The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1858-04-27
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TUESDAY April. : ,sss
important Decision by the ytrr,,.s.
Court Of Appeals Regulating STA.
very.
me 'ifginia Law Journal, for April, contains
oa important case decided recently by the Cour.
OF appeals OF thia State. 1t appears that .Ino. l.
Ieihaexter, decd, left will providing that his
slaves should be'ailowed to choose between being
'"@homitted aud remaining in slavery, aud a suit
was brought by baaacg ct ais, aud lfoao,e ct aIs.
against his executors. The Court decided In "a
'or OF sho appellants, Judge Daniel delivering tho
op'nion, from which we extract the following:
thder these circumstances I have conceived II
70 oe my duty to regard thu question as QUO 10 ba
tested by tho general and ack aowleJic,d nrinci
pies pertaining To the subject, and not ms ana con
u"iIed bS the influence of a special ADJUDICATION
Abe ~ben We SO treat the question, it seems 10
me lheFe can be no ioager any serious ditheuItv
ss ta the proper solution. When we assent to tba
general proposition, as l think we must do ,ha /,
our slaves have no civil or social right that ,ha,,
have no legal capacity to make, DISCHARGE or a.
sent TO contract: that. though master enter into
the forms oi an agreement with his slave 10 mann.
ait him. ara the slave proceed fully to perfnryo
all required OF him in the agreement he IA witbon,
remedy IN case the master refuse to complv wifi
hih patk pl ASIttuieDt. anu That ainya
take anything under devise or will exceut his
freedom; We are led necessarily 10 the conciusiop
that nothing short OF y positive enactment or Of
legal decisions having equal force, can demonstrate
the capacity OF slave 10 exercise an election in
respect 10 his manumission.
So it is decided by the highest legal tribunal y,
this Commonwealth that a slave cannot elect 10
he free. The Law Journal pays high compliment
To Jno. Howard, Esd, one of tie counsel for the
q. tha c1au
his argument
TERRIBLE NHIRiwiND AT TUsxEGRE-0n the Goth
instant, terrible whirlwind visited Tuskegee. in
Macon county, Ala. 1t tdestroyed, totally, only In,
houso Of Joshua Willis, Esq, though several
others were injured. Five or six persons ware
badly injured. negro was blown a consid
arable distance in the air, and was Killed
lie was in carriage house, near Mr.. WDli,
honse. MIR. Willis, his wife aud child, were all
badly injured, though there are hopes of their re-
covery.
The scope of the tornado was not more than
from sixty to one hundred yards wide.
There was in aud about Mr. Willis house. at
the time, eight OF ten persons in all, aud how they
all, save one, escaped death seems nothing short
of II miracle, All were hurt, aud some Of them
severely. Soon after the wind had abated the
ueigbhors hastcned 20 the relief of the suffer.
ers, whom they found so paralzed as tU be unc on-
scious Of what had occurred Several of them
had their arms broken, and their faces badly brui
sed; and Mr. Herbert, who present ut the
time, is thought to be dangerousIy hurt in the
spine
A little child Of Mr.. Willis, received confusion
on the forehead, which is considered quite DANCE
rous. Mrs. Wiilisand Mrs. Herbert are also bruis
3D. aud have each a broken arm.
One negro man, the property of Mrs Peterson,
found dead ut the distance of two hundred
yards from where the house had boen. Another
negro, the property of j. +. Reese was blown to a
great distance and severely hurt, but not DANCE
rOusly. negro infant was found in its cradle
buried in the rubbish, entirely unhurt The rest
were unhuTt. The family were Just sitting down
to dinner, when the awful crash came upon them
1t was all the work of "a moment, giving them no
time to make their escape.
The hurricane then passed the house of Mr.
