Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1854-04-28
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edcnce man was urraigned yesterday and put upon trial lof
ATTAINING money under false pretences from John Hill and
peverIev #. Wells. AT o lafe hour in the day The jury re-
,i,ed md soon returned with a verdict OF mot guilty.
The trial Of Edwin Cooke, for forgery, has been fixed for
Saturday next.
SERIOUS CHARGE.-A white man named Washbon
Ashby was arraigned before the Mayor, yesterday morning,
upon The charge OF aiding and abelting sundry slaves 10 this
city, 10 escape 10 non sidyehoidlng States. He was CON-
milred to Jail until to-day, when The matter will be fully inves.
tisoted. There is strong evidence, we understand. to show
that he has aided several negroes TO escape recently from
their owners in this city to the Northern States. He has
not been long out of the Penitentiary.
COUNTERFEITS.-A man calling himself Brewer, who
said he was from Virginia. was arrested in New York a few
days ago. for having in his possession a carpet bag contain
Ing several counterfeit plates for printing bank notes, and a
quantity OF spurious coin many hundreda OF dollars in notes
on The Bank Of Virginia, with other counterieits on North
ern and Southern banks. The bills seized are entirely new.
As IL is not known hat he may have circulated before he
left Virginia. It would be well 10 observe some caution. Tina
bills are said 10 be well executed.
FATALLY.-Mr. Nero Whitock, who
was accidentally shot by Dr.. w. F. Lockeu, at Hanover
Court House, on Tuesday last, died q few hours after tho ac-
cident. MI. W. had been married, we understand only a
few months.
PESBYTERY.-This body Of diviaes
who have Just closed q meeting at Alexandria,, adopted unan-
imously a resolution 10 apply 10 the next General Assembly
of The Presby terrain church for q new Synod, TO be called
the Potomac Synod. 1t was also determined to establish
TWO new Academies, one at Shepherdstown, in Jefferson
cnunty, and the other al Martnsburg, in Berkeley county
The next meeting Of the P~rcsbylery Is 10 be held al Berry
Vile, In Clarke county.
A~CCIDENT.-The Al xsndria Gazette states that a
young man named Peytou, from Richmond, Pa, whilst en-
gagged nj work on one of the Locks at the Canal, In Ale1an.
dria, on Saturday, had his thigh broken by The falling of a
heavy piece of lumber.
GREAT INCREASE.-By a statement published in the
Portsmouth Globe It appears that within the last fiscal year
the increase of business on The Seaboard and Roanoke Rail
Road over that Of the preceding one was s92, l54 96; ave-
rage e. per cent.
KILLING a SON-IN-LAW.-Richard Ankrun, who
killed John S. Milhone, his son.iu law, on Bonds Creek,
in Richie county, Va, several months since, was tried be-
fore the Circuit Court for Richie county, Judge Edminston
presiding, lest week. the Jury rendered no verdict in the
case, having failed TO agree, seven going 10 clear him, and
five TO sentence him to the penitentinry for one year. The
evidence went 10 prove that the killing was done 10 self.
defence, and under very aggravated circumstances.
SINGULAR C~HARGE-Enoch G. Jameson, a Preach
er attached to the Baltimore Conference, travelling on the
Monroe County Circuit In Virginia, Is soon 10 be tried in
the Monroe circuit Court, charged with stealing a feed OF hay
and some salt for his horse, in January Lass. The horse was
keptln a stable with several Others belonging to a stage com.
pany. Mr.. J.. admits that he took the hay and salt, but al
leges thct no did SO By mistake.
Sumo citizens OF Union, believing him an n-used man.
has offered To raise the muney Tor prosecuting the defame:s
of his character. A.. T. Carpenter, Esq, Is counsel for Mr.
GHOSTLY EyIDENCE.-A trial for murder took place
lac. week. In Werzel county, Va, in which The evidence
rostcd mainly upon spirit rapping ard ghos,-seeing proof.
A man named Laben Mercer was charged with the murder
OF a man named Gamble, some time since A John Hind
man met Que night the ghost of the murdered man, who STA.
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consulted, and they corrooorated the evidence Of the eh"st.
the Court, however, ruled out all such testimony, and Lubsn
was acquitted. The trial crea ted great interes, in this part
Of the State where il occurred. lncredulOus Court not 10
believe, when tho dead rise up 10 testify
H NEW FISH CRUP.-Wel learn from the AIexan.
dria papers that The fine weather OF the last few days has
been favorable 10 the success of the i.hsrmen on The Poto-
mac and that prices are now on The decline. Herring are now
selling ct 81 per thousand, and shnd at 50 per hundret.
