Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1840-1842, 1842-07-13
SUMMARY or NEWS.

NJ oNPe''e" !" rise TO the height Of 20 feet.
The Dosion merchants are bringing Aui,s against
he Collector quite merrily, to recover buck ali d,
'es paid since tho sob June
quantity of rockets were accidentally limited
eelebfaI'on Of the tn, at Geneva, New York,
Y which two or three persons were killed, and
"me hall dozsn others mote or less injured.
Mslcr Noah proposes to issue Tyler paper in
New Yo,k. ~
Gent Bennett, commander Of Joe Smiths force,
n Nauvoo has been ehshlered aud exconnuniealeJ
y the Mormon Board OF Bishop.
They had a rumour in New York ON p,;J.y
hat MIR Curtis, tho Collector had he-n removed To
make room foe the Hon. l.. Wood, member Of Con
sress from that city.
The Acadia IS TO be the NEXT Steamer from Eng
and-her day OF sailing the 9Th.
Some OF the Factories ut Lowell have lately been
I,"pped, ana between two and three thousand of
lie srls thrown out Of employment.
The Germantown Telegraph says. that an old
70; uenan French surgeon, Is residing in that Vi.
may, WHO was present at the execution of Mni,r
Nndre. do Thatcher. author OF the Military Jour
pat. was present at that sad event-he 10 still alive
pad vigorous, at Plymouth, Mass.
The franklin Review of Nashville onnonnc.,, tho
Heath of Carey A. Harris. formerly SupefinIenden,
Indian Affairs. lie died in franklin, Team, on
he is.h ut, in the Seth year OF his age
| Inc Lynehburg Republican calls especial atten.
on to The report of the State, Rights Republican,
Hnli. Tsr'ti meeting in RchmonJ,-but the States
ights Republican, Anti Tariff, Fee Trade, Dor
'emocras are very quiet about il, in these die
gnss
Samuel c.. Goodrich, OF Roxbury, WAS nominated
OF Congress, nj a late Wing Convention. for The
IN District in Mass.
"A Quaker Anspo.-"Mar,ha, docs thee oy,
ne ~ asked Quaker youth Of one at whose ,brine
~, hearts hollesI feelings had beer offered up.
why, Seth" answered She tive are commanded
20 love one another, are we not 2"
Ay Mafthe; but does thee regard me with that
feeling the world calls love 3p
II hardly know what TO tell thee, Seth. ILavc
rea'y feared that my heart has been an errrg one.
ha'e tired TO 5esiow my love oil, but have
nou.nt, perhaps, that thee was getting rather more
thnn Thy share"
The Morris Canal, under its new managers
now apparently in the full tide OF successful OK
eriment. Coal from tho Lehish mines is coming
iown rapidly. Several boat loads have been re-,
eVed within few days, we understand, by A. l..
Downer.-Newnrk Daily Adv.
No Subtitle recen, attempt to sell the anal
amos IN Ohio, has turned out n failure. Not a do
sr Of cash was received al Mnumec. and on'v
$500 of State Bonds. A fixed price was placed
ipon these lands, below which they could not be
Sold.-Roch. Dem.
TIE OCEAN SrEAsERs.-we shall have no less
han Tour steamers this month from the old word.
ne e Acadia, Ry.c, from Liverpool, 5,h; the Brit
sh Ilueen, from Antwerp via SOUTHAMPTON lOtl.
ne Great Western, Hosken, from Bristol lG,b,
and The Columbia, from Liverpool, goth.
NJ Y. Com
BOLD RonDERY.-On Wednesday evening DIR.
recn, OF Hudson street, left his horse and gig stand
ng al INC door while he went into his house for
r." minutes. On his return, they were gone. and
no traces have been discovered Of them since IN.
NOBLE RErLY.-Aris,otle, when eensurcd for
giving aims To bad man, replied, III did not give il
o the mani gave !, to humanity"
FAME.-l would much rather posterity should
.ngure why no statues were erected TO me than
why they were.-CaiO.
