The Rhode-Island Republican. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1809-1841, 1824-12-02

.is,h ins,sni by the Secretary of State to the
President. .ss Envoy extraordinary snd Minis
is' Plenipotepiisry from Mexico to The Uoited
States. AT the ssme f,me, Don J M. Mon.
toys was presented as Secfsis'y of The Legs-
iion. National Journal
On Tuesday the 10 b instant, Nt. Adams,
Secretary of State, Introduced the Baron De
Ms'euii, Envoy extraordinary and Aiinisie'
Plenipo,ent'sfy from France, TO the President
OF the Uoi,ed Sts,es, ct o special sudience---to
whom the Baron delivered letter from bis
present Scvereign, Charles X. announcing the
dseease Of tho iaie King, his Mos, Christian
Msjssiy, Louis XVIII. U.
Repairing gnns.-Mr. Ellis, Of New .Yok,
has lately inveoled "repes,ins gun" and on
b, "Wednesday last he made seversi expert iments
of iis uiiIry, IS 90 engine OF destruction, at
the Cs.tie Garden, which vas crowded on the
oecsslon. The Naiionsi Advocste. ssy.--
"Mt. Ellis hsd three guns. contsining 7 char.
ges each, which he e ed ia quick succession,
at distance Of IS yards, at two targets or
plsnks. The balls passed through, and struck
the buSws'ks OF the Castle. II vss evident,
f'om the case and quiekness Of fling, ss we'll
a. from the effect, that these 81 bsils hred 0,
boat, With precisisn, must do considerable
execu,ion-snd 10 tho space OF Two minutes.
Two pistols, OF & charges each, were slso fred. 1
The invention really merits tho attention of
government"
Il scene. in Niinois. "A violent outrsge was
committed s Albion, Illinois, in the third
week OF last month, by some slsvs dealers
seeking TO get possession OF . negro womsn,
called Sally, whose right to freedom wss dis.
puted aud who had been placed under the
protection OF tho Court. She was under the
fooi of Q respectable family Of coloied people,
OF the name Of Burfes, whose house was vio.
len,ly attacked by Eve armed men, and after
much banging they split tho door in,o two
pisces, and with violent blows fell on Karres,
who aided BY his wife and Ssly defended
themselves for long time, until Mrs d.
~festiog the rihl from one Of tho sssaiianis,
with which B. islled him to tho ground, thsy
called TO thsm for truce, and they ssid, "if
yoo will give up tsly we VIII go aw.y quiet.
ly,' bu, he answered, never while ! have o
drop OF blood TO defend her. The w'etche.,
dismsyed ct so bold q resistance, beggsd d ,hei,
hats which had been cap,u ed in the f,sy, and
left the house. BoUes was seriously but no,
dangerously wounded.
Il uOiee from fIe Fire I'VE give the fol.
lowIOg as we received il from the mouth of .
geoilemsn OF respec,sbilty, end leave The
drunkard 10 d,aw Instr ruclion from tho fact.
A shoemsksr's shop WIS lately bu,nt IN
Ssugus, and ,wu brothers, in a ssie Of intoxi. !
cation, pefished in the Almes., The evening
before this event ooe Of them purchased .
pint Of run, OF n'ighboripg ,Cader, and as.
sursd him that he soOaid nay him BY. zen o'ek.
the neIs morning, if he had 10 rake he'll for
fhe money. New England GaIdry.
Kenfscky Sfofc. House Bnvnf.-Ths State.
House at Frankfort, Ky. was burned on the
morning OF tho On uh. The walls, which
were OF brick, the chiRneys, snd ibe -four col
umns Of the por;ico "s left standing. The
Public Onces, though ve'y near The main
building, were saved, snd no, much injured.
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