The Alexandria herald. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1811-1826, 1823-03-26
ALEXANDER LITHGOW.


ALEXANDER LITHGOW.
This persos, who was few years ago
resident of this place, and the particu-
lars of whose trial our readers have been
informed of through the Herald, is again
engaging the attention of the public, as
will be seen by the following article:
RICHMOND, VA. MARCH 20.-The trial
Of A. Lithgow for embezzliDg the funds
of the Farmers bank has again called
the attention Of the criminal court for
HeDrico county. Various efforts were
made during the term to impannel a
Jury to try him but they were all inef
fcctual. On Wednesday, the last at
tempt was made to no purpose.
His interchangeable counsel (gen. Tay.
Tor, of Norfolk, made motion to quash
all the indictments against him (excep,
two) upon the ground embraced by the
following clause of the law of the general
assembly :-"Every person charged it'll
such crime, who shall not be indicted
before, OF at, the Cd term after he shah
have been committed, unless the atten-
dance Of the witness against him appears
TO have been prevented by himself, shall
be discharged from his imprisonment, il
ne be detained for that cause only j.; and
IF he be not tried al or before the third
term after his examination before the
justices, he shall be for ever discharged
Of the crime unless such failure pro
coed from any continuance, granted on
the motion of the prisoner, or from the
inability of the jury to agree on their YER
Dict"
Now, this being the third term, and il
Icing impossible to obtain jury and
therefore to try him at this term, all the
charges on which he had not hitherto
been pvt on his trial, were set aside by
the operation OF this section, and the in
dictmeDt quashed.
The two only on which he had teea
tried, and upon which the Jury had been
Unable to agree at previous terms of the
court survived. These related to two
checks on the bank, which he had been
charged with embezzlins. A nation
was now made by his counsel 10 change
The venue upon these two indictments
and the court accordingly changed it to
the county of Chester6eId-an agreed
10 admit the prisoner 10 bail in the sum
OF $1,000 for himself and four securities
in the sum Of $3.50 each. Bail has not
been giyen--but the court adjourned tilI
10 morrow to allow him the opportunity
OF obtaining it. Thus, is this long WIN.
ded prosecution which has given the
court so much trouble, finally dismissed
from the criminal docke. of Henrico
county.
Loss Of the U. S. Schooner Revenge.
Captain Coward has favored the ex-
change with Charleston papers to the
18th iDstant-'he last Of which contains
the account ofthe loss Of the u. s. schnr
Revenge, lieut.. Levy, in the Bay of Hon
duros the guns, spsrs, sails, rigging,
&c. and $4,000 (on freisht) were saw
ed. - Rah. Chron.
SHIPWRECK.
The brig Jane, Amazeep, from Ports
mouth, for Porto Rico, while scudding
in gale was shattered to mere wreck
by its violence, and Samuel VenDard,
boy, was killed in the companion way
After the gale, the crew wero taken of
the wreck by captain Bartlett, of the
schr. Nancy, and landed at ST. Pierres.
In noticing the death OF DIR. Jenner,
the immortal inventor OF vaccine inocula.
ton, the National Advocate Justly re.
marks, "that he has saved, and his sys.
tenn will, in.the course oftime save, mere
lives than any monarch on earth has de-
Stroyed.' -
REMARKABLE FAMILY.
There now lives near Guildlord, Eng.
a woman of the name of PeD'eh, a, the
age of 90 years, whose daughter is the
mother Of sixteen children, ore of whom
"a daughter) has had Is children one of
whom has also become the mother Of rs
consequently the old lady has
sixteen grandchildren, sixteen great.
grandchildren, and sixteen grest-great
grand children, all living.
On "Wednesday evening last,a man was |
seen taking trunk from the back part of |
a wagon, while the wagon was passing |
up Market.street. A gentleman who |
observed the proceeding, called to the |
wagner to stop, but EndiGg That he !
could not be heard, he seized the thief. |
That evening he was placed in prison for
safe keepiDg--the next morning, he was