Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1834-12-11
GENERAL COURT.

| GENERAL COURT.
The December Term Of tbs Court commenced
on Monday, The lst December. Present Judges
| William Daniel Allen Taylor, Lucas p. rhomp-
son. William Leigh, james T. Brown, james Sem
pie, and Richard 49, Baker.
| The case Of Nj Ran olpb's VIII was continued
TO tho next Term-some OF tho Witnesses being all
sent.
The Court viii probably adjourn to dey or Mon
day. Rict EHq D,c. g.
The presidents message was delivered TO the
express rider al Washington about 20 minutes past
IL o'clock, on Tuesday, aud brought ~ Baltimore,
thirty six miles ~ one hour and folly two minutes,
| by Stockton and Stokes express-at 10 minutes
past O'Clock the rider for tho cast passed daWn
Market street, aud arrived at Ptiadelp hl one hun
dted miles, AT Two minutes befor" 9 o'cio kline
from Washington 70 Philadelphia II 32m-dlstance
i36 miles. And proceeding eastward a, s o'clock
the message was IN New York al o'clock, A. NJ
On "Wednesday he time fron Washington being
| l3h l0m--dis,ance 22j miles. Niles Register.
| Mr.. Persico's Statues OF War and Peace have
been safely conveyed to the Ronnda Of The Ca
Ptto where they are now deposited. IN the cases ~
which they Shipped. We presume they will
be opened and exhibited in a short time.
AleJ. GdS.
The full length Portroi, OF w AsuNaroN, o.dered
by the House of Representatives, has en- painted
and placed in the pannel of the hall opposite the
Portrait OF La FAYgrrE. [D
The Piat,s--Thc Circuit Court was opened
at Boston on Monday morning, and the seven men
recently convicted Of pnacy were brought IN TO re-
ceive the sentence Of the Coutt "A motion was
made by their COUNSEL for new trial The Conrl
adjourned 10 Monday next for the purpose OF con
sIdering the niolon-lhc rcesons for which IN
the mean time TO Lc submitted TO the Judge.
The trial Of the persons charged with burning
the Convent nj Chatestown will commence al
Leechneres Point 90 Tuesday morning a, . q.
clock, 10 be continued fro day tn day unl, II is lin
Ishod. Workbench are engaged in making some III
oralions IN the Court House for the teter convc-
n,encc OF the uul,enee. We urc told the parties
clam tho right of being trlcd one time. Il
this is alo we'd them, there Is winters work before
tho Court DOston Alas.
The Indian agent in Florida, Gen. Thompspn
has recently held talk with the Indian, in that ter
rftory, Tor the purpose of making arrangem 'nts pre-.
para,ory 10 their emigraion 10 the West. 1t APP
| pears that they have refused to ratfv the rcay
heretofore made with them, and, one and all, have
declined TO 30.
A letter from Columbia Is CO. ofthc eth ut
mentions report of the death Of the lion. Wan
req r. Davis, Member of Congrcss of tie second
district.
The Germantown Telegraph says, that Mr.
John {. Craig has purchased nom Capt. S'orktcn,
OF New Jersey, the horse SHARK, for fifteen Hol-
sand dollars
,Ne0 YORK, DIR. 9.
INrgREsrlso CAsE.-In tha ship Ajablm,
| which arrived a few days s,nco from New OroanS,
came passenger native Afr'Ian, about Is years
of age, who stoen from tho la I'd oi his buth A.
bout 81 years oso, nloN, with many other unhappy
beings and carried into'Chad ston, :. e. where liz
was sold to General Plncknty. Ills native name
is Lomin Kbby his Amerc.n name, Paul. Al
ter remaining about SIX years IN the of Gen
fincknoy, he was sold TO Mr. Piati, of Ed,rfahl
District, ard by him To else and $, on
TIL at length he passed INFO the hands of Presley
lialsey, of Sumner County, Tennessee and sub
qneny became the property OF James Hoard Esq
of VIcksburg Miss. To this geole nan he Is IN
debl-d for his liberty, md no, only for his liberty
but fo his passage to this city, and $40 for the sup
ply Of his necessities his arrival His Object is Ia
return TO Ah,ca, whore he left w,e and tNo chi
dfch ITO was oorn am brought mp IN the district OF
Footasalc, (capi,a Tmboo,) SO far in the interior
that he says 1t would have taken him 3 weeks to
walk to the Atlantic shore When stolen he was
asleep alta place on he coast called Tnmakno
whittier he had gone for purposes of trade. He
was awakened from his slunbefs by the claims
| which were being fastened around ham. IT. reads
and writes his native lingu,gc, the Arabic, wit,
ease and huancy, and appears to have pos esscd an
accomplished education After dcvoung seven
years at home to the pursuits o learning he repair
cd to a Collage at BoonIa, ab,u 900 miles T. ,,t OF
Footagao, where he passed another seven years IN
completing his education. lie then engaged IN thu
business of teaching, in which employment he wa
occupied I'LL near the period fins disastrous vls
10 the coas', since which time he has never hears
from his friends nor they Of course from him. A
the time he left Africa his fathers brother was
King of Fooagallo and he supposes the crown
still rests upon the head of some of one Of his rea
lives
lie represents himselfto have embraced Christian
ny beforche left his native country tnongh tn,
mass of III people in Foo'agaIlo Mahome
( dams. He remembers to have seen Bible there
and considerable Part of The population were abb,
TO read and write.
i He will be provided with passage to Liberia b,
the first vessel, from which point he eutestains n,
doubt that he can soon make his way Foot gallo
| .JJnr. Gam.
WR RS. John Tompk,ns has removed to tn
AVA House late occupied by Mr.. David Wal