Bilbro, doing some little damage, and next that of
Mr.. L. Johnston, which it unroofed, severely hurt
ing two negroes one of which will likely die Jt
then passed the residence of Gen. b. Graves which
il damaged and wrecked to a great degree killing
horses and blowing down all the fences and timber
in its way. perfectly new carriage, belonging
TO- the latter gentleman, was torn to pieces that
no two parts were found together. We are still
hearing of further destruction to the distance of
ton miles from this place, but have not learned the
particulars"
SOME NEGRO STATIsrICs.--In the free States rang.
ing from % to 70 per cent of the free coored were
born out OF ths States of their residence showing
old southern States show very small portion
born out of their limits
About one-ffth of the free colored in New York
city were born in the present slave States.
comparison of Louisiana with Connecticut
shows that in the former in II of the blacks were
engaged in pursuits requiring education, and in
Connecticut only in 100.
There are about twice az many free blacks as free
mulattoes.
10 Connecticut the negro population 10 sixty
years has not more than doubled, notwithstanding
the Increase from immigrants. Yet in Virginia
in the same time, which received few from other
sources, aud sent SO many thousands away il has
nearly doubled.
The mulattoes are twice numerous among the
slaves among the free blacks, and are little more
than Onetenth of the whole colored. Half of the
negroes at the North are mulatto, and only about
one-ninth at the South.
In 1910 there ten States returning slaves
which returned none in 1S50-no slave schedules
having been sent thsre at that time.
There were never more than 400. 200 slaves i'm.
ported in the United States in all. In the British
West Indies, 100000 were impHte though only
600,0 900 were left to be emancipated In the last
three years OF the slave trade at Charleston those
on whose account the importations made
were 81 British subjects, 50 Rhode Islanders 10
Frenchmen, and ii Charlestonians.
De Bolcs Press
HELD HIS BREATH TOO LoNG.-The Marysville
California; News furnishes an account of death
which occurred under singular circumstances, re-
Gently, at place called Delor Gulch. Two men,
John Thomas and Ephraim Maringer made bet
of $40 as to who could hold his breath the long
est. At the word, both drew in their breath, but
Maringer soon gave out; Thomas gave no sign
motion to show that he was aware of his having
won the wager, hut sat with his head bowed upon
his breast, still immevabie! "lIoloa, Thomas, old
fellow, you've won! What are you sitting there
for! Get up and stand treat" some one said to
him. Not replying, the company became alarmed.
They shook him, raised him from the chair-he
a 0..rf aNalrr lIn.h
in. but all hopes OF resuscitation were gone; life
had become .entlrely extinct DIR. SpringalI, as
sisted by Drs Wells aud Glaubein, held u post NOR
tea examination upon the body OF the deceased
the result of which showed that the heart had
been completely burst asunder, causing death in
stantly. Maringer expresses a deal of sorrow for
the loss of his friend cursing his folly, aud pro
testing that he can never he happy.
THE JOHN DEAN AFFAIR REvERsED.--A love affair
existing between rich farmer living in the north
orn part OF this towu Says the kinderhook, n. Y,
Rough Notes. and q poor, newly imported Irish
girl, which lately led to the marriage of the par
ties has caused no little commotion ameng the
relatives Of the groom. The girl was i'll the EN-
pIoy OF the family of the young man some months
ago, when an attachment" sprung mp between
the young folks. which, being "nourished," ripen-
ed into love The mother Of the young man be-
coming aware OF the fact, discharged the girl.
hoping thereby that absence might conquer the
love of her son. One dav last week, he, IN compa-
ny with his atfauced, took the cars AT the river
vile depot for Albany. After the train had start
ed and they taken their seats, a clergyman made
hi. appearance, who, between Riyerville and Scho-
dack depot Joined the pair in bonds Of mstrmony.
TN arriving in Albany the newly made wife got
the consent Of her husband to have the marriage
ceremony again performed according TO The ties
Of the Catholic Church, OF which she ia member.
| IA the evening of the same day the twice married
couple returned to the residence of the husbands
mother, where the wife was installed mistress of
the mansion, where, three or four months ago, she
was employed as a servant, and from whence she
was driven because of her high aspirations"
IIlxTs To MaRRIEs HES.-Peppergrass says that
II he stays out late at night, aud wishes to avoid
scoldiug or q curtain lecture from Mrs r.. he gen
.rally waits out to the eve sma' honrs ayont ths
twali" when the anger OF his better half subsidies
intn fnars of his personal safety. He goes out ION