Virginia free press & farmers' repository. [volume] (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1827-1832, 1832-02-23
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L4esoUCpOty OCCuYTeuCe.-At About Is
o'clock, on the night Of the 9Th ul,. .
negro woman. the property Of Mr.. Hen.
~ lsbell, Of Bear Creek, Fairfield Dis.
triet. came 20 her master seemingly
much agitated, and informed him III .,
two runaway negroes with packs on
their backs, were in the lane, armed
with dirks or knives, and declaring
they would not be taken b. any person.
Mr.. isbelI. Who was sitting by the FIRE
in HE stocking feet, instantly rose and
without waiting 10 put on his shoes,
took down his gun, and went in pur-
suit- The two supposed runaway ne :
Sroes made Cd, and Mr.. Isbeil pursued
them, encouraging his dogs that were
oe{'ng them Tor near . quarter Of q
mile, came within Is or 90 yards Of the
supposed runaway negroes, when one
OF them turned round and threw stones
OF juuks back. but did no. speak. Mr..
Isbsll then fred his gun at one of them.
who instantly exclaimed, I" am dead
man." staggered short di.tancc and
fell. The other person ran of. Mr..
isbeli then advanced to the fallen per.
son, aud TO bis unspeakabie horror,
found il to be his near neighbour and
friend, Mr, Meredith Wilson. and not
n runaway negro. Mr.. Isbell called
out Immediately for assistance, sent for
his neighbors, and had MIR. w. carried
back TO HE house on blankets, went af.
ter doctor, and rendered him every
assistance in his power, bot all in vain!
The wounds were too deadly; nine
buckshot having entered his abdomen,
and four through his right hand he
expired IN about IL hours afterwards.
The person in company with Mr..
Wilson when he was shot, was n lad
that lives with him, Of the name of
Jackson Motley, who testified before
the Coroner's Jury "that Wilson and
himself were returning from Columbia
with one of their neighbors who had
been there with q wsgoI-they had
left the wagon to 80 through Mr.. Is
beiPs lane, for nearer way home
had seen = negro or negroes, but did
not speak TO them-was bayed by dogs
did Dot speak or hear any one else
speak-Mr. Wilson turned round and
threw junks or stones at the dogs
heard and saw the gun fire-heard Mr..
Wilson exclaim ~ am a dead man, -
and then he ran of. He also stated,
as we'll as all the other witnesses, ''that
he never heard Of any thing bat bar.
mony and good feelings, between MIR.
Wilson and Mr. lsbell; the confession
OF the latter concurring literally with
that OF all testimony before the Jury.
his awful occurrence has widow ed
an smiable and affec tionate woman,
deprived three helpless infant chill.
dren OF tender father, and the neigh
borhood Of one Of its best citizens.
The laeeratsd feelings Of Mr. Isbell
can be better imagined than described.
The verdict Of the jury was in con
formiiy with the above facts.
CHLORIDE OF LIME-S Small Por.-
A writer in the New York American
bears the strongest testimony TO the
efficacy Of the Chloride Of Lime ss a
safeguard against oontagion, even 10
cases Of Small PoK. lie states that
he had just recovered from an attack
OF this iOathsome disease in its most
irighifui form; and although confined
IN house 10 which there was an aver
age Of from so 60 40 persons Of all
ages,iyet by plentiful use Of Chloride,
net al individual imbibed il from him.
The article is TO be had at any Apo
thecsTy Store; and one gallon Of water
to q pound Of Chloride, is Sufficient
the decoction 10 be sprinkled on the
hoOr, bed-elothes, &c. Of sick rooms.
Mortality ia london. There were
90, eos christenings in the British Me-
iropots last year, and 25. 357 burials.
The whole eEeess Of ehristenings over
deaths, IN = population Of about one
million three hundred thousand, was
therefore 2.926. This Of course does
not exhibit the whole number Of births,
but still shows how little the natural
increase continues to segment the pop
ula,ion Of the metropolis, Ahieh NAV
be computed 10 increase AZ the rate OF
between 10000 aud $4,000 persons a
year. The eSeess Is supplied by emf.
grafton.
The Stock driven from Kentucky 10
the Southern Stairs, and crossing Ten
nsssee river Of Cumberland ford, dur.
ing the year 1851, - reported as FOL
lows: Horses 4.O77, mules ], 1920, hogs
l7I,459, beef cattle sac, sheep 3s7.
The population Of 4. Canada is
5O7, 900. The county Of Quebec con.
taiDs sc. Us souls, u which 2J,656 are
Of the city abd sabuIbsj and the 10.
lanJ tOunty Of NohiTeal 49,775, Of
these $500 belong to ITO city and
Suburbs. -
The compensation u the Lord Chan
teller Of EhgisHd, Il - said, amounts
! 10 100000 PR annam.