The Rhode-Island Republican. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1809-1841, 1827-11-29

| Gov. hOot mas commenced anotneI suit
against Mr.. Charles King, for republshing
the libel, for which the Supreme Court had
already awarded damages.
Or. Emmons, of Boston, has in the press
of Messrs. Monroe 81 Francis, an Epic Po-
EN- IN 4 vols called "The Freedonian," and
dedicated to Lafayet,es. The Doctor says,
he has been eight years about it, "early in
the morning and very late at nights" and
that it has cost him many an aching thought.
Faith, we should think so--ancpic poem, in
volumes! Prodigious.
Mr.. Reynolds, the lecturer on polar ex.
p editions, like Peter, has denied his mas
ter.--He says that his theory is his own,
and that he never was a pupil Of Captain
Symmes. This we know to be false-and
for his ingratitude, we hope, that in his first
voyage of discovery he may fall headlong
into the concavity at the polo, i've twenty
years frozen up TO the chin in arctick ice,
and have his face licked over thrice day,
by the rough tongue Of polar bear.
In N. Y. Mr.. Henry the auctioneer, gave
a public entertainment last week in his just
finished exhibition gallery for the sale of
pain,ngs.--Noah, alluding to the affair, in
all the eloquence Of grateful reminiscence,
says, " never did two or three hundred peo.
pie show more vorocious friendship than
did Mr. Henry's guests on Tuesday night.
His prosperity was pledged in punch, and
his bounty blessed in beef. Caprons were
carved to his credit, and his character was
crowned in capital champagne"
The revenue Of Rhode Island for the
last six months, amounted to $lS,033 6S-
its expenditures during that period were
only S6,535 ~.
Two thousand dollars have been subscri-
bed at Quc5ec towards the erection of
monument 10 the mel mory of Wolfe and
Montcalm.
Moses and Aaron Wilcox died on the
2lst ul, at Twinsburg, Ohio, aged so.
They were born on the same day; married
the same day, their wives being sisters !;
joined church the same day; entered into
business together; failed together; ren;ov
ed from Connecticut to Ohio together;
taken sick on the eamc day; died on the
same day, and were buried in tho same
grave, leaving an unsullcd character be-
hind then.
Mr. Garrett in his spcechbofoto tho Ten.
nessee Legislature, called the editors Of
The Administration newspapers, "rascally
! printers" We think this man well named.
and infer from his large want of courtesy,
that he hos not ouly descended from Ger
4 rett, but that he was born in gsrret, and
bred in gnrrot, and we further tell bim
that his aR;c salt is downright; bllckguard-
ISM,
The peach came from Armenia; tie cher
~ from the mountains Of Persia the cur
rant from Zante; tho grape has travelled
over Europe from the East; and coffee from
corner ofAbysSinic.
The Parisian opera dancers who were
recently performing in N. York, were to
make their first appearance in Boston on
Tuesday evening. They'll give the Bos-
tonnns some ne,r actions, we reckon.
On Nov. Goth. the snow was an inch deep
at Richmond, Virginia.
The house Of mr.. Peter Wheelcr.in Iur-
ley. n. Y. was destroyed by fire. His wife,
who was confined to her bed by sickness,
perishedi in the flames.
Redmond, the keeper Of the U s. Hotel
in Pear-street, N. York, has been again
arrested on suspicion of being an accom-
plico in the forgeries upon the Union Bank
The French Comic opera has met with
brilliant success in Philadelphia
A number Of sailors have been taken from
dcser, island on the S. American coast,
where they had lived years.
An establishment for the manufacture Of
white flint glass, to work by steam, will be
commenced at Pittsburg on the lst of jan
uary.
Mr.. fchabod Dean, Of Taunton, has per.
formed military duty 81 years, under ten
different captains, and never missed a
training
"No oylie laSShagc bu, the shock oformics;
No dalliance but with death--no lofty mea-
sures,
But weary and sad marches, cold and hun
ger"
A turnip has been produced in Virginia,
81 inches in circumference.
Aaron Field, young man ofSt. Adams.
VT. has absconjed with $4,000 entrusted
to him by the bank at that place, to convey