The Rhode-Island Republican. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1809-1841, 1818-11-18
PRoviDEscE. Nov. z
MELANCHOLY kgEtT

move aflicsive event, tnan tccuteo Oh fir
Day last, IN ths town OF Sm,nieid. The
fomily residing IN The imnediate neighbor-
mood OF Scott, Pond, were alarmed eboui
sun-se, by The cries oi dis,Iess. ODptoGred
ing 10 the Pond, il was discovered inat Mrs.
JeDekes, the wife OF Mr. Russell Jonckes,
and her four chi!dGfn, were IN drowning
STATE, and all .Gous 10 escue them proved
unsyaiiing Ms Jenokts, short time be
Io'e, sccsm psnisd cy her childfeD, had ieif
her fathers house los her own, N ope7
horse Wagon, and ciscum msSsnces induce 'ha
belief, ,hs, in &, Of insanily, she drove Ihe
horse into the pond, with the view 10 termin
ate the lives OF herself apd offspring.
The body OF Mss. J. and three OF her chii-
dren were found the same eveaing OF the usy
on which the Distressing eA,ass ophe TOOK
place. The body Of the other child Was found
the next morning.
BY this most Distressing and calamious bc
resvement, the unfortunate husband ond -
er was at one stroke deprived of his WHOLE
FAMILY His feelings mey be conceived oy
those who have sostsiGcd similar misio'tuncs,
bu, no pen can adequately describe them.
The funeral TOOK place from the house Of
her husband about three miles from the ia'sl
poDd, on Sunday afte moon last, sDd wss. we
hink, attended by d iargsr conrourse OF peo
pic han was ever beiove Witnessed on sim-
ila, occasion IN this State. We understand,
ha, 60 carriages of Gifisren, kinds were
counted, aud at the smallest calculation, 500
parsons wese present
To see the BODY Of the untortunate woman,
and her four ,nnocept daughters laid out side
by SIDE (Ino oldest but ABBOTT ls,s and the
,younges, ou' year oid) was indeed mos,
Ifs ng Nghi, aud such as was poweruliy
calcuisled 10 awaken the syWpashy ct the
most thougbsiess, and drew tears tron the
tyss Of hundreds OF The spectators present.
GA this solemn occasion, q prayer, was offss.
sd sp, and a discourse delivered " the Rev
M, Carriquc, from Psalms cxix IS, rs;
81 know, LoSD rhaS :hy Judgments are
r,ght, ana saaT thou in faifhjIlness hast e62ief-
ed me. Let, Ih,Gy dire, ny mereiiai KIND
ness be for my eonfors, according 10 my aoSrd
nnfo lhy servant"
PRovIDENcE, Nov. Ia.
General assembly. Among tbs business
referred to the neXt session, vas bill provi
ding for the fe .ensc' 10 cnt # the provisions oi
the insolvcnt law # SO, ussierfing to lhs
Supreme Court, the powers now exeIcisra
by the Assembly, in cases OF bank Opity; q
bill vacstisg lhe cDaste,s OK ,hs independeD
militia compsnies, by aboishing the brev~i
rank enjoy d by heir ofhccrs, and attaching
he companies to the regiments IN whose
disiricls they shalt be sevsrully located the
report Of . committee recomn, ending the cs-
tablishment OF State prison OF peai,entsty
in this State, which repor, estimates the ex.
pence oi building such prison AZ $4,000,
and The yearly expeoditote al $500; a long
aud able report of lhe bank commitlce, sub
miuing resolution for the repeal Of The
bank process; a ,bilisres sula,ing the pubic
ferries sresolution for filing up so much
OF Wates-stree,, in this tawo, as is included
within the bounds OF the States lsod a bill
relating 10 toll gates, aud another relative TO
turnpike roads.
The bill which passed he House, provi
ding that no Senator or Representative 10
the General Assembly shall be eligible to the
Office of Judge of the Supreme Court, or a
Justice Of the Court Of Common Pleas, did
no, become law, being postponed in the
the Senate for further consideration.
The following Resolution was passed at
the last session Of the Assembly. II furnish
e. conclusive evidence Of the fact, that pub
lie documents end papers relative 20 The
late var have been withheld or suppressed
by come cody.
Resolved, That His ExcelleHey the &ov
crnor be rsqussted to cause tn be collected
and forwarded to the Treasury Department.
as soon ~ possible, ell vouchers necessary ts
sob,tautiste the claims ol this State upon the
United States for expenditures during the
late war; that the muster, pay and recsip,
roofs required, be made out anew by the
proper ufieers, if the originals Of thos.
vouchers ssve been Lost, OF where this can
ne, be done, that state mcn,s s1uivolent there
% be made By said officer under oath; and
,ha his excellcncy be authorised, IL ho shoul's
And u Necessary, to employ some suitable
person for these purpeseS aud to draw upon
ne Treasury foe any sxpences incsrred
therein.
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oxyoRp, (cos OCT. 2S,h.
.fCCJDSNT.
On Saturday evening isst, ss three Of M.