The Rhode-Island Republican. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1809-1841, 1824-06-03


I jury than . good sQueesiog end few bard
brushes Of ,hs besr's muxxis on sks face. Mr..
-- considering thst the men, whose chase.
ter bsd previously been very good, had receiv-
cd sufficient punishmsnt, he eos back bis pigs
sod declined any prosecution.
Worthy Of ltaifahon.--Col b. was man
of amisbls msnners, snd Q well informed
mind. Being much employed In public busi.
ness, which called him from place 10 place,
arden, spiri, ives often set before him, With
60 inyitsiion 10 drink. Al first he took SO.
eisl glass Tor eivii,y's sake. But Of length q
habit was formed, and appetite began TO crave
It's customary indulgence. lie drank more
largely, and once or twice wss quiie ove,come.
His Eiends wero alarmed he wss upon the
brink Of Q precipice, from which nsny have
fallen TO the lowest pitch OF w'etchedoess.
In his sober hours ho cav the dsnger he was
in Ssid is, 10 himself, one day when be
wa, alone Shall Col. u. rule 2 OF shah
rurp ! If Col. y. rule, he and bis family msy
DO respectable sod hsppy; bu, If fum rule,
Col. u. is ruined, his properly wasted, and
bi, family msde wfetehed! At length, said
he, iss, down my foot, and ssid, =" Col d.
shall rule, aud rum obey" And from tina,
day Cot. p. did rule. He iDnedia,eiy broke
off mis- incorporate hsbi,s and lived 20 good
old age, vi,tuou., respected and happy. Let
eve one Who has acquired, Of Is scq-i ing
similar habit, 30 and do fkewise.
N. H. RehosifOry
John Dudley, of Dser6eid, was captain 10
the miliis. lie was an old bachelor, had an
old maid for house keeper, and titled his
ground like an honest man. He was scqasin,.
ed with Gov. Wentworth, aud f'cqoen,iy cal
led upon him when at Po'tsmouib, tnss hs
nighttoll his rustic ncig bbors how Miek he was
with his excelloncy, To add TO his inpor.
lance he once invited the Governor TO call up.
on him at Deefeid, on his way in,o the
county ;------ snd he governor promsed to
do so.--Ihe captain expected visit como
time ~ corlsin week. aud kept near his
house busiiy employed ss susual.----One ve'y
VAIN DAY his house keeper came puMog
into the titid TO ihfotm him that grand car
risge, which must be the governors, was al o
utric distance. Thecsp,a,D ran 10 the house
aud hsIIy had line 10 slip on has miliiHfy red
coat, ara cock'd up bat ere ms excollency
dove up. Win hls rus'y sword IN hand, d.
un INFO DO stree, md assuming u rue cap
tain ike slrut, paid d msrI,sl salute 20 bis ex.
ceI!eocy, who on behodne him burs, into
hcs, y lougb The -s,her discomposed the
man at no sword but he wss 'puI TO iulme
diste f,gh, by tho following speech Of the
governor. Cap ain Dudley am glad to see
yv,i, but ,hiok your sppea ance as niii'sy
man would DC improved, II sou we Q TO add 10
you, uniform pair oi 6retches !"----ah btiI.
Gle which the captain, IN his hasts 20 pay his
.espec,a, had entirely forgotten.
W H. Hsf Con
Two families OF ca, distinction and wealth.
q, Paus, were overwhelmed with gtief by the
following circums,snce. The son of one Of
,hem, who had himself q considerable income,
fell de.pots,ely 10 love with An opera dancer,
Madcmo,scnc Rreeours. The lovers, after
being once intercepted, contrite6 70 siope TO
Bo}deau;, where they lived IN tho most OK.
usvagsnt style Of expense, sod exhausted ere
long, ali ,he,r means. The young man sd-
d, esscd rich aub, IN Pals, BY letter, im.
ploring pecanis'y y relief. She promised HIM
al hat he could desire, II nc would ie,u'n TO
his friend. and lead regular life. h short
time, his sweetheart herself persuaded hiGs
10 sc, ou, with her on his retuta; bet iaey
GOT neor 10 Paris, the idea Of 9 sepa e,ion be-
came iosuppnr'ebse 10 bo,h--'hey dtiibeisio.
~ lighted chafng dishes filled with ebarcod!
in their chamber, and were found iea6 the
mex morning This tragedy happened 10
the third weeh ci Mach
Il religious f,anrae. --Isras' Roland, OF
q ook havea, wno We understand mas been
sometime labot,ng uode' q concerned mind,
oo the night Of .ns = h swoke his vife, and
ve,y deste 'aely told her, that IL had been re-
sealrd to him, hat he mus, destroy his tsro',
y, and as ds'ibor s,ely rose for the purpose
bul tho vile no, believing 10 tbs revelation,
,ook her departure for come Of the neighbors,
who having collected, they returned to the
house, where they found tho Oldest child,
sbou, s years old. lying on the door step.
where r. had tsken IL by its heels snd dashed
its brains ou,--m lived nearly 90 hour--He
likewise he'd broken the skull of sno,her child
sbou, four years old, belonging to womsn in
tho hoose--i, is said 1t csooc, Iise.--Sas
Hsr5or Coryector.