Virginia advocate. [volume] (Charlottesville, Va.) 1827-1860, 1830-11-26

Leopold Tenser deposed, that on
Thursday morning, 4th Nov. he was
shingliug the house Of Mr.. Schoubenr-
er, that between 8 and 7 o'clock A. III.
he saw the deceased approaching the
house Of Ramslow Ainsworth that he
saw no more of him after that; that he
had on a blue over coat, with capes !;
ann that he did not believe the hat
found by deceased, was the one he
| Mr.. Schoube,ger deposcd, that on
Thursday morning, the 4th Nov. be-
tween g and 7 O'Clock A. NJ. he saw
tue deceased before the door of r..
Ainsworth, in conversation with him /;
that he saw the deceased 90 into the
house of Ainswrorth with him that he
saw no more of the deceased after that
and that the deceased had on blue o.
yer coat, with capes.
Rainslow Ainswor,h deposed, he
never saw the deceased before that on
Friday morning the 5th, he went down
IN the steam boat with two sailors to
ship them; that he returned by Sat-
| u!udy evening OOat.
Captain Turner deposed, that the
deceased left the boat COLUMBUS ea,ly
Thursday morning the 4th Nov after
paying his passage. That the deceased
was or deck all night; .old his mate to
watch him when going ashore, to see
that he did not take off something with
him that did not belong to him. Capt.
Turner aud his mate thought him per-
fectly sane.
Peter Musick deposed, that Stacey
came to his house on Friday the 5th
Nov, to get an axe, hoe, aud pick axe
bout 2 A. NJ.
Stacy deposed that he never saw the
deceased before. Admitted that on Sa-
turday night about l2 o'clock he went
to the house Of Music to borrow an axe
or pick axe, the object of which was to
beat Off riotous sailors.
There was found in the pocket Of
the deceased letter from his brother
inviting him to come to Virginia. -
There was found in the possession OF
the deceased, eleven letters wrapped in
a silk handkerchief, addressed to difTe-
rent persons these letters were very
damp. In the left pantaloons pocket,
tied with a dark colored string. was
found IS &c, principally English mo-
ney.
Cry hauoe and let slip the dogs Of Var
On the 9TH inst. man by the name of vii.
liam Burton was shot in the streets of Hunts.
vile, by one James Martin. Another man
armed himself with three guns, pistols, dirls
&c planted himself at the market house, &
sworo If the law would not defend him. he
would defend himself. Many others were
similarly armad and cried aloud tor blood &,
carnage. Murders upon murders are all tho
go In the civilized state OF Alabama! I'm same
state on the night of the 18th an old man
by the namo of Moody Martin, who is all eadv
palsled by the hand of time, was dragged
loom n bed of disease, from which expirinu
nature would probably soon have taken him
by band of rufians, thlown across the back
of horse, and hurried to the woods, where
he was tied and beaten, till scarcely n shark
of vitality remained. After the insatiate
cruelty ofthese blood thirsty wreiches was
somewhat allayed the old man was found bv
his friends almost in state nudity, present.
ing an object of violence and torture, thai
could be viewed with composuie, only by
those whose hearts have become obdurate
and callous, by the repeated commission OF
crimes of the blacklist die
Near Lexington, Ky Ezekiel Smither, was
deliberately shot with rifle at his own door,
by one James Mosby.
| Mammoth Cftu Philadelphia con-
tains 1877 $50 souls And the county
of Philadelphia 10000 So strict
are the police that gamblers and muir
derers cannot live there. Not so in
our metropolitan city. 1t swarms with
the former, which makes the latter, vet
IT has but about 1000 whites. There
is something rotten in this matter.
AuSpiciOUS. Patriotic Vermont has
given other States noble example in
passing severe laws against lottery
gambling under which two gentle
men gamblers have been mulcted in
the penalty of $402 $50, equal to the
whole scheme Of the lottery!
Turkish Ireachery. The accounts
heretofore given Oh the treachery of the
Grand VizIer are confirmed. A great
fermentation was produced among the
AIbaniaDs by the news of the execution
of their Chiefs, who had repaired TO
the quarters Of the Grand Vizier on
his invitation. His cruel treachery
had given new vigor to the insurrec-
ton in Albania.
/ a rare prescription of rare Physi
clan. A DR.. Ball of N. Y. a married
man, prescribed dose to Miss Bad