New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1852-12-28
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Confession OF THE MCRDERERs OF GARD
NEa AND MnLYR-Messrs. Gardner and Smith, OF this
city, received a letter yesterday from John GARNER
who has been engaged for several weeks IN ferrens Out
the murderers Of Messrs. Gardner and Miller lac let
ter was written MOOres Hill, Ind, AMI ssates tnai
Robert Kelley had been arrested tue charge OF par
tcipatipg in the murder Shortly after his arrest he
made full confession Of the crime of which be AMI his
brothers stand charged.
Fror Kelleys statenent II appears that te boat laid
up the afternoon previous the murder andtwo ofthe
hands George" and "Kentusk, went ashore to hunt
and not returning in the evening they shoyel o.. ana
left them While Alexander Gardner AMI James Miller
were asleep in bed and Mr. Ho was asleep before tae
stove and Robert Kelley asleep below Moses Kelley
came down and awakened him. AMI they two murdered
the other three He don't know how much money was
cot bv the transaction Moses gave him three dollars to
nav lis way home The Kellcys and others had agr e
10 rob boats the river this winter but before tley got
shipped the wife of OF the party was taken SICK aai
he compelled 10 leave, which irustfatsd li ils
Cor q time The above the first opportunity that
they had of robbing boat AMI they embraced IT. A
portion Of the property stolen has been recovered
Cincinnati Com. Dec. a.
STEAMBOAT LosT-By the arrival this m)rn-
ing of the steamer Gen. Lafayette learn that on
Tuesday morning las 1T o'clock, the steamers H. *
w Hill, bound up. and the Western World CApt Alex
Norton from IT Louis for this port, came IN cont'r,
five milce above Princeton. The Western World was
struck on thelarbosrd bow cutting her below the water
edge She filed in about - minute, turned on her
larboard SIDE and remained in hat situation aoow ID
minutes. Her boilers and deck freight then gave way,
which caused her cabin 10 break loose from ner hu.l
The hull turned bottom up, and both cabin and hui
foated of together The hull noated down the river
about 100 miles and lodged in sand bar The cabin was
passed by the steamer Gen. Lafayette about 2o mics
below the of the disaster still floating but much
torn to pieces
The boat cargo papers and books are total loss
She had about 20 head OF cattle on board which were
all lost They belonged to Ashbrook & Graham of 81
Louis. All the officers, crew. and cabin passengers were
saved Twelve deck passengers were lost Tie baggage
of the passengers and crew was lost.
The steamers Mohcan and Gen. Lafayette brought
down the passengers and part Of the Of the Wet
ern World IS. o. Pic Dec. IL.
Two MURDERS IN kEMPER County, Miss
On the It'll inst John Edwards boy of eighteen years
old, rad some high words with man named Samuel
Aiken but parted without an alteration Shortly aite,
he told companion that lac thought he would 80 back
and Kill the Id scoundrel whereupon he did return,
and in the language Of an yewitness delberaey pro
ceoded TO cut Aiken ell TO pieces. Aiken was yinson
the 9th inst, but without hope OF recovery. Edwards
cot Of without molestatiOn The next morning after
this Outrage, the uncle Of young Edwards, John J.
wards by name, notorious desperate who hal lied
from Alabama few years since Tor similar crime,
started 10 20 with his nephew, and place him ont OF
reach of the law Passing through De ksb, he induced
Col james III. Sine very respectable cilzen oi tnat
place TO accompany him, and counsel his nephew in re-
gard to the matter While riding together abou, eleven
miles from De kalb and converting amcaby with each
other, Edw ards drew pistol and without word OF
woIning, sbot Sims through the head from behind
presence Of sgonized wife and father leaving two
children The dasardly murder witnessed by sew
erll spectators The De KaIb Gazette, from which we
gather the foregoing particulars, does not mention
whether either Of the blood thirsty Williams had been
captured
FoR LIBERIA-The fine brig Zebra has been
chartered by the Colonization Society to convey It's emf
grants to Snora and MonIoyia, and will have lmuiei
ate dispatch. There are already here some eighty e.
grsnts and others daily arriving Among those now
here are Simon Harris from the Choctaw nation, ana
his family, sbout whom great interest has been nsni
tested at the North There also nineteen from
Montgomery Alabama and twenty eight of the servants
of the late Mr. Ludlow, of Texas Adyces have be IN
received from the Kentucky Colonization Society OF
thirty flour being their way. The family oil John rs
Jordan well known the confidential clerk OF our de
ceased and highly respected fellow-ci,izen, VIM Nj
Beal, ALEC going out with this expedition.
