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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1834-03-27

A SECOND SUPPLY JUST RECEIVED,
IN viz: Nutmeg and Citron Cantelope; Long
Scarlet and Black Spanish Radsh; Large York,
Curled Savoy, and Drumhead Cabbage; Salsa
fly; Egg Plant; Early Bush Cabbage; Early and
Late Cauliflower; Lima Beans; 100 papers
Flower Seeds; rs papers Herb do; Long Orange
Carrot; Parsnip; Landreth's Extra Early, Ear
ly Charlton, Early Frame, Imperial, and Large
Marrowfat Peas; and Mangel Wurtzel.
Also, a few copies of LANDRETH'S Cata-
logue and Treatise on Gardening.
The attention of those interested in raising
Stock is requested to the following extract con-
corning the Mangel Wurtzel, from Landreth's
Treatise on Gardening, viz:
"As for Stock, especially Mich Cows, it is
scarcely surpassed, and the product is enor-
NOUS Ifplanted in rows thirty inches apart,
they can readily be kept clean with the horse,
hoe or cultvator, and will yield rich return
for the labor bestowed on them. Col. Powell
of Philadelphia County, has grown siateen ham
dred bushels to the acre"
Sd mo Is WILLIAM STABLER.
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JUST PUBLISHED,
A ND on sale by VIM. M. MORRISON.

Al Dy N1OnhTISON,
IA THE YOUNG MANS GUIDE, being
practical manual for every day life. Price IS c..
We recommend the possession of this work
to every young man who wishes to become use
full virtuous and happy.-M H. Goz.
Its contents are of high moral character.
and it should be in the possession Of every young
man.--POrtsmOum Journal
The work is good and useful one, and wor-
thy the serious attention Of young men.-Chri$-
tian Register.
1t is written in plain direct style, and enIiv-
ened with anecdote and narratve-TRe Reh-
gious Magazine.
An admirable production, communicating
sound and wholesome truths.--Boston Trons-
cript. ian 20
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COPLAND,s MEDICAL DICTIONARY.

.COPLAND'S MEDICAL DICTIONARY,
TTPON the same plan Of Cooper's Surgical
- Dictionary 1t will be completed in five
parts Part 1st is now published, and ready for
delivery; Part I'd in press Parts g. g. 4, and 5,
will follow at regular intervals, with no inter-
ruption but such as may arise from irregularity
in receiving the European copy. The remain
ing sheet of the Appendix will be given with
Part g. and the Preface, with a Pathological
Classification of Diseases &C., forming Key
to the systematic study Of Practical Medicine,
as well as an arranged Contents ofthe work, will
accompany the last Part.
This valuable work will be given complete in
five parts, at 81 each part of 300 closely printed
and handsome pages; being the cheapest medi-
cal work ever printed in the United States.
The work will be sent by mail, to subscribers
in any part of the country. The postage will
be only 10 cents each part; ifnot exceeding 100
miles, and 80 cents only for the greatest distance.
Published Quarterly, and completed in one
year from the delivery of the first number.
The subscription price, Five Dollars, to be
paid on the delivery of the first Part.
Subscriptions received, and the work careful
ly mailed to all country subscribers, by
w. M. MORRISON Alexandria
Who is an authorized Agent for the same.
feb IS
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Notice.

TIME subscribers, intending removal from AleXan-
4 dria to New York in the course OF very short
Time have to ask the favor of all persons 'ndehted
to them to call and settle their respective account as
their business must be brought to speedy close:
oct 1-dU JAS. MCKENZIE tg 60.
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NOTICE.

