Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1857-01-13
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CITY AND sTATK kEws.
NJ FGSERAL-Ihe funeral of Mrs. Judg. Daniel. n
nasL'nRlon; look place Tuesday. Her rensSip. wry.
accompanied to their resting prace IN Oak ll;ll a.
metery, Georgetown, by numerous ARA, of Ir IN
ing friends. The President Of the United S;S:': \
members OF the Cabinet, Judges of the Surrrm. snj
other courts OF the DISTINCT and officers oi the A.y
and Navy, were amongst the sttendante al tho i,.-.
raj.
Hoe MARKET The Abingdon virginiau sSv.
that all the hog drovers from that section oi rle State
realized handsome profits upon their stock Thay
nave generally sold at prices varying from Is ~ to
| CoNVierfoS.-The negroes FIVE III number char
ed with the recent horrible murder OF Mr. Grorer
Greene, near Gainesville, Prince William coun,v. ys
were tried on Monday and Tuesday found guilt, and
sentenced to be hung on the 18th OF February nex.
SArEs-The Fredericksburg VA, Herald no,irr.
the following salss OF land and negroes
The farm advertised by ID. +. Slaughter, end i
". y, wnston. IN Culpeper county, has beeu sold
Commissioner. sold six hundred and thirty scr.s ol
land in Culpeper county, belonging to i.uc:er y
Winston, TO D. F. Slaughter, for $20 per acre. s,,
"io acres OF land also IN Cupeper belonging TO Wal
ter Z. Winston, sold to L. W. Winston for Sl9 ~ PEE
acre. On the same day that the above -alc, wers
made (3d inst.,) there was also sale OF slave, ~
which boy IS years old, brought 81 sou anothr: -:
years DID, brought 2 ,OOO girl years old $ilo. q
girl years old S2i9 aud q woman with Il child
years old $lU0j.
MURDERER ARREEsrEp.-Winter Smither, who
killed James Clark, OF Essex county, Va, on th- afh
OF November, aud has since been at liberty, has been
arrested in Louisa county. Smither conitsses sloo-
ing Gsrk but asserts that he was advancing on hig,
with an open knife.
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burg. Va, is hearing the suit for divorce. al!nuay
and custody OF child, styled Taylor Va Taylor. The
case was opened on Monday by John NJ Patton, Jr.,
| in speech OF two days-to!!owed by r. I. Daai,l,
Esq. James Lyons, Esq, is TO follow Mr.. Dauc. fog
the defendant aud Judge John Robertson s TO con
| clude.
! FIRE.-A destructive tire broke out Wednesday
| morning between and o'clock in the row Of irsiue
buildings, on Crawford street, Portsmouth, Virginia
known as Dicksons Block, and spreading with great
rapdity until four or five tenelneAte We're entirely
destroyed. Some Of the occupants had scarcely time
to escape with their lives. TIE loss says the TrsM
script. is very heavy of the sufferers that
Mr.. Dickson some S5,OOG Capt. j. Is. Sale, All
| of SONS of the property, 81 OO0. Mr.. Ba;Guian
who occupied one oi the tenements lost about 3 500
in money, and all the contents of the premises,
prisng his clothing &c.
BuRHr.-The Hannibal! Mo-, papers state that NJ
j. +. Redmad, of Brooke county, Va lost his whole
travelling daguerrean gallery aud apparatus by trs
in that city Oh the 18th ultmo. His loss stated a
| $500.
! NIGHT MAIL DiscoNTiSuED.--The Postnaster
| General has ordered dscon,lnGanoe OF the nigEs
mail between Washington and kichmoud the OrG,!
went into effect the Sh January. In Consequence
of this arrangement there will but one mail esvs
| this place daily for tbs North.
IcE.-Tbe Ale1endris Lynchburg and other Viz
s'
ICE being put up in the State, and express thu
opinion that we shall not depend Northern
friends for this article next summer.
FIRE.-On Tuesday night frp broke ou, ~
building in Fredericksburg, Va, known the 81
Charles Hotel, aud destroyed it, II wus Owned by
B. b. Sacrey, aud insured tor SlOOo.. Two houses
either side of the hotel, owned by Solomon Adams
were burnt. One OF them was Insured for $500
A Coon E,-"B "Bonsacl. jesns'' is quite hGsh
ionable material for clothing with business men IN
Lynchburg II bears the name o.! It's maker, Mr.
