Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1835-03-19
THINGS IN GENERAL.

Constitution frigatc.
The Legislature Of Maryland have voted
sword 10 Cnp Edmund p Kennedy, OF the U. 5.
Navy, Tor his gallanry IN tho n't ok on Trlpo, IN
1901
Mr.. +. c. Delavan of Albany, N. Y the crest
Temperance advocate, has been prosecuted by some
OF the brewers IN that city fol having asserted thai
hthy, putrlj water Is used In making ale. The
damages are laid ut $1,000
The field of battle OF w a,erloo after lapse OF
10 years is remarkable for its extreme fertility, and
the dark rank color oi its rich crops Of grain,
| tufed by human gore.
The Green Mountain (Vt Democrat contains
the following notices q Divorced by the Suprem.
Court on the 20lh Feb 1895 FOR inlolernblc sevori
y, Mrs. Nancy Tyler e. - ,muel Tyler And
Married, on the 23l Feb. 1895, Mr.. Samuel ~.
| Ter and Mrs. Nancy Tyler"
The Jacksonville EAST Florida) Courier gives
I account of horrible massacre in which father
| and his sons, under the demon influence Of Inlcm.
| peranco we're the prom,ne", actors, with the origl
| nal design of taking the life Of daughter and
sister. The particulars are as follow: About !
o'clock al nigh, on the 18Th uIt the residcnts of
| house occupied by Mrs. JANy CASEY, on tho q or
sla side of the Selut Nary's about D m'lrs from
| the town of that name or the CcnlrcvIlle road,
| sons, JouN, ilIaAM aod GEORGE, with two other
| n ~ named SINE IN a. ID WILLIAM ROUSE, armed
| With dnks Nancy CASEY . daughter, Of the wo
man. aged 81, aud JAMES SoorT, aged - were
| Killed on the spot The mother was stabbed twice
| and JAMES b. CASEY md GAaRETr DEMor, cacb
more or lcss,& wo OF them are not expected To sur
| we The motive OF this monsrrous deed Of blood
| Z, thus expl ,lncd A week or two sIn:c u son
| Of Ms Casey, copcd with and married daugh-
| Ter OF king. From iha, time the father and sons
swore to TAX their lives. The residence Of the
| couple was nj the G scy house, but Ter some rea
| ,on, perhaps tear neither ofihem were nj home on
the nlgh OF the attack. 1t mikes the blood chill To
record the fac, th.t,hc mother ofthe girl, who clio
p.d with young Casey, visited the house on the
! next day rfer the murders were committed and
her eyes SAID sho shoul be sntsh d, # she could
bn wash her hands in her daughters hcnrt = blood
All the perpetrators Of this dldbolical Tragedy, IRE
| IN the hands Of justice.
Mrs Isabella A. Potter tho wifo of the ccle
| bra,cd Robert Potter, OF Granville N. c. has Oh.
tanned divorce, and she has now petilioned for
| change Of her own and tho names Of her three
children 10 Pelham, the m,lIen mama Of her mo
Their In her petition she says, "shc not willing
10 bear the name of Potter nor IS she Wiling thal
her children should life borihcncd with liz re-
proach" A ter ddverling to the recent expulsion
of Potter from the House of Commons Of N Caro-
lima she aJds--"ho l., a ,vandrrer mud vnga.
bond with whom but tho most deb iscd can
Associate. Branded as he is by the judeneo, Of his
fellow.citzens, his name is to DO n dsgt AGO. and
his children rcproach from which you can and
they hope will save them. They are az yet young
in life, and hove not learned 10 blush FOR parents
shame"
"a
interesting account Of the execution, near that
place, OF Charles S Boyington, for the murder OF
Nalh,ncl Frost, After his apprehension and dn-
ring his trial. and Indeed up to The very hour VI his
execution he had displayed the most singular levi
ty and hardhood. |, seems that he Ind CHI eushrd
the idcn that he would be pardoned mud this hope
ncver forsoolt him until tho cord was about 10 be
placed around his neck. Then for the first time,
awaklng TO the horn reality of his situation, lac
lea ped from the scaTold aud made n spe rae Of
fort TO escape, bat was soon arrested and brought
back. Then, ensued n scene of horror. lie rcsis-
ted the enods OF the sheriff TO perform his duty and
even when at last suspended, his desperate clns'ng
to the life he had forfeited shown by sru ,gles
to free his arms from the pinlons, and curhing al
the rope He succeeded in thrustlng his hands be
tween the cope aud his throat, and thus, resisting
& struggling to the last died dcspalrng " impcnl.
tent. HIS victim was gentle and conRdIng IN
valId-hlS fyicnd and was nssnssinuted IN an open
thoroughiar beneath the walls Of the graveyard
4" Ia. hum of humin voices warning him OF the
eiyhborhood Of busy life and the tombs OF the dead
speaking Of its end, and the beginning OF elcroi'y
Francis Mlnehar, a white. was recently
found guilty Of trespasslng on the Indian lands IN
Csttatsugus county N. Y. and sentenced to pay
fine Of $3.50 Israel Jimoson, an Indian chief. made
a short speech TO the Court tho import Of which
was that they were rejoiced that the Great Spun
had out 1t in the hearts of their white brothers ID
do Justice TO tho red men.
Edward Everett, will deliver an AdJfes. on tie
I9,h Of April, at Lexington, (Massachusc,,s) at
the request Of the citizens Of that town. Ire re-
mains Of those who fell on that day GO years ago,
round the monument.
Tho Legislature OF Kentucky has just adjourn
ed. George M Bib, twhose term Of service as U
s. Senator has just cxpred,) was appointed before
The sdjournment to be Chancellor Of the Louisville
Chanccry Court, It station for which his eduea
ton, habits and temper combine to fit HIM pccu
llarly.
A physician, named Moniz, took up his abode in
Norfolk borough when driven from Portugal du'
ring the political troubles some years ago. The
change in affairs in t IA nation induced the Doctor
to return, and he was soon elected member Of the
Cortes- where no had scarcely taken his seat, be-
fore he offered a resolution expressing the grateful
sense with which the condua Of he United Stn,cs
was regarded in relieving the inhabitants OF the
Cane de Verbs
Surgeon John S. Wiley, of the U. s. Navy, who
w.s dismissed by sentence of court marital, has
been restored by the President. with the unanimous