Northern star, and Warren and Bristol gazette. [volume] (Warren [R.I.]) 1826-1830, 1827-01-20

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wslSss sfshs United slates. BY mesnsl
sflnlsrnai impfsvelnehf !
| y Ifspdsy The rll>rity "a respIats|
soamsrce light h5uses nay BE buiit I,
sand bars and otherS ototructions rs-'
moved, from toe mo9<hs and beds rof
rivers, and sea walls erected. IL IN
abort, Il il admitted tkst the. wofks Of
nature may be al changed, With vies
q promote and facilitate the operations
| Iofcomnercs and ofwar how csn il
lbe denied. that. forsthe same purpose.
roads may be graduated, and turnpiked,
or intervening gopniains CIT through
to connect water courses ~ IS.
"We yield to no one in respect for,
or Attachment to the rights and sovsr-
eighty oftha states, but we do not feel
the alarm nor perceive the dagger
which is apPrehended BY soiue. from
the exercise ofths power in question.
II appears to ~, that the states -posa-
ess ample security against any violation
Of their rights, in the direct respsnsi-
bIitv, which one branch Of congress
owes to them, and tue local attachment
and Il cIings Of the representatives. Of
the people in the other branch
A letter froni the correspondent Of
the New York American at Washing.
ton, dated Sunday Janusry 2, states that
Miss Livermore, quakeress, deliver :
cd sermon in the Representatives
Hall on that morning, to crowded au-
diencc. Her text was, Judges and
rulers over men shoula be tlst. and
live in the fear Of the Lord" She cas-.
tigatcd With severity, the folliss and
vices 10 which great men are usually
exposed. The rollers Of the people
we're not alone sharers IN her admonit-
ions. Pleasure in all IFS shapes she
DEPRECATED thee rout, the ball. he
theatre, all took their turn. She ad.
monished the fair portion of her au-
! dien:e that the Bible would grace their
hlIy hands much better than pack Of
csrds, and men in office. whose duty it
was to place good examples before the
people, that their evenings wsuld be
better employed in searching the scrip
lures, than in folly and dissipation.
The Bostor Patriot stafcs that the
warl'ke intelligence from Europe has
not been without some effect upon that
market. Florr had advanced half a
d,.ll,n. on the barrel, and sagar and 9th
er articles were held at somewhat high
er prices.
A correspondent of the New York
National Advocate attempts In prove
that the wea her was very cold in the
city Of Washington, on the fret inst
by the rsdney, ofthe visitors muses. at
the Presidents house /; huthe does not
say whe her thase rubicund fnrerunners
Of courtly visitors, were especially lu-
ainous at entering or departing. Oppo-
site causes may produce similar ef-
fscts. Extremes ip nature. equal ends
produce"
The National lntelligenccr Of Sa.ur.
day says, the Senate has spent good
deal Of time within the last week, IN
executive bu,iness, with closed doors.
The report out ofdoors IS that the trea
ties with the Northwestern tribes Of
indians recently concluded, have form.
ed the principal topick for dcliberaiion
fthat body whilst in their secret sess.
ion.
1t is understood that our govern
ment has ordered vessel of war TO
proceed forthwith to the coast Of CO.
lombia. for the protection Of American
citizens and property in case os need.
FOR THE tTAR.
Mr.. Editor,
Having occasion to pass through your
town on Saturday evening last, ! was
astonished to find myself assailed by
myriads oflargc boys, and numerically
pelied with balls of snow and other
| missiles, to the imminent danger ofmy