North Carolina standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1850-1852, 1851-07-02
TRAGEDY in HIGH LIFE !"

Ihe New York correspondent of The w oodstock
Tenth LEGION thus writes /: sisaEaz
!" An intense excitement is at present raging in
uPPertendom,' from awfully tragcal circamsian-
ces which has recently taken place in the Fifth Ave
nue.. Ii appears that about two years and half ago.
gentleman who was at that time one of our frst
merchants, was compelled by an unpleasant business
transaction between of his foreign connexions
and himself, temporarily relInqush the society of
young and lovely wife, and to proceed on a voyage
from this city to St. Petersburg. This matrimonial
separation was rendered the most poignant, by the
fact that the parties had only been united about six
months, and were most ardenty attached to each 9th
err. The merchant, however set out. t7ss
In the course of his voyage the vessel touched at
London, where the merchant met dashing
ic friend, who had just completed pleasure tour to
Europe, and about returning to the opolis of
the Western W orld. The merchant communicated
to his frieRd the object and probable duration of his
visit TO st. Petersburg and requested his honfeward
bound countryman become the bearer of letter
his wife. AS this lady one of the handsomest
and most accomplished women in New York, the
FRIEND of course joyfully undertook the embassy to
the court of beauty. .-.t -..
The merchant continued his voyage, and, on arr-
wing at st. Petersburg, he found that his affairs in
that city were complicated as to require his pres
ence in the Russian capital for a much longer time
than he had anticipated. Meanwhile his arstocratc
friend arrived in Gotham, presented the letter, and
effected much closer introduction to the merchants
wife than her absent husband had originally intended.
Well, one day last week, after an absence of two
years and five months, the merchant landed at this
port; but imagine his establishment, when, upon
expecedly presenting himself his old residence in
the Fifth Avenue, he discovered, his unutterabe
horror, that diminutive stranger Of sic ,oeeks
Ofd, had recently become member of his household.
From several striking points of resemblance between
the child, his wife, and his arstocratc friend, the
unfortunate husband experienced no difficulty in
irving at unsatisfactory conclusion respecting
the utilization OF the little intruder.
Frantic with rage, the merchant Immediately COM
menced the task of retribution and, having learned
the whereabouts of his wlfe'S SeduCer. he rushed
to his presence and shot him down like dog. The
maniac husband then escaped cached his own home,
dismissed the servants stabbed his wife to the heart
threw the newborn babe out of the back window,
and finally hung himself from beam in the ceiling
of his own bedroom, where he found few hours
afterwards perfectly dead.
Such an extraordinary instance of wholesale muir
der is unparalleled in the annals of New York crime
and the excitement produced among all classes of
ciey is proPoronally great; but in compliance with
the earnest request of the friends of the deceased
the reporters of the city press. at present. withhold
the names of all parties connected with the above
dreadful occurrence