We have never finer and more inteiig ent p0dy
OF emigrsnts than those now here They viii be add
tons to the Colony n. q. Pic, Dec. IL.
fY- We find the following in Tie Boston
Couricr: Extract Of letter from Louisville KY Dec y
TO Willis Co. of this city have to inform yog 0,
n Newcomb Of this city Mrs Neweolb having been III
disposed several weeks and Though up aud about most
Of tie iine) occasionally mADiiesng mental lights be-
deIsnged las evening" AMI IN the absence OF Mr.
Newcomb lat club neeiina threw Their four children
from attic totncOIc Two Of them fell upon the pave
fIscturins their skulls 1.-THE second boyl died
shortly after and the little GIRL the youngest died this
morning The third boy 1t thought may survive; and the
eldest falling upon the srA apparently not much In
jIedhe was sleeping quietly when Lett the house an
hour since" Mr.. Newcomb is well known in this quarter
the head Of Of the principal houses at the West.
,Y A correspondent of TIE BoOnsJOro odd
Fthor writing from shirleysburg, Huntington Coau:y
Pa, states that young man named Woods, while at
the anxious bench al camI-meetng in that County,
being told that he must confess his cOaie 20
OF the preachers that he had been implicated in
der Upon this confession, he arrested and taken
before magistrate where he examined He stated
that he and two other individuals the Of whom
he refused TO give offered the OF a. 800 to
Ia t..,r
Cleveland, Ohio and that the did murder the
drover Chtmbersburg. The magistrate for some
did not commit the prisoner. but discharged him.
since which tune ne has left the County, and has not
been heard Of since.
x The Monroe Miss DsmOcra, records a
most distressing occurrence. On the Il inst Mr..
Mcbride, overseer of Or. Whites plantation, about
twelve miles from Aberdeen while out some distance
nom bis dwelling discovered that Il IRE. He
hss,ered home hut too late for succesf e.ort 20
tnsush the flames. The builiing nearly consumed
and through the haopeHed door he discovered the mo-
eness body OF his wae lying upon the door, and
rounded by the ceVouring element AZ yet, the flames
had not reached her but al attempts % rescue Ler body
were unsvsiing The euppo.iion l. that some vilain
had murdered her 10 possess hmsei OF tue ttle money
che was known 10 posses, and then SCI the house
ire 10 conceal his crime.
10 The Governor of Virginia has sent a sec
ond message the Stte Legislature II reference 10 the
Lennon Slave Case. He accompanies IL by state
ment furnished by Mr. Lspaush, the counsel for Mr.
Lennon, and alter recapulatng the circumstances az.
tenroa the case, gays: Il deem the sa5ect Of SUR
celt public importance require and receive the a.
tendance Of the Government of tins commonwealth
and recommend that, for the present provision shall be
made by the General Assembly for the efficient proscl.
ton O. the tppeal already taken and OF such other Judi
eis proceedings may be found necessary and proper
Tor satisfactory adjudication u the important questions
involved in this case
ESr In lsi7, K. r. Howard was indicted in
Carroll County Miss for the murder of Thos Durham
ana found guilty Of manslaughier The High Court
reversed the decision Of the Circuit Court and on the
second is he was found guilty OF murder; but il AFTER
wsrd appearing that tue jury had separated before
agreeing upon verdict was set aside and new trial
grsned Upon the affidavit of the prisoner and affirmed
by two respectable citizens that he could not have afar
and inn artAl Trial in Carroll the venue was changed 30
YaIlotushs, and en- the I'D nh goHe proscgEi wac en-
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