The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1857-07-17

VI New Aofk mas q topic ior gossip
in Grim. con. that was discovered on
tho 4th. A wealthy merchant Of the
city living at Williamsburg. had wife
who belonged to fashionable society, and
was frequenter. in her visits to the city
at one Of the fashionable saloons. where
she met gentleman-a respectable
business man-with whom she formell
an acquaintance. and began an intrigue.
which progressed into an amour and
finally into plan for an elopement, to
be contaminated on the 4;h inst. The
husband having had some intimation Of
tho atfai:, was on the look out. though
he was incredulous % to the guilt Of his
vile. On the appointed morning. car
riage appeared in the street near their
residence. and the faithless wife LEFT her
home and vas seen to enter the carriage.
The enraged husband pursued, and ar
resting the carrIase.he wrenched open the
door. and began ,slashins away with a
bowie knife at the man seated by the
side OF his wife. upon whom he inflicted
number ofdcadly gashes. and in the rne
lee received pistol shot from the assail.
ed party. that made q slight wound in
his head. When the fight ended he was
astonished to find in the seducer an init
mate commercial friend. The latter de-
clared he had no idea OF the lady's con.
nection with his assaiiant. The wife
was sent home to her parents; the woun-
ded man was placed in the hands Of a
surgeon who pronounced his case critical.
The lady was the mother Of three chill
dren. highly connected accomplished and
talented. Exertions we're made to hush
up the affair and feep it from the press.
GTThs scheme for supplying the
West India Colonies with African ap-
premises which has been preached by
the British government, is arousing a
violent opposition among the English
philanthropists. 1t will be a contest
between avarice and Humanity
between the commercial thirst for gain
and the christian civilization Of the coun
try. One is active and shrewd-the
other is noisy bat indolent, and injudici.
ous.
The Lonion Times and Lord Sba'tesbury's
COMMITTEES both rejoice in the discovery that a
slave costs ESQ; while free emigrant viii
not succeed pecuniarly against such compc-
ti;ion. This is all very we'll; but what be-
comes Of free emigrants' if the emigrants
cost e los headl That is Just about the
price paid by the slave dealers now, for ne
groes on the coast of Africa.
We are told by Baron Hnmboldt that he
has heard the West India planters discuss.
with the greatest GOODNESS the question.
whether il il better for the proprietor not to
everwork his slaves. and consequently replace
! them with less frequency, or whether Inc
should get all he could ont Of them an few
years. and then purchase newly imported
Africans!
Like discussions are often heard among
the reckless and unfesling planters Of our
own Southern States. And the question
often arises in the minds Of those who
do not openly discuss it, and often deter
mines silently their course of action
The apprentice system would be the
most cruel form Of slavery that ever
prevailed. i1c
1t would remove the only mitigating in
fluences that preserves it from wanton
cruelty and barbarity.