The day book. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 1857-1867, 1860-01-14
THE DAY BOOK.
Exciting Murder Trial--Six Ne
grOes Convicted of Manslaugh-

ter.
4 very exciting murder trial has just been
disposed of at Waynesburg, Green county,
Pennsy lvania. 10 August last difficulty
occurred between the colored residents of
Dotysburg, near Waynesburg, and portion
OF the white population, which resulted in
the latter warning the former to leave the
village.
The feeling which seems to have had it's
origin in a belief on the part of the whites,
that the presence of the negroes in the neigh
hoi nood tended to lower the price Of labor,
soon extended to Way nesburg, and the Do
tysburg men threatening to rid that place of
its black population too, the latter procur ed
arms and made preparation for resisting any
attack that might be made upon them. On
the 25th of August, party of whites visited
Waynesburg, and while there one OF them
named Sealy Zimmerman knocked down
negro on the street, while the whole were
rather abusive in their remarks about the
colored people of the place. On their return
home they were attacked by Is or 20 negroes
armed, and some II or IA shots discharged
upon them.
The whites ran away, leaving Zimmerman
dead on the field, while the blacks, satisfied
with the result Of the conflict, returned to
their homes. Another of the whites named
Harrington received ball in the arm, but
the balance, in the darkness, escaped. Eight
negroes were arrested for the murder next
day, and tried in Greene county court last
week. The trial lasted several days-the
evidence in one of the local papers extending
over seventeen columns-and resulted in
verdict of granddaughter against six OF the
defendants. The other two were acquitted.
The prisoners got five years each in the pen
itentiary,
Virginia Military Institute.-The annual
report of the Virginia Military Institute for
1859, is published. The number of cadets
last session was 1872, of whom 20 graduated;
the whole number Of graduates of the insti-
tuition is $50, of whom one-6fth protested
religion while at the Institute. The board
reports the organization of professorship
OF Agriculture, based on the liberal doDa-
ton of $4,000, by Philip st. George Cooke,
Esq, and chair OF Natural History, based
on the donation o. $4,000, by DIR. Mercer
of Louisiana. The total expenses of the
school last year were $S7 1859. The number
of cadets now in the school is 200.
The Superintendent, Col. Smith, in his re-
port, submits project for the organization
of the Institute as general scientific school,
with three special schools of application,
Agriculture, Engineering and Fine Arts
His project comprehends the introduction of
several other studies besides. In detail, he
recommends the organization of depart
ment of Scientific Agriculture, with one pro-
lessor; department of Human, Physiology,
Astronomy and Veterinary Medicine, with
one professor; department of Fine Arts,
with one professor; department of history,
Political Economy and English studies, with
one professor; and the assignment of the
Spanish language to the present department
of French. He recommends, also, the ap-
pointment of an additional professor of En-
gineering, the erection of hall for an Agri-
cuctural Museum, the purchase of farm for
experimental and practical Agriculture, the
erection of hall for Models and Drawing,
in connection with the departments of En-
cheering and Fine Arts. He intimates that
certain liberal-minded gentlemen of our own
ana another State are contemplating dona-
tions to the Institute, having in view the
founding OF two, and perhaps three, of the
chairs designated above.
This proposed expansion OF this Institu-
ton is not disproportionats to the demands
that are, and will be, probably, made upon
it.