Virginia advocate. [volume] (Charlottesville, Va.) 1827-1860, 1828-09-06
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%' vi Ing Vessel after The death of the .persou
above alluded to. There was some,h;na TX, ~
not appear entirely right, though we 5rboro -,
make any mention of this circumstance. No,h;nI
now was to be done hut to preserve the nromor,,
OF the deceased, so soon as the vossel shorIt -
rive, which was daily expected, and this tuty We
were respectfully requested by the frienSs to Ink.
uioh ourselves, In con junction with three ,..,.
we had learned that he had sold both v, ...
cargo with which he had originally Commend
MS 'oya2c, and reduced tho principal portion or
,he proceeds - cash. AT the time of his death
ne was III another's employ. and Commanded the
1e1'ci "hich was to transport Aim home An
agent, therefore, wa3 immediately desDc,cbed =,
meet the vessel OH its arrival and demand ~
property l ms was promptly attended 10. by the
person selected Tor the purpose. As soon as the
snip csme into harbor, he went on board and
mace known his business. The different trunks
Siu passages winch were said to contain all tha
property OF the deceased were produced bv tho
master and laid before him, with the assurance
tiat there was no other on board The oficious
cahiii-boy, however, to the cabin and brougbt
'otth SQUARE wooden box. which he told h;s mas
,er lie must have forgot, observing that he we'll
knew 1t belonged 10 the fornc: commando
Inc countenancc Of the man changed to dead.
| ~ paleness at the Sight Of the box and once or
twice pe attempted TO claim it as his own propertv.
ou the evidence of its identity coming SO sEdden
strong and conclusive, his hesitancy did NOT ,rei
vent 1t from being Immediately removed with II.
| fhnr,
the rest OF the baggage, all Of which. in n Eau
days was safely transported to the DWELLING 6f tb
bereaved parent and sister. We were bfesenf n,
the mouse when 1t was opened. II was a sad sinbt
to behold the poor lady wistFulIy examining the
oiherent articles OF apparel belonging TO her SON
.nahy Oh "hich enc, herself, had,w much labor.
put together, while she gave vent to many bitter
SOD at the recolections they had brought to her
mind of him she loved So we'll The PAPERS wcro
all carefully filed in good order, although it Was
| found that some leave, had been cut from differ.
ent books relating TO business, which were writ.
ten In the manuscript of the deceased Thers
was, however, no money to be found in nny oi
the trunks or packages, nor document which
contained evidence of property. These we SIM.
Posed were slowed away i'll the .tiuare box which
we have before mentioned, Accordnny the
screws were drawn Immediately from the cover.
and the examination of the inside submitted to
the sister. The poor girl bent over it, while the
big tears necessarily rolled down her beautift
cheeks, and drew oat one article after another
which she recognized to be the propertv of ber
dear brother. They articles of much more
value than the others in proportion to their bulk
consisting OF gold watch and variety of costly
trInkets, but still no money appeared At length,
she came to the bottom OF the box and pulled ONT
piece oil linen which very closely folded to-
gether and damned in one corner On looking
at 1t her eye caught the well known initials Other
brothers name sewed On the edge of the cloth,
L
tor William Just prior to his departure and these
she proceeded to say, she unfoided The gar.
ment, are the letters which I wrought with a
needle; and and here She dropped the linen.
uttered dreadful piercing shrek and tainted.
The shock we received at this sudden and
wild burst did not prevent US, while hurryinp to
administer relief, from discovering the damning
cause The shirt from the collar down more than
half OF the back, together with one sleeve was
died with blood! On examination afterwards;
two places between the shoulders and near the.
neck were found cut apparently with knife
The evidences Of horrid and foul murder wers
here laid open to the day, and exposed tale ron,
which human sympathy will rccoil. We shall
never forge. the sensation of that terrible moment
| Measures for pursuit of the detestable muir
derer were Immediately taken, and d ii essenger
despatched to the port where the vessel last ar
rived. But he had fled and report has since
reached us that he very shortly after was seized
with an epidemic IN southern port; and died i
| horrid death, invoking the vengeance Of heaven
upon his own head, for the crimes he had CONF
miteG 1t has also been ascertained that the.
crew, who were board the vessel at the tims
the captain was said to have been lost were soon
alter ali discharged except the cabin boy. in En-:
! rope, and new SET OF men shipped None could
be found Of the number, who we're all foreigners.
The cabin boy could give account of the nat
ter, as he was asleep at the time the murder
must have been committed
/ We learn from Boston, that Mr.. Adams's Heart
well correspondence, has disguised many of his
high-minded and honorable friends in that quar-
ter. Webster, himself; would never descend to
such disgracelul tricks, although he has as much
4 ambition as any man. Heretofore. Mr,Adamss
friends there, have dsbclieved in the charge made
against the administration, of tampering with the
honest feelings OF the vest. Seeing it now, under
" black and white" as Daniel SAYS, they belicyu
and are ostonished. N. Y. Enq]
PoLITIcAL ARITHMETIC. If there had been nc dootbv
in the world there would be at this day on The Oil
l,73O00OOoO,oOOO0O Q73,O0O milardl As the CONT
hen contains 1T least 1857 billions of Sdaro feot
person could have 9l00 square feet ONN
On the other hand, the imber OF deaths ia 10 that
OF births as 10 TO ~ there are born each year 3G millions
Of mon each day 92,400; each hour 1850 eacb minnie
~; each second and tenth; and the deaths are eve
ry second.
mus poor mortals, you see-e and some one dies Won
, make II step and. another dies; | shake nv mem
death happens how many deaths have fapponS9 r n'