Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1859-06-10
CITY AND STATE NEWS,

op14'oh Al u CAse Oh brnncu vs.. brlytOn E,,r u, !
VIM. Smart, and Frank Nelson upon An appeal -
The District Court in the case Of the collision a, !. *
Chesapeake Bay between lc Steamboa: No,,,~~'
and The bark Windwari. argued NJ the ;.e,.,. ~.
The appellecs. who were The libcllaD,s in :Lc ~. -
the: Court, state II: their libel that they were a. =.
time Of tho collision, par owners Of the No,r..
and file their libel IN behalf OF ,hvm>elyc. 80 =
other part-owrcrs, whose lanics sill .!.crc,,-, 80
7 given ani their respective !ntcrc>; set :orh.
Iron the hearing, the District cour decided -.
there VA. i:,i!. on bo,k sides IN Tho manar,n...
the cciliding vessels. aud upon the ADJUSTING.
the damage, sustained ~ each Of them, swarIst :.
sum Of money mrn;iored in the decree. n bc ~.
by the Windwari. 20 Tie !ihellant>. uponf -
proofs y, they appear IN the manuscript beiorr =
| -i.ink The Di.tr.e, Court WAS night IN '~!cc;lir, =,
the collision va, occasio,led by n~es.cegcc AMI a..
of due care and skill IN both Of the vessels. anG, =,
IN the amount o. damage, awarded 10 he Norma.
BIZ; there "A no ,roo: that these ibella,.s were -
owners. or had any ;nter's. in the Monmouth,
any proof oi who wrrc the other par: oxEc.s. VIZ.
naues thc !itelian,S promised % disc!c-c ~ lie co.,.
OF proceeding.
Ii. therefore. thi. Court proceeded 20 iua! t.-..
in ,hi- state n! the testimony, the decree Of tie ~.
;ric: Cont. whicl directs the whole amount as.,t,s
In favor Of the Monmouth TO b. paid 20 ;h~ ap;,Ilp.
woald be- reversed, because IT." hbe.lants base ,l1:.
no intcrc,, in the steamer and 10 title 10 lie dans,.
she sustained by :hc collision. Eu, II i, ey.ien; :.
he attention Of the District Coar. wa> 10; called
.l;, defect ~ The proof which Would -cc,a 20 r.y.
been i.iadycrtantly omi,tc,i. Nor does i: arcear n.
the objection was ;aE.n by the claimant. he prc,,-. |
appellant. un:i! :ha case came on for hcafr, J
this coGr;.
Under these cir,umsi .:.cesi = would he .neor,i.:.,. |
viii. the principles Of rqnity and justice which .oy.
ern coats If Admiralty. 70 dispose finally p: =,
nd, oil tie parties uro. = dc!"c. in the r~-oofaiieh
NAV have nriseu from o.cr-isi, r"' which c.g., |
have been supplied il The c~tjcc,p. Eii oe"n ..&.-
IN :h- pi-Iric; Court. And Ills Co1rt ;Le!c!o-e g-.e.
the case - bc continued 70 the neNtterm, il rode.
give the .~hrIelle;s aud the %.Appellan; also az oF'a'.
~ a.. : - .ssn..n y - AI.sx "a la 49, H.
owner Of tie MouuuutG Z, tie time Of the ro..>.-
and what were ;hci. respective interests, Wis:
were the interests Of the sever! l!bclan:s, il they hei
any. and ~ VIA; %ait!ors;! ;!cy Presented To- -.
in behalf Of other pax. -0"ngS who are not partit-
he libel. And although the care i continued oaa.
count, Of omission o.: evidence in this respect; ",
br;n: cnn:inged either party, according % Tie P--.
ticc, OF Courts OF Admiralty, ia a. liberty q: ny TN
; previous 70 the inal hearing IN this to"rt :" &
furthc. evidence upon all or any u the points - c1I.
:roycr-v-:a.!: is upon tie management Of :ae rv..
u,c:ivr yr>-rlS, and tie raISc or causes Of the co,.,o.
AMI of their respective value -. the zinc, aEi 81!
a,nount Of damage they respectively sustained.
. .Ani II i, proper, for the Information OF The par;.'>,
To- add. ;hu. the following points made ~ Tie -:,-.
: mrn.. upon :hc regularity Of the proceeding, AZ =
served for consideration when The nppe'. = :a"'
! hcart-:ha; !, - say: Can these par; o"h,r' Man.
tam :. lihc. Tor ,!."rI>c!vca end other part owner, -
ran-i. TOR he whole amount II .hc dai!ia.' a",H.'s
=, H., Monmouth! II they ca!Ino,. can :.ey ..o.c =
inst wnrr, il. q -u;t, and recover 'lamagr- T.! .,
proportions which they ic-pcc:.rcly own H. :. 'f',t.
Ard il neither ct these tlirg- can be io"e, cay y
libe. bc ..rlendc,! in this Cont. 80 ~ 70 m"ie ah y
Partners. or par; owners. parties here. alt!.o'-a '-r!
wcrr n. .amci 80 !ar,.'- III me District 'VU"'
Tur CASE Of TIE United STATES. APrrl.
LA>r,. ~. suy Blay WV. e. LEWIS. ArrEiiTr.-
This wa An appeal fror, a i,erac and iudgrn'r. %:
The Dis,r:r, Court ofthr ll.itcd Stntc-, FOR the las:
crn pi-,r.c; OF Virginia, a. y spcci"l :cEm Tier.
held ~; Norfolk, ~ 2!,h March. io':.
