Constitutional Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1824-1832, 1830-12-07

Pors-the seasonablc, sound, and bracing we,,bo
which we now enjoy, prefgurcs the vigorous prosper.
lty which is to follow under the government of ,b,
new Constitutions
Oars is the moro plausible, and cheerful internre.
tution.
From me " z Courier and ENQUIRE, or D.o
MUNITY AND MURDER. "
This morning We are enabled from hay np sen, o,x
Reporter to Flatbush yesterday, to Law before ~
readers the particulars of the horrible murder so
ceh'y committed on our waters. The number of
persons now IN custody who had been on board tho
ressei Is ,our; Robert Dawes, John Brownripp.
Charles Gibbs, and Tkos Wansley
Dawes stated that he was born in Enol,n1 49,,
Is aged rs years, he appears however IN r. 80 an ao
years old. he Is tall, and has NOTHING feroc;om -.
his is of that cold figure which indicates
that little OF good or evil originates in the bear,N
one too young to have mediated deem crime md
too weak TO resist. IT seduced to it. Brownrigp an
peared to be aged about 40 years. and to have RI
ther benevolent countenance. He and Dawes nm
peared IN the examination rs witnesses for the neon
but Brownrgg appeared by far the more onxiosr tn
relieve his conscience from what was we believe his
involuntary knowledge Of the foul deed (,;hhs -
mas nor been examined yet, states that he is nnt;ve
OF X Island He appears TO be about 90 wear. NJ
age win sharp wan countenance, betrayng some
snng OF ecSessness and corruption; with little of that
orulshness OF feature which might be SOUGHT far in
deliberate murderer. Wansey the coiored 49,
states that he was born in Delaware, and is AIRED
! ABOUT 70 years he appears to be about o5 His
| ito
II; nevertheless there is rnoodness M nrefry..
towards the infiiction of pain marked on if, He
forehead is erect and his hair rises to Soma
height above it, he appears more like one ybo r,.IS
join in with, and could commit q murder ,h,n o
who IN ordinary circumstances would think of plan
| ing Pun
by:tne accounts published yesterday it will be per-
ceved that the prisoners, with three others b,rno
ecutted the brig, left her-the prisoners in the ong
boat and The others in the iolly-boat The latter
WIN about $4,000 Sunk in the gale which followed,
Crnf
over as they, say about S24 600 When thew arrived
on shore man whom they met CUNNING directed
them to the house of Johnson the only one or Barren
island there they stayed night and 10 Jobnson
the murder was divulged; the next moro;no tbo,,
went to Mr. l.eonard's where tbey we're atres.eg{
! we here SUBJ ON the substance of the despositons
| of Mr. Leonard and of John Broworipg faLars -
Wednesday. Johnson and his wife. Who ware 10 ON
tanned yesterday have not yet been examined
Samuel Leonard, being sworn saws, thai IN IN.
boaa day OF Nov. last past four came to his
mousse III tne town OF Gravesend, in Kinps Countv
ana one OF them engaged HIM to take them down -
Brooklyn for three dollars That after oetino na,r
~ ready TO do SO; one of them who was called jack
by the others, and who since has called his n,ms T
Brownrgg, said they should go no furtber
they were murderers, and had murdered the cap,ain
and mate The deponent says that the said mar
Sal,eo Se e spoke these words to who called
| himself Charles Gibbs. and colored man who calls
himself Thomas Williams. That the other nerson
o, the four calls himself Robert Dawes and that he
also sa'd afterwards, that what the called Jack
|
ibbs asked deponent to step aside with him and bur
RED him to carry them to BROOKLYN, and offered him
S'oo to 90 so. 1t was mentioned among the said four
persons that they had been on board the brio Vim
yard of Boston. s e
John Brownrigg. mariner, being duly sworn. saws
snat 10 Is naive of Great Britain and that he waa
ateiY sailor on board the small hr;g called t1,s
Vineyard, of Boston. That the sai br;n s.;I5 go 10
N; orleans on the 9th or 9th November, for Phila
oelphia. ihat coored man who was taken into
CUSTODY Yesterday (Inesday) at the same time with
M uho
SAID brig informed him and the others of the crew of
tne org mat there was board for Stenben
irard OF Philadelphia That on Tuesday nigbt
| the Esd November. this dcponent wos nm in The s.;
gIng, attending 20 his duties and while there .Eo
heard some one cry, ooh! oh! OH" That when he
came down, one Henry Atwel, a sailor, said. I'VE
tha ,ahe1 charge And this deponent says that he
then asked where the captain was and the said At
wen answered that he was overheard. And this de-
poen rner says that after this, the man that calls
rs 'h Charies Gibbs, acted captain of the brig,
and Inc SAID Atwell mate That Gibbs was TIC
only man then left on board the brig who was navI
gator That the steward was washing I'D blood ON
me quarter deck, and the CABIN ladder That Gibbs
and were engaged in overhaung the papers
qua cargo OF the said brig. The deponent saws there
were ten kegs of silver money, in Mexican dolla re
and that they counted three ofthe kegs and fopnd
sno5 encn keg contained about 5000, as near as
\ as deponent can recollect. That they continued ~
san the brig untl last Sunday about ~ O'Clock ot
i niSht, when, IN sight of the foatng ligbt of r. 7
Ihey got INTO the boats The said Gibbs, the stew
d'u' NOD I Dawes. and this depoDent rot into tho
Iohg oost: ana the said Atwell, coored man by the
name OF Church, who said he belonged TO Block Is
| land and man called Jim, who is white man got
INTO the Jolly boat Before leaving the brig she was
scuttied, and also set fire in the cabin as this dem
oneht was informed by those board The long boat
u ms opponent saw that the brig was on fire when
| hey nad got considerable distance from her This
nePoheht further says, that when the crew left the
Dr'g' eacn one had his share of the money ON board
the BOAT he was in. That he took share of tho
money TO save bis life, he was afraid thew would
XII MN 1t he did not. And further that he heard
paper read, while on board the brig after the muir
nei OF the captain and mate, which called an in
voice, and that the amount of money nonf,oneJ i,
sald invoice, was $4,000. And this deponcnt fur
ther says that after leaving the brig and about
or O'Clock on Monday morning last, he sawlthc mast
OF me Jolly boat go over her side-that the sea was
tnen very heavy, and this deponent believes the said
hnaf f, I'M.