Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Wayne County, Ind.) 1831-1837, 1833-12-21

f. -. loo X \. Va. Dusing the rest OF tue
. day alg.o was constantly entrcatine
! his companions TO avenge his death fol
: ne was aware that his time in thi.
world was short; bu. a. they did not
: seem to pay much attention to his en-
treaties, the captaiD and passenger:
did not feel the least uneasy for the
safety Of Barns, whose Sound was but
slight. l, seems, bowe4 Ter, that more
attention was paid to thdk N taan was
supposed, for at about O'Clock ID the
morning on the morning OF the un.cr
tunate Barns was shot while lying in
his hammock. The perpetrator o:
, this cowardly deed was not KNOWN
: though suspicion at once rested upon
, John Walker, who had not been seen
for several hours. At q o'clock the
boat was searched from top TO bottom,
but nothing Of Walker could be found.
During the rest Of the day little OF
ooi,sequence occurred, excepting the
constant drunkenness Of the mate and
sailors, who, by their threats, yer.
plainly showed that they were dis
/ pleased with the captain and passen-
gers for Offering a reward Of five hun
dred dollars for the discovery OF the
unknown murderer, for, from circum-
stances, we were confident that more
than one had hand in the business.
On the night Of the 22d, plot was
discovered, whic h if carried into effect.
would have proved the destruction of
boat and passengers. On this dis
cO.ery. the mate and four of the sailors
were arrested and confined. The boat
was again searched, and to our great
surprise, John Walker was found in
the hold. We Immediately put him
in continment with his companions.
keeping strict watch over them until
we arrived at Mills Point where they
were delivered over to the civiiauthori-
ty Of that place. The plot appeared
to be as follows: 4 slow match was
tohave been put to two kegs OF powder.
which wer. in the hold; the six mu-
tincers were TO make their escape by
i f1eans Of the small boat, leaving the
rest to their fase.
/ Upwards of 30 cabin and lOO deck
passengers LETT the boat a. Memphis.
made by Robinson [tte mate and the
sailors, whore they published a card
highly complimentary to the conduct
OF Captain Philip Richardson.
! THE BANKS OF NEW FoUNDLAND.-I
! k.,, T. on
forty Thousand miles. and are from
thirty TO forty-five fathoms below TIE
surface Of the ocean. The shoals are
| ,ha b,ted by innuncrable tribes of
muscles and clans, 10 which il is Il IA
WORT" residence, "a they ar bury their
suells in the soft sand. They have
enemies to contend with. The Goldfish
resort to this coast to prey on them
They keep constant watch. aud swim
about a foot above the submarine
sands; when Il muscle opens lis >fseil.
ii is imme diateIv seized an; tevaurt1.
At other tunes the isl. do not wait:i
they arc provided with tlor,.s pr3tu-
beranCe round their mouths; alta
these they arrow IN the sand aad cep-
ture the mnscie IN ITS shell. The fI-i.
ermen ofvarlous nations, French, j. 9
llsh ard Americans. who resort tol
these banks. take annually from eight
to ten millions FISH; on opening them
they find the remains Of twenty or tit-
ty muscles in each-sometImes the /
muscle shells are found either who'll, !,
or partially dissolved. The first care
of the fishermen. after taking their s:a-
tons. Is to ascertain the "ty.n 81 wa-
ter: the lines must be :eguiated 80 as i
TO lie o. the bottom. mere the fish |
are always engaged in the species Of!
submarine war.
.wINs.-On the l3th ,nst. a lady OF
Newport. Nv. was delivered ofiemales
twins, united lii manner resembling
the Siamese twins. \ correspondent OF
tho b1, Col