Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1859-09-24

Tnr SroEr-uuErp GEvrEr Nsw YoEE F;ra1s-
Il, Hood md his FDiio-srs.-NEw YuEE Stutcul,cr 4
A score or two Of bull heads and ,lumpy laws hav,
gone up 10 Syracuse, 10 assist the French saw 40
tu" Democratic State Convention Tammanv aud
Mozart each sends the best fighter in it, ranL s-
IaWmany j. particularly strong in this material "a. IL
has taken good care To the appointment OF some
Of it, best muscle n the various bureaus Of the CITY gov
'rmrnt aud. te offices which they l are ,inec1res
they have plenty oi leisure lO- occasional guerilla
-ious out q" tosu The Mozart Hall gfrsLss 10 rot en-
joy the advantages Of feeding from the city trough bit
entertain uualterug that their turn will come
when te udomt,hs Fernando shall sgaia issue his fats
from our H'' ~ lfhs' II IS generally supposed that
Fernando Keeps his reainers Ia paw This 4 an error
The chord that De- works Is the one that Bu!uer's
H'bsH describes as the hope Of fayor8 yet 10 come
Femandus elections cost him Eush pscspt I'M the
way Of PROMISE. OF which ho j. aRluent
To return to the shorthared gentry Strangers COM
monty suppose them 10 he ragnmuns Of the stage tyrc
With crushed h1 dirty shirts and ventilated boots Ia
C'7tra.rf they are among the neates and most uattlv
dressed men shout Black is their favorts wear
ard but Tor the gigantic real diamond plus that flash
from t1giT shirt ifon they would pass for hardvOrkinr
young huycrs 0r divinity staI,nis The conflicts of
these rlrtiaus. when they iuto collision AZ Tam
many Hail. 40 nominating conventions or az the poIs
are ave confined 20 hstcuns and are devoid OF perso
uaI nlEWy. lu The gambling hels and other deus Of
uttWv wuCgc they meet thsse men are G,uaIy cuourh
and o"y pImusl one another political Occasions ,s
matter oi taty Since the day when Augustus Schsn
having Lis cr1nium cracked oreu ike cocoa.
nut, li IhmW'uv Hall, some ten years ago have not
heard Of single serious injury rcsultiu- from the eu.
counters Of thc'c paid pugiIists Cor C1ay. M,rrry
W,tEiN0 cN W,rrH-Ou Saturday afternoon, Mr.
ucotN performed bis promised feat Of waking on water
7 She presence u about Of wituoses Tia. river
Pom, near Lc Don station the scene Of s uEriy.I
cd exploit little after O'Clock, three or four mem
b"rs OF ilr Irc', With NJ Gooieuough proceeded 10
TIE appointed sroi where Mr. Hcock was waiting hav.
ing come i1 huat through the Bay. Ile Wa- ac,optl
n'd 10y 'noibr- person in The boat A the few sprc
tor vino had been invited Wituc-s this preliminary
trial approached thc ryer they saw NJ Hicnk stalking
swav upon The water, biz companion resting Quietly In
che boat 81 distance Tie walked a distance of two or
trcl hundred yards With complete success Nhen the
sier ior OF whom the number bad been irc eased by
tfe knowledge Of what going obtaining circuls-
ton % the station being satisfied with the success OF the
operation, dcsr,d him 10 desst. he walks on water
shoes as tnc Indians do shOrs and did not sink
in more than siN or seven inches. The watershoes
which he used the 6rs he made; and az the idsa
ot walking watcr lid not strike him t fortnight ago
hc had but tle time To practice. He showed no dcul.
~, however u keeping his equilibrium sometimes with
wand aud sometimes With nothing In his hand He act
a>tre the boat occasionally his vatershoes hanging
over the sides This fact l. clearly established waking
on the water possible The art i in s infancy and
Who shsI say TO what Psrfsc,on Il nay be broashts-
7sroaia GIeb,