New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1851-03-26
D,AgoLIcAL MURpEK.-a negro grader,

DIABOLlCAL VI URDEh.-d negro SIdutf,
named Tugbman Hunt resident OF Guilford Co. on his
Say m m hs pla % with 81 negroes, csmped ous
Inc night OF the Sd March within mile or so OF town. on
H. oad 10 Rockfah Creek The party consisted Of TIRES
ar four neero women ard a child. a negro man. and
" bite man named Pitt whom Dir Hunt had employed n
travelled ia two vehicles onehOrse wagon an buggy.
The only now hsve Is the confession OF tne
his msster with an AK by chopplng him In The top OF tho
head end across the face with me edge OF me AZ
This he did usder he seducement OF ft ana WIN ne
promise that he would eiyide the money with him and
tske him free State. Aer the murder according 70
The uegros statement they sewei the body IL aentclon
adding come large 10 make Il sink, and all hands
proceeded toward Ehzabeihiown On coming TO hockhsa
Creek The dead body thrown into deep place where
Pin bouRh two hors for $50 and bought negro, and
The pegroes 70 whatever they wanted Ast .nst
we have no Trace OF them until they turn up al ROCKY
Mount Edgeeombe Co at which place Pin was well ac-
quanteh, and made great Spuree WIN MS money out'
on beng que STONED did rot appear 10 give psas0e sc-
conns of the circumstances OF hs sudden transition from
poverty TO wealth From The G0ldsboTo Republican, OF the
i8tb we learn that Pitt showed large sums OF money
posed to be $500 $1,000 ard told different stories
10 how he got it Finoug The place getting too hot for
GRrret he took The cars northwad Amer the flight Of
Pitt the negroes tsken up and legally examined Ia
The negroes have been ght Fayetteville and lodged
in jal-lhree women ard a boy, and Damon, The muir
deTer The watch OF deceased was len 10 his pocket
S4eO has been offered by the Governor for thu
arrest Of PITT Fayetteville Caroinian, March p
MEXICAN CLAIMS Washington, Mon
day March 2I-The Secretary submitted the following
memorials filed since the LIST OF Febrdary, which were ex-
amir ed and ordered 10 be Teceued That OF Peter Kerr
claiming for loss OF part OF cargo Of schooner Hannah Eli.
Zabe h. chssed ashore by Mexican schooner that OF
Jesse 4 Brown, administrator Of William J. Russell,
claiming for proportion OF damage by seizure and confs-
cation OF schooner Alert at Tampco. Ia 1879 that OF James
w Zscbarie gnse OF Asmus c. BTedal, claiming for
false imprisonment that OF he assignee OF the same,
claim ing the seizure and psge OF the schooner Lodi,
at Corpus Christi; that Of John Brou Receiver OF ho
Pelican Insurance Company Of Gew York, claiming to
cover paid the cargo OF the schooner Carone
that of Hetty Green administrator OF Pardon C. Green,
claiming for seizure and detention Of ship Transit at Cam
petchy In 1885, that Of George and Peter LATER claiming
1888 and for consequent damages The following memo
rails were taken up for consideration, namely That q
William Murphy, cladg for expulsion from the city o.
Vera Cruz The 18th May 1885, and for The consequent
damages that Of Peter Kerr claiming for loss Of part Of
the cargo of schooner Hsnnsh Eizsbeh Whereupon tho
Board separate opinion that the several claims
valid against the Republic Of Mexico, and the
allowed the amount to be awarded the future action of
the Board.