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I have not had a line from Farmington far some time Mr Divers has had a Paralytick stroke in his head, we had the pleasure of seeing Jefferson Randolph last sunday week his visit to ths place was in consiquence of an event which took place at poplar Forest a Mulatto attack’d the Overseer knock’d him down and wounded him in several places with a knife he wou’d have bled to Death but with the assistance of one of the Negroes and Hannah a Black woman who has the care of the House Staunch’d the Blood by holding the wounds by hand together till they sent for a Doctor he had eleven or twelve wounds and tho his face was horibly mutulated they entertain hopes of his recovery they say that he was by no means a severe task master I understand that there are 3 or 4 of them in the jail here and in the course of a month their fate will be decided there has lately been two executions in this place one Black Man for the Murder of his wife and the other for destroying a child