Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1854-04-24

Although b had assumed spiri, and oonaa., ., -.
rlo'.y over oaod 'ho.ed naughty towards him
yet stul reasonably expected that would maj. ,hs
necessary repcraton without any personal yioenca ~
tween the parties but when he REQUIRED thi.
fOs the wrong he had done him. Refused IT, aud then
telling him that he had acted urgentismaniy n ssis.S
h, threw him down, and choking him rp,li bs Az
balls reaied In their sockets then drsx his kn6, -,
inflicted tho smaller wounds, and then the mortal ,hrus
In bis neek-O was urged to eo by his friends and
ciates and they offered to assist him away He reo.ed
to fee but said he would stand bis ha he.
done what no did In self defence-and bis whole con-
duct showed that he had no conscientious oel,ns
Ing wiliully done wrong.
Mr. ID here read authorities showing ub,, :.
meant oy malice as an indispensable ingredient in All
crimes OF this character He also authorities ON tbs
subject OF will" as another indispensable psr.diept IN
crimes-and argued that either If these rsrs ..r,
Ing from the position that was reduced to- then ho was
not criminally guilty. -'
Mr. also insisted that the other necessary ipvred,o,,
OF 7" Fermentation" also wanting and tb,, tho f.,
taa was armed under tho circumstances was no proof
OF presentation, when he evidently carried tho arm.
TO protect himself against numbers Then If the ury
tertaned doubt OF the existence Of or .nv s
the other ingredients Of the crime they were bound to
return verdict OF "not guilty." Mr. here read ap,hor
Ties showing that IL the jury had doubt Of tho crim
in.l" guilt Of the prisoner they must aequt him.
he then referred to the good character and innocent
neishbo who were among the mos. respectable pcntIe
men In the county. Mr. here made s,ropv appesl 10
jury referring to the youth Of the prisoner and tina,
ne was stranger among them first wronged and thsp In
suited and that he the only son Of widowed mother
aud protector Of his er-that no had come here
them and deserved their hospitality aud was rst SANDER
ielons DOOM He thus closed his speech of Al. hour
win handsome affecting pcroraton drawing tears from
number OF persons in the large audience assembled TO
hear this most interesting trial.
The Hon. A. II. Ii. Stewart having recover.d from, III;
nuPosi'on will address the jury ON behalf of
the Prisoner. 49, ~ W
KILLED WITH A Srosr.-we are Informed tbat ,os,o
man 10 tue employment of Mr. Euoch Taylor of this coon
struck another on the head with stone in
between them few days since Tho wound at the tjmc
was considered sight much SO that Mr. Tayor sent
the negro wounded, to Halifax 10 do some work Shorv
er Jus arrival he was taken seriously III and died in
lew DAYS Alter he was buried, the know ledge of tho
TACT that ne had been wounded above stated ipdnced
post mortem examination He was taken I'M and his mn
ound 70 be fractured The Physicians who were
at the examinations give t. we arc ipformed "a ,hn;
opuion that the deceased his death by the ho
Indicted Measures forthwith taken for the nrrcsr If
tue offender both the negroes slaves but our in
The nesr r0S Ses DO, give US The names Of their
$500 per annnm.-DdnpiHe Register, Aprii2l.
FOUND DEAD.-We understand that a valuable nccro
man, tue property Of Mr.. Pendletou Hanks was fonrJ
u.Aa on Sonuay morning last, few miles above this
place. From the circumstances attending his death as
TO u.s. we draw the Inference by some means
TO his MASTER he procured during Sabbstha suf
ueient quantity oil ardent spirits to make him drunk
having drank 10 ntoxcatiun, he attempted tn reach
the nome oil his master, but fell by the way side The
snow and hail oil Sunday night being severe he
Is supposed to have frozen death IN condition tho
most depOrable. lie was strong able.boI;.d mn no,
more than thirty five age aud the loss of his
vices VIII be seriously felt by his owner who We UNDER
sIanu Is a man IN moderate circumstances. Tho man
who furnished to him this life destroying bane whoeyer
ne may be- Is MORALLY guilty Of murder How long is the
Perne'ous vice OF selling ardent spirits to slaves to be toll
etSu IN his country? This the second instance it
iaen 70 our lot TO record wiz in the brief space OF
one month Arc not those who afford Indirectly the IA
ciss OF traffic with slaves in ardent spirits also morally
cupable f-B '
FREsHkr IN THE DAN TRlBUrARIE.-Tbe recent
heavy rains have produced quite swell in rho ,,s ~
the Dan aud its tributaries No mail Lorth of Bauster
reached thus place between Thursday night of last week
ana night OF this week. Several other mails in
Guiding the EAstern have failed to reach the post office
az THIS place. at the appointed time in consequence OF
hSa water Thus far We have heard no damage to lands
ahd growing crops upon the numerous streams in this
region o. the country and trust that little suy has been