The Rhode-Island Republican. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1809-1841, 1830-10-28

-lh r.bers not TO lend II. A most uDpop
uiar measure this would be. and voted
lawn by q majority Of i've sixihs; for there
are at least five newspaper borrowers 20
one newspaper subscriber.
Who ,eoaLi not subscribe 70, a .Nerspd.
per The editor of q paper (which is no,
TO DC saeered att published in Shawhs,own,
Illinois. says, that he. viii receive bacon,
iaiio,0, becs,0ar, AID feathers. hi payment OF
subscriptions and ADVERTISEMENTS, and re
quests his patrons To pay the postage on
all letters enclosing repliItahees .,
Bos. Trar.
APor,ro Sroav. The Portland Ar.
gus states that Mr.. James Head, of Wins.
low, Ne, has raised the present year, I'D
potatoes weighing zig lbs. and measuring
one bushel; aud one eur ofcorn, having on
Il 575 kernels, 81 Of which filled half pin,
measure :!
Lieut. Sands, Mid. X. +. v. Robinson.
DR.. w. Johnson. and Mid. w. III. Pende-
ton, have arrived at New. York from Bra
al, having been sent home in consequence
of being CONCERNED in the duel, in which
DIR. ii. w. Basset was killed.-Nat. Intel.
a Richmond paper says-This is the
levcnth day since the burning of MIR. iiax
all's Mill-and we have had in the course
OF tha, time two ar three very heavy rains
and Notwithstanding the -four or wheat
is still burning amid the ruins-and the
strong odour ~ dIfhsed through the city 4,
by means Of the present humidity Of the
atmosphere.
A public dinner was given TO David Bar
ton, in the last week Of September, by sew
eral hundred oftbc citizens Of Cooper coon
ty, Missouri, at Boonslle, in that State.
The U. s. Telegraph, says Among Tie
visters at the seat Of Government at this
tune. Is the Hon. Thomas A. S,ayner. of
Quebec, Deputy Postmaster General for
British Norh America. We understand
that his visit is of an official character to
the Postmaster General of the U. States.
with the view of facilitating the inter. com
munic alton between the two couhsrie5.
A gentleman lately had his pocke, book
s,olch at the, Pirs Theatre, New York, con.
tanning $1,000.
DR.. WIN. p. c. Barton. Of Philadelphia,
has published highly useful work. entitled
Hints 50 Naval officers cruizing in the w.
indies"
Distressing Ship,oreck.--i gentleman
who arrived at NortolR on Saturday, reports
on the authority of the commander Of the
Light Boat. that Bay Pilot boat had bech
capsized off Cape Charles, and out of thir.
teen sdnls who were on board, only three
were saved.
Hon. Wheeler Martin Of Rhode leland,
has addressed lettci 10 President Jack.
sor, telling Min, to put his household in or.
lcr--tor ihc finger Of Heaven points 10
IIEyRY CGAy " The mex, President, lilo
repeats that from the steeple oftie Baptist
Church in psovidence, he prophesicd the
election Of John q. Adams, and OF Andrew
Jackson, and that from the same lofty
height he has now proclaimed IEsRY
CLAY.
TsrriJle.-Tho British brig Matilda. ly.
ing at Donny. on the coast of Africa, cxplo
ded on the 18th May. How tho accidcdt
happened never can be known. for every
one Of the ships company, with upwards
Of one hundred blacks who we're oh Board,
lost their lives, the Matilda being rivun in
10 atoms.
The President has appointed William
Clagyett. to be Naval Ohccr at Ports
mouth, N. II. vice Elijah Hall, deceased.
A boy aged 10 years committed SUI
icide last week in Lexington, n. Y.
The body was found In such position,
that he must have been able to extricatc
himself if he chose.
The Village Record mentions that an
eel was caught in that vicinity, meas
uring 81 feet in length.
A man named Oliver Watkins was
tried and convicted LAST week in Brook
lyn, Mass. for the crime of numbering
his wife. He is to be hanged on the
I'd Tuesday Of August next.
At a late session of the Supreme
Court at Danbury, Conn. ten divorces
were granted.
The Alexandria, DC. Custom House
was broken into lately, and robbed of
SI53.
During the week ending the Did ult.
the deaths in New Orleans amounted
to 20. In the hospitals were 23s per-
sons.
The I'd of December is appointed as
a day of thanksgiving and prayer in
Massachusetts.
Narai.-The Norfolk Beacon of20th
says-"The u. s. schr Porpoise, 1T.
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