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Murdrr ov C. R. Tuomson.- The circumstancesof the murdei1 óf this eslimablecilizen io the Conrt-Koueeat Mount Sterling.Ky. aró ibus relaled by a corre?pondení of the Lex'mg ton Jnqmier: I witnessed !o day the most tragie ecene ever enacteJin a CourU House, in the rhurder of your distingmshed townstnan, Ciiftop R. Thomson, by Heury Daniel. A uit lná been brougbt by Thomson against Daniel at the last Marcli term. Daniel procured a continunnce of the cause by a verba! statement unUl the September lertn. At the September terra lie was agaiii rmdy, but was compflled td' give a written affiJavit, eeding forth the ground upon wliich he wished to get a continuance. The cause was continued. To-. day the ca?e was culled, and he cauie tbrward with another affiilnvit fur another continuance. Thia so prbvpkfid Thompson thal be reqliested. his counsel to permit him to answer the affidavir, which conto inedinuch low personal abuse, of himself. In his answer Mr. Thomson was remarkably courteous and dignified, until ho. carne to the unofentJemanly s-lang about hia ba ving swindled his sister, (Daniel's wife. This Thomson prönounced low and contempU tibie slander. Daniel told him not to repeat ihat again. He repeated ir. Daniel, drew a JÏstol, took delibérate aim and shot him. through the heart before any one could inter-r pose. Aa soon as he had fired he made a precipítale retreat, thinking, doublJes?, that Thomson would piirsue him! But. alas! bis spirit had taken ils flight; he stood motionless 'or a moment, then walked a step or two, feil on his kr.ees, ond tumbled over, a lifelr corpse! Oh! 't was a horrid spectlcle to see the giffed orator, who bul a moment beforehad held the Cburt. ño bn r, the jury and the, poputace entranced h muie astonishment wilh. bis poweiful but indignant eloquence, converled, ma niomenl'ö (ioie. intoa. paljid corppe' Be lived about two and u half minutes - said nrt a word. ntlered not a groan nor murmur. His brotlier Willintn was present, and I never saw a mnn eo deeply affecfed . T hè Court immediately ordered the Sheriffto impnson Dan-, el, or I ihink the éxcifcd populace would have lynchod hmi on tho spot. The Court adlourned imnifdiatelv ofterthe occurrence.