Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1840-1842, 1842-08-20
SUMMARY or NEWS.

armed With il. so he can strike dow the ae, of tho
General Assembly, at VIII
More H,eds-It was rumoted in Boston. few
days ago, that Gov. Lincoln, the Coll,etsr md Al,
Gordon. the 4. NJ. are to DO removed A, soon a.
Congress adiOuIns.
Henry Clay Is known throughout the South
| and ~ spoken OF IN tho Southern ntio,s n,
Ter Mil bor OF rus sLAsmEs." He derives
the title irom the fact that when n poor fa,here,,
boy, he used to ride 10 mill through the sla.he, OF
Hanover Co., V"g'nis, to get meal for his mother.
| Boat. finer.
At the Dorr Clam cake in Rhode Island. a 6sw
Jays since. the old women who attended actually
sucked in so bushels Of CLANS and sixty bu,bel, OF
Focos. N ""e '-'''
Inc propric,ors Of the ST. Charles Hotel nav
oet~een and 9hurdred dollars year to the Com.
mercal Bank for the water used in ,hs;r .s,.I
lshment We thought tho As,or House n, N.v
| York paid an enormous sum- when /, was stated
that the Groom water cost that e,ta blisbnont 6vo
hundred dollars per annu'n; but hotels go ahead
IN o. Pie.
few days since an Indian floating for s,ur..on.
| in the Pinunkey River, "a branch of York. nr,,
The White House, ~ New Kent county, 100 miles
from the Chesapeake Bay, caught n Shark. eigbt
let long, weighing 800 lbs. Water Sharks seem
almost as plenty as their brethren on land MANY
having been taken in unusual places this season.
TIC Neptune Insurance Company OF Baltimore,
has declared semi annual dividend OF n per cent.
The ship Courier, at Now York, from Palermo.
passed, on her passage, part Of the wreck of A
steamboat, consisting Of the promenade deck which
had been IN The water long time, and was covered
with baTnacles.
Hills N. II. Patro, says. that rich vein Of mr.
senic has been discovered in Dunbar,on. in thu,
| Statc-very probable.
The following implements OF war, belonging Ia
the State oil Illinois, said be in the possession
| oithat Areh.liumbug, Jo Smith and his followers:
Five Founders. 500 muskets i6O pistols, SC rifles.
il3 ycagers, and l23 swords.
| Inc miierltes are holding "proracted mee,insn
on Arbor Hill, in Albany. The Citizen saw,
there were not less than 1000 persons present on
| Wednesday, and that "oats and gingerbread arc
furnished 10y the faithful at the lowest rates Tor
man and beast"
Between the 81 and 10th of Aug, 10, 96I bbls.
Flour and 1861 bushels Of corn were exported from
the port Cf N Y.
The Tournament at Wanenton SPRINGS came of
to The satisfaction Of all present, on the 6h and wo
10 take place the 9th inst.
NEw YoRK Custom HousE.-The following ia
the aggregate of transactions at the New York
Custom House for the month OF July past:
Cash duties received, $3.50 600 90
Receipts Of cash from Bonds, 900 Gs7 IS
Debentures issued, Ga 600 on
Debcntures paid, 81 OOO IN
GcoD JoKE.-The Millerites are prophesvins
that the end of tho world is TO be in April, Isi3
ana yetat the same time in this month Of August,
isie, they are taking subscriptions for n newspa.
per, Tor "onc year IN advanceil" Not bad that.
There are in Indiana thirty three towns bearing
inc same name Unless the name of the county loo
speched, letter may travel over tho whole State
Tor months before arriving at tie destination.
The Pewter Mug" an ordinary tippline hons.
- the headquarters OF the Tyler party in New
York.
RoDBERIEs AT II sroH.-rwo men named Char
les Walker, and Christian Meadows were arrested
AZ Boston Tor s'ore-hreikng on Sunday last. A
Jewelfy store was broken into and 500 worth
taker, bui no trace discovered Of the robbers.
gentlemen was robbed in Ann street. Boston.
on Saturday night, Of gold watch, worth $3.50
| 5o 10 so IN banks bills, and n sword cane.
