Virginia free press & farmers' repository. [volume] (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1827-1832, 1830-12-22


fever. The two persons in town Who
had il have nearly reco, c,rd. and the
third (in the suboibs) il said Ia be
eonralcscenG--l Rtp"Lio1n.
!Neiaacholy Casnmhy.--A strong
sensation wa. produced IN town OF
Tuesday last, by the receipt Of int-ll
gcnce that Mr.. Edwin Burwell. who
lived abent - miles from Winebestcr
gu the Martinsburg road, had been
lound dead IN the road near Mr.. Car
tes's early that morning. Hehad visit
eel Winchester the preceding day.
and. left here nj 4 o'clock. in his &C
customcd health. The day being coli.
he stepped al Mr.. Carter'., four mile,
from, town, where he remained until
about z, when he remounted his horse.
which is said 10 have been lame. and
proceeded but three or four hundred
yards, when he was thrown or fell Of.
never to rise again. The ground Vas
very muddy, and he seemed to have
struggled loag and violently. He wps
found about sunrise, perfectly dead.
removed TO Mr.. Carter's, and thence
conveyed 10 his late residence. Hc
has left wife and one child to mouru
their melancholy bereavement. The
deceased uas about so years old. Of
very smiable manners, and greatly
esteemed by all who knew him.-1 ~.
Thornton, q slave, belonging to Mr.
Gabriel skinner, Of Louloun county,
was murdered on Saturday night The
4ih inst. on the Little River Turnpike
read, few miles below Aldie, by IA
fellow kno@n bv the name Of Billy
Champ. Both the parties were slaves,
an'i both wagoners. They were GA
their return from Alexandria, When
an alteration took place, succeeded
by a fight, in which Thornton wa-
stabbed several times with dirk knife.
He Al length fell. and died in a few
minutes thereafter. Champ was i'm
mediateIy arrested, and is now in Gus
tody. Genius of LIBERTY.
LEEsBURG, DEC. 10.
/ The trial of Billy Champ, for the
murder Of Thornton, (mentiened las,
week. commenced ON Tuesday last.
being the second day Of the regular
term OF our county court. On Wed.
nesday evening, after a patient in,es-
hgat!on OF the case, the prisoner Was
convicted Of manslaushter, and sen
fenced To be burnt i'm the hand and re
ceive stripes. which sentence was i'm
; medIaiely carried into execution.
Gcnius Of Liberty.
: Soiem Murder .4gan. We have
seen a private letter received vester.
day from the eastward, which states
hat Joseph Knapp, at present undcr
sentence Of death. has made some dis
ciosures\wh'ch have appalled, the in
, hab'isnts Of Salem, and put the whole
town IN commotion again. Knapp,
statement, duplicates a lady, Whose
] name we foybear to mention( Who.
: though not arrested. yet suspicious ol
her guilt are thickening in the co,nmu
nuy amongst which she resides. Tho
letter referred to, adds, that Knapp
has terrible fear Of death, and IL NAV
De- that he has conjured up the pre,en,
DARK report. IN the vain hope Of having
his sentence commuted.-f Mer. .adr.
gentleman who has for MANY
years been engaged in mercantile pur
SUITS IN the South Seas. and who In.
Deem absent from this country since
the year 1928, arrived in New York
'ast week and. Is he learned he could
not proceed ia Boston before the en-
suing Monday, he wrote TO his " lie. and
requested her TO repair i'm me diately To
New York, 10 receive the fond embra-
ces of long absent husband. who had
Just returned from n seven wears, xoy.
"ge WIN an ample fortune, the fruit OF
" ms 'abours and privations. A few
'o"rs alter writing his letter to his n lie.
he thought that il would no, be nec.s.
sary TO make any delay in New York.
a"a he accordingly took passage on
o"a'd the steamer Chancellor IiSipg..
ton. The wife received the l,,,,y a.
the husband, "a time to take the steam
oos, and stage at Boston, and accord
ing'y Ptecs eded To this town and tool
passage on board the steamer Washing
Ton. About the time the Washipe;en
departed, the Chancellor Iiyines,on
came into port, bringing with her the
happy husband, Who imme diatelv n,o-
eeeued 70 Boston, and on his arrival
~ mat CITY learned that his wife had
gone to New York to receive him
me husband Immediately took ps;vstc
ssfr'age Tor Providence. and arrived
ne'e ~ ti@s tn take passage in thu Hen.
rTanNl'n and on his arrival in Me-
York Vas Informed hat his w(. h,d
proceeded 10 Boston in he ss.ame,
rfes'oent The husband lhsn took his
'Snd lacks on bosrd, [" and proceeded
10 Boston but Nhether tke h..h..,l