Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1857-06-26
CITY AND STATE NEWS.


CITY AND STATE NEWS.
Hon Prices FOR TnB4cco.-Mr. Oliver BeNz'e,
Of C"r 'a County, sold ivs hog-heads toh1c'o y7'
terday Al an average III S1S 90 per cwt. Ga hogs
head brought S16 - per cw. This is the Hughes
price obtained for Caroline tobacco for Insny years
RoBBISG THE RIcHMoyD Posr OrFIcE.-On Sa
turdaya youth ntlneri Coleman arrested 10 hch
mona, at the instance Of John NJ. Gregory, ESD
United States District Attorney, on charge OF OBJ
tanning the letters of S. p. Semple, Esq, Druggist
and purloining the contents thereof Some one hun
dFed ana twenty. FIVE dollars of the stolen money wa
found III possession of the culprit. Coleman wa
bail-d TO stand trial at the November term OF tht
| United States District Court
Poison OF WHOLE FAMILY by SLAvEs.-The
family OF Edward Gill; of Chesterfield county, Va.
have TOR month past suffered from a mysterinu;
sickness. The Petersburg Express states that about
month ago one Of Mr. G.s little children died, and
that subsequently himself, wife and tive children
were taken sick. and another child died A large
number oil physlcans were summoned. and on insfi
tung search they found in the apartment of the
cook and two other slaves a quantlty of the carbo
nate OF lead and sugar of lead, both slow but deadly
poisons, which the wretchee, no doubt had been from
day TO day mixing with the food of the unsuspecng
family, IN 1t was not until Saturday last that they
were supposed to ba suffering from poison. Two Of
the children are still lying i'll precarous condition
The slaves are In Jail.
NAvAL.-The T. S. stsa'n trigate Minnesota, Capt.
| p.Pont, bound TO China, dropped down from Nor
! folk on Tuesday, and will remain IN Hampton Roads
until the arrival OF the Hon. WIN. b. ituei, T.. !,
commissioner to China. Tie L. 5. sloop Of war
Prebe, Lieut. Il. n. Cooper, from Philadelphia, ar
rived in Hampton Roads on Saturday night. h::aT
| icing supplied with stores from the Norfolk navy
yard abe will proceed cruse for practice to the
Mediterranean and back.
DEATH OF Az EDIron:-Tyre Msupin, Esq, the
senior editor OF the Marinsburg VA Gazette, died
on Sunday last. after proracted illness Surrounded
BY his weeping family and sorrowiny friends he died
as dies 1.-The wave along the shors," retaining 10 hs
| latest moments perfect consciousness. His was u
gentleman Of fine talents and vigorous writer.
| REslGSArIoN.-Rev. X. Il. G. Howell, D. D., for
many years past the able and beloved pastor of the
Second Baptist Church, in this city has resigned and
| is about to remove TO Nashville.
| The PosroFrIcE ROBBERY AT Portsmouth,
This case came up before Commissioner Francis for
| hearing on Tuesday morning, at Norfolk Elk Gov
ernor Gregory, district attorney appeared for the
| Postoiiice Department, and Tazewel TAYLOR Eco
for the prisoner, Gen. Magrire, special postotfce
agent; Col Cooke. the postmaster Of Portsmouth
and George S. Allen Esqs mail agent, of Baltimore
appeared as witnesses Tor the prosecution. and after
| full hearing Cowan remsnded TO the priaon AZ
charge before the district court in November ccxt.
| The FOURTH OF JULY.-'rhe common council Of
Portsmouth, Va, have appropriated $3.50 to aid tho
military of that town to appropriately celebrate the
fourth of July. They will encamp for several DAYS
commencing on the 2d IN grove attached TO ths
naval hospital, and on the 4th will he reviewed by
Gov Wise; after which Capt Goodwin will read the
| Declaration Independence and Major Murdaugh
| deliver en- Grafton. The Secretary of the Navy, Mr.
Toucey and the Adutant General of the United States
Army General Cooper, have been Invited TO be
present.
