Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1859-05-03

IYNcunuwa IIrsrrxos Counr-Mr TraN-
pre.cnt: Messrs Cobbs. Lacy. Saunders, pnyne,
Shelton, Waller, Burton. Bailey. Talaterro. Cbal-
mers, Read. and Tanner.
w. L. Saunders was chosen Recorder, aud j. NJ.
Gibbs Senior Alderman.
J. C. Ddnke qualified as Clerk, and A. J. hi l.
lake Deputy Clerk.
II. 'Dannington. Sergeant; and I. NJ. Dunning-
ton. Deputy; and J. J. Wade, Jailor.
The Will Of Mrs. Z. L. johnson was proved and
admitted.
The Grand jury, consisting Of ID. Z. Spence,
Foreman, Gea. w. Seay. Jas Scurry, \, Page,
G. A. Burks. Jno I. Davis, NJ Moore. 'jno. r.
Mnrrill, IT, H. Lewis, r. A. Rransford, .ne NJ
Price, L. Merritt Jr.. j. W. Morgan, L. +, Hon
ing Al. Seay L. W. Wrenn. q. H. B,akev AID
S II. Dawson found true bills asains, John G..
Hughes Il cases. for petty larceny. and against
john Hughes e cases. for same offence.
Mathew Byrncs. Richard Butler, William Hop
per. jacob Kcmpf, aliens, were admitted citizens
of the United States.
License of G. W. Cameron transferred to j. \.
Anderson.
VIM. T. Anderson vs. Fleming Jamcs-Jury
and Judgment for plaintiff.
A MURDER, OF character so heartlcSS and
bloody that we cannot find terms whercwith to
denounce it. took place in the neighb'rins village
of Scufletown yesterday
\ stranger whose name said to be 0chs,
above named place one day last week. There the
stranger fell in with some persons who approach
cd in a friendly way, and made such II deep I'M
preston upon his unsophisticatcd nature that
either fancying himself in Lynchturg, or not
caring to meet better friends he remained tlerr,
1t seems that despite his rough exterior, he had
with him enough to excite the cnpdty aud phc
nelarous designs of the sharpers who occasionally
hang around that place. on the lookout for such
customers; but he was too stupid to perceive TIE
real object of his entertainers. Early yesterday
morning he was visited Mt his boarding house ~
two of these fellows, who invited him out 10 take
a walk. He went with them. After going s1ie
distance he was decoyeh, under some precnse "r
other into an old shaniy, kept by Ga>'on. IN
which he was seizel and brutality murdered, leng
knocked in the head with some heavy, blunt in
strument, and stabbed in the throat the ouc muir
dcrous blow knocking him senseless and the "h'r
severing his carotid artery. lie was then rHnd of
everything valuable about him, and LETT we!'crns
in his blood.
Some other persons, who claimed to be friends.
afterwards visited the house and took the body
away The strangost part of the whole shocking
affair perhaps, is the fact that though tho murder
became known, no inquest was held 10y the
Coroner of Scufietown and that the police Of ihat
corporation made no endcavor to arrest the MUIR
derers. This is not the first tragedy of the kind
that has stained that town with blood.
Tho conduct Of the authorities of Scunletown,
in allowing such murders to pass unpuni>Aca. is
doubtless based upon their expectation of -ettin,
portion of the spoils probably nice roast
or u steak, after the victims dissected and Of
fered for sale at the stalls in the markets.
Mem. Items beng scarce yesterday, we were
compelled to steal the above.
TEMPERANCE HALL.-There was n fne turn out