The recorder, or, Lady's and gentleman's miscellany. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1801-1802, 1802-06-09


which is due TO his afcrtions.
SEE and BELIEVE.
Henrica County, TO ait:
70 ell Head Boroagbs, MagiRratss, S5e
riffs, and Confabiss IF PWginia;
WHEREAS by an inquiftiou indented, and
saken, point Of land near the b cody Run Spr ng
the morning rhe roth iaG. before me- peafant
Ysunghusbsnd, Coroner for laid ceun,v on ,he view
OF the dy of GILL ARMIsTsAp SELDEN, then
and there lying dead: II found THAI one SkeIron
Longs. late of the Civ Of Richmond, by dichsrrng
from pdn ieaden bal in and upon the body of ,he
Iaid Gil Saiden, which e bah did 4 Ike and en-
Ter mar the tight brea, and ont ju under the
elt arms sbcrcby giving the fad Gill A, SSideh
. moral wound, OF which h. irRauty died: And
thar thereby he the faid Skel.ou ZONES did ther and
there, voluntarily, fclon ouly, and of his malice
afprehought, u and murder the fad GIL A. Seden
ag7irff the peace and dignity Of the common we atb
of Virginia and thar WI thire Levi, and Charlie
Barrel. were preenr at the time of he felony and
mur5er afore laid - Add whcreas warrant iIued on
ere 18th iaf, direfaed TO the fhtria III Herroo ~
spprshend 'he faId SIX lion Jones, Wtfbre Lewis
and Charles Barre, which faid warrant bciug now
returned, by Bel amin Sheppard deputy Sheriff for
faid county stcd The fad Charles Barrel, ard
not found 70 Ehe fsid sk.l,on Jones and Wtfre
Lewis Thefe are therefore n the name Of the Com
IlnHWeaItn OF VlTR!ras 10 Cnarye ana
and every of wthin your fcverai prccinGfs. to
nave aUigent iearch for the laid SHELTON Zones and
Wilthire Lewis whom, If found, OF either Of fren,
You oaufe TO be s~ken vrd carried brfote ivmr tet
OF the peace far the COUNTY corp0TaJer, whare ap
prebe ended to be examined and desls wi,h, toucbne
,he premifes, as the law directs. Given under nv
band and zeal tbs day Of Acrii 1907
PLEASANT YOUNGHUsBAND. CSeai.)
This piece was thrice publihed in TIE
Virginia Gazette. The printers of the Viz
GINA Herald, of the Norfolk Herald, Of the
Staunton PheniX, of the Peterfburgh lntelli
eencer, Of the Warrington Federalif, and of
the Baltimore Anti-Democrat, are each 0f
them, requeffed to reprint it once, with the
above Introductory lines. The charges,
IF ak ed, fhall be chearfully paid. =
The circumstances of Mr.. Selden's death
mutt have been mutually black, otbcrwife it
is not likely that official notice would have
been taken OF them.
Some weeks ago, young man was killed
In duel at Norfolk; and no advertisement
concerning the matter has come in nay way
The Coroner, Mr.. Youngbufband, has long
heen magiitrate. re is Perfon ofcoolnels,
ofjudgement, and Of independence.
he would not have put his name TO fuch
4 paper bat from solid reafons The neglect
to follow this butineis to the end is one Of
the mott objectionable omifions thar ever a
nation endured fran its mqgjRratrs.
Mr.. Jones wrote letter on this affair to
the printer of the Virginia Gazette. He
therein fays that the two leconds, Barrel and
Lewis, were men of an6lsmi6sd b0u0r. He
tays that Shelton Jones is 6 incapable of q
q, Ihn.,, 4 y, =, 4 Il. IL.
Sc fed by all who know him.
would ak Mr.. Jones who made him a
judge ofwhat is bonor Richmond contains
one of thefe nenof ban0r, wretch who has
committed fuch crimes,as am ATTAINED of re-
peatlng This man brags about his bcne
violence and his frieudfhip
In this letter, Mr.. Jones fays that the
ONLY charge againf Skclton is that & he
wiihed TO exact acknowledgements from
Mr., Seiden, which, as man of courage,
" be could nat make" This is juR what the
public lays. What the General Ahemblv
will fay or do, when the fnbje6t is brought
before them, time only can difcover.
he proclamation tells you, twice over,
that the death Of Selden was murder, that,
6y an inqueft taken upon the spot Shelton
Jones was found TO have committed this crime.
Ahae us USpuly lDS{iH Coulo not hnd Jones,
and that all the berifs, conftahles, &c. Of
Virginia, are required to have diligent Gearch
for him. The paper tells you that the peace
ard dignity Of the commonwealth REQUIRE his
being brought to trial. Hundreds of us are
well acquainted with Mr.. Youngbufband.
Does any man think the Coroner a fool? Or
that he did not, when he wrote this paper.
know what he was doing, OF writing Could
he have any motive Of ihtereh,, or PATTON, Of
vanity, OF revenge, to be gratihed by the pub
lication Of fuch an awful manifeltol His cha
raffer. as = gentleman of clear C,I