Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1830-06-28

a.iy which H. VS. 10 Jay !or 40 casf. I'D
winch ~ers delivered uudvr tbai efffess hsstf-
ance. These goods So purchased, were mime
disrely shipped 10 various p aces, some 10
Philadelphia, where they were sold By p %bsitive
orders al a Joss of33 l3 per cent, and some
10 Troy. 4 large quantity Of the goods we're
bought onor n o Il the lih OF October, TOT
y hlc1 an arrangement was made with the sell
lars 10 pay in trn lays. aud checks payable
o" the 9TH were accordingly gwen. The 24lh
occurred on Saturday, on winch day the credi-
tors found that Warner had stopped payment,
Early on Monday morning an application VAS
made 10 the Recorder by ". for the benefit Of
Inc InsolVent Laws. aud as is usual on such
Cases, a statement Of hIs property was annex
ed 10 the petition, which. he sworP. was Just
aud true statement, according 10 The besl Of his
knowledge 'and belief. Upon this schedule,
not a particle of The property sent eIilrr TO
Phiddel phla or Troy, or concealed in Eliza
beth 81. IN this city was TO be found, amounting
IN The aggregate to several thousand dollars.
The charge Of wlltul aud corrupt perjury, it
was endeavorrd 10 subsiantiale from tins Train
oil circumstances.
The evidence adducrd in support of this
statement wa, such as TO satisfy The Jury and
notwith ,tandiag an able defence, a verdict Of
guilty Was returned.
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The First Steamboat V0gage-.The Portland
Coulter Of Tuesday publishes Robert Fultnn's
letter To Joel Barlow, oil Philadelphia, written
Odd August. 1907, giving au accolnt OF his
first Tip by steam ny the Hudson. 1t has
often been printed in tho papers but II will
bear ireqarnt repetition. The following are
extracts from this letter.
lIg Dear Freud Nv. Steamboat VOYAGE TO
Albany and back has turned out rather more
favorable fhan | had calculated. The distance
from New York 10 Albany is 80 miles ; | ran
II up IN % hours aud down in 80 nours. The
latter Is JUS, five miles an hour. had a light
breeze against me the whole way going aud
coming, 50 that TO use was maze of nv sails;
and tue voyage has been performed wholly b,
the power Ut ihe steam engine. overlook
many sloops aud schDoncrS beating 10 Wind.
ward, and passed them as If they had been at
anchor.
The power of propelling boats by steam l.,
now I"lly proved. The morning | left New
York, there WINS moi pprhap, thirty persons in
the cry who believed that the boat would ever
nave one mile an hour, on be OF The least ulll-
ny. Aud while we we're putting off from the
wharf, which was crowded the spectators,
heard Il number of Sarcastic remarks this /,
the way you know, ia which ignorant men
compliment What they call philosophers and
projectors,
Having employed much time and money
and zeal IN accomplishing this work, II gives
me, as II viii you, great pleasure 10 see it so
FULLY answer my expectations. Ii will give a
quick aud cheap conveyance to merchandise on
the Misslppi, Missouri. aud other great rivers,
winch are now laying open Their treasures to
me enterprise OF our count ymen. Aud al
though the prospect oi personal emolumeut,
has beeG some iniucemcut TO me, vel ieel in
tlniteIy more pleasure in rejecting with YOU on
thr Immense advantage that my country will
derive from the Invention.