Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1856-01-19
TnE sronN ~ LoNe BeANcn.-The \. Y. HeL.

On motion Of Mr.. B0REMAS, the House adjourned.
TuE SroRN At LoNG BGANcn-The y. Y. Hefald's cor
respondent writing from Long Branch thus describes the
effects OF the recent storm at that place:
The Eastern Of New Jersey visited on Slur-
day night by of great severity the gale bein,
ut the heaviest known for several years Its effects
along the coast both the shore sea- have been
very disastrous Very great damage has been sustained
at the Long Branch boarding houses.
Messrs. COoper's fine boarding house-the Ne.
tropoan Is very seriously damaged the entire piazza
roof &c, being blown Oft Messr-. Kennedy and Cra,rs
United States Hotel also seriously injured having the
piazza blown entirely OIL and building otherwise dam.
aged by the gale Nj. Jacob IIerDcrt's new cottage
near the Alrgauy House, nearly rsined the whole
"ne"cins hroeied, and the Inmates Obliged TO desert
1t about daybreah
All the other houses the beach were more or less
njured-some Ot them sedou,ly-eXcept Mr.. Moriss
Pavilion and Mr.. J. W. MOrri-Ss Chelsea Cottage The
bank in front of the Broadway House has severely
IN this aud the last Storm and tie staways bathing hou-
Sc, &c, have been very much injured ami in cases
blown entirely away.
The from the bank in front of the broadway
House, this morning is terrible The buildings partly
blown down on all sides the broken aud cavcd banks de-
moi~hed bathing houses SC, presented perfect picture
OF fuin but the worst feature - presented from the
At every mOmen, vessel hcaycs n sight in various
stages of dslrraugcmcu and di-incmbrrincn-With sas
Sc, Sc
The severity the gale which began early on satur-
day evening and continued through the night gave
son To lear tat very heavy loss OF life had occurred ~
our im date vicinity the nng during all Saturday
was lined with vessels inward bound.
EXECUTION or TnRrr MrRprgERs-we find in the la.
ayctte Indiana Courier Of Friday, az account Of tie exc
cution of the murderers Rice Drisk and Stocking The
Courier lays
At ten minutes past o'clock this T. w. Stocking
Rice and Drskl duly executed 10y the hand, Of ill.,.
sheriff. Thomas jefferson Chsomtc irst named for the
murder Of John Rose aud the two latter Tor the murder
vi tcplas Fafcnbaugh.
Al y o'clock they were asked ii they ready for
dinner? Rice replied yes am buggy Disk said that lie
wanted good old dinner 1t the last he didn't want
to die hu"sry. lie remarked TO Rice wc get supper some
woge else Ape The dinners brought in aud DIES.
patched with great hcaitiness Alter dinner each on them
in turn washed and dressed himself for the final moment
They could not have made their toilet with more debea-
ton nnd coolness if they had been going to irolc-
Dn-kll, when washing, remarked through the window
which he was standing, TO outside that he
getting good ready IN putting his shirt Rice
discovered that there button missing. Drsl toll
him Rice replied that he hadn't time
Dri-k nOnchaany teioined that there was IAN hour
yet lie compimeued Rice with looking id starciy'
Rice, he finished, observed "Wel gentlemen, reck-
there a willngcr soul TO lie than am w.
Stocking said nothing bst conducted himself las he did
throughout with great dignity aud irnncss
The sheriff then proceeded To aust the fatal ropes
Rice requested that stool which had been placed for
his accommodation the seaiIold might be re-.
moved aud his request not being Immediately coni-
Piled with, he removed himself lie then kneit down
inclined his head forward rcmaking that the had
hung by which understood that c REGARDED that
as Tie proper position. bdssii pn observing 10 sail
ape, are you song 70 kneel5r Rice answered "yes"
IT, then turned Stocking and "tock which way is the
easiest a. de-kncol OF sind2 die the "a c.t
way. Stocking replied that he should stand unless ho
thought there was danger Of the rope breaking The sheriff
assured him tore danger lc therefore stood up
but Ddsill kneeed The caps then drawn their
faces aud twenty-five AMI half minutes alter two
o'clock the bolt withdraw aud the cupnt- launched iuto
stcrnity.
The Northern Light brngsn letter written BY NJ Vince
cr our charge Afrs ~ Nicaragua IN which hc plains
the grounds upon which be- acted In recognizing the new
Govenment in Nicaragua lie says that he authorled
by abundant prccceuts n the diplomatic history Of the
United states % recognise government -od ffo formed
a. that e-abhcdb by the treaty ofpcacc contaminated on
the @th Of October last and points a. the numerous chan
gc- ip France and action thereon aud 10 Mr. Web.
stcrs letter Of n-ucons in 1851 Mr Rvcs in HE ius
hcauon lie declares that be- has sudou-ly avoided al.
Interference with either Of the parties ~ the Republic
aud considers that because OF the boigclts ser
not natives Of Nicaragua that the principle on which he
acted not altered and that it would have been unjust
had lac refused to recognise the Government on these
grounds Tie thinks chat under the circumstances any
other course than tc be- pursued would have eft
American interests there In jeopardy and a. the
Minister Of great nation he would have been dercct to
the ptincs dictates Of duty have acted othcrwise-
There u evidently wide difference bctween the opinions
Of VIZ. Wheeler aud those Of the Administration at Wash