YINHE subscriber, having taken the large three
IL story fre-proofW at the corner of
Prince and Union streets, nearly opposite his
Grocery Store, (Which he intends occupying as
Warehouse respectfully informs his friends
and country merchants generally that ne will
receive and forward GOODS of all kinds; re-
ceive FLOUR on storage; store GRAIN and
other GOODS, on the usual terms. The stua-
ton being convenient to shipping, persons dis
posed to STORE their FLOUR will find an ad-
vantage arising therefrom. Any business en-
trusted to his care in the above Agency, will be
punctually and carefully attended to.
He continues to keep constantly on hand ge-
neral assortment Of GROCERIES, WINES,
SALT, &c. &c. and will at all times furnish
PLASTER to those wishing to purchase. All
of which he offers, wholesale and retail, very
low. WILLIAM N. McV ElG1,
feb 25 Prince street wharf
u Leesburg Washingtonian, Winchester
Republican, and Political Spectator, (Warren-
ton) months, and charge w. ~ McV.
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LAW BOOKS

LAW BUNS.
TUsT published, and on sale by w. M. NOR
- RISON 9TH, 9Th, and 9th vols of Calls Re-
ports; Tate's Digest; and also Supplement to
the Revised Code of the Laws Of Virginia, be-
ing collection of all the Acts Of the General
Assembly, Of public and permanent nature,
passed since the year 1919, with a general in
dex; to which are prefxed the acts organizing
a Convention, the Declaration of Rights, and
the Constitution Of Virginia. mar 10
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JUST RECEIVED ON SALE BY VIM. M.
MORRISON,
TLLIOT'S Almanac for 1884 This will be
IL found useful for every man of business, as
it contains complete list of all the Officers OF
the Government, as we'll as Of the three Corpo-
ratons in the District including all Incorporate
ed companies, &c. Also, the Churchman'S Al
manac for 1884. Jan ii
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FURNITURE.
- Sideboards; s Bureaus; 6 Washstands
- Dinner and Breakfast Tables
Centre do
Plain, painted, and curled maple French
post Bedsteads
Maple high-post do
Common rush and cane-seat Chairs
Also,
One secondhand Gig, with Harness, on con-
signment, and for sale, low, for cash.
feb IS GEO. WHITE.
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BOOTS AND SHOES.


T H. WHITE has just received, per sloop
- Union, a well selected and seasonable in
voice of BOOTS AND SHOES. Among them
are
Mems Calf Sewed Boots, first quality
Do thick Pegged and Sewed Water Boots
Do Calf Pegged and Sewed Munroes
Boys do Pegged and Sewed do
Women's Lasting and Seal Slippers and JEFF
fersons Every cheap
Hair Trunks, &c. &C.
Also in Store, of his o1Dn manufacture.
Do Calf Seal & Morocco Walking Shoes
Do Lasting, Seal, Morocco & Kid Slippers
Do Calf and Seal Jeffersons
Misses Lasting, Seal, and Kid Slippers and
Jeffersons
Gentlemen's Boots and Shoes various kinds
All of which will be sold at the lowest prices.
IL Made to order, Ladies' and Gentemen's
BOOTS and SHOES, Of the best materials and
workmanship. mar II
NEW AND INTERESTING BOOKS.
lust published, and on sale by VIM. M.
- MORRISON
The celebrated Speeches of Chatham Burke,
and Erskine; to which is added the Argument
of Mr.. Macintosh, in the case of Peltier; Sc
lected by member of the Philadelphia Bar.
Aids to Mental Development, or Hints to Pa
rents; being a system ofmental and moral in
struction, exemplifed in conversations between
mother and her children, with an address to
mothers; by lady of Philadelphia.
Memoir of Miss Mary Jane Graham late
ofStoke Fleming, Devon; by the Rev Charles
Bridges.
General View of the Geology Of Scripture, by
George Fairllolm, Esq
The Auto Biography of John Gait, in vols.
mar 10
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1834-03-27

CHINA AND EARTHENWARE.
:" c. SMITH has on hand, and offers for
Ill. sale on moderate terms, full and hand
some assortment Of CHINA, GLASS AND
EARTHENWARE
China Tea Sets, plain E. gilt, various patterns
Dinner Sets, blue, purple, and pink, printed
India China, in sets or separately
Lamps for Passages, Tables, &c.
Casters, silver mounted and plain
Pipes by the box
Window Glass of every size
Stone Ware of an excellent quality.
mar 5
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1834-03-27

