Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1828-1831, 1830-08-02
LOUISIANA ELECTION.

southern and south western States.
LOUISIANA ELECTION
In Now Orleans parish the whole CLAY Legislative
ticket has been elected the votes, far as returns
have been made, render it almost certain that the
CLAY candidate for governor is elected-he Mr.. Ro-
MAN, has 2O43 votes; the highest Jackson vote is
932 Three candidates ran against Mr.: Roman, but
the aggregate OF their votes does not equal hiss
has not been elected. Mr. White of New Orleans.
has been Reelected without opposition.
"a. s. Ga-ette.
LOUISIANA EIEcrroSIn second consre,.,onsl dis,nc,
the four OF the largest parishes General Tho.
the Clay candidate, 6sg for GenI Ripley The jackson
Gen Ripley been heard from; can be but
little doub, Of the election Geur Thomas In ae ,hId dis
Clay Eo .G 80 s
aSsnS m si @ s c sa% for
Ito Clay candidate in the Gs congressional district
Hour. Com.
Later from Europe.-News from England to tho
s2d ut and from France to the 9th, will be found in
the preceding columns The French Expedition
against Alglers effected landing the 14th June,
at Sid Perrah, nine miles west of the city Of AL.
giers. The King of England was still alive, though
1t was evident his life rapidly drawing to close
These facts and the accounts of the preparations for
and specuatons the probable result OF the French
elections together with an Improvement in the price
Of cotton and -four the only items Of consequence
furnished by these arrivals.
We announced on Saturday. the cx ecution, on the
previous day, of Daniel black slave, for the murder
Of james Drummond, young white man. at q house
of Ill iamo, in this city, and that Daniel had confess
sed his guilt We should have considered it unneccs-
sary to say any thing about the matter but that
we have understood that reports were in circulation
duplicating person Of respectable standing, which
are wholly false. To obtain the truth, and set the
false rumors that had been bruted about right we APP
Piled to the Sergeant Of the City, his Deputy, and
the Minister Of the Gospel who attended Daniel to
the gallows They detailed TO US all that Daniel said
the subject Of the murder prison and at the gal
lows, and the Sergeans Deputy gave as written mar
ratvc of Daniels confession, taken down by himself
on the day before his execution. The substance of
Daniels statements is, that the evening the murder
was committed, Ia Sunday evening,) in going from
Church, he called at the house of Lucinda John
son, a black woman, with whom he was acquainted,
and finding on the door being opened, that there
were white men and women in the house, as we'll as
coloured people, he respectfully saued them all ta
king oil his hat and bowling, and told Lucinda that as
he perceived she had company, he would call at an
other time, and took his departure for home-hs mas
tcr's house. He had hardly got out of the rate.
I
crawling round the howell, like cat watching his
motions, Pounced on him, seized him by the collar
and demanded his pass and his busness at the house
nrnmmond' the young man that was afterwards shot
by Daniel, hearing the racus, ran out to tho as.is
lance OF frower. Daniel appealed to them-.sGen-
tiemen what are you doiDg' Have done any thinp
70 you that you should treat me thus?" They asked
him what be had come to the house for He said bo
visit
continued to matreat him, threatened to take him
TO the cage, end by their language and vio-
lent conduct, irriruted him, aud put him in
fear He then broke loose from them. and ~, to
wards homo They pursued him nearly to his mag
ter's house, threatening to shoot him. On rencbipa
LIS home, Daniel proceeded to do his usual
duty-nmong other things to clean his young masters
shoes: when going into the closet where thew
were, and observing the gun there, which he knew,
the use of by having frequently attended his vopno
master on hunting expeditions, the thought struck
him, while his blood was up, to return To I,peind,
Johnson's house, and sbew The white men who had
abused him that he could shoot as well "a tbev ITo
loaded the gun, mounted one Of his masters bor,es
and proceeded to Lucndas house. He csIIed opt
Tor Prower, who came to the door they smoke ,eoo-
Their; Daniel, rather disposed TO show Trower that
ne had him in his power, than to njuro him, turned
the gun from him and from the house. and 6rcdit off
at random. The night being ptcby dark, James
D'ummond, who had followed Trowcr; unperceived
by Daniel received the whole contents of the obaroo
in his head, which killed him instantly Daniel re-
turned homo, and went to bed, not knowing ill he
was aPPrehended tho next morning, after doing tho
marketing as usual, that he had injured any one
Daniel has invariably said-he said it most solemnIr
the day before his execution, to the Sergeant to his
Deputy, and to the Minister Of the Gospel who ut
tended him, and who had won his confidence, and re-
peated it under the gaTows, that no person
'oho kne'0 any thing If his intention He blamed
Trowor under tho galows, and before, as the CAUSE
Of Drummonds death md Of his, by his conduct in Ms