Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1831-05-31

We cannot iorbcar expressing our surprise and re.
sre'a AZ Vhe character OF this roiice, as calculated, in a
mcclure 10 iofes'all public opinion in relation to he
Gentleman whom the Legislature have seen ut 60 an.
point, &c a nigh aud responsible judicial station.
'uose Try 10 personally a stranger 10 mos, of the
smeu, over winch he has bsen called to preside, but
us N'ea's ana reputation as a juris,, cannot but be
known ard appreei, ted by the profession ,hrougbou,
me circuit, and will not fail 10 reode- him among
the most aecs p,a5le appointments Ina, could avs hssn
made.
We et r ain no doub, Of bis giving universal salts
ac'lon 10 the discharge of his ofice, both as a mon aud
Ga he o her hand, ws cannot rereeive INV inc,
cause OF morIibca,ion to the ei;iz ma OF the 2O,h circuit,
IN m' appointment OF Mr.. Fry Though not a resident
OF the eicui' at the period OF his sppo ntnen,, he hysd
IA the came district and not as il suggested iu a dis,an,
part of ,he $ ate.
We understand aho tia, he proposes to remove to
.e circuit where his Office calls h,m by which means
il viii gain au enlightened and pa,rio,ic citizen az well
as an aoie Judge.
Ta1ents and requirements are public p,on.rtv. and
we deem liza high recommendation of Virginia that The
seeks oct and rewatds them wherever to be found with
GU, regard to geographical or political distinctions.
We do not pretend to say that the 20 IA circuit does
not embrace men well qualified TO fiji the ofi &c If Judge
Gu tue contrary We know many eminently quali6sd
and who would 20 honor TO the station.
Inc appointment was car' ainiy a matte of discretion
WIN the legislature, aud Mr.. Fry, being a resident of
me district and pu, in nomination by a Delegate from
'e wheeling circuit, possessed equal claims 10 the sp-
Polnlment with %residens.
We hope ,hst our neighbour of he Gazstiee instead
oil awakening, viii, on all suitable occa.ions, di.abuse
'e puo',' hu d 'o any erroneous impressions 10 re-
BISHOP MEAD.
We were erathtd by a visit which this light rever.
end Gentleman paid our village Las, week, GA hi.
| diocese.
While bers he delivered several diseourses to a
large aud admirins audience, in his usuaI mo.t bannv
pertinent Ahd eloquent manner.
line concluding demeeDor and benevolent feeling.
OF 'ois gentleman, have secured him the iriendsbip aud
4, rsspse. OF ai who have enjoyed his converse in this
pace, while eloquent etusions from tbeidesk have pnti.
"so MIN 10 the admiration OF every auditor. no.
We bave in'eliisesce from Connecticut ,hat there /,
an as'elnelase sgtn OF the old Hartford Convention
party at tina. place. r. Nj. Sherman and CALVIN God,
dare, Two OF the member' OF the celebrated Hartford
convention that met during tho late war, with Diniel
Weoster, Dagget, and many others OF the federal
leaders, had all eongregated there on the meeting O.
the Legislature. The Governor, in lis message, made
the u nix OF the United States the theme of his pane.
gyiis, ana !he Bank, as a'uai, filed the Halls of L..
ths National Gazette, Sc. Sc.
( Inc People must now choose between federal rule
0 the government of the Back, asii was under the eide,
Adams, aud their own republican institutions, a, re-es
~tabiished by Jefferson. The issue /, made up betseey
. them, aud the crisis come in which the question mus
u ueclue1' lHdshington Globe
: ABINGDON, May 81.
u W. nave been Informed by The Judge oil this Cir
n Gun, that the special terms OF the Superior Cour, of la 4
d ior Lee County, commences on Monday the 23i Gina,
t 1901, ana suits ior the despatch of business, depend
y ing 10 the old Superior Court of law OF that County
q which by the act CT 10th April 1881, exists until tn,
ION OF June rext, after which IL is 10 be abolished, an,
tue new Courts OF law and ehancery go in. opera ion
Immediately alter the session Of the Superior Court O
u Law OF L,e county, th+ Court will open as a Circui
= superior Court OF law and chancery, Tor The purpose o
= appointing a tlerS, AMI no o,her.
