The Rhode-Island Republican. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1809-1841, 1822-05-29

| si0rm Thefeiote let Us banish from our
minds every liberal senumeni oi prejudice,
| or aDupaihy, We may have inbibed sgsinsl our
fellow men, as it respects difference Of o.
pinion relative to religious faib. lie. Us
leave il 10 The hands of the great Judge Of oil
the earth sDd be aware, Of usuIping that au-
thori,y, 10 Judge others, which alone belongs
10 Hin. Peaee on earth, and msy our hearts
overflow, with !ove and good sOiH 10 oil men.
The Ncw. 21ork Marine Corn has ds-
cided that Commission Merchant, hay
ing orders 10 sell goods .jor cast, is JUS
titled in selling to persons oi goc6eredit,
Tor what is technically considcrs1 cash,
according to the custom of the city.
That is to demand pay mcnt in one, TWO
or three days after the delivery, when the
vender or his clerk calls. In the case
thus decided, the genaer though ingood
general credit, failed before he was called
upon, which was in a day or TWO afte.
the delivery Of the goods sold.
The distance from the mouth of thes'
Arkansas River 10 Little Rock, the seat
Of government of Arkansas, is computed
at 800 miles and the distance thence to
the Cherokee Missionary Establishment
on the Arkansas, at $50 miles. Recent
ly steamboat asccpdet. the river the
whole distance from The Mississippi riv-
er to within IL miles of the Missionary
Establishment. What country is this
where the rivers are navigable for four
hundred miles, which we are but lust
beginning 10 hear of !--Nat. Intel.
Upwards Of 1000 houses are now
building in the city Of Ncw-York and
nearly al! Of them of respectable Class,
among them are several elegant churches.
M'DUFFIE AND CUNNING.
The Democratic Press oflast evening in-S
Forms MS, that The President has tcisett
his influence, and is using his personal gooe
Offices 10 prevent The coote plated Duei BIZ.
tween Colonel Cunning, and Mr. M'Dufic.
The interference docs cIedn 10 the Presidenel
and with the Editor Of The Press, we bope it,
may prove cficciual.---h. Y. Com. .9dp.
WashmgtOn, May l5.--The great
duel will take place within the time ip-
pointed, ana 10 one will venture 10 in
teriere 10 prevent il. The intended COM
batanls are both perfect marksmen; and
am told by those who know, thar MIR.
M'Duhie has been in almost daily prac-
Gce with The pistol since December.
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Some weeks since shocking occur
renee took place in family at Writer'S
ham. Some slices Of bread and butter
had been covered with arsenic anu placed
in the dining room for the destruction Of
rats, and four children of the family upon
coming from their beds in the morning,
took up the slices Of bread and butter and
ate them one of the children died almost
immediately afterwards, and the otllcr
three are not expected 10 survive.
Milligan and Wclshman, who some
time since, robbed the Phoenix Bank Of
N. York, have been sentenced 10 nine
years imprisonment in the state prison.
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Hines and Bartlett, two notorious cul-
prits, have escaped from the n. Y. Bride
well, and will shortly be heard Of some
where else.
A poor but decent female, the wife Of
Mr.. Riggs, keeping small grocery, in
the vicinity of Fort Barbour, Va. was
lately waylaid by stout negro fellow,
Tor the avowed object of robbery, but
finding her wi,hou, money, he dragged
her into the woods, and committed vio-
lencc ON Ter body. The monster has