CITY POINT RAIL RoAD.-We learn from Tho Pc.
tersburg Express that on and after Saturday next, The GAYS
from Petersburg to City Point will cease running, as on
Monday, the lat May, The road goes into the possession OF
the South. Side Rail Road Company, who intend to lay new
and substantial tracks, four inches wider, and TO make oil ne
cessarp repairs, as we'll as modulste the grade oil certdn
points: In The meantime, Mr.. THoMAs DoDAMEAo. the en-
te, prisipy Superintendent OF The Richmond and Petersburg
Rail Road, has made arrangements 10 meet the contingency
A passenger train will bs run on their road 10 Port Wdllhah
in cunnexlon with the steamer Augusta, 10 and from feters
burg.
II LO.No nAND "'' WV
Inns was married 10 Miss Rachael Waiusley, in Upshur coun.
~. yjrpinia, a few days ago. The Weston Herald records
The marriage, and states that the bride is six feet three
inches high and 81 ycars old. The groom Is five feet high
and 20 yenrsnd.
LOSS BY FIRE.-The6 ne barn and stable of Rev. MIR.
Adie,l The Pastor OF the Episcopal Church Of Leesburg. in
Loudoun county. and situated just on the border of the
town, waa set on fire between eleven and twelve o'clock,
nm Saturday nioht, and was entirely destroyed with the con-
,..to n alan FIVE vulua ble hOTpes. There was q heavy
rain falling at the time, or his dwelling aud otler property
adjoining, would have been destroyed.
A subscriber from Brunswick writes: Much complaint is
made in this section uf The destruction Of tobacco plants by
flies"
THE LEXINGTON TRIAL.
The argument of Counsel, in the case of young Chris.
tan, charged with The murder Of young Blackburn, was
still progressing at tho last dates from Lexington. We
propose giving extracts from the arguments on both Sides
We commence with the views presented by Mr.. Niche ian
oble attorney Of Staun,on) for the Commonwealth
MIR. Michic said: The accused goes to the church armed
TO ;he teeth, and seeing 3. with a lady, must have known
that, as he saw him with u lady he could not be armed. He
went, expecting This, with his pockets full OF weapons and
his arms full of STICKS" G. says that he went there 10 see
r., expecting that the matter would be amicably settled
But his friends had advised him 10 write q note TO B. for the
purpose of bringing about a peaceablc adjustment. And Mr.
Morris had written a note for him, aud then c.. informed him
that b. had said that the took the responsibility for his and
his Cousins acts" G.. insisted upon seeing B., and said
uthat B. was %slandering him as u coward. over town.
Himself being the witness, he intended the meeting to be a
hostile one, or that 3. would retract what he had said on
Saturday. He goes 10 the Church thus armed. He sees B.
and takes Jim out. Two Cadets, although they had heard
that the difficulty was settled, still thought there might be a
disturbance at The Church duor. They went gu, alter G..
and B., but seeing them 20 around in the dark, and appre.
hending no difficulty then, returned into The Church. Was
this not enough TO have satisfied c. that there was no com.
bination of The Cadets against him, and that his unworthy
suspicious against the young gentlemen Of that noble lnsti.
tuition were unfounded, and 10 ave caused him 10 refrain
from using his deadly weapons2 They 60 into a DARK cor.
ner, and The unasned one is murdered in a few moments in
your streets, and e.. runs brisklv TO The hutel, and tells his
companions that he has XII led B. in self defence, and that he
is not hurt. e. then says that b. was choking him, and he
stabbed him in self defence, and then demands that the Com.
Eonwcalth shall 5cquit him, or show that he did not do tin
"self.defencc." e. was a lawyer himself, or was here re.
coiving instruction on the laws ofhis country, from the we'll
stored mind OF his able instructor. That instructor WINS also
ready 10 give him advice in any difficulty that he might be in,
and stood here in loco purentis." G. did not think proper
to ask that advice. but misstated the matter to his fellow STU
| dents, and then acted contrary to their advice.
He insisted, that upon the prisoners confessions, taking
them altogether, tho plea Of ''self.defence' was swept from
under him, and that although e. thought that he had killed
B. in self.deicnce, still IL would avail him nothing unless II
amounted to what the law considers ~justihible killing in
'self. defence" The law had defined what was meant by
jus,liying . party In killing his adversary in 'seIf defence"
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