ILLINOIS PoLIrIcs.-The Loco Foeos Of Illinois,
as IN Alabama, have now got to shoulder their
STATE Banks and State Debt, which they created;
and II Is hoped, that they will walk off with then,
handsomely on their backs, without any repudia.
ton.
Loss OF THE STEAMBOAT LEBAsoH.-The ST.
Louis Bulletin of the q Ia inst. Observes We learn
from the officers of the Emiline from the Mo river
that the Steamboat Lebanon of this port was snagg-
ed while ascending that river, few day since nrar
Camden bar. The stern of the boat was two feet
under water her bow nearly out.-She cannot be
raised. The Lebanon had large lot OF gnods on
hoard. belonging to Mexican merchants Of SAINTS
lie, worth $4,000. upon which there was no I'M
surance. Tho extent vi the damage TO them ha.
not been ascerained The ST. Louis Republican
! says:-"We understand that the boat wns insured a
!
We learn That sympn,hising meeting has beer
held IN Thompson, ut which White, D'WOlG the
| Comstccks, and others OF Doris men attended,
The meeting, we ore informed, was private, Ano
the consultation long.-P'op Jtur.
The Star IS getting behind the times, in copying
abstracts from "by authority" lshmaelite, whaT
the real gii can be had for the asking.
With the npolheeatyh takes three scruples Il
| make dram; bu, with the drunkard IL takes man,
drains 10 make one scruplc
wonderful cave has been discovered in Soho
haVa county, New York. and penetrated TO ia
extent OF miles, without finding a terminus
! The runaway Dorr, was at Concord, N. Uamn
shire, last week.
Gen. John X Smith, Patriot Of the Revolution
died at Portland, Me. last week. in the s9.h yea
| Of his age.
Large Ass,ts. A fellow in Louisiana, who ha
become Inextrcaby involved, wished to take III,
benefit Of the bankrupt law. He therefore drew
up his petition, and in tho schedule Cf effects h
gave up little two weeks old pig, and barre
halt full OF whiskoy, rs his only available assets
| The petition was accepted but when the assisne
went TO our bankrupt friend, neither whskey no
| pig was to be found, and after considerable hum
ming and having, the poor fellow at last deliyere
| himself as follows:-"lf you must know the truth
Mr.. Assignee, why, the pig 10 dead, and hav
crank oil the whiskey"
The Democratic Trumpet, published near Che
paehei, announces now piece OF music enlte
"Govornor DORIS Quickstep."
| "SMALL PoTAroEs"-Undor this head the Alta
complains that old Locoioco woman who sol
apples in N. York Watch house, has been turn
cd out Ii IS almost too bad TO turn Loeoloco-
man or voman-out Of n Watch house.
ALBAsI CIR.
SrArE ScRIP.-Tho question Of receiving Stat
/ Scrip for county dues was submitted TO the pee
/ pie Of Vigo by the Commissioners at the late cleo
ton, oad decided in the affirmative by a vote
| 1864 TO 81 This is an excellent move, and Il gene
rally adopted, would DC death to shayers.-IS SEt
| One Abel Brown. protested Clergymen, ha
| been indicted, in Albany ". Y. for libel
publishing handful in which Henry Clay OF Ks
was charged with being thief, dueisi, gamble
robber, aduteror, manstealor, and almost ever
thing else Infamous except being Tylor-man.
One lot Of one thousand baskets Of Peaches wer
carried TO tho ~. Y. market last week, from w
mington, Del.
Mormon paper is printed in tho City Of B1
limoro. Out with il.
In the entire vote for Governor, in ". c., eIcsp
| ing nine counties not heard FROM flenry's vote
! 2,4l0 less than Snundcrs' in 1910.
a rather serious accident took plack on yes,erds
on tho ra'lTond between this and Richmond
wheel Of n car laden with iron having broken fo'
ofhvo cars behind were dashed up against o.
/ nnother-all damaged, and two or three smashed
pieces Fortunately mono Of the passengers We
injured. The Richmond mail did not como 10 haf
| until late in the afternoon. The accident occurr
seven miles from Petersburg PR SrATsMAH.
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