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SELECTED FoH THE wILAINGroNIAs
COMrARIgoNS,

Supposed to hnce been uritten bJ Seilech OsJor
Man is the rugged, lofty pine
That ffowns on many wave-bcat shore.
Woman the slender, graceful vine,
Whose curling tendlils round it twine,
And deck its rough bark swcetly o'er.
Man is the rock, whose towering crest
Mods DER the mountains barren sides:
Woman's the soft and mossy vest,
That loves to clasp its sterile breast,
And wreath its brow i'll verdant pride.
Man is the cloud of coming storm,
Dark as the ravens murky plume;
Save where the sun-bearr5 light and warm,
of woman's soul and woman's form,
Cleans lightly on the gath'ring gloom.
Yes, lovely sex! to you 'tis given
70 vile our hearts with angel sway;
blend with each woe blissfill lcvcn,
Change earth into an embryo Hearea,
And sweetly smile our cares away.
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Thoughts of condemned innocent man, on
the eve of the time appointed for his exc
cution, from Sayings and Doings,' by COL
BURN.
"To die, he was prepared-he could sin
gle out no action of his life, as they passed IN
review before him, to which he could conscien-
tiously appropriate the name OF CRIME, except
the late, the dreadful deed with winch ne
stood charged-of which he had been conVic-
tcd-Hc prayed, and prayed tor tortltude 20
bear his lot like a man; but the horror, the
worldly horror, of being killed OH a public
scaffold by the public executioner, glared up
! on him, and overcome that serenity and peace
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FUNERAL AT SEA,

No breeze was on the mirror wave
The spangled pendant idly hung,
as in the burial of the brave,
Wide DER the sea the requiem rung,
No scutcheon glittercd on his breast
No coffin cased his scnselcss clay
No kindred heard his last request,
His prayer for one far, far away.
Slow roll'd the smoke of funeral gun
Der oceans tranquil blue
An instant vei'd the blood-rcd sun,
As near the wave it drew;
Then mingling with the Aeecy clouds
On which the bright beam dartcd,
1t seemed to form golden shroud
For the spirit of him departed.
marked the circling ripples rise,
Asin the sea the body fell
they seemed to shake the evening skie.
Reelected on t.c trembling swell.
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From the Village Record.
"A NIGHT PIECE.

The blue vault of even
Is spangled with stars.
As they ramblc thro' heaven
In their light beaming cars
All nature is hushing
In oblivion's case,
Save the rll in its gushing
And the sighs of the breeze--
How solemn to wander
Unhccdcd and lone
TO muse and to ponder
On days that are gone
When they shone in their brightness
Unsullicd and fair,
When the footstcp oflightncss
And pleasure was there!
When friendship impaired
Her lovclicst ray,
And free and light-hcarted
We welcom'd her sway
When the heart was uniolded
"Dcep ans'ring to deep
BY sympathy moulded
Will tllc WGe1cf 10 weep.
Tho gone is their splcndor,
Shall memory cast
A charm, rich and tender,
Wide over the past
Its lnstrc to heightcn
Shall Fancy portray
Each scene till it brighten
And beam in her ray!
Tho fate b,,dc us sever
From the lov'd ones Of youth
Tho VANISHED forever
Their honor and truth;
Perhaps in those regions
Now lighting the sky
'Mongst the gloritied lcgions
They are beaming on high
Then why should we sorrow
Unstable is all
'ro-day's bloom, tomorrow
May be robed in the palll
And the breczcs now skimming
Der the white crested surge
May shortly be hymning
Our requiem dirge!
But beyond the dominions
Ofsorrow and thrall,
Soaring upward on pinions
Triumphant, DER all,
Our friendships once breathing
0fdeath and the tomb,
Shall know for their wreathing
immortality's bloom!
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TTRMS.--Ap vEnr1sEMESTs not exceeding
one square will be inserted four times for one
dollar, and 20 cents for each subsequent nser.
ton. If continued for three months, - 50--for
sis months "a so; OF for one years So.
QJJ' Subscribers arc entitled to the privilege OF
having their names, place of residence, and occu-
patton, inserted in the Register, GRATIS.
No subscription miN be discontinued until all ar
yea,uges are paid, and tlc0 aceeh's notice giten.
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"Clcanse the stuffed bosom of that pcrilous
stuff that weighs upon the heart"
Sbul-eeueorp
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Like them his being passed away
His rufhcd lifc's broad scene
Then like them ceased, and few could say
That he or they had been.
SERIOUS REFLECTIONS.
INTEMPERANCE.

