The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1853-12-01
LOCAL MATyrrc

ohLaHfgI ..,, AssENBLs.--Last Tuesaax
night, Lieut. Wheat aud one or twa - - aesuaJ
/ interesting kettle of fisi, at oaytufng very
second market where white yslIos ssS pear thx
eregase, eat, drink, and be rnsr nd Dlasx con-
Wheat was at the second station hon.5 ~ ME MI
gagged, free fellow to him and nss1aAy Gu
having been struck by q white man. Il tbe h ol =
Clinton James, free negro, without cause a. @ %
cation, aad that officer, to see the
dealt with went with him to the place at bs ~
was assaulted. On getting there he surprisaa IS
find congres.ted in James bar room in social cow,
sation three twhite men-Augustrs IT.. Thrift Jsh,
Peasley and Wilson Coutts-and at least ten sras
slaves and f.ee-Martin James, hirea to j. r. Crsf
ton; Lewis Wesvsr free: Cupid johnson, tree; HEN
per, slave TO Jas Shelton; Warner slave to John Al
len; and Caiborne slave to Adolph Din-ail of whom
GERS entered, Warner was behind the bar mixing IL
qTors The company had all been driraing and some
of them were tipsy. When brought before the
Mayor yesterday officer Tyler testified that James
kept tipling aad eating house for n. groes-thst he
mao taken an unlawful assembly from 10 ON one occa
s,os, and on anosheT, bad seen negroes pitching in
the yard oo Sunsay bat was unable TO get hold of
THEN The house has four rooms on tie first floor
the hrst of which used grocery the second
as . bar room, the, third as snack rossn and the
fouTsh as kltcheE- In the second was re gu
lar Tar for drinking Evidence was alse, introduced
TO prove the character of Of the pr,eners War
ner. fhiee gentlemen knew him as an orderly, ho
nest welbehaved servant. This can be said of most
seryeats by their owners and hirers, for they know
nothing of their conduct when beyond their sight
company
and by what the police know, and very diff -ept
1conclaston would be arrived at.
The Mayor held the three white men to bail for
their good behavior and for their appearances be-
fore the Grand Jury term of the Hastings Cenrt
which sits on the seeoud Monday in February next
to answer an indictment for being in unlawful as,
sembiy of negroes Neither of them had given the
requisite security whenwe left. The negroes were
all ordered to be foggad-Clinton James to receive
twenty iashes and eash Of the others ten stripes
hayior, in the sum of SI5o. From this decision
Chm on took an appeal to the Hastings Court and
gave ses1rty for his appearance where he is inst as
sure to get double dose as the cay for his trial ar.
.rives. SD
The GRAPE-ToP INDIAN-The case of
Richard Brady was again before the Mayor yester.
day, and finally disposed Of far as that officer was
concerned. The prisoner was arrested and Gagged
being drank, noisy and disorderly When examined
by his honor next morning who. from general nsnec
tlon, decided him TO be free negro accused de-
INJURED to the decision, he claiming to be member
OF the tribe OF Pamunkey Indians in King William
county and exhibnga certificate of the Trustees of
these Indians, who were appointed to see to their
property and prevent their being deprecated upon
by white persons. After the above facts came to
light the Court though satisfied that the accused was
not Indlan adjourned the examination until YES.
tsrday to give the counsel for the prisoner A. Judson
Crane, Esq, an opportunity of producing authority
bearing upon the legal question at issue.
Yesterday, at the appointed hour, Mr.. Crane pro-
ceededwith his authorities first, to show that there
existe6snch as the Pamunkey Indians-second.
that they held lands linking William county-thiTd''
that by Legislative enactment Trustees had been a
pointed to protect their rights of property These
facts being proved, MIR. Crane introduced Dr. Power
and proved by him that the certificate exhibited by
the accused was genuine document that the priso.
ner was the person mentioned in it, and that the
gentlemen whose names were attached were the
Trustees of the Pamrhkey Indians. The certificate
reads thus: s,ts t.t il #
"Re subscribers, Ttestees for the Pamunkey Y r;be
of Indians do hereby certify that the bearer Rich
ard Brady, of a bright complexion, dark hair and
eyes, with two scars above and the other on the
s feet inrh -,
height, and age twenty years. be of this libe
and s entitled to the privileges mmunities, ETC.,
hands this l7th day of January, 1851 [Signed)
T. B. LlTTLEPAGE, Trustees.
S. 3. LIPSCOMB,
Mr. Crane thought that he had now oone oil that
was necessary to make good the claim of his ceut to
being member of the Pamunkey tribe of Indians
end by consequence that he entitled to the priv
leges and immunities of his tribe. He did not think
negro, upon the law or the evidence before him.
without first proving that he had least one-fourth
or more negro blood in him. No such evidence had
been adduced and he thought it the duty of his hon.
first establish these facts before he undertook to
declare that instead Of being Indian, he free
negro.
place. he had no law autherisng Trustees of the
Pamuukey tribe ofIudans to furnish certificate of Pc
digree to their descendants The maternal ancestor
of the prisoner may have been an Indian but if al,
father were @ negro, the prisoner was more In
dian than would the offspring of white woman by a
DiaCk man Dc Whnc Inc klHky hdlt ana general dp-
pearance tf the accused was such TO convince him
tn he was nothing more than free negro and he
should therefore fine him 81 for being drunk. and
commit him to prison as a free negro without
gister. -t5
Mr. Crane then declared his intention to apply to
Judge Meredith for writ of habeas corpus, where
the whole question will be fully argued and an i'm
portant point settled, viz, whether the descendant
of an Indian by gro man, shall be entitled
10 the prve ges of the mother, subjected to the
disabilities of the father AS have before remark
ed, the laws relation to mixed bloods need over
hauling, and trust the Legislature will have them
remodded at the approaching session.