The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1852-09-16

LOCAL MATTHRs.
TIE LAsr CoNvfssros Or JAM w1LIAnss-
We heard day or two sincs Of : coafsssion made
bv this deceased fernas monster, 70 her spiritual
adviser, Rev Mr Ryland, wherein shs stated that
she ,osoned the elder child Of Mr. Joseph I. Wins
ton, which died about year since very suddenly.
There having been 90 many rumors current lately,
in regard to confessions" We deemed 1t but just
to receive the information with caution and sscer-
tain the full particulars before publiahing. We
regret to say that the information s but too true
On the morning of James execution, DR. Deane, Mr.
Winston's family physician, received special
note from Rev Mr. Rylmd. This note, By request,
has beer destroyed but it stated In substance that
ten days before the day Of her death, Jane told Mr.
Ryland upon his promising not to divulge the In.
| formation until after the execution, az she was
afraid Of lynch law-that about year ago she ad.
ministered some poison used in killing bed bugs
to the child by sody Of experiment and to hasten ats
end, the child being sickly. This experiment,
James explanation plainly showed, was to test the
strength of the poison and its efficacy to kill the
| tire family. We have no language to express our
horror at this disclosure of the fixed and plan.
ming malice of this she fend for If there is pit of
outer Darkness in its lowest depths she will dwell
When informed yesterday of the contents of this
letter, which we could not procure, it being des-
| troyed, we learned that at the time of the chid's
sickness, it was taken one morning while in the
hands of Jane, violently sick and vomited profuse
ly Miss Psnkay who came to the room, saw the
Jabi throv cuito hoIl n ito
substance which Jane, under some pretext, threw
| Immediately into the fire. The child vomited
quantities Of white foamy substance This char
acter of e1uded substance ia unusual in cases where
ordinary poison is administered, SO that the bed
bug poison must have been of peculiar character.
Not very long ago, Mr. J. P. Winston lost favorte
dog, which died suddenly in commissions, and it is
| supposed that Jane tried one of her heish expert
ments en- it.
| HUsTINGs CoURT.-Before Justices Evans, Bray,
Wngfeld, Cowles and Bernard.
| John, slave to Silas Shelbourne, and employed in
Talbos foundry, was put upon his trial before this
court yesterday the charge OF breaking into the
Office occupied by Glenn e. Davis, at the corner of
Broad and jefferson streets, on the evening of the
29th August, and stealing thereffom several brass
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wrench and screw-the property Of the firm and
their foreman. The negro was convicted of the
burglary and sentenced to receive SO lashes, we'll
| laid on.
| The case of Lucy Randolph, slave to Mrs. Ju
9th Fore of Chesterfield county, and hir ed to J. L.
Weymouth of this city, charged with killing her
child ON the evening of the 2ath of August, then
came up for trial. The testimony which we have
| already given in full was gone over. The chief
points were that Mr.. Weymouth and DR.. Parker
| searched and found dead newborn infant in a
| hogshead IN the yard adjoining Mr.. WIS, with Its
| head very much mashed as if with stone; that
Lucy denied at first having child and finally told
Dr. Parker that she had thrown it into sink that
she told Coroner Wicker that she killed the child
with brick; and that two female negroes heard the
child cry two three times before it supposed
| to be killed; these negro witnesses supposed that
| a negro was killing cat in the yard, that
neighbours child was crying. Witnesses also testi-
fed to the unusually mild, atfectionate and upright
character of Lucy, and to the fact tina, this par
ticular evening she took large quantity of lauda-
mum. camphor and spirits to the pain of which
she complained, which doubtless greatly affected
her head After the testimony had closed the pro
character OF the offence from the evidence and Lu.
cy's own confession, and pointed out what he con-
sdered the just punishment, viz death by hanging
Samuel Taylor, Esq , of Chesterfield, counsel for
the accused, followed in able and extended
speech of two hours duration, wherein he endea.
vored to prove from Lucy previous character and
the fact of her being under the influence of stimu.
lants he night of the birth Of the child, that If she
did kill the child she killed it while in state of
half past o'clock. and Mr.. Mayo will deliver the
concluding argument in the case this morning.
SAVAGE ASsAULT.-The continued case of Albert
Anderson, slave hired to J. S. B. Tinsley, charged
with severely assauting free negress named Ellen
| Rebecca Elicit came up at the Mayors Court yes
| ;erday. The evidence proved that Ellen had used
| some provoking language towards Anderson, and
| threw a stone towards him. Anderson then pro.
ceeded to take the law into his own hands by seiz.
| ing shovel and striking Ellen tremendous blow
over the head, telling her as he would an OK. Ellen
was picked up for dead and has not yet fully re-
covered from the effects of Andersons ill treat.
ment. Yesterday he was ordered 25 lashes An
appeal was taken and Anderson gave security for
| appearance at October term of the Hastings Court
In this case, which of the planest we have
ever seen before thi. court four lawyers were EN-.
ployed The "noise and confusion Of three or
four separate cross-examinations and independent
speeches. all going on at once, exceeded anything
we have heard in this court yet In the course of
the trial of this petty assault case four "sage and
| reverend seippors" delivered fhemselvea of 1o,r