Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1828-1831, 1830-12-07

natural Of long accommodating and pestilential
pors--the seasonable, sound, and bracing weail
which we now enjoy. preligures the vigorous prospd
ity which is to follow under the government Of
new Constitution.
Ours is the moro plausible, and cheerful interp
tation.
From the " Courier and Enquirer of DEE.
MUNlTY AND MURDER.
This morning we ore cnablr ID from Ina vinr scnt
Reporter tn Flatbush yesterday, to Law bsfors
readers the particulars of the horrible murder so
Gently committed on waters. Tho number
persons now in custody who had been on board
vessel is four: Robert Dawes, John Brownr,
Charles Gibbs, and TEos. Wansley.
Da~ess stated that he was born in England.
is aged l8 years. hc appears. however TO BIO ncnr
years old. he is tall and has nothing ferocious ab
his countcnance is of that cold figure which indie,
that little of good evil gnates IN the he's =
one too young to have medi,ated teep crime \
too weak to resist. if seduced TO il. Brownriuy
peared to be aged about 10 years. and to have =
thcr benevolent countenance. He and Dawes
peared IN the examination rs witnesses for the neon
but Brnwnrigg appeared by fur the more anriov.
relieve his conscience from what wns we believe
involuntary knowledge of the foul decd. Gibbs W
has not hcrn examined vet, suites that he is n MAJ;
of Il. Island He appears To be about % wears
age, with sharp wan countenunce, brtrayinc SON,
thing of reckcssness snd corrupt NJ with little of
bru'ishncss offeature which might be sought for m
ucnueru.e murderer. w ansley. the colorod mf
states, that no was born in Delaware and ia ng
sbaut % years. he appears to be about 25.
countrnance 's large, with 20 trace of sens;b,tv
it: nevertheless there is no a6odiness. No nrne.re,
n "waras Inc ,nie'ion OF pain marked on it.
height above it, he appear more like one who ,yo
Join in with. and could Commit a murder. than I'd
who in ordinary circumstances would think of MIA
ing one. r"
Il BY tho accounts published yes crday it will bc M
cc'ved that the prisoners, with three others bavi,
scut,ied The brig, lefi her-thc prisoners in The Ion
boat. and The others in tho oly-boat The la,i1
win ao'u S@iooo surk IN the gale which followcI
and The prisoners got ashore, after having tbro,I
over. a. they, say abnu S2I 600 When tlev n,r;vl
on shore man whom they met gunnnu direc,
them to the house Of Johnson the only one on Ba
Island there they stayed night. and TO Jobnsd
til" murder divulged; the next mo,n;n1 tb1
went 10 MIR. l.conard's where they were oTros, j
Il we here subloln the substance Of the tlesposi,io1
Of Mr. Leonard and of John Brownrirp. taken
wednesday. Johnson and his wife who were nd
tanned yesterday have not yet been examined
i Samuel Leonard, being sworn saws, tina. IN ri
3oth day OF Nov. last.past four men came IN NJ
house IN The town OF Grnvcsend. in Kings Count
and on" OF them engaged him To take them down
Brooklyn for tire" dollars That oflor gottinr No
~ ready to do so. one ofihrm, who was called Jnr
by the Others and who since has called bis name Jol
Brown-gg said they should go no further -tb
they wor" ninrderrrs, and had murdered the can.
and mate. The deponrnt saws that tho sn,d mn,
caled JACK spoke these words to q man who "a n,
himself Charles CRIBS and a colored man who chi
himself Thomas Williams That the other pers,
OF The four calls himself Robert Dawes; and that
also sa'd afterwards that what the man called Jat
had said, was true After this conversations Cha RI
Gibbs asked drponent to step aside with him and h,
red him tn carry them 20 BROOKLYN and offered nj,
Sloo I" do So IL was mentioned among the said e.
persons, that they had been on board the brig Vim,
yard Of Boston IS INV
John Brownrigg. mariner. being duly sworn On,
that he Is naive Of Great Britain and that be ~
iney sailor on hoard the small brip colled a
Vineyard, of Boston That the said brig sailed fro
~ orleans. on the 3'h or 9th November for Pb;Ir
d"phia. That colorcd man who was talon -
custody Yesterday Tuesday at the same time wi,
'his deponent. and who was steward on hoard u
shid brig informed him and the others of he crow
ihe brlg That there was none on board for S,enb.
G'rard If Philadelphia That ON Tuesd,v -
the 25J November. this dcponent was I'm in The e
ging' attending 10 his duties. and while ,berc
heard some one cry, "Oh! oh. OH" That when
Ia'ne Gown ono Henry AtwclI, q sailor, said. w
nave 'ak"n chhrge And his deponent sovs that
then asked whore the captain was and tho sa;d A
wei answered that lie was overheard And this A
Ponent further saws that after this the man that chi
mIn,sf,l Chares GIBBS. acted captain of the bri
ana The said Atwe mate That G;bbs ,,, >,
only man then left on board the brio who vae ~.
GATOR That The steward was waSbino nm bionJ
The quarter deck, and the cabin ladder TIN, CHI
ana htweiI were engaged in overhnuling the pane
o. he sara brig The deponcnt says the
ana tha' they counted three of the kegs and four
tnat chch Reg confirmed about 5000, as near
! as deponcnt can recolect. Thar they continued
san the brig until last Sunday, about Ia O'Clock
n,gh', when IN sight of the floating light of r,
'hey got INTO the boats The said Gibbs, the sic,
ara hobt Dawes and this dcponent cot into ii
long boat, md the said Awell co!ored man INV II
nam OF 'hurch' who aid he belonged to Block
land and man called jun, who is a white man q
mo the Jolly boat. Before leaving the brip she W.
scut'!ed and also set fire in the cabin NJ iI;s do
oncht was informed by those on board the lone hon
ana ms dcponent saw that the brig wa. on fire VIII,
'ney had got considerable distance from her. mi
opponent further says that when the crew lef, II
| nrig each one had his share of the money an hoo,
me ooa' he was IN. That he took share of II
money to save his life, "a he WINS afraid tbev ,yon
XVI nun II no did not. And further that Inc heard
p"p'r read while on board the brig aft or the mul
hef OF the captain and mate, which .vns called nm In
voice, ana That the amount Of money mentioned
saI' invoice. was $50 1000 And this leponent 4,
tnrr snys' Tint nfer leaving the brig, and about
org O'Clock on Monday, morning last, he saw tho ma
:" INC Jolly boat 60 over her side-that the sea wa
tnen very heavy, md this deponcnt believes tie sa
JoIy boat toirave sunk That there were no 9th