ROGERS'S VEGETABLE PULMONlC DE-
TERGENT,
TUST received and for sale by
- jan 20 WILLIAM STABLER.
From the Hon. Gideon Lee, Mayor Of the City
of Neao York.
"Few men in the community have greater
contempt for nostrums in general than myself.
Patent medicine and catchpenny, with me, have
been synonymous. am constrained, however,
to relinquish these sentiments as respects DR..
Rogers's Vegetable Detergent, the effects of
which have recently witnessed. Ayoung lady
in my family, by using two papers, have rea-
son to believe, is effectuay cured of an alarm
ing Pulmonic Complaint, which in all its symp-
toms gave evidence of immediate consumption
| I communicate this with a view Of usefulness,
and sincerely hope that such persons as have
complaints similar to the above, will make tri-
| al of the medicine, GIDEON hHE'
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PINE APPLE CHEESE,
N CASES, for sale by
r LINCOLN CHAMBERLAIN,
Amar7 Vowells wharf.
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A BARGAIN.


hA ] will let the DWELLING and STORE.
EaaL HOUSE at the corner of Water and Prince
streets at as low rent as any property in the
town, considering locaton) 1t is well calcula.
ted for wholesale or retail grocery, segar fac
tory slop shop, &c. &c. &c.
an II JOSIAH II. DAVIS.
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SAMUEL MESSERSMITH

SAMUEL MESSERSMlTH
OFFERS FOR SALE:
YNEAS-Young Hyson, in chests Imperial,
IL in half chests and ten catty boxes; Gun
powder in ten catty boxes; Souchong, in do do;
Pouchong, of superior quality, in half chests,
Gold crop
CoFFEEs-Java, old ST. Domingo and Rio
Hempen Bags
CoRKs in bales Of 1000 each
PATENT SHOT, assorted numbers; constant
supply frem the Phoenix Shot Tower Company
WINEs-Old L. P. Madeira, in quarter casks,
Newton, Gordon, Murdoch & Scots" and
Lewis & Co.'S brands; Madeira Grape Juice, in
quarter casks and half quarter casks; l.. P. Ma
deira in boxes containing one to two dozen
bottles each; Sicily Madeira, Sweet Malaga,
and Rousillon
Palm Oil, in hogsheads
Bakers Chocolate, in half boxes
BRANDY, &C Seignette's Brand" in half pipes
and quarter casks entitled to debenture
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COLORED APPRENTICES WANTED,
For the Patent Rope-Making Business
II WILL take two or three Colored Boys, OF
Il unquestionable character, (none other Will
be taken) to learn the Patent Ropemaking Bu-
SineSS. JOSIAH II. DAVIS.
N. B. This advertisement may, perhaps, meet
the eve of some Shareholder who may have it
in prospect to emancipate his slaves at the ages
of 25. so. or 80 years The slave, thus enhanc-
ed in value, would, in a reasonable time, repay
the pecuniary loss of the owner, and be prepar-
ed TO be a more useful freeman. J. H. d.
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u. S. BANK BILLS.

FOR SALE OR EXCHANGE.
IN The DWELLING HOUSE and LOT OF
l ##iiA GROUND formerly occupied as Tavern,
situated at the corner of King and st. Asaph
streets, known as the Indian Queen Tavern
This Establishment would be sold on very rea~
sonabe terms, or exchanged for other real
property in the town For terms apply 10
mar CATHARINE BRAWNER.
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RAISINS, &c.
k0A Boxes Bunch Raisins
cUO $50 do Muscatel do
80 casks Sun do
so double boxes do
so jars of olives
10 do Corks
so boxes CASTLE Soap
Mats in bales; Filberts in bags
Trails of Figs. For sale by
mar Is A. c.. CAZENOVE & co.
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CLOVER SEED.

