The southern press., 1851-04-11


A Curious AND SHOCKING AFFAIR.-Mohile is
much excited by recent nfray. Mr. James
Donaldson, young gentleman of that city, OF
high reputation, has been shot by Mr.. A. An
drews, jeweer, and wounded severely that
his life is despsired of Ii is said that Donaldson,
at the time Of the attack, was walking arm in arm
with the wife of Andrews, when he was met by
the husband, who drew revolver and deliberate
y shot Donaldson down. The husband, it is al
legged, reused to jealousy by letters received
by his wife, which were supposed to have been
written by the wounded man-and by the belief
that the parties were their way to place OF
assgnation, to which his wife had been allured.
new version was afterwards placed upon the
affair, and the wife also arrested, as accessory
to the murder, and lodged in js. Donsdson's s
brother has out with card, correcting mis-
statements, in which he says:--
The living and the dying, only desire that the
truth should appear, before tr purfe statements
should be relied upon. The facts are PLAIN, and
the story Of the circumstances which have resulted
in this cold biooded murder Of young man just en-
tering upon the ways of life, buoyant, Joyous and
hopeful easily told. The women who was the
leading actor in this deed Of blood, has no higher
reputation than that of dissolute and worthless
creature, prosttuting herself almost indiscrimi
naely in the city OF St. Louis and during her
residence here has rendered herself notorious by
her repeated Iiasons with many persons whose
names, delicacy to them, forbids me naming, but
who will know how to appreciate the character of
sn act fraught with turpitude on the part Of
Andrews and his wife.
The dying young man, perfectly conscious of
his fate, most solemnly asseverates that he new
err wrote letter to the woman IN his life, and
challenges the world to produce proof to the con-
trary; or that she has received one from him
The negro boy (who has a very general acquain-
lance among the young men of the city,) belong
ing to Mr.. Donaldson, has been IN the habit of
carrying bouquets and notes TO the woman from
different persons, and il is probable, from this
circumstance, Andrews connected the idea of the
young master Of the boy with the letters. But
why should the sensitive husband have wreaked
his sole vengeance on the innocent, when he had
proof positive Of her guilty commerce with other
men--and to that fact abundant evidence can be
produced. The unfortunate young man also
solemuly declares, that the meeting in the street
WAS purely casual, and that no understood assig-
nation was made on his part, nor can he conceive
how such statement could have originated.
The statement in the Tribune is defective in the
assertion that only the pistol was used An
drews had previously TO the use of the pistol,
dealt two severe blows, which prostrated the
young man to the earth-and on his rising dis
charged his revolver twice--ony one taking ef-
feet IL is also well known, that this cold, daring
and atrocous murder was concocted and premed-
itsted, and that several persons had been told on
the morning preceding the occurrence that the wo-
man was to decoy the unsuspecting youth into the
fetal snare which is to terminate his life. Can a
just people and moral community tolerate the
bloody deed