William Bonsack OF Roanoke county, whose neigh
bors also Use il extensively. This IL an excellent
ample. Sincere patrons Of home manufactures should
follow it everywhere All would be the galnrrs by
substituting for the half cotton brOadcloh Gnd cassI
mere and the refuse Of the slop.shops sent H. FROM
the esst the substantial, serviceabe and equally wei
looking fabrcs Of our own factories. They last mic.
as long, everybody who has tried them W.! s"y
and this superiority extends to other wo!lcn goods
than those descriptions used for dress The h"'f
pnir of blankets We ever were made by 4
Williams, AT the old Friendly Grove factory. " r".'"
from Winchester Why may not ,Grrie'n ir'h''
Mathews CASHMERE, aud Williams blankets beo0ul.
all the 20 heIeaboutsl- winchester Irg'n'G@.
| LYNCH LAw-THE SLAVE ExcIrEMENr.-Durnt
the late Christina. holidays, information having hr"n
received in Soottsvlle that Benjamin Hunt, citizen
of this county, residing near that village had beer
using language tending to encourage nsrrreci!onar:
| movements among the slave population. depu;n-
ton OF several citizens repaired 10 his :esccNl" !"
arrest him. On being brought to the vilIsgo the
charges against him were subjected to Il rigid 'uv'*
| ga;ion, and during the examination the folio" -
facts were incontestibly proved: One wtne-s '"'..-
| ted that he had heard Hunt say that tho wlic lntn
| had no more right Ut ownership in the negro ihNu
the negro had in the white man, and il It cu.n" {" the
| test he would sooner fight for the negroes Than TO
white people. Another witness testified that h" i"ai
| him say that he would have rcioced in the election
of Fremont. in that event the negroes would !ihH"
been freed and that in case of collision br;"r"r
the whites and blacks he would take the sle opP"S
to the white people: whereupOn the Indignant pu.'.-
lace seized aud compelled him to be ridden up"i Z.
rail, borne by several stout negro men through ~"
Streets When they had paraded him through IL"
streets 10 their hearts content they were ordered Ia
take him to more retired part OF the village and ~!
minister an application of tar and eather-, Hhri,
thew did with equal satisfaction and delight "h'u
this was done lie ordered TO leave the r"un'S
within ten days. and seek bic fortunes whet. she ~
sliiutions better adapted 10 his at'saNef! ier
ings-I Charlottesville (fa/ JcysFsohii".
THE Duck TRADE.-The Norfolk tVa.l iIerad
says that q farmer in Princess Anne county ha' nh'
twenty men employed killing ducks, and up To The
u0th ut they had consumed - key. OF gun powder
The gentleman ships, on an average, ID barrels ut
ducks TO New York every week, anu some weeks ~
high as 81 barrels They CONSIST OF canvass oa'h
msIard, black, sprg tail, badfaces ahove'ers, an
good proportion Of wild geese.
Nyw SrEAMBoAT.-Three gentlemen, ot Ba,i..
| more, have determined To have built new ir""
steamboat to be placed on the route FROM :at ci'y 7"
fredericksburg Va, during the coming summer
She is 10 be of iron, with eide whee!e 2JO ieet i"h
81 feet BEAM and feet hold, the engine to b" -''p
horse power. She will carry passengers ns well ~
freight
Orr Ar LAsT.-Au old man named Gregg VINO
has been confined in FauguIsr county Jn,! 7inIr ''
first of October, 1916, for debt under ,he ''n ~"
was released Christmas day by jnlIor Alos' 'h,i'
b.iny nothing left in the hands O the a" 10 pay '7
iail expenses. We learn tha, this man had pr"why
enough to pay the debt agains, him, but ,ha' .e
farred spending his weary hours "i'hih 'hG E'o,"J
walls of the county prison TO paying the ueD'
be owed The person who had hin cohhhei ms
been desd some wears but We learn puta provision
in his will appropratng sufficient amount 10 NJ
him in limbo as long as he uVen. ooilr no" "'
nther this stipulation has gwen OUT ana ot '"u!+
Ts. , hoom.s free again. When he !e't The jail
Jnor he anpeared to be perfectly bewlldered and G.i
not know which way 10 travel Out ~ shor' 'lio nc
became fully conscious OF MS irGedoIn ana S!u'eu
.ho~, Nth ibe air of some who knew whct liberty
used to be in "by.gone tays."-l IparTsrion I Va
/ IHh,g.
Tur Loss by the fire al Portsmouth, Va, TUESDAY
,;rh, ia estimated at 80 $50. The engine house "l
ths independent Company, and the Fish Marke'
were destroyed.
Boz BvrT.-Wymsp, ,ue Wizard, in Portsmouth
Va, is about to give benefit to Bob Butt the co!
ored grave digger, who oticiated through the ep'
demc there. The proceeds are to 90 to ouy'h,
, Bobs freedom.