The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1853-11-24
VIRGINIA..

THURSDAY MORNING. NOVEMBER n, lsss.
VIRGINIA
ExAMsarros or THeaAsJ LEwIs--we con
tinue from the Petersburg Express, our extracts Of
the chief points of interest In the examination Of
Thomas j. Lewis. charged with shooting Edward
A. Lewis, at Dinwiddie Court House:
w w Adams deposed that letter from MRS.
Lewis to Thomas ]. Lewis had been handed hl'i :
on the evening Of the 10Th October with tue
that he would deliver it The substance OF uie
letter is as follows;
II proceeds to say that the writer mas suhe. sc
much She acquits her husband "a ossaS 4, s sa
cause of il admitting thai sie laa ~ ....s, 40
misery ON herself she charges tha' su 49,. "u
graded character 4. A. Lewis was .. s.g y, y
81 IN ~ r. Hearing that I. j. intended 20 ger a
iivorce she beseeches him nor 10 90 II, assescl a.
;nc thai II would ruin her she eoniesses ,aal sue
had done very wrong, but hoped she would oe par.
doned She had heard OF The many charges ne
ado ,ainst her and confesses their truth bull
;,aiores her dear Pussf 10 forgive her. she
wond pray for his happiness, and says that IN now
reisavins her mind she docs whatshe should nave
''''e 's "Your unhappy wife,
Missouri Lewis
The evidence Of Mrs Cairns, SISTER OF Mrs.
IeSis.) describes an interview between Thomas j..
LEXIS and his wife on the day before court
On the cross-cxanination she said:
Ro,b anneared IN good humor. The meeting
,ack PLACE soon after breakfast on Sunday T. j.
ana siser were not living together at tho time, and
The separation has ng taken place or 4monihs be-
fore Did not know the cause OF their not living
toeether. Sister aud I. J. L. had had previous in
terviews The place of interview was near her
fathers house, two miles from I. Us residence
lie came from toward his home
The evidence OF other witnesses proved that an
intimacy had existed between Edward Lewis and
Thomas ]. Lewi' wife; they had been seen play
inc cards in her lap, and even hugsing and kissing
Edward had been advised 10 give up this intimacy
Thomas Lewis, ST.. (uncle of the parties,) sail he
boarded at the house of Thomas ]. Lewis. He had
witnessed the intimacy and threatened to leave the
house in consequence When Thomas was pre-
sent Mrs l.. would gether work. and when he was
gone, they would play cards in her lap.
Iatterly the conduct of Mrs Lewis towards her
husband was not so intimate as with Edward Lew
is; If Ihad visited the house a stranger should
have taken Edward Lewis and Mrs. Lewis to have
been man and wife they both laughed at me when
told them things were not going right; quit then;
when returned shortly after | did not see much
alteration in their conduct after Mrs. Lewis went
away, Edward Lewis said to me cousin Missouri
has gone for good made reply he said, Il
believe you are mad about 1t = did not say any
thing then; little before night he called at my
house aud told me again; then said d-n you, YOU
are the cause of it and nobody else he went out
and appeared to be in great passion. The next
day he called again and appeared to be in excellent
humor; believe have heard Thomas Lewis say
almost every thing to make him edward Lewis
leave his house. | heard Thomas Lewis Tell Ed
ward he couldn't stand it, and he wouldnt Ed
ward did not leave however, until he had carried
away Thomas wife.
Dr. Smith was examined as to the dying declara-
tons of Edward Lewis He said:
On one occasion found Edward L evils more ra-
tional than usual and he said 81 shall die-i wish
every one we'll don't know why Puss Lewis
should have shot mel never did him any harm y
said are you Innocent" His brother who was
present said YES Doctor he has just been telling
me that he never did what Puss Il. e. Thos. Lewis
accused him of.
The Express concludes the second day report
as follows:
James Boisseaux, Esq, on the part of the Com.
monwealth, urged that the case should be sent
the Circuit Court. He hoped. however, that the
court would suspend their jud gment until such a
time as they had listened TO remarks from all the
the counsel for the prisoner. He hen read from
the law book concerning the provision made in
Cases of the kind pending The argument will
probably conclude to-day.
.1ne examlnatian has excited the nIosI tureusa
interest, ana The COURTHOUSE mas been densely
crowded during its progress. Much sympathy ex.
lists Tor the prisoner.
EorTowAY CouNrY.-At the recent Fair tie
county OF Nottoway was pledged by citizen for
five hundred dollars, subscription to fund for the
OF the Agricultural Society,", This amount was
raised at the next Court without the least difficult
ty, and 1t Is probable that much larger sum will be
subscribed. In space kottoway is about the small
cstcounty in the State but in lberality, enterprise
and public spirit, it is second to none.
THE CHARLorrEsv1LLE ExcIrEMENT-The Pc
haso from Cha
describing the difficulty that occurred there few
days since, growing out of the arrest of two stu
dents during Wymans performance. The lette
gives some particulars which we have not befor
published:
Next morning, nearly the whole body of student
assembled on the l. avn in front of the Rotuuda-
The news soon brought that the young men hat
been bound over to keep the peace in the sum O
$500 EACH and one Of them held to bail in the sun
of 800 to appear at the next term of the Circui
Court to answer an indictment for CARRYING con
cealed weapons, he having thoughtlessly exhibited
them alter he was ilcarcerated though no attemp
was made to use them in the atfray. This result
was any thing but satisfactory, and certainly ex
pected that Charlottesville would see bloodsbei
as there were four hundred men on the Lawn
many OF them armed. DR.. Harrison. however
was every where, and | was never more struck
with the profound respect which ''old Cess" in.
spires every student with. He expostulated with
trary to the laws of the State and of the Univer.
SHY, and would only tend to bring our beloved in
stitution into discredit at home and abroad and
hnaily induced them to retire to their various
roonls.
DIED-Msjor Alexander, of Lexington. died
suddenly last week, of an attack of apoplexy He
was one of the oldest and most esteemed citi.
zens OF Rockbridge county.
GRAVE BUsINEss-The Abingdon papers call
upon every body to turn out ON a certain dav
WIN wheelbarrows. spades shovels &c 70 work
lathe grave yard We suppose new grave ward
Is to opened, and every man is to &C and dig his
own grave ike unto the coffin maker, who adyer.
tised-"Al persons in want of ready made collins
are invited to call and choose for themselves T.
may be very economical way of preparing for
future state, but we cannot think about such coo
operations without shudder
NORFOLK SUPERIOR CoURT.-The case OF Rich
ard Kirk was given to the petty jury on Monda,
last, but they failed to agree, and were given ii
charge of the sheriff for the night Kirk is indicte
for unlawfuily wounding Betsy Capps.
FRAcAs "A man named Owens had the ton q
his head laid open, ia East Wheeling, Saturda,
night, by poker in the hands of man name
Hugh Royan.
Albert Bycknan and F. Ellerby have been al
rested Ia New York on suspicion of setting fire {