Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1853-11-26
LOCAL AFFAIRS.

save the property OF Carries S,otr hired at the Trrdr,r
works ~s brought up o, charge OF stealing pi. iron
and selling IL to rhoa II. Keeling
| Mr. Robert 5. Archer s,rel :hu ,h,u, sun d,w, ON
rhur'd evening" hs observed chNs. in the yard near
the rolling mili at the Trelesr Works with something
'oed up Ia his apron qi,aio ,eI hun a. to VIII, he
had therr AMI he piece of mig iro, vbi, M,
s'hi he VAS carrying u Nc Keeling n, examined Tho
iron. pd no, caution him against taking Il AWAY nor
did he tell him to take it, lie recognised II the sam.
nigh: about Ii O'Clock aher Il was found a, Mr. &.
house.
| Erasmus Clayton s.,'el that he wa, noticed Inv Mr.
Archer to observe the movements ohe negro and where
he would the iron. liz kept him in view until he al,
terei Mr.. Keelings house Aer he entered IN, hons,
With the iron he observed him coming To the door vhso
he stood for short time until Mr.. X told him come IN
with IT, Alter he had left the house he (ui,uess
him.
lie w rcm,nlsd for trial before the mex, term Of the
| Court Of uustings.
RECEIVING rnx sroLxS PRorssrr-Thos H. Keeling
vas next brcugh, up charge of receiving tho i'm,
Knowing 1t u have been stolen. Mr.. Robert A r,llv
stated That at the request Of Mr. Archer he went for
search uauan, AMI aceomp ,nsd the officer to K..l,g,
house to M Ike the search They found s,veral pi.cs.
iron in the house, which he Identified a. to IN.
Tredegir Works. Among the collection VIA. n.,.. r
pis iron, which he readily Identified as ai.o If
Game r,n There two shear knives which beoor.a
to the Works The negro hal all these srte,,
Officer Kelly stated that about half past 10 O'Clock n,
Thursday night he to Mr. K.elin,s stor. Tn m,k,
search. Before entering hc observed barrel with ON.
end in which there were three pcc Of pig iron lilo G.
m'ned barrel after entering and there found the shear
knives aud considerable qlint,y oi other iron Their,
was another b'rrcl outsd, II, store With both end. ,
tened H. opcned it an discovered srg, roll of tho
same material with series OF smaller pieces wa,chmen
Granger and Ball, who accompanied him discovered
box OF obacco concealed under tho roof it'll in
front OF 1t TO shield from observation ch In, conn
TOR was discovered bag Of meal marked AZ. Is D. ;"
which was recoSniz ii by Mr. Davenport his property,
Il contained abou; bushels all of which Mr. D,v.,
port was strongly Of opuioi his. A Nc Hiek. toll
him yeseriay morning that he Mr. Keeling purch,.
sin; the meal frSm negro, whom he did no. know
hr Ac'er Identified the greater portion of the stolen
property as that OF Mr. Aujerson Shear knives he oh
served were manufactured else In the CITY, at
OF the sane size as those pd lceI II he hal gone into
Nc kerln9s Inadvertently observed the same article.
thsre he would os able to dsnti them without any dill
Guilty.
Mr. Clayton gave the evidence in th, case N. in
that of the negro
Mr. Clodomer Barton identified the box q, ,,,,..o
~h'ch he knew to have been ,nufactnrei at Col Mye
Factory The brand on that tim, was ,titiou, IL
was marked John SCOTS highly and Justly esteemed
oronoke chewing tobacco All OF tho same quality had
been shiPp.i short time ag, There was none of the
sumo DESCRIPTION manufactured at any other Factory in
the city. He coa lent tina, none ut il had been sod
10 Mr Keeling L. va, accessible to the nryroe, onIy
while they were putting up, but Nc Kceings house
being convenient to the Factory was no Difficulty in
sending some OF it there.
Keeling required give bail in the sum of so,o
TO answer an indictment in this before the Court of
Hastings.
sESr o'.-Sirah Clayton, with whom Keeling stops in
Duval src, also to the Couet of Ii for
uterng abusive AMI Obscene language to officer Kelly,
Sheo he went 10 her house ab O'Clock on Taurs
lay night to arrest Keeling. She regarded az an
ioeor in the offence llcr bail liked $3.50 which
We hardly suppose al" will b. able to give.
SECOND STREET. AGAIN.-John Vest and John Van Blu
rem (not the Prnce were brought up chacgs q! as
siultins and beating Bill Vest Thursday.
Bill, it will be recollected imprisoned some time
since stealing clothes on. OF his sisters wash tub which
he disposed of for drink Being sworn in this case he
!ad that his brother Iohn of the party charged and
John Van Buren, ia bug between eight
O'Clock Thursily evening V4n Buren had dsta,e for
him for being witness against him when he charged
with stealing Kearseys money and pocket book. lie
ding villa: becoming In the street. and he wit
ncs rebukei him for it, H. then took his position in the
hired the buggy, whether lin his brother John though
it hardly necessary for him AXE the inquiry as he
knew Van Buren, coli pay a for such purpose
except he had portion of the money which he stole from
kearsey Without giving information about the hire
OF the buggy, he raised his whip and struck him several
times with it. His broken and o! he
unable to make any defence. Ills brother John came out
OF the buggy aud said, you d-n Of abb did you
strike Van Buren, lie asked him i-n him he go
ins to take part with that Penentsry bird against his
brother? This had effect for he seized the whip and
laid it him heavily. lie compelled to taao refuge
in Mrs Engand- house. otherwise he would he apt to kilt
him. His badly hurt |; put back fully
week. lie standing quietly at the house Of John
Vests iaf wife, when u pair bhoys drove up in their
buggy Ills brother John lett his wife and living else
where lie was by means sober at this tine for
he drunk all night aid he took three horns that Morn
ing lie would leave his Honor judge how he felt I'M
der such circumstances AMI with much aboard. lie
followed him his sisters house afterwards To heat him
and he hal to make his escape by goog up stairs.
Two other witnesses named Ire ~sllen ard Bdgewater
testified to the whipping Of Bill by his brother aud Van
| Buren,.
They required to give bail in the Of 81 90 each
To be Of good behavior for twelve months.
MoNnorgs PETITION. VIVA, could have been the oh.
ect Of informant in telling that the decision Of the
Court Of Appeas in the Of Montague, would not be
rendered before yesterday while recorded Thurs
day. when that information communicated to us
/ II IL originated from doubtful source, would Of
course have received and published it In equvo
cal form, but coming from quarter deserving npicre
hincc in this doubt in all matters Of the same
character, we did not hesitate to state, that decision
In this case would be rendered on Thursday.
Has, however, and Montague has been ordered new
trial. We not in the best Of humor when We Oh
served this mott appearing in the Other morning papers
while our information had it Otherwise.
! TnE BuRLEsqUr OPEEA TR)uPE.-This excellent Troupe
will give another entertainment ropoltln HILL TO-
night They eudeivoring discharge the abilitie.
eutacd upon them by the def,c,ons OF the late mana
gers Haworth Horton Il an honorable effort and