The Rhode-Island Republican. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1809-1841, 1825-11-17
NEWPORT,
Candidate for Me l9M Congress,
DVTEE r. PEARCE-
REPRESENTATIVE ELECTION !.

REPRESENTATIVE ELECTION.
II will be recollected by the Freemen that
Friday, the 25tb day OF November, instant
is appointed by the Assembly, for the
choice of member of the 18th Con-
gress, in consequence Of the failure or
Messrs. Pearce, Durfee, or Hunter, to OBJ.
tain at the meetings in August last the re-
quisite number of votes for an election.
We have always manifested our prefer.
ence for Dir. Pearce, as the candidate se-
lected by our Republican fellow citizens,
In fair and authorized mode of nomna-
ton. The result Of the late election has
no ways diminished our predictions. Mr.
p, is evidently the choice by great majority
of the southern and middle counties; and
their sentiments on this occasion must,
weigh very powerfully with our brethren
in the north. For our own parts, we feel
the fullest confidence that Mr.. p. will
come in at this election by a commanding
majority.
s~oA3o-<-
F1RES.-Our citizens were alarmed on
Saturday last, between one and two o'clock
p. M. by a fire communicated to the roofof'
the old Lasselle house in Thames-street,
from foul chimney, and which for timo
threatened serious consequence. The
wind blew at that hour with uncommon vi
olence from the N. W.; the tide in tho
Cove was at the lowest ebb, and, owing 70
the extraordinary drought of the season,
scarcely well in the neighborhood afford.
ed bucket Of water. BY the spirited ex-
ertions ofa few individuals the flames wero
fortunately repressed, before the wind had
an opportunity to extend them, and thus q
destructive and calamtous conhagratioa
was happily prevented.
There can be no doubt that if the flames
had made little more progress, with tho
wind in that direction, and finding us so
strangely and inercusatly unprepared, thac
the most valuable part of Newport, in u
few hours, would have been one miserable
scene of widespread destruction. The
recent fires in Boston, are proof enough
how difficult it becomes to check fire OF
any extent, in narrow streets, where tho
material of building is much better calcu-
lated than ours to resist the flames; aided
also, as they are by far more efficient ar
rangement of the Fire department, than can
be found in Newport. What would havo
been our situation; in this old and combus-
tible town, if ten or fifteen houses had been
at once on fire in Thames-street on Satur-
day last, with the wind blowing like hur-
ricane into the very heart of the town, and
with such a deficiency of water to extin-
guish them? Our citizens we know, arc
remarkably active on these occasions, and
do every thing that can be effected by cou-
rageous and devoted men to serve their
fellow Citizens; but with our imperfect or
ganization, without good aud q plentiful
supply of buckets or hose, (or with such
miserable substitutes rs we should be a..
shamed to mentionl nothing but a miracle
can preserve this town from one of those
signal calami,ios, which have sometimes
visited our brethren at the South and East,
and from which it would be in vain to hope
that Newport would be restored to evea its
present condition, in less than century.
Let the proper authority look 70 ii.
-~ss@e--
DELATE ov rHE INSOLvENT BILL.
On our first page viii be found the inter
esting debate which took place at the recent
session of the Assembly, on the Insolvent
Bill. We have no doubt il will be read
with genersl interest-morc especially by
those who have petitions pending.
PAwTUCKET CHRONlCLE.-we
received BY yesterdays mail, the first num-
Der ofa paper ofihe above title, issued from
the press of Mr.. John {. Harwood, in tho
Aourishing village OF Pawtucket, on Sn,ur-
day last l,s appearance indicates gcos
nanarernent ard ability