Sunday dispatch. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1845-1854, 1852-03-21

missing and bad not been seen since sunset .ne
previous evening. A party Of ten or fifteen elti-
zens supposng that he had been thrown from
his horse and either killed or disabled repaired
as soon O. the news was made known, TO us farm
and searched the woods for considerable dis
tauee around. but without making any discove-
res tending in the least to solve the mystery OF
his absence, The search was renewed on Tues
dav morning and continued through the day
with no better success. As no ira e OF MIN could
be found, and the fact of bis having left the resi-
dence Of Samuel FL Garner, (Which Is less han a
mile distant from his own,) about sunset the
previous evening, being known, suspicion las
tened upon the slaves on his own farm as tne
agents Of his death The slaves were according
lv taken up aad various methods Of obtaining
confession from them reseIted to Some OF them
protested to the last that they were innocent.
One was finally induced to disclose the Whole
affair." and conducted the the party having them
ia charge to the place whore the body was con-
oealed The others chen corroberated his state
ment as to all the material facts. lt appears
from this confession that % conspiracy to murder
the deceased had been entered into by all enc
slaves Qhree of his own and one hired siaVe)
several weeks prior to the commission OF the act,
but it was not executed, owing to the want OF
what they deemed fit opportunity On last
Sunday night, however, they accomplished their
design, as Mr.. Bingham was entering his smoke
house after supper, for the purpose Of giving
them their rations. AS he was uol0cking the
door, one of the negro mon struck him stunning
blow on the back of the head with club the
other immediately jumped upon him and grasped
his hands, and the negro woman secured mis- feet,
while the first caught him by the throat and
made the fourth, young negro, bring ropes
which was fastened about his neck. BY this
means, he was strangled until life was extinct.
After the deed was done, the body Was placed
before one Of them, upon Mr. B 5 own saddle
horse. and brought several miles down the Abit-
uponb0gue creek, and there tied up in sacks,
chen thrown in the creek They then hitched
the saddle-horse of the deceased on the public
road leading out of the east side of the town, and
returned TO the house, where hey spent the re-
mainder of the night in singing and dancing.
After the jury of inquest had discharged their
| duty, the negroes were taken into custody by
! the sheriff and brought to town, and placed 10 a
| blacksmith hop to be ironed. The two men
were laced in irons on Wednesday evening
last, and sent by the sheriff to an upper room OF
the building adjoining the Republican, Office, ana
guard stationed over them. While the sheriff
was attending to the securing with irons OF the
i woman and the boy, a mob entered the room
/ where the two men were confined, and rescued
/ them from the guardin attendance, carried them
| to the bluff above what is known as the Lower
| Ferry, and hung them until they were dead.
ss soon as he was apprised of the rescue, and cut
| the ropes by which the bodies were suspended,
/ Immediately upon his arrival, but was TOO late
| to save the negroes from their fate. The coroner
| empanneled a jury Of inquest on Thursday
whose verdict, as we learn was sc chat the nc
| grOes were hung by mob consisting Of persons
| 70 the Jury unknown The other two muir
derers were taken to Coifeoville vest rday, ant
placed in the county jail to await the duo oours
| of law