Swansea and Glamorgan Herald, and South Wales Free Press. — 1867-08-10 (Swansea, West Glamorgan, Wales)

TRAGEDY IN GEORGIA.  The Yew York World under date Savannah, Ga., July 12, gives the following : An event of the most tragic nature happened a week ago, in the small, quiet, peaceful town of Brunswick, in this State. A beautiful young lady, of barely eighteen years, was married at eleven o'clock on the morning if the rith inst., and at four o'clock in the afternoon of the same day her husband was shot dead by an unsuspected rival. The name of the murdered bridegroom was Eardley G. Westmoreland. He was an Englishman of good family, and held the office of British Vice-Consul for the city of Bninswiok. Be came to this country during the war to represent an English mercantile house which had some relations with the South. He remained in Brunswick after the war, and entered into partnership with Gen. John B. Gordon, in the saw mill business. The name of the firm was Gordon, Shorter, and Co. Mr. Westmoreland was a young man of fine education, refined and accomplished, ...I, all the relation.. of life, maintained kbe strictest integrity and the highest sense of lvinour. The mime of his Myst and assassin is Edgar, or Egbert J. Martin. He was born in Vitginia, and says he is a nephew of General Edward Johnson, of the Confederate army, and that he served on his staff until General Johnson was taken prisoner, when he joined the Confederate artillery as lieutenant. He came to Brunswick in January last on some business, and there made the acquaintance of General Gordon, with whom, after a time, he entered into partnership in planting rice on the Altamaha River; the name of the firm is Gordon and Martin. He also made the acquaintance of young Westmoreland, and for a time they were on friendly and even intimate terms. But a coldness and estrangement grew up between arra ; they were both the admirers of one young lady. This feeling originated with, or was first apparent on the part of Martin, and he exhibited it in an ungracious, if not offensive manner. One day while Westmoreland was in conversation with a gentleman and his daughter, Martin passed by, and Westmoreland said to him, "Stop, Martin, and I will go with you." Martin made no reply, and indeed seemed not to hear it. Westmoreland 7epeated the words, when Martin answered, "Thank you, I prefer my own company." The next day Westmoreland asked an explanation, 'end Martin replied he might interpret it in any way he thought fit. This led to a challenge from Westmoreland, which was accepted by Martin, but the interIzsrence of three gentlemen of authority in such matters previsnted a dual; not, however, without difficulty, and only by earnest appeals to both young men. From this time the estrangement between them was complete, thong they did not cease entirely to speak to each other. 'They were both the open and avowed suitors of the young lady, and each one thought his own chance best. Thus stood matters, when a short time ago a third miner arrived from New York for the express purpose of pressing his suit—a young German gentleman, every way worthy to aspire to so fair a hand. His presence seemed to bring the affair to a climax, and to determine young Westmoreland, who was in reality the favoured lover and secretly engaged to the young lady, to bring the affair to a conclusion. They had agreed to elope and be married. An elopement was rendered necessary in consequence of the violent opposition on the part of the young lady's parents to the pretensions •of Mr. Weetmoreland. This opposition was most decided on the mother's part. She had forbtehlan all intercourse between them, and did not know that they ever met. But they were lovers, and they did meet. A clandestine intercourse had been kept up from the time that he was forbidden the house. On Thursday,