Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1833-03-04
INDIAN BhEHARiTY.

INDIAN BhtnARiTY.
T0sc,.DiA, Ala. Feb 2
j lie most barharous murder that has ever fuilen
To our lot to record, was com:nircd on last Wed
nesday, IN the Chckasow Country, about - miles
from this place, on the person Of james Kerby, Ii
young mtn who we understood resided III Robert
son county, Tennessee.
We should be unwilling to give currency to an
outrage 50 inhumun, were ii not lhat the facts are
f"ated by three gentlemen on onth who have arrived
II l9%n, nd were eye witness To part Of the hor-
lille scene.
he witnesses state That when passing by the
house OF ~siim,at, Gan lndian) known by travellers
as Il pubic stand, they were surprised 10 see II
large concourse OF Indians assembled around Il
white man who was firmly tied to a stake, lacesratc1
aiii bloody while two Indians, who proved To be
OLD S'fm1h, and his son M edtubbV, were innlct
ting upon hllu all tortures ingenuity could invent
Ills face was cut INTO large gashes, his nose and
ears cut oil, md during the short time they wines
scd the Het,al decd these lirads in humaa shspc
were seeking out AMI iuhietins new torlnenis. The
young m tn was std! able to converse and stated tic
cause ofhis fate.
They learned from the sufferer, tina, he (kcrby)
ma another man, Whose name the Witnesses do no,
ftcoilec', when passing through the Cickasaw
country, 81 theif way hotia from the South, where
NE Ind oeon with II drove OF horses, put up for
ue ~it1Ltat SUNNI the lace nboyo mentioned
'ldt dlI!l5 M aigh, m attempt was made 10y two
-..lilti. Z s0as " rpb them n conflict ensucd the
Z suit Of whIeil Was tue immediate death Of one of
me Indians and \ wound on the other which was
considered mortal. Tn mon made their cs,ufe
from thc l%luusel Lot W.re immediately pursued by
old SilU4ul Hffd ein E Indians, who made KERRY
prisoner nHd took lima bleh to the scene OF action.
l!te @~i,fessrs made soaIe elor, 10 ilberate the suf
-.
',itf, but were mad 10 understand that their oWu
safety depended on their immediate departure
fhts look place on Wednesday, evening, the wit
neses were informed on Thursday morning by an
Indian that 1a white man was dead that after tor
mentinS hi.n I'LL they wer. satisfied they knocked
a.n on the head with an axe aud buried him. The
shct5f Of this county is rasing a strong force 10
bring the offenders to justica.-.liaJamian.
.N1a@cy.-A negro girl belonging to Mr.. Geo.
milan Of Fairfax County, Va. lately saeretcd her
infant clsiid, TWO mounths old, in n grave yard near
Ccntreville, and left 1t there to perish. The re-
mains OF the child were found eighteen days after
wafds. The negro has been arrested, tlied and
condemned to be hung. She has confessed the in.
human crime.
7He Bpston Saioiae.--The Boston papers con-
tain a few additional particulars respecting the
80 ''' MY NAt+ibs VI ~ - ~ ~ !" II u tftb
ilshcd yesterday. Ii appears that in the letter
which Garter left directed 10 NJ. BgadIce, " he sta
ted that he had been unfortunate, that he was tired
nfthe world, and took this mode of leaving il: that
he wished his friends would to. give him and
r,.and thatit was her request that both might
be ooiied together in MIR. Ds tomb under Trinity
Church. In Miss l~lradlcc's trunk at home, was
also found a Ietter in her own hand writing, III
which she thanked heI parents for all their kind
ness, and asked forgiveness of them lof the act
oi leaving hon III tbs manner"
The bodies ot Nh. Garter and Miss Bradlcc were
hu'led irom The houses otthcir respective parents,
about 3 O'Clock yestesday afternoon. Both fanc-
rails reached Tinlty Churc, about the same time.
and the bodies were laid in the same tomb.
E1st0n Patriot.
GEORGIA..
The 18th instant was the oRe hundfc9A ami. F..