True Democrat. (Paulding, Miss.) 1845-18??, 1845-05-28

hood was Sfaftied yes lli0liJlng az Tue
report of aspistoIg fred III Mr. 4 endles hu:
ton store, on Camp street, Eieil opposite
our Office. A.Afnomeat after iIie discharge
men were seen running TO and fro, as
though some frightfnl deed bad been com,
mitted. The Immediate occasion Of the
stir and confusion is SOON told, tliotigll Be-
yond the act there Is a history, we fear,
darker in its complexion thaa the transac-
ton we are aboutto relate.
About 10 o'clock, a girl named Henrietta
Blanchard stood in the front door of Mr..
KendigS store, aud kbeconcd 10 some one
to come to her Mr.. Kendig imagining
that she desired 10 see him on business,
stepped up to her He was told ii was not
him she wanted, but a Mr.. John Parker
Pettiway who is negro trader. Mr.
Pettiway liefeupon approached her. She
asked him to walk out with her, when he
turned to Mr.. Kendig anddcsired that gen
tleman TO- step out and hear what she had
TO say. MT. X refused 10 accompany
them into the street, but said if they would
go into the back room he had no objection
tobeng present at the Interview He then
took Pettiway by the arm, and they were
walking together 10 thcrear fthe building
when pistol was discharged and Petit
way exclaimed that he was shot. Petit
iwuy reeled, but was supported by Mr.. X.
and borne into an ame-room, where he re,
niained until his wound was examined BY
physician. The ball struck him in the
back, 10 the left of the spine, Just below
the ribs, and passed ont in front, making a
dangerous, though not thought mortal,
wound.
Assoon as she fired her pistol, Henrietta
threw il down and turned deliberately TO
walk out Mr.. Kcndig requested some one
TO detaln her She then remarked that she
did not wish TO eudc the officers of the
law; that she intended to give herself up
to the Recorder. She however took a seat,
and in few moments was surrounded by
n large number of citizens She is fine
looking, welcomed woman, about eigh-
teen or twenty years ofage, as we should
Judge. Sic has blue eyes, light brown
hair, rather above the ordinary stature,
and was dressed in neat comely and
plain style. Her mien was as dignified as
the agitation belonging TO such scene
would allow, while at the same time sue
seemed 10 be Iaboring under deep excite
ment which bore many Of the Characters
Ties ola whitening sense of wrong endured
through shame, abasemcnt and outrage,
She was told by some one that she had
killed Pettiway. She replied that he had
done worse 10 her She said that she was Z
upoor, delenceless woman, who had been
brought nearly 10 the grave by him, had
becn wronged beyond endurance aud
abandoned in her despair. To some ono
who asked her why she did this thing, she
replied, "He knows" She then added, in
a voice somewhat shaken aud -troRalilausA-
This is sts5p9agcdy, buthe deserved
it" 4 short while afterwards she seemed
to be oppressed, and asked for water. A
gentleman who handed her glass. think
ing that she might have drunk laudanum
or something Of the kind, so violent was
her agitation, asked her il she had taken
anything e.se that morning. She looked
him earnestly in the face for moment,
and repeated the words 'taken ANYTHING
else" ard then with more sternness added, |
''Sio, sir nothing but rcvengc!' When
The officer was about taking her to the /
lookup house in Baronne Street she re-
marked, with much frmAeSS and resigna- /
ton, "lhey can but kill me, and have |
suffered more than that already
There was nothing in the manner Of 1
this unfortunate woman that indicated an 4
character We hear that she
is a dress maker, ADD resides with her sis.
ter i'm Royal street, who is married TO a
respectable citizen. We hear, moreover,
many reports of seduction and deSertion.
II is said, also, that recently SHE took the
offspring ofgniIty love TO the house Of Pet
tiwav, where she was turned away with
reproaches, and her child cast out as the 7
fruit fan Illicit connexion with some 9th
CT person. However this may be, she APP
pcared TO US Ike one who had been
wrought mp 10 a deed of fearful import by
a sense Of injuties unreIuitted aud rrePar-
able. The horror occasioned by scene
50 bloody was qualified by a sympathy
for the principal actor in II, who seemed
betcft Of every emotion but that of revenge
for wrongs that were too grieyOus 10 be
borne, aud incapable of exenion except On
rcscntng injuries for which, Il must be
human laws furnish bat a poor
redress.
II what VIC hear Other past history be
true, the blood Of Pcttiway could not have
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