Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1854-10-10

Ifh VI lHt OlAk PhNuLf' 1885,
name the order WIS changed i'll June last.
There ia also in the order Il state CONSTITUTION anu
Il Constitution for Subordinate C0un rils. Many p"i'S
Of these ue wholly unimportant. But mere ur Por-
tinns which tend to show the design o' lho u
Such portions We will give hereafter.
CITY AND STATE NEWS.
HASTINGS CouRr.-The regular monthly term al
this Court commenced yesterday at the State Court
House.
Maria Ann Fortune, a free woman OF color was
convicted of demonstrating stolen goods and rob-
bling the house Of Mr.. Carter f.. HarriSon-"nd was
sentenced To undergo three yculs lmpf's"iihen' III ING
Pcnitentiary.
William, a slave, wa, convicted of being PaJtirrp.
rriminiS in the felony of Maria Ann Fortune ana WAS
sentenced To receive 80 stripes Yesterday al" ''
-triles ten days hence.
Joshua Banks, a free man ii color, was then ar
raigned upon the ciInrge Of frloniously staDhlng Lon
don, a slave belonging 10 John liugan, III the Valley
Il short time since. The C0urt found the prisoner
guilty, and sentenced him IL undergo hVe yehrs I'M
prisOnuIcnt in tue Pcnitemtiary.
No other business of importance transacted.
DEATH OF WM. JAQ. TAyLoR.-We were panied
Yesterday to hear of the death OF WIN. Jaquellnc Tay-
lor, Esq, Local Editor of the Penny Post. lie died
at his residence, intlIis city, yesterday, between and
= O'Clock, after an illness Of four or five days. Mr..
Taylor had only recently connected himself pcrma-
nently with the Post; but he had been an occasional
contributor 10 its columns for som time past. lie
was Il gentleman Of decided talents, aud dies sincere
" lanrntca by q very numerous acquaintance. He
was nbou. Al yours OF age, and wa II native of Han
over county.
RIcuMoxD AGRICULTURAL FAIs.-The Warren
ton Flag says persons going to tn Richmond Fur:
arc offered the following induccmem 10y the Orange
and Alexandria Railroad Company: The acconlinoda-
ting superintendent, Mr.. Nandergrift, informs us that
all persons exhibiting evidence of life membership
will be carried free. Members for The present ycar
will be carried to Richmond and returned for half
price"
Tho Alexandria Gazette savs--"We learn that on
and after the 18th inst, the night mail boat will stop
at this place Oh her way down Ia Aqua Creek, III or
der TINT persons arriving here, who wish 10 attend the
State Fair at Richmond, may do no without the tr0u-
bio ui going to Washington. This arrangement will
be continued until the 9Th Of November"
DsArm or CHARLES IlowARD.-Thc Bulletin, OF
list evening, announced the sudden anil unexpected
death I'll Charles Howard, Esq, late clerk of the
Hastings Conrt of this city. He died in a distant
county. Oh Wednesday last. The cau,e Of lir death
wa. hemorrhagc, produced by the rupture OF Il blood
vessel.
STATE CoyvLNTI0S.-The Richmond Enquirer
has proposed the 30th of November, as the time, and
Siauntnn as the place, for the meeting OF the Guber-
material Convention. Many papers OF the State con-
cur in the proposition, and we are sure 1t VII! be ac-
ceptahlc to the democracy generally.
SO speaks tho Virginia RepubIcan-and such is
the language of the Democratic Press OF the State
generally. We have met viii, only one or two ercep-
tion..
A Mosr HEART .RENDISG OCCuRRESCE.-Be-
tween two aud three o'clock, on Saturday week,
while Mr.. John {. Clemens, one Of the most worthy
and enterprising citizens of Sussex county, was alb
sent from home, his little son, j. Clarence, Il
sweet and interesting little boy, about seven and n
half years old, was instantly killed by the discharge
of n gun in the hands OF n lad of the name OF Adams,
who WAS employed by Mr.. Clemens to work on his
iarn.
