Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1827-05-22

pre- tended thst rereane is 4" he leading object OF
he tgif" but the object is 20 double The duty
on wooliens TO favor the manuiac urers of The
ORTIZ, when it is Acknowledged they ne Obtaining
Jar prices" Tor their goods.
From The Netc York Coamereiai .adpertiser.
Inc murder of "hippie.- The Albany papers
nave disappointed us this morning, IN iesard to
iu'taer DEVELOPMENT of facts respecting the as
saSsiDation OF MIR. Wbipple We spoke yester-
day OF the arres, of calling himself Joseph
Orion He has been fully committed. under
strong presumption of guilt The Governor,
moreover, has offered TewsId Of 500 dollars for
the detection of he murdered. Often bas been
employed Tor the last six or eight months as a la-
oorer on the farm which MI Whipples family
reside He is about go years of age, ~.s born in
w estchester county, but for number of years has
resided IN Kentucky and Ohio, part Of the time
IN the vicinity Of Cincinnati. While under ex-
animation, after mucb contradictory evidence, he
refused 10 make further answers without obtsnins
inc AID OF counsel John Van Ness Yates. Esu.
was sent Tor, who, after ZONE private conversa-
ton with the prisoner, refused TO defend him. II
seems that this man lived with M. WhiPPie, and
appears, upon examining Mrs Whippls, that
she had had suspicious of his Intentions or, # our
information IS correct, the prisoner bad expressed
to her his determination tc XIII her husband which
ssnguinary intention her fears prevented her from
developing
1t is stated by persons from A lbsny, with whom
we have convesed, that scme tine in the cou,ss
of week before last, Mr., Whipple being absent to
this city, whence he was expected 10 returG 10 AL
hany ON Sstu. day, Mis-. Whipple wen, down 10
Fooes' ho'el where her husband was IN lie tabii Of
stopping as he landed from the boat, ap wlo,e him
letter, cautlonins him 20 come home sf,er
dark, as she feared he oud be murdered having
seen suspicious persons lurking about the premise.
And m h.. 49,
confessed that Orion had urged her 10 give her hus-
band Al senic, declarn that if she did not he -ou q
shoo. MN One OF the morning papers says Or
ION hna!y confessed that his me was rot lie one
he went by, and that his paren's were esprctabe
and lived In Duchess coun'y. add not IN Ohio, and
ne "ro'e 10 them t. employ Elisha Williams, E.c.
to defend him. Such Is The information, and we
give II as IL was related to US
HhocHuig OccuTrence-A At about II o'clock yes-
terday horrible affair occurred in hcure In wa
teF-sreet, next TO the corner of Old .Iip. A man
named Alexander M'Lesn, a labouier in several
mercan lie stores IN The lower part of the city, stab
bed his vile (which caused he death in less ap an
houT al erwaids. They had been separated nearly
tw months IN consequence OF i'll tfestmrnt on his
part he husband Is Represented as having been
addicted TO lntemI france and TO have Us ed his
vile (who Is stated to have been sn IL dus,riors
won an, posse ssing an exemplary and fair charac-
te'J III ~h ABUSIVE ana cruel manner. a child AGED
ouI years, was their sole offspring, and war pres
ent 1T The comm issioH Of the horIid deed A.'Isan
presented himself before his wife at about 10 YES
terda7, having visited her twice previous IN the
same day, and inflicted after short aIterca,iob
me wound which caused her death. A young gb
" no was IN the room at The time hearing sbrie A
tur"ed around and saw M'Lean in The act of Will
ORA wing knife from the hody Of his wife BENZ
ala med she ran down stairs cell her N oLef and
was followed by the unfortunate womaa who
exclaimed that "M Lean had killed her!''
Too men who happened to lie In the apart.
ment below, caught her in their arms, carried her
10 the room above and placed Ter On a bed upon
winch She shorty siter expired.
Mclean having mixed dose Of poison, FAR
senc) which he had neffeciusiiy desired his wife
% take, swallowed pert of it Immediately after the
commission OF the act. He was af,e, short bel. =
appIebended AID CARED TO Br.dgeweu, where
medicines were Administered and a. a late hour
last evening he believed o be relieved from
Us elects and likely to survive.
Tbe coToner's jury returned verdict of "Death
IRON wonnd inflicted By Alexander Mclean.
with butchers kniie''
es this melancholy affair will of course come
before a jury we deem il i'm proper to er,er into
de'ah OF the circumstances which are supposed to
have produced The fatal result Suffice il IN saw
nat jealousy (eroundisss, is SAID is said to be
the cause OF his having comm tied This Lorrd act
" Y. yMer .4dr
Mr. M'Lean hus since died of the a,sen,c he
swallowed.