Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1858-09-21
CITY AND STATE NEWS.

CITY AND STATE NEWS
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Ly6AL ESqrlSI 1870 The ALLEGED
Court OF Z quiry. coIa.ita.c" ~ hcssTs' D. VIZ!
lor mud J. 5. Alice, Justices OF he Peace in Hen:to
county, resumed session yesterday AT The State Iou''
House in Richmond, with the view to ascurtain' ny
legal means, whether "a duel had taken place last FIJI
day, l7ih instant, in this county, between the Hon.
Sherrard Clemens and .. Jennings Wise, Ed. The
Commonwealth WAS represented by y. Is. Iouhs,
Eco, Attorney for Hsnrico, and for legal advisers the
parties summoned 10 testify had Messis. hauuoP"'
Crump and Lyons.
Roger 4. Pryor, Esq, Editor of The South news
paper, wac called before the Court to answer suen
questions as may be prOpounded 10 nun oy ~ AZ
t0rney, in answer 10 which he stated That ne hao seen
Mr.. Clemens on the 10Th instant at the Central no
tel, Richmond. and had seen him more thsn ones tua'
day. Hr declined 10 answer who the parties were e
SAW with Mr.. G. on the fret interview. ~ ca" ~
G.. on Friday. 9Th. at Central Hotel III h'cn'hohu'
but declined to answer the question a. Ia tue time.I
Mr.. Pryor also declined To answer the question ~hetn
er the card over the signature of Sh-rraru Cleihen''
published ia the South" on the 18Th inst, ana re-
copied into the Enquirer" Of the 2Oth, was OF VICE
not published by The authority OF MIR. Cierl-hS.I
L,kewis. lie objected TO answer whether, on the ION
mat, Mr. Clemens stated 10 him Or madu any alusloh
To his tClemen.l being engaged III Il duel OF ha''u.
any difficulty with Mr.. U. j. Wise.
The r.s.ons given on the part OF MIR. Pryor LOT
refusing 10 answer These iucS'NnS'
answering them he might become SUBJECTED " ="
criminal prosecution. ,
Mr.. Francis j. Smith, proprietor oil Inc Senl"'
Hotel, was called and sworn, and to Mr. louos :
| question, answered that the Hon. Sherrafu Clcuie"H
came to his huiei on the morning OF the loh MS
lie declined TO answer whether MIR. Ciemens had
| inrinared 10 hun where he had been Oh the l.tn'
or il Mr.. Clemeus had lett the hotel on Inc l''h
instant.
The Justices were of opinion that these questions
.I..II ~ .I...r- fy tl. u a.. AMI OH ID -
I.r drcI,nny. committed them Tor contempt Ot court.
On petition Ut the witnesses, ana by VIII o' ID"
beAs corpus, to matter was lIhiileuialriy oio"E"'
before Judge Meredith by the parties III custody
whose counsel proceeded 10 argue aeans' !" 49,
quis,torial power assumed by The Justices ia SUN
inouing these witnesses, aud against compelling 81
coercing witnesses 10 make answers ~hich m'Sn'
critninHie themselves or render them iidoio ~ "
criminal prosecution.
The legal arguIDe / in this mater with The rea"'ns
Of extracts from cases OF sum lar bearing, consumer
tn. whole of yesterday. ,
In the evening the court adjourned till ten o clock
IL. day. when the argument VIII be rrrunieh hh'
very probably, the decisiou OF Judge Meredith wlI
be- rendered.
The case is ono of interest, and kept the cou:I
Z DIVIDED during The day
BEFORE HE MAYok.-Tner was Yesterday a
considerable crowd Introduced, each one portray t
on his cuuutenancr, as he gnz-d Oh the gnzers,a SoT'
of soliiquizing expression similar 10 that OF Henry Nv
when no sald -
81 know you ali. and will uwhii, uphold
Tne unyok-d humOr OF your idieness.'
Gu,iand Fromer was brought up Tor having an an
cry tongue IN his mouth, whereby hr did use obscene
language IN the SECOND Market. FOR this ouence
Froner was ined %.
VIM. Brown va. summoned before The couT !ur
An alleged Intrin cement Ut mnrkr; ruj-s. l t bay
Ing nineiy dozen -ors tr-ed bird'l At he F'-s' hnf
KEEL, he then ndvIDg snrH tor Sal" III -! mark! ~
sam. time. TEe Gaze wa 'ali by with bal Tor future
action an! the -ura wer- coDii-cai-i. Ii ~ evident
hat these drlicat- iitfi- bird, a- NUMEROUS this zen
son and that sura pie Ii = popular institution.
