The Rhode-Island Republican. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1809-1841, 1828-07-03

visions of this act are important. Il first
provides that the debtor who petitions
shall De at the expense ofthe creditor from
the date of has petition and next, that an, /.
debtor who remains in jail six months with
out attempting To swear out, shall be com.
mltted TO close jail.
The Retrenchment resolutions passed
by the Senate ofthe United States, were
communicated d to the House by the Hon
Asher Robbins and one copy given to the
Secretary cfState and one to the first Re
preventative of each town in he State.
The bill altering the time for the banks
10 make report passed. They are now by
the new act required to report the Satur
day preceding the fourth Monday IN Octo.
Der.
The town OF Newport was authorised to
appropriate the amount due under the
school act. to the finishing of the School
House in Newport.
The bill relative to internal improve
mes by rail roads between Boston and
Providence was passed.
The House, formed Grand Committee
on the elections.
Isaac " Babson, Esq. was appointed
Brigadier General for fourth Brigade and
Rhodes g. Allen, Esq Brigade Inspector
OF the second Brigade.
JIrsdisiion to three acres Of land was
ceded to the United States. ut Nayat Point,
for the erecting Light House thereon.
The Legislature refused TO grant TO Jos.
eph stanton and others, the right to raise
money by Lottery, to build a Meeting
House also refused to grant to the Com.
merciai Bank, the right to dispose of the
property received from George UWo!f by
lottery The petition of said Bank was
continued
bill IN relation to the sale Of foreign
lottery tickets was postponed to next session
BY this bill, the price ofa license is altered
}. sm one hundred, to fivo dollars, and the
tax on foreign tickets increased from one
10 Two per cent. on amount sold.
The bill relative to the measuring of
corn, NC. reported, on the petition of H.
ri Greene, was continued to the next ses.
sion.
The bill for Incorporating manufactur.
ing esta blishments was referred to Messrs
Hazard. Rhodes, Dtroa, .4adrs,0s and Sim
mons. Of Johnson.
After transacting considerable ether
business OF minor Importance, the Assem-.
bly, adjourned to the last Monday in Octo.
Der. then to convene in Providence.
Briggs, Kmball and Loyane, who were
committed in this town last week on suspi
cion of robbng the Exeter bank, have been
examined, and no doubts are entertained of
their guilt. The editor of the rovidence a.
merlcan seems TO question the justice Of their
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movements for the last six months, than any
person here All men, friend Hallett, are H.
able TO be mistaken in their Judgment, and
we have one instance at least, in which you
like others, have wandered wide of the mark
II three men we're arrested each Of whom had
been imprisoned Cor felony; iftbey wonld not
give any account of connection evidently
subsistins between them, or explain circum.
stances which any man not afraid Of detection
would readily explain--if their statements
were grossly contradictory-if they had many
New Hampshire bills in their possession--and
if one Of them had been recently discharge
from prison in that State, would you say that
all this was mere "romdncc," IF five min
ntos after the arrest Of Briggs and Kimba,
Loyane (who was present at their arrest,) was
seen coming mp the next wharf on which, a
day or two after, 1000 in Exeter bank bills
were found in a stable, apparently thrown
there in haste, and which have since been j.
IDENTIFIED by the Cashier of that bank, as part
of the money stolen from the vault; would
you say that this too is mere tomance'' In
ibis part of Rhode Island these things pass
for sad realities; but perhaps our fogs are a
Beotian atmosphere, and our intellects are
therefore too obtuse TO discern between fancy
and fact.--lf so, pity, friend Hallstt, our in.
frmities, and send down a writ Of babeas
corpus to take these ,oorthies out Of custody,
and prevent our magistrates from incurring
the sin Of longer continued injustice.