Northern star, and Warren and Bristol gazette. [volume] (Warren [R.I.]) 1826-1830, 1826-05-27

70 assassiuate fellow being 10 deprive
him ofIife. and 10 send him without .
homeut's, wsroisg into the Presenes of
his Maker. Had these things happen
ed among the japanese. where i . the
custom to ease each other ofthcir bow
els upoa the slightest provocstiop, il
would have been viewed diferently ;,
but that the Capitol Of the American
Republick. should become resort for
brawlery and assassips. and those .nss-
assins the officers Of our: Government,
who do tiieir deeds in the presence Of
the whole foreign dlplonatick corps, is
enough = srouse the Indignation Of eve-
ry citizenof this injured country. a
The conduct Of the Rhode Island del.
legation, has been just what we expected
| it would be. They have shown them
selves The representatives ola christian
people /; they have shown that the con-
fidence Of that people was not misplac.
ed they have copjure,l up that respect
for our state. and that influence for her
representatives, which was -entomed
with the lamcn.ed Burril!. II
| A writer ihlthe Providence Journal.
after dumping Captaim symmes' theo-
ry with some effect pronoances his
doctrine rather more hollow than the
earlh, which no man Of sense, within
twenty miles Of Providence will dispute
unless the drums of his ears be in a
state Of radical disorganization for
none but hollow arguments, would have
been capable Of producing alIthat emp
ty sound, with which Of late we bave
been stunned. Scarce u paper comes
to hand containing less Than a column Of
small type, packed up into bard words,
and labelled " !Symmss' 7il,ory.p While
attempting to follow one Of these wri-
ters'in his serial journey, during sui
TRY evening last week, our philosophi-
cal curiosity was overcome by stronger
somniferous sensations, and we sunk IN
to profound slumber. While in this
situation we imagined ourselves tran--
ported in company with Captain symmes
to the North Pole, where we beheld
that large concavity, Of which there
had been 50 much wondermeRt. The
descent towards the centre Of the earth
was gradual, and At the mouth Of the
cave. we saw a number Of little boys
amusing themselves by ridingupon ribs
noceros's. The inhabitants Of the in
ner world were very afable. and dress
ed after the manner Of Shakers. whom
|, they would resemble but for the fac
r that they have four legs instead of two
: and their necks grow from the small
of ths back, which renders the use o
l convex spectacles absolutely nscessar,
e in the pursuit oftheir vocation which i
the manufacture Of fixed mir. which the,
r dispose otto the inventors Of mincra
IS springs ; one man was taking the falls
e botte,, from the spring which is stunt
nj in North Providence for the purpos
e Of impresnatiDg it more strongly wit
lsufpher. The people appeared I
D have some acquaintance with the in
ofthe earth's surface, and ir
T. quired particularly and afrectionatel
ID otter the senior editor Of the Providenc
a Patriot. whose fame had penetrated eve
q ry different strata. from the earth's eli
fe cumference to- iis centre. After exam
n ming the. inner world, and securing
" male and female mammoth, for Doctt
is Mitchell, to be forwarded by the fir
ed means of conveyance, we took our d
parturc for the zen, Captain symm'
thinking shc had poked her rays o.
.ss the wrong way. wished 70 go and tul
tn them end for end, which he mcompli,
,r- ed in the space Of half an hour, al
'e: pinned them securelywhere they shou
nd he. We next took a journey to d
III moon, and on eur way thi,her stopp
Try TO examine the phenomena Of the NoE
re- ern Lights, which we beheld psayi
Md around the North Pole, and which
aes discovered be nothing more nor ],