Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1839-09-24

r'n S,su has been in fault he is amenab!e to the
y !" "a ne cansu'cd authorities of his country and
ar, nrptieved should 90 there for redress in.
cI kc!drg indignation meetings and trying to gel
,bbc excitement against an absent public officer
), some ,hng wrong III these sided proceedings
,. attempts enlist prejudice against one who is
cont to defend hnseif-nnd in saying this we do
~ san 10 excuse pallia,e MIR Trist, Of whom we
~ ,,s nothing except from these statements.
Tbsre is however, one queer circumstance attending
..,ss proceedings One Of the most conspicuous. per
, .,nS ,hs most, Norton, who ten or fifteen
va" since resided in this city, and subseq uenty
,,h,h,e champion for Texas starting on several oc.
s armed to the teeth. for that country but always
,l,or to reach the land of promise aud hard fighting
a. Norton is one OF committee Who offer 10 pay all
.s. Of Mr. 1Iist. and from this country and at.
,n his trial provided they do not subslanate their
ICES against him. There is something excessively
,.f,creas in this proposition OF Mr.. Norton.
Hartford Times.
r<,,ss,rr OF vrRe,s,A The 10th Annual Session
..,,. Institution commenced on The LIST Of September
. mos, favorable auspices. The Charlottesville Ad.
D,s say.-"The number in the Law Department j.
n,,ly !.rge-and the Medical Schools are quite res
.bls-very little less than at corresponding perioG
me las, session, and considerably greater than the
np terod Of the session before the last In few
,.ks we will give more full! account of the state OF
tFerent Schonls The friends Of the Institution
I'll h. PANIED learn, that in consequence Of continued
,Iusa,,h DR. Griffith the accomplished and indie fa,iga
NJ Professor Of Medicine has been compelled 10 tender
-Epsfu
j.. most serious loss to The Department with which he
as connected. the University in general and to the
Il, citcp oi the place Truly fortunate will it be FOR
80 Institution If the Board should be enabled supply
h n'acr with gentleman Of equs! pretensions in all
u.s.. respects There was 10 have been meeting OF
II, Board Monday last for the purpose ofseleclnG
,crtsscr 10 DR. G., but We understand only three
h., we're in a.,endGnce-not enough 10 form quorum
T,s Beard will meet again on the % day Of October
rc,,. 10, The same purpose. In The time, Dr. G
wh So resignation does not take effect until the last
named cav. will continue the usual course OF Lectures
rom ;hr Chair Of Medicine. DR. G intends visiting
Ssuihern climate, and the best wishes Of the whole
community will attend him, for his speedy and etfeclua
restoration 10 health and public usefulness.
ROT IS OuIo-A violent outrage was recently per.
psl:Aed Marion county Ohio. by the claimants
i a. alleged runaway slave The alleged slave was
,,;sn up fugitive from Virginia and lodged in The
N,:on county Jail for trial On the day Of the trial
g7u>ual number of persons assembled the house
70 l,atn The result The Witnesses were examined, and
sns. heard but the Judge reserved his decision ill
The next morning. In the morning the Judge decided in
of the prisoner. When Tho decision was announc
the pretended owners seized the negro in spite of the
s;>'anders who attempted 10 him. and dragged
tn 10 the post office building, where they locked him
). and guarded the entrance with pistols cooked and
vie knives drawn The mob assailed them it'll brick
tt. and finally broke open The arsenal and supplying
,hsmselves with arms, demanded The Liberation Of the
,egro The sheriff made intellectual attempt TO dis
a.sa the mob, and length of The associate Judges
a.
.nyss OF those who claimed the negro, entered tbs
ding and liberated him, and caused The rioters egh,
IN numEer, to be arrested. They held to bail in
tie sum Of 5000 each.-Bah Post
Editors Correspondence.
