Constitutional Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1824-1832, 1828-07-16

Fr0m TIC n I J3lr71l IF Commerce, .JrIy :.
S"ME TH'FGs Can ~ DtYg SIS WE'LL IS OTHERS.
! IN FHc'y last. - haf past four + A. agreeable to
appointment, HAN haincd fellow Patterson, whose
name we 90 not Terocc rapnd from the Tasac falls
l"S 10 CRAFTY an idle whin' ~ his THIS is the
" e !c has done it tine first ii ne ic ia il private
t. ~ way 9: experiment then gave out thai he would
~" !holty iof tbs gaidcation Of any who Ypased to
ate ID The au'hor;rns IN Patterson were lastly alarm
co "nG h"t NINA under keeping till they supposed he had
abandoned the purpose, hut watched the opportunity
''"' ne was '''sd from restraiut and when nnmbcr
persons were present in favornbe position he carried
'h'7 S%rcut'3n Since thar time authorities have
fo"ad HIN 10 consult for his own safety nd hr lea q.
from pr'cpice oi htGdrsd feet "!nncver it takes his
fancy II does appear hr receives O. cxpects any
compensation for pertaining ~ IS rrr FEM, lie sas he
" '1ereD nais n sioir that 7o97c rzs cr1 he 9oc as
s" ES 6tfsS. he position from wHi9h he ieaped
f"y Is few r16s bcIn" the Bird g on INA side towards
me V'"a%e aud. if tho falls are ~ ae' tos commonly
t0laod) about &5 80 above tic water. The rih,iy
p'ccpcrS around the chasr covered with pronis
cu"us multitude Of both seSCs whose curiosity had brought
them together 70 this Singular Ccai IF tcrley. The
universe! auxety OF the multitude manifest their
counenanccs, and still perfectly the silence tina
prevailed Shcn the n,ade his appcar rance Il Aagk
CLOUD had come over tbe spot adding the suhrly OF
the cGtfaor that Of approaching storm AS he wall
81 o,'ibSfntc'y forward to his position you might have
neard the boating Of their hearts had been fnT the
nge thu1iars from ' chasto beneath and iie clouds
above when he had Invested himself or his coat, vest
aud Shoes and laid them carefully b. if debating the
question whether he should want them again. !o com.
'ienced short speech The spectators which but few Of
course could hear He then stepped forward tic edge
"' U' roe 'nl 'o""cd down. a1d &c spCCtaius that
SIDE surprising that hc gUn. OF, arac forward rs
then curiosity or rr fears moved them and seemed n
those opposite as ii all abou. MIKE the fatal lean:
indeed there great danger OF whole line of those in
'front.' being crowded off. After me had locked down mo
"eui he slapped back @ feet, ran forward ard leaned
into the abyss. nc down with lis feet foremost
'houg1 drawn up somewhat For this rcason, or some
"ie' pat comprehension, nc did bat just 70 under tie
"atcr' Tor Ire was Immediately seen swimming OF as
lu,e'J as II he had done nothing, and nothing
aUen him The maniac, for what else can lie be call
coz was greeted with shout from ;hn spectators when
cy saw that he still safe; ans he had reached
Tue shore he marched round his clothes .ii, look Of
ConpoSure and satisfaction, and they their homes SOME
'"mHng MS courage, tUt more plying MS temcri'y.
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sir WdHcr Sr0ik-The New York Albion says that
IN Us twenty'one months preceding December last, Sir
Waller Scott had realized BY his works little more thar
one thousand pouuds sterling per MONTH and thai he
''ey called ms creditors together and their great as
o'me6t pa1 'cf1 dividend Of I55, 600 of which the
sum ABOVE aEadtd 10 formed part.
we learn also with vafy great satisCccr Continues
the As'onj chat 'c debts Of is great berefactor oil
in"o"rd are ~ fair way of liTutdation-9nd 0at lie
otSs nf"Hrd with psrlc, confidence L, thai desirable
'H1 II IS source otegel, in which wo believe every
generous minded American will participate, that Ct the G.
n"houS sans Which the works Of this intellectual giant
naH Of his cadcTsno Que srtjnr goes to the autort7
t'e person ""o has "sraued and delighted ibis c0rnry
from end To- end"
tcDss LSg1) more to nGiid slip Of war in Bonn
bay tJan ~ England, bat a ship built in Bombay lasts
thrice as long ship built in England. This state
~ 81.