Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1838-06-04

personal attractions the daughter Of iatnef 'u the
! nois hbourhood had formed an acquaintance with d
Youth OF Wild and dssolule ahits, aud her parents ~
consequence forbade Inn ih,if house aud eAcrtea
themselves to sever tic connection, ~ providing
Miss Julia Nafia'' wlih Ii steady udI'e asrd hns-
band. The squire having performed the ceremony
T .fhe bapp, couple sci eli for tier home ON the
borders al the great ptaile, aud Tor SIX months The
lady appeared peleey feeonced 10 bcr LOT and ex=
etlcd herself to love- honor and obey her lege lord
One morning as the farmer was returning home with
his rife aud doas, lac met his former rival, who ae=
counted lor las sudden appearance by saying mat he
had Just returned from New Orleans, where he had
made speculation Ia Texan lands, aud that II
was his intention TO cmIgfate TO his new property so
soon as he had completed some family arrangements
The unsusp cions husband invited ms fritad to pass
i day or two with hlm, saving, that although hc
should be going Laheflle tue next day, the other
could amusc hInsoli until his return by shooting the
prairie hens, or fencing IN patch OF corn wh1Chey
ef lac pleased. The other consented, and returned
TO the house with the hosptable farmer. The next
day, the Young man renewed his intimacy with hls
former sweetheart aud finally succeeded IN eHactIng
a promise that she would the next morning, run a.
way with HIM. The hu sband, IN the meantime, bad
gone tour 10 The pfaifcs, III search Of game, and
aas not expected 10 for several days. He had
his misgisnss however; and returning home late al
night, he "A mortified witness oil his dlshonor.
Without attempting to disturb the guilty pair lac lned
hls house III three different places, the flames creep
roof Of his once happy home The wretohcd
man aud hei paramount were aroused from Their adul-
ferrous dreams by the nlnes and rushed to the win
dows 10 save themselves by leaplng out. but below
stood the infuratcd husband with his rifle, and the
moment the easement WIS opened he fred with uuer
ring aim, and they both tell amid the burning runs.
MURDER or MIssIoNARY FAMILY.-The South
ern Christian Advocate publishes the following let
ter giving moving description OF Massacre by the
Florida Indians. The writer is Superintendent OF
the Alachua Mission on the Tallahassee District:
"Dear Brother Gapcrs-l am ruined While en-
gagged III my llbonrs in the Alachua mission | re-
ceiveda letler bearing dwtultilngs. 1t informed me
that the Indians had murdered my family set out
for home, hoping that 1t might not prove as bal as
the letter stated but q my God, 1t is, if not even
worse My precious children. Lofick, Pierce aud
Elizabeth, were killed aud burned up in the house
My dear wife was shot stabbed, and stamped, seem
inely 10 death, IN the yard. But after the wretches
went 10 pack up their plunder she revived aud crawl
ed of from the Of death to suffer a thousand
deaths during the Oh eadu night which she spent Il
lone by the side OF a pond, bleeding at four bullet
holes aud more than hall dozen slabs-- three deep
gashes 10 the bone her head and three stabs
through the ribs. besides number Of smaller cuts
and bruises. She is yet living and O help me To
pay that she may still live. My negroes lay dead
all about the yard and woods, aud my every thing
else burned to ashes Pray for me
"My family WIS on short visit To my falhcr-in-
law fuf the purpose OF having supplies sent M
from our plantation to our temporary residence in
the mission. aud during tins brief period the awful
catastrophe took place II. d. PEuWroy."