The c..e of Amos McFail. who Stands charged
with throwing II mighty rock At Richart Msl"ny
will he taken up 10 day. The tree negro. Is. +. Gin
nett. VIA ordered twenty stripe for assaultlng Phlill
Duffy on 18Th lnst.
Nrxt cams "A stealing raer, in which George, rinv.
of Joseph Watt, wAs charged with nm overfondne-'
tr attending To time, and -r--liug three gold waIch--
valued at $50. from L.. Humphreys. "n lS,h Inst
George WAS rrmhndri for a.. CONT To decide Anc
We, came another who could net Distinguish b-twr-I
mum aud tuum. This was Sally II slave OF =. r
White, who had stolen Wearing apparel from Henry
Brown to the amount OF Sl5. Sally was accordingly
ordered Is stripes To imprnv" her moral progress.
Jops McCoSSELL, DEcEAsEp The remains 81 thi
gentleman, recently Il Surgeon Dentist III Richmond
wcr. ~ye.tcrdny escorted by his Companions, the Kpi=h
Templaf. Ia kcgalia, on board The steamer Nlrginia, I'll
route Tor Philadelphia. Thus ever,
.N.v the sunshine Of love illumine our youth,
And the moon light OF friendship console our decline"
THE UNION HILL LADIES The Song savs 'Dn Rich
mond Hill there lives a lass. bat on Union Hill We know
,hs, quite a lot of them live. who will, this evening. fur
n,-h n Fair of an attractive nniurc We learn that rh'
ladies connected with the Union Station Methodist Church
start ihis Fair with highly lnudablr Intentions, and Invite
their friend. IN lend a helping hand in an agreeable Ger,
mony.
TRIAL AND AceUirriL of BELi.-Ihe Aloxsn
dria G szette says: Tae Ci:cuit Court WAS occupied
Tburrday with the csr- at tie Commonwealth w
Thoa. Bell, chargr'i with Ihr in,,rier Of hs wife
Considerable difficulty o2rur. =. ~ 'htAlning a Jury
"a many persons had di-fus ;.t tiru.rlv-s by n:
EXPRESS Oh OF opinion ~ Ia 10 Eii,i or Innocenca o
tn. prisoner. WIN. IL Pnyn-, E.q, Common
w-allh's Attorney, opened the case tor the prostcu
non. he wa followed by Henry Shackeliord, Eeq
for the defence.
Tn. Commonwealth, exsInin.d DR.. Boyle. VIII
proved that the decreased came Ia her death by blow
npnn The lead. The pr0s-carion then offered III evI
dencs The declarations Oi the Decreased thai the blow,
w.r. inflicted by her husband. This wGs objected Ia
nv IN. ie.euce, and ruled ont by The Court; where
upon the Coinmonw ealih's Attorney, who had mainly
r-lied on this testimony, abandoned the case. The
Judge ordered the %di.charg- of thu prisoner.
NAvAL-TheN Norfolk Argus states that Surgeon
Jsmea Cornick has been detached from the Navy
Ynrd nj tina, place and ordered Ia the stesm frigat-
Roanoke, NJ Boston, ~ Fleet Surgeon % the Home
Sonadron. Surgeon John 4. Lockwood has been or
dered 10 duty ~ the Yard in place OF DIR. Cornick -
Lieut.. Barney has arrived and entered upon service
a. Lieutenant of the Yard, III place Of Lieut.. Pegran.
On Factory BURSr.-On Friday evening last
the Norfolk On Factory, n the Eastern end Of Wood
street. took fire, and. together with \ !argr quantity
of oil and materials. VA. destroyed. Lnss about
81, 0GG-nu insurance..
THE SPIRIT MOvED-At a camp meeting in Lou
doun county, YirginIn, last week, the ommltt
seized upon ons hundred aud forty gallons of whlskey
ON sale in tbs vicinity, and poured it on the ground
AcaUIrrEB.-Joh o. Speid.r, VIM. NnnHcrivsr
and Charles Nnnrrriv-r, charged d" it'll sten'I1g q seine,
oars, &c. from Mr.. George +. Grymes, were tried {.
King George Court House, Virginia, on the 10th inst"
and acquitted
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