Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1822-01-24

timore County Jail, over the body of Joseph
Thompson, who was under sentence Of death
for the murder of Miss Hamilton. Ii appear
ed in evidence that he had for some time re-
fused to receive sufficient sustenaDce to sup
port nature and consequently was very eina-
cated at the time of his death.
Verdict of the Jury that I" he came To his
death from the visitation of God"
Bait. finer.
NORFOLK, January 2l.-By the following
Resolutions, adopted at public meeting OF
the citizens of Norfolk county, held yesterday
at Portsmouth, to take into consideration the
prOpriety of repeating the Restriction La,cs, 1t
will be seen, that the sentiments of the good
people of the country are in perfect accord
ance with those Of this town, as expressed in
the memorial forwarded to our Representa-
tive in Congress. Beacon
At Meeting Of the citizens of the County
of Norfolk, held at the Courthouse in Ports
mouth, ON Monday, 91st day of January,
1899:
MoRDEcAI COOKE was appointed Chairman,
and
WILLIAM LANGHoRNE, Secretary.
The following resolutions were adopted UNI
aniiaously
I. Resolued, That the Act of Congress en-
titled q" An Act concerning Navigation" pass
cd the 18th of April, 1873, and the Act of
Congress entitled " An Act supplementary TO
an Act entitled an Act concerning Navigation"
passed the LIST Of May, 1920, by which British
vessels are prohibited from bringing the pro-
ductons Of the British Colonies into our ports,
and taking those of our country in return, are
highly injurious to this County and District !;
and contrary to the true policy of the United
States.
9. RESOLVED, That the Honorable Thomas
Newton, the Representative in Congress for
this District, be, and he is hereby respectfully
instructed, the good people of the other parts
of the District, cOncurring in this instruction,
TO use his vote and best excrtions to procure
a repeal ofthe said Acts of Congress
8. Resoiued, That Mordecai Cooke, John
Hodges, Nehemiah Foreman, David Fentress,
Willis Wilson, John Johnston, Thomas Talbot,
and Richard Baugh, be a Committee to obtain
the signatures of the freeholders of this Coun-
~ to copy the foregoing Resolutions, and
forward the same to the Hon. Thomas New
ton.
Ordered, That the proceedings of the Meet
lnS Unpublished in the Newspapers of Nor
folk Borough
And the Meeting adjourned.
NJ COOKE, Chairman.
WIN. LANGHoRNE, Secretary.
At Meeting of the Citizens of the Town of
Fredericksburg, held pursuant to public no.
ticc, at the Town Hall ,on Saturday the 9th
day of January, 1929:
Robert Le,ris, Esq. Mayor, was appointed
Chairman, and John IT. Ford, Secretary.
letter from the Corresponding Committee
sfthe Borough of Norfolk relative to the ope
ration of the Act of congress, entitled" An
Act concerning Navigation, "passed the 1 9th
of April, 1918, and the Act supplementary
thereto, and a Memorial to Congress from
the Citizens of that Borough, on the same SUBJ
jject, being read
On motion made and seconded,
ReS0lred, That a Committee be appointed
to take into consideration the subject matter
of the said letter and memorial, and report
their opinions thereupon to meeting of the
Citizens, to be held at this place on the sOth
day of the present month {: and thereupon a
Committee was appointed, consisting of Car
ter l.. Stevenson, John Taylor Lomax, Samu-
ell Gordon, David Briggs aud William Browne.
RESOLVED, That these proceedings be signed
by the Chairman and Secretary, and publish
ed.
ROB'T LEWIS, Chairman.
j. r. FORD, Sec'ry.
Jan. %, 1899.