, 1841-11-20
From the Milton IN. c. Chronicle.
Remarkable case of Bigamy-FiniShed TilIany,

Remarkable case of Bigamy-Finished VilIany.
AS the conductor of public press, we
have never been called upon to record a case
OF a more perfect and continued system O
rascallty, than that which we feel bound &c
lay before our readers this week. Yet such
is the peculiar and varied nature of the case
such is its deep depravity-that we are al
aloss where to begin or where to stop. We
purpose, however, to detail the circumstan.
ces as they have come to our knowledge
Combining ourselves to the facts, as near u:
possible) and in so doing we Intentionally
omit the names Of the unfortunate females
who have been made the wretched victims Of
aspecies of villany unparalleled in this coun.
try. Their cup of sorrow and modification
must now be full, and we will not run it over
by gazetting their names.
1t appears a certain Edt0ard c. Boiling,
(son Of the Rev. Mr.. Boiling, Minister of the
M. E. Church, and a resident of this county,
about 3 years since married a Miss P.
a lady of responsibility as we learn, and
lived with her for nearly two years. About
twelve months ago he left his home for the
purpose of studying Law in Greensboro,
N. C.-leaving his wife behind. On his arri-
val in Greensborough. he changed his name
and introduced himself TO the inhabitants Of
that town, as Sidney T. Smith, of Alabama
he AyhIhIfoI fn tho rnnt1o,,o. ,ol., ,Lo,~
ne prosecuted the study Of law, certificates
purporting to be from distinguished gentle
men in North Alabama, and which represen-
ted him as the son of a wealthy cotton plan
ter of that State. He obtained credit to a
large amount in the stores of that place; and
pretended that he was in daily expectation of
the receipt of a large amount of funds from
his father, living as above stated. Soon af-
ter, he informed his acquaintance that he
expected his parents in a short time TO pass
through Greensborough, on a visit to some
friends living in Southampton, Va. Again
ne pretended to learn that his father was
dead, but he expected a visit from his mother
and with a countenance indicating grief for
his lost parent, he entered a Milliner's-shop
and bespoke for bis mother a costly dress of
mourning, while he wore Grape on his hat
(Bold and reckless man! thus to tamper with
the'wrath and thunderbolts of heavenly AZ
ter this, he succeeded, by stratagem, to be-
come acquainted with Miss E. B, an
accomplished lady of Guilford county, and
daughter of a gentleman cfhigh respectable
ty and Of enviable property. He was pleased
with her; and with the cold hearted ~ferocitv
of a fend from hell, determined to make her
the victim Of his foul treachery and deceit.
BY artful and false representations, he gained
the confidence of her father; and by warm
and ardent professions of regard and attach
ment induced her to consent to become his
bride. He determined in the black malignity
of his soul to become the spoiler of the peace
of that domestic circle where, before, all was
tranquil happiness and joy. Like the gaze
of the Basilisk his treacherous eye was fixed
upon that fair victim that she might not es-
SoPC' ANOW TIC stOUu UclOTe Tie altar ana
plighted to Miss B his faith. and the
nuptial tie was proclaimed to the world by
the public journals when not 90 miles dis
tant lived a lawful welded wife, who. per-
baps, at the moment of his marriage with
Miss B., sighed with throbing heart
for her husbands return.
The tale stops not here. Soon after his
second marriage, Smith alias Bowling IA
young man of fair complexion and genteel
dressD told his new father-in-law that he had
been sadly disappointed in not having re-
ceived the funds from Alabama. which he
had so long expected, but still pretended that
he confidently expected them to arrive in a
short time: stated moreover that he had bar
gained with a Mr.. Edward C. Boiling of this
county, for a tract Of land, and for which he
agreed to pay Boiling the sum of s,7oo-and
thus got his father-in-law to endorse the pay
ment Of a bond of three thousand seven hun
.dred dollars which sum he borrowed to pay
for land. Now. Smith alias Boiling. preten-