The Rhode-Island Republican. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1809-1841, 1817-07-16


".fnofher Steam. Boar .1ecidenf," erniain-
el.--The sccouH, given of the accident
which befell the Norwich Steam Boat, on
the I'd inst. aud running through tue public
papers, is calculated to misicad those who
are unacquainred with Steam Boats. The
facts are as follows 80
The boat in question Is q small vessel late
~ built and owned by q few individuals 10
Norwich, 10 ply between Norwich and
New London, the proprietors OF which to
save the expense Of Fulton and Livingston's
patent right, an expensive engine, have put
ioto her simple engine upon new con.
struction and entirely cxperimental, with
high pressure Cylen.ers, and extraoi dinsry
ssit may appear WOODEN boilers, without
Eondensers, safety valves or balance wheels;
as was predicted by many, her wooden boil
ers burst, and three persons hurt, but not
dangerously.
Il 10 4 fact worthy of notice, that tho
Steam Boats upon the North River and
Long Island Sound, constructed upon the
Fulton and Livingston plan, have been rum
ming ten years, without a single person ever
bsing injured, aud il i, impossible any serious
injury should happen to them, their safety
vAlves being calculated to relieve an excess OF
stsan spontaneously.
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The Canal Cnsondoie has been completed
at New Orleans. II was ascendcd by large
sopsaii scbooner on the 18th ult. II is spok.
en- Of as . very useful work. This canal o.
pens an Immediate navigation with the lakes.
NAvAL.-lWasaipgfon Cify, June 80. In
addition 10 ,he duly Of directing the necessary
surveys ard examination preparatory TO the
selection Of suitable site for naval depot
aad dock yard on our northern coast, we
learn that the commissioners OF the navy are
also charged with the general survey OF our
coast, and that they have issued orders to the
oSieers employed on both those services.
With view 10 the Instruction Of our young
officers, tho vessels ployed in these surveys
are to be wholly manned by them.
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. Tho book, which is now summing the FOUND
IN the American bookstores, is pronounced
by the London Monthly Magazine of Aaril
last to be a forgsry.--This is, Manuseris pen.
&c de 81. Helene dune Mdniere Inconnne.
"Theswork appears vithou, single title to
credit, and is defective in all those cireum-
ssaotisl facts which would seeure it from The
charge Of forgery. 1t has long been known
shat Napoleon mediates history of his Pub
lic Lie, and perhaps this attempt has been
made to abuse the public curiosity, with q
view TO bsfiie it whcnsyer the genuine per-
form Anoe appears. We have heard 1t as
scribed to a Certain Secretary, end the pro-
ject. and tho performance appear to be on a
psr with his talents. I, contains no novelty
in matters Of fact, and no reasoning beyond
what could easily be feigned by any French
cmigrnnt, or any partzsn of the British min.
istry."
The monthly Magazine draws a parallel,
or rather contrast, between the two celcbrst-
cd Reviews re-Published in this Country !:
g Betwesn the two publications there is this
essential difference; viz. the writer's in the
Edinhargh Review prove, by shcr eloquenee,
THAT their Journal is conducted by the ablest
heads, and, by their principles, that ITS moral
ity is that to which the best hearts will ever
beat in harmonius sympathy, while its soi
disanf rival (the Quarterly Review,) is al,
oocs deficient in every quality Of literary ex-
eelIence, aad devoted TO the slavish support
Of principles, whose noxious and criminal ten
aency il IL to, sobvcrt the broad basis Of social
and political integrity"
Thomas Moore is about 20 publish LdHa
RookA, an oriental romance. High expecla-
tions are formed Of. the merit of the poem
j. will be accompanied by illustrations OF the
Poem from paintings by Wes,slI.
R'ehmond Enquirer.