The Rhode-Island Republican. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1809-1841, 1827-11-01
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sconded from thai place on Sunday morn.
lng, with forty thousand dollars in the. bills
ofthat Bank. lie is supposed to have since
been IN this city, as application was made
to some Of the Brokers' on Wednesday
morning to exchange large sum Of the
bills OF that bank, by person who stated
that he wished to purchase bills on En-
gland. One Broker whom he asked 10
exchange the sum of $4,000, was about
to draw check for the amount, but think.
ing there was something wrong in tire ap-
plication cfa stranger for so large an a.
mount, declined the transaction, and We
have not heard whether the man succeed.
ed in efiecting an exchange. lie stated
that he was in a-2reat hurry, and that he
was TO embark IN ihc packet which sailed
about noon that day for Liverpool We un.
dcrstand the Teller left his house at Pc,
tcrsburg at 4 o'clock in the morning, and
got on board steamboat for Baltimore.
lie left with servant a letter for his wife,
with an injunction not TO he delivered un.
Ill the following day-but her distress was
so great in consequence of his absence,
that the servant was induced to hand it TO
her IN tho afternoon. The letter enclosed
5000 for her use On discovering what
her husband had done. she informed the
bank, and Immediately restored the money
in her hands.
II is said the name ofthe Teller ia Smell
sor, and that his connexions are very res
pec:abe. Ii is not known that he left
mere in the packet NY. Mcr. Adv29tb.
Extracts Of n letter from Havana, dated
18th instant, 10 the editors OF the Charles
ton Courier -
On the 9th instant the French ship Ga
lathl arrived from Bordcauv, and brought
| a person belonging 10 the Royal Consijo
DO Ypdas." The Intendant and General
l.origa repaired on board immediately !;
and, after n series of cordial salutaiions,
they accompanied him on shore, and took
him to the lntcndency, where court was
paid him by the ma jority Of the great ones
N Office. Thousands Of ofopinions were Of
cred rs 10 who he was, what could be hjs
GRAND here, &c. Il now has come TO liz h':
he sails for Cadiz in one ot II &. NJ. frgatos,
. on tho llth current, " ith about million of
lolars. itappcars Se cane with his com
mission from II. VI. Ferdinand VII
Our pert * remarkably 's'althy.
liy ,Le latest arrivals from the Ponihen
q, We learn that the state Of Affairs IN and
ibout Catalonia is terrible.
We have very few .f-ivals lately; many
yesscls waiting fcIg'u. Some days SINCE.
4, large Danish ship, sailed for liambro',
with freight which she took ut - ms-ks
oaaco per tor.
We have received tho " T'ncrie" Of st.
rhoGnos, of tho lcth inst. from which we
'xtract the following - Nat. Gaz
k,rirsct ora leier rcc,'".R by n gcntiemnn
in MS isip,a from his correspondent al 81.
Croir.
"It ,s not a little romsrkal,le fiat moth
wiihstanding the severe storms during the
month OF August last which did such eX.
tansive damage to ih Q buildings on almost
very estate in this island. the intelligence
lf hich mus, have reached the United
states long since. that not n single arriral
VI lumber. of which The Island stands in
,uch dcplorablc want, bas taken place.
The cifcums'ance appears the more strik
me when united with the observation that
during the long period that the British Co.
lonal ports were closed 10 American trad.
crs, It hardly produced the arrival of tran
| sient vessel here: although great pains
| hal been taken 10 make known in the SOW
cral ports of The United States The fac!i.
| tics granted by this GOvernnent. by means
| ofa " Bureau establishment" 10 secure n
! preference OF payment, before mortgages,
10 debts contracted for plantation supplies
| from America cliietly independently Of
which, M this seasun ot the year (ospccial-
| " after the similar calamItleS above allud.
cd to). this government /, IN tho habit ot
! rranting funds or assistance from the rOy-
n! treasury for the support Of the plan,a.
tons.
| THE commerce ofthis Island Win the
| United States is confined TO very few
mercantile houses i'm Tint country. The
very painful reelection = therefore una
voidebly excited, by the above considera-
tons, that some UNIV orthy means h,ve been
adopted to misrepresent tho state ofpubl lie
credit in TINS island"
Commerce IN Bosiop.-Thc increase Of
revenue for the last five months, over the
same months last year, is S2t9,000. The a
mount of duties for the first quarter was
$500, second, l.lW 900; third, 1900
900; last fsupposed) 000,0Go-to,al for
1927, Sf,00O,0O0 Since the year l.Sa
over one hundred millions of dollars have
been received at the port of Boston. and
paid to government for duties, and during
that time the actual loss from failures has
not been one eighth Of one per cent.
[Gazcttc.
." a duel took place on the Goth of An.
gustat Rio. between Midshipman Bispham,
and sargeon, Br sdner cfthe United States
sloup Of war Pescock--the latter was st
badly wounded that he died on the follow.
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