"For the Drtnkard shall come to poverty"
Pr0r. xxi. 81.
The Rhode-Island Republican. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1809-1841, 1824-12-09

sa,s hGrses, where bankers, psdlsrs, &c. get
supplied with eoun,erieit money, with The sd.
vsnfsee OF nearly 100 per cent. IN their favor.
Robbery and theft are reduced 10 regular
system. The robbers sre often supplied with
coaches, TO aid them to escape, or cheat the
police.
There are many fe male shs'pers, who dre"
elegantly, persoDste women OF fashion, attend
mssquesades +; sEd instances have been known,
in which they have forced thei' way in'o The
circle OF 81. James. Ono 10 said TO hsse ap'
pesred 10 . state of peculiar elegance on the
Kings birh day, in 1875, snd TO have piifsr.
ed, in conjunction with her husband who was
dressed as . clergyman, 10 The smoun, OF
800, without discovery or suspleoo. Hou.
ses are KEEP, where female cheats dress, and
undres,, for public places.
There have been, and probably ere, schools
to teach tho art Of picking pockets, which
Sas done by means ol experimenting on Poek'
cts hung up, with bells SC, round, and ihe pu'
pill graduated when he could &c, purse con.
tanned in it without jingling the bells.
The income Of the principal religious char.
liable societies, (6fiesn IN nun'ber,) for the
year ending 10 1921, was upwards Of twelve
hundred Thousand dollars.
There are sbou, fifteen hundred hackney
coaches and chariots.
The Rhode-Island Republican. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1809-1841, 1824-12-09

coAHuSI SIcATEp.
TIE RO.SIRUW.

An oppo;tunly rarely occurs for society 10
patronise real merit, but when We take into
conside otion the srduous and ente,priziog
undertaking Of our young statesman, Mr.. G.
u LlLLIBRIDGE, who presents himself 10
the liberal inhabitants of Newport, Tor that
encouragement which he is SO richly desetv.
ing, We cannot bat express our ss,isiael lion
and pleasure 10 understanding that he will
give Us en- opportunity This Eveains, Of wit
Messing his innocent and Instructive perform.
apces. We can seek benefici smusemen,
10 such IN exhibition as 10 cow offered TO US.
and he who caters on the stage Of refined liz.
ersture, sssumesa tssk, which, we'll per fos m.
ed, nor only entities him 10 sumpiuous com.
pepss,ion, but 10 who, to tho man of genius
and talent 10 still more acceptable, the afhro.
6asion and the ofniaase ofan enlightened com
munify. Mr.. Lillibridge, We understand, 10 Q
young gentleman Of sound and eorree, read.
'ng, aud We hope. as his selections are very
6us indeed, to find him "st home," % he has
been on TO- mer occasions, upon the Rosuum
this evening. BnuTus.
The Rhode-Island Republican. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1809-1841, 1824-12-09

not in sight--they stesfed for Xibe's Mill
Groupe Of Islands. A tyrsoniesi code Of NOR.
derous lsvs WAS then produced by the muiin-
eers, which every one wss required 10 sign.
On the same day the former steward, black,
acting - I'd mste. was discovered losding .
pistol in the cabin on being asked what he
wa. going to do, he replied, "not much Of soy
th,ng."-He vss tried by q Court appointed
purposely 10 .fnd him guilty, and sentenced to
be hung after being sllowsd II seconds time
by the hour glsss to mako his peace with
God he vas huog to tho steering ssil boom.
The ship vas then kept on ber course ond
Tho crew begsn 10 waste and destroy her
stores, besving the oil vefbosrd and burning
tho casks.
About Tho 7.b Of February, msde Kings
Mill Groupe, bent o csble, threw some zig.
giDg and hawsers overbosrd.-Laid some
days off these Islands the natives being so
sewage IL was dangerous TO land shot one OF
the natives--went TO the Mugrsve range OF
Islands and snchoted on tho l3ih OF February.
Not finding q suitable place TO run the ship
on shore, they determined on landing where
the ship lsy--sccordingly they ioGk on 'hors
provisions, sails, sps's, rigging, chests, &c.
On tho l7.h partially disassn'Ied the ship,
taking tho rigging on shore. On the morn.
ing Of this day, Comstock was shot BY his as
sociates, for giving clothes and other articles
90 the natives, before tho articles had been di.
vided--On this day part Of the crow, 6 per.
sons having previously sgresd on the plan,
Gu, the cables and lsft the Islsnds while tho
mu,ineers were on shore. Having no qua.
d'sn., they stored IN essterly course with o
view to get into sny pot, in South Ame'ica-
Made the land abou, so miles south OF Valpa-
raiso, spoke Chiiian ship and obtained assis-
tsnce IN get in,o pot.
Al Valparaiso, Cap. King, OF Mass. was
employed by tho u. S. Consul and not q
Lieut. appointed by Com. Hull, as has been
rsporicd] to navigate The .hp 10 this place
Ons'of tho crew, by tho namo Of Thomas,
was brought home in the ship, and Is now un'
der arrest on suspicion Of being p'ivy to tho
designs Of the mv,ineeD, previous to tho at.
Jack.
The Rhode-Island Republican. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1809-1841, 1824-12-09
Returns Of Electoral votes as given b.
the several Colleges. as far as received.
Sinpuiar affair.


The Governor OF the Spanish Isiaod OF Porto
Rico having imprisoned the commsndss Of
one of the small schocners sNached 10 Com
modore Portcr's squad'oo. and oliored him 10
oe grossiy fnsulfed, the Commodore, % sooa
as he heard Of the outrage, proceeded there.
with the necessary force, took two Of their bet.
terlss, spikecthe suns, snd marched with 200
men to the town (Faxsdo) about Two miles
10 tho io,erio'-he there iound the Spsnisrds.
drawn up TO give him battle, halted his menl
within pistol shot Of their forces, sent nsc'
ordering the Governor cad the Csp,sin OF the
port, the two principal offenders, to conc. a.
him and make atonement or bavc their tov
burnt-ibey chose the & 81 end in presence
sil our officers, begged pc don Of ,he of6c \
iosulted, expressed g'est psnirence, and n 4
missed in future to respect ell Americsnt( 4.
cers, who might heresf,cr visi, the place.
The Commodore tbon marched inro. n a
town, merely TO show them that he led ~ X
10 his powes, and THEN returned 70 hs IA
sad lett the place. "a IAK
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From Leiglr's new Picture Of London. 1923.


Westminster Hall exceeds in dimso'ions
any room in Europe, unsupported hy p'llsn
its length 10 27o feet, tie boight 90, and the
breadth - The long room, in the Custom
House, alike unsupported by pillars, Is In
length 100 feet, breadth Sc, sud height SIS.
To the city are susched 765, wstchmsn,3 SO
patroics. Tho constsbles, ps,roIes and watch.
men, who sro cvety night on duty IN and 9.
round the metropolis, are estimated at up
wards Of s 600.
There are two houses in St. Giles which
are freqoented by considerably more than 200
beggsrs. There they have their clubs, and
when they mce,, they dunk and feed weil,
read the papers aud talk politics.
A neg'o beggsr retired some time ago 10
the West Indies wi,h for,voe OF four thou.
ssnd dollars.
Beggars make great use OF children IN prse!
,ising upon tho feelings ofthe humane. Chill.
Geen arc sent on, with an order no, TO reiu'B
withou, cer,sin sum. Oae man will collect
three, -four or Ave children from dfferen, ps.
rents, paying six pence or nine pence for each
during the day. Some childrso have been
regularly led out by tho day, for two shillings
end sixpence, as the price Of the hire . child
lings day, cod even more. Before the Com.
mi,,ee (of the House Of Commons,) on Pau.
psrism, an instance was noticed Of an old wo.
man, who kept night school for tho purpose
Of ins,ru ruotipg chi zen in the Ursetlsngusge.
MIR. Colquhoun, membss Of Parliament,
estimated hat abou, 900 persons were en-.
esssd IN the plunderng OF merchandise ., the
London shows and thar their deprsds,ion',
amounted annually TO more than twenty-five
hundied thousand dollsrs.
The same gentleman enumerated eighteen
kinds OF cheats and swinolsrss be sides eoiners,
gamblers, robbers, sc.
There are In London, more than thirty.
thousand common prostitutes.
There sre supposed 10 be 5000 receivers Of
stolen goods snd the amour, Of properly pill
Tered in email w,y.. from housekeepsss, is
eNimned o. nss'ly ,wo m,Ilions Of dollsrs en-
noaily. ff
Regular markets are held 10 pubic and p't.
The Rhode-Island Republican. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1809-1841, 1824-12-09
NEWPORT.
THURSDAY, DECEMBER 8, 1924
STATE ELECTION.

