The Rhode-Island Republican. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1809-1841, 1826-09-07
OURSELVES AND THE MIcRoCosM

Ia the COUNTY OF FrOVdcnce, called the MICRO
cosn," tho editor of which, WALTER RAS.
poLPH DAHToRTn, ESQUIRE, n GradVate ot
BrOnn Uaioersity Counsellor at Lar, and for
meriy a Probate Jadge, &c. &c. &c. has re-
Gently manifested very strong and unrmIy
propensity to drag us, OF rather this paper, we
suppose we ought to say, into controversy in
relation 10 matters that surely can afford but
very little interest TO the readers OF that in
valuable MIcRocosm," and not the least in
the world TO our own readers. Mr. Daniorth
has undertaken to guess who writes for this
paper, and who the editor Of il IL. We here.
to!orc very frankly informed Mr.. Daniorth
that the vague surmises of writer in the Mi
crocosm under the signature of''Old Acquain-
iance," ('oe knO0 him) were altogether erro-
neous and we now assure Mr. Danforth that
nc himself is no less mistaken in the suspic-
'ons published in his paper Of Friday last, than
his " Old Acquaintance" was, in those he fur
nished in previous number Of the Micro
cosm. IL Mr.. Danforth ersr lcas informed
'that this paper is under the care Of several
persons we now assure him, once for all,
thn; this journal as, and eoer has been since IL
passed into our hands, under our oDn e1elu-
SIRE care and managemont--and whoever the
man is that presumes TO say that such is not
the fact. we explicitly tell him that the assor-
ton il utterly FALSE.
But necortheless, we suppose that that sur.
Pr'singiy queer Htie gentleman cf the Micro
oosm, will hardly admit that pe eUen print the
Rhode Island Republican. Ifhe should be 80
stubborn and deny us even our trade we real
ly should feel ourselves at loss to devise the
mode of convincing the eccentric and ,oitty
Editor Of the 'Httlc rorld' that wo absolutely
do, IN sober solemn truth, print "somc where
in Newport" the paper called the "Rhode- Is
land Republican," We cannot holp believing
that the kind Of skirmishing mr.. Danforth is
carrying on against US, we beg his pardon,
his paper, we mean, must necessarily turn
out to be entirely Improbable; and we do pos
itivcly know that the particular object he has
an cio'o, in pursuing this course, will not be
attained. What # nee, or this paper, ,oi!hont
an Editor Of any sort or kind, as mr d. says,
should undertake 10 guess the names Of all
tho persons who contribute to the columns {
the .Mcroeosm--the names of those who actu.
ally exercise some little control over that
journal, and especially the name Of that man,
TO whom the .Mcrocosm and its EDITOR, mau
be under obligations Of a soiid and substantial
nature.
-..eas..
SUPREME JUDICIAL COURT.-We
mentioned in our last that Friday the Isl
inst. was assigned for the trial Of the in.
dictment found at the last term Of thi.
Court, against Sarah lIowland, alia,
Brooks, a colored woman belonging il
Tiyerton, charging her with havin~ ,,,,
derod on the 18th of Jann....y last on,
Daniel Charles, c...,orcd man. At tn,
opening OF thc Court on Friday morning
the drH IN Jury together with twenty-fou
errors returned by the Sheriff on u specia
vcnire. appeared and took their seats
The prisoners counsel made several per
omptory challenges, as well as challenge
for cause, rs the jurors were called over
BY II o'clock in the forenoon, however,
Jury was impannellod. The prisoner wa
again arraigned and the Indictment bcin,
read TO her she declared that she stal per
sisted in her former plea Of not guiiiy, an
was then ready to be tried by the country
The Attorney General commenced b
opening the trial on the part of the Gov
crnment and stated with great clcarnes
and force the various facts which he eS
pected to prove, and tho points upon whic
be principally relied; and then proceedc
10 give legal definition Of Murder an
.NansiGughter, sustaining himself through
out by reading the authorities IN relatio
10 all his positions. The following wi
ncsses were then examined on the part
the prosecution:
Thomas Broicn, r colored man, swor
that he WAS ut the house of Binah How
LAID, mother of the prisoner, at Tiverto,
on the 18th January, 1896, when the a
fray took place; that the prisoner and PS
tlence Demas came TO witness house
bout sun down that day, and wanted wi
ness and his wife, who was then in bed,
60 to Bnah's house; prisoner coaxed wi
ness wife to dress herself and go wi,
her. prisoner told witness tl,at her moth,
was sick and wished witness to 90 and 81
her--prsoner then took the child fro
witness wife; they all went with prison,
10 Binah's house, and found there the d
ceased, Binah, and Kittle Browning-pri
oner then took witness wife out and tn,
went up on the hill and soon broug
back Iug-witness didn't know VIII
was in it until prisoner treated round
prisoner said she did not mean to dril
any thing herself, but meant 10 keep WI
awake prisoner and deceased got disp,
ing about victuals which Browning W
cooking; they also disputed about sol
wool, carried by deceased to store at 70
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