Sunbury American and Shamokin journal. [volume] (Sunbury, Northumberland Co., Pa.) 1840-1848, 1846-08-01
him or traded toh:m sgold watch. which watch
he had in lS43 cleaned for Mr.. Muir, and taken

ne dndU W 1870 cledne0 ION mr.. muir, 0nd taken
down the number. On examination the nnm.
bers correspunded, and the friends Of Mr.. Muir
Unidentified sheswatcha sss having belonged to,
and been worn BY him at the time Of his dissp.
pesrsnce.o This developevnsnt, coupled with
other circumstances justified the arrest Of Epes,
and accordingly awsrtunt was issued for his
apprehension. II was, however. issued too late,
as Epes ieft his house on Monday, and has not
since been Reard from. sssa 'i1'. 's''" 'o ''','
On Wednesday I psrty went 10 the house Of
Epes, and we're there informed BY his overseer
that he believed acertsin negro on the planta.
ton could tell where Muir's body could be
found. His reason for thinking 60 was that for
some time past Epes would not permit this me-
gro TO be chastised for his faults. The negro
was called up and interrogated, and forthwith
proceeded toa spot about GOO yards distant
from the house, snd pointed on, the grave.
On opening il, the body was found, and although
good deal lvdecayed. was, readily identified by
all the acqusintances Of Muir who were pre-,
sent. si ras3 sbesi sfi iu sayssi 9ti IL y'aHasf'
The account given BY the negro is, that m
the day after Muir wss killed, his master toos
him to . spot near the grave where Muir's bo-
dy lay covered up with pine burrs and trash,
and ordered him to dig grave. The negro
says he was for some time so much agitsted as
to be unable to proceed with his workAtha,
his master assured him he killed Muir scciden-
tally, and regretted it deeply. The negros ST.
lence from that period until Wednesday, was
doubtless produced by threats from his master,
This is substantially On account of one Of the
fculest snd most cold d.blooded murders uatever
disgraeed humanity and we have been thus
minute--not ior the purpose Of ninisterine toe
morbid appetite for thehortbie. but for the pur.
pose Of spreading far and wide the facts, in the
hope that q knowledge OF them may aid 10 the
apprehension Of The murderer. na3 oe aw uea
A rewsrl of $500 is offered for Epes' appte-
hension. aaii Rfs' 1ei lR'i' = a9u'7io f'ai y
10 s7,s.f, si ff---i-v---- nif isfssl3t 9ss
AwPuL SITUATION ---A man sscended the stee-
pie Of I meeting -house IN Kingston. r. Lately
,otske of the vane for gliding, and having left
the ladders. climbed the iron sspre to the dis
,ance o: l2 to Is feet above,l velyiug upon the
ball. half way Up the spire. to rest his feet on,
and from which position he could take the yane
off with his right hand. While he was in the
very act, the ball ON which his feet rested gave
way and ran down the spire. At this moment
he was raising the vsne over the end off IT.. az
he did so. the spire growing smaller, made q
, convenient place for his thumb TO keep the bal.
, ance in the gudgeon bore. when the ball gave
way under him and he sunk The vane falling
back with his thumb in the gudgeon bore, held
him fast with his feet dangling in the air. liz
remained in this periIoas situation until a mar
! ascended the spire and placing his shoulder
under his tee,, At once relieved him. The scene
was terrible to behold + e 4''s ''''' + '''s
iSciDESri At THE GsAyE or An. EDrToR.-
= The editor, Of the 81. Louis Evening Gazette
, in describing the sceue It the grave Of Penn
late editor Of the Republican. OF thai place. ia
= iroduces the following affecting incident. ii
V which the absorbing affection Of childhooc Wa
beautifully exemplifed :--,Atlern prayer ti'
y crowd gathered around The grave to commit III
= corps to ito last home. Slowly and soien'ni
70 was IL lowered to its narrow house. Anon
" the sincerest moorners was Unaffected chiis
:" hood. Pressing through the crowd TO the yer
= brink Of the grave came a little dsughter--an
= just as the cover Of the box was about 10 hid
" forever the sable coffin from the world, eli
y dropped upon the dark house which con,sne
:" ihs precious relics Of beloved father. . clu
ter OF Aowers % it bent on performing the v,
: ~ las, act Of kindness and respect within hi
;. man reach. This was : scene most tenier)
!, affecting Enough to break up the deep foul
= tsins Of the mos, frigd nature. Many a hen
" hesved Al sigh, and the eyes around gsthers
:. . moisture, atso unaffected, 50 touching di
!, late ot filisl love. an,sa,4 al,sa1 risii .a. Is
sh IsrEaEsIISe FAoTs IN 9R,Er.---Out Of eve
e. thousand men, twenty die annually. 't'si
a g The number of inhabitants Of city or coun
is renewed every thirty years, 49, .,..,.
nd The number OF old men who die in cold we
"a. ther, seven TO four. t-,s1snses - - ssts 3
~ The men able to bear arms forma fourth
a. the inhabitants Of country. a'i'A 'a' iet'
a. The proportion between the death Of won
=. and that Of men, is one hundred to one hundr
"e and eight, - ,,igs ss, ~ s,.,ii isn ssf,i
'e' The probable duration Of female lives is q
he ty but after that period the calculation 10 me
Dut to them than men.
d; One half Of those who are born, die befi
,ey they attain the age Of seventeen. s.iaif =.
er- Among 3i25 whodis 1t appears BY the reg
ter that there is only one person Of one hund
zen years Of age. t'449s
his More old men are found in elevated situati