The Rhode-Island Republican. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1809-1841, 1816-09-11

From Miles, Htskly Register

We had heatd sn anecdote OF Doeres OF
the Guevrier, which we do not rceolleci 10
have seen in print. lie had captured en-
Anne rican vessel and dctaioed the csptsin on
board to whom he daily, ard sImos, hourly,
expressed his wish 10 !iliia with an Amefi.
can affigste---bnt he, alas . mad 40 hope that
one Of them would shew their noses cut Of
sort while he was on the Coast. When the
Constitution hove in sight, and j, w,s asccr-
tsincd tha, she was frigate,T Daeres ASKED
his prisoner Whist vessel he supposed her,
who commanded her, sc. Being Told capt.
hull, Of whom, however, he had no partieu-
lar knowledgs" the commsnder Of the Cugr-
riere sad. well, well---l'b iotouur yvo 70
him; in about ten minutes after we &c, up
with HIM you shall DO better soeaain,ed" AS
tho ships neared each other, Daeres invited
the Yankee to stay on deck and see the fun
/. il will be over in min0,e or two," said he,
!" and ,hep we'll SO aboard togeIhcr." The
other said /" he had no desire 10 be sho, for
/un, and would retire beIow''--He did So
after little while, the Gucfriere hred---no
gun was returned, and he felt misersble -
she fred again with the same result, and the
idea of another Chesoheoke affair almost dis.
rae,cd him she fired third time, but her
shos bad hardly left the cannon's mouth, ,hsn
il seemed to b,n, 90 use his owo phrasc) as
if heaven aud earth were coming togeI her" "
Before he heard the thunder OF the Cons,iIu.
tion, limbs OF men with shattered planks and
spars. the CRY OF horror and the wreck Of mat.
ter, thickepcd around him--thc report in
slan,iy followed and report succeeded report
so rapidly that all seemed mingled in one
terrible sound He |" coiled himself away
snugly" to await tho event--mast sf:cr mas,
went over, with horrible cfashipgs |; The Ice
gun was fired, snd ho ru sued on deck 10 hail
the beloved aag ofbls country. There siood
Daeres like Ss,ao contemplating the beauties
of the heaven he had lost. The Yankee ap.
proasbed him, and tokseiy requested the
promised in,roduc,ion 10 csStsin HuH. "Ge
90" said the bully The ,onc Of victory
was changed TO that Of gloomy despair.
The London papers have dashing account of a
dinner given by the princess Charlotte to the duke
millions Of people ~bo contributed 10 ns csH IF this
dinner, scAntiiy dined on cold Potatoes ibid
LoSoGvrrY, &c. David Wilson, living in Gala
tin county Kentucky, is 78 years old--by four wives
ne has ad forty childrenthe oldest d. but I6
years younger than himself His second wife had
S children al two births, in III months. he is IA.
live of Pennsy ylvsnla-ibid s-srxt ...
"JoY TO THs wosLD!" The following is from
the London SIN of tie iith of July We much ad.
mire us dehcocy anl paint. ~
"The frequent ihdispositions Of the Princess
CHARLOTTE naturally occasion surmises that they
proceed yfrom a eaass more aereta1ie thar oMerTiss
to the feelings Of nston deeply Interested in the
happiness Of her royal hghncss. IL may perhaps
expose rs to charge Of want Of etiquette, to say
any thing on the subject. but knowing how much
graiied the country viii be By the information we
cannot refrain from stating, that authority, more
grave than gossps stories. gives us leave TO fment
her illness sigkiy as posbie, and TO indulge our
warmest hopes .si utter brat wishes on s.e
aupieioa, MARRIED esndsfisn Of one SO dear to the
british reople 2. tsa -. 4 asg .f.s-f s.sgf
The Courier Of the 18th. says.--'he answer to the
enquiries yesterday, as 10 the state Of The princess
Charlottes hes,h was. her royal highne 10 better
is going well but is s,l orieted abc kept qraefl
Bless usl--vhs,s matter is IL tb-t The Dpeinap
has done the very aaisral thing thai be vas impoTi
ed expressly 20 do, The. Britt,h people pay hun
ab ~, 1920 dVllars year Tor bis performances