Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1854-06-13
c,ry AND STATE NEWS.

CHARGE OF FALSE PRErENCE.-A cast
cnmc before the Mayor, yesterday, the particulars "
which we rn,hcr from tho Bulletin. y man nance
Alexander Shannon of Buckingham county, was ar
raie1,ed, on tho charge OF obtaining goods under thls'
rretcnccs, from Mr.. &. W. Grcttcr of this city
As soon IA tho accused was p!nccd Mt the bar, Mr.
Grcttcr stuffed that on the I'd of Mny last, Shan
non came into his store and asked Tor th2 ac
count of Mr.. John II. johnson -: Bent creek
which WINS drawn OH Mt once niu haAdea nm
lie then asked i0r five or Fix boxes of cigar
which he IMr. CO. thought were for Mr.. johnson
and 50 charged them. On the 9th ut the same
month. Shannon ngnin called ut has store and toi'
| him that Johnson md himself were about to com
] mpHcc busiGcsa rs partners, and would do so Ms 500!
ma n house. which wns then being built y! Bent Creek
could be finished. He then remarked that no wHn;c'
two barrels of sugar. and two bngs of c"itec. together
with 10 or II boxes s~rSars-whirh were Delivered an
der the belief that the goods were lnicllcd !Mf VT
Johnson. This belief VIA subsequently Strengthened
by the reception Of n letter :."In Mr. j.. nnnoHurii-
the arrival Of some Of the goods hnugllt by SiialI.i"n
4 short time afterwards ho received Z letter iron
| shannon. Stain. that hc wantcd mere s"%ar", i'i
would pav for all the goods in n short time: :'int he
expected 10 visit the city in the course oi Il wtek "i
two, and would coll aud settle The bill.
Mr.. Shannon asked and received rermlssion Z" make
Il statement. He scid that he had purchased the
goods Of Mr.. Girctirr upon hls own credit and account
kcachnd The city Thursday aiitlicallrd upon Mr.. e.
4 4 tbl MN lllhl l' lN'l u iN'a'A i'''' '''''
he did mt unlcrstnnd-lhn; Tho goods lo hal pnr.
c!nscd were for himself and not for Mr.. Johnson, and
that he would pay for them us soon az he obtained INC
money; thought ilIa! he had bought thrnI an The uslla!
time, and would surely pay for them. Mr. g., he said,
rarlicd tla; he intended Ia make him pay for them:
asked him what he had done with The money %rcrciy"!
for The .on,la, and was !"Id that he tSlIannnnl !a!
purchased O. watch with it, which he surrendered Ia
| Mr.. O..
The Mnvor continued the raac 10 enable him 10
,,,n, tr Thb,.,,,, IA fin. rifN. IlIr accused wen;
Ia jail.
MEETING; IN KING GEORGIA large meet
ing, againat M extra session of the Legislature, wa"
held nj King George e.. H.. on the LIST -! June, l!Ias.
Mason, Esl.in the Chair, and Tlonns $. ID. Massey
Secretary. a preamble and resolutions were adopted.
1lrria:trr we copy. rs follows
ErsnIvcI. That our Delegate and Senator he, and
are hereby instructed ny this portion nj Their con
| stiincu.- Ia deny their consent Ia llic proposed cA!T"
session.
Resolved, That il either the Delegate or Senator
shall have signiiirri I" tho Governor his approval ri
such mcHair,. h" or they ar: hereby Instructed ny
thu people Of King George Ia Withdraw tier Eitlll's
from The call which is understood to be made upon
the Governor.
Resolved, Tint The counties If the diairir: he re-
spcr;iIllv requested ~ unit, with IL i'll the foregoing
Instructions Ia our Delegate and Senator.
A%REpRlEVE IL THE NICK OF TIME!-Ihr
fredericksburg Herald Of Thursday, says Tn" three
uc"rors belonging 10 Capt. lian"y al N"rtilnmi,"r-
land, sentenced 10 he hung for attempting 10 l"i.'n
incir and hs furnily cane very ncMrliliiilIin@ The
demand. Of the law, by reason Of pr"trartcd delays
in reaching the scene with n rcpricvr. 1t seems that
n messenger was despatched from Richmond by Gov.
Johnson, with II rcpricvc, some tw" weeks ago. The
messenger WINS landed by Il steamboat Mt the WRONG
l IT, .I. ..,o .I,., .Io,.n J,.t,,. w., ,,ril .-t
of. Next, he was carried to some "tiIrr point. Re
turning, he landed rightly, bui found the streams $"
| swollen. Tim. he c0uld not reach Northumberland G..