Nrw YORK September l5.-Montreal has been in
.,,aodrnsry fement because jury could not agree
fni guilty J,bert, the alleged murderer Of Lieut. Weir
Ten Of tie jury would not pronounce him guilty. Eigh
Of them are French Canadians, the other s Of British
descent, the other an American. When the jury CAM
o Court. not agreeing, the wrath great that
attempt was made to mob the ten jurymen the counsel
+; J,lber and one of the Judges, all Of whom were in
rur-n, DANGER and were in fact preserved by
Companies of Grenader Guards The 2ilh British reg
rsn was also under arms for their defence Our Ca
raGan neirhbors, after this, have but little 10 say
about Lynch law The national division Of the jury
shows the feeling operating in Lower Canada. A Br
;>a iQiy would have strung up Jalber without much
testimony, and French jury would hardly hang him If
le guilty..
Ca WIN Beach late Collector Of Gloucester, Mass
wac last week brought before the U S Distrc, Court
in Boston. The charge Of having forged a fishing
tuuu,y cer,ifca,e-but the person whose name was al
!..G 10 be forged, the signature was his own;
and being made out The charge dis missed
Il IS understood that The u s.. Bank has sent more
p0s! notes into our niarket.-.fdt Int
The Circuit Superior Court Of Law and Chancery.
TOT h county Of Spo,sy lvana, Judge Lnmax presiding
commenced It's Fall Session Monday last al the Court
house The most interesting criminal case, was The
ri Elizabeth Richardson, for the murder OF her son
IN MAY last After full exsmination OF the testimony
AMI an able defence by her Counsel, the Jury brought
IN verdict OF .hurGtr in the second degree and sen
fenced ner 10 sixteen years Imprisonment in The Penn
Tertiary
Elias Faulkner, who was also indicted fer the murder
Of The boy, then aHsigned There being no evil |
Gsrce sufficient to convict him, the Commonwealth 8 /
Aornsy entered noue proscqui; whereupon Faulkner
psded guilty 10 the other charge OF being accessory al
Ter me !sct. and was sentenced by the Court to six
III, f,af Iasl In nj
coarse diet The Judge, in pronouncng sentence on
the woman, addressed her in eloquent and affecting
terms.
We deem it nothing more than justice to state, on
spticsn, authority, that the prejudice against Joseph
Lucareo the principal witness for the Common wealth.
which strong the time Of the discovery OF the
body and at The examining court, was dspeiled oy ms
testimony during the trial corrobon'ed 40 was, oy The
sdnson OF both The prisoners whilst IN JAIL ana oler
circumstances.
The prosecution was conducted by the Common
wsalths Attorney, Thomas B Barton, Esq. Prisoners
counsel, John L Msrye aad Richard G. L hloncure,
fsG's -F'edreksburg Arena.
Stocking Occurrence understand tina, whilst Mr.
Jesse Garth and his lady Of this county, were looking
NJ Their cattle on Friday evening OF last week. his Our
nam Cow, which had young calf by her side, mace
furious attack upon Mrs Garth, knocked her down and
gored and tramped in such shocking manner mat
her Ie is desPaired of MIR G who ran TO the reef OF
his wife, vas slso knocked down and sustained consid
e'ao' INJURY This Cow hao been procuieu run W"
nectcut Ct grea, eypcase, and was particular iaVore
OF Nr and Mrs G.; and before this occurrence was con-
s'drfed traetsbe and well disposed animal Mrs "
wore red bonnet the occasion, which is the only
cause that have heard assigned for The attack upon
her Charlottesville .3droeate, Sept FL.
-TuE TOBACCO CKoP The editor of The Madison'an,
writing from Virginia under the character OF "A ConVa
Escett, has the suhjoined encouraging paragraph 10
regard 10 the tobacco crop of the present year IL WIN
De seen that in tobacco, in bread sufs, and DINER
agricultural products, the yield has been abundant &C.
yond That Of former years. The editor says:
Virginia will have raised more tobacco this year IMAM
any State in The Union, and it is of great value The
crop Of 1893 amounted only 10 10000 hogshesds this
year i. is estimated at $4,000 hogsheads. The entire
tobacco crop Of Virginia Kentucky Maryland aud Ohio
lot tins year, is estimated at ll5,O00 hogsheads Last
scar il was only 72,0C0.'