Northern star, and Warren and Bristol gazette. [volume] (Warren [R.I.]) 1826-1830, 1826-09-02

ted a. IDEA. which appsavs 4 hansv
Que, and will obtain, I sinoetIy hope.
your appropriations II is the pullica.
tion Of 4 monthly 1yurnal the Rsrus
.americaine, q period icsl paper OF from
eight to ten shefts oflct,er press.
whose special porpope is to demon.
tratc BY facts, the immeese advants.
ges Of the system introduced ia your
country and to make the Esropssns
more exactly ncquaintcd with the hse.
ny results. which sucl, wise is,siitu,ion.
have procured to the United States...-
It viii be opr nd eayor to take advac.
tage OF all the discoveries in the sci.
cnces, manufacturer. and agriculture.
which enrich the the two Americas /,
we intend also to follow them in the
progressive increase of their literature.
The Stockholders in this useful uu..
dcrtaking are gentlemen sury well
Known and highly resEectable, The
editolship is tobe confiLed to young
gentleman. who is my friend, and was
INV companion in aims. whose talents
sentiments, and perfect Integrity. are
sure guarantees u the excellence VI
| his work"
The late Sergeant Hill. nf cccen-
iyic mcmory, was 0Ucc invited tS
spend some days in the country with
Lord Erskime. His wife, WHO knew
his characteristic negligence, had
advised him (iatcr alia 10 put on d
clean shirt every morning. /" For
this purIosc,' said she. 81 have
packed up six. which will. ] have
no doubt, last you during your vis-
it." On the scrScant's return, his
wifc remarked how shut he had
grown !; adding, at the same time, d
hope, That he had complied With her
repuest about the skirts. Her hus.
band assured her thrt he Nad but
What was her astonishmtht on find
ling that. with his customary ali.
scIcc uf mindj' hc had actually put
on. nne over the otl,cr, aud VAS at
that moment lcrspiriuS under the
influence Of 10 less than six,
/ Severe charges hnvc been made in
different papers against persons en-.
pluyed in The construction Of The
Greek frigatc at New York, Of most
shameful and ,cxl,or Mant extortion.
A correspondent Of tho Boston Cen.
tiucl. after stating tho fact, that
| Ei55.000 was RENTED from LMI-
don To Ncw-York. and there rccciv-
cd and expended in building fiig-
ate Of sixty guns, says for this
1000 that is at the ratio 0f ex-
change last year. nearly S75O,O0O,
the Greeks arc 10 receive one yessA
Of GO guns, estimated by competent
i Judges, to be worth about $3.50, 500!
To give SOME idea Of tho sort Of
charges made, two items shall be
quoted. viz. to a Naval officer on
turiough, for experimenting tho
building Of two vessels, ten thousand
/, dollars +; and about fiftccn hundred
mare claimed for additional services;
to three referees, Gone lawyer and
I, two merchants to whom some mat.
tcrs in controversy were referred
between the parties, eighty dollars
each per day Tor twenty days +, max :
ing IN the whole (omr thousand .Gre
hundred tlullars to tho referees, for
twenty days; and that for. an a.
ward SO unjust, that tl,c parties Ia
vourcd by il twcre gid 10 oreccdc un-
der tho tcrrors of an injuucliun.---
VIII mt the public sentiment II N.
York require these men to refund r
This, sir, is but q specimen Of What
has bern done. Worse, infinitely
worse. is still untold, although /
trust II will mt loug rcnsains We
rcioicc IN the assurance TINT the pub
lick sentiment (in .New-York is Ear
toapurc and strong 10 permit sucis
cxtortion 10 thrive"
Proc. .7mcrican.
! I'VE mail bags containing news.
papers, were picked up bya teams
ter, Aug. 24'b, betwecn Kingston
|aud New Brunswick, about 8 miles
flom the last named city. One was
eu' oh, and fhc other is thUught tu
have dropped from tic boot brI.tind
ihc stage. The robbcr, doubtless,
thought The prize hc liskcd so mucIr
TO obtalh, Was more valuable tlan
Il proved 10 be.