Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1840-1842, 1842-11-04


4 The trial 10, however, . very surprisiag one on
both sides. They shot. or hand, at the enormous
distance Of ISL yasd, feet; the number Of shot
80; no, as in our Western shooting matches, where
a man may shoot but once, and making good sho
by chance. carry OF his quarter Of beef Here
every shot was measured, and the sum Of all thu
distances gave the result. Me Geanners shot
measure Iva inches: Captain Lloyo's iG3f. Thu
is an average, for the former, of li-i5,hs inches
and for tho latter Of Is 30hs-or little loss thar
| 81 inches. MIR Geannets shooting is, OF course
less regular than Capt Lloyds the former having
two shot as distant as IL inches, and the latter none
as far as 10.
Montandon, il seems, shot better than his col
league to the 18Th round but missing his target
then, gave up. Gesnnet has stood champion oi
Switzerland for 90 earA He appears to have made
better shooting upon other occasions. The Swiss
shot guns carrying IS to the pound, the American,
one carrying 30. The latter used eonical ball.
Spit: If ths l9th century, for Oeiober.-This,
the religious magazine OF tha, able, blu, mos: VIC
lent con,rov ersislist the Revd Robert J. Brecken
ridse-eon,ains, We perceive, a republication Of
the authors old Abolition Tracts, of the year 1880.
We have glanced at them, and in spite of much
say that the people Of the South are utterly
less of their safety il they eountenance periodical
which Is made, under no matter what excuse, the
vehicle OF such matter. Mr. Breckenridge cannot
but be aware that these are tho things to send
among US, in any form, and least Of all in one Of
pety. But because he and Me- Robert wick'iffs
of Kentucky arc wsging sgainst e,eh other war
certainly little credisble to the mcekness OF the
former rs the morals of the latter 10 the country to-
be disturbed with a re-edition OF all the old Aboli-
tonlsm with which MIR B. is taunted1 Let Mr. b.
and MIR w. eight each other, il they will, with baz.
ing hre brands: but this gives neither Of them any
right TO toss their torches all about the country
and burn peoples houses afresh, birely by way OF
showing tina, the incendiary is honest and ardent
enough to wish nothing concealed tina, he ever
wro:e. The public should be spared all such proofs
OF MIR breckenridge eandour os courage.
A controversy onco lighted up with MIR Brecken.
ridge burns as nextinguishably as the Greek fire;
and we suppose We are next to have, in his Jour
nal all his speeches in Eas and and Scotland against
Thompson. These, too, his powerful and unscru
pulous adversary has denounced-and no doubt
most justly-as highly mschsvous; and Me- 3. has,
therefore, the same reason for re-pria,ios them.
We should probably give, however, a very un.
just idea Of the light in which we view air Btecken.
ridge, if we were to say only wba, thi, particular
occasion EFFORTS from US. We greatly admire his
abilities, his elcquenee, his learning, and tho al.
mos, apostolic fervour which anma:es and kind!es
up his talents. In private life and among bis hoek,
We know him to be as gentle. as .ff.ciiona,o, and
as winning as any man can be. But nothing can be
more unlike than the sancti,y, the sweetness OF his
religious character in is pacific state, and the ii.
ian,, the extermina,ins spin. which blAz.s up in
him, as soon as he gets into q controversy. Ye
Gods. how he lets loose then, and lays about him
The hundred arms OF tina, vas, giant OF old, if he
had them, would no, bs enough for the blow, which
he would wish TO shower. All his religious contrc-
versy is married. We think, of its power by its e1-
treme violence Il is entirely Of the crown cracking
sort, OF the "knoek down drag oct" order. IL no
would molly, he would be twice as strong-like
brandy, which you may swee.en 'tll you can ne
longer perceive how potent it is.