Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1829-01-20

Messrs. Fitzhugh Of Fairfax, and oddridee.
| Besides these, two others have been Submitted
and ordered to be printed, viz: Mr. Zinn's and
| Mr.. Nelson's For the charac,eris,ics of the
| last, we refer to the legislative head. We were
not in the House, when Mr.. linn submitted
his, but we understand us features to be briefly,
representation Of counties, in proportion 10
white mountaineering each County con-
tanning population under 90 90, one member;
those containing population between 9 and
5000, tsoo members; aud all over $1,000 three
members. According to this classification,
there will be 88 counties entitled to ono mem-
BET; fourteen entitled TO t,oo; and three entitled
TO hree-making in the whole l2S-sevrn,y-
five east, and fifty three t0esi Of the Blue Ridge.
The congressional district plan is evidently
defunct The question is now contested be-
tween the counties and white population, as as
c-r'ained by the federal census Of 1910, OF Of
1920. The Senate is known to be hostile TO
equal county represen, a,ion.- Richmond Wing.
DESPERATE ENcoUNTER!-We recently copi.
ed from Western paper, an account Of fierce
ahd deadly combat between a Mr.. Gibson snda
Mr.. Darden, OF Mississippi. with sword canes.
in which the Former grntrma an dropped down
dead, being pierced with FIVE stabs, viz "three
in the abdomen, onr in the breast, and one I'M
der the chin passing through his mouth into
his head:"-We have something to match, in
deed surpass, the comba, between the heroes
of Mississippi. in a mos; hutchrrly conflict be.
tween two runaway negroes, which took place
on Saturday night last, III HEREFORD county n.
e. (neaTly in our own vlcini,y,) the particu-
lars Of which have been communicated TO us
by gentleman Of undoubted veraciry, residing
in he town OF Winton in that county.
col Lii
mulalto, said to belong to a Mr. Wombie, OF
merly belonged 20 Mr.. Jenkins Of HEREFORD,
bu, who sold, by MIN toa Gsorg.- man,
had been or years ranging the forests Of
Hereford as runa"ays They had lived ,ogeth.
er ike brothers during all :he time, and had
rendered themselves 80 terrible by their daring
,iltiahie., that numerous attempts were made
TO arrest them which they had successfully E.
luded, and seemed as if they had obtained a
warrsn, from Old Mic to commit every sort OF
de pr eda.ion with impunity
On The night above mentioned, they were al
fodder slack near the house Of Mrs,
six mile, from Winton which has been strong
iy suspected Of being harbor for negroes; a
dispute abour some triAing circumstance had
brough, them to high words, and Tom at last
became so irriiated that he laid down his gun.
ard taking a fence rail from the stack pen
struck Ma, blow with il, which felled him
the ground, and on his repc ting the blow,
Ma, drew a long bladed knife and plunged il in
to Toms breast; upon which Tom seized his
gun and fred the whole contents (buck shot)
mo Mats bowels, and then reversing the wea
pom, proceeded to hr at him over the head with
the brcech Nat At the same time slabbing him
in the side and breast with his knife, until e.
nally, Tom hlvihg shirsrcd hrs gun TO pieces
IN laying on upon Nat lief, him {, walked about
so PAGES. when he dropped dead. MATS cries
soon brought some OF the people from Mrs
IS, TO his assistance, who removed him to
the house where he survived only lew hours,
during which he gave the preceding account
Of his sanguina,y conflict.
Thus have two as desperate Williams as ever
de6ed The gailows, atoned for their crimes, and
relieved The harras,td neighbourhood which
had so long been the theatre Of their depreds
lions and atrocities of all further alsrm on their
sccouut-by becoming their own executions
ers. Norfolk Herald