The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1857-11-14
The TRAGEDIES Of Life.

tiRt " AZ ''' ~ "a 'iN - 'tihiOIN
papers, to tie ,ncct that Thomas Washington
Smith of this county had on the day previous
deliberately shot nan in hotel in rhila-
dolphin The following is !hc dispatch, as
copied from one OF the papers:
Y. ts;chirl Carter, President 81 The Aut'ra-
cite y INK. al Tannpua, while in the parlor Of
the st. Lawrence Hotel, WIS Deliberately shot
dead by Thomas Washington Saith, Of Cscil
county Nj. He iired four balls into his BODY
two after he had flllcn to the floor. Carter
was middle aged man, quite wealthy, and
leaves Il ftmily.
Smith who is about 81 years Of age. was
llborng under great excitement, { ,rtrr hay
ing accused hm of The seduction of his ward
or adopted daughter. Smitll &'at,s that he
met tho Girl at Il boarding schpGl and married
her but he subsequently discovered she had
been the mistress OF Garter, and she had IL
child fourmontlIs after InlrriaG2. The shoot
ing WAS in revenge. Smith was arrested, and
is now awaiting hearing at the mayors
office"
Mr.. Smith is well known to us. He has
acted as the agent Of this paper in procuring
advertisements, and has oflcn been Il contrib.
utor to its columns. We have been somr
time acquainted through revelations from,
himself with the circumstances attending
his unfortunate marriage, and have been flllJ
convinced that he was the victim Of villain
Gus conspiracy to cover up the Slam Of the
woman he was induced to marry and the
man he has slim. From the correspondence
we have had v iIh HIM since, aal his manner
and conversation Oh an occa sion when We
mt him, we have jycn aware That his mind,
which was always more or less cratic, was
sadly affected by his miaforuncs, aad we
have been always apprehcnsive, that he might
be led to some desperate act, but his srlf-de-
sLruc;lon was what we most feared. The
following article fyola the Philadelphia Amer.
Jean comes nearer the tue state Of facts, than
any we have seen.
From The Ilia American Of 5h ns.l
TIE ,loMItrE OF MN RICHARD GARTER.
Throughout the city yesterday t!js niclan.
rhoy allail furnished the toHc eli general
conversation. Groups of pcopl. collected in
the vicinity Of the hotels, knots Of merchants
inn ,rhct and 'front.' streets. noli,canS ar,rnl
the State House, AMI Old ladies in thoir s,,ig-
gcrics, AL found a fertile topic Of comment
and conjecture i'll the circumstances aud sur
roundinGs Of the late tragedy at the st. Law.
acl &c Hotel. The hotel i;a;lf WAS especially
an object of curiosity. During the entire
day The patience Of The worthy proptiutolS
was fully taskcd by the crowds Of people
who poured in simply to crafty morbid
curiosity by cycling the sofa upon which Mr..
Garter sat when he received the fatal wound
which sent his soul Speeding into tie pcs
cnce Of infinite justice.
AmoHg the numerous visitors to The hotel
during the day, wcr" uot a few persons who
had come do"'u from Iamaqua solely through
interest in the family Of the deceased Bank
President. Oar reporter, through the mcli-
nm Of such persons, has heard yAgjons SAFE
,nentS, which we give cE p1fr, and for what
they are Worth.-l'hu tale which is most uni
formy corr"borattd is, that Mr.. Carter came
to Schuylkill county a common laborcr some
twenty-five years arc. from the town Of
Cornwall, in EngaNl. wAer" he had followed
the occupation CT a miner lie brought with
Inn wife ab0u. eight years his senior, bat
she has never borne him children. He soon
Obtained contracts on his own account, ard
gradually rose to good position, when he
entered into partnership with Mr. M.Aulry,
from the vicinity Of WikcSha,re, LizrInc
''1' i'' ~ al ':'e"aT' III '''e 'i'' "aNi-
HESS anu e'Il"r puT"n,''o OF erected a lnr-
,'ace IN inc Town OIL hi"hNWicN' contiguous
10 "nGh 'hey owned 'a'ua"Ie mines "i ore.
y h'at,S III h"'f"Vl'e 'N'H,s mere nULlt
appears ''at aller lapse Vi tiihG McA"ley
was ieouee' 10 naas."c,, wIle MS former
partner rose rapidly IN the Scale OF wealth
a, h" social ol''lhc''oh' McAol,y subsequent
:! went 70 h,"c'G''e County, .eaN'hS or'lna
nun al on'y oa"s s''i % ofe". PERSONA
".''ac''on' o"l P'Pcoc'ouS ".Si,os'''"h MI
oa,,er commissioning 'tc i"fi'ih conoi'i"n
Vi 'G ''ic''oiGSS gin o''tfshiii'u 10 pace ller
~ scioo'; ana a'r0,n,hG'y S'i'G'I" TeSP'c'
'aoe seminary IN ll!'!i"e'o" Du'' where. !!
appears he introduced her as his ward and
ao1p'eo da''Sn'vr.
IL Is aleG'a mat MI carter was Ioue
ny nature Agcntle'nan IN white cravat and
SABLE SUIT whose general clerical appearance
indicated the minister of The Gospel, Informed
our reporter That he had known Nh. G. for
upwards oil twenty years. and knowing his
ncloii'o"S disposition, lad feared that some
thing more than Christian spirit of hcncvo-
iehee haa prompted MN III the guardianship
oi MISS McAniey' However the young lady
was SEM 10 wilmington TO school, and sup.
pl'ea win money D., MrCafter VII a ii cali
y closely a,1'ca to extravaganza, II is alleged
mat MISS AeAHIcy was supplied with an am
PIE supply oi licN@'S upon the railroad and that