H., ~ he desired. Finally. nI last trl'ihv morning,
the ,lav ON which the negroes were Ia be llIln@, Tie
messenger. with The rc;rir"c, found himself twenty
| i've miles from The scciic, and reached it only an hour
and n hall before the time the wrcichrS would have
been called upon Ia cXirair fiir!r lives Tor t'' "i-
Icrcc! The gailnwa had been erected, ;lc s;l:"l"I-
Drrpnrrl, the graves dug. NIL al which those under
sentence saw, and were mOncniarily czPcctlig to he
called uuf, when the rrprIcvc '1nll'' ~ l:i'ini! y lirG,'
crowd had assembled Ia witness The execution ANA
tho rlisnpprintmtnt was terrible. y general cuinni"-
rinn was cvincrI. and il WIS feared that vi"lrncc
would rri4ur, but with n tcw ihreats, II lew fights,
Nc.. &c, the ;umuIl WIS quclir!, and the prisoners
suffered Ia depart in the custody at the mcSstiiGer
who brought ilc rrpricvc. We are not aware al tn"
iur;s Ms dcrailrl "n trial. but understand one Of The
three negroes brought III Il bowl "i soup, ar something
ri; tn. kind. wlcn Capt. H.. pcrccivmg Il white sub
| stance on the surface, desired the ''!"y' IN rEt s"l'ir
ui il, which h. pcrcinpt"rl!!y refused. Examination
proved this white substance to be poirni. The law
makes it the duty Of the Governor Ia transmit hi'
r,.usnns for parlon Ia the Legislature, which viii he
done ut the proper time. when We may learn The
causes which induced the rcpricvc in this cnsc,
TIE SMALL NOTE LAw.-Thus inr lsny- the
last fredericksburg Herald, II Wing paper; I'll" small
note law net, like II charm. In Fredericksburg" they
are NO; used in The ordinary channels al business. ca
con, Lr ,hc merchants, nearly nil of whom. wc ir.
E,,. j., T., srir,, If recommendation. receive Them mt
.ho:. ,c,,,,,r- bnt do NOT INV them ont a.niri. w.
H.. 49,. -. Lo hn,i.L.l ,,r,.,,our ma ,,r.
:" 'n,' ;m, H. H., , nv .hr far, rim, ,L.r.. /. .uni.l,I,
gold ant! silver in the country i"r the purposes 81
sha,S'. ,H ~. "' ~ <, ~ ;bSS;r is.uo, unI would
LnrI,l..s l., marc Il r,.,u;rcd,
.~p,r,vry,yr, WHEAT CEop-TIo Fro
.,. -
dcrlrkSthirg 'ie!aiu "' ih"'s'"s '"S ~
Within the last week Tc ilavc srrn fni:" Il iiriu'f
nf wirai. iir!d- III this county that WI be rrn'!y If
The grain cradle ana reaper ny s'"h'I'f. ~ mp
=, IF M ,'o,sl y "i', "i II MI l.n mt , 'lnz"n r,.,,Ic,n,n
nj S,,l,yIynuia Cuur; Ilousr IN Monday, VIII" a.
-urc,! u. ;!at they would not get back III iL!'o'i "!.rilt
hS they li'i s''Wh' = ~" .m ,,Io ~ nvi =. M sr,,i.
ci"mi reason, but in This ease, i: is, aims: t" fri,c. The
JOINT Worm r has aevmj,"'e, ,Ia m,"'' md ln;J waste
h'" 80" r 80 r;,.h in nr,,ui-r. Inn which time
hns sadly blightcd-if not utterly destroyed. Some
remedy ifmsi ha suggested III u very ear! ~ " ~.
rn,saas %, Tn'", W. m,t an whni i. trtr "i Spntsviyii-
min. n,miirs viii. equal inrre 10 our uciei,boriug COLL
70 If S,,n,r,I.
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MONT AErE.-Thr Petersburg Express states thai
~, homo, -, u,,i,,
''''S h'"l' u 'E'"S very '"' ~ ,.m,. ;,l,c.,I
street, caused h. eNtrr'h" nervous 'A''''"'''' ''' "
hv the ~wcnryimg aud agi;n.inS situation III which he
has been lahorimg since the commencement "' ls '"'
trial. particulars, nnd nll ID" hosto 81 sUlic!,nS' 'h'l'
dent 10 his confinement. 'tr"u,'a. -, = ~. '"'
RENE '"'' % ''. ,
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