ELopEMryT AT PETERsBrKG-A correspondent
OF the Wing, writing from Petersburg the 9Th
inst.,) gives the following details of this melancholy
case which has carried q pang of deepest grief
to the hearts OF once happy and delighted family
From information gathered from the most reliable
sources it seems that for sometime past, man hut
lately married, named James VI. Lee, hsing origi
nay from Lynchburg, but more recently from Rich
mond, has been eEdssvOrng m ensnare q h"enti'ul
Young girl! OF this city His beguing and seductive
arts have been, unfortunately ann"eaafn "a the
SEQUEL will show. Circumstances have s conspired
| 10 favor the schemes Of the seducer. H3, being a
tailor by trade, has Dee" employed in the extensive
clothing establishment of. Mes1rs. I. w. Royston &
Co, Sycamore street, and hi, victim has superintend
ed sewing machine for the sans geL,irluen. Here
the acquaintance first formed, that has finally RI
psned into an illicit amour, which the unfortunate
fair one must later repent, in very sackcoth
and ashes. Lee is said to be accomplished gallant
proficient in ali those little appliances and delicate
attentions which, when bestowed IN wo:nar, are 90
apt to overcome her too coniIng and susceptible
ture Confident Of his power with the fair sex, he
has bestowed on the young girl nume!ou, aa,ieTing
compliments, presented her with bouquets OF
and co.'v description, and diligently attended the
markets securing earliest and most luscious fruits
all of which have been protusely lavlshed upon The
object of his attentions. This we'll laid plan to
colnp-i, her ruin, was followed up with proposition
10 elope to which shs like Eve when tue Serpent did
becui!e her. in evil hour acceded to, and on Mon
dsy last the guilty pair embarked on the Northern
train for Richmond. and have not since been hoard
from.
That they may be arrested in tho guilty career
u;,,; which they have entered it il the duty OF tbs
press TO give the igrant dsra!ic.on rs much publ.
city as practicable, and tsw lines descriptive OF the
personnel OF the guilty pair may not prove out OF
place Lse il about 1G years ot age, stands IN his
boots within fraction of six feet. hos dark brown
hair, 1ourahes exqlisitely turned mon.ach.. and
| when unubseryel, looks boldly at men and things
with bright haze eye but h. cannot Withstand the
gaze of honest. man. and no sooner encounters II,
than his eyes fall, and iinse of confusion sutinsns
his cheek. In the matter of Dress like mos, knight
of the needle, he ia comm q fi5t He is we'll known
ia Richmond, but not for his fair name or tame. AS
m employee in the establishment OF Messrs Kent.
| Paine & Kent, he manifested decided propensity
TO appropriate unto himself the goods OF those gen
| tleman WAS arragned for the inisdemaannr before
one of your courts Of Justice. convicted of petty lar
ceny and ncaroerated in the Richmond City Jail for
the space Of twelve months. Upon his release, he
evncsd decided preference for change OF residence
and cast his lot among Soon after his arrival here,
hearing that young orphan girl was the owner OF four
valuable slaves, he Immediately sought an introduce
| ion, and BY means of his cOnsunmats impudence
WAS not slow in forming an acquaintance perfect
"lady killer" rs he IL, your readers will not be sur
prsed when they are informed that in eight days at.
ter he first spoke to this unprotected girl she elonH
with him to Weldon and became hia wife. Having
gained her affections well al her negroes, IN ona
short month after the nupal kno; was tied, he cru
ely beat the girl he had sworn 10 protect and cherish
and that too with such Reverty, that neghbors hear
ing her cries invaded the ssnctty OF his chamber,
| and compelled the brutal villain to dsslat he has
now added desertion 10 brutality, having sold two
likely negro boys for over ons thousand dollars. and
decalnped with the proceeds leaving his young,
amable, and confdng wife. alone and unprotected,
and she too, in the expectation Of soon becoming a
mother Ia not such recital enough to make one
eIclam with the poet,
"oh for whip OF scorpions, to lash the rascal
Naked through the world "
The young girl whose ruin has been accomplished
by the almost mend in hurIan FORM is the daughter OF
highly respectable parents and up to the present mis-
guided step she has been universally esteemed and
beloved. She is inst IL years OF age, of tall and
comely figure, with sparkling black eyes, beautn
dark hair, and in the very bad and bloom Of maiden
hood as she is steps as stately as queen Consider
able Indignation has been excited towards the scoun
dre who has thus blasted forever her fair and
| plunged most worthy anu inerUrous family into
the lowest depths Of inconso!ab!a grief. Should h.
make his appearance in our midst. think he would
bs made TO swing from cross bean.
DEATH OF NIX. DOUGLAS JERROLD.
After an illness Of about ten days, Mr.. Dougia,
Jerrud died Oh the 9Th vi June, from an attack o
rheumatic govt, disease TO which he had long bser
subjected The attack was of unusual severity, anc