was taken before magis.
trate on Saturday, and after an inquiry
had. was committed TO the fairfield
jail to await legal investigation of
this unhapy circumstance al the next
term OF the supreme court fer this c"un-
~, which commeDces at Danbur}, on
The last Tuesday 10 this month.
Leopoid aud Prime of O ange-Many of
our readers will remember that soon after
the fall of Napoleon and the restoration Of
the family OF Nassau the throne of the
Netherlands, the Prince of Orange. with
the aurels gained at Waterloo as Aid of
" ellington vet fresh on his brow, became
sutor for the heart and hand of the late
Princess Charlotte, then about twenty years
of age, and heiress presumpuve to the crown
of Great Britain The proposed match
was generally considered as very suitable
one, and at one time it was considered all
but settled. The heir of the crown oil the
Netherlands was regarded as on rank with
the heiress of the British Ieles.-But soon af-
forwards Leopold Of SAKE Coburg, a Ger.
man Prince of comparative obscurity. came
aud presented his claims succeeded, and
the prelIuInarles were at once settled The
speedy marriage. and The subsequent stimuli
tar eoHs death of the Princess and her son,
are well remembered. - This same Leopold
is now on the throne OF decidedly the fair
est portion of what was then the inheritance
Of the Prince of Orange The London
iSlobe has the following article:
The Fortunate Y0uth.-Prince Leopald
II would appear. was born to thwart the
Prince of Orange---not only of his lady love,
the lamented, Princess OF these Isles, but
OF the Belgic crown Prince Leopold owed
his first introduction to the Princess Char
lotte, TO the then Duchess of Oldenburgh. a
very clever woman, who being ambitious of
marrying her sister to tue Prince of Orange,
commenced by prejudicing the young Pra-
cess mind against her cousin and lover
then artfllly painted hcr friend the aspiring
soldier. Leopold, TO youthful fancy, in the
most glowing colors; and ha sing thus wrought
up the imagination TO a proper height OF
excitement, she quilted these shores; and
the II, al of the Prince of Orange was sent
over with an autograph letter from the Ouch
ess TO her illustrIous young friend The first
introduction made fixed impression upon
mind so predlSposed IN his favor. Nature
had given him some external advantages
The King was anxious to see his daughter
married; and, like kind father. sacrificed IN
terest 10 Affection they were quickly united;
and the willy Duchess as quickly succeeded
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