Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1842-11-25

tho snot being disregsrded,) and the trial was put
off. 10 allow Linn tine TO comply win The fequ.si.
ton. This was all very we'll. But IN the mean.u'e
tie agita,ors put in the plea that the slave was LETT 'fee
bv .he will of his original owner-a plea without Tue
shadow of truth to sustain it, yet the Court could NOT
do otherwise than put of the tfiai, 10 arrow MN, %
they had before done his master, t'iiie 10 heno ! nor
fnlt far nroofs: and the trial was postponed 10 The -ls'
Of tn s month. ~ r.,
a~nenses md 10 the neglect Of his nffaIrs al home
He might, indeed, take the money offered tor Tue Tree
dom Of his servant by Tie aboliti"nists, and foregc
the delay and chances OF bringing MN nome .noasn
even that would not compensate him for the expense
he las been at. But as this is the FIRST case ct the
kind that has come up, he IS resolved TO bIde Inc
issue and is in fact making great personal ana Pc
cunjary sacrifices, net for his own interest, but iof
the interest Of the South, generally, which is male
,;,l,v ;nvolyed in il: and all who are interested in
slave property, who would desire to put a stop to It's
abduction, are hound 10 sustain HIM to The full amount
of his losses. That the Court will award him has ser.
vnnt. there can be no doubt; and thus the question VIII
he settled: but others who ore liable 10 be similarly
situated cannot expect him to beat the bush, for them
to catch the game.-N oItoM Herald.
Cu,ycrs ~ L1rr.-.a 7oneAiag ~Cdse.-scarceIy a
day goes by that we do not hear of some painful case
of misfor,une-of some family reduced TO indulgence
and want, by the recent depreciation in stocks, and
the many vicissitudes in money and trade, by which
our country has been characterized, during the last
lNIGG OE IOuI years. n tooSh'bS SNohN PusoSu u
our notice, a little while ago, that of a mother, two
daughters, and a little boy, who, five years before, had
been left a fortune Of 100000. 1t had dwindled into
nothing comparatively speaking. not enough, in
deed, to afford the common necessaries OF life TO
a family that had been brought up with great care,
ana whose members were unused 10 the harsh strug.
giles TO which the thousands are subject, who are
compelled TO earn their daily subsistence by their
daily labor. One of the daughters was sinking un-
der the storm. while the other was endeavoring to
get up q small school, the little boy being com
PEELED to work in a printing office at 81 SO per week
Fortunately. their case was made known TO some be
nevolent individuals, and they are now comparatively
comfortable. But the suffering and distress which
families of this kind experience, being unused TO the
severe conflicts Of the world, and unwilling TO ex.
pose their condition TO the observation of the multi.
tude, can scarcely be conceived by those who have
not had opportunities of ascertaining the realities.
Gases of this description, sLew the necessity, even
on the part Of the %afluent, of educating their chill.
dren, with a view to the possibility Of misfortune, and
in q manner to enable them TO struggle for them
selves, IN the event of pecuniary disaster, bankruptcy
and ruin in the head of the family. Perhaps nothing
could more forcibly convey TO the mind, the numerous
changes and immense losses that have taken place in
this country within a few years, than a list of the pre-
sent prices Of stocks or securities, as compared with
the par prices which mos. Of them commanded a few
years ago. We annex q few specimens only: