The Rhode-Island Republican. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1809-1841, 1824-01-15

married women are kept by some Prits or
officer unknown 10 their husbsnds. They
= ,ssess, spesking Of them Ssnyaay, 90 honor
Or 6dsiy--they eli smoke pspev segsfs,
which ts very injo,ious, and causes Q very
dissg,sesbIe smell ot the breath. They ere
d,ay and lousy, never wssh, nor comb ibsis
hssd sxcepi Vhsn nscsssity eompsls them
snd tbei s,sslsW plsssuss SCENE TO be wher
lousing one smother, what they cell dishnigan-
do, which 10 commoely their Sunday Alter
6ooa's devotion. They bsvs no learning, nor
cAo more then one out Of On hundred read or
W,ite; the convsrsstioo Of tho most decent Of
them would msks enr Rost fvefigsss women
blush.
The lower cisss Of people In tbs. country
are esiIed netados, vho gss their hvlibood By
s,esIing sod mv' dsriog. il 10 quite com.
fn1o thing 10 hesr every day OF murders com.
mis,ed BY these profsns .wre,ches. II they
arc detected 10 the act, thsy are conducted 10
prison. kep, there . few months only, aud
then ibsrstsd sgsin whore hoy never fell 70
COMMIT the same deed whenever necessity
requires, or rahes whenever On opportunity
offers. have seso many . fellow oi this do.
sc'iption who hss taken tho lives OF three,
four and five OF his FELLOW crss,ufes BY some
resohefous wsy, not the issst concerned, end
ready TO do the ssms on any trivial occasion
---,h,s description are called vaSsns. Tras'
sllsss ere ofen robbed snd Murdered upon
tho bjghwsys BY these fellows, so that travel
ling 10 sometimes mos, hazardous undsr,sk.
ing. Their disss 10 . pair Of leather brsech-
~, sirsw bat, end lousy blsnket thrown q.
round their shoulders, which they wssr both
In cold and VAIN wss,her il may be called
theis tool 10 woik With, Tor Il ssivss 90 veil
TO hide wha, they ssesl under, ,ha, il 10 impos.
sible Tor them 10 do without H.. This 10 oil
the bed, Or sny thing else they have 10 the
void A. the p'esen, time there Is great
o. number Of these fellows than common, ow-
iog to the unsettled sfsirs Of government,
which causes The psfslixa,ion Of the mines
whore Thousands Of this siass Of people found
employment. I, was quite . common thing
for them 10 receive three, four aud 6ve hun.
drsd dollars svefy Saturday night Tor their
weeks work, II tho mines were sbundsnt.
They 90 in'o ,hsm on Monday morning and
eone on: on Ss,u,dsy evsoiHg--,he money
shsy receive they .quaatss swsy 90 Sunday
every cent, being . day Of great sport and
(andanSos are ~ be seen 10 every direction.
They msks uo,bing of throwing from ten to
one hunds I'd dollars at the feet oil the girl they
dance with few moments. Oae of these fel.
lows went into sn Eneiish goods store kept
BY an Eu' opesn who had joN arrived. sod IN
qui,sd Vi he had sny sshe./ine b-oadeiofh tho
merchant seeing HE mesn Appearance, with
DO shir on, and On old ragged bisnke, thrown
around HE shoulders, took no notice OF him
Tor some ,ims ; but - bs insis,sd to know,
no wss told he had, ., .fffy doihnys per ysrd,
(ha nsico heinC hut ri son collaSsl thinking
The fellow hsc come 10 bother him. "Cu'
me thses ys'ds," ssys no, which the merchant
did shss some hesitstico end he heiado 81.
ter paying ono hundred and ify dollars, re-
ceivsd The cloth, called for the shears, end Of.
tor cutting the cloth into . tboussed small
pieces, bid the msrchso, good bye, sad hoped
bsrsshor no would DO more attentive TO gen
nemen whom they csmo into hts s,ors 10 en-.
qu-e fo' goods.
The commerce OF that country now opens
greet psospects TO the merchants Of the Unit
I'd S,sses who fee, desirous Of mskiug o',unes
The po,t VI Santiago hes been but . short time
opened to commerce, 10 good hs'bor, bu, no
vessel bound ihers shouid drew more than
Ave os SIX iest Of water. All linen and co,tn3
goods ere In gres, demsnd, aud sll goods ex
cep, Hne, cen be Immediately disposed Of Q,
x,rso,dins'y prices. Expor,s, WOO, cod
hides. Wool 10 oow selling a. eight cen,s
per pound, very good quality. Hides, weigh
Ing from one hundred 10 ono hundred spd hfty
pounds, 81 2S cents each. Duties paid on
oil good, imported, twenty 6vs per cont. vsl.
uing them Al their own price current, or rs,h.
o. sAeiv own fixed prices this 10 done BY the
custom house officers.