Literary cadet, and Saturday evening bulletin. [volume] (Providence, R.I.) 1826-1827, 1826-04-22
TOWN MEETING

TOWN MEETING.
The annual Town Meeting for the election OF
State Officers was held on Wednesday last, when
the following gentlemen were elected Representa-
tives to the General Assembly from Providence
Edward Darlington, Samuel w. Brigham, Stan
ford Newell and Le4uel II. Arnold, Esquires; the
latter gentleman in place of Elisha Dyer, Esq. who
declined a reelection.
The votes for Governor were 14i, of which his
Excellency James Fenner received 1856.
The votes for Lieutenant Governor were l45; Of
which Lieutenant Governor Collins received
l43.
10 the afternoon the freemen were occupied by
town business. A resolution submitted by William
T.. Richmond, Esq. proposing TO petition the Cen
eral Assembly for power to establish a town police
and appoint a police officer, was referred TO a com
nIittee consisting ofthe mover and Mes.rs. Thomas
Burgess and Charles F. Tillinghast, to take the
whole subject INTO consideration, and to make re-
port at the annual Town Meeting in June next.
The safety of the town requiring additional
watchmen, a vote passed directing the town Coun-
Gil to double the present number, which is elk.
Eight members were added to the Forcing Sta
tonary Engine No. l., to serve until the annual
meeting in June.
A proposal was laid before the meeting. made nv
Moses Brown, for an Exchange between him, the
proprietors of the Friends School. and this town,
Of land, being a part ofthe donation of F.. K. Dex-
ter, Esq. was referred to the meeting in June, then
to be mentioned in the warrant for calling the meet
ing, and the Commissioners on the Dexter Dona-
ton were requested to inquire into the subject, and
make a report at that meeting Of their opinion, and
the measures proper to be pursued in relation
to it.
Messrs.. Darlington, Dexter Thurber and
Charles Dyer were appointed to repair and relay
North Main street, from the Market bridge to
Miii-s<reet, and to repair the road over Mill bridge.
i AIaO IN ronaIr the ma m onfa IN snufh Main cfrakt
between College and Hopkins streets. A resolu-
tion also passed authorship the same committee
to repair or relay any portion Of the pavements in
town, which they may deem expedient.
The subject Of a division of the town and pro.
bate duties was postponed.
A vote passed directing the Town Council to
| cause south Main.st. to be extended Town to Fox
Point, ON the best terms they can effect and to carry
it into immediate operation.
The sidewalk Commissioners were authorized
TO cause the sidewalk to be forthwith completed be-
tween the market and st. Johns Church on Main
street.
A resolution to raise a committee of arrange
ments for the celebration Of the Fourth Of July,
| gave rise to a warm and rather singular debate
A motion of indefinite postponement having been
lost, twenty three voting in its favor, several sums
were proposed, from 500 to 100 dollars and after a
number of votes, the sum of 200 dollars was appro-
priated for this purpose, 81 to SO. Great difficulty
occurred in filling the blank with the names of the
committee, which had very nearly defeated the OBJ
ject, about twenty having declined the nomination.
The following gentlemen having been induced
to serve, were appointed, forming a very able and
efficient committee, viz: Messrs. Rhodes G.. Allen,
J. Whitaker and N. s. Draper.
The Montgomery (Alabama) Journal of the Oath
ult. states that the Methodists of the Tuscaloosa
station have entered into a revolution not to receive
or acknowledge any man as preacher, pastor or
| presiding elder, who has joined the masonic frater-
nifty since he has been a preacher. and continues to
associate with them either directly or indirectly!!!
MIR. General Beck, an old and respectable in
habitant Of Craftsmanship, Penn. slipped into a
cistern near his house, on the Cd inst. and was drown
ed.-A chimney-sweeper smoothered in II hue in a
Baltimore on the 28th ult.-l7O sheep, valued from
6 to 700 dollars, were lost at Newtowp, N. Y. by a
fresh in the Chemang river.
Doctors HosAcK, UNEVEN, MITCHELL, MORT,
and FRANCIS, have resigned their situations as
| Professors and officers of the College of Physicians
and Surgeons in N. York.
Mr.. Chopper, of Liverpool, recently stated be-
fore a Committee of the House of Commons, that
America now manufactures ms much as England did
twenty-six years ago, and that France is only thir-
teen years behind England.
.Acctdenfs-An extraordinary and melancholy
| occurrence took place in Daricn, Con. a short time
| since.-Mr. Jonas Weed, being on his death bed,
| five or six neighbours were called in, and while
| they were standing around his bed, the floor gave
way underneath them, and they were precipitated
into the cellar, together with the dying man. One
| woman, 10 years Of age, had her leg broken, and
during the confusion the sick man expired.-Mr.
John Rice, Of Salisbury, N. Y. while cutting wood
near his residence was struck by a branch from a
tree, which penetrated his skull. He remained
senseless on the spot till evening, when he was found
and removed home, where lie expired the next
morning. He was about 90 years Of age, and had
recently been married.
At a commencement of the South Carolina Med
ical College, held at Charleston on the 9Th inst. the
degree Of Doctor Of Medicine was conferred on
twentysix gentlemen.
D.. J. M'CoRD, Esq. has been appointed by the
Governor Of South Carolina State Reporter, to fill
the vacancy occasioned by the late appointment Of
the Hon. William Harper.
The following gentlemen where chosen Repre-
s~entatives to the General Assembly, from Newport
on Wednesday last. Benjamin Hazard, Edward
Simmons, Henry Bull, Christie pher Z. Robbins,
| William Ennis, Eleazer Treyett.