GLOVER SEED, in 2 and 70 bushel bags,
~ prime article, for sale by
MARI S. MESSER SMITH.
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TERMS OF ADVERTISING:
.,,s,;sements neatly and conspcuously inserted at
- of one dollar per square for the first three In.
ns and twenty-five cents for every subsequent
s srutrr reasonable deduction will be made in
~, a'' case of yearly advertisers
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1834-08-28
EDI'NDlING4

few days ago the editor of the New York
Commercial Advertiser adimadv,rtcd VA proper
terms on the Empfopricty Of u.c eosIr.r Of liz
Commissioner fthe Aims House in giving 10 a
toundling packed up ut the door of private.
dwelling. the name lafayette Place. III,
Commissioners, by way Of retaliation - s,ipuoS-
Tor the lecture RIAL thcm ,lset Occasion, b.,..
given 10 another ioIndling, since bruurh, % the.
Aims House, the narae Of the editor The cir
eu'nssanre noticed by dc Latter in the follow in1
good natnrcd syH:
II F"undiiHS.-AboH . O'Clock last even
ing, beautiful male child apparently two or
three months old, was found at gsnileman's
door IN Gill street. II was neal and neatly
dressed, with plenty Of good clothing, and a
note left with il, stating that its mother was
dead-tnat its father pre- yious 10 her death
had abandoned her and gooe 10 Europe
that The person in whose custody il had been
were unable 10 provide for il. But We NAV
a. we'll give the note itself:
am Iw',hout doubt orphan left In the mcr.
et OF whop' may please TO adopt me under their
parental care as their own. I am perfrrtIy we'll
and promising; nav father lately failed ia Lu,i
ness, and STATED for i.ondon-lcft INV mothrr
Win ah old domestic woman NV mother not hear
Tug from him Tor some length ut time, became, IN
aud d'ei which causes INC To be left NJ yonr
mercy. u - requested nv name may be called
;'hIrbfs HUT, but more added it ncecssary.--
Yours respectfully.
The child was taken 10 the Alms-house. and
was named, as We ase told, HIHiam Sionr.-
W neither this was done rs n retaliation I'd On
W Tor our remarks upon the naming OF poor
little Lafayette Place NC DO not know but
fear mat the Conimi Ssionors are now about n
much ~ fault n then. This name is at least
as hs'd as the former. of " hich we complaln-
ed, and scarcely more suphonious. IT how.
ever. The Commissioner did intend a hit al
~, a. Il is SAID they did. the arrow pa.sc, hy.
IN the form Of an l. and falls al the feet of a
gentleman connected with tbs Journal Of
Commerce.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1834-08-28
From ne Boston couyi,r

We learn from tue Bunker It'll Aurora
that The following Is the substance Of the
testimony Of a man by the name Of Buck
who had been admitted a. States ev idance.
Henry Buck, (Staie's evidencel belong, 10
CIsremont, y. ~ came last from hanover.
has worked Tor MIR. Charles Adams, a. a far
mer, for month and half; was present az
the burning Of the Convent, on Monday last.
induced TO attend by hearing Mr.. Adams, on
MS return from Boston, stste the report that
the nunnery was to he attacked lie irnpl,ca.
ted Mr. Kelly as encouraging the mob. and
furnishing fire from his house. Buck va.
present at preViou. meeting, and saw KsI-
" and heard him speak, and advised a post.
ponement of the attack
Buck himself confesses breaking up tho
renee TO make a bonhre-tlie FIRST To enter tbe
Convent, and broke in the door with a piec.
~ the fence; saw an engine torch ffor,
which candles we're lighted, and Ne house se,
on fire dd not set fire himself. lie took 4
small trunk a. his part of the piunder, aud -
ereted u at Mr. Adam's. iTls was a I.tls
morocco eoyored box belonging TO Mar,
Benedrt, one of the nuns. 90 whom IL la.
been restored u was highly priced by her
and was received With great joy ~ contain.
ed gilded cTucifx, silver censor. eel
Another 10y the name Of Buxzel vas ~.
smined--the evidence was conclusive. an,
he was committed Tor trial u Is stated tina
two members % the Boston Fire Deparimcn
have been arrested ss psFtici2atoTs IN th,
| proceedings u the NIB.
Tbs following additional part.cuiar, ar,
from The Mechanics IRE aiding room Bulletin
and GalaHy Of SATURDAY evening
/ young man q ths city was are ied Obi
afternoon, and'undeTweD. IN axam5oation .
The Police Court, bat the evidences did not an
pear OF character 20 Warraat his detention
ln Charlestown siS persons are now ande
arrest -Four have been fully committed 10
irial' VIZ Buck. Kelly. Bulxru and spear
ihe hrst tbrre belong 20 Cbsrlestown a.
lauer Ia Cambridge. Two individuals b.
longing 70 ihn city have bcen approximate
Al TIE instance Of the ChsFlsstown oommh
Tee 81 Investigation aud have been pat unde
bonds u $1,000 each ~ appear Tor szamna
ton on Monday nest, before the Commits.
Mechanics Nsws Room Bulletin
since The above was written We lear
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1834-08-28
Eryuef ors i.r,,, fro,. .,t.;,,;,oi.


