Virginia Argus. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1796-1816, 1810-02-27

would certainly perish, and that, ;fh: ven
mreS, he must paris, too and she wis.,
cd am TO say with her, for she expe st>.
20 be corpse herself before night. "
g.. having put the children into the sieig;
the second time. proceeded but two Of
u; &c rods before the sleigh was blown o
yer, and. tpra 10 pieces, the bed ant
children driven to some distance. He ther
-co!ecsed ,aem once more. laid than o.
the bed and covered the n over and ther
called fo- hsip, but to no purpose. KooS.
ing that the children must soon perish in
That situation, whose distressing shrieks
then pierced his heart, he attempted 70
carry them. all on his shoulder, vrapt in o
cover,let; but was soon blown down, and
the children taken from him by the vim.
lence of the Wind. Finding it impossible
to carry them all, he left the younges,
which happened to be dressed by the
side OF a log, AMI attempted to carry the
o'her two in the same manher--but wa
soon stopped as before. He then took the
two, one under each arm, with no 9th .r
clothing than their shirts. In this manner
though he was blown down once ina few
RODS, he arrived at the house in about two
hours from the tiuae he'eft IL. The chill
dren though frozen stiff, were. alive. hut
lied IN a tew minutes. Mr. BIS hands and
tee' were badly frozen, and he very much
Chilled, SO that he could not return to fetch
the chld he had left. It was afterwards
searched for aud found dead.
LYNEHB uRG, Feb. 10.
- ,x l. AZ ~ r.. r.
the Corporation of Lynchburg, for the first
time, sat on the trial of capital offence.
"A Negro MAI, Bob. late the property of
Doctor Lynch, decd. was accused of hay-
ing administered pnisoa to his master, with
feloaious intention to procure his death.
The case was interesting and called the at
tention of considerable number of citigens,
OF both town and country. At the instance
of Mr. MsCle!and, Attorney for the Com
uhonwealth, and because of the novelty of
the occasion, the Court assigned, two At
-tor1ies, Messrs Radford anI Watt, to ad.
vecate the Cause of the accused.--R an.
pcared in evidence, that Bob, had several
times, Indirectly, threatened death to his
master. That in the time Of his masters
greatest extremity, he had with. malcvo.
lent curses, wished fcr his dissolution.
That about Christmas last, innedi1tely
after taking portion of soup, provided *
handed by Bob, his master WAS taken wis,
violent vomitings and afterwards, remain.
ed indisposed. That after the expiration
OF three weeks he ate a portion Of ho'nihy,
prepared and furnished by tue sane,hanA, *
was again instantly Affected with more vi
client vonirings than a. FIRST. That suspi.
cions were excited by the effects of the
SOUP. and were confirmed by the result of
eating the hom;ng. That after c5nsidera.
bic vomiting, the violence Of the symptoms
abated for day or two olly, but retara-,
ed, inducing great anguish of body. anxiety
of mind, Paintings, conyulsions, deliriuin
mania and delth.-That Bob, after soma
violent treatment, had. confessed to the
charge and afterwards, without PROMISES
oriehreats, coOlly and deliberately repeat.
ed his coafe ssioa. FIRST [, the magistrates
who. committed him. and again to oae OF
the citizens OF The towa., Md that an. ac-
knowled.s meat had been made In a dispute
with anothrr prisoaer. in Sht dead tine of
the night, when they. had noressoa TO sup
pose they were overaearda which went TO
confirm the confession. III dving gone thru
the testimony. Mr. Benagh, who acted for
the Commonwealth iii conjunctioa witi
the Attorney. opened the prosecution with
some interesting remarks, an / took re-
view of the testimony in the usual way.
Lac gentlemen appDinsed as advocates for
the criminal necessarily actedon the spur
of occasion without previous preparation,
but made very proper defence, and IN the
opinion of the court, as well as VI the spec
tators, the best thai could have been made.
The Commonwealth. Attorney then pro-
ceeded in his usual clear aud impressive
manner, to set forth in its proper light, the
merits OF. the prosecution. From the ma
turs Of the testimony, and the judicious
manner in whlch it was arranged before
the Court by Mr. M iCleIand and his coad.
jutor, it was thought by many that Bob
would be condemned. Oa taking the Opt
MON Of the Bench, majority considered
him guilty from want of unanimity howe
YER, he was discharged-Bdt not without
first having received an appropriate adno-
milton from the President of the Court.
p. 5. We are informed since the trial,
that the two Attornies for the criminal
were obtained by the special request of Mr.
John Lynch, Senr. II was his wish that
the slave migpt nave fair and impartial
trial Tnis IS but another instance Of the
known generosity and justice of that gentle.
man.