The New Hampshire Gazette

From the Albany Daily Advertiser, Nov 17.

ROCHESTER, NOV. 13, 1829.

Sam Patch's Death,-Sam Patch is no more! He made his last leap from a scaffold erected on the brink of the fall, this afternoon. The staging was elevated 25 feet. He sprung fearlessly from it and descended about one third the distance as handsomely as ever he did. He then evidently began to droop, his arms were extended and his legs separated; and in this condition he struck the water and sunk forever! It was a fearful leap, and fearfully has it terminated.

The prevailing opinion is, that he became lifeless ere he reached the water. He had drank freely in the morning, but was not apparently more overcome than he was on Friday last. It was truly a solemn scene, where so many thousands were witnesses to an emulation, which had its origin only in an effort to satisfy the craving appetite of human curiosity. Sam's last request, as I understand, was, that the funds collected should be sent to his mother if his adventure should terminate fatally. His body has not yet been found.

The height of the Genesee falls, down which he jumped, is 100 feet. The staging was 25 feet above the falls: the distance which he descended was therefore 125 feet.