"Our old freud A. Allen, who STUDIED law
With Mr.. Stsnard, was shot few day. ago NJ
Jackson, by Mr.. McCiung. n nephew Of Chief
Justice Marshall. and died in a few days after,
from the wound. lie had risen 60 some dis
tlnction in the State. and was much beloved.
They met in defiance Of our anti-duciiing Law,
eacn armed with about six pistols and large
knives besides. MIR. McClung fred first, and
his ball took effect n the distance sf Is sssp.,
entering the mouth, knocking cue two under
iore-teeih, and lodging in the back Of his
be ad
General Allen was Representative in the
State Legislature, INSTRUMENTATION, and
would probably have been run against Plum
mer Tor Congress. Mr.. NcCiung was a warm
Jackson man: Their difference va. nominal
iy Pri'ate-ihough it - generally believed
That the real cause was political. Resolu-
tons, expressive OF the esteem in which he
was held, are published in our papers"
Iiohsnsnd Enquirer.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1834-08-28
oDMERAL INTEILIoEMcE.
AWFUL FIRE AT SEA.

The Steamer Uaifsy Raleigh, G,RpSrR
Master, bound from Elizabeth Cay, u. q. }
to Charicston, IS c. wa. entirely consumed
on Tuesday night the 5,h inst. o. Geors, town,
Is. Z. She was discovered 10 bc on fire about
O'Clock, r. NJ. when about , miles from
tho land, aud sorIpii were the flames that
the efforts Of tho crew 10 save her were utter
ly fruiiies..-AlI hands Go 10 number, inclu-
ding MIR. James r. SoWifer, and Son, OF this
borough. ono Of the owners,) took TO the
small boat, saving rome Of their baggage. and,
after great cNeruon and itntnineut danger,
reached the shore through the surf and break
ers. She was owned by Messrs. Robert Sout-
ter 4 Son, had been just fitted up for the run
between Charleston and Columbia. and was
insured by the virginia Marine Insurance
Company at Richmond, Virginia.
.\ooon beacon.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1834-08-28
CATHARINE G.. WRIT.
Mrs. ELIZA CLAYTON, Augusta, Ga.

As an appropriate connection wah this sabiec,
We quote ma extract from tie eulosium on Mr..
Writ by Jons r. kESSLpY, Esq.
Lastly, he was a jealous and faith
full christian. In such mind as his.
so Inqulring, so mastery, so discrimina-
ting. religion was the child of his iudy-
meni, not the creation oil his passion
1t was an earnest, abiding sense of truth.
and showed itself in daily exercise and
constant acknowledgement. With the
sublime system of revelation resting
ever IN his thoughts, the christian law
hung like tablet upon his breast. and
dutyevcrpointed her finger to the sculp-
turcd commands that were craven there
10 serve INN as manual of practice.-
He loved old forms and old opinions.
and, with something ike patriarch :
reverence, lac headed his little family
flock onthcir Sunday walks to church :
morning and evening hc gathered them
together, and on Blended knee, invoked
hIs Fathers blessing on his household
and at the daily meal bowed his calm
and prophct-likc figure over the flrni-
" repast, to ask that grace of the Deity
ON which his heart rested with is live
Hest hope, and to express that thankful.
ness which filled and engro,scd M,
soul. SaclI was this man ia the retire.
rcnt Of his domestic hearth, and thu,
did las affections, in that little precinct
bloom with the daily increasing Virtue,
OF love Of family, offricnds, of his coun.
try. and 81 his God"
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1834-08-28

from the same source. that two individuals.
named Mason and Parker. were arrested nj
Chariestowo charged with having been ct
gagged an the riot at the Convent II fs SAL
that some plate belonging TO the Convent was
found upon them. One belongs TO Charles
town the other to Cambridge.
Two 1rishmen charged with setting Ere To
tho Irish shantec, fridsy evening, have also
been arrested.
The examinations will in future he conduct
cd at the Co'rt-fiouss, EsSt-C smbr id.e, in
stead Of the Tow Hall. Charicstown.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1834-08-28
FOREIGN.
IIroRrANr lion EuMoPr.

