The Rhode-Island Republican. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1809-1841, 1819-08-04

spiri!s are soo,hed and relieved by domestic
eodesrments, and their sell respect KEEP, alive
by finding, ,ha, though all abroad Is darkness
and humiliation, yet there Is still little wo,ld
OF love OF which they are mouarchs. Wbete-
as single man is opt 10 run to waste and self
neglect to fancy himself lonely and absndon-
ed, and hi, heart 10 fall 10 ruin like some de-
serted mansion, Tor want OF an inhabitant.
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WONDERFUL PRESERVATION!
A black Mpn, by the name Of Peer Jack
son, arrived liere few days since in The ship
MaIabar, Caps. O.ne, fun bombay, after
having been long supposed 10 have been bur
led in tho depths Of administration
iskcn out 10 consequence upon his estate, and
nil his WORLDLY accounts settled in due and
legal fo'm. His story is this
Peter was Cook on board the brig Ceres OF
thi, port Joseph Stout, y ma,ter, on her
voysge to Calcutta. In coming down Cal.
cutta river, when near th7 Sand hcads, at the
mouth Of tho river, tho Ceres was ove.tsken
bya violent storm Of wiod, accompanied with
thunder sud tightening, which threw the brig
on her beam ends, end at The same time she
struck aground on the sand bar (; and after
beating over into deep water, she rightcd and
proceeded on her voyage. At The time when
the Ceres was knocked down, Peter fell over
board, and all exertions TO recover him pr ov
cd unavsiing the tide was run1ing rapidly
at The timo oot of the river, and Potter, hav-
ing got hold Of steering sail boom which
was thrown 10 him among other things, was
ioated down the river about seven miles be.
low tho place where he fell ovcrboaro.-W hen
the tide turned, he was carried up the river
again, still supported by his little spar; and
il having become dask he passed the vessel
without seeing |, or being seen by those on
board After being in the water about twelve
hours, exposed,o sharks and alliga.oss, which
| arc very numerous in that river, he was proyi-
den tally cas-, on shore q, Callec, having drift
ed upwards Of thirty miles. Pom CalIec he
took passage on board q country ship which
was carrying soldiers 10 the Isle of France,
and thence to Bambay; where, after waiting
several months, he accidentally bearded Of a
Salem ship being in port, on board OF which
no was received apd brought home few days
since .--Almos, the lrst person he met, after
bis landing was enc Of his cid ship mates,
who shtonk from bis p,oirsrcd band as from
the ghost Of QUO whom he bad long since seeo
ior the last ,irnc in thS grasp Of death but
was at length compelled to believe tba, he
was not q mere shadow, bu, the real sub,,an.
tiol Peter he had cs. In so horrible q condit.
ion t. Saien, Gazette.
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Ludicroas :6ces Of The onasaraase Of a Comet,
al7l3
In the year lyi2, Mr.. Whiston having cal
culs,ed the retu,n Of comet, which was 10
make lis appearance on Wedue sdsy, the 18th
OF October, ut S minutes after in tho mora
ing, cave notice TO the public accordingly,
with this terrifying addition, that . total dis
solution Of the world by FIRE, was to take place
on Friday following. Ths reputation Mr..
Winston bad long msin,oincd in Englsnd,
both as divine and philosopher, left little
oc no doubt with the populacc Of the truth Of
his prediction. Several iudicrous events now
took place.---A number Of persons In and
about London, seized ell the b,rgcs and boats
they could 10y their hands on ia the Thames,
very rationsliy concluding, ,hst when th.
conhagration took place, there would be tho
most safety on the water. a gentlemen wbc
had neglected family prayer for better than s
years, informed his wife, that II was his dc
termination 10 resume that lacdsuble praS
licc the same evening but bis wife haviuL
engaged ball at hov house, persuaded he
husband to rut Il CT ill they saw whe,h
sr the comet appeared or not The Sou'h
Sea stock immedia'eIy fell to 5 per cent. sos
the India TO " sna the. captain of .
Dutch ship shrew eli bis powder io,o th :
river, that the ship nigh, not DO cndsn-
gercd.
The mex, morpins, however, the co net %
pesred. according 10 the prediction, and bcfos
L. a. L
isdsmsns wssss hsad. About this time 2as