The Rhode-Island Republican. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1809-1841, 1816-08-21
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TIE EXECUf'ION


Before tight O'clock, on saturday radfnit1
q number Of people collected ia the S. sis'
House Yard, and near the Prison, aud BY ,...'
the South East Public Sqasse, was th,ougttl
With Spectators, to Witness the ur!o ,Ji,ste
Young Man who vas doomed 10 expiatc HI :
crime by the loss of his Ire. At halt pasi tvs
o'clock, the Prison 0aie in Sixth-strcet w 4
Opened, and no appeared, ! preceded and ~
lowed by q. great number of civil ofiicess, ot'
horse aud on FOOT iu Cart, with the Exec,.y
TONER, and the Rev: Ds. Hurley. with whosh
he was engaged in deep spplica,icn aud pray.
er. Tho profession rearbc<, the Executioa
greh6d, 10 the centre oi the Nortb Wcst Pub
tic Square, u cievsn O'Clock, snd after the
nscessry Preparations were made, te was
embraced most tendctiy by his CohIcssot,
shook hapAs wi,h the Sheriff, the Keeper Of
the Prison and othevs, aud al half pas. eleven
was auncned into eternity, apparently with.
outa struggle. His body hung about half sn
hour, when il was taken down and given to
his friends for in,ermcht
Richard Smith was born ia Iralarc, but
losing his father in his inlsnuy, his mother
married again, and he WAS brought to this
country and reared in tho vicinity OF Phiiaiel.
phia--and at the age of cighteen, obtained the
Commission Of Lieutenant in the United
States Army--was " many engagements dur.
ing the late war, aid rendered himself more
conspicuous Tor his bravery than for his neral
conduct. ~
The evnsourss ofpeopio "a tsa place Of AK
eculion was immense. .and all seemed TO la
ment tho nece,sity Of enforcing so swiui a
punishment.
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Emigration. alive vessels from Ireland ar
rived al New-York last "Wednesday, with 276
passengers.
Stecie Psymenfs.--ln Jolly next the Banks
Of New York, Philadelphia and Baltimore,
propose 10 resume specie payments.
Gen. Toledo, ohe Of tic Sca.h. American
rcvoiu,ionis:s, and his secretary, have arrived
in Alexandria, from Eew-Orleans.
The subscriptions 10 The National Bank
will exceed thirty three Millions.
Very considerable quantities Of Specie arc
continually arriving in the Cniicd States.
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Mission 10 Russia.-Mf. Coles, late pri-
vaie Secretary 10 the President Of the United
States, ,brsring dispatches 10 the Russian Gov.
crnmeni, took his departure from This place
last Wednesday, in the y. s. sloop of war Pro.
mstheus, under the command OF Capt Wads.'
worth. The business 10 which these ces-
patches relate is psobably very urgent, as M.
Coles was extremely anxious to sail i;nmcd.
lately on his arrival IN town; which leads TO
a conclusion that the conjecture of the Phila.
dslphia paper relating TO Mr. Kosiof, the
Russian Consul General, Is Without founda.
,ion. The General Govt. csrnot inJe'fere
with the proceeding, in any State Court of
Jurisprudence.
Steam Boat on Lake Ons1rio--We fesrn
with pleasure, that Charles Smith, OF Albany,
and his ASSOCIATES, have completed Steam.
Boat OF Lake On,ario, OF rising 200 tons bur-
then. We earnestly desire, that the enter
prize Of those gentlemen IN ~ DO rcwardcd, In
the attention which lhe public viii pay 10
their establishnen,.-The arrangement OF
running The boat we have not ksrnt.
hst Brfaio Gag.
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SUCCESS OF THE PATRIOTS.
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