Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1831-05-16

rep',l,.l szs.ds : froa, II ~ 4 o'eloek, bat
The fslipas elemeui confined ~i.inh me
ssrs ia which IL fi.t erisnise''
person. shosa zane we have nal Naf"'
"a. SEN % he hefoiseli. engaged IA reader
mn hi, assistance ha rash ii - tee through tue
flame. aud saved io.r eh,ldren RON imuii'ir'"
death.
| The ages of the children that were burned
were ,ru-sI-and an interesting girl OF ~
/ bout Ten year. an oaiy son OF fourteen ma
I alane survived tbs wreck oil this entire iamily'
| and he at present resides AT Cape Cod.
| Since writing the above are happy 10
Learn. that the child thrown from the window
vas moi 30 much ~ ured Was at first aniici-
/ p.ird. lie was about Jour years old, and was
caught 81 q. to break his II IN great degree,
! " Young sailor by The naine oil Guns. Brown
| 8 no fhereb, received severe sPfain III the
! sBonld.t. The praise"oItby actun should not
I pass wnhout notice, IS n was undoubtedly the
means of saving the cnild's iio. Mr.. Sullivan,
I Ne also heat though severely injured, IS m
4 fair way TO recps.r.--Ibe escape OF Mrs. ).
alice such fall from athird story window ~
/ feet hIgb, is Tie more remarkable, nay even
wonderful, from the fact of her beng ~ very
dslicat. circumstances.
About nine years since, a FIRE occurred in
the same street, a0d nearly opposite, attended
by yer, siln,lsr aud equally lamentsble oH-
cutnstances. II broke out snortly sitter . IN the
evening, and strange as u may appear, SIX of
the unfortunate tenants were burned IL death
| A boy saved his lie by coming down from the
fourth story by the trunk or spout, aud young
woman. VINO assisted him TO get out, aud who
attempted 10 follow his example, fell and was
dasled to pieces on tue sidt walk.
SLAVE CASE.
The Augusta Courier contans an opinion
pronounced by Judge Holi, OH motion for
an attachment against one John n. Phipo,, for
an -vasive return TO haheas corpus, and a
| contempt OF Court. On tue ION Octobe,
| 1929, he was served with the writ comma uding
han TO pfoduec The Dudy Of n negro hoy, ma
med James, and show cause for d,,aiuing him
IN his custody On tho folio"Ing day he ap.
! praied before the Judge, and prayed for time
| To bring up the boy, who he SAID he bad at
! Beach Hand, and could produce ny the 70 low
lag Saturday. TINS WAS allowed /; tut, owing
to tue Judges absence, no further proceedings
| weir had until tbr ID november, when Phiipoi
made this return: " That The boy James, ~
TONED III SAID writ, iOds not In his p0Ssessi0n or
custody, AZ tue time SAID writ was served upon
| hn. uor had he been ia hIs custody or posses
sion shco t1e service said wit, and tnal il is
hoi IN his power 10 produce said hoy" Ia the
nt anime, Pn'lpoi had, on the nigh alter ad-
| hitting he had James at Beach Island, made
an at'.n.pt to cary OF f"rcibly another slave
named Nmney, the boys mother. James co.,
'lnued M The place where Phlpot deposited
nun, until the 18th Of May following, when hs
was sold to "A c'tizen of Missouri, aud removed
to some part oil The Western country When
| the evdsve return Of the ID Of November was
| made, Phhppts Counsel we're distinctly infor.
med ,hat II -ould not be Received as sullicisnl
and that an attachment " ould issue II ptayed
Tor uhtil james sh ,Hiu be pr duced.
| NO attachment was p'aScu Tor ny the guar
d,an oi mes, Who took 40 other s.ep llan 10
HE MS exception 10 tue snitc,ency vi the nc.
| tdih, aud fhlpot, not moy g Tor his discharge
| IRON the VIII OF hauea, Coz ,id., HE Gase ye.
| IN nned Until My term tol owing when Nh.
guardian oil James having prayed ior A. A.
| tachnen ds ninsl Pnii5oi, Uc ofered an ALI IN
VII "hiLh would have ueen deemed "A FIJI and
suihcithi return II II bad been ole, ed al the
ga pe tihe ms admission with shicn Il 4, m di-
rect oPpooiion) VAS made aud be ore Ia. return
Was tiled.
Inc question which Judge Holt took into
consideration was, "netu-r he should take iud-
eidi "o'icr OF The admission OF Phdpot and the
| facts Connected with II. lilo caine TO The cou-
cnsion that ne ought 10 do So. Ph,luu, WA.
accordingly att iched, and after hearing srs,p
me"'s On tue mo"on TO d,scnarge hun from
co""nemeh' III" Judge refused the appiica alton
lie nec'ded that his inpri sonneni was not I'M
hh"eu III ats exteai, as Il Would terminate
y" MS oduc'ng the BOY and that he had not
purge" "'hsei OF Tue contempt by his aiiida-
VII, because, II SO, an Idle apology mu,t ,I
ways be Considered as equivalent theieto. The
nian 'nereioro ie"iains, do he ought 10 do IN
e'ose custody N, 7. Com. Adu.
I'm hPosor.-rhe Iioss IN. " Gazette.
gives The following account uf a tray,ll,us adj
se"tnrer who made his appearance Ia ina,
he'ghborhood IA lew days since
re'son calliug his name Hudsnot. p.ssed
'hro' THIS place, aUoal ten day, since, on foot.
a"d some SIX OF e'ght miles above, c lied ON N
'am'y, hnh through his rcn,drkabie powers of
persuasion, alter II courishlp OF nuLul lwe.x
'our ho"rs, Succeeded IN gaining the CONSENT
% II }o rug mss about 49, 10 become hi, spnus
patents no oi9eetios, The nuptIals we've c le-
DRAFTED Inc Gil cImstnnces OF TINS novel aif,,r
are e"ouSh 10 eArhe ones risIDie faculties and
az "'e same "hie lehch good lesson TO those
VINO, ior peouniafJ motives, will sacrifice huh
or considerations. Ihe lnpos or introduced
h'hsr 10 this family, who are respectable. as
d hePheW oi the d folks, fom Massachusetts
possessing immense Wealth, ADD having nj MS
N'"''""'" All the good things OF the world
w 'PsF"'ous'y tells the story, that tbs new
acqnaI"tancrs could not but believe n. "a. ,h,
real SIMON Pas, lie had come ,h.s Great IT,.
.ance, he SAID, Gu purpose 10 seek this younp
lady, and one great Obi CT of hi, n,arrv,,D ber
was 10 keep the UeIiM ia their ON n lau,ly "a.
was J. having turn,ture, beds sad bedJ,n,
SOU immediately, al ndue, Whrn they wonLi
all s'ari Tor tue Land OF promise log her The
mex. ,"oiaiHg Our hero starts MS father-in.iaw
'or l'osa TO procure an elegant carriage and
guys, which he sani were M readiness Tor him
! v" ms id'her departure TO accomplish tins