A general Republican Convention will
be holden at the State house in Bristol,
on Wednesday evening, the 18th OF jan
uary next, to form a Prox for General
Officers, for the political year ensuing,
and to make the requisite arrangements
to ensure its success. The Republicans
Of the several towns in the State are re-
questcd to elect the Delegates according
ly, as full representation is particularly
desirable.
Dec. 9, 1924.
The Rhode-Island Republican. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1809-1841, 1824-12-09
PRESID 7IdL ELECTIOk.

On Wednesd y the in instant. tho several
Electoral Colleges gave their votes for the
next P ssideot and Vice Presiden, Of the u.
oited States The following are The results Is
fsr-as We hsve heard:
RAode. is~inS.-Th four votes ofthis State,
" s,s'ed IN our lss,, we're given for Mr.. Ad.
ans, ~ P'esiden,. Mr.. Calhoun received
three votes FOR Vice. Preside ni-apd there wss
ooe blsnk. N. Is. Sprsgue Esq. Of smitbfsld
wss appointed to carry on TO Washington, the
Electoral votes.
Aew. York gieefors.-pursuant to Isu, the
Electors far New YOrk met. a the Capitol
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Pacific and AfLaa.ie.


The splendid projsc, OF uniting the Pscihc
sod Atlantic ocean. by canal, gill now be
sitemp,cd. The late success of the Patriots
IN Peru, the setried chssc,sr Of the Mexican
republic, aud the entire freedom Of South A.
merics, snd its exemption Icom foreign con.
troll, warrant tho immediate execution Of .
plan, The mos, desirsble, ss Il will be the most
advantageous, for the civilized world. We
lately took . hss'y glance at the situation OF
ihs, strip Of country called Central Auaerics,
snd, We understand, tha, the Mcxicsn end Co
lombisn governments, together with the su'
thotiiies of Central Americs, have determined
upon The execution Of the project, which 10 o.,
this moment 10 operation.
Tho union of he Pacific and Atlantic Is On
old measure, upon which much bee been viii.
ten and done. As fer back 40 1875, . charter
was Obtained from the British PGiisrneot, iof
. company, calling isself,hs DHiso Company,
and which orisinstsd with an entstptsslog
Sco,cbmsu, by the name Of Patterson. The
,usse ip,ioos 20 the Dsrien Company exceed.
The Rhode-Island Republican. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1809-1841, 1824-12-09

