The Rhode-Island Republican. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1809-1841, 1826-07-27

yaded great number of The saanrfac;u-
ing establishments in New. England. tie
50th Anniversary faying been observed by
them in highly becoming manner. 1t was
our intention 10 have given record ot
these proceedings, but so many ether mat
ters presented themselves. they were
crowded from our columns.
PROV. Journal.
TRAGIC. Beauchampthe mnrdererofCol.
Sharp, was executed at Lexington, Ken.
tucky, on the 9TH. Mrs. Beauchamp had
remained with him in his cell TO the day OF
his execution. The day before, both OF
them attempted suicide by taking larca-
mum, but the dose was so large It operated
as an emetic. On the morning OF the eN-
ecution, the guard having retired by re-
quest, Mrs. Beauchamp was soon after
found mortally stabbed by knife, whether
by her own or her husbands hand IS un.
known. Beauchamp hadalso stabbed HIM
self in several places, but not dangerously.
| He said Mrs. b. stabbed herself and then
restrained his hand.--She survived but an
hour.
! A reverend gentleman who was presen.
| speaks of the dying scene, as one OF the
most touching he had ever witnessed. She
was anxious to see her husband. lie was
brought in. She become speechless, per-
haps insensible. He placed one hand up.
on her forehead--with the other he held
her pulse until she expired. Then, "Fare-
well" said he, farewell, child of sorrow
Farewell, child Of persecution and mis-
fortune For thee I have lived, for thee l
die ~ Twice he embraced ner, and was
then removed
Before his execution he declared Mr..
Darbey who had been implicated wholly III
nocent.
AFFECTING ACCIDENT. In Lebanon,
Conn. little girl l | years of age, Gugh-
ter of Mr.. Caleb Abel, while playing on the
main wheel of her fathers grist mill, caus-
ed it 10 turn by her weight ard was carried
round by it until stopped by her body be-
) ing wedged between the floats and the
ground, an iron point from the wheel at the
, same time penetrating the poor little VIC
TINS thigh and holding her fast. Her
screams alarmed the father, but in order tn
eXtricate the body without further injury 1t
was found necessary to remove part OF the
;, wheel, which occupied halt an hour. The
! little sufferer, though literally crushed be-
r meath the wheel, was still sensible and felt
no pain. She threw her arms about her
fathers neck, and asked sam dead papa.
The accident took place in the afternoon,
= and the child died in the cvening--appa-
rently without much suffering, as she con-
a verscd with her friends to the last. The
4. mother became distracted upon know
= ledge of her daughters situation; and has
= left her residence from an antipathy arising
y ont of the dreadful recollectons which its
|. scenes recall to her mind.
r. a NArIoS's GRArIrrpr. "Thomas
= Nelson, of Virginia, signed the Declaration
: Of Independence and what he had pro-
a claimed he assisted by his sword to main
d tain. His plough left in the furrow,
d that his horses might drag oUr munitions of
!. war; and when invited by La Fayette ia
point the guns Of a new battery at York
y he directed them against his own house
IS first, which was the best in town. His wi
y dow is now living in Virginia, blind and
:. POOR"
CLAIMS on FRANCE. A letter 20 the
y editor Of the Philadelphia Democratic
n Press, under date of Paris, May %, con-
tains some intelligence concerning our
= claims on France, ofa more cheering char
acter than any hitherto receiyed.-The
Hrlter says that the greatest iiberaity was
/. exercised by the members of the Chamber
y of Deputies, to the report Of the Commit
!. tee admitting the merit Of the claimants
q Count Alexis de Noaies, nephew of Gen.
= Lafayette, and the Baron de Neuvile, late
: Minister to the United States both point
q ed out the policy as we'll as the Justice o.
: paying foreigners for services rendered
!, to the unfortunate subjects of France dur
4 ing the revolution. Upon the question
! being put large majority appeared for
: referring the petition to the Minister OF
8 Foreign Affairs, for payment Of the small
!. cla;m--leaving the other OF 40,950 francs
, (pald for provisions for a carte, - unpaid
But, as the royal party admit this to be a
debt of honor, it is thought that at the mex.
9 session of the deputies it will be provided
; for.
. .3nOher gold .Niae. The Western Ca
rolmlan informs, that Gold Mine has
!, been discovered near the Narrows, on the
4 Yadkin, Montgomery Co. N. c. con
" tanning gold in more abundance than any
hitherto found in that State--that the gold
is 23 or 23i pvt fine, and found in solid
y humps, or particles of Aom two to eight
pennyweights, that the earth dug from
the middle of the road, where it crossed ?
= creek, contained from two to four pennY
: weights of gold every bushel--that the
lroad was literally paved with gold--tha-
one person., on opening rock with his