The Sun. — 1842-07-15 (London, England)

ATROCIOUS MURDERS AND OUTRAGES.  A treuruscript was left in our office yesterday morning, from which we condense the following state. ment : --The passengers on board the Sunflower, which stopped at E. P. King's Wood-yard, were informed that some horrible murders had been committed in that vicinkv, and that the citizens were in pursuit of the murdere."s• Ai ter wooding, they had proceeded but a short dis:ance when they perceived a crowd upon the bank, which they ijgi,lltdfuilt apwed that a negrowerelyemaireludcdthe pursuers. They stopped, And named Joseph, belonging to Mr. Voorhees, on Bayou de Maize, had been persuaded to run off and join him by a negro run away from New Orleans, named Enoch. They nWrdered a Mr. Harrington, and took with them into the woods his wife and a young lady. They cal;cd Mr. Harrington out of his house, and he unsuspectingly wont ; a pistol and gun were presented at him. fie was guarded into the house, when the negroe: laid their weapons on the bed, and declared their purposes to t'e to murder him, and abduct the females. Harrington seized a pistol, aimed at the breast of Enoch, and exploded the cap without discharging the load. Joseph aimed the rifle at Harrington, the young lady clung-to Harrington, the rifle went off; killing him and wounding her. His body was thrown into a lake, and the females carried off. The negroes had with them a mu.latress named Margaret, whose entreaties saved the lives of the poor women, who were inhumanly outraged. They then killed a Mr. Todd, and carried off his wife and child. They also killed another person, name unknown. Jihe citizens caught Joseph on Sunday, and the girl Margaret. Enoch escaped, though supposed to be wounded by some one or snore of the balls fired at him. Joseph confessed, and they determined to burn him alive.- Ile was chained to a tree, the faggots piled around, and in that situation being questioned by P. Routh, he declared as before that he had no other accomplice than Enoch, and that Enoch made him kill the men who were murdered. His cries were terrific when the fire reached him, and by superhuman exertions he wrested the staple which confined the chain to the tree. - He was then shot, and his body cast back into the fire. The girl is in gaol in Vidalia. They are still pursuing the other villain. Since writing the above, we learn tiom a gentleman of the neighbourhood that only one female was at, and carried away from Harrington's, Kis young daughter. The statement is substantially cotrect in other particulars.—Natchez Courier. The terrible scene of burning the negro is thus described by the Free Trader :  The boy was taken and chained to a tree iintoodiately on the bank of the Mississipi, on what it called Union Point. Faggots were then collected and piled around him, to which he appeared quite indifferent. When the work was completed, he was asked what he had to say. He then warned all to take example by him, and he asked the prayers of all around • he then called for a drink of water, which was handed to him ;he drank it and said, " Now .set fire--I a:n • ready to go in peace !" The torches were lighted and placed in the pile, which soon ignited. lie watched unmoved the curling flame as it grew, until it began to entwine itself around and feed upon his body ; then he sent forth cries of agony painful to the ear, begging some one to blow his brains out, at the same time surging with almost superhuman strength, until the staple with which the chain was fastened to the tree, not being well secured, drew out, and he escaped from the burning pile. At that moment the sharp ring of several rifles was heard—the body of the negro fell a corpse on the ground. He was picked up by some two or three, and again thrown into the fire and con • sumed—not a vestige remaining to show that such a being ever existed.