John w. Taylor, Sarstogs, 8
The college then sdjoufncd 10 meet Dec:
iu at IL o'clock, A. M. TO give Q fnal baiIo,.
On Wednesday ibe Electors met and gave
their ballot as follows:
-..,. YoR PRESIDENT.
10. ADAMS 20; HENRY CLAY 4; w. H.
CRAWFORD S; ANDREW JACKSON !.
FOR VICE PREsIpEET,
J. G. CALHOUN 90 NATHAN SANFORD
kasSaehnsens.-The electoral colleges mes
., the Senate Chamber in Boston, and gave 10
their ballots IS follows:
FOR YREsIDEEr,
JOHN Q. ADAMS, Is
PoR VICE PRESIDENT,
JOHN CALDWELL CALHOUN, Iy
Russell Ffeemen, Esq OF Sandwich, wss
appointed the messenger TO carly he votes 10
the Office Of tho Secretary Of State.
Maine The College Of this state convened
at Portland. on Tuesdsy, and elected the Hos.
THMAs FILLEBRows, as President /; and
GEORGE EVANS, Esq Of Gardiner, a. Secre-
taiy. Major TREscoTr, one Of tho ElecteIs
chosen By the People, being unsbie from 10
disposition 10 attend, the College made ehoics
Of Asa CLhPp, ESQ TO supply tho vscapcy.
On Wedoesdsy, they proceeded to bsllo, fo-
Presideot and Vice Psesident, when their
votes we're :--
ron rREsIpBNT,
For JOHN QUINCY ADAMS, 9.
YoR vIcE.PREsIpENT,
For JOHN CALDWELL CALHOUN, 9.
GE, ,ReE EVANS, Esq. was appointed to,
cory ,he certificate Of the votes to Washing
ton.
PennsyipaniG The Electors me, OF Hsr-
risburg, Thomss Lciper, Esq was chosen
Pres,den,, and James Duncan, Esq Secfcts-
ry Nj, Isaac Smith wss absent from inds-
position, and tho vacancy IVES supplied by
choosing James Clarke, Of Wes,mOrelsnd--
The college voted nanimous'y for General
Jackson ss ptestdsat, end Mr.. Calhoun as
Vice.P. eSident
htw Je,sey.-The electoral vote wss given
srTrentou, and wss en.he fot Gen. Jscksca
as President, end John G. Calhoun ss Vice.
PSesiden', by the College assembled ,hure on
Wednesday, The rs. ins'. A vacancy was fl-
'ed by the Govetnor appointing one cf the o.
riginaf Jackson electors.
ConneeNcuf.-The electors met OF Hartford,
and gave an unanimo0s vo,e for John @. Ad-
ans, for President and for Andrew Jackson,
for Vice. President. M. Charles Bsbcoek
wss appointed The messenger to carry the votes
10 Washington.
Ftv. Hampshire. eight electoral votes
ofthis State were unanimous for John Q. Ad.
ems as President, For Vice President John
{. Calhoun received z votes, Andfcw Jackson
vote. General Joseph Lowe was appointed
bearer Of tho votes to Washington.
Returns of Electoral votes as given by
The Rhode-Island Republican. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1809-1841, 1824-12-09

CONGRESS-. - he National LegIsla-
ture convened at Washington City on
Monday last. We shall doubtless re.
ceive the Presidents Message before our
next paper.
Doc Law Among the advertise uasn,s in
This dsy's psper, Will be found the act OF tho
Town Council of this town, relating 10 dogs.
fhis is doubtless o very useful and proper
proceeding on the par, Of our town govern.
meni, sod IL only remains TO see that it is
property carried into execution. Some will
comply with the Nv, others will atempt 10
svado or resistit...bu, W. ssy,etn be rigorous
~ epsorced on oil. Ttere many hundreds OF
Ihesc useles, and dangerous snimsis--iEost OF
which are re,sined by their owners, no, for
Ary particular services they render, bu, from
an attachment which those faithful and a fec.
lionste creatures are sure 10 create in their
owners. Therefore VIC say again, let il ope
ste equally on oil and let the rigor Of the Law
fall on oil who may s,tenp, TO violate it,
We mako these remsr ks, because we are q
ware that We have Wsny good snd wholesome
laws 10 this town, which are violated with in
puniiy. Among them we have lew 20 pre-.
vent smoking segars IN the nighl--every night
il is violated in o thousand instsncos. We
have . law to prevent furious riding through
tho sireets--sesrcsiy dpy pss.es, but it is vi.
olusd in the grosses manner. It's IN vain TO
make good laws, il there be . criminal ne
giest 90 the part Of those, whose duty il il" 10
enforce them.
The Rhode-Island Republican. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1809-1841, 1824-12-09
From the Medical Intelligcncer.

