Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1838-07-19
From the Ne,o York Commercial.
EXTRAORDINARY CASE

beautliui-on Saturday. has been the occa.
sion of considerable excitement. This case
Is very extraordinary, and so peculiar are
the circumstances, that cOroner's inuuest
was held on Saturday evening. We com.
pile the particulars from several of tho
morning papers.
According To- the Journal of Commerce
the deceased was a young ladv abou, 1G
years old, and on the 2Sih uI,lno, in con-
sequence OF alleged i'll treatment on tho
part oi her ninIher, she was taken from out
! ol tier house under writ of habeas corpu,.
ahd me Surrogate at her request appointed
Just'ce Blo"dSood as her guardian Mr..
BloodSood then placed her to board at tho
house Of Mr.. Warren, ut the corner Of
Houston and Crosby streets. Here she re-.
ma..'ed for 3 or days, when her mother
ana some other relative called nj the house
aud denhndcd TO SEQ her. Sne WA. not
the" within, aud the persons who called,
either surprising that they would not be
permitted to see her, or for some other rea-
SON. acted 20 rudcly, that in order to avoid
Il repetition of ,hc annoyance, MIR. Warren
requested Miss Missouri TO obtain somo
other place OF residence In CONSEQUENCE
OF THIS mtiInation the young lady weni I, re-
sidc at the house of Thomas S. Hamblin.
NO. ~ FRANKLIN street, about ten days back
Frnm the Nc,o York Gazette.
ireat excitement prevailed on Saturday
| nISht IN the neishborh0od Of the house Of
MI. Hambin, the actor, in consequence of
the death Ola Miss Missouri, avoung woman
| oi sixteen, who has beeu under the DupiIaoc
] oi Mr.. H. and lately made her debut al the
National Theatre, and at the Trernon,
Theatre, Boston with great success. MIR.
hio"dSood, this city. had been appointed
"er suardian, and had placed her in tho
,anilly OF Mr. tambliu The mother of
MISS M. had with some Of her friends en-
ae"V"F'a 10 get possession ofh her person. and
laa caused certain publications to appear
in small paper gotten up it would appear
las aueo.ei sitsa, ne pubiso.,on ,hs
sal OF the unfortunate girl. but getting at
last INTO her hands. it had the effect To drive
her mad; in which melancholy stale she
dicd. Al the request of Mr.. Ilalnbln, n
coronrr's Jury went into a thorough inves-
'Igat"n OF all the circumstances ofihc case:
inc result OF which is stated in the follow
ing verdict.
'Thut the deceased, Miss Missouri. camc
10 her death by inflammation Of the brain
caused by great mental excitement, produ-
ced Jointly by the rioience Of her moihe- and
NE Pudttcdh0n of an abusire article in the
i'olyanthos.
The Whis significantly asks; "If this
chlid died from natural causes why was n
coroner's jury called! The article. in Tho
FoI"anlhos we have read, since seeing the
above verdict in the News. ltappears To
nave been written under malicious excite
Incnl. ye' III many points it is sincularIy
substantia,ed by the >tatmenr of the News.
The lasi article has created a much ereat.r
sensation than the first and the public are
loud IN Their demand for d full account ftho
death, under the proper signatures of Drs.
Dohne aud Francis. We regret that any
reflections should he cast upon these cmi-
nent aud celebrated physicians. aud invite
them, lor their own sakes. to give the state.
ment required We understand that Nlr.
fiamblin gave himself iuro the hands of The
coroner, Immediately after the death of Miss
Missouri. Why did he do so! Was there
any accusation against him!
On the other hand the Gazette says:
I'VE haVdssecn one OF the jurors, no in
iornls us that the verdict was the u ,ani.
NOUS opinion oil the inquest, and that the
examination eIcted nothing in the slightest
deSrce criIhina'inS the conduct Of the per-
sous who had the poor girl in charge, but
thaf, on the contrary, the treatment of Mr.
and MIS-. llanblin was kind and tender to-
wards the vicnn; that she died in the arms
OF Mrs. IT,, vino had done every thing in her
power 10 s"oihc and alleviate % sufierings
oi tho young woman, and left her not even
III death. DIR. Francis and another pro
iesslonal man made post mortem cxamin-
alton oi the brain of tho deceased. and II
was upon their testimony, corrohora,ed by
me circumstances OF the case, that the ver-
dict Of tho jury ol ''quest was founded"
Ohe oi The consequences ol the excite
ment connected with this case, will be read
III The following police report from the Jour.
nal of Commerce:
CHARGE OF INTENDING TO Assassin
ATE.-Ne;son II. Miller, brother to tho
young lady who died on Saturday AT Mr..
dambl'n's, was Yesterday committed to
prison charged with having intended To- as.
sassinate Mr.. ilambln. While the inoucs,
was being held at Mr.. Ha,nbia's. Miller
came there and told him that "he sbonIJ
no' have a hours to live--thar h,s time was
come Muller thea left SIR. HA.nblin's and
returned in about an hour, By this lime
officer Smith had heard of M,Iier's ,n,en.
,'on' aud repaired to Mr. Hamblius, where
he arrived nearly at the same momen,
with Miller, and took him into custody; and
on searching his person. IA loaded pistol was
found in his pocket. lie WI, then brouph,
TO the police office and committed.