The Rhode-Island Republican. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1809-1841, 1817-02-26

seontD % y. 0reenvhich, last week, grantee
a Charsss q Iuces pora,ioh tor new Bank ia
THE seUo, by The namc Of the 1feSeAan,.
6ask, (ssroneousIy called, In Saturday:
Mereury, kasss ,Banf,) with . capital ol
8yo.oQC, upon the principle that no dividend
oi piotts shall De made until the year 1877
The Directors appointed, are Stsahsa Ca
heo.e, Sawoei HhneAor.e, Josiah &. Shan,
THsras H. AfaMford, Edvard ~. Lowfo,s
Lese Goaid. Lcuss Rousrssnisvri H<ny,' oS"'
RieAars x RardoifA. :
xsx:eDx:E @ 81.
Havyord resfornronJrom psses<es 10 sos' -
ltmnst have been dive ring 10 The Rept.n =
hcsns OF HarVotd, aud highly gratifying
the ssssay Gierds Of the government, TO OBJ
serve tho brilliant display Of patriotism in
their city, in presenting the sword 70 Com.
M'Dsnousb. How pleasing 20 observs the
eny Of HAr'ford shronged eth . s1merous
assembly Of long tried patriots, paying their
tes'imonies ut respeet to the vetsrsns Of the
war, whom the fedcralists Of thst degrsded
ci'y had 50 frequently reprebsted ~ fnmoy.
al and trreiy,svs." How different must be
the sensaiions to tbe worthy citizens, in vel
Coming the respectable -Commi,tee from
New forA, than when the gloomy re,jnue
from Eos,on arrived on their mission 10 adopt
tho disgrscefui measures contemplated by
The Hartford Convention i--Whs, mus, have
been the rlof,i6caiion Of tho magis,pA,es q
'sst,rsf she iond tei,erAted Auzxss which 30.
sounded from every quarter, when they 70.
h1ctcd, that bot few months befors, gel-
lant chaser whs prosecuted eves ssor attempt
lng la faiso recruits for the very service
which gave N M'Donough the honor conferred
upon hini1 How co0iempiible must Csnnee.
Henf federalism appear in the eSes Of the 70.
spectacle Commitiee from New York How
sbased and Insignificant on the reco,lecslon
OF taeir Hartford Conveniion, must those
members appear while advertiog to this hon.
orsble ,oten OF ns,iohsi spprobstion. Hart
lord was fesensrG,ed on this occasion the
iooi nir ct federalism was di,sipated d by the
reverhsrs,ien Of the sonorous scclsch alton Of
high-minded treencn. Wo congratulate our
Kepub'icst friends Of shs. city on this oecs.
sion, sod e<ps more deserving Of the con.
CALCULATIONS Of the -Republicsps, thsn the
worthy and often psrsscused Editor OF the
'a@erseus Mercury. He has lived to see the
cry Of his residence thrspked With . band Of
chosen Republicans and u hear the voice Of
freemen unres'rsinedb by . fesle,si fscsivn, 70.
sound'"g IN full chorus ,hro' the streets Of
this long degraded metropolis Of Cossec,isus.
--. BsHos CAfsrisis.
-:z~s:0- III
Lstters from st. Louis spsak Of sbundsns
eroPs--sed - 'rhs wHSst 3ysKNahk o. 10 0g
lbs. per 6ushei--sud, what will see d iaeeed,.
Bile 10 our northern farmers, thss ot,S nan
raised roo bushels whest, without sowing .
kernel, The scatterings ofths preceding crop
having Aeeded the z, ound. Corn was selling
staY Genie, whest at 100.
Ensners 9 Pennsyivania. the
people Of Pennsylvsnia do not pay one cen, OF
general state tar, such is tho productive ma
lure OF tho funds which their treasury holds,
ana OF tavern and auction licences, that the
public revenue in lelY 10 estimated q, $50,
2o2 dolisrs---,he expenditures at $4,000;
leaving = sorpius Of nearly 400, 900 dollsfs.-.
-~- Balf. Paf.
WeeiA @ hea FORK The total valuation
81 real b. personal estate, in he several coun-
lies, OF that state, returned to tho Comot.
rollers oiice IN a7is, amounts ia tho sggre.
Ne 10 fto hundred and ninsfy fsyee culnohs,
'tShf hundred and eighfy fyo fhoassuc two
iandyed and fUeniy Jonr doiid-s.
-oo-
vafEabie Fsh Pond.---A place called the
Otter Pond, in Long Ialand, has O eommuni.
satioo through mesdcw, cut in i7e3, with
he salt water. Tho objee, was 10 msks a
ash pool and It nhasabund.n,iy succeeded. A /
crest variety OF 6sh especially striped bass, 60
nio the pond IN tho autumn, and get fat by the
~inter. They have lately discovered q great
quantity ofeeLs. "Las, winter, says the pro-
,rie'er, alter tsking Oh, for market betweenie
md fss0oo los. Of biss and large perch, We in.
ri,ed the inhsbi,sn,s to come on the ice with
heir eeLspesss, wheh required handles qS
eet ios. end the 6rst day Il was sscertsined
bst they caught moro than nine hundred doa- /
"a, snd pfessme III the course Of two days /
liter, they caught - many more--,sy 1900
iosen, or 1880 ngood cells - ever were /
;sught.", ~oo-
singular Instance cf fnersevsrfns fndrsfry. l
HEw.YoHK. FEB. Ga nan BY the name Of
Thomas BALDWIN with his wife and san small child
en, passed through this city yesterday from Befsss,
the District Of Maine, HE wsy the ~sstwsrd,
eing driven from home by the pressure Of the times
This family presented most Interesting spsctscie
rbe mother walked on foot. carrying The youngest
hid s her arres. apparently shout sia months old,
he father drew . small hand can, on which were
,lsced their baggage and two email eb;ldren-,he