Northern star, and Warren and Bristol gazette. [volume] (Warren [R.I.]) 1826-1830, 1826-10-07

of Col. Stone. editor Of the ny Com.
were finished Ia week snd Ieit, Md
yestMsly in txs same arttpeps ne
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Col, Was sefy ppierly sPea ~ sees- |
SION !: aot 50 that Of the lady, i could
NOT forget The many unkipd cuts FROM
| fse editor. Il aew Il and fairly NemoI-l 1
ished those places on the sides Of ihisI
]pewicranium, which had been used col
i.og for ! pen rack. = = .I'he coscr-
pr;sios propvietoss Of TIE Circns re-
zen " erected at Providence. are said
10 be amply remunerated by the citi-1
zens Of that place. MIR Kean is se-
yereiy indisposcd at Qpebeck.-----
A man named Samuel Dexter commit
sedsuicide at Providence, on Friday
FAST. He was discovered after he had
been suspended aAput three minutes,
bat the persons who saw him dangling
ia lLe air, conceived that they had no
right to cave his life without special
permission from coroncr's inquest!
They therefore let him hang tiIl past
recovery. .----J. A. King, Esq. has re-
signrd his situation as Secretary to The
American Legation in London, and VIM.
| D. Lawrence, Esq. Of 'New-York has
been appoin,ed.--An account Of Lord
Ryron's voyage to the Sandwich ISL
ansls, is preparing for the press IN Lon
don. Among the. cur,osities and re-
lies brought home was the dagger with
which Captain Cook was assassinated.
i-The potatoe crop has f lied both
lin England and ireland. In the latter
|, country the early crop was not more
: than one fourth the produce OF last
1 year, and the late potatoes which form
! the staff Of life Of the Irish poor, dit
not afford the slightest prospect Of re
lief, as the seed ia general had beer
inactive in the ground for the want o
m,isturc.--Ayehicle drawn by anew
method, has been noticed on the way
s1f-om Bristol to London. II consisted
of light four-wheei carriage, in w'ir'
were three persons, drawn by tw.
kites. The gentleman belonging to
was stated to be Mr.. Pocock, teaches
Of mathematics at Bristol. The large
kite, he su;l. was twenty feet high,cov
Tered with cambrick muslin. with tissue
paper pasted over it., and painted I; it
height from the ground was one hun
! tlred aad seventy feet /; the top or pi
r 10, kite was about tie same distanc,
: from the first. The lowest kite was
a painted to represent q BALLOON T ihft
{ rtderate sized cord, each kite having a
separate one, tho cord Of the pilot pass.
ling through the tsst, 10 rua.le the trav.
elier, BY pulling the string Of The pio,
10 raise the frst sufficient to clear trees
or other obstrucih,ns by the side ofthe
road. Under the carriage was a drum
, and apparatus TO wind the cord on, OF
! to let Il out at pleasure, as necessary.
| The carriage was guided iu the same
msnner as Bath chair. Mr.. pocock
: said in coming from Marlborough be
many times went at the rate of ciyh.
teen or twenty miles an hour.--The
southern TO ks begin to look earnestly
f'r the caming in Of their yankee friends
with their apples, onions, cabbages,
cheese, cod fish. and potatoes, and even
a little bacon or Goshen butter, would
relish with their !" sweet Cal o,inas.''
AT a l,rc trial for murder in Vir.
igInia, eleven Of the Jurors were at
first for a verdict Of guilty. but the
twelfth induced them to leducc the
verdict to manslrnghter.---A man has
been committed at New-York. on a
Icharge ofstealiag, ON whom was found
a commissions as a Deputy Postmaster
in rNew,Jersey. Persons should be
careful whom they recommend. 49,
THE Governour elect Of Maine is said
10 have published, in one paper, nearly
fourteen columns respecting the Mas
sachusetS CLAIMS Heis looking out
for tie .Maiae chance. e.----At Kings.
ton, Jamaica. a lad about fourteen, on
board vessel, and his attention at