The Rhode-Island Republican. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1809-1841, 1822-03-27
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egyric arc becoming So common, that his re.
putation still brightens and flashes upon Us
with somo new strocity. HE recent con.
duct with General ST. Martin, in which the
intr cpidity OF pirate il OF name oted and dec
GRATED with the cunning OF o knsvo, presents
a beautiful piece of ooiai embroidery, com.
plete in all its parts. 1t is much to be la.
mented, that The shelves of the Newgate Ii.
brsry have not been honored with biogrsph.
&c volume OF his Lordship, the title page Of
which should be adorned with his likeness.
We may, however, conclude, that this sddil-
ion is reserved for some future day, wheo his
body shall be delivered ovei 10 the surgeons
knife for dissection. We have only seen his
Lordship in his public character We now
learn from unquestiooeble evidence, that his
private character is ado, med with the samc
Newga,e vi,tues. These ought to DO drawn
from their state Of seclusioo md reu!emeni,
and emblszo zoned TO the eyes Of the world. In
fine, he may be demo mated almost the beau
ideal Of depravity. Our Baltimore Jail is so
intimate scqusinfanco OF this nobleman; they
were hale fellows we'll met. Ii seems that
once III bis passage through this city, at lhs
time when he ran away from British man
OF war, he slept at one OF our public inns in
company with another msr, ard took an es-
pecial liking to tho strangers gold watch.
His fingers felt On unusual ssnsibilby 10
grasp Iho splendid baube, aud az he always
abhorfed the vulgsr ideas Of meum end
tuum, he gra;ifed his favori,e propensity.
He was taxed with the theft by his fellow
lodger but his Lordshp denied tho charge,
and asserted his innocence with the spirit OF
q man. This did not satisfy bis fellow lodg-
or, aud he proposed 10 end he co0troveisy
with pair Of pistols, which his Lordship de-
clined to accept. At length the owner of the
watch applied to the laws Of the country for
redress; a warrant was issued, on which his
Lordship was arrested and brought before
the couri, where trial aud conviction ,ook
place. Yes, gentle reader, an American
court Of justice may be said to have had IN
the present case, the upper hand of English
jurisprudence, for he was convicted OF felony
and reeoi ded as such on this sido OF the At
lsntic, before he had arrived TO that eDp'a6le
distinction on tho other. He then became
tenant, not of our penten,ia y, for il was not
at that time erected, but Of our Jail, from
whence he would have been doomed TO la-
bor on our public roads. had not interest been
made to effect his emancipation with success.
A copy oil .he indictment and conviction may
be had If il Is demanded. IL 10 true tbat he
was no, convicted by the name Of Cocfranc---
IL was an Intermediate family uame Fe DO.
lieve, which was recorded as feionious in this
country. -;S;~
From fhe National hsteRiyeneer.
II is understood that the Committee OF
Foreign Relations, in the House Of Repre-
sen,a,ivrs,is nearly ready TO make a report
relative to the late message of the President
OF tho subject Of Intercourse with the gov
einncnts of South America, and that the re.
port will accord with the views which have
been presented by the Executive. IL is pro.
bsble, therefore, that, on this question:, the
executive and legislative departments OF tho
government will act in perfect unison. From
all that we can see, the People are fully with
the government. Indeed, il is we'll known
that all tho csulion and forbearance Of the
Executive has been necessary to restrain IL
from course ia regard 10 tho governments
of Sou h America, which, when first proposed
might have been attended with hazard to the
peace of the country. Al present there is no
such danger. We stand on safe ground as
to all tho wotld. Without going at large in.
TO this question to day, we int, oduce to our
'SooS'S ''S 'o'e"h'6 a''NiS VII NhS sooJOSS
from the NewYork American, io tho shape
of letter fom Washington. Tho views
which il presents Of il seem 10 be perfectly
just
Esraei Of lener from Washington,
dafed March 10
"Tbe Message of the President, though
long anticipated, will excite q good dssl Of
public attention; yet, it tho measure DO we'll
understood, It ought neither 70 affect Uav con-
di,ion relative to any Of he parties, nor their
condition relative to US, since neither will be
made to suffer q change. Some time ago
the United States proclaimed their determi.
nation to observe strict neutrality during
the civil war in South America, The prin-
ciples OF public law were duly respected In
this declaration and neither Spain nor the
people OF Spanish America have objected TO
IL because 1t has been mos. impar,islly OBJ
served.
"lo the course OF the last year the civil
war has ceased. In Mexico the re,elutioo is
completed, without confusioa or violence; in
Columbia the war is ct 40 end /; in Bueoos
hyres and Chill the inhabitants have long
been in the full exercise of the mower by