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sales and the funds distributed IL thus accounted
for:-Funds allocated in trust; provisional credits
not yet made absoute the balance Of cash and
government stock standing to the credit Of the
missioners in the Bank Of Ireland payments already
ordered by the commissioners, and not called for by
the parties entitled thereto and the purchase money
Of recent sales not yet lodged.
The recent Horrible Murder at cambridge,
Tenn.
ARREST OF THE MURDERER, AND BURNING HIM
ALIVE AT THE STAKE.
A correspondent OF the Athens Post, under date
OF June 20, furnishes the following particulars Of
the recent horrible murder at cambridge, Jefferson
county Tenn, and Of the arrest and burning at the
stake Of the mul derer:--
"A tragedy has just been enacted in this vicinity
more awful and horrible than has ever before oc-
Cured In any peaceful land. Elijah Moore and his
wife had lived together some eight years upon a
farm on French Broad River, near the mouth Of
Chucky. They had no children. Miss Lotspeeoh,
was young lady much esteemed by her acquaint-
ances as amiable, prudent and modest. Moore and
his wife were clever respectable people. He owned
a negro man named Tom, about % years Of age,
who had been raised in the family, and
admitted to many famiarities and liberties,
such as are too often allowed to slaves by these
who own but few This slave and two small free
negro boys, hired by Moore, worked on the farm.
The slave Tom had been nsoent to the family,
and especially to Miss Lotspeech and oughl to have
been arrested, but Moore DESTROYS Of having his
labor in the crop at this particular time, and was
perhaps somewhat afraid Of the negro. He there
fore suffered the negro still to live In the family On
last Wednesday evening the slave Tom sent away
the free negro boys to their mothers, not far dis
tant, and in the nip hit entered the house where
Moore and his wife were in one bed, and Miss Lot
speech in another bed In an opposite corner Of the
same room. He entered the room with lamp and
axe. He struck Moore in the head blow with the
edge of the axe causing such instant death that no
did not, when first discovered, appear TO have
moved. Several wounds, apparently given with
great force with the axe, were found upon and
about his head Mrs. Moore awoke. sprang from the
bed and commended with the negro in defence Of her
husband. The negro inflicted several wounds upon
Mrs. M. similar to those upon her husband, and lift
ing her from the floor, threw her upon the bed,
where she died in few minutes.
Whilst the brief contest was pending With Mrs.
Moore, her sister, Miss Lotspeech started TO her 70
lief. The negro struck her upon the arm and broke
her with many acts of barbarity and inhumanity
not to be repeated. She resisted and fought 70 the
last. Her screams alarmed the negro 80, that he
killed her by blow upon the back of her head, and
then made his escape. The next day the wholQ
neighborhood assembled, AMI all who were ther4
say that the sight of the murdered dead Was thd
most awful they had ever seen. The whole neighs
borhood turned out upon q diligent search for tho
murderer, and on Sunday he was arestee nosf
however, until he had received severe hesh wound
from rife ball. He made full, though net vc-
luntary confession, which IL confirmed by other
evidence. On Monday, after general public notice
throughout the country round In the presence Of an
immense assembly, and by the expressed approba-
ton Of every individual present, the negro was
chained to stake and burned TO death, and 10
aches,