Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1828-1831, 1830-12-29

ts!esms The righ. 10 remove laiftoui came. ouLiG,
one lie certainly has been high Tariff aud Amer
can System man, and fins opinions have undergone
change, nobody knows IT,. Certain II is HE WAS NOT
TiiE JACKSON CANDIDATE -Rsporter.
a friend from Pe',dcton furnishes US with tie
oHowing item OF sporting int e!ligcncc.-A Young
gentleman in B0(h county, Mr. John Williams re
Gently killed two large bucks, the horns of which
were 50 interlockod that they could not discnguge
themselves There Is no doubt they had had com
oaf' and from observations which Mr.. W made. he
supposed they had beon in this condition for several
days The horns were SO securely fastened that he
GOULD not separate them without breakin. of one of
the Prongs The bucks were killed at two shots and
the one which escaped the frs; ball Carried fo 9TH
or about one hundred yards before he met "a leadcn
dsath"-[Sta,raton Spectator.
LYNcHBUnG. Dec 23.
Vt The Weather IS excessively cold. Yesterday is
said to have been the coolest DIV experienced here
for seven years, the thermometer being as low az
deg above zcro.-We learn thai one If the lock-
keepers ON the Canal. named William Bogps, fleez
cd to death last night. II pirginian.
REvERsE OF FoRTUNE.--The son of Marmon.el
died, as It seems. IN he hospital in thi, city, las,
week The Courier DIES Etnts inns. Of Saturday
morning. thus notices this event. TN finer
When, JNnrnontet for thirty five years the th-
iui friend of Votaire the vortc prntcge OF Mde de
Pompadour, the fortunate coadutor Of Gretry was
The object OF attention to al the mobiles Of the Court
OF literature the author Of the Iacas of Zemre and
aror and of the Moral Tales was re.eivinr rich
pres ns from oil the Sovereigns OF Europe aud saw
bus Beiisnrivs. which the Sor5onne had condemned
printed by order of the Empress Queen .Naria
Theresa, and translated into Russia by the Empres,
Cdthdrine H. herself; he little thought that his son,
The he'r OF name so distinguished, would n, n fu
ture day. go TO die IN hospital q thousand leagues
from his country. Although the literary reputation
OF the author of so many works which, in the mid
die OF the cighteenth century, obtained such signal
success, has lost something OF its brlllancy it is
with painful emotion justified by the sad end of
this unfortunate person, that cast our ewes over
some papers found in his small pocket book and we
recalled In running over them, those striking verses
OF Gilbert, dying, like him IN hopeless despair
Au banquet de la vie, nf,rtune convive,
J'apPaIus I'm jour, ct e meurs:
Je meurs. 81 sur la tombe lentement iarrve
Nul ne vendra verser les pleurs
Arrived about month ago from Brazil where
like 20 many others, h. went 10 seek fortune that
so few find, the French Benevolent Society had pro-
vided for his immediate wants; and at his request
ana with Wow In the restoration of his health i'm.
paired bv priva'ions and chagrin, had placed him
comfortably in the New York hospital He died
three days ago, and his unpretendng funeral was
followed by several o. his counlrymen who only
knew him by name, and who were preparing means
to send him back to France
His certificate of baptism is IN the name of Loui,
Joseph 6farmontei. son of John Francis MarmonteI
Of France, perpetual Secretary of
the French Academy,--born at Paris Goth January
1877 Ills godfather was the Duke of Orleans, his
godmother TIL" Duchess Of Bourbon.