The daily Green Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1861-1865, 1862-10-02

Tue MURDER OF Rev. Mr. MERMAy
AMERICAN MISSIONARY TO THE BULGARnM
He was returning with his wife and chill
from the annual meeting OF MS mission a;
Constantinople, when upon the road about tW,
days journey this side Of PhilippopOIis, til,
party with whom he was travelling weres
tackled by five armed horsemen. The brigl1b
met the party, passed them, and then turning
fired upon them behind. Nj. Merriam at,
tempted to escape, by putting the horses Of the
carriage in which he was travelling to the run
but soon one Of his horses was killed, and Q.
course the carriage was stopped. Upon this
Mr. NJ. alighted, and was almost instantly
killed, being shot through the heart. Befo's
Mrs. NJ. could reach him from the carrlagehH
eyes were glazing in death. The roboersno'
came up stamped upon the body to eztlnguNa
the last spark Of lite, and drawing their knives
upon Mr. NJ demanded money and whate7e,
vaIuables she had After taking what ilt1
could find, they left. Now there was sad Wofi
to be done Mrs NJ succeeded in getnn.
the dead body of her husband to neighDor.
ing village, From this she sent a TELEGRAM
to Philippopois to apprise the missionary IAN
lily there OF the sad event. But from some
unaccountable neglect on the part of the oP'F
ators the message never reached their trlonl'
and Mrs. NJ. was obliged to go on all the mex
day, and the greater part of the tollOwn;
day, alone with her babe and its nurse, rldln:
beside the corpse. She had been stripped o.
money and everything o. value, and when ii
a village she asked for little straw to pu
under her husband head she was refused BE-
cause she had no money TO pay for IT, ILL.,
then she had not shed tear, the terrible scenes
through which she was passing having sealed
up the fountains of grief but when this HUE
kindness was refused her she felt that the Guy
OF sorrow was indeed full to OVERLOOKING ana
she burst into tears. Thus she went on to m
lippopolis MIR. Clark, the missionary there
met her outside the city. having heard OF TO-
murder only a lew minutes before. The ~
neral took place the same evening attended oy
the foreign consuls and large number OIL 'n'
residents OF the city, by whom Mr., NJ va,
we'll known and highly respected. This % "
event has made great impression upon u,
whole region, and strenuous exerti'ns ar
being put forth by the government 10 secul'
the arrest and punishment of the murdersl'
but as yet am sorry to say without success
The very sad sequel Of the narrative IS Una
Mrs. Merriam has since died of typhus fever
induced by the terrible excitement Of her no.
vous system. Thus a young missionary TAU
lily, lately with us in the vigor of health. an ~
full of promise for usefulness in the gooa 0Ol
to which they had consecrated themselves Va
been suddenly cut off by the hand OF Vo'tn :;
and that when they had just completed .u su
preparations Tor their work. Mr., Merfl''
was man Of very superior talents, ana u
most excellent spirits and his wife was .S
eminently qualified for her missionary w1 ;.a
There loss is very great one to the m'''''
George 5. Denison, acting collector Oh De- ,V
Orleans, has recently sent to his FRIENDS ID ns
alton load of rebel trophies, inc lud'ns ''~'