Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1828-1831, 1829-04-29


TO womanhood and To poverty. The JUDGE reason.
from law and feeling, with force and cloouenec
with such arguments as that suicide without ma rks
OF external injury inflicted by another hand will mo-,
nuuce the capital punishment OF the person who gave
the provocation; and again woman who commits
suicide must remember that her body will be sub.
Jcc'edto the disgrace and exposure of coronrs in
quest &C.; but he makes no ullsion to life being tho
gift OF Heaven, and that rational creatures are M,
authorised to fling that gift III the face of the river
he makes not the least alluSjon to any sinfuness in
suicide; nor combats the error of n former state of
being, and that Future state is simply change of
circumstance in the condition of humanity ON ga nth
All Is past over with perfect case as to any future
consequence and he vams as little to fear the wrath
OF Heaven as tho unhappy persons do who commit
the crime which he very Justly lamen,s.
The suiciue committed az Macao by u Young wife
arose from some ofthc trivial causes which the Judge
mentions. The wiics kindred had ii,chcd the hrs.
bands property, even his ratnent from the time o
his marriage, and it said he had spoken sharply ON
the subject, which led his wife, hit Of anr.- and
sorrow, to the rash and fatal deed With those cr-
roncous views Of death which and superstition
suggest the poor young woman, scarcely 30 years of
age, dressed herself IN her best attire had the poison
eisurcy prepared by her servant girl aud took il,
with the greatest composure. The Police did not
interfere for the local magistrate at Macao was too
ousy with another case of suicide by poison which
young man committed, because he could not raise
eleven or twelve dollars to pay some demand of the
runners as husmoney for conniyinr at his IRREGULAR
tiles. But the kindred OF the young woman inter
tered on the day OF the intended funeral. They met
INC funeral procession at the city gate assaulted the
husband beat him till he for his life and pursued
hun TIL he took refuge in the house of an Enplishnan
HIS cofined wife was LETT unburicd on the open fold
Tor several days and nights till booth was erected
ut MS cost anotng at least TO fifty pounds sterling
sacrifices offered TO kings and jutres in Uades and
masses said by Budh priest for the departed snr;, o
tire young woman, whose soul was supposed To he in
consequence these masses, andicasgs of relatives
on the sacrifices offered, raised to hinh place in
Paradise.
Whilst these lines are being written. vo b,vo
heard OF another similar to those acaius which
tAa Judge directs his Proclamation. TO the East
ward ut Hwuychow, n mans wifi, bcnr desired
oy her husband father TO lend her best dresses to
Wtush'er ABOUT to DC married, refused, because
envious and. malicious, under which bad passions
shc prepared poison for her sister in-law Tho IA
ther in-iaw ny mistake partook of the poisoned
1000, and the son filled with anguish killed him
SELL mus three lives were destroyed The local
magistrate took brides from the wife's kindred IN
hush up the deed He failed The woman b,s
been cut to pieces, III the market place and now
Judge Yaou wishes to carry death to the bribed
magistrate for an attempt TO slur over so arocious
a crime. Yaou has the law on his side but tho
Tartar magistrate is related to the deputy Govern.
or anu to the Tartar General. The last named he
ing at enmlty with the Judge will not solicit favor
ana indeed he Is afraid to do IT. lest the Judge should
report HIM to the Emperor The old deputy Cover
that MandarnS should help each other; but the Judoe
has merely replied that whatever he can do as look
ing In the Emperor's face, and answering to a rood
conscience, he will do, but nothing more---wfch an
swe thought to be refusal to the Deputy Cover
nors request.
we lament having to record most appalling NOR
tailty from cholera morbus, on board of the H. C. =
Aoercrombie ROBINSON Capt. John Inmcs durinr her
voyage from Bombay to this port the following mar
uculars OF which have been kindly communicated IN
US by friend. "
The ship left Bombay on tie 10Th Of Arc,st
mat evening boy was taken i'll and died2aud
While still IN sight of the lighthouse the Boatswan
was attacked, suffered severely, but recovered On
the i2th the sickness was general nd rared so yo-
lcniy that IN the space Of five days. of thirty crht
vino were attacked, twenty four died six of then,
died in less than six hours, and thirteen within twelve
hours from the first attack. Nine were buried in
one day! The disease appeared without execution
under the extreme and dangerous form of collnpsc
nc nc sufferers VINO were amnng the best in the
ship were taken i'll suddenly while ut work thnurb
previously in excellent health; one of them bile the
iuncra! service was reading, felt sudden shock and
made an exclamation OF alarm, taken below sick
ana ere morning he was q corpse. Every measure
was adopted that could III the least derree tond ia
countcract the malgnity of the epidemic could afford
defence against Its INVASION, could in any wav
aJd TO the safety or those board but the violence
oi the attacks was beyond relief and the most ac
tive ard pcrscvering means to relieve the unfortu
un.
The vital energy seemed completely DESTROYED
from tie first moment of ostensible disease, as TO
leave an inSuiciency Of life remaining to be- inf,ucn
ccd by restorative means.
From :le repeated occurrence Of a number benr !
attached IN the same watch, in the SHINE situation
aud under the same circumstances il might be infer
rcd that the proxlmatc exciting cause existed in
Tic surrounding atmosphere, although at n consdera
Die distance from the Malabar coast (which was the
nearest iand) with the southwest monsoon blowing
directly from SEWARD. Yet it is remarkable thai
none of The officers taken i'll. The weather
was moderate and tolyrably fine Throughout bu, there
was humidity III tho atmosphere, more particularly
evident at night, when by far the greater number Of
cases occurred. As a protection from the NIGHT air
inc ports were barred in every evening at six Acid
ilmiG were nlso rcsortcd to- In the latitude |
Of the Laccadivcs about / deg. ny an offensive
smell OF sea weed was perceived. The Barometer I
ranged from % deg. so, 10 %, 85, and the Their
from 78 deg to 90 deg. On the day the
Cholera ceased il rose fully three degrees. the skvi
was less obsc,rcd by clouds and haze. and the at, |
mosphcre clearer and les humid tho shin being then
III about deg. 60 ". lat, off Point dc Gale.
We believe that it ceased IN nearly the same stun
ton on board Of IT, W. s. Java when in Nav last
she quilted Bombay with the Cholera raging among