Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1847-07-07

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aud therefore "assume virtue if you have
moi, and once more-be human !-Char
Herat6
7 iSsalstion and Murder.-Dr. S. S
Perry az Gainesville, Ala. was shot an(
ikilledaTtha, place onlhe 9Th inst. by Col
4 ". A.ssginston, Of the same village. The
lauer.has been for many years Senator
fromsS Sumter county in the State Legisla
ture.5apH DIR, Perry was Representative
i last sessipn. Col. Winston shooting Perry
shouted .sthank God, have killed the
seducersof the wife Of my bosom, and the
destrogsf of smy own peace."-Augustc
Con.
The Muscogee Democrat says 1.-THE
examination of Col. ]. A.. Winston. took
place eaonlhe 1th inst, aud resulted in the
acqaitafBand discharge Of The accused.
Mrs. Winston, whose maiden name was
MaryEWs Logwood. leaves for tho resi-
dence sof her friends, a, Sumdierville,
Tenn. Mrs. Perry has also left Game
vile, satisfied Of the gull, of her husband.
Col Winston will seek divorce imme.
diately. This case is worse one than
that ofsNlrs. Myers and Mr.. Hoyt, Of Rich.
mond. VI, inasmuch as The lives of Wins
s,on andsMrs. Perry were 10 have been
sacrifice, 10 make way for the intercourse
betweenahe deceased and his victim"
We6hd the following paragraph in the
N Mobile Register, Of June 18Th. ltrelates
TO the Unfortunate affair in Sumter,
which resulted in tho death of DR.. S. S.
Perry .::58
"Dr.Rery, after being shot, and while
10 erirenIs, reiterated in the most solemn
lnannerszhis spro,estalion Of entire inno-
cence Of The crime for which he had been
Deaihaf fudge Nichols. The Donald
soIYille papers come 10 us in mourning for
Tudg ge Thomas C. Nichols, who died at
that lplacS on the 18th insl.. at the age of
|fifiy-segen. Judge Nichols, was Mary
Ilander bgsbirlh, aud has resided in Loui
.Iiana5foE many years, having been for
long stims Judge OF the 9TH District Court,
andlaletysoae Of The Judges ofthe Court
i ar Appeal .iu criminal cases. Judge N.
was a sran of.lhe late war, having been
|engagse Ell the operations below New
ffgtwas ajusr
, and honorable man--a faithful aud capa-
BILE judse-a patriotic and hish-ninded
citizen. -
Fatal Rail Road .4ccident.-On Saiur.
.tday morning last, about 20 minutes before
five o'clock, as The Passenger train on the
Central Rail Road got within fourth Of
mile ofthe ll7lh mile posi-, The Engine.
"Oglethorpe" with tender, baggage and
passenger cars, were all preciptated off
the track into cavity caused by very
heavy and unprecedented rain which fell
during Friday night, which iwashed away
the en,bankment, which was about al
fee, high, and injured the road in three or
four places for the distance Of mile from
The first break TO the last.
Two small bridges, which had for six
years and half been found sufficient tc
pass all The rain that fell, were also washed
away.
Oliver B. Darby, fireman. native o
Washington County, was we grieve to
state, Instantly killed, being crushed be.
tween the engine and tender.
ohn.Eong. fireman native Of Ireland
and resident Of Savannah, was so injured
that he survived but four hours,
Charles L. England, runner, formerely
Of Baltimore, Maryland, was also SO man
gIed and scalded, that he lived but eigh
hours.
Alllhree of these poor fellows were
men highly appreciated by those wh'
knew them.
MIR. England.was very favorile runner
and highly esteemed--has been six o
seven years in the employment Of the
company, aud has left sister in Macon
wbiher his remains wero conveyed fo
: hintermeul.
Mr.. Darby has left mother and sister
dspendan, on him for support. Mr.. Lons
left, we learn, no family.
Two Physiciens-Dr. Price and DR.
KiIlebrew, about four miles of, were sen
for. and before they arrived, Mr.. Eng glauc
was bed. but his injuries proved fatal.
Mr.. England, after the accident, re
marked that he saw the injury 10 the road
bu, as he expressed it, ''just too late, -
being on a curve, aud heavy fog prevail
!. irg. Ii is said that hb was very careful
cautious man.
The Engine, as far as ascerlained, i
not very seriously injured. A. bar Of irol
passed into The boiler as the Engin'
Jumped. The tender was slightly Injured
The Passenger Car is not injured an'
of several passengers not one was hurt
The baggage Car had only the truck
J. knocked offlrom under it,.
The Engine is on the turn out al Sta
, tion II.
The track has been repaired and th'
train passed over,iton Sunday night.
The bridges too have been replaced ant
;, enlarged.
This is he 6.most serious accident on tn
, road since lis completion, and we beliey
, i, to have beenoflhose inevitable accident
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