Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1853-11-26
STATE AFFAIRS.
Examination Of Thomas J. Lewis

shooting Edward 4. Lewis, at Dinwddie Court
House
W w Adams deposcd that a letter from Mrs.
Lewis to Thomas j. Lewis had been handed him
on the evening of the 10th October, with the re-
quest that he would deliver IT, The substance of
the letter Is a. follows:
III proceeds to shy that the writer has suffer
I'D much. She acquts her husband of being the
cause Of if, admitting that she had brought all
her misery on herself She charges TINT "that
degraded character l.. a. Lewis was mt the bot
tom Of all oil Hearing that I. j. intended To
yet divorce. she heserches him mol To do It,
scverating thnt it would ruin her. She oontesses
that she had done very wrong but hoped she
would be pnrduned. She had heard of many
charges he had made against her, and confesscs
th oir truth but mplorcs her ''dcar Puss' to for
give her. She would pray for his happiness and
SAYS that in now relieving her mind she does
what she should have done long ago, and signs
herself your unhappy wife,
MISSOURI LEWIS"
The evidence of Mrs. Cairns, lsister Of Mrs.
Lewis describes an interview between Thomas
j. Lewis aud his wife on the day before court.
On the examination she sad:
Both appeared in good humor. The meeting
took place after breakfast ON Sunday. i.
j. aud sister were mol living together at the time,
the separation having taken place three or
four months before. Did not know the cause of
their not living together. Sister and T. j. l.. had
previous interviews. The place of interview
near her fathers house, two miles from T. is
residence. He came from toward his home.
The evidence of the other witnesses proved
that an intimacy hod existed between Edward
Lewis aud Thomas J. Lewis wife; they had
been seen playing cards in her lap and even hug
ging and kissing. Edward had been advised to
give up this intimacy. Thomas Lewis, Sr.. (nn-
Gle of the parties,) said he boarded at the house
Of Thomas j. Lewis lie Ind Witnessed the in
timaey, and threatened to leave the house in CON
scquneo When Thomas was present Mrs. l..
would get her work. and when he was gone, they
would play cards in her lap.
Intterly, the conduct of Mrs. Lewis towards
her husband was not intimate with Edward
Lewis; if had visited the house 5 stranger,
should have taken Edward Lewis and Mrs. Lew
is to have been man and wife; they both laughed
at me when told them things were not going
right /; ! quit then; when ] returned shortly after
did not much alteration in their conduct;
after Mrs. Lewis went away, Edward Lewis said
to me cousin Missouri has gone for good"
made no reply; he said, II believe you mad
about II y | did not say any thing then; little
before night he called at my house, and told me
again; then said d-n you, you are the cause of
it and nobody else he went out and appeared to
bo in great passion. The next day he called
again and appeared To he in excellent humor; |
believe | have heard Thomas Lewis say almost
every thing to make him Edward Lewis leave
his house. | heard Thomas Lewis tell Edward
he couldn't stand it, aud he woudnt Edward did
not leave, however, until he carried away Thorn
AS wife.
pr Smith was examined AS to the dying declar-
ations of Edward Lewis. He said
On ono occasion | found Edward Lewis more
rational than usual, and he snd Il shall die
wish every one WE'LL don't know why Puss
Lewis should have shot mel never did him any
ham;' said arc you innocent p His brother
who was present, said Eyes, Doctor, he has just
been telling me that he never did what Puss Il. e.
Thomas Lewis accused him of.
The Express concludes the second days report
as follows:
james Boisseau, Esq on the part of the
Commonwealth, urged that the ease should be
sent on to the Circuit Court He hoped, howcv-
e. that the court would suspend their Judgment
until such time rs they had listened to remarks
from all the counsel for the prisoner. lie then
/ reud from the law book concerning the provision
made IN cases of the kind pending. The argu
mont will probably conclude to-day.
The examination has excited the most intense
interest and the Courthouse has been densey
crowded during its progress. Much sympathy
exists for the prisoner.
The Petersburg Express of Thursday says:
"Ihe trial of Thomas j. Lewis, charged with
! shooting his cousin Edward \. Lewis, before an
j examining court of the county of Dmwidde, was
brought 10 Il termination on Tuesday night last
and resulted in the aequittal of the accused. The
decision of the Court was received with many
manifestations of approval by the friends of the
prisoner and so far as we have been able to learn
! produces general satisfaction in the community
of which he is ii member,
The result of the examination is but another
confirmation of II question, which has long since
been established IN Virginia. That question is
thls No man who has even strong grounds to
suspect that his martial rights have been invaded
and Stays the suspected invader of those rights
will ever be harmed for doing by Il court of
justice.
EXCITEMENT At CHARIorTEsvIIIE.-The If
ritation among the STUDENTS OF THE UNIvERsI-
rY, growing ont of the recent scene at Uyman's
Exhibition in Charlottesville, is not yet allayed
as will be seen by the following letter:
Rich. Dispatch.
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Nov. 23d, 1853.
Last night some sixty Sons of Temperance, in
| GLIDING Professor MINOR, Rev. Messrs. August
and BRoADDus, Mr.. Powell, of Loudoun, and quite
Il number of the University Division, as invited
guests, assembled at the Deleyan House, tmid-
way between the town and the University to
! partake of "A social supper when the building
was surrounded by number of students from
the University, variously estimated at from fifty
to seYenty-hye, who demanded that one of the
number IN the house should be given up to their
revenge. The person so demanded was an officer
IN the Town Hall ON Friday night when those
students who occasoned the disturbance at Wy