Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1853-11-26

fe4,rfnIly lacerated 4 wound on the side oi his
chest. said to have affected hi lungs was behe'+
ed IL have caused BIZ death.
The murderer supposed to have been rom
this city. but he had no pnss, his proper pihce
Of residence could not be aseertnined lie was
put under arrest IN inquest was held on yes
tcrday and verdict rendered according to factS.
Richmond Wig.
MORGAN CIRCUIT CouRr.-The special term
of the Morgan Superior Court commenced on last
Monday convened for the purpose of trying the
case Of Lloyd and Carr against Leopard, inyoly-
ing the title TO the ground upon which all those
valuable buildings have been erected at the mouth
Of Sir Johns Run on the h. ~ o. Railroad. On
Wednesday night the testimony was closed; ana
Thursday until late hour at nightwas CONSUME
ed in the argument by counsel of the cause be
fore the jury. The Jury stood / / to in favor
of the plaintiffs, but not being able to agree, were
discharged. II Is thought the suit will be com
promised. There were some nine counsel em-
poyed. The cause was opened before the Jury
by John T.. Norris, esq, who followed by
Edmond !. Lee and \. Hunter, esqrs., for the
defendant, and closed by Chas. Jas. Faulkner,
Esq, for the Misunderstanding Repubh-
c0H.
GOLD MINES IN VIRGINIA.-The Richmond En-
qurer of the 10Th inst, contains some items res
pccting the gold mines, in Buckingham county;
and as they will probably interest many Of our
readers,w give them below:
THE mines formerly owned by Beebe, and late
" purchased by IA London company are being wor
kcd perhaps more extensively than any in the
State, To the large amount of machinery success
fully employed by the former,the last mentioned
company has added extensively making visit to
the place quite Interesting.
ttNiapmun A. Ga suzupn1p1 onprntionS for n
short time, but with additional capital, they have
extended their operations with more success, we
are informed, than heretofore.
Those belonging to Bell q Moseey, former
" known as the Eldridge mines will be worked
largely very soon.
ION the lands of Mr.. Thomas Eldridge, ada
cent to the above named mines, have been dscOv-
cred one or two veins of much PROMISE supposed
TO be continuation of the vein of the Bell q
Moseley mines, which in all probability will equal
if not surpass,any i'll the vicinity
This last discovery offers quite n field for
speculation"
SINGULAR OMIssIoN.-We hear that the
Secretary of the Treasury has of late devoted
much time to a revision of the titles to much Of
the real estate long held by the Government for
Custom House purposes, &c. In the course of
this examination, it has become manifest that the
General Government lost the usual exclusive ju-
risdietion over the Custom House at Alexandria
Virginia, by the ''aet of retrocession passed III
1876" 1t will be remembered, the property on
which the building stands was purchased by the
Government in 1920, when Alexandria formed
part of the District of Columbia, which precuded
IA necessity for an application to the State of III
ginia To vest in the United States exclusive uris-
diction over it, In drawing up the act of retro
cesson the title to the property itself, was only
secured to the General Government, the jurisdic-
ton being coded back with that of the rest of Al
exandria county. The remedy is an application
to the State Of Virginia to pass act again, ac
cording to the requisite jurisdiction TO the Gener-
al Government, which, we understand, is now
preparing in the Treasury Department.-UoS
star.
The MOuNns.-We had the pleasure of being
present and assisting in the partial opening OF
one of the largest mounds ON the flats of Grave
Creek, on Thursday last. The mound is situa-
ted ON the farm of Mr.. Price, some mile or more
East of Moundsvile, and was partially opened by
Mr.. Morris and others, in 1852. They discover
ed and got out "A part of n stone covered with
characters, similar To the one found in the large
mound, but of larger size. This portion was sent
to an institution at Richmond soon after the dis
covery, and there lost sight of. Tho smallest
stone found in the large mound has not been
carefully preserved, and the existence of it with
the singular characters thereon a rclict of the
past age and another people than any with whom
the English settlers of this country are acquaint
ed, has been denied by persons Who have publish
ed yoluminous works within the past five wears
The object of digging into this mound at this
time WAS to find, if possible, the remainder of the
stone and thus establish the fact rendered GER
tain To the minds of all those who hevc seen eli
Their of those already found, viz: That the ones
who built these mounds had an alphabet and
could by that convey ideas to the minds of alb
sent persons, in language. 1t is well known that
the Indians had no such means--no written al
phabet.-Hheeling Times.
TRfAL FOR RApE.-We learn from the Charles
town (Ya.) Spirit, that the negro Charles, who
committed a rape ON young white woman OF
jefferson county and who, after having escaped
from Jail was arrested last week in Clarke coun-
ty, wis tried on Monday last, and after a full in
yestigation, and an impartial hearing, the negro
as charged, was pronounced guilty by the Court,
and sentenced to be hung on the first Friday in
January, (neXt,) which will be on the 9th 1t is
doubt righteous and just verdict, and will
meet the requirements of the law, and the ends
of justice.
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