The Rhode-Island Republican. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1809-1841, 1824-08-05
PUBLIC SENTIMENT.

PUBLIC SENTIMENT.
The Ns,ionsi Jounnhl remarks, (" From
candid review oi the public sentiment through.
out the Union, il seems that in eight States
Mr.. Adams will have an unani mou, vote, un'
der any ci'cumstances ;--'hst 10 the event Of
Mr.. CIsy's being Withdrawn, OF which there
is the strongest p obabiiiy, he will have, 10
addition, The unanimous vote oil Kentucky end
Ohio ;--and that should circumstances induce
General Jackson or his friends to give up the
contest, the States OF Tennessee, and the two
Corolnas will be equally ready to transfer thar
undivided suP2ort 10 the same candidate. Ia,
addition 10 tho eight states, which will bo the
unanimous and certain, under any circumsiah
cc,, MIR. Adams, as we have shown, has dc.
c'ded mcjoriiies in four o,hers equally certain
10 New Yu,k, (Which we do no, take into this
calculationJ unless corruption should prevail TO
an extent which we think wholly Impossible,
the public voice is TOO strong 10 his favor TO
nave as TO The vote OF tho people. Thus even
should on the candidates persist in the srug
gle for supremacy, Mr.. Adams will receive
III electoral votes, end would come before
he House Of Representatives backed by the
support OF thirteen states. In sEy even,
lnereGorc, his election is beyond all reasonable
doubt: and in certain contingencies, the oc'
eurence OF which we regard as highly prcba'
BILE, we should no, be at all surprzsd 10 stt
him elected by an unanimous vote o/ tie EIec
forat Cc@eg,s.
Inh0r!ant {avssiica. Mr Bfode, foreman
Of the csrpente''s Department in The Gospo'I.
Navy Yard, hes invented q machine wbich
promises greatly 10 facilitate the repairing oi
damages dcns 10 vessels. /, is a box shaped
so the riould OF the ship, reaching from the
,urface Of The water TO he keel, and sufficient
y wide 10 cover iho pau 10 &c repaired. Itr
sunk along side, and brought close TO the ship
10y ropes, and the ware' is then pumped out by
means Of on engine. The workmcn then de
scend and execute their task "with as much
secud'y as It they were on TERRA FIRMA."
10 i0unehing thc Delewsre "a an sccideul
occurred. by which the copper, 10 the length
of or I feet very low down and cOntiguou,
% he forefoo,, was ripped up. Two summe's
passed 0way before the casualty was discover.
ed, Dot dutins tho third, the wo' m SO lar PET
fors,ed the exposed port as TO cause the chip
TO leak considcr ably. Al the skill 10 canlk
INK, lhtumming, Sc. that could DO exertea,
vailed nothing, the leak continuing TO IN.
cease. Finally IL was pronounced imprac,i-
nle to owe come it any o,her way thso by heav.
i0g the ship down, in which operation an ex
pcu,e OF S25 900 OF $50 600 must necessari
" &c incurred. l. was IN this dilemma that
NJ Dtodle had his machine constructed.
The workmer descended with their tools and
commenced operation. Tho injured plank
has been removed, and at this moment, ssysa
writer In the Norfolk Herald Of Mondsy,
''they are boiling The new plank nea y ls
lsct ~ 10 kas slIA n enn n lee
curly"
"S,mple as the machine is, 4" saws ihe
He aid, "such arc tho important advantages
thn must resul, from it, tho, il cannot but en-.
title the inventor to the g a,itudc of his coun-
ny. PhR. Ga=.
The Editor OF the National Jou nal re.
marks" Many OF ou' poo, isbo,s are suri.
bated % he sha' pest conttovefslal pen from
the quiver Of ,hs, profound statesman and able
rhesorieian /" Nj. Adams. Il may be in.
fe'red from me preceding sud Other remarks
oil the Editor of the Journal, that Mr.. Adsm,
was nof the author or the csustic ARTICLES pub.
nhed in that paper In reply TO the Editors Of
the National in,oligencer.
Mr.. Matthias Orndo,ff, Of Mcnsllcn, Penn.
sylvsnis, in crossing his field, short time
since, wss attacked BY . very vicious bull.
The animal raised him with his horns and
threw him Is or Is feet upon fence, and
while he was falling the bull esugh, him and
p e"sd him egsins, the fence with his hotus.
Thus situated, he was sImos, exhausted when
his faithful dog who had hear d his 6ssl cry,
cams running from tho house, quarter of
mile dislsni, and immediately attacked the
animal and relieved his mss,er-Mr. .. has
one bad wound ou his ,hieb.-A. Y. ID. .hlV.
The Baltimore Patriot ali, ms confidently,
tha, Mr. Crswlotd will no, obtain single vote