The Rhode-Island Republican. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1809-1841, 1824-11-25

ohen shed iesf over The memory ot he
poor pet Lamb.
We mrs now beg pMdon Of our Alesbu'y
tieods While we Go with he fe.de' liulo
tip TO Phiiadelphis. TN the extensive com.
mons which lay iows'd,,he ochuyikill, large
collection Of catiio was exhibited By CEN i.
psny oi trsders, end as tho sight was We y
6ne ono, uasoy pc soma from tho city csmo
ou, to SEQ It. Among tho seW was gentle.
man whose demosnor cad features were .rik /.
ingly embiems,icsi OF deep and fixed sor.
row---hs walked slowly along, surveying with
q half downeast eye tho moving busting
groupe--hs hands bshind him, end his d,ess
rich, but hsngiog csrelessIy about him. A.
he cast bis eye over the passing nncks, he
thought he sew . lamb with the name Of Cls.
'isss Beaumont on It's neck and suddenly o.
roosing from a ls,hargy, no plunged into tho
crowd and seized IL. Ho was not mistaken
in the nsme--snd when no enquised sboot It's
history. end was told IL came f,om Alssbu y,
he purchased IL, and had Il conveyed TO town.
His conduct, which wac wholly Incxplicabio
TO the by,andsrs who crowded round him st
the time, was not rendered The less 90 to those
who knew thar the mex, day he set out IN
company with tho lamb hs had purchased for
the in'eriot Of Penn.ylvsnis.
II was holiday among tho young people Of
Alesbury, on account Of tho anniversary of my
lsodlsdy Of tho inu's eides, daughter; and .
large party were. assembled around the tea.
table, In tho sfernoon, In the full aaw Of hill.
nfity and mirth. Poor Charles Besumont,
the p'et,ieN OF The N ell, was therc-not ~ o
companion, but ss servant the butt Of eve-
~ vulgar jesr I; secretly scorned, and opeaiy
insulisd by those who wefs jealous Of supe-
rio'iy OF intellect, and beauty Of person snd
manners and exposed to hundred impsr,i-
nent li5eIlies from those who had once court
ed her favor and gown proud on receiving o
smile from her sweet lips :--sho wss there,
s'ill trsssuring up tho bitter lesson ,hst love,
and friendship, and respect, he's no 6 N fouo-
ds'ion In sny thing bur weslih--when q noblc
carriage end two beautiful bays drove up to
the door OF tho inn. The attention Of tho
company was s'res'ed; oil were o. the win.
dow, and 10, and old gentleman stepped from
IL, wbiIo his se1vant hsnded down Clsrisso
Besumon,'s pet lamb The ss,onishsd girl
few to embrace II (; but before she could clasp
its neck, the a'ms Of tho noble stranger were
opened TO encireIe her--she fell into them
sod fsin,ed--it Yves her fs,has !! The re-
port Of his des'h In the Indies was uufounded
--he had return-d within month to Phils-
delphis, with. en- smpIs fortune end sftsS
having been led to suppose that eli HE family
wcre decessed, this accident brought him 10
new lilo and Joy in tho recovery Of . dazzling
child, the image OF IN idolized wife, tnd The
last pledge Of her fssvent love.
The seene ,hs, foil we'd msy te imagined.
Claris.a was angel Of tho villsge--but sho
treated tho fuisorpe fswning and congratola.
,ions Of her old sc4usin,snccs, with % little
attention now, ss shs did thsjr scoffs before.
Her fsiher took bor in few days to PhiIsdel.
phis, whore she lived in tho bosom Of luxury
snd spiendot yet s,ill % k'-l, smisble end
lovely as she had ever been. And even then,
truo to her ca,iy affections, she did not forget
her faithful Charles, VIII : true heart had never
chsnged through sll his fsthe''s prosecutions
end hor humiliation /; bu, when his fsiher los,
hi, estate, and his family reduced TO sbjecs
want, she msrricd him and restored them all
TO plenty and hsPpns's sgain.
There is now at XII khoston Q remarkable
ins,snce Of excessive sleep. A poor psssIyic
lad, 20 yeais Of sge, Tor tho, last tweIvo
months, has not commonly been svaks moro
than hours In tho ~. Al one period ho
slept for Mrse weeks, no took DOT particle OF
either food or drink, oo,hing could rouse him,
even for moment; ye, his sleep appeared TO
be cain end natural. The lad IL now exceed.
Ing hearty, his spi,i,s are good, and 10 inqui.
ries he answers he Is hsppy end "brsvely"
The case has been particularly sxaniosd by
Mr.. Thsckrsh, surgeon, OF this town, and he
finds tho lad TO labor under disesss OF the
brain and spinal msrrov.-Leeds Mercury.
A .hor, time since, an exrso' dinsry opsrs'
tion va, performed o. The Kent and Csn'er
cory Ho'pi,sl, 10 this city, upon men whose
,ound ,hgh bone wss cot open, end en- old de-
esysd bone exusctsd. This man 10 now 40
much recovered s 10 be wslking shout the
streets Of Canterbury. We have DOW ono 70
reeo d, one slmoN ss ex,rso dins'y, snd which
hss bsen attended with the hsppisW fssul's.
A patient w,s received soms lime since With
| q ve,y bad csse Of Q diseased liver. Alter
| some time tho case assumed the worM posi-
bic appearance, sod il was resolved, - the
only chance Of preserving life TO tap the liver.