The Rhode-Island Republican. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1809-1841, 1829-05-06

IuD over HIS IfaHe, ouu iof soius uIouncHt5
he appeared suffering under the convuision
Of mental agony. Resuming a degree OF
composure, be then picked up the letter
which had fallen from his hands, grasped
Il with intense interest, and persued lis 70.
tai contents.
Until the arrival of the governors com
munication. he had buoyed up his spirits
with the vain hope Of pardon or commu.
tation Of punishment. This hope is taken
away; and be has also only few days to
prepare for the scene which awaits him.
We confess our sympathies are awakened
in his behalf, but so far as we are acquaint.
ed with the case, we fully accord with the
decision of The Executive. The law has
no terrors, unless its penalties are enforced
Itwss rpmored at 81. Thomas,on the 18th
inst. that Capt. Anderson, ofthe schr. Vir.
gihia, of Norfolk, confined on suspicion Of
piracy, had been tried and convicted. II
was said that he had declared, in presence
Of several American captains, that he had
taket, two prizes, which he left to the Wind
ward, which was generally believed, al
though there was but little doubt that, at
The time he made the confession, he vas
intoxicated
Heads ieiH; tails, you iose.--Mr; Clay
seems 10 be the great bugatoo ofthe Rich T.
fnofd Enquirer. The New York Enquirer
accused Dir. e.. Of using the Masonic So
ciety to promote his political schemes.
lIis brother Enquirer OF Richmond echoed
the idea, while anti masohry seemed gain
ing ground in the Eastern country But
large number Of the ants have lately Sc
ceded. Thereupon the Richmond oracle
wheels about and eXclaims 1.-The anti ma
sonic fraternity in New York is blown sky.
high, and thus ono of Mr.. Clay's inten.
ded engines is struck from his hand."--
Surely, if a patent were ever issued fol
candor aud consistency, the Richmond ora
Gle might claim it over all competitors.
M Clay,--Thc rumor ofa duel between
Mr. Clay and Mr.. Pope is probably untrue,
as letters from Lexington dated the 18th
Of April contain no hint of such meeting
lis stated in the Bennington, VI. Jour
nal, that the line OF stages from that place
TO marlborough. had performed theu
journies on that route, distance Of thirty
miles, on runners up to the 2'at April.
II appears from paragraph in the De-
mocra,ic Press, that the number ofPcrsons
who have filed the office Of President OF
the u. States. SECRETARIES ofDepurtmen's,
and Attorney General, since the establish
ment OF the government is sixty nine, and
that during the whole period not one has
died in office. II would seem from this
fact that the discharge Of the executive
duties of the government is healthy en-
ployment.
The Legislature Of Pennsylvania has
passed several laws at the present session,
granting relief TO revolutionary soldiers.
Gen. Scott has received furlough, and
will join his family in France.
Mr.. Newton has been elected to Con-
gress from the Norfolk District in Virgin
ia, over Mr. Loyal, the Jackson candidate
The steamer North America recently
went from New-York TO Hudson, nearly
$50 miles, in hours, % minutes.
Hon. Jeremiah G. Brninard having re.
sirned the office Of Mayor Of New London
Hon. Elias Perkins was chosen TO succeed
him by the citizens, on monday last.
Mr.. Brunnel, Of the tunnel under the
Thames, is not yet discouraged. He says
| he is ready TO resume the work at any time.
CISCO sterling is stated to be received an
nualy for admission to view the tunnel.
A colored lady having asked for flesh
rolored silk stockings in store IN Provi.
dence lately, q bundle of jet black ones
was handed to her. 1t is not stated wheth-
cr or not she blushed at the afiront.
A servant girl in the family Of Mr.. Ryck'
man. in Gore, Upper Canada, who had been
in the habi, Of putting and carrying pins ~
her mouth, recently swallowed several by
accident. A surgeon succeeded in rcmov-
nC one which had stuck in her throat; but
those she had swallowed threw her into
convulsion fits, which lasted several days
during which the acute pains passed to her
bowels, and seven Of the pins were dis
charged, since which her suffering has be-
come less severe, although her recovering
is doubtful.
The small pox has spread in Rocking
\ ham county, NC. carried thither by a fam
lily of vagrant Indians, who spread the same
disease in Virginia lately.
The mansion erected for the Presiden
Of the u. States in Philadelphia thirty years
since, which cost about Sl5o,O0O, is to b
taken down.
A late New Jersey paper says that a maj
has sent to step his paper because IT ba'
something TO say against in,emperance ev
cry week A-"Thus conscience doth maxi
cowaids ofus all."
! OnShe Oath ult the barn Of Capt job
Childs, of Falmouth, Cape Cod, wasstruc
by lightning, but It appears was not burn
2horses were killed and a COW much hui,
Fragments Of the barn were 'hrownto som
distance. e..
MIR. Cooper, the American novelist, va
at Marseilles early in March. lie came
print q new work, probably novel, inc
=, Ir-..ol. a., Euyopc 90 has heen erronpOus