II The special terms will be held in tho same man,er
ana 'or me same purposes, in the o'her counlie OF ia,
Q circuit except Tszewell, where only a Citcnit Superi
or otur' OF law and chaneery will be held, On Saturday
me Avn oil June, 1881, TO appoint a Clerk. Al Scott
} tde Court is TO DO held on the 26 n of Nav. n, Rnsssu
( 1881. rpcn"tI;.oa
Extract Of a ietter from Raleigh, aoted May 81, 1881
e asali myself of the FIRST leisure moment, to inform
you that The Rev. Levi s Ives, Rector ofS,. Luke
= Ghurch, IN the city OF New York, was this day chose,
h nnhop OF me Dioeesso OF North Carolina. by the Con
ven loo oil the protestant Episcopal Church, now ia SEES
sion here. The election is understood to have be,
made by The united voices ef every Clergyman pre-
sent except one, and on The Laiiy, OF every Consfesa
ton represented except one. This result will pIebsaI,
r os unexpected in the Diocess, because Mr.. Ives ia no
n one OF ihose who have been so fre quenily spoken of 10
Il 'nIs hiSh and holy otice, but the testimonial in regar,
70 MS Pis,y' talents, %pIineipIes snd devotedness to the
uuu's oil ms sacrec Calling. were so Satisfactory as to
i produce almost universal conviction, that The shoic
~ d id'eh Oh one worthy to succeed the late venera.e,
. bishop. Higher praise 1 could not bestow on him.
AS The people will probably be anxious 10 know
sone'hins ABOUT MIR. Ives, will give you the substane
OF the statements OF Tho Rev. Gentlemen who kao,
him personally. He 10 about 30 years of age. land
Imagine his want Of age was the only obisc len TO hin;
d d me "ri'er' eloquent of pleasing, cOneilistory, an
4. Popnisr manners. Since he took cIarga of s.. Luxe
church, 20 .nuch ia he esteemed, chat an addition ba
10 ueeh necessarily made 10. ,he building, 81 fiji cient 10
tAe aceommoda' ion OF from 90 to 80 families, and IL
now found nsfessaIy eli HI to make a further additio,
OF oCId a more spacious Church. / believe he is
naive OF Pennsylvania. Nsxi Convention meets
!" EdentoD.
Death IF Tr,tmbuM.- eorfespoadent of the Ma,
YORK Advertiser writes from Detroit thus 81 an in
z returned from the funeral OF Judge TrHmbuIi. i'd
n mol Know thathis Illness can DO characterized by an
'peclhc name. IL seemej . general universal decay
< MS physical po"erl. lie expired on the night OF the iOl
ihs'an', without d struggle or d grOA0.-Mpsh respeC
Is she"n 10 ms memory hare. The intermsnt was AZ
pointed for this afternoon by the request OF a Commits
OF the bar"
Cunningham, the late Postmaster al Abinsdon, VIII
was hled aud acquitted a iew weeks ago, on a charg
oil rob6ing the IT,. 5. Mail, was yesterday, after a labc
" fous ihVesIgatioD and d most powerful and ingsniou
" dSIercs, CONNECTED OF d0taininK aud OF eoins Ie.teI
- conveyed 10 his office in the Mail. The iafy were nc
absent from toe box more ihan twenty L iGu.es. Til
n, oH@nce 10 called a mildemeanOr 10 the law, and Ia
Puni'hnifn mt IA SIX months %iDprison neni and a fine {
i '"O or 'hree hundred dollars. [BGlt. Rep
7 From tho frederick (Md.j Citizen, May 20.
TRIAL AND CONVICTION OF MARLEY.
d lac rial OF John NJ srkley, charged with th mur
der OF John Nswsy an fam,ly, commenced in Frsde
tIck county court en- Wednesday morning, tnl wa
81 brought to a close last evening al elk O'Clock. TIN.
. Jufy retired Toe about 20 minutes. and returned with
verdict Of GUILTY OF MURDER IN TIL FRS
y DEGREEl
E Mr. Dixon, District Attorney, conducted the prose
cuiion Tor the State, and Messrs. Ross and PALMER
appeared for The prisoner.
9 No cause which has ever been tried ia this countr Y
y has excited msre general aud intense interest. IT.
Courl Hall has been iu1 to Overlooking from he com
mtneeIoent to The conclusion of the iriaI-The testimo
Any was oil the most conclusive and uaequivocal chArae
m EolgFlautt and b, 90 ...,;E.1 IL. IL o.,