The Rhode-Island Republican. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1809-1841, 1814-08-24

DIALOGUE,


\ RoinR @ send us'any more of your balls
Y1. Com. Do you want any more OF our 6aiis---
\ - wish Us to FIRE any more at your town
M Cir Yes, sir, we like the sport amazingly
Al have collected cart load of your balls, and
sold them for las cts. each and have made
\ Il contract to deliver another load, and should
like to know when can perform 1t.
Com. You are singular fellow. Do you
really want more of my balls !--liavc we done
4 you no injury Are not the people OF Stoning-
Y ION frightened and alarmed at the vivid hre OF
His Maiesty's ships Have we not destroyed
the whole town
Cir. You have neither frightened nor alar-
med rs. We like the spor.very much. Pray,
\ when will you fire any more of your balls p
4 We have already collected as many as will
pay all the damage done TO the town.
Com. If it is really fact, that you want
our balls, you must pay for the howder. 1t
costs five dollars for the powder for every Is
\ pound ball we 6re. You Yankees are damn'd
t curious set of fellows. don't know when
shaii. send you any more balls, without you
"a rst pay for the powder.
Clf.- Ifyou enable me to fulfill my contract
4 shall be much obliged. You Fave been kind
Z 20 us so far---we have made money by it, aud
hope you will continue your friendship.
.S Com. You are all, damn'd rascaIs, and
!. 'shal have no moro Of our balls. We have
4 already fired one thousand 50 pound shot, and
800 shells. We thought you would have
SURRENDERED the town Immediately. II this
\ is the effect Of our cannbnadng, we cannot
think of enabling you to make contracts at our
cxpencc. Leave the ship, sir.
Cu. Good bye, sir. hope you are not
angry with US. We cannot agree to pay for
the powder; His Majesty must do that. If
you send the powder on shore, we will agree
to send back your balls. This fair proposal,
although we shall lose by it.
Com. Go along, sir-Wc want to hear no
more Of your contracts. You are speculat-
Ing fellow, and damn me if you shall have any
more Of our balls. Boston Yankee.
GOOD APPOINTMENT.
We understand that Col. LoRINo has been
directed 60 take command Of Fort lndepen-
dence, and Fort Warren. This appointment
has given universal satisfaction, as 1t is well
known that this Gentleman is peculiarly quail
fed for this IMPORTANT Command.--Thc Mill
tia yhich will be under his immediate Com
yiiand, will rnd IN him an officer every way
calculated 10 make them efficient TO meet the
enemy The citizens Of Boston must entirely
RELY ON the vigorous defence Of the Forts, for
the protection of their capital, and must feel
gratif.d 4 that Gen. .DEARBoRN, has made such
judicious selection of an officer possessing all
the requisites calculated to i0spirc courage in
the hour of battle, and with science and mill
tary talents TO prepare his gallant troops to
meet the foe with frmness and eHect.-'i6'd.
The federal papers assert Qalsely) that the
gallant soldiers who fought the late glorious
battle at Bridgewaler, were all Yankees, en-
listed in the Ncw"Englaud States. The next
discovery will probably be, that they were all
Federalsfs offhe Boston sfamh Hussa tor
the Federal Navy aud the Federal Army ! &c.
Defence of Neey- York--A noble zeal to pre-
pare for repelling any hostile attempt upon
the city Of Ncw-York, appears to animate all
classes of It's citizens. A new fortlhcation,
upon un extensive scale, planned oy zen.
Swift, Of The Engineers, is erecting, upon
Brooklyn Heights. Citizens OF every grade
in society, from tho highest literary characters
TO the day laborcr, are voluntarily turning out
20 work on the Notifications, with zeal and
alacrity unparalleled in the annals OF our coun'
try.--They turn out by COMPANIES, 7vords, as
socianons and professions. One day, all the
cabiuet-maker RS, shipwrights, sc. The next,
all the lawyers, students in law and physic,
printers, exempts from militia duty, &c
Then, citizens Of the wards, military compan-
les, city watch, Sc. sc-furnishins voun-
sary supply of at least 500 men every day Tor
this important labor. The donations in lieu
of personal labor are very liberal. The Banks
subscribed $50 dollars each. Tho papers are
full Of accounts of meetings, and resolutions
in aid Of the defence of the cl,y.--4usrenry.
~ /.
The amor ha,rie now animates all classes
of our citizens, and il is pleasing 10 witness
with what alacri,y they are voiuntee eering their
labor for the construction Of tho projected
works Of defence. Men Of the hignes' and
the humblcst circlcs--thc welthy and the
s,nas--.ha har1lv lahnrer and mochanic--ihe