Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1851-04-28

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Tragedy In Green County, Miss.
Eiopsmext Of Florida Lady nth
Mssissiypiaw. Aryest Of Hcrselfas Par
amoxr-Mxrder Of ne Rescuer, sr.-In
the Paulding (Niiss,) Clarion of the 9th
inst, we find, under the above heading,
thefollowing account of dreadfultragedy
recently enacted in Green county, Miss:
We regret that we have not the full par
ticulars Of the transaction we are about to
relate. and in, which desperate villain,
through the foolish tcmerity Of his captor
IA termerity that cost his Efe-has eluded
the pursuit Of justice.
A citizen Of Hancock county, in this
State, (whose name we havcnotlearned) re-
siding temporarily, we presume, in Florida,
became acquainted with the wife Of Plan
ter. Theintimacy ripendcd into guilty and
reciprocal passion. The disgraced and
faithless wife consented to an clopement.
Not content with the ineffac cable wrong
already inflicted upon her husband. by her
Hasox with the disreputable stranger, she
conmved with that stranger to rob him Of
his property. Their plans were success
fully carried out With valuable negro
boy, a handsome. travelling carriage, span
Of valuable horses and a costly double bar
rel gun, they fed the dwelling, whose pro-
prieior they had wronged beyond atone
nent, and whose precincts their presence
had polluted.
When the husband ascertained fully
that his trusted wife had become the aban-
doncd concubinc of another, and that she not
only deserted him for the unhallowed en-
braces Of her lover, but had also robbed
him, he made energetic preparation for
their pursuit and capture. The blow was
too severe, the shock too crushing. for him
to undertake the pursuit in person. He
was utterly unnamed. That which he
had believed perfect and beautiful, by a
sudden, an appalling moral transmu;ation,
had become loathsome and deformed the
peerless flower was an offensive poison
weed. To friend named Smith, was del
egated the task of following and capturing
the fugitivcs, and he undertook it with alac-
rity. Mr. Smith traced them to Green
County, where he learned that the robber
and seducer was making rapidly for the
residence ofhis mother, in Hancock. He
secured the willing assistance of Messrs.
Edward Davis and Phillip james and
the three, armed with guns, made a descent
upon the ruffian, at his mothers residence,
an hour before day, on Thursday. the 22d
ult. They had no sooner opened the door
Of the room in which he lay than he leap
ed from the bed, like tiger startled in the
lair, and commenced fighting desperately
He is a man of Herculean strength; and so
abrupt was his onset, that he nearly effcc-
ted an escape; but his captors rallied, and
with united effort hurled him back into
the room. He then rushed upon Mr.. Da-
Wis. and in attempting to possess himself
of that gentlcman's gun, wrcnchcdthe bar
rel from the stock Mr.. James then quick
ly advanced, and with one well aimed blow
Of his firclock fclled the william to the floor.
He was at once secured, and the property
recovered. He denied having the money
His partner in guilt declined returning, and
Mr.. Smith did not attempt to force her.
The party returned to Green with their
prisoner. There Smith acted with a strange
fatuity that cost his life Mcssrs Davis
and James volunteered to return with him,
but he declined their services. The pris-
oncr was then placed in a carriage, ironcd
only on the legs. The negro followed on
and was incautiously permitted
to retain one of those dangerous knives de-
nominated ARKANSAS tooth-picks." They
travelled but two miles, when the negro
must have assailed Smith, in concert with
the prisoner; for Smith was found murder
cd,at that distance on the road, gashcd and
mutilatcd with knife cuts, in a most shock
ing manner. The carriage and least val
liable horse was left by the murderers, but
they robbed the victim of his money and
other portable valuablcs.
We trust that prompt and spirited CT.
fort has been made by the citizens Ct & rccn
to retake the seduccr, thief and murderer,
SO tnat monster black with triple crime
and his sable accessory may not go "un-
whipt ofjustice."
We learn from Mr.. Knox, Of this place,
that the name Of the murderer is Hardy.
It was the opinion of DIR. Adams that Mr..
Smith was killed with knife, while sitting
IN the carriage. by some one riding behind
HIM. This opinion clearly implca tes the
slave found in Hardy's possession.
In the case of Edwin Forrest rs. Catha-
rine Forrest, lat New York Judge Ed
munds has given decision, dissolving the
injunction SO far as it Restraints the defen-
dant from molestiner his wife hccansa ma