The Rhode-Island Republican. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1809-1841, 1821-01-31

from them will be put together in such
manner as to impose on and defraud the
public.
HARTFORD, Jan. %.
Cold Ws0ther. The weather for two
weeks past has been unusually severe.
1t will bx seen by our Meteorological
Journal that on the morning Of the 9th,
the Mercury in Farenheit's Thermome.
ter descended to 10 degrees below zero,
on the llth, to above, on the 10th, to
Ia below, on the 18th, though S above
at sunrise. it rose only to thirteen at mid.
day, from which time it rapidly descend
ed, and at sunrise OH the 18th, was IL
below zero--a degree of cold which. it
we rightly recollect, has not been ex.
ceeded for fifteen or twenty years. Dur
ing the memorable. winter Of 1880,
the mercury in the same thermometer
twice descended as low as %. and one
morning in the winter of 1912, to "a
below zero. This was the greatest de-
gree of cold ever recollected in Hartford.
In Baltimore. ON the 10Th inst, the
thermometer was at 6 below o.
BosToN, Jan. "a.
Plotted Massacre in ST. Domingo -
Capt. Bright, of the schooner Minerva,
arrived at the Vineyard, from Cape Hay.
tien, whence he sailed on the 28th ult.
informs, that plot for the indiscriminate
massacre of all the whites and mulattoes
in the place, had been discoveries Just be.
fore he sailed, and all the ringleaders Sc
cured. Five thousand blacks were arm
ed for the purpose-and their bloody de-.
sign was to have been put into execution
OH Christmas day; but was happily dis
covered in time to prevent it, and the as.
semblage OF blacks was dispersed. On
the first alarm, the white inh ,bitants Aed
to the shipping in the harbor for safety;
but before Capt. B. sailed. they mad re-
turned to the shore and were attending
to their business as usual: tranquility
having been restored. These particulars
were communicated by Capt. Bright to
Capt. Richardson, who arrived in town
yesterday from the Vineyard. "
HiYTY
Accounts from Port. t.au. Prince an.
nounce the triumphal entry there of Pres
ident Boyer, and his army, trom the con-
quest Of the northern part Of the island
Christophe's royal guards accompanied
the victors. The spOils of the war are
estimated (overrated) at rising ten mil.
lions But the regal Crown is said to
be missing, and to have been purchased
by an American speculator, who, we
dare say, will have wit enough to "pop
the bauble into a crucible."
BOSTON, Jan. 26.
The effects of the mild weather few
days since, and the result of the labor Of
persons employed in reducing the ice in
our harbor-have been eounfsr0ailed by
the severe cold Of yesterday and the day
before-snd the harbor is now more OBJ
structed than at any time before this sea.
son--or perhaps for 80 or 40 years
past.
We understand that the connected ice
Of the harbor extends to the light house
island--and northwardly nearly to the
Graves--but thus exposed to the agi,a-
ton Of the sea. it, continuance must be
very temporary.
In this town, on Wednesday night,
the thermometers in different exposed
situations, ranged between 9 and 10 o.
clodk, from 7 to Ii below o. And yes.
terday morning, at sunrise, from IL to
IL.
Thread Taco. There is an extensive
establishment for the manufacture of this
elegant article. at Watertown. The ma.