The Rhode-Island Republican. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1809-1841, 1828-07-24

/ lie prints--on the contrary, he assigned as
the mollye of his application and for the du-
ration Of the iurlongh, uaiI he nfrl SESSION
| Of Congress, for the purpose Of referring
| his case 10 ihtt body, and seeking such re-
dress from them IN the premises, as the cir-
cumstances OF his case might warrant
We understand, that the President OF the
United State replied through the Secre-
tary Of War, and refused the furlough. on
90 .,unt Of the reasons for W hch il was ask
ed; and ordered Gen. ). TO repair TO his post
| by the 25,h inst. 1t is said that the Gene
raj wrote very respectful reply, stating
that he would most cheerinliy obey the or
der Of the Commander in Chief OF the Ar \
my-that he would promptly repair TO Gin.
cinna'l-bnt begging that he might moi be
considered as impllcating his own rights,
and abandoning the relation in which no
conceived himself 10 stand towards Gen.
Macomb. II ls said, hat he has according
ly set out for Cincinnati"
AMERICAN NAVY. The American Ma
w consists forty vessels: of which there
are seven AS, or ships OF the line sc,en
l1's, or irigates of the first class four OF
the SECOND class, including the Futon
| steam ship; twelve slOops of war; seven
-choOners, and other vessels. The as,
are the INDEPENDENCE, Franklin, Washing
top, Columbus, Ohio, North Carolina, aud
Deiaware-t the frigates are the Consti,u-
ton, United States, Guerriere, Java, Poto-
mac, BrandywIne, and Hudson; Congress,
Constellation, Macedonian ond Fullon-thc
s'oops Of war are the John Adams, Cyane,
Hornet, EIie, OntaIo, Peacock, Boston,
Lexington, VincenBcs, Warren. Natchez,
and Falmouth-the schooners are, among
others, the Dolphin, GrGmpus, Porpoise,
Shark, Fox, Alert and Sea Gull. At the
present time nineteen Of the above are iu
ordinary, and twcnty-one in commission
In addition, five ships OF the line, six irg.
ates, and four sloops of war are now build
ing, aud in a state Of iorwardncss Xhs
Constitution, United States and Constella-
ton irlgates were launched in l797. ant
are the oldest vessels in the navy the Con
gress and John Adams liz 1852 the Horne
IN l6O3, from which time TIL 1913, an in
terval OF ten years, no public vessel wa
built. The Macedonian frigate and AleT
sloop OF war, captured in that year, hay
ever since renamed in the navy.
! 81 the vessels at sea, the Delaware Il
dava n, Ontario IS, Lexington u, an
Warren Ia, form squadron in the Med
terranean, of " hich the former Is the fin
ship. The Brandywine a., Vincennes J.
and Dolphin ~, are in the Pacific; n
Mace cdonian 3G, and Boston IS, on n
coast of BraZls; the Constellation 36. ii
Hornet ~, Eric II, Natchez Is. Falmou
II, Grampus IL, and Shark l., ale IN 4
! West Indies.
Counterfeit notes. We have seen nc
! emission Of - counterfeit Noes on
'henx Bank of this city, The note
,aw is letter G.. dated Nov. 6. 1896. II
20 wei, executed, al to deceive any "
re not critical Judges N. Y. Gaz.
From the Montreal Herald OF July l6
Yesterday evening we were visited
| the most terrific storm we should cal
'ornaGol Of thunder. Lightning and
which we ever witnessed The rain pu
cR with greet violence for about an ho
ana the little streets between St. Paul
| No,re Dame streets resembled a ia
/ ''vPrs. so completely were they food
! Vail stones Of considerable size 'cll in
! uudance--a piece Of zee about an incl
rng'h and half an.inch in diameter tcl!
! - our printing Office through the wind.f
! Orc of the most awful sights we
viewed was large ball or fire. which.p
he storm was most violent. fell from A
heavens Just over the small Aog -stall'ai
end Of the Court House, and when ab 1
~ or - feet from the ground burst vii
tremendous crash and scattered int
thousand fragments. We have not be
oiany damage being done by The lightn
The rain however must have done :,
serious i'll to the hay and corn fields. |
of which had previously suffered sever
To give an idea of the hea,incss
which the rain fell. We may add, thatae
teman who measured it. has informed
TINT il had fallen TO the depth of one
and three quarters in half an hour
tNidrpY ,P6dr. A report was curr
Yesterday. saws the ALBANY Argus ufS
nrdCv, that citizen Of Vermont. n mn,
bad been kjUed by another citizen - ~
ara. mason and il WIS added. that
cdH2e Of the difference originated an
masonic question.
/ WILKFsEARRr, Pa. Jnlv i.--On Sat
dav last man by The name Of Cha
iSNlppv was bitten on the end of finger
q ratiIcsnake, in Blakely township
loss than ten minutes he was specchlt
Various remedies were applied to PIE.
the extension of swelling, and to dest
the effect Of poison in the stomach
! blood. The finger was inserted ini
towland the poisonous tluid extracted %
ed through the fowl and was emitted ar
mouth. The fowl lived about ten MN,
md di"d in consequence Of :hc pois
/ Our informant SAYS tho man was living