Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1859-08-30
BY YESTERDAY EVENINGS MAILS.
Shooting and Suicide near Middleburg


MIpDLERuRG, Aug. 29, lSj9.-At half
past nine o'clock on Saturday morning an
inquest was held by General Rogers, j. p,
upon the two negroes Edgar (the property OF
Jno Marshall Luck and Charles the pro-
perry of Miss Elizabeth Moran whose
deaths by shooting have been noticed. 1t
appeared upon evidence adduced before the
jury, that Charles believing that some parties
were stealing the fowls the previous night, en-
tered the house Of his employer and got gun
and some powder, shut, &c, but did not make
any use Of them until during the next day
when hc loaded the gun and fired it of troIa
the Kitchen. Here the gun remained until
Friday night, after the servants had taken
their supper, when Charles went up stairs, got
the gun, and putting some powder III 1t, put
on u cap and fired it at Edgar who observed
t. him 'now If You shoot me you would be
scared y bny present, third party, IN
1uired If the gun was loadcd-CharleS OBJ
served that it was not he had fired it Oft to-
day. and putting Il cap on and pointing it 1T
him d second time. he lodged the contents
of one Of the barrels that had been loaded
and could not be gotten off for months, in
Edcars breast near the region OF the heart,
having accidentally put the cap on the wrong
barrel.
Charles in about fifteen or twenty minutes
after, with the same gun, shot himself, lean
ing us Is supposed upon the barrel OF the gun
and using poker upon the trigger.
The remaining portion of the colored fam
ily fled to the neighboring house and inform
cd the parties and medical aid was promptly
in attendance, but life was extinct, both hav-
ing died before the Doctor arrived.
Perhaps it would be well 10 observe that
Mr. Benz. F. Skinner, by whom the servants
were hired, was absent, with all the white
family, at Camp Meeting, when the sad &C.
currence took place. Mr.. Skinner gave
Charles an excellent character, and stated
that he never knew of any disagreement be-
tween these negroes: they always lived upon
friendly terms with each other, and on the
evening before the killing took place, they,
it appeared were conversing with regard TO
what they had to do the ensuing day.
The GREAT SouTu CAROLINA Tunnel
A few days since there was very large and
enthusiastic Celebration at the Stump House
Mountain Tunnel on the Blue Ridge Railroad,
in South Carolina. The Governor the State
and other distinguished persons were present.
From a graphic sketch in the Charleston
VI ercury, we gather 4 few facts. The Stump
House Mountain. is high elevation, rising to
level of 100 feet above tide water, situa-
ted in PickenS district, at Il distance by tie
travelled route, Of 3O5 miles from Charleston.
Twelve miles to the westward runs the
Chatuga river, the boundary between the
States Of South Carolina and Georgia. The
scenery from the summit ofthe Stump House
is sublimcly grand, embracing the North
Carolina SUBMITS, the high peaks Of the Al
leehanian chain, Mount Pisgah, Cold, Ball.
Table Mountain. and the Saddle Peak. The
tunnel is 5SG4 feet in length, 4lG3 OF which
have already been driven, leaving only
I70l feet to DC now worked. The tunnel H.
cut to grade of sixty feet to the mile, rising
westward, and will require the excavation
of nearly 10000 cubic yards of stone. The
Middle Tunnel, at another point on the road
is completed, and the Saddle Tunnel IL one
third through. 1t is thought that in twelve
months, all the tunnels in South Carolina
could be completed, and also the road bed he
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son, horse trainer, recently from Washing
ton, d e., was attacked on Saturday night
last, at about O'clock by three negroes
WHO iirS' ;iskIu n'',' W. "GnoS :" ho,."n y,
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scare" MN 'tN''' ''t'" ~,
themn' ne having W." P,S'H'N, p"' N'3 "Io"'
muruerSu wiIl ms own pI LonI T III! or %c =
mnrdnr c"nsrJ Mr. r Xrwsom TO 90 to his
rescue, and ON his arrival at the place the
negroes had iled' and he i"nnd Dawson On
the ground bleeding PrniuSc'y' from most
serious wounds inflicted upon MS heau.
Inc h>chm"hn Examiner SAYS "'SS'''
the properly oil r'a"ar' h'o'"S son. esq., wiz
badly injured 1T ASh'ahd'" Oh SATURDAY ',e"
ing by being run over by hand car. Inc