Thi, AS" being rcady Tor hearing. ana having .ee'
fully heard or the transcript: .! tie record "t Il"
! raid p..,iit' Coir;, and Tho Argument, OF c3ufsr.
md thu Cour. having ma.irtly Considered the saHi".
i -. orjniop That there - 10 crroi ~ ~" >vi
Judgment. aud i"th affirm the same. Ana, ~
therefore ordered, a~djudged and deerecd' tia, -
libel filed in this sarsc be dismissed and TIA: 10
-aii lark. Vim. Il. Levi. her tackle, apparel, 81"
h. delivered 10 the claimant ,hereo: and that the
cargo he also delivered to The claimant thereof. And
the Corr: doth certify tina. j: appesr 20 the Co1l-,
Tia, ;hcre was q reasonable cause for seizure . :Er
said bark. ". g.. Lewis, her ,ack!r. &C., Us ..!esri
in the libel sled i'll tl.ir Office.
THr LITERARY MrSsENGE. roE JrSE.-Ihe
June messenger comes very refreshinsiv "rt"'
hot-wca,hcr reading and among other thing, .:
course. contains 4 parody on Laureate Tenny-on''
War Oie. We have already in print some dozen o.:
thssc paTodies pi''hinsin;" roof Alired and Hi '"''r'
ll' w N'lAAt a'liNAAii- s' N'fF'''S
Professor John Wilson; b. an .Aia5snian. March;
by Sarah j. {. Whit,lescy. Coventry Patnore.
G~rccnway Court; or. the Bloody Ground. An ~
ce.leat Ballad o, Charity. Tie Polite Art 81 Novc!-
linz. A Didac.;l Fiction: hy H.. BUggin! Wu:Hck..
Rain in The Woods: by Susan Archer Tallcy: Life
in II Palace: 81. G!irpses OF Royalty, Dedication
sonnet: y, W. Gilmore Simms. Esrly Recollection.
OF John Randolph. Mental Character OF the Abo.
ri2ire,. Editor, Table. No;iees 0: New Work..
The SOUTHERN PLANTER FOR JrXE.-This
Periodicsl i, published br Macfsrlane d ~fcrxasoa,
Richmond, and Edited By }. f.. WilliGns, FAC.
The Number To- the present month contains = s'"i
deal Of useful and iartruc,.vr agriculture! in.orra-
ton.
MrRDEE N BEpFoRD.-Jam.s Hancock, q
youth some "a :e..rs o: agc. WAS killed on Sata'ta!
las:, n. Nnlrj', S:crc, in Dci:pri county, by a nlaH
named Alexander Board. Board had BEEN drinking,
and met with the soy Hancock, and rciGeAte6 HIM 70
morut his tB.'s) hone. The boy at first refused.
vhrreupon Bonrd thren,encd % shoot him IN case 0!
non compliance with his demand. The threE; 'alse'
the had - 20; Oh the home, fnd iin!.'cdiateiy a'tef
doing ~. IL vas ordered 20 di-niount. which o-de'
w.s accompanied with = second threat TO shoot HIN
The boy u, once proceeded 20 get oil, and had iardI!
reached the grou.nd. when Board placed = pis,o! 10
hi, head ani fired, tie bal. entering !u,; back o:the
left eye. a'Id Causing instant denth.
Board had an examination before q inag's'Th'G 81
Robertson. store, on Nn,.day.- Lyu"hIa'e FIR
gjD'"H.
SrraGroS'> SERMONS .ArrEAR IN THE NV
YORK W,vEriFy" EVERY WEEx.-By reference 10
our advcr,i~in. column, j. Will I've been thai the eG-
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have. at great expense, made an arrangement 10 pub
li~h ever! sermon OF His very ;lcbra.'dL London d..
wire. revised and corrected by himself, and forward:
by every steamer expressly Tor ;Ecir paper. Thu,
novel feature in literary journalism mu>, comment;
the Ncw YORK WArk@itri" every hom'-circ!e, ana
IL cnr rsc,ic publisher, 10 III: patronage and ~uppor
81 til. Enlightened public.
TnE VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY MAGAZINE TIL"
election tor editor, Of tho Magazine, tor the frsi term
NJ acA,.cs-i0n. va, had last week. with the following
result: In he Jefferson Society. W. ". Raiiord, Of
Montgomery coun::: IN the Washington. William J.
Allen. .: Lln"nbnrg county: and in the Colombian,
j. ". Flood. Of ~Appoma,tox county.
A gold medal il also awarded by the Literary So
cictics for 'hc boat literary production which appears
in he Magazine, 70 DC decided ny a cornri'iecc
three Professors.
DvoRcEo Among the chancery "sseS he.
cii-d 1t the la,e term OF The snot>ylyania tirt!'
Court. "as one aroueh, ~ M. Sarah j. Ashby
ngains. her husband. !. Abby, for i divorce. TIE
JIig" d"crrei a .o,a! livorc" between the parti,.. .
yinr:!o ma,riinonii and also decr,cd a chang q
name f,r The pla;i.i.r 10 tia; Of Sarah J. Jarv:-.
NORTHERN MARKETS.
BALTIMORE, June s.-Flour is dull, with -ms!l
sales, at a decline of ~ cents; sales Of How
ard Street at Sj.s7; Ohio held at s.. Whea;
is rather active; fair red $l.50, white l.Gj TO
l.so. Corn is active and buoyant; white s. t"
to 81. yellow $, to ~ cts. Provisions are dull
Whi>key nominal at % to >? cts.
NV YORK, June s.-Cotton is quiet and IN.
changed. Flour has declined 10 cts; Southern
$3.50 TO 80. Wheat Is heavy; winte'G d
and Western $3.50. Corn is heavy: yellow -