Northern star, and Warren and Bristol gazette. [volume] (Warren [R.I.]) 1826-1830, 1826-07-01

0VuduiC'M w utC wy A"o SOso-
monyof laying the cornor stone was
performed according to ancient us
age, with " oil due pomp and cir
eumstanee." Two addresses were
delivered, explaining tho object for
which tile Hall b to be erccted,. the
views cf tho association. &c. &c.
which were listened to with pleasure
by au immense concourse of specta-
tors. The building will be erected
ON lots Nos. 3I4 and SIG. Broad
way, corner Of Pearl street.
Proc. Amer,
Beauchamp has since bis conviction
made a full confession Of his guilt
There are SO many circumstances
which have been disclosed by the tes-
timony in the case, which go to show a
most Uncommon degree of influence.
exercised over the mind Of her hus.
band by Mrs, Beauchamp. This per.
son, who has been so deplorabIy lost
to some of the noblest and most sa-
cred duties of her sex, in woman OF
uncommon energies Of mind, marked
by early eccentricities of manners,
and fatal Indifference to public opin-
ion. The presump;ions are power
full, that this young man, now but
three and twenty, as we learn.has been,
for at least two years, if not more. un-
der the constant excitement of his
wife, to the murder of Colonel Sharp.
We will not dwell, however, on what
the law has cast its friendly veil
We will only add, that Mr.. B. dis
covered SO much sensibility at the
acquittal of his wife, when he himself
was under sentence Of death, as to
Grasp her to his arms in open court
We cannot help thinking that on the
whole there is as much misfortune as
crime in this case.-Los. Ky paper.
.agricaltural,-Mix layers Of green
or new cut clover, with layers of
straw in ricks or stacks; thus the
strength of the clover is absorbed by
the straw; whick thus inpregnated.
both horses and cattle eat greedily,
and the clover is dried and prevented
from heating. This practice is par
ticuIarIy calculated for second crops
of clover and grass
To Farmers.-lt may not be gen.
orally known that the beetle, which
frequently commits serious ravases
ON fruit trees, may be eifectually ex-,
tirpated by shaking them from the
trees every evening. BY pursuing
this course for few days they will
entirely disapp ear. Being a heavy
insect they never wander far, so thai
there is but little danger Of being troub
led from their ncighbouring stocks.
Freshets.-The st. Lonis papers Of
the first ult, give melancholy sccounts
of the suiferings by frcshets on some
of the western waters. We are in
formed. says the st. Louis Inquirer,
by a gentleman engaged in the fur
trade, who has arrived from the es-
tablishments on the Missouri, within a
few days past, that the freshets have
been very destructive: that nearly all
the houses, boats, and other property
belonging to them have been washed
away, and the men in many instances
barely escaped with their lives.
A band Of Sioux were encamped
some distance below the Arickaras,
when the water suddenly coming up
on them. between sixty and seventy
of their number, men women amt
children. perished 10 its bosom. The
scene az described to Us, was truly
Appalling some Of the sufferers were
seen in the attempt to swim, dashed
down by the resistless current and
crushed to death among the drifting
ice and timber. Others hung to the
branches Of the trees, until they be-
came benumbered with the cold, grad
ually slackened their grasp. and went
down the stream, Several Of the men
succeeded in climbing trees, where
they remained considerable time in
hopes of rescue but their inevitable
fate was only for short time ptotrac-
ted. A sudden change in the stmos.
phere. accompanied by a heavy fall Of
sIeet, deprived themof all feeling, land
they dropped senseless into the water
below.
The rise is attributed to the melting
of the snow and ice at the heads Of the
Yellowstone aud Chevanne Rivers.
L lhese streams flow from the South,
and are generally the firstin the spring
that pay their annual tribute to the
Missouri. At the commencement Of