Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1853-12-19

ddires, Of the Hon. wN C. RrNEs, n. President Of the
Virginia Historical Society, taking the Chair, al
the late dnn~di Meeting
Gentlemen of the Virginia Historical Society:
In occupying again by your leave the Chair of the
Society after absence OF several from
ines and from the country the first impulse Of heart
no less than the dictate OF duty, is express
sincere thanks for the honor you hOc done mo, by
tnuing nominally in this place, from year.
outstanding the wide distance which separated This
kindness on your part the more gratifying besides
the mark of your good will aud regard conveyed me-
and which need not say how highly prize, it
evidence that YOU gave full credit the deep and
lively interest have felt in the fortunes of this So
fy. In tins, gentlemen, he assured. you were in no
mistaken. Though personally separated from you,
heart has been with YOU in your noble aud patriotic
labors From beyond the ocean, amid the din OF Coup,
dEtdi the fall of Republics and the rise of Empires, |
caught with cagerness every OF proceedings
watched with solcitudc and qualification the steady
advances you have been making in the public favor aud
esteem.
This Society has become in effect il not in form
by the merit Of your abors, Institution Of tie State
Ii has taken ia the generous sentiments an alice
tons Of the people, and neither the after
WILL ondly persuade myself, "slngly let it die" And
why should i. be warmly and Cordially supported
the public sympathy aud encouragement, Devoted to the
piOus task of illustrating and the lives
and actions Of glorious ancestors of redccmng from
oblivion every thing which relates TO them of gathering
from private repositories and preserving in a durable
form the Sybilne lcaycs Of our history, now become
every dly and precious from the waste which
time and accident sud neglect are committing among
them What object can transcend this in noblencss and
dignity, powerfully commend itself the hearts
and judgments OF all true and loyal Vrsinian,s
Let the earnest and prasewoIthy pursuit OF
interest however divert from this sacred duty
There is undertaking OF public utility, generous
scheme of contemporary Improvement, in which profta
bic lessons .. kind another be drawn
the history of the Ps. and just in proportion by these
means the influence and mpcIi-Gce Of State mag
nied the stream OF her prosperity anu power grows
broader and sT in flowing onward in its course should
ilircDCp Il guiCkcued he
first feeble springs in which noble current hadits rise
and follow oil the tributary rigule which have
d and augmented IT, that knO~ng thus the various agen
ces by which it has been formed sud brought its actual
condition may the better provide Tor it, hit,o and
progressive enlargement This, gentlemen, Is the field oil
patriotic labor, full OF interest of usefulness which
you have chosen for yourselves paid 10 be thought
scrthy 10 Toe fellow hboreF with YOU in such held
The period cf my return tn the country from other duties
too recent aud hat short interval has been much
crowded Et urgent engagements OF different character
permit O!cr Nou, the present occasion, any
substantive proof o useful participation in your aborS
But pray to be assured gentclrn ta! trusting tn
zeal To make amends for the OF ability, my hama
well M heart sh. De with you, opportunity may al
low in piouS eRors 10 keep bright and clear the his
Ioric glorious of ancient commonwealth end thus to
supply the purcst aud best incentive of emulation that
suspicious revival of Virginia enterprise and sereancc
that are nov again - happily da~ning upon vs..
IIoERIp MUEpER NEAR wngELIAa, VA-Mr Alexander
Garden Of Wheeling, Va, brutaly murdered sun
day, lsth inst while returning from Wooistei whe.e he
went Saturday TO pay his taxes, aud where lac
owned farm. lie riding along ia company with sc
veral neighbours portion of whom proceeded ahead
brisk pace, leaving Garden ia company with mau nam
ell Henry Craig and another who much iutuXi.
Gated. iiardrn remarked that nc would ovcftake
them. Mie. ..s ia advance reached the river they
waited for some time, a tIrdcn coming up they
Turned aud found him lying doai the ground wcltcng
in blood, with his skull horribly beaten ..-nslc by
L.Og from stone; his brains scattered for several rods
around VI hs eyes LuUckvu Vu,, uud,
fully manglcd.
Craig lying the body l..e other man, whose
name did not ascertain. the ground o.. with
the bride of one Of the horses on his The Wheel
Ing Inielligsn says:
No i assigned for this terrible murder. Craig
pretended tn la drunk that hc did not know What he
doing. Trails OF blUGd traced for distance
IL Garden had attempted ape after he first
struck. Appearances IN some respects indicate that
Craig Invested of all hi4 clothing Except his paUt-
This however, is mere suImisc, there .vi-
dence OF it elected at the examination Craig is single
man and has been in the employ Of Judge Elhu Morris.
lie COMM lted To jail