The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1875-05-22
Letter from Lexington.

I 70 the Ei,torS of the Dispatch:
The Circuit Court for Rockbrrlge county
h,s ben In session for two weeks. Judge
McLau b n pr S d pg,and with his usnat..dili.
| yepce pressing the business and clearing the
docket. Quite y number of the legal fra.
t.rnity from LyuchSurc. Staunton. and oth'r
places were in attendance, and cases OF
considerable Importance have been trief.
Among the cases on the criminal docket e
name the following as the most important !:
Belle Robinson (colored woman), for BARI
burning. She was sentenced to six years in
the peniten'iarv.
John Mckenzie (white), for attempted rape
on a little girl-rothing but q child, in fact.
The jury returned verdict Of guilty and
gave hun ten years in The penitcntiary.
/ TAYLOR Swisher (white), charged with MUIR
der. This case excited much interest. and able
counsel were employed on both sides-the
CONFERENCE.-The attorney, d. E. Moore, and
Governor Lctchcr for prosecution, and Hons.
J. r. Tucker, Jr., A. Anderson, and -
Williams, of Lynchburg, for defendant.
The jury found n verdict for manslaughter,
aud he was sentenced to three years IN the
peniteniary.
by TerrilI, little colored girl, for house
breaking. Case not. pros. as under age.
MS Wcth t!lc CNil 10 NiuSl tou'
sideration. and number Of important cases
set for trial. To-day, the case of Abby, Cole
& Co. against Bryop, Monler, and Wilson, to
snow whether Wilson ct. ais. were partners.
There are heavy claims against the concern
depending on the SUIT.
The students Of the two institutions are
agoniZ,ng over the closing examinations Of
the session. "IIonors, DISTINCTIONS" etc,
are the staple Of our conversation now. Now
and then stiff breeze Of contention springs
up in society or class as to the disposition
of medal or prz", aud will not quiet itself
until little "cIaret" is drawn. But all is
quiet now along both lines.
There has been Of a,c considerable rei-
giouS interest among our people, both white
and colorcd. All the colorcd churches have
been holding regular nightly meetings. a
number Of additions have been made to the
African Methodist. The Union Baptist
(coored) has also received, we learn, some
thirty or forty new members. But the deep
est interest has been at the First African
Baptist, where. under the preaching OF their
new pastor, over one hundred and fifty have
protested conversion. He came to them re-
Gently from one OF the coored schools OF
Washington. \ Sabbath or TWO since he
baptized in the river al this place one hun.
dred and seventeen clndidites before an I'M
mcuSe audience. The interest still continues,
and every night crowds go forward for
prayer.
For more than mouth much interest has
appeared among the white people.
Fora month there have been regular meet
Jugs in both the Methodist and Baptist
churches. Rev. Mr. Boyle, pastor CT the
Methodist church, has conducted meetings
without assistance and still continues. There
have been perhaps forty additions, aud many
who have not joined as yet who were con-
vcrtcd. AT the Baptist church Rev. Mr..
lIardwicke, of Goshen, has been assisting
the pastor.
There have been twenty-five or twenty
three additions, and quite number Of con-
versions.
We have suffered from cold weather very
much. The "cod snap" destroyed our fruit
and injured our wheat and other crops. For
several nights past wc have had quite severe
frost-, which have injured vegetables and
other things very much.
We have bad several lirC-alarms Of late,
but no damage Of importance.
M0y 10, 1915.