Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1828-1831, 1830-06-10

dear. fhe fate ef clhers ohefs rssps ciabe. iuuo
cent and honorable, depend them The same
sentence which in justice, dooms thcm to death.
docms ON aged and innocent father to infamy and
Disgrace; a.young and lovely wife, to agony unu,ter
abc, and largc circle of relatives aud friends y,
sorrow and dismay.
is said in the Salem paper, that the chief often
der, the originator of the d;abolica plot, has been
admitted ms witness on the part of the State. From
private letter, il appears that both of the knapps
were willing to scs IN themselves from legal punish
ment, by becoming witnesses for the Governments
and that committee waited on tho father Of them
to know which should be accepted. Tho thoughts
Of sealing the doom of one of his own children was
more than nature could support, aud the feelings Of
the father for season conquered those Of the
Pointing TO the chamber in which the wife OF the
Oldest son lay, he said ION account Of that young
creature, save my Oldest" The scene is described
rs agonizing beyond human endurance
The vito of J. ]. Knapp, Jr. now about 90 years
old, is one of the most beautiful and accomplished
ladies in Salem, aud the entire devotion of her hus.
band had become proverbial in that town. She has
not yet been permitted to visit him in his prison.
Her grief and mental agony beyond description,
and she mourns as thnse "without hope" Although
not permitted to visit her husband she insisted on
going TO tho Jail, where she carried in carriage;
but she was unable to look up when she got there.
Knapp wen. To the window of the prison to SIC her,
and It is said he did not discover any extraordinary
emotion.
II is alncntnblc in the highest degree, that the
fate Of two such beings should be so intimately and
tnScpQToOlv innocent,
vrtuous, Dung. md amiahie female made to adorn
her sex, is united with guilty wretch whose crimes
render him an outlaw from the favor and protect
of society.
Our booksellers advertise this morning. now
work of Sir Walter Scotia duodccmp, cont aiming
two dramas; the frs, en led the DOOM or Devon.
COIL. Certainly the genius of Sir Walter is not so
entirely melodramaiC that of the authors OF some
OF the pieces which have s,rutted something more
than their hour upon the stage. The Doom of De-
vorgo, however, does not rest upon such m lie tricks
rs keep up many of the mcio dramas. The author
has used one of the many legends with which, the oral
history Of his country stored and taken occasion
weave into the tissue, two Of those otare cha
racters that create smile IN his novel
The second piece, entitled AUcHiS- AVE. is pure
| w tragcal-Richard Ill. brough, into humble life
The language is often worthy the best thoughts os
the author; and the pieces though entirely adap-
ted to the stage, will be read with qualification.
| L S. Gasette
| Forboro, and not Boxboro' deserves the crod, OF
the famous Dnnstabe sfraws. which stole srch n
march upon tie world of fashion this spring. While
supposed To be English bonnets they sold at SIS and
cost but ?. They now sell at and dollars piece.
Foxboro is famous for the manufacture ofs,rsw bon
nets II is said that from 80 to 100 900 dollars wor,
| are annually sent from thence to the South alone
MASS. jour-
From the Portland Advertiser
The Haverhill, New Hampshire Post, in abiding
TO the prousions of Isaac Hills" that cumber the
columns Of The Jackson press itself in verv
humorous strain Of irony. In fact, the New Hamp-
shire Patriot. for month past has appeared like a
desert of Isaac Hills" without green spot to
cheer the moral wilderness. The following is an ex.
tract from the article
Hill is rejected, and "Democracy' is in weeds
He Is non confirmed and the bone and musclery are
ready to take arms. Al his dsapproval, the New
Hampshire Patriot and State Gazette is all IN tears
bubbering like Niobe. Its last number names the
fhnf
dcal alude to the Enme of EiI-nve of Mr. HILL
yea of Isaac HRi-and Of the Honorable Isaac Hill
Hill Isadc--Isnacus CoHis--Colie oculorurn doior-
eyes ache and Ophrhamia-Hill, I. HIll--Mster HILL
the Hon Mister Hill-Hon. Isaac Hll--Coiis rolio.
run, vel coiiuu,n-fiill upon HILL heaps upon heups-
fun'uhi tuuuforum Pclion upon Ossa, in all their
towering and inaccessible VARIETY! The sheet was rs
Hilly imperial Rome, and at every Hill fell rroan
at the ingratitude of Republics! But clear the way.
The Comptroller is coming! lie j. on his way! The
Democracy OF the east with unruflled bosom open
towards the west-stands ready TO receive him. Let
the shrted and shod aristocracy trembe at his COM
ing"
Mr.. Brodhsad is confirmed. II was thought by
some even of his friends, that the fact of his having
now in his honds a contract supply Stop clothing
for the navy to the amount Of Is 600 dollars wear
would be all objection to his appointment but il ap-
pears that the independent Senate got over it, Com
mend me- to certificates. 1t has been said Mr.. Brod
head has would transfer his contract to another
friend. Mass Jour.
CANAL REyENUE.-The amount OF toll paid tn
the collector at Albany. on merchandise cleared at
his Office for the Erie and Champlau canals during the
first six weeks business of this season, up the first
day of June. is tty-nine thousand sir hundred and
seventeen dollars.
SUPEnsTITIoS.-The London Morning Herald Civ
ing an account of execution, at Warwick, on the
10th of April, says,ln the agonles of the dying
some females-who. TO judge from their dress, were
resPectable-hurred towards the suspended bodies
with indecent precpitancy, to effect a removal OF
wcns An examPIifcation of the enlightened spirit of
these times"
Among the excavations now making nj Rome,
lately discovered the tomb of wrestler or psncrat-
asst, who had gained prize at the games, with par
aphernalia OF his art, in good preservation.
Deah.-It is worthy OF observation, says Lord Ba-
con, that there rs no passion in the mind of man
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