The Rhode-Island Republican. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1809-1841, 1828-07-31

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ratical schooner off Ire west end of Jsmai-
ca, after running fight of thirty niles
When they found escape impossible, sew
ernl Of the pirates jumped overheard, and
were drowned. About fifty were taken
and they will no doubt be executed.
.E y. Gas.
The Corporation of New-York have
purchased Blacknell's island as a site for
penitentlary, at the cost of S}2, 500. The
island contains about 100 acres, and the
situation is said to be advantageous.
The New York Greek Committee ac-
knowledge the receipt of S369O "a. An
other ship will sail for Greece the later
part of this month, or sooner, if sufficient
contributions are collected to make up q
cargo.
Supply Of Coal in England and Uaies..-
Mr.. bakeweli, IN his able Introduction to
Geology, calculates that the coal IN North
umberland ana Durhan will be exhausted
In the period Of $50 years; that the coal
fields OF Derbyshire, the West Riding OF
Yorkshire, Stattordshire, Whitehaven and
Lancashire, will none of them last longer
than that time; but that the immense coal.
field Of South Wales would supply the
whoie consumption Of the country Tor 1000
years. This last coal field extends over
l3O) square miles, is Of an average thick.
ness of ninety. five feet, and contains l00,-
"'0 tons OF coal per acre, or G5,0OO,0O
tons per square mile. This coal is of an
lnierior quality, but it is probable that i'm.
proved methods Of burning will be discov
cred, which will cause an economy in the
use Of fuel.
Infammatory gas was discovered and
used in Baltimore in the year 1901, by a
Dir. Heniry.
Indian fight. A fight took place on the
10Th ult. at the mouth of Spoon river, In
diana, between s white men and about 20
Indians, in which three Of the latter were
killed. The Indians were drunk and de.
manded more whskey, which being re
fused, they drew their knives and attack
ed the whites.
A letter to the editors Of the Bait. AM.
from a correspondent AT Galena, the seak
of the U. s. lead mines in Illinois, states,
that laborers are very scarce in the mines.
The town contains a population Of FIVE to
seven thousand inhabitants, and acces
sions are daily making; yet the writer
states that 500 men would readily find
employment at the rate of IL to $25 per
month, and board also found.
A writer in the Richmond Visiter and
Telegraph, in speaklng of the grave Of
the mother of Washington, near Freder
icksburg, says is in dreary deserted
solitary field; that the mound of earth that
was originally raised over her sacred re.
mains, is now washed away, and not a
stone--not the least fragment of human
art, "tclls where she lies"
Religious test, The supreme court of
errors, Of Connecticut, during its recent
sitting in Litchfield, refused TO administer
the oath TO witness who did not believe
in state Of rewards and panshments af
ter death, but believed that mankind re
ceived punishment for their sins IN this
world. This is stated to be reversing by
the court Of errors of q decision made by
the superior court.
Large coal Five dollars were refused
last week for a single piece of coal, while
passing through Pottsville, from one oftbe
mines of the North American Company
II weighed upwards of a ton and half.
1t is curious fact, says the New York
American, that the calendar of the present
court of sessions, which commenced on the
14th inst. exhibits upwards Of serenity cases
of assault and battery committed by fe-
males, and between sixty and seventy ca.
ses Of the same offence charged upon the
other sex. The number of indictments Of
this kind is, we believe, unprecedented.
State Of crime in England. During the
last seven years, there were "a, convic-
tons for forgery, Ill for murder, 50 for
arson. 43 for perjury. while the number OF
convictions for theft, we're not less than
$4,000
The United States Bank have declared
& div lead OF three and half per cent. on
their capital, for the last half year, ending
1st July.
By an exhibit Of the twenty banks in the
state of Maine Whose aggregate capital
paid in, is something over two millions) all
divided as much as three per cent, at their
last dividends, and some of them three &
q half and four per cent.
The inhabitants Of Boston, on The 4th
instant, laid the corner. stone of very
splendid tavern. to be called fremont
house. The event has caused great graf
ula;ion, and was attended with much GER
emony.
The Jump. On Saturday last, says the
Elizabetbtown Journal, Samuel Pate h made
another leap from the highest point above
the falls ut Patterson, into the chasrD be
low, a distance Of 90 feet. Our inform.
ant etates that Patch is mechanic con-
nectcd with one of the factories in Patter-
seu--thst he is perfectly sane, and that his
object IN the hazardous enterprise is gam
He received si3 for biz feat OF the 4tb
inst. aud Sl5 Tor that Of Saturday last.