Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1853-08-24
LOCAL AFFAIRS.


'hAn four miles an hour within the corporation was re.
sumed.
1ohn charlton sworu.-He said he had fteoueut
OF observing the speed ut which the
cars come TO- and generally depart from the city He oh.
served them on Thursday last the day on which the bow
fendergas was killed, and believed them to have travel
led at rate not less than Eve miles an hour Noticed
them on Monday evening they passed within the cor
poraton line. He could suppose their speod 10 n.
less than at the rate Of four miles.
In reply to Mr.. Steger he said he had frequent oopor
tnn'ies OF noting the they proceeded
and forward to and from the city. lie resided in the neigh
oorhood OF the road since the SOth June 1852 His data
Of calculation WAS the pace which a man could walk.
and he believed the speed with which the cars passed on
Aonday evening was not greater than was possible for
man to keep pace with.
George w. Barker said he unable to give any opip
ION rs to the ratio OF travel by the on any particular
day On Thursday evening he and his wife wero riding
In buggy distance from the road Hs heard ,h,
whistle blow as the cars entering or had entered tho
corporate line. The first thing that attracted b;s
as they passed. was crowd whom he saw standing
distance off, near the railroad Wa not aware at that
time what 1t was that caused them to assemble there
business lies generally in the neghborhood Of the line
anu had therefore, frequent opportunities of seeing the
cars pass to and from the depot Their usual pace wa,
SLOW Ills experience in the speed Of railroad cars how
ever uu not warrant an opinion the probable rate at
which they travel generally
mr. Ne'her'snd conductor the line, stated that 80
ar "a he was concerned he always entered III. city with
Tue cars OF which he had control a very slow rate aud
no was convinced that such the general practice by
all who held like charge. lie could not say exactly At
what pace they generally enter the city.
Mr. Wilson, an Engineer under the Central Railroad
company stated that their instructions TO them ver, M,
10 go at faster rate than four miles an hour within the
corporation limits, aud in instance in his KNOWLEDGE
nau theS even come up to that pace So far as he was
oeeheu ne always managed 90 at slower rate than
'o mics an hour within the corporate line He wa, able
the probable rate Of speed by the movements
OF the engine Persons standing ON the road side n, tho
cars passed. invariably form exaggerated ideas of their
speed and are incapable of determining to any degree of
the rate at which they CO. Cars going at the
rate OF eight mes hour would appear to bystander tn
nave been going at the rate OF twenty miles AN hour
They were always particular in not exceeding nor even
coming up, to the laid down in the instruction.
The case dismissed.
VIOLENT AssAULr--The case of Bill Sherman sIsv. NJ
John d. Quares, who, noticed already, was charged
with committing violent assault on Maria slave the
property of Mr.. Palmer, was resumed
maria, the injured woman, appeared. Her arm which
according to the evidence of Dr. Carter slightly rac
'ured, was bound up Her face exhibited some evil
dence OF severe treatment She said that she had fire.
quehy occasion TO 10 the house of Bill who lives in
ner neghborhood for the purpose of calling her husband
henry away from there She had frequently occasion to
80 mere during the day upon which the assault was CON-
nted. The last call she made in the evening when
D" questioned her In violent manner as TO what the
u she came after Henry so often for Her reply
that 1t was nothing him. She was induced to 20 there
Ia the evening, as seeing crowd standing at Bills door,
which led her to suppose there tight there and in
order to take Henry away she repaired the House Bill
od her she yenture there again Lc would kick her The
'ro"d about the door large and their Iemeapor
70 nnbecomng she resolved 60 Mr. Gustavus Jarvis
'ni apprise lin Of the state of things in that
She was, however, persuaded by her husband aud Billy
not to do So As she was afterwards standing inside the
aing in front OF her house Billy commenced abusing her
lie called her number of ugly names She marched to-
wards him and struck him in the mouth He seized A
'ekbat and struck her in return on the top of the head
She made for Ratchet which thrown ia the ward and
Sth it concealed in her BOSOM pursued Billy, who was
making his way from the yard As went towards him he
aid he would kill her, and struck at and un
'led her He beat her very severely while down She after
wards went to Mr. Jarvis aud complained OF his conduct
o her. Her was broken with the blow of a brick
JIt
In reply to Mr. Crump, she said that after she seized
lac Ratchet she followed him ontsid, the v,rl c,r h
purpose ct striking him with IT, She put the Ratchet into
lcr bosom and did exhibit it until she approached
lose enough to him TO strike
Jasper colored witness stated that he saw Maria run
hing the gate with the Ratchet in her hand in pursu
# Riuv who ,nr.,,.d q, ~. .,,;,,, -.
r.. e., ',,.i. S'H @"' ''"' ''' P"'e.
We s' 'io"S"' " was Joke between theIB but seeing
her raise the Ratchet to strike him lac formed deren,
opinion aud before she could nfict tho bou, n. soI M
,,I C,,.od :, -. g.. l., u., :, "
Any NUN "e' hHy was all this
s ""u a Sooh Us nc loon Tue hatehet
sue again pursued hn CThe witness did not notice the
result Of the second charge The first time he had seen
aria was when she was going outside the ward i,I t
-, -,.., - ",u "a'o 'u. pi,y' ne sup
80 ,be bs,che, H. e. sue asI AZ nin had ne not
her do Sn Believed he struck her with MI. Gst So
like brickbat or rock in his hand
GusiaVius Jarvis stated that Maria to his house
aer sunset On SUNDAY week last and complained TO him