The Rhode-Island Republican. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1809-1841, 1827-08-02
APPRENTICES LIBRARY-Tt will b

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APPRENTICES LIBRARY 1T will be
seen by reference TO our advertising col
umns, that at a late meeting Of the Associa-
ton of Mechanics and Manufacturers in this
town, a respectable Committee was appointed
to Report Rules and Regulations for a Libra.
ry TO be established for the use and benefit of
that Association, and to solicit the aid and pa
tronage of the public in relation to the auda.
bic object which the meeting had in view. II
is never too late to do good, and although
with regret we make the statement, that what
is generally denominated an 9PprentioeS L.
Jrary, has not been before established, under
! the auspices Of this very reputable Assoca-
ion; yet at this late period, we hope there
are hundreds now living who will receive the
aid and benefit ofsuch an establishment. The
means Of The Association are small, and the
Committee must, in great measure, rely up
on donations from the wealthy, benevolent,
and phllanthropc citizens among us, for the
necessary aid to carry into effect the com
mendablo object which they have in view.
Books as well as money, will be gratefully
received and kindly acknowledged we
would ask those who have the means to con-
| tribute, TO what better use they could apply
whatever they may be able to bestow, than to
an Institution whose members may be so use
| tul as the members of this and similar lnsti-
tutions have been, and may DO to the commu.
/ nj Altar all that has Lnnn saiI tpJ oil tbot
has been published, we arc thoroughly per-
suaded that Of all the great leading interests
of the country, the Mechanic interest, if it
does not hold the highest, is not inferior in
rank to those Of any other. TO whom are we
IN fact, indebted for the great improvements
Of modern times to the practical operation
as well as the developemont Of the power of
Steam-to tho erection of Cotton Mills and
! the great improvements which have been re
Gently made in the manufacture Of Cotton--to
almost every thing that has had tendency to
make us more happs rs men, and our country
more prosperous and wealthy as Nation ,
70 the Mechanics, and to the ontorprisiug me-
chanical genuses of our country. "kRoc-
'tdge is potcer,' and knowledge should be
brought to every mans door--let then ihe
mechanics of our country have at least means
Of knowledge, and if much has been effected
by them, under all possible disadvantages
what may we not expect from this class Of the
community with the means and acquisition Of
knowledge --Debar them not, we say, from
the means Of knowledge, and great as have
boon the efforts and effects of the inventions
Of the mechanics Of our country, we may
hereafter look for greater blessings upon the
human race than any yet conferred, by the
Mechanics of our country.
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We learn that Capt DANIEL TURNER, OF
this town, has been appointed to the command
oftho II. S ship Eric, now fitting at New
York, for the WestIndcs.
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r. |. BRIDGE COMPANY.-The annual
Meeting ofihis Company. was held on the 23d
ut. when the following gentlemen were elect
cd Directors for the ensuing year, viz -
Audley Clarke, Christopher Fowler, iona.
lOln bowen, bcNT0e iEiSll, y. u Nntlll'l'n'
=. r Northam. 5 Fowler Gardiner, VIM. III.
lery. David King William Ma-chant was re
elected Clerk and Treasurer. And at n meet.
ing of tho Directors on the same dav, Audey
Clarke, Esq was reelected President
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y We have copied on the first page of thi,
r number to the exclusion of our usual miscel
laneous matter, a sketch Of the trial of the
three Spaniards, who committed piracy anC
murder on board the brig Crawford. The cx
ccution Of the wrctches, il will be noticed
, takes place on Friday the 18th inst
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; Mai. Gen. SCOTT, arrived in this place
on Saturday evening last, in the Revenue
Cutter of New.London, on a tour ofduty. liz
visited the Garrison under command Of Mai
Mason, on Monday morning, and was receiv
cd with tho customary honors-and also visit
cd the Foriifcations erecting at Brentoni
Point Hc left here in the Steamboat 20
Providence, on his woy to Boston, on Tuesda,
morning.
Tho editor Of the New York Enquirer ap
pears to be somewhat troubled sbout tho poll
/. tics of this State. We should suppose ths
the Major had business enough of that kind o.
hand Immediately connected with the donbl
and t,eisted politics of his own State withou
E msddling with the affairs and "ANaLGANA
rIoS DOCTRINES" of we Eastern folks. Bu
; Major Noah is marvcllously industrious j
h trying to boost Gen Jackson into the Pres
: dental Chair, he must therefore be excuse