The circumstances of this sad affair me these -
Clarence had been for some time in the sadller's shop
lllr. Pugll's) with l.. Holt, Il young man, apprentice
10 Mr.. G., where also was Adams. A very short time
before the fatal event, Holt proposed tnhim 10 20 with
him over to the dwelling house, distant about fifty
wards. They had started, md when about twenty
steps from the door of the chop, Adams, VII" Ind III
the meantime, caught up u gun which stood near the
door, and putting Il cap on the tub, called I" Ia
renee 10 look there; the little fellow suslcctinr n"
harm, stopped and turned 10 look, aud Tie ncxt NJ
stan; fell nj Hollis feet, who had nCrnnced two or
three Steps, Il liirlrss corpse, having received almost
the entire charged heavy charge OF turkey sh"t-lh
his side between the hip and the shoulder. Ii Is sup
posed tlIa, Adams was ignorant of tlc gums beng
charged. a messenger WIS dispatched Immediately
for Mr. Clemens. Who can form an idea at tho
shock which the snd news must have oceasloncd, or
who run estimate the agony Of g-rl which must
hav. wrung his heart, when, Oh reaching home, III
stead Of meeting the happy, Joyous smiles of his dear
boy, lie SAW before him only his cold and iiicless infln'
Nav this sad event prove another warning to those
disposed TO Use carelessly, or tritie with tirc'"rms.
This distressing occurrence took place ABOUT wv"
,,:l,, ,.on, Sruyay f,Vr 1IniIs.
THE II SIDE RAILROAD is HOW completed to
within ) or ! miles of Lynchburg, and the remainder
il in rapid progress towards completion. The cara
will, probably, run UP to the Depot OH Pcrrivals
Island, opposite Lynchburg, by the 2O1h inst
DEAp.-Ncgro John, who received severe wounds
from I'm axe in the hands OF Edwards, a slave OF Mrs
Elizabeth Slaughter of King Winimn, about q week
ago III this city, has died from the effects OF ms lElu,
ries. He belonged TO Mr.. William Wingo. Edwurfi
is in iail, and of course will he tried for the offence.
AccrpEyr.-On Saturday morning Inst, the freight
train accidentally run into the end OF the Depot
House, at the Orange and Alexandra Railroad depot
ut Alexandria, and smashed it in. The Gazette says
the damage was but slight, and will room Dc rcpai'el'
GrN'L. PEYroX'S FAEA.-Farming;on, the resi-
deuce Of the late General Peyton, in Albeinarl" coun'
t., was sold OH Tuesday last, as advertised. II was
bid in at The rum of $40 per acrc, about looo acres
benS in the tract.
ALEXANDER, FLOUR SsPEcTIoS.-The amount OF
flour inspected in Alexandria. for the quarter chdihg
October Let, was l0,250 barrels.
RncKISGuAM FLoUR.-The first load Of do'lr from
Rockingham county, Virginia, by the Manassas Uap
Railroad, reached Alexandria OH Friday night. 1t wnT
(says the Gazctte,) placed on the cars ut SheIanHnnh
Station, to which point it had been broIgh; down INC
Shenandoah river in boats. The -four belonged 10 Ia
Raincs, OF Rockingham, t53' barrels.)
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From the Richmond Penny Post.l
We take pleasure in publishing the following eX-
planatory letter of Mr.. Segar i'll regard TO The posi-
lion of Mr.. Wise with reference 10 the important I'm
provcmonts in question. 1t will be rcnd VIII. INFER
rst o.,
RICHMoSp, Oct. :. 1891.
To he Editors ot HE Post:
In your editorial nf the 18th inst, vindlcatilS inc
White sulphur Springs Convention nnd the |el'rh'
Railroad from the assaults OF "Sam Patch, ni n""nE'
nous writer in the Norfolk Beacon. you use the i1l'
lowing language 1T was believed that rome ~ inc
strongest men in the Sou.l-Side interest would DC
there. II was thought that Wise and Preston would
he present TO assail the cause in which Richmond was
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