The Rhode-Island Republican. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1809-1841, 1823-06-04

ing the day. The concuute at the Rsce
Ground, which 10 about 8 mile. from the city,
was va,ioosly estimated a, from so TO 10000,
| tho greatest sssembiage ever Witnessed here.
The day was hDe and cool, and we have no,
learnt that any serious sccid.n: rccur.d.
We are no; furnished with the pariicuis.
in en- official shape, bot gather the following
from gentlemen who were present, aud be.
lieve the "A To be correct
The two Horses started about o'clock
The hrst heat was won by Henry, who came
out or feet ahead. In the two last heals
Felipe was rods by Mr. Purdy. 10 The two
hrsi miles Of The hear, Henry was ahead bul
Eclipse came out in tho end about ,hIee
lengths sheCd. ln tbs last heat Eclipse led
oil the WY, end came out about TWO lenc rs
ahead. The rider Of Henry wss chenged 70,
the last heat.
Tho following is furnished us o correcl
state ment OF tho line
fiist heat N. 80 sec.
Second -
1b"d 3 2.
his is said 10 be the greatest speed on
record for q long period. A four mile heat
run in Eoglsnd within few years in min.
~ ! seconds, is stated 10 have been uppar
''leiied in the last century. If this be uue,
NE above Tea excels any thing Of the kind
bnovn IN modern times.
EDEN. (Me) May H.
young man Of this Town by the name OF
Wiliam Salisbury, last week was crossing a
Field alone, end come on a sudden upoo a
huge bear. Young Salisbury was unwilling to
retreat; near where he stood he found rot.
ten stick, which he used as a Substitute for a
club; he then made up 10 the bear, who stood
gnsshiIg his teeth at him, and struck him a.
cross the oose and by chsoce stunned him,
and the club broke--he theo took ou, On old
Jack. loose in The rivi,, and me- ely good
for nothing, clinch'd in with the bear, sawed
of ne jugular vein in his neck, and killed
him
Erugrdhon.-Some hundreds Of people
have emig'a'ed the present season from the
western counties Of thu, state TO Michigbn.--
This terrific y, says tho Buffalo Patriot, is des.
iined in shor, tine to become a state, and
unied TO her, as we shall be by the ties of
commerce and similarly Of babits and man.
ne's. we view her rising importance with
pieasurc.--N. Y. Gazette.
fers an extract from The European Maeszinc
OF leli, giving a statement Of the number of
men employed by Napoleon to sutjuga,e
Spain. 'fbe grand total was jsue hundred and
fourteen thousand, Seven hundred and ninety
H.c. These men wero hearty in the cause,
and were commanded BY abfe generals. They
Tough, for four Yeas, and were finally unsUc.
ccsstui. What can be expected from loo.
900 men, going toluc,sn,ly 10 battle, and led
on by incompetent officers!
From the Providence Journal, Of Thursday last.
Horrid lfYrder.-rhc following extract Of
o letter from Dr. Peleg Clarke, TO his friend,
gives a circumstantal account OF one OF the
most at,rociuus deeds that have bcen perpe-
tra,ed in ou- state, and which IS, perhaps, uo-
examplsd in thc record of CRIME The act
wa. committed on Monday ruon in tho town
Of Coventry. near The Atkwright villase:-
az was Yesterday called TO witness one Of
The mosI borrid sight, ever beheld: at half
past . o'clock, ! wssrequestsd to 80 TO Rich
mond Remington by one of his sons, in g'ea,
haste, he said his father had killed his moth
er aod himself. repaired imme disteiy to
the house, about qusftsr Of mic of, and
IN enleting the bouse found Mrs Remington,
laying on tho floor with he5 face downward
and covered v,th blood l discovered depres-
sion on the back part OF her head and found
upon examination, her skull broken in /; there
We 90 signs Of iiie remaining. hbou, four
fee, from her, was her husband sitting 10 a
chai' with his chin resting upon his breast
covered with Blood. 'sised up his head and
behe!d the fatal stab On the left side Of the
windpipe Immediately over the carotid, or
large artery OF The neck, which have no
doubt was divided the incision extetoslly was
ahout as large as skilful butcher would make
in he neck Of hog he was evidently dead
A court Of inquest was held, which returned a
verdict of wilful murder perpetrae5 by Rem
ineton on his wife, and suicide on himself.
have bseo acquainted with Remington
for seven or eight years; he was man who
was in the hsbi, Of drinking to excess, oeca.
sionaliy, but | never sbv him intoxicated to
my knowledge; he was considered good
oeighbor, but il is said he has lived very un.
hsppy in his family Tor several years, espec.
islly when Intoxicated. Iii. wife has Ief sew.
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