Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1834-10-09

years old were both considerably huy, I'm, to,.
not dangerously escaped withou, the lens, j..
Jury, as did also MI Maloek ! caused ,ho
na'' to oo taken ON immediately ens Parity on a
'a'"'"sS '''se wan my trunk before me, and part.
" on Tool, arrived hee safe, % miles
Yours, truly, J NJ. SMITH.
From The MS50agl Republicay
Alt aoAek We find The following notice of +,
very important decision nndo by The Suprem.
Court OF This State ia the los, number Of tho Sal,
River Journnl.-Thc decision plnces the indvd, :,
ais who woro divorced at the last session of tho L..
g'slatufe and some Of whom have been sincc ma
'Ion 10 olhef persons, IN most unpleasant ,,,d,
ame"'' II has always been the opinion W. b.
''evr OF our best lawyers that tho Legislature Inv.
no authority to pass laws of tho nature of hose IN
question and We no good reason to su,no.a
that the Supreme Court even after a rehc,rins ~,
tho arguments OF counsel will change their dec.s,o,
IN this particular case. Ii follows, of Course tba,
al divorces under the act Of the Legislature are
null and void.
" I"p@tdW DcciSi0a In the case Of tho s,,,.
al Missouri, for the use OF David Gentry and WIFI
against Jacob Fry and others, ,hc Hon M Mc'
'''k delivered tho opinion of The court The e,,e
was this Gentry and his VITO were divorc,d /,
on uc' ol tho last Legislature, in the Same az, -
winch 'hlriy.sx other persons were also divorced
GENTRY sued Fry ms the Guordipn of his wifi, ,ne
| the passage Of Tho act, and Fry rlcnd the act u,
bar Of denlry's right TO recover. The ouest,o, -,
V"lVcd WINS The r"nstItnIionaIiy Of that act 'rbe
opinion oil the court declaring the act unoons,uon.
| III aud VOID, wos delivered al great length Ar,
,ho op'h'on hah oren read, the counsel for the de-
'end"nls being dissatisfied with the opinion proy
eh ioi hearing Of the cause v h,h the Con-,
rom 'he great importance TO the public ofhe o,e,'
ton involved IN lhc decision, granted and s., ~
| for n nj tha A..
Court. " ''o
y FROM iiIs 'ntlniai on of the couft of tho i'll,
IA which they nov view this question. would !,
nov be well Tor The Legislature 10 refrain n, ,be;r
next session 'fom passing acts of this charncter nm
VI The qnesiion shall have been udicialy de,crmin.
ed ' II desc nets sho finally be held to be nm.
constitutional me ELECT OF the humber Of such eels
passed by tho Legislature Of this State mts, H.,
''sadVnningtcuSIy lel' in the community
rating n Uam al his coyd-A rio,, r.
in truycllmg through New Hampshire n f.w h.,
since, sfopt i'r the nigh, ut tho Stage Uo,cl 80
celebrated village. He retired to bird oo,l, b.,
coaId get no sleep ill near daylight, in cons.
quehcc ofthc NOISE made bp tho arrivnl and dc,.y
lure oi the stages When the last. Stage left bs
turned himself over IN bel & prepared for comfo,
'ab'e snooze. bnt just oe old Morpheus Ind se;zea
mona o. nm ms ears were ealuicd by the below
''"'h5 ON Co" '''ecIy under his window, and Ia
n'' 'lf ON Ell iosaion, II sounded like a no,.e
MAJ" " 'oi h'uShnd devils Finding there was
no such hing as sleep he arose md an lookss.
out oflbo window discovered The ca,,se of L; ,,s1
aud Perceiv'ng man neur by, he said I. him On,
Tor heavens sake Kill that COW and brin,, ~, a.,
b'lI IN the morning, and Will poy H." IN. mar
look INN ut his word, and killed the on;m.,
On descending to breakfast the first pcrson o,r
mend met was the cow-killcr with the bin
lEastcrn papef.
Damages against Toge pyoprietors-J, mi.
'ricd IN Baltimore County Court, Il, the nresen,
'c'"' na'son " STOCKTON 4. Stokes to recover dom-
ages "''eeen 10 nave been sustained by the Plaintiff
ny ,ne upseong, on the 'oad between Wheeling
""u pe''n'ore' OF sage belonging to the Defend
ants in which was the plaintiff, his wife. and ,wo
OF ms ch'ldrca-and four other indiviJuols- M.
arm having been broken, AMI the head of hi. cb;,a
maternity injured. The evidence proved thu, ,hc
orVcr was ,ntox icated, and that be not onlv Jrovo
les' ous I"ft0u1y Notwithstanding the remon
s1rnrces OF the passengers. The jury retur,ed ..
verdict oil 100 dollars damages. Il IS Jue ~ ,h.,
propre'ofs Of tho st"ge TO state that im,,e,at.,,
after ms misconduct, the driver .as discb.roeJ
HoHor and Dishopor We 6nd e, .t,,,
Buenos Ayres paper, that ihe Director of an o,~.
,'"n company, exhibiting at Mon.e V,dco bss
oeeh c"mpel'ed to make pdL'.e apo'og, IN III.
Moh'e Viaeo papers, IN cons aqtoece OF oGe % b,s
horses being called -" BoLIvAR, u being ce,siser.9
offensive TO the memory of the General The a,
po'osy was r,ade-the excuse was, ,ha, the mar.
ascr had 2" ofieneed through ignorance"
a letter from Miss Caroline F,ances Alden IN
the Boston Daily Advertiser, states tim, sns ,.s,
ded four yours IN the late Ursul,nc Convent a,a
that there IS no truth whatever in the runners crcu.
lated, that the young ladies' of that institution
were ever treated IN any other manner than with
the utmost Kindness that the greatest attention wn.
pad to their education that they lived in the ,no.t
aiec'lonste harmony that no impropcr, Restraints,
were placed upon them, and that every uJfyidusl