The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1851-07-04
The MURDERER CAuGnT.-A Young

The MURDERER CAuGnT.-A young
man named Peterson. aged about Is
years, who had worked short time at
The saddIer's business with citizen Of
this vicinity, and who was suspected
of having murdered Mr.. Merriweath.
er on the road between this place and
Memphis. not long since. has been
appvehended. He was taken, we un.
derstand, in Grenada, and passed
through fernando yesterday in Gus.
tody en- route to Memphis.
We learn that he denies having
committed the murder himself, but
says an acccmplice did it. The most
Of the clothing belonging to the de-
ceased was found in his possession, the
horse he acknowledged he had sold,
and most Of the money taken from
Mr.. Merriweather, had been spent.
He also states that there is a large
clan associated together, to which he
belongs, for the purpose of making
robbery and murder a proiession.-
The peace and safety of the citizens
of the country demand an investiga.
ton of this matter.--North MiSSis.
sippian.
We learn from our Memphis pa.
pers that Peterson had arrived in that
city. and on the 10th was examined
upon the charge of murder. The
evidence, says the Eagle. was abun.
dant and clear that he is the true and
real murderer of the deceased. Upon
examination of the witnesses, he was
proven to have been in possession Of
Merri yeather's horse very near the
place where the mul der was commit
ted and Immediately after Mcrri-
weather must have been killed. He
confessed that he was accessory to
the bloody deed, but states that he
was not present at the time ofits com.
mission. Merriweather's clothes ". ere
found in his possession at the tine oil
his arrest. After full examination
ne was committed to Jail 10 await his
trial at the next tern. of the Circni,
Court for Shelby 'county.--Nashuih
Gazette.
A Pr OF RoMANcE.--A Paris cor
respondent of the N. York Express
: Says: "a letter was dropped into tn
Paris office, directed thus: "To my
Mother, France" The distributors
and subordinates not knowing what
to make Of so laconic an address. re-
ferred it to the Postmaster General.
"Now is it possible that there's such
fool in France" unused that officer;
"if there is, he must come from the
Loir ct Cher; for that's the depart.
ment that produces all the fools, and
there his mother must live" So the
letter was forwarded to the Loir Ell
Cher. The clerks and postmen being
as puzzled as their brethren in Paris,
handed the missive to the chief officer
of the district. SHOW is it possible
said he, "that there's such a fool in
France; ii there is, he must be a resi-
dent Of the Commune Carcasson
where all the fools come from-his
mother must live there" The Post
master of Carcasson was as much
astonished as he Of Paris, at the stu
piditv Of the writer. but ultimately
CONCLUDED that if there was such a
fool in France. il could be no other
than Jean Brainsappy, whose mother
lived in a little brown house on the
corner. The letter was sent to Mrs
Brainsappy. and turned out to be IN
reality from heraffectionate son Jean
A Hoos1ER Down EAsT.-A live
Hoosier from White county, writes
from Boston to the Chieftain as fol-
lows:
The people here are very much
astonished to find that | wear boots
and breeches. and speak ineligible
English; and have worn my laugh
ing utensils out, land by the way sene
me on a new set.) at the ideas in re-
gard to the West--her schools, i'm
provements, and in fact every thing
connected with her.
attended church yesterday and
heard one Of the most powerful min
listers in the State preach one OF the
most poreJul sleepy sermons | have
listened to in many day. lie ticklet
the paa,es of those that were awake
by telling them what great things they
had done for the West. in the way o.
Christianizing US. He is about as big
foIderoler as ever read of sermon
The masses here possess more intel
ligence, perhaps, than than they DC
at the West. but they are so egotisti'
cal and so full Of vanity on that &C
count, that it is enough to make one
sick to listen to their talk.