Litchfield enquirer., 1834-08-07
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gsspesute Affuy.-A most unparalleled and
sStudv ARRAY occurred in Baldwin County
90 the 5th inst. A misunderstanding had ex.
isted since ab0ut the iirst Of January last. be-
tween Robert Singleton and David English, I
Sen. ia regard to the right Of possession to
certain negroes. Ga the eth Of July, land
zoe some six or seven months prevIOusl they |
we're in the possession Of Singleton. On the
latter day Washington Eoglish and David
ENgiisss. IL. sons q 8. Sep. rgpai.ee 20 'ne
plantation OF r. Singletoa 10 BALDWIN co.,
taking with him three white men, Two OF
three Indians, and one or TWO negsoec, .ne
r.,,n.r,v az ID. E. Sen. They immediately
s,,nE nossrssiOn of the UegrUes, although OOe
;,f them made so obstinate resistance, and
exhibited SO determined a rrsOlNti"n never Ia
he taken. that he was killed on the spot BY
Washington English.
The party then proceeded IN their return.
towards the plantation Of p. English, Sem
In the mean time r.. Singleton having'recslx.
ed information of what had herO dauts M
media,rly set out. taking with him his oldest
SON, Joseph Singleton, to endeavOr to inter-
cent the party ON the read. On Saturday
morning the 5th, the parties mei. The two
S;usirt,ns and the Englishes bad each doub-
le barrelled gun---on approaching each ether
w. English told r.. Singleton mot To shoot.
he would surrender" Upon hearing this, y.
s.. turned half round TO speak to his son. anG,
~ that tnonent, received shot from -. +.
Jr. an the shoulder, tit Is not certain whether
this shot or the one which immrdtateiy io'.
L,,v.d from w. z. killed Joseph Singleton y
fh.. shot was or sufficient force Ia turn Il. 8.
so ~ 10 face the Englishes. when he tR. Sin
Rletun, fred Mt D.. T.. and shat him IN the
hand. II. Singletons was the second gun hr-
NA-inst ma he fred he saw his son Joseph
Singleton (,.H dead at his feet. w. English
discharged one of his barrels ut the very in
s.ant n. s. discharged his at ID. English. aud
wounded him (R. So ia the side. and before |
he. Sineleton. recovered from the first effects
ofsho,. he. w. English. dropped his gun, and
flcd. calling out To r.. S. '.d"n't shoot. d0nt
shnot :" his course was directed towards the
PROSTATE brother, one Of the barrels Of whose
gun was still loaded.
r. Singleton. suppOsing It was ms oesign
"a. get the gun, fred at hin, and killed him on
the spot. There was one other gun discharg-
ed, hut hy whom appears uncertain--and u y |
eu,,nily uncprtain whether it did any execu-
tion. The individuals who accompanied the
Englshes all fed after the FIRST or second dis.
charea--Dne OF them was shot through the
ear aud ons ofthe negroes slightly wounded.
Summary, One negro man killed w w.
English, w. English and Joseph Singleton
killed on the spot, ID. English, Jr. shot with
several buck shot ID the head--he was still a.
live II, the evening DC the 7th. but mot the
least hope of his recoyery. III,
Suspicion Of Murder Saturday after.
noon. good looking young lrisliw"nsan. Win
an infant about two weeks Oid, WAS s'vertdK-
en- Nv an Irishman nc the Hackensack bridge,
while in the act "f paying her tell, which shs
.lsA n a .sA,. hMW
on together, and rested awhile nj the haif way
honse, whence they proceeded ON the road 10
Dplleville. About 5 0tclnek, n few hours after.
hevsiurhed and stated that he had been g
Drlleyille, ieavjng the woman On the read,
and on his returts Saw the infant IN the bushes
h,,t could nat lind the mother. Mr.. Half, Of
The half way house, with sOme others pros
cseted in search, having first secured the
ss,an, and found the child as represented W.
ing on is face IN the wet meadow along slde
the road, nearly suflcatrd. The dead BODY
of the mother was found, after long search,
early the next morning. The body Was con-
sidrrably bruised, and we understand exhib.
iird evidences az violence. "A C0rOner's m
Quest was summoned yesterday. but we have
not heard The result. We learn. however,
there WAS. some difficulty coming - . de-
cision. The man has been taken 70 Hacken.
sack on suspicion Of having murdered her.
From the Log Book Of tViiiiam Avsry.
Suicide. July 90, l8S4.-Lrft Oswego.
wind w. w. s. took on board Mr.. Thomas
Seweil. lady and child. About two hours mt
some difficulty arose between Sewcll and wife.
Sewell struck htEgin the face. After some
more harsh dispute, Seweli pulled Of his coat,
hat and boots, gave what money he had 10
his wife, and repeated the following words:
This night. ! sleep beneath the sea. 4
And1eave you here 10 inourn Tor me-
ne then shook hands with his wife and
ehiId,vwalkrt tDsths larboaFd fore gangway,
and ieMpad into the water. The cry was i'm.
rDrdiaieiy raised. +" a man over hoard" The
engines stopped. and a boat lowered 10 which
Cant. johnson and two Of his crew made
th0reugh search for the unfortunate man |;
bui Il dies not appear that be had risen 70 the
top Of the water at all. II u probable that he
passed under the wheel, rs he. was aeen hy q
iinnn at the helm three or four feet under Wa
teras he passed tho stern Of the boat. The
ahoye transaction took place abOut half-past 8
o'clDck r. M; Q 10 II miles from land, on
Sudus .-Os,0ego Dem.
Our National Meiropolis. Ill il a naelan-
ehOly stair. Ddss-a- days. 10 take up Wash.
ingion paper. The city which WAS 81 lately
she great i6rus OF political interest has hscows
dallsr than country church yard. and more
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