Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1855-01-24


WRIGHT. had attended on the aitrrnn"n nf SUNDAY
the funeral of an old negro woman, and assisted
in filing np the grave. After the funeral he
ygeut 10 the farm of Mr. Whiehursi, where hl-
wife. aged about y. d belonging IL Mr. W.
resided About o'clock at night, it i saia
they went 10 bed in their usual good health. and
the next morning both were discovered cold and
ne,fectIv lifeless The man was lying on Ii.
bace with hi. hands across hi breast though
prena,ed far being shrou led, and the woman part
" on her face. An inquest vas mmedintelv
summoned and n post inortein examination held
by DrsJ Ingram and J. =. Nrightto ascertain
whether daath had been produced 10y poison; but
the closest scrutiny could noi detect nothing %
the kind II n lead to my other satisfactory con
clusion n to the cause ofthie strange event. That
ono should retire at night in good health md he
found n corpse in the morning might not pr1hqps
he 50 remarkable; TINT two hearty and healthy
persons should be thus suddenly aud unaccnunfa
hly deprived Of life AT the ,amc time is We think
almost without precedent. The verdict of the
Jury was in accordance with the fact. that deatb
had been produced by some unknown cause
Norfolk Heroid Of Thursday.
EXTENSIVE FoRdErY CASE Il VIRGINIA The
Petersburg tNa.) Express states that That city
has been startled BY the discovery Of an extensive
forgery. The party Implicated is Mr. john W.
Rice. formerly Of brunswick II man who La,
community. The Express say:
Mr.. J. W. Rice was up to abeut year aga.m
partnership with his brother, in the dry good.
bu,iues, in this city, and after selling out le
formed partnership with Dir. a Whitehead, in
tie pressed brick factory in Rosiln. he finn was
known a that Of Whitehead & ice. In order
To raise money for purposes u. Il private natnrr
(known best to himself rs we cannot credit Il
strange rumors afoat,) il is alleged he drew on
notes bearing forged endorsements over ~21.0DO
from the banks of this city, wcll IL other sun.
from parties round the country and in New Y.rk
city, making up total Of about SjO,OOO, poS,i
bly, moro. The paper which he deposited in the
different localities was signed by him, John W
Rice & Brother, and endorsed bv said j. " Eico
with the names of j. Raven croft Jones, Nm
7, Biford Whitehead x Rice. aud others. This
constituted the forgery. as the above gentlemen
had no idea of the way their names as endorse
ments had passed round.
The manner in which the frauds have come to
light is as follows: Some Of the notes brca,no
mature, and were not met bY j. W. Rice as lo
had previously done, |. e.by paying the stipula.
ted clrtailment and renewing the paper: so tbn
notes were protested, and the endorsers notified
thereof, to their peculiar establishments Tie
forgery now became evident, and j. W. Rice see
ing that he could not seYe the plot from BURSTING
to his ruin babe adieu to Petersburg early last
we *.
Since then the the subject has been the theme
81 the a$ton>hcd community, and none were moro
a-tonislcd at'he fact than Mr.. J. W. Rice's
brother, and his partner, DIR. A. Whitehead who
had tot the motfst nation of he manner in which
he was privately carrying out his fraudulent
plans, till Wednesday last. The dry Goods firm
of Greenway brothers, Nirginians,) in New York
let him have SlJ,Bo0. and would have granted
HIM more on the securities he held forth to them
We understand that party has started off in
quest OF Mr.. John W. Rice, 10 try aud Unrest
him and bring him haee for trial aud punishment
SHERIDAN AND HIS SON ToM.-Sheridan had a
great di,toste for anything Ike metaphysical
discussions, whereas Tom had taken n liking to
them. Tcn enc day tried to discuss with lis IA
Their the doctrine of necessity.
Pray, my good father said he, did You
ever do anything in state of perfect indffer.
ence-withont motive, mean, Of some kind or
otherl"
sheridan. who what was coming. and Ly
no means reli~ hing such subjects, even from Tom,
or any one else. said:
'leS, certa My
'lndeod!
'lc>, indeed
What total indiferencc-totalen entire, Thorough
ndfercnce!
Yes. total entire, through Indifference"
Ny dear father. tell me what is it that yn1
can do with mind--total, entire. thorough in
differenCrh
Why listen to you Toni said Sheridan
This rebuff, Tom told me. 50 disconnected
hun, that lie had never forgotten il, nor had he
ever again troubled his father with any of hi-
mctaphy sizes Noore'S Memories