Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1840-1842, 1842-08-12
SUMMARY OF NEWS.

isuns hsLLAh, &C Richmond, who, during n
h.e MOOD IN the James River. nob.y re cued. at IN
p,'. " us n~n TO- boy from drowning, is to %
s'ht 10 The Preparatory School at West Point 20 lie
aprointeda Cadet next year.
fkEcIrr.-"i will remove no incunbe,, e,o,,
once, VITO has faithfully and honestly seoni,,.d
himself Of the duties OF his Office. john Tri,r,S
-fdhess. S'
rs.eIIeS:-ln July, this same John Tyler re-
'noYeo zen Postmasiers IN Otsego county, ". York
Without the pretenee Of any charge that either Of
mem mad not faithfully and honestly ACQUITTED
himself OF the duties Of his ofice.n
Boston paper says that the contrac, for supply .
ing inc fos'ofices IN ". Hampshire and Vermont,
Hon. Isaac Hill ~
An o'd wi3ow lady was barbnrous'y murdered
and her house robbed, by two Irishmen. in C.mbn,
county, Pa. a few nights since.
The Bayou Sara Chronicle announces the death
o. Soi; Albert q. Barrow, That Parrish, on the
Col. NJ. Edwards came near .seapin, f,o,, 81.
n. 4. Criminal prison, on Monday. On searching
MS quarters, the officer found rope ladder On feel
long, hammers, wedges, saws. files, punches, KEYS.
&c. and he was du'y fastened.
Joseph Boyle, charged with murder, was arrested
a. ShiWeport, Louisiana, in June, ond pu, in Jail
near the line Of Texas and on the night Of ,L, OOH
tnree men broke into the Jail and shot Royle,s
brains out and fed, to house near bv. when
moo fa'!ied and assailed it, and succeeded IN killing
~f $3.50 - fA"'ihN ObucI Two, VINO are prison.
IL The Congress Of Texas have PASSED n Inv
granting 2,9ss acres of good land 10 rnv man
who viii marry during the present year a citizen Of
that Republic, who was such al the time Of the
declaration Of Independence.
SuIcIDE.-Dr. Robert III. Beatty, a native OF
winchester, Va recently resident OF Tennessee.
committed suicide in Evansville Ohio on the 3Otb
July, by shooting himself through the head with a
pistol. "''"
H. The tlarrisbursh Capi,olian OF Friday
says; "The She,iffs OF the different Counties Of
me State have teen officially informed that the
Governor will no, approve of the Apportionment
Bill, and that they need not, therefore, hold Con
sressional Elections"
In the trials going on before The Court Martial At
the y. Y. Navy Yard, Lieut.. Wilkes, the principal
accuser ana witness, gets more kicks than coppers
a new Tyler paper, called the Evening Exrr..s.
has been issued IN Phila. but will soon flash in the
pan, unless the Captain hands over the pop. quits
freely.
A letter has been received at Charleston, s. c.,
conveying The intelligence that Col. Thos Pinek-
ney, Ct that city, died Paris on the 9th of July
two days after his arrival there.
The eeiior Of the Providence Chronicle says that
Gov" DORIS portrait the other day az the clam
bake, was kissed over and over again by some Of
me ladies' present. The hero losi myriad OF bus
ses and clans by being absent.
And IN fine that honest John Davis will he elect
co oy large majority. March onvaTds!- boston
American.
A full suit Of clothes, brother, that honest John
DAVIS will not be elected Governor OF Massaehusst,,
nus year 6Y the votes OF the people. Will you stand
hl-GES. Union.
Wen take that, major, although, considering
YOUR corporation, and that $4,000 from the acting
PRESIDENT you should give odds; suppose we add,
10 make The thing complete, hat that Caleb Cush
ns - not the candidate Of any party in his districts:
ana pan OF boots that Leverett Saltons.a If he is
candidate, has an increased TIA orty over last elec
uon--BALr. AMER.
NEroEs-Capi. Tyler is not alone in his el,rv
Tor Gov Porter Of Pa, plays q strong hand az The
game OF veto, and President Houston, OF TEXAS.
who recently convened Congress for the avowed
purpose Of having j, lesslizc the contemplated in
vasion o. Santa Annals dominions has vetoed bin
to that effect
The divers have discovered the hull Of the steam
boa. Lexington. which met with a terrible fate in
Long Island Sound. /. lies in favorable position
and Preparations are making to raise it. The iron
chest on board contained large sum OF money.
The Tyler State Convention in Ohio. held az
Columbus, during the extra session of the Lesisia-
Foco Editors present.
A YOUNG LADY, of New York, Of highly re-
spectacle connexion, who had been engaged to a
young man for some time, to whom she was most
ardenily attached, was basely deserted by him,
when she sought refuge from incurabc ansui h.
IN suicide, Ivy drowning herself in large cistern
water, on Sunday last.
The British Queen sailed from New York on
Sunday morning, for Southampton and Antwerp,
with 40 passengers and full freight.