The Rhode-Island Republican. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1809-1841, 1827-05-17

BoluWln Is eXpecleu 10 JOIN tneIn Ill DAY
or two Nat. INTEL.
NEw-YoRK, May 8.
We hear Of a shipment made from this
port, via New-Orleans, by the ship illinois,
which reached st. Louis, Missouri, and
vas landed there in twenty nine days and
q hail from the time il was taken from the
wharf here. The whole distance these
goods were forwarded within this time, is
about 1900 miles and it is probable they
were delayed at least one or two days at
New-Orleans IN transferring them from
the ship 10 steam boat n. Y. Mer.
AssAssINATIoN.--One Of the most hor-
rible instances Of deliberate assass .aation
that we have ever been called upon to re
cord, was committed in the vicinity Of Al
5any, on Mondny evening, the particulars
OF which we copy from the papers OF tina,
city of Wednesday morning.
The victim was mT. John Whipple who
whilst writing IN back room IN the second
story ofhis dwelling house on Cherry Hill,
n mile below the city, between y and 10
O'Clock at night, was fred at through the
sash, with a pistol The bail passed
tered the body ofmr. Whipple through the
blade bone oi his left shoulder, cut one Of
the principle arteries Of the heart,and lodg-
ed in the right lobe of the lungs. A gen.
lleman was sitting in the room with mr.
Whlpple, but in the confusion of the mo.
ment no pursuit could be made nor was
any measures taken until information was
conveyed to the police Of the city. When
he was shot, he rose from his seat, eXclai.
med, My God what was that - and nude
for the door al the head Of the stairs, dc.
sccnded step or two, fell. and instantly
expired. The wife Of mr.. w. had been in
the room but a moment before, and the
next time she saw her husband he was a
iteless corpse Her feelings may he cas-.
ler imagine than described. lt appears
that the murderer was deliberate IN the
prosecution fhis blody purpose. He sue
ceeded in coming within reach of his vic.
tim By climbing the wood shed in the rear
of and adjoining the house, and at the time
he fired could not have been more than
three or four yards from him. He ascend
ed the shed by carrying to 1t two old box.
es that were near by and placing one upon
the top the other. BY his tracks il APP
pears he attempted to get up with the use
OF one box. but that not being high enough
he brought the other to his aid. He was
barefoot and his tracks were the next morn
ing distinctly traced along the roof of the
shed and for some distance from the house
after he had done the bloody deed"
AS it may well be conceived, an affair
so atrocious and so unusual amongst us,
has excited great feeling Of indignation;
and no effort will be spared TO detect the
assassin. The corporation Of the city,
has offered a reward OF $3.50 for that pur.
pose.
"No cause, except upon conjecture, has
been assigned for the commission of this
deed. The circumstances under which il
was perpretrated in the most populous Of
the environs of the city, in dwelling
where were several individuals and par.
ticuarly in the face of person sitting be-
side The deceased, after clambcring also
with much difficulty TO an elevated equal
with the second story, and all this in
bright moonlight evening--mark II as one
Of the boldest, as it is one Of the blsckest,
IN the annals Of crime.
1.-TWO witnesses were under eXamina-
ton on Tuesday afternoon before J. q.
Cole, esq. at the police office, the result OF
which is not known only 50 far as they
disclose nothing definite"
From the Albany Argus of Saturday.
The late .Nrder.--The examinations
which have been going on during the last
4s hours, relative to the late murder in this
city, have not as get resulted in the disclos.
ure Of any thing positive; though It is prob.
able the person who has been chiefly the
subject ofthem will be committed for trial.
The affair is involved in much mystery.
which the examinations have not by any