The Rhode-Island Republican. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1809-1841, 1827-02-01
CALEB EARLE, Chairman.
JOSIAH JOINS, Secretary.


The OPPOSITION IN CONGRESS endeavorin ng
to profit by their bitter experience obtained at
the last session, have recently prescribed TO
themselves a different mode ofattack upon tho
administration from that, the crazy pursuit of
which, has hitherto covered them with deep
and merited disgrace. The little factions q.
Washington have, in good earnest, set thep-
selves about ascertaining whether there really
exists any reasonable probability Of their being
able to squeeze Gen. Jackson into the Pres.
Dental chair They have their agents and
latures now in session, observing the signs OF
the times. The friends of jackson in Con.
gress have been very busily engaged in send.
ing political letters in every direction through
out the country; two or threo Of those letters
have even found their way 10 some .fOiaS in
our little corner Of the world-that's all well
enough-no matter. II is curious to notice
how the work is laid out by these reformers,
evory "good man and true" has his job to NJ.
Duffie is assigned one piece of work in the
to kremer and Hamilton still different duties
are alotted. The partin which Col Hamilts \
is to move, is of all others, the most arduous
and important; but nothing can be so arduous,
so tedious or SO difficult of performance, but
what the energies of his powerful mind will
subdue and accomplish only give him time
enough. Col Hamilton has, as old Kremer
said, got TO "cry aloud and spare not, by call
ing up in the House of Representatives every
morning the alien and sedition law of '9S--
how prodig iously honorable such an employ
ment for highminded Southerner.
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RHODE-ISLAND JUDICIARY.-Othcr
and various duties have prevented us from
spreading before our readers -t an earlier
day, the very interesting debates that took
place in both branches of our Legislature at
the recent session in East. Greenwich, on tho
Bill introduced by Mr.. Tillinghast, Of Provi-
dence, proposing some important alterations
in the highest Law Court in the State We
shall endeavor to publish the debate in our
next.
MIR. MDUFFIE of South. Carolina, has
been appointed by the Speaker of the House,
q member of the Committee Of Ways and
Means, to fill the vacancy occasioned by tho
resignation Of mr.. MLane. This may be q
very juaiciOuS appointment on the part Of mrt
Speaker Taylor, and it may be otherwise. To
say the least about the thing, when taken a.
together it looks lite queer.
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The alarm Of Fire was cried in this town,
on Friday morning last, about 5 o'clock; but
we are happy in being able to state that il
produc cd no very serious injury. Some
one in attending upon a sick person, acciden-
tally hold the light so near the Curtains oS
the bed as to set them on fire, which were
consumed, together with a considerable por.
ton Of the bedding. The flames were fortu,
nately got under before they had materially
injured tho building.
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MR. MLANE in consequence Of i'll hcahh
has resigned his place as chairman oftho Com.
mittee Of ways and means: The laborious du.
ties of tha, Office have, for several years, been
performed by that gentleman with great abil-
ity, and TO the entire satisfaction OF the public.
According to usage the duties Of chairman de-
volvo on mr. Cook, the talented and indefati.
gable Representative from Illinois.
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Winter continues TO throw around us its
cherries prospec,s--wcod 8 or 10 dollars .
cord, and bu, very little to bo had even at
that enormous price. We hope somebody or
other will think it advantageous to supply
our market with this indispensable article be-
fore much greater advance takes place.
Our harbor is perfectly free from ice.
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BoOKS-One Of our subscribers wishes
to purchase old Genersl alexander smyshs