Iowa news. [volume] (Dubuque, Upper Mississippi Lead Mines, Wisconsin Territory) 1837-1841, 1838-03-24
From The Peoria Register.
MURDER IN SPRINGFIELD.

nisht OF last week reported that DR.. j.
M. Eorly, of Springfield, had been
shot by II. B. Truett, register Of the
Galcna land Office, on the afternoon
previous, and was not expected to sur
vlve. The Jacksonville papers of Sat
urday contained the first public notice
OF the event; of which the following.
from the Standard, was the most minute
and apparently authentic:
| "Mr. Tructt entered the bar-room
loi Col. Spotswood, some time after
night, and commenced abusing and US
my very provoking and insulting Ian
. guage to DR.. Early, III relation to some
4 resolutions passed by the recent Peo-
ria convention.-The Doctor bore his
insults for some time, and seemed dis
posed to explain, and not have a diff
Guilty with him. But, when Mr.. Tru-
lett continued his abuse, the Doctor re-
quested hin, 10 a!esist, saying, if he did
not, he would be force &c compel him
to do SO, as he would not be insu,,..eed
any more by him. The Doctor then
rose from his scat, and took hold Of The
back ola chair; and Mr.. Truett, being
already upon his feet, drew out his pis-
FOL, and continued his abuse. The
Doctor then raise the chair, but wheth-
err it was for the purpose Of striking
Truc,t, or defending himself against
Truett's pistol, is not known; but while
he had the chair raised in his hand,
Truet' shot him, and Immediately drop.
ped his pistol and made his escape
through the back part of the house.
The pistol ball passed in on the left
side, near the lower RIB, and was taken
out on the opposite side, Immediately
above the hip bone.
"Mr. Tructti is in custody ofthe law,
and we hope will receive fair trial.
There arc many rcpor:s in circulation
in relation to this affair, not very IA
vorable to him, as to the truth of which
we know nothing; and as we do not
wish to prejudice his case, or prejudice
the public mind against him, we will
not repeat them"
Later intelligence informed Us that
Dr. Early died on Saturday, and tina,
Iruett was in confinement. We seek
not TO prejudice the case, but 10 us it
appears one OF premeditared murder.
! We are informed that lruett declared,
oil his way to Springfield, that if Early
did not trtract what he had said, he
would shoot him. He had made up
his mind, therefore, to do it, and bear
the consequences. lie lhrIstcd for re-
vcnge, at me price OF The gaIiows He
has got it, and now let The p,ica be
paid.
The ahront which Trnett chose to
resent is understood to have been con-
la;ncd in one Of the resolutions adopt
ed Ly the administration conventions
which met in this town on the Goth
November last, and was IN the follow
ing words:
"ResoIven, That in the opinion of
| this convention, therccenl appointment
of II. b. Truc,t to the office of register
of the land office at Galena, was not in
accordance with the wishes and feel
tlnos OF the democratic party in this
.is,rsict, and that his standing is such
as to require Of us Il recommendation
to the president for his immediate re-
inovaI"
The resolution, which is the seventh
in the series, purports TO have been re-
ported by Mr.. Lamborn, but it is IN
derstood that Dr.. Early was its author,
and hence he was singled ont for sacri-
flee. The resolution is certainly per-
sonalIy offensive, inasnuch as it speaks
OF the appontcc's sianding, which
had better been omitted, or else quail
fed SO as to read, his stunding withl
The purity, which was probably mcant;
though his mode Of resen,ing it proves
that he deserved the imputalion in its
most offensive sense. Its poor way
to get the character Of a gentleman by
fighting ./os' ii. The proper way is
10 lire a~,un slander-not fight ii
down. A mans saying a thing is SO,
does not make it so. OF the two trav-
e!er who set out together on a journey
for the same point, that one who stop
ped to beat off every dog that barked
at him, fell behind, and never overlook
hi, companion. A faithful public Of
ficcr should disregard party abuse. The
public mind isnot so depraycd as many
imagine it to be; aad in due time i'll
will cxa!t still higher the slandcrcd,
while the accusers will be visited With
a due measure ofretribution.
We know it is hard to sit quiet un-
der unmeritrd abuse; but it is harder