The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1836-1851, 1840-01-11

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they we're only disconenled with the ia.
hers disposition Of lis fnr:unc, and lhrre
fore pr"pagated ruaofs 70 the prejudice If
.hn@c who possessed il, cannot b.. kuown;
tie uncle, however, 'cuk his ni,ce t. his
house near Epring Forest, ID soon at
trrwardS she disappeared.
"Great inquiry was made after her, and
1t appearing that on The day she was miss
ing, she went out with her uncle in,o The
forest, and that he returned without her,
he was taken into cesiody. A few DAYS af-
terwards he went til, oug h long cxaniina-
ton, in which he acknowledged that he
went out with her, and pretended that she
found means to loiter behind him as they
were returning home; that he sought her
in The forest us soon as he missed her; and
that he knew not where she was, or what
had become Of her. This account was
thought improbable, and his apparent inte-
rest in the death of his ward, and perhaps
the petulent zeal of othar relations, con-
Cured to raise and strengthen suspicious
against him and he was detained in custo-
dy Some new circumstances were every
day rising against him. 1t was found thar
the young lady had been addressed by
young neighboring gentleman, who had
lev days before was she missing, set out on
a journey TO, the north, and that she had de-
clared she would marry him when he re-
turned; that her uncle had frequently ex-
pressed his disapprohation of the match in
very strong terms; that she had often wept
and reproached him with unkindness, and
an abuse Of his power. A woman was al
so produced who swore that on the day the
young lady was missing, about eleven o.
clock in the forenoon she was coming
through the forest, and heard woman's
voice eSpostulaiing with great eainestncss,
upon which she drew neal the place, and,
before she saw any person, she heard the
same voice say, Don't kill me, uncle; don't
kill me" up'n which she was greatly ter
rifed, and Immediately hearing The report
of fre-arm very near, she made all the
haste she could from the spot, but could
not rest in her mind until she had told what
had happened.
IS Such was the general impatience TO
punish man who had murdered his own
neicc to inherit her fortune, that upon
this evidence lie was condemned and exc
ruied.
"Abnut Ten days after the execution, the
young lady came home. appearedhow-
ever. that what all the witnesses s worn TO
was tree, and The fact was found to be thus
circumslaEcc.I:
"Thc ycung lady declared that having
previously agreed to 90 off with the gentle
man that courtcd her, he had given out that
tic was goirg journey to the norih, but
that he concealed at little house near he
skirts of the forest, till the time appoint.
ed, which was the day she Disappeared
That he had horses ready for himself and
her, and was attended BY two servants al
so on horseback. That as she was walk
ing with her uncle, he reproached her with
persisting in her resolution TO marry t,
man of whom he disap7roved; and ailer
much alteration, she said with some heat.
IL have set my heart UPON it; if do not
marry him, it will be my death; and don't
kill me, uncle, don't kill me, that just as
she had pronounced these words, she heard
fire arm discharged very near her, at
which she started, and Immediately after
wards saw a man come forward from'a-
mong the trees, with wood pigeon in his
hand, that he had Just shot. That COM
ing near the place appointed for their rem
devious, she formed a pretence to let
her uncle 60 on before her, and her
sutor being there in waiting for her
with horse, she mounted, and immedi-
ately rode of. That instead Of going into
the north, they retired to Windsor, where
they were married the same day, and in
about week went journey of pleasure
to France, from whence, when they return
ed, they first heard Of the misfortune that
they had inadvertently brought upon their
uncle.
$50 uncertain is human testimony, even
when the Witnesses are sincere, and SO ne
cessary is cool ana dispassionate inquiry
and determination, with respect to crimes
that are enormous in the highest degree.
and committed with every possible aggra-
vation."
Heapy Damages.-Dr. Benjamin Brar-
dreth recovered, in the Supreme Court,
at Boston, on the 5tb inst, damages to