The Rhode-Island Republican. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1809-1841, 1827-07-19

! siAstIc hoinThtlCIl ioI me lAst4lui4oIs OF lAs
country and lofty pride to preserve and per.
petuate them.
DUEL IN PAWTUCKET.--Th The proyi
dence and Pawtucket papers give long &C.
count Of duel which has recently taken place
in the above village. The contest was be.
tween two strangers, Frenchlnon and Pole,
whose names have no, yet been ascertained
The affair took place al sunrise. or Thursday
last, about a mile this side Of Pawtucket-at
the moderate distance nine feet The Pro
vidence Journal says" The French gentle.
mans pistol is said 10 have gone off aocden
tally before the appointed moment. The &c.
eident may have been occosioned by a sloh,
agitation of the nervous system. We have
heard of similar accidents Mr.. Randolph's
pistol orce went off in the same way. By the
terms of the duel the parties were to fire be-
tween the words zone and six" to he counted
by one of tire seconds. After the Frenchman
had accidentally lost his fire aud stood de-
fenceless and unarmed before his enemy. hy
with cool deliberation becoming soldier,
was enabled TO raise his pistol no higher than
| his opponents thigh, whom from the lapse oi
time he was obliged TO fire or rc'inquish tbs
! golden opportunity of manning or taking tia
| life ofhs antagonist. The ball pnsscdthrough
the heshy part of the Frenchman's thigh, lie
reoled and fell---vengeance was satisfied,
wounded honor healed, they shook hands sue
became friends. The Pole is said to have de.
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had one instant of time longer boon allowed
him, he should have sent his ball through the
Frenchman's heart, but he was unable to draw
lis aim so high. This is as NO have heard
the story. The whole affair was conducted
with so much secrecy that the beliigcrants cs'
capped the punishment Of The law. 1t is m vain
: to reason against this unreasonable practice
: It proceeds from the vices Of mankind, and
cannot be restrained but by tho severity and
certainty OF legal punishment
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From the Albany Argus of July 1lt'l.
.Nationa, Interests. Tho meeting of cit.
izcns from varions parts Of the country, fox
, the promotion Of the interests Of the wool
grower and manufacturer, held yesterday
at the capitol, was highly interesting in lis
proceedings and results.
The meeting was opened by reading The
address of the Pennsylvania Society for
the Promotion of Manufacturcs and The
; Mechanic Arts, which We have already
published, and which concludes by propos-
me tho Harrisburgh Convention.
T John S. Van Rensselaer,, esq. then a6-
: dressed the meeting, in series OF remarks,
/ illustrated by facts and statements, caicu-
; lated to show the Importance to the nor
thern nart of the union, and particularly 10
the northern agricuturslists, Of extending
ample protection and encouragement 10
the manufacturer and wool grower.
; Mr.. V. r. was followed by Samuel NJ.
Hopkins. csC. who accompanied the resolu.
tiGns published below, offered by himself
and unanimously adopted by the meeting.
: with brief but forcibe g. animated eXpla-
nations Of tic views advanced in the reso-
lutionS.
The Ton. Martin Van Buren then roso
and addressed the meeting in a speech OF
about an hour In The course of his re-
marks, mr~V. z. alluded to and fully eH-
/ planned. his course in relation to the wool
. len bill; the character and effect Of that
bill, as wcli as ot sarioas measures, adopt.
} ed and discussed from time TO time, for the
protection of our home industry the mag.
nitude aud vital importance Of the subject,
in reference to every section OF the rElOr
and every part and esery citizen Of the
state the obvious necessity Of extending
) to the wool grower and manufacturer, and
10 every branch of domestic production and
industry that may require it, ample and
liberal encouragement and to render such
encouragement efectual by the adoption
of sound, careful and wise measures, sRiu-
tray in themselves. and disconnected from
the feverish attempts Of designing parti-
zans, and the aitiul contfiyances OF those
who seek to prevent 4 great national qnes-
tion to their own personal g. political nd
vantage. II was full and very able view
Of the whole ground and, intrjcste and
J difficult, rs the various bearings ofthc ques-
tion are, they werc stated in manner -
clear and perspicucIis, as 10 bring them
within the comprehension Of every hcarer.
Mr.. Chandler Star concluded the dis
cussion upon this occasion, by odduclr@, ~
a brief address in the meeting, additional
reasons for the adoption of the proposed re-
solutions.
The resolutions were then unanimously
adopted and delegation consisting Of The
} gentlemen named below. appointed TO the
state convention on Monday next.
We arc thus brief at this time. becsrTe
we shall probably be enabled to lay sketch
es Of all or nearly all the speeches before
our readers.
At n meetiSg OF the Farmers, Wool
Growers, and Friends ofthe American Sys.
TEN, of the county of Albany, held agrcea-
bic to public notice, nj the capitol in tha