New-York daily tribune., 1844-08-06

HoRRlp MuRDER.-A cruel murder was COM
mitted on the 9th ult. in Butler County, at
place called Break Neck, about IL miles from
Pittsburgh, by an elderly man named Elijah Mel.
lis, on the person of his wife. They had lived to-
gether as man and wife upward OF thirty years,
and had children grown up. The circumstances
connected with the murder are these :-On the
morning of the 9th July, the attention OF some
men reaping near his house was attracted by
call from him to them They went to the house,
but before reaching it, girl from neighbor's
house. who was on an errand to borrow something,
got in before them. She found him sitting on
the side of bed, tanning his wife: he said she
was diving. The girl put her hand on the wo-
mans forehead, and foand it quite cold.
By this time the men came in, and to them ne
said she had spasm, and it had, he feared,
killed her. The woman being actually dead, as
is customary the neighboring women gathered IN,
when, upon an examination of the body by them
and three physicians, who had been sent for, 1t
was discovered that she had been choked. Her
throat was black, and even the prints of finger
nails were plain. On farther examination one OF
her sides was found to be confused as If by pound
ing. The circumstances were so strong against
Nelis that he was Immediately arrested. AS TO
the motive of this diabolical murder, 1t is said
woman lived near his house with whom ne had
been quite too intimate for some time previous,
and this known fact had created suspicious IN
the minds of the men first called in by him. He
was committed to the Jail of Butler County, on
Sabbath morning the 25th. [Philad. Ing.
FsoM CANADA.-We find in the Ottawa Ad-
vocate an extended account of an attempt TO
murder made by man named Warel and his
two sons, residing near the Calumet, Ottawa,
River, upon q man named Bresnahan. They
deliberately armed themselves with axcs, went to
house where they supposed him to be, and not
finding him, f9lIowcd him to The place where he
was at work on the roof of the station house,
ascended by the ladder, and endeevored 20 kill
him. He defended himself until the other work
men came to his aid. They were all arrested,
but one Of the sons, named Walter, was allowed
to escape The Warrels are noted for their law
less violence and desperate character.
The same paper contains also an account OF a
murder OF most diabolical character, because
perfectly unprovoked.
On the 23d ult man named Maghar crossed
from Hull to Bytown, and, on his return, beng
tpsy, inquired of some of the lock men, VINO
were sitting at the lock-house door, the way to
Mr.. Smiths ferry, when James Cochlan jumped
up and struck him blow with stick, which
ielIed him to the ground, saying that was the
way, and that he was the sixth man he had
struck that day. Maghar was taken up sense
less and conveyed across to his masters house; 1
Mr. Smith came over the next morning and mao
Cochlan arrested and lodged in jail. W Mag"af
died on the 9th and was buried on the @oIh'
DINNER TO THE Hoa. A. II STEpHEss.-lwo "
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son sr' Rober. so Toombs, James A. Meriwether, e.
A. Nesbit, Andrew ]. Miller, and others.
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the course Of Mr.. Clay IN the Compromise, and ID.
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