Juniata sentinel. [volume] (Mifflintown, Pa.) 1846-1873, 1870-11-02
MFFIINTOWN UNAA COUNTY l7opo

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bTia ses, ana other lhtsffS Of cofnmuhica-
ton between Vicksbafg and the back
country land fruin vheo partaof'the, State
to another.a My swn' stroopspsafter mo
wing long distance down theiriver, had
been ferried sacrsssI 6ydhs assistancg of
thesaest and transports which hadrua the
batteries, and at once struck into the in
terror Dsy after day, ! had nothing
but victories, and at last q I saw the army
Of Pemberton driven into Vicksburg and
its surrender to, my forces, This was
my dream, Or rather the one more in in de-
tail that had 50 50 ldi lopg { Haunted hs me. n de-
termihed to act On the plan, and on the
goth Of March put my forces in motion.
Yon knowft the results r1On the fourth of
July Vicksburg surrendered IT, me. Do
you think it stfange thatd ] should often
recurl tomy1ore.naysabls,, dreams ii that
promptedsme to take xhe roneqout' of the
seven plans that succeeded at Vicksbu1gs
r5 THE TRAGEDY R eH1 IA At CUMBERLAND HhHaH AND bio
Theokiliins Of Colenell M'Kaig rby, Mr. HI
b7nodp- Aaek.s2 2 1sid2psb 1si
THE Cumberland dCCiri7:aa gives The
following apat4icalafs Of the tragedy m
tHss city onnsEo,n,day last, mention II
which Rasa Been made III bur 1testtsgyraphic
dispatches 9i''''
ntonqSIondy sn,orning' Hast rientire
csmm yafsys Cwas thrown 2 into astate'ef
the mt most excitement b. ylthe occurrence
of a fearful lrsgelysiwhich struck the
deepest sorrow to many hearts. r3RheI
ACTS Immediately attending the case are
asifquows,ss correctly " it was possible
to obtain l,eaa :uin ssu i bsB ,1eFal11ua
Some months since Mr. III. ID. Black,
an old citizen of ouseitys ftedss load Of
shot from a double barreled shot gun'at
Nj v, W. M'AAaig, WHO had passed
him, and was some, thirty Or, forty steps
distant. The lead took effect in Colonel
M4''Aaig's arm. inficlinagg a severe flesh
wound. The cause Of the shooting was
not publicly alledged at the time Yet
it was known to many that Mrs Black
had accused Colonel M''Kaig Of intimacy
with his daughter. After the shooting
referred to Mr.. Black was held 10, bail,
and the Grand Jury indicted him for an
assault tc kill. Col. M'Kaig was after
wards warned BY Several Of his friends
thar he would be killed by either Mr. q.
D. Black or his son. But he was dssur-
ed by others that the matter wonld be
allowed to drops s' '' -'' 'o' ." '''''
After the son. II. era wford Black,
who wss absent from the city, tempora-
rily, came. home last week, he and Colo
mel Al Kaig passed each other, on the
street number of times, and the latter
was prepared for an assault, but inasmuch
as young Black made no hostile demon
stration, M'Kaig concluded that nothing
more would be heard from the matter.
| On Monday morning, however, Black
stood on the corner of Baltimore and
, Mechanic streets, until be saw M'Kaig
crossing the bridge, on his way to bust,
ness. Black immedi lately walked toward
! him, and when they met, id the twink
ling ofari eye, Black fred d shot from
his revolver, the ball piercing M'Kaig's
side and passing through his body ~
, Upon receiving the shot he ran from
| Black towards the opposite SIDE Of the
street, . Blaek 4 followed, . still shooting,
M'Kaig staggered against the house and
then staxtsds across sshe streets evidently
1 SO badlyiwounded by this time that he
was un ct,nsciaus.i He passed Black in
| the middle Of the street. whS shot him
again through The back, at the distance
I of only a few feet. Upon receiving this
last SHOT M,skais fell forward on his face
dead, Black, then raised his pistol
! and said, II have shot,s the s--n of a
oh that rujssed my sister. sister. and 3D. here is a
load for any scoundrel that does not jus
fifty the acti''Wn &c, ,tps-v nov n isdW
I This, is. substantially the testimony
as given before the yeOr0ner's jury con
1 cerning the killing.
I Black then wslked up Washington
bstreet to9theF court house, exhibiting
/ great cooihess, and delivered himself up
| to the Sheriff, xbSplaced him in Jail. 'l9
I Never have Our people been more estric-
tken with sorrow. The deepest gloom
hung over the whole city al soon as the
4 deplorable event became kuown,' and THE
attention Of everybody seemed to be con
centrated on this fearful tragedy which
has struck such poignant griefs to . the
hearts of so many families. The meas
,ure of sorrow, fur both hear: stricken
posbers > is full to oyerdowing, while
others not less near and dear must suf-
fes .snsold sagony.di To bosh pAsties, and
the friendsaof both parties, this is a ca.
lamityr of the most fearful nature Il a
OnTuesday afternoon sat four o'clock
a large concorse Of friends gathered at
the late residence of the deceased, to per-
| farm Cor him tn Ia az ritaa nm aarths l. The