Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1828-1831, 1829-10-08

Still cl:res to bic--ond lingering loves to stay,
Abou; the dead.
Eut list-e'cl, ao'r,
hear the gathering OF tic autumn b.ast,
Ii comes-'hy frail form tIcnb.cS--it Is past
And thou art low!
i The announcement ot the arrival below, at New
York, OF the Henry ~, must, Ne think nave Ocvh
premature--wr received slips from our corTcspon'
dents Mt New York, dated SuGday afternoon, which
make no Mention of her 2rrNat-- Bal t"'e"
MArcuRAcz ron res rcorsA>p DoLLAps.-The
great .prod.cs ,naic5 rare" run at New York
on Setu,d1y last, between COLI by Sir \ -chy dam
Bet Bounce, aud property OF Cd. W. Il Johnson
,f Virginia and colt by Eclipse. dam Lady Light
foot, and u. ned bV Col. Stevens. TIE race was
,n4de before the colts foaled he dams ana sires
being named, and vas what IS called produce
match.--Fhc sum was 5000 side. half iori'io. II
vas BY Col Stevens colt IN t'vo heats, by about
-four lengths.-Ihe time We nave 10, heard.
IN. .fD,eyicGH.
Swearincen the late Sheriff of Washington Coun-
~, was hung at Cumberland on Friday last for the
murder Of ms wife. Batween'iour aud five thousand
P,rsons Witnessed the execution. y fall confession
Of every circumstance connected with the murder
made to an stiendan clerg! man few days before Is
70 be published
Commodore Porter came passenger N lie brig Be
van, arrived at Phi'adcl Lila from Vera Cruz and was
landed at Chescr on SATURDAY. Tie is understood
10 be the bearer Of dispatches 20 or government.
NV, YoRK. Q~..asr T. P. u.
Ne have Ee'eiyod Ie' rgcet N No. 20 s scj ' on
the 18th. for 1,lInpico, with provisions and rein
forccner,.jf hg,Yea and fiy-sercn men, for tie
arpay of Gen Bsrradas. This says private letter.
is the only force yet provided, for whit is called the
second expedition destined for the conquest of Inzi-
co. The pare do not mention any uTrl a. from
g'ampco.
From tie Nae Yo.k Journal Of Commerce
How TO MAKE THREE SToRY HousE OFT \
Two SronY.-The Broadway Marble House, NJ.
4i3 which is % feet vide bv 10 deep, with brick
walls IL inches thick front aud rear and side walls
inches timex, has been raised from the gronnd,
ChiInnes and all, to the height oi feet, in or
der 10 substitute another story It is done BY ns
OF screws, under the direction of Mr.. Simeon Brown.
The process Is so simple, and slightly dIsturhs the
building that funny m,gut remain IN 1t, pursuing
their usual vocations, with perfect composnre The
weight of sucn building is enormous and the case
with which it is raised, furnishes admirable illus
tration of the power of mechanism.
Lea,-aeH Editors We like lcarning-learncd men
and perhaps learned women, IT they have brgIt
eve aud rosy lip and a stocking not too deep. We
like the Philadelphia editors because they are such
Inonstrcrs learned set Of men. Whom they speak
one has 10 brush NJ his Latin and GTeek--tUmble
himself into the hbr8ry--or cat up the Edinburgh
Encyclopedia. should it be bitter Johns book.
What - roetry-imag inston-fne tasto--mothor
wit or knowledge Of the world, whom compared 10 the
learning Of the following ragraph which tic lea rn-
ed editor Of the United States Gazette writes IN re-
ply 10 the learned editor of the National GareGe:--
''lt the prOCttUity of respectable neI9hbOr
write 50 o,itsirey, often TO become Hlusige.
We acknowledge the WeceJrous aud Mioleciic style
OF erudite contemporary: and confess the fui--
'asiy Of our comprehension that renders his C4yuyf-
tlOn imperative. We are hence obnoxious 10 TiI-
quedton, when doubt Of his Hnbihly."
There's learning for you.-.N y. C,tficr.
I,,lsl osl E,cnel .Na.us-!, Is = little siog,,l.r
that the following calculations have been made ard
given 10 the world by n FrenchInau. The Able dc
Pradt has ls takcnup1n hns Ito inform bis country
Inen-1st, that since the battle Of La Hogue Il -
years ogo,) the English have taken l3G ships Of the
line from France while France has only captured eight
from England, and not one Of these has been captu-
red in regular engagement; %, that from 1898 TO
1914, England captured OF all The maritime nations
1d6 ships OF The Lire, without mentioning small vee-
sells and merchant ships iunmnergble: moreover, the
English fleets took IN the period al the colonies
they pleas ed, Sd, that the French fns been
be to protect tn French colonies; 4th Tint il has
not been obe to protect our itrre couyoys; 9Th tina
4 has not been bic to protect coast from insult
Dieppe Havre and HorfeIr have bncn bornbarded.
and ChcTbourg Lisle dEx. and Bclcisle, have fai
under the power Of England, 9th, that whenever
tho English have been forced TO re-e,nbark, il has
been BY IN" land troops 7th that when there is war
With England, the French pors a'e Vi ckaded,
erce is DESTROYED, and the French Pis are compel
Tod to remain an harbor h. that Frcc cannot have
maritime war except with England. nor keep up %
navy except with view Of opyofinT that Of EDglanl;
and 9Th, that maritime condition az inst England h
absufdIty.
.7lrr'dg, Tho following picture from % no,y--
paper published 20 years ago; OF course ~ the pro
sant age of moral and intellectual improvement, the
picture is merely historical curiasity"HJg grone
cbougs fout tela. If you see o man and woman.
with little or no occasion, of en- finding fGut and
fecticg cne another in company, you my be sure
fhey &c mdn and wife. " You gentleman and
lady iu the coach in p1OlUnd silence. the ono
locking a. orc SIDE the other AT the other, never n-
aIino tboy mean any harm 10 each other--thcy an
aIFeady honestly married. Ii YOU q lady acciden-
tally let Gll her glove OF handkc chief, and gentle
thnt u next hcr tuiy telling her Of u, that she
nay take h up--rnan aud vc. lf.y0u soc lady
prcsenting genileman With some hlg sdo $50 G, OF
,.1n's icngsa. v.h IN u - '-s-c1 snaiies 2,