.1rfifeiai Hands.--Psrhsps the following
rslot,oo may bs Interesting TO The curious and
nj the ssme time be the means Of directing
some unfortunate being to an Ingenious ne
ch,nic, who cso actually make artificial hands
and /eef, which arc q v,luSble substitute 10,
omputaied limbs. When we reooliect that
tbs Tslicotisn operation Of manufacturing new
noses. OUT Of the in,eguments Of the forehead,
has been successfully prsc,iced in ,he United
States, and that palstes to the mouth, and G.
ven glass eyes, can DO lil,cd into the sockets
so completely as 10 deceive scri,ics! observer
we can scarcely doGb, the possibility Of mOk-
ipg other appsndsges equally useful -
A laboring man by he name ot Reed, who
had both a,ucs blown N jus, beIow tho elbow,
and who had also sU.fs'ed the loss Of an eye.
in blasting q rock 81 the bottom Of we'll made
sppiics,ion few days since, TO Nj. Doyle, of
tho Coumbisn Museum, 10 this city, who
carved pair Of hands, and matched them TO
the s,umps so ineeniously that they would be
mistaken, q, the ffN view, for natural hands.
Ahhougb there are several levers exciting
power on the palm and on the back Of the
wtis,, the con,rivsnce 10 vory simple, and
there is bu, little danger Of its getting oot OF
ordsr. He is now enshled 10 take off his he,
as gen,eely as his friends, eu, his food, feed
himself q, readily as any person, end. what 10
still mote wondo,fui, w'i,e his nane With cot
rectness add facility. His clothing 10 now
ksp' together by small hooks, instead OF but
tons, which no manages with such sdtonntS
% 10 d,ess and undtess himself without eny
kind Of assistance. His scqusintsnce hsve
now tho strongest hopes that he will m.in,sio
himself by his own industry. What adds
greatly to the interest Of M. Reeds case,
end re ifsc,s honor on the benevolent sr,is, who
has thus tes,o,sd d him % tho pleasures OF man.
usl industry, is, tbs, he was made welcome TO
the services Of Mr.. Doyle, and left him with
Q thankful heart and money to his pocket.
The Buffalo Journal sta,es that two men
rrtu,n,ng from Csnada, in . sk,G laden wi,h
apples aud cider, o short Distance above Mag.
ara Falls, were forced by the current into the
repds, above the cNTsct, where the boat was
upset, and hcy wee hu'''ed into tho awful
gulf below ! The bodies OF the Sufferers have
not been found, One barrel Of cider was 10.
Ken out below the F,Ils. uninjursd; but the
skrff was literally in fsgments,
The Rhode-Island Republican. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1809-1841, 1824-12-09

10 albany en- Nov. So'h. Col. Msinics Vi u.
let, Of The cry oi New York was called to tho
chair, end John Lansing, j.. Of the City Of Al
bsoy sppoioied Secretary.
On calling the electors, il appeared ihs, eli
were presen, with the exception Of Ebenszer
Sage, Of Suffolk county. Timothy II. Porter, o..
Csusrsugus county, snc Richard Blauvelt, ot
Ronklsnd couny.
The college adjourned ill three o'clock,
then TO meet to fill the vacancies.
OF those sbsen,, Mr.. Porter was considered
ss the friend Of M. Clay, snd tho Two oshere
are on tho Adams ticket.
Three oek,-The College, met pursuant
TO sdjournmcn. Mr.. Bisuveit appeared sne
took his seat.
The college proceeded to ballo, for two Q.
iectors to fill up the vseancics. The result,
wss, ,hs, John Tsyle', Of Albany, and William
Mann, Of Sehohatie county, were elected.
The Rhode-Island Republican. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1809-1841, 1824-12-09

Neg. RaHhshire.-1'he eight electoral vote,
of,his State were unanimous for John Q. Ad
ems as President For Vice President Jobr
{. Calhoun received votes, Andrew Jackson
vote. General Joseph Lowe was sppoin,ee &
bearer Of tho votes to Washington.
Martinsburgh gazette. [volume] (Martinsburgh, Va. [W. Va.]) 1810-1825, 1824-07-01
$646,OOOO

An Ohio paper informs US, that the
making OF the Road through the Black
Swamp, from the Western Reserve
to the Miami, has been promptly con-
tracted for, on favorable terms. This
is the road, towards The making of
which, Congress granted a mile in
width of public land lying on each
side, the whole length of the Road.
The grant is placed at the disposal of
the State of Ohio, and the Road,
which was very much wanted, is now
about to be made under the authority
of that State. AT the last session,
twenty thousand dollars were appro
priated by Congress for improving the
Road from the termination of the
Swamp Road to Detroit, so as TO open
a regular direct communication with
the latter place, which has been here.
toiore almost entirely impracticable
during the winter months of each
year.
Arrival IF Commodore Porter.
Yesterday afternoon, arrivedat the
Navy Yard, in this city, the United
States GalliOt SEA GULL, Lieut.
Com. VOORHEES,, in eight days from
Matanzas, having on board Commo
dore DAVID Porter, Commandaut
OF the West India Station, and his
family, with Captain FINcH, and Sc
veral other officers, all in good health.
Nat. Int. June Is.