Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1828-1831, 1829-11-17

down aud saw money lying in on old hst he took it.
In about thirty days after the murder of the officers
ana tho plumber OF the vessel, they came on this
e1astInot' IA they Intended, at Boston, blu, near
New York. When il was dirk they run TIC brig
LOT the lighthouse on Sandy Hook got rs near land
as they could, and hove the brig to. Mansfield and
fhilp cut n hole in her-all hands got in the long
ooat, taking their money with them--got sail on the
GOAT and stccrcd for the light house. They stopped
at brooklyn; tho steward, Philip and Henry landed
there and went over 10 NcwYork; when they landed
battisto came to Philadelphia, and went from
thence To Cape May, where he was apprehendcd -
on ms confess ION and information Henry kesscr
was taken in this city. None OF tho others have
been found
From lkc .Ns,r York American Of oct o.
TuB PREsipgNr.-This equally splendid and tre-
mendous Walk IA the Udier-thc very KrdkeR az
al Stcamers-ett this city FRIDAY, Providence,
IN her regular line of duty She made the trip.
against a strong head wind, in fourteen hours From
Newport 10 PTovidencc, thirty miles she one
hour and forty minutes, being az IN" rate al one
mile IN three MINUTES snd twenty seconds, which
the rate of EIGHTEEN MILES AN HOUR
This Is the swiftcst walking tie water" ever
known.
SAW PArcH performed his feat of jumping over the
Falls Of he Gonescc At Rochester on Friday week
III tho presence of from TO 5000 spectators The
Rochester Daily Advertiser says the POINT from
which no jumped is about 100 feet above The le,cl
of he water below. Sam was clad IN a close whit
Sut-hc was but few seconds undrr wuicr--und
his temperance hailed with shouts from The
thousands who witnessed IN brcathlcss suspense his
pcrlous feat.
Death for E1guuy.-The Raic,gh Rcgis;cr Of tho
5th inst states hat Tbnin1s Norman WHO had been
convicted of biga,ny, the previous week nc Guilurd
Superior Court, was sentenced TO be hung Saur-
day the ? st inst. respite however, bad been
granted until the 10Th of December tn give opportu.
4 80 IS
Breueh Of Pro'nise.--At the last Circuit Cour.
and Court of Oyer and Icunncr for Livingston cour-
~ n. Y. amongst The civil causes tried was one for
breach of promise az marriage, brought by Emclnc
Kellogg sgainst David Wallace, in which the iu-y
found verdict for the plaintiff of $1,000
Wnce'ing, (Ia.) OCT. - Ertraoriiuo,y Jfcf Of n
Drrught H1se.-An unparalleled instance ufthe nov.
or ut a horse when assisted by art, wa. shown near
Croydon. The Surry Iron Rail way being connie
ted, and opened f.. hn carriage Of goods all the way
from N'.ndworih To 5ICrishaIn, n BIT was rnot, br
tween two gentlemen Tint common horse could draw
thItysX tons for six miles along The road and TIM,
he should draw this weight from dead pull as we'll
turn around the occasional windngs Of the road
The 2ith OF July vas fXrd on for their trial when
number OF gentlemen assembled near AIcrtshau 70
see this extraordinary triumph of art. Twelve war
goas loaded with SOL S each wagon weighing above
tons, wcre chained together, and horse taken pro-
miScuous!y from the cart of Mr. Iarwood, was voknd
into thu tam. He started rom near the Fox u h
lie house, and drew the immense chain of wagons
with apparent ease, TO near the turnpike at Crovden
distance OF six miles, IN one hout aud forty one
minutes, which i nearly at the rate or four miles
an hour In tho course ofths time he stopped four
times to show that it wasn blythe impetus of the de-
ce III power wa acquired, g. after each stop
hed Nil III" chain o! wagons from dead rest.
tiaN ,.n"d his wager, Mr. Banks, the gentleman
who laid the bet, directed four loaded wagons to
b. added to the cavacade with which the same horse
set off with undmiuished power and still further 10
show the effect of the Railway in facilitating
motion, he directed the attending workrnen to the
number OF about fifty, to mount on the Wagons
when the horse proceeded without the least distress
and IN truth there appeared to De scarcely any ni-
taton to the power Of his draught. After the trial
the wagons were taken to the weighing machine
and it appeared that the whole weight was as
follows
- Wagons first linked together Tons Cwt Ors.
weighed 80
j do. afterwards attached 10 o
Supposed weight Of 90 laborers o