~ ~ hph hbEFss
Dssslnhat Of T;.Irl GreV's .ILHisfrv, and Esrsra-
Zen ia .Nt.s Cab.asL
The packet slip Europe. Capt. Nfar.haIi. has
srrtpd ~ N~w York from liverpool wi,rues. 10.
tail n - tie lf,h 81 Juiy. ulum1. ~, ths CON-
teyance tee editors Of the Commercial A,itrrt,-
.er have rec i'ed their usual supply Of British
Journals, o. thc --latest dates
u will be seen that another fisyas ger,esf. u
~, positive Srcdtfag up, has iakcs place -, 40,
British Ministry. The difficulties and discus
apnn brtWccn Mr. iittl,toR, tie Secrptary for
Iceland. snd Mr.. OCOuosi, sppcsr ~ have lesi To-
lhts tmpoftsnt occurrence. lord MELsot axE
We iarn,-T Home Secretary, has been enioincti
~ tl- hing % form ncv Csbir,t, ~ -h,eh b.
- Ntil itereiyrr herotn- tie hesfl aud Lord A.
hop "a Chancellor - the Exeicpuer, hiss con-
s-nic'I ~ resume d. ,iuics q that office nt,r
hm, ilmme1 z was irs FvsignsuOn ~l,.sL isdn.
eel tiia, Of Esri Grey
\ lA'.rp1oi paper q the iGth July. speaks II
The dissoluiiDo, and The cauu q e tias v
% Zee sf-itl ~ thc Grey Adniniarauos, bav,
~ length been brought a. . cti.s. tie toet ~,
which q has split ls,trg been. - VS. fuli, es-
Iesfd' the unhappy snd unmsnag~alic souatry
on thc 0iher sisr a fi'e Flsni,fL inasasl. ~.
over. q ui- cnseh lsavipg tscp nts,t " .of4l
JDim kutsei, tlsr Nnuibhpg- ths; proved T..
~ ~ the riekcity nashwc vas ttc blun,i, rit.s
ofieiousness ~ NIr. faftistaa ilfd Alti.ssp
not cgttent ath the saiifsction gitcn w ths
griflcinap n Nc. O'Connsil, ~ It's rrfirenrn
lfp'n D'ire, aoi hs,ius til frar II crrssin diseo
sirr' b~tH- his eyes. conceived that ltc elud no
bfinE i1fasrfi r. fueasprr p'ihl,ekly ~ ehieh h,
IS Anoeh - have pntsteiy 0hiee.ed. AID &C.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1834-08-28

Horrid .Nwrder.-A most horrid n,
der Was perpetratcd in this place Oh,
Thursday night last. by negro man
the property of Mr.. Richard Chiffon o..
this vicinity, on the person of Mr.. Ri.
ward Jones, one of our most respect
fellow citizens. The facts are bn.a.
these. Mr.. J. as was his habit on -.
tinng to bed, went into his ward. tor a..
purpose OF seeing that every thlny -.
safe and secure, when he encountr..r
negro fellow armed with an axe. ".
understand that the negro told him i.t
he bad absconded from his master ana
that he was resolved not To be- tax,
alive. A rencontre commenced b..
tween them, OF the precise particul.-,
Ut which We are not informed bot
which resulted lii the death of Mr.Jonc.
his head being nearly severed in twala
by blow from the axe on the poster.
region, Immediately below the crown
besides other parts Of the body. III
negro almost immediately and Nolun'
rily surrendered into the hands u Il.
tee, and Is now in jail, auaillng t.;
trial. LynchbUrg ITginian.