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AssAssrNATIoN.-Capt. Edward Collier, propre
Tor of the Richmond Hotel Augusta Ga, was kill
cd on the 9th INST. by Robert Burns, runner for
the L. S. Hotel Burns, it seems, rather Off
ciors at the Railroad Depot in inducing passengers
10 90 70 the L. s. Hotel when Mr.. Collier told him
he was lmpertnent, &c.--when Burns rushed upon
Collier, short scuflle cnsued, during which Burns
stabbed him three times with dirk or bowie knife,
two of which entered the region of the heart, of
which he Immediately died-scarcelv speaking after
receiving the wounds. Burns fled Instantly, crossed
over into South Carolina, and has thus far euded
the vigilance OF The officers and citizens reward
has been offered for his arrest by the City author
tiles.


&C Burns, the assassin of Mr. Collier at Au-
gusta, Ga. was arrested in a swamp four miles
from that place on the 9th, and is now in Jail
awaiting an examination.