The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1854-09-22
VIRGINIA.


VIRGINIA.
soon French, young D an, arrested on charge
o' having been party to the killing OF John Moore,
IN the ARRAY on the National read. ON Thursday
ngnt OF last week, was arraigned before court cf
magistrates, In Wheeling, on Monday last, and ae.
mitted to bail 10 the sum of $4,000. Martain Arm
''rong' another young man, arrested on the same
charge, was committed on Saturday, Both of these
young men belong to highly respectable and well
Known families in Ohio county. The Wheeling
Intellgencer says:
Tne testimony to ths act of stabbine IL v.rv
@ though there be no doubt thst Moore
snn,h 11ea vM by s'me one, as Dr. D. C. Cncraft, of
e were apparently inflicted b, the danger produced
inches long with stout heft. We head enoush Of
the testimony to be convinced that the affair is one
quently follow the rashness an foliy Of ,onns men
Unnamed by liquor. A crowd had stopped in at
stamms tavern to esc.pe the rain and storm which
them was numb.r of young men returning from
the Fair A quarrel ensued between Martain Arm.
Others interposed to quell it. Blow were srucI ra
ther promiscuously. When the qusrreng ceased, the
parties started to their several homes, and Moore.
with s' .nS cna n.
who were going in the same direction. Althoush
nsooas a cempiained OF being SICK nothing was sus-
AtJohn ThoInburss he insisted on going into the
barn and lying down. telling bis fends to lot him
home in the morning They did 60 and gave the
horse couple of sheaves of oats In the morning
was first made known.
Messrs. Francis OMahony and Samuel J. Van
dersloot were arraigned before the Mayor of Pc
tersburg, on Wednesday, on the complaint of Mr..
1. Lithgow, deputy sergeant. According to the re.
port In the Express. of Mr. LIS testimony, Mr.. o.
Mahony followed Mr.. vandersloot in Bank street,
"hen Mr. Lithgow, suspecting that his intentions
were not peaceable, ran up and stood between
them. Mr. O,Mahony then called the other party
"d-n rascal" and '' a base liar," and was on the
point OF following itup with blow, when Mr.. L. as
a public officer commanded the peace, informed
the parties that he would make complaint to the
Mayor, and conducted Mr. Vandersloot, for aafety,
into an office near by. Two other witnesses testi-
ned that MIR. O'Mahopy was seated on the court
house steps, and that on the arrival of Mr. Wander.
sloot, Mr.. OMahopy approached him and asked
him II he would not retract some expressions Mr..
Vandersloot desired him to keep Off; that Mr. o.
Mahony gave him slap on the side of the head.
snatched the cane from him and threw it into the
grass plot, and that Mr. Vandersloot then ran down
the path, and turned around with pistol pointing
it at Mr.. O'Mahony that the latter gentleman re.
peafed to him that he was liar, and coward, and
desired him to fire, if he dared.
HIS Honor decided that he should order each par
ty give bonds in the sum of 800, to keen the
peace during term of twelve months.
Mr. o Mahony Ia, we believe, local editor of the
Express After the Mayors decision, he rose and
delivered tho following speech:
With your horors permission consider fiji, secis-
when l consider the evidence adduced. ana also
when compare it with aggravated case Of assaul9
and public disturbance just Terminated; for which
the parties were simply bound ectivey in sums
OF oo and $25 AS far as this individual is concern.
ed, (pointing TO Van d. have given him az much
p1ovsn h si have .d.ppsd his face and
70 take shot ut me- to try if he had the pluck of
siasshoPper in him; regards his safety there is
nst much danger, but do not like to be restrained
In he eSthful liberty with regard to others durine a
twelve month hepcs.
1t is proper that we should state that we received
yesterday, the Express alone, of all our Peters
burg exchanges We have yet to learn what the
other papers say about the affair."
young man named Post was tried before the
circuit court OF Upshur few days since, on charge
oA~ oStoAilcu.
The editor of the Petersburg Express has receiy.
ed from Mr.. John T.s Ford, 10 behalf of Kunkels
Opera Troupe the cum OF twenty-five dollars Tor
the Savannah sufferers
There are one hundred and sixty students pre-
sent at Emory and Henry College. This, we be.
eve, is the largest number at any literary nstitu-
ton in the State, except the University.
There ID rumor that the brother of Gen. Bem.
the German patriot, is In Wheeling. Wonder If
he is.
correspondent of the Enquirer presents the
name of Gen. Robert A. Banks. of Madison, for the
Office of Lieutenant Governor. Another correspon.
dent suggests the name of James Barbour, of Cul-
peper, for the post of Attorney General
A portion of the Democrats of New Kent County
assembled at the Court House the 14th inst and
after appointing delegates to the State Convention,
expressed preference for Henry A. Wise as the
Democratic candidate for Governor.
Passed Midshipman Arm whose death, in
Norfolk, we announc was a son of
Commander Armstrong Of the Navy. His remains
were conveyed to their last resting place on Tues
day, with the honors due to his rank.
The Democracy of Norfolk county held q meet
Ing on the 18th inst, and appointed delegates to the
State Convention. They also passed resolution;
expressing preference for Shelton r. Leake for
the Office of Governor. -
James T. Gleaves. jr.. of Wythe, has been sp-
pointed . Cadet Of the Military Academy Il West
Point. es - za.
The people of Wythe county, In public meeting.
.esoy,hed hsve yosolvaA m reJebrata the ee,nuls.