The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1836-1851, 1840-06-27
A GOOD ONE.

A GOOD ONE. .,.,a sgv
A very good widow lady, who waslopk-
ed up 10 by the congregation to which she
belonged as an example efpiety, cnntIi-'
we'd 10 bring her conscience to terms for
one little indulgence. She loved porter.
and. one day just as she was receiving =
half dozen bottles from the man who
usually brought her the comforting beve.
rage, she perceived 70 horror y TWO Of the
grave elders of the church approach ler
door. She ran the man out the back way,
and put the bottles under; the bed. The
weather was hot, and while conversipg
with her sage friends, pop went one of the
corks. 'y,.g.i..z 49,: -. -,d5
.'.Dear me-" exclaimed the good lady,
"lhere goes that bed cord; it snapped yes
terday just the same way, I must haze .
new rope provided" 6sns ..,E9iss
In few moments, pop went anothers
followed by the peculiar hiss Of The eseap.
ing liquor. The rope weuldn't do sgain,
but the good lady was not at loss. r...
"Dear me-" says she, .'that black cat Of
mine must be at some mischief there
S'cat!' . -,
Another bottle popped of. and the pnr.
ter came stealing oHt from under the bed
curtains.
20. dear me-" said she," had forgot;
it's the yeast Here Prudence. come lake
away these bottles; Of yeast E.-N @,
Picayune. III s3,..,. a.. :.
A Story of Csims-Sir Persons Mure
dered.-We have tale Of horror to re1
cord this morning. Six Of the members
Of q, family residing in Cromwell Town
ship, Huntingdon County, Pa. were re-
Gently murdered. The circumstances are
thus detailed in the Huntington Journal
Some Of the neighbors not having obserr-
ed any of the family Of Mr. William
Brown, the owner Of small farm in the
place Just mentioned, were induced TO visit.
the house to ascertain the cause. The re-
suit was the discovery of the dead bodies
Of his wife, daughter, and four sons-the
oldest of the children 81, the youngest 10
years Of age. The wife and one son were
found in 1.-The .house-the wife's throat cut,
from ear 10 ear, and The son shot through
the body; at some distance from the house
were found Two other children, one Of
them shot, and the other killed with :
club or some other ins4unent-and in
another direction In the woods the two
others were found, one shot and The other
killed with a club. Mr.. Brown has been /
arrested, also M M'Coneghy, his son-in.law,
and M'Coneghy's brother. Brown denies, /,
--says he was from home, and onzhls rec
turn found the door of his house fastened;
whilst standing there he was shot at and
narrowly missed; another gun was discharg.
ed, which grazed his cheek and perforated
the lower part Of his ear, and passed
through bis hat. n s..
A correspondent Of the Journal says:-
"A jury of inquest has been vigi1antly en-.
gagged part Of last night, and this day. exs,
amining the dead bodies, and endeavoring
to ferret ont the perpetrator or sperpetrass
tors. Suspicion at first was strong against
Brown himself, but the jury are of opi"ion
that it is almost impossible that he could
have participated in the murder, from the
circumstances of his having returned home
that evening, tbeing absent at work all the
Wteh) dHu ~ jcoS tudu du uout tSeo Ssses
time he was seen going, he came rnnning
to his nearest neighbours. alarming them
of his own situation. and that Of his family.
There are circumstances coming to light,
which 60 far to settle the guilt on Robert
NJ 'Coneghy, who is married to Browns
daughter, the only child now living, and
John M'Coneghy, who it is supposed was
an accomplice Of Roberts, and are nov
in custody, and presume they will both
be committed, at least Robert will. Brown
is also in custody, and will, we believe.
also be committed. Brown is the owner
of small farm, the possessing ofwhiclI,l
could have been the only motive Of the
M'Coneghy's numbering Browns family.
The bodies were. this day, six in number.
deposited together in the earth, on Browns
premises. The scene presented an Inc:
stance of the most reckless depraviiy
which can possibly befall the lot of human
nature" Phil. Ing. s;
A professor in one Of our Universities
was lately engaged in course Of botani-
A. L.