Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1821-07-24

ed upon another charge Of similar crime and, that
IN ms opinion, ninety nine out vi AN hundred Of the
bad notes m circulltion in this city, through
Mrs. O. hands. MIR. HAYS, in substance gave the
same account of her character. There appeared to
bc no doubt that she had been professionally engas-
ed IN tins vile traffic, for the greater part OF her life
1 he case was submitted To the jury At late hour in
the evening, who in about hall an hour returned with
verdict OF guilty. Counsel for the prosecution,
Niessis. Maxwell, w. NJ Price, Ncven, and d. Gra-
ham, For the prisoner, Messrs GARDENER and NJ
Even.
HORuD MURDER.
SAVANNAH, July iO.-About midnigh, on Sunday
last, white man named SAUNDERS, living II miles
up the Augusta road, was shot dead by Negro fell
low, supposed to belong to MIR. Brown in about
Augusta, and known by the name of Essex. Mr.
Saunders was called to the back door by the fellow
and as he opened it, received the contents of mus
ket or iowng piece into his head, and dropped dead
nie bed iiom whence he had just risen, and where
lay his wife and three infant children
On Mrs. Saunders screaming, the fellow who had
entered the house, seized her by the throat and
ed her on bench, threatened that she should share
the fate of her husband if she stirred made the
least noise, and in ts situation was she forced 10 re-
main for quarter of an hour while he was searching
Tor plumber. He first secured well the outer door,
opening into the public road, then lit fire from
smoking pot which was in the house, and with the
greatest GOODNESS and deberation proceeded to his
search Tor money. Finding but two dollars, he be-
came enragcd against the terrified woman and hrea-
tened her with Instant DEATH if she did discover
however, found that empty, and then demanded the
=" two watches" and with these and the two dollars
departed through the back door. The poor woman
whose agony for her husbands melancholy fate lai
been absorbed i'm the terror that was necessarily
cited Tor her life and that of her sleeping chill
dren, was now left prey TO the dreadful feelings
winch tie scene before her was calculated TO inspire
Ihe murderer is well known on the Augusta road,
and II Is believed will be apprehended. The
circumstances must stimulate TO extraordinary vigil
lance IN pursuing him. He is stout made man, and
| Is supposedto be the same who knocked black bow
of his horse and robbed him of his saddle bags the al
| ternoon before He is said to have been recently
| employed in the middle ground road of Efiinsham
County, in erecting Il house for Low Wallace 81 Co
The distressed widow says that she had seen him be-
lore, and that he stopped ut her house long since
when she supposes lie discovered the watches hang
| ing over the chimney piece
So hcrrd transaction has seldom occurred in our
community, and we sincerely hope that before this
time the murderer is in the hands ofjuscc. Rep.
.
INTERESTING TO SPORTSMEN.
The races between Pedestrians, Ponies, Horses and
Pigs on land and vessels and boats on the water are
likely to be cclipsed by novel kind of contest We
aliule 10 ne race Of Junk bottles, contryed 40 doubt
| by the Yankees
We published on tho e5tl ul, an account from the
Ldenton Gazette OF drited bottle found on the 10Th
June fifteen miles south Of Cape Hateras. This
morning mail brings intelligence by the same Ga
1ctie OF another bottle found the l2tl ut ol miles
north OF that Cape.
our publication of the former account VIC ven
tnred To express our doubts of lis authenticity Those
doubts happily removed by the production ofproof
| on proof, and bottle ON bottle
| itwoud appear that junk bottle No. set out on
the iIl of May, upon voyage of discovery from the
Iybce, Parker, of New York lat so %. lonr. 32.
% laden with dispatches for the coast of North Car
| oiina Bottle No. started on Doth nIav from the
Liverpool Trader, Redin, OF Boston, in lat. 81, long
%, with similar cargo, bound Tor Cape Hatteras
Both bottles were exactly % days on their passage
but No : fairly won the stakes, the former having
run but ~ miles in that period, whereas the latter
uaNcfsed 9CO. We have not learned who were the
stake holders the Coast nor the terms nor m,uni-
lude of the bets that made on the speed of each
These particulars will prUbably reach us about the
time that the surrender of Florida and the coronation
oi the hinS, shall be dehnitiVeiy settled.
~ Y. .3lnericap
The friends of American Manufactures al VIII
mnston, d. and its vicinity have prepared elegant
Silver Urn 10 be presented 20 Mathew Carey Esq
OF fhladephia, as testimony respect for his writ
ings.
Extract Of letter to gentleman IN Portsmouth, Ia.
daed Sno'o HW, (.Md) Juiy s. 1921.
" Several unfortunate occurrences have lately TAX
en- place IN this county. Isaac Dreddcn, residing
near Newton, murdered James Henderson, BIZ knock.
ing him oy erboard into the river with an oar Dred-
zen Is now IN jail. VIM Scarborough, aged Is
years, only child of Edward Scarborough, being a.
lone M small boat, near home fishing unfortnatn-
" ieil overheard and was drowned Scarborough
has had Il children, of whom William was the only
surviving one, and ioated on by luis parcnls \ nc-
gro woman belonging TO Rackiiif Poinie,f. bcing In
formed that she had been sold to the negro buyers
first cut the throat of her child and afterwards her
own--their bodies were found a few days aflcrward;
near home"
by gentleman OF this county who returned from
western tour few days since, we have been informed
oil Que OF the most shocking occurrences that has il-
len to our lot to record \ man near ST Clairsyic
who had his smoke house robbed frequently by some
person unknown, undertook to detect the thief bv
rubbing arsenic over piece oil bacon and leaving II
IN convenient place. The next day a whole fa1,i-
~ was taken III in the ncighborhood, and the wife
and trce children of the thief had died and nh tbc
rest, consisting oftwo three children and himself
were lying at the point of death when our informant
passed. GJgsJ. Pr Re- 60