Cure for Hard Iinlss.-Chent the doctor bv la
Pns :empsrate-Ihe lawyer by keeping out of debt
the demagogue by voting for honest men,
n foil Court Martisl is about to convene OF New
York for the trial of Com. Ballard.
train of cars, last week, conveyed over $500
barrels flour from Albany to Boston. aud another
ram which lett Boston on the night OF the ith took
I'OO passengers TO Worcester.
| A MAD Cow-A vety fine cow wa, b,o,,b,
INTO town this morning on board one Of the Moth
River boats. and was bought by a butcher, who
attempted to drive her home. lie had not proceed.
led lar with her when, in consequence of the noise
nnd crowd ol the city, she began 10 show symptoms
|"i wlldness, AMI finally became altogether unmpn-
|ageable At last the rushed into the Park through nm
|open gate, where she pursued several persons pnss.
Inc across, making them 1y with great precipitation
TO the right and left. a boy tossed by her in the
MIR but fell without being much hurt On, man
was seriously injured by her horns in the eroir
'hfee or iour thousand persons collected, either TO
Mlness the spectacle to assist in securing her
L he animal rushed at them hsrcely and made them
scamper IN all directions. After she had RANGED
the Park for about an hour, large bull doc WINS
senior. The COW struck him with her horns ard
trnmpled on him, but the dog coon RECOVERING. n
chase enda running fight began. which led them
about half way round the Park. Finally he seized
her the muzzle, after which she was easily secured
and led nway.-Eyenins Post.
PARrIEs.-The whig journals are running up
The Clay Flag and they DO il with that sink or
swim resolution which generally leads 10 triumph
4 ney were never more united, and never perhaps
hsd more potent popular omens of success s. Their
affections and hopes not divided between rival
candidaies-they settle down and fasion firmly on
one man. This gives their effort dreeiness. con-
oen'ra!ion and energy. Their opponents divided,
and will remain so unless some miracle Of harmony
be wrought.-North Amer.
Some Of the Students at Old Harvard, few DAVIS
ago, placed n charged bombshell in one Of tho rec-
tniion rooms, which exploded and tore down lbs
partitions, demolished the doors aud windows, and
made large opening in the n,or No one was
hurt nor has the offender been found out.
The Wings now having conuol oG the CITY 90
Vernment of New York, nre hard at work in re-
moving iai.hless rascals and defaulters and putting
IN honest men, TO tho numerous Offices. The runas
way l.oco'oco Treasurer stole 900 and ]. d.
Stevenson, the principal geiler up Of the pine law
ing humbus, is minus $4,000.
Gov. King Of II. I. has appointed the 2Ist inst.
w. bc observed throughout the State as dow of
thanksgiving, Tor the release of the State from tho
horrors Of civil War.
About ZIG 600 hogs wero slaughtered at Cincin
nalti, last lnll.
n note executed by the n. q. Gas Bank TO the
Bank OF the u. $. few years ago. for S65OO 600 and
now over due, was sold at auction last week. bv
The Sheriff, for 5000.
In N. Orleans tax Of $4,000 por annum has been
imposed p on the Keepers Of oil games Of Craps, and
IL "as rumored in the street, yesterday, that tho
Bahh Convention had voted unanimously for the
resumption OF specie payments, the Is, of Sep.
'emUer' tennessee commences tho is, Of August
The Clay Club fever is raging with unusual vic
renee IN Ohio. In tho valley Of tho Muskinsum
nearly the whole population arc infected with il and
t IS extending into all parts Of the State with fearful
rapdity. The Locoioco doctors pronounce il inf.
nholy worse than the Cholera, and all Of then, con.
cur IN The opinion that medicine has the least
power over IT,.
The Washington Correspondent Of one OF the
New York papers states, that the indomitob : Can
tain has person OF much skill and shrewdness NJ
work upon Veto Message for the Jfr tariff lii
now under discussion in the House,-snJ Inn, he
Undermined 10 Veto any how, whtthtr IL be above
~ rer cent or below it-Dislrbuiion or no Dstri-
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