The Rhode-Island Republican. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1809-1841, 1830-04-22


So rich, and yet so industrious-so patient and
persevering IN his calling. and yet so kind so.
cal and obliging. There are thousand noble |
traits about him which light up his character.
He is generally hosptable-ea and drink with
him, and he won't set mark on You, and
sweat il out of you with double compound
interest, as some have known will-you are
welcome. lie will do you kindness without
expecting return by way of compensation
1t is not 80 with every body. He is generally
more honest and sincere--less disposed to
deal in low and underhand cunning than
many could name. He gives to society its
best support--is the edfice of government
he is the lord Of nature. Look at him in
homespun and gray back--gentlemen, laugh #
you will--but believe me, he can laugh back
At he peases.--lEaStern paper.
Sam Patch outdone--by an Or-We
have been lately informed, by a respectable
farmer Of this town, of wonderful leap
taken by an OK belonging to a neighbour
of his, short time since, TO the truth of
which many intelligent witness are ready
to vouch. IL appears that the animal was
feeding on the edge Of q precipice, about
sixty feet in height, when, either by con-
test with another, or q fa,ir pas, he was
thrown from the summit, and landed at the
bottom, amid promiscuous pile OF rocks,
with but little injury. Soon after this
flight sublime" his oXship was discovered
quietly feeding below, apparently well sat-
| istied with one attempt at aromatic excur-
sion; and, probably had he lived in the days
OF AIsop, he could say to all inquiries, us
Pat did on similar occasion,-"it's easy
enough flying sure, och! and it's hard
! Lighting" The OK we understand, was
under the yoke, soon after its leap, and
| performs, as ever to the satisfaction Of his
owner .Stonington Telegraph.
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The Buffalo Journal says, "it is in con.
temptation to establish at this place, an ex.
tensiye manufactory Of white lead-ior
which lead from the Upper Mississippi
mines will be used. The extensive de-
mand which the surrounding country pre-
sents warrants the undertaking; and esti-
mates have shown that few investments
promise better return"
Gold, silver, copper, tin, and iron, abound
in Western Virginia. Lewis Eisenminger,
German gentleman OF intelligence and
! experience in the ores Of these minerals,
has discovered on his lands extensive de-
posltes of all the above metals. Silver and
tin particularly are found in large bodies,
| the ore of both surprising in richness any
thing of the kind in Germany. 1t is his
/ intention to commence working several
mInes IN short time, emigrants having for
that purpose been sent for.
The navigation at Detroit commenced
about the 21th nit. The export trade Of
that city with the ports of Lake Erie, and
north, amounted last year, TO nearly $780,
OO0; the principal item being fur and pei
tries, valued al $325,000.
The commanding officer at Fort Mitch
ell, major +. Wagner, has issued an order
( IN pursuance OF instructions from the War
Department, for oil white men living in the
Creek nation, without permits, or who are
not married to Indian women, and entitled
to remain there under their laws, TO leave
the Indian country by the 25th March
Those who fail to obey the order, are to be
arrested, and delivered over to the civil au.
! thori;ies Of Alabama.
The first printing press set up in North
America was BY Stephon Day, at Cam.
bridge Massachusetts, in lG39.
| The Boston News Letter. a weekly pa
per, was the first newspaper printed in the
United States. ltwas published at Boston,
by Bartholomew Green, in the year l7O4
This paper was continued by Green and
his successors, until l776, when the Brit
ish evacuated Boston.
Messrs. Harvey e. Lowe, printers, in
London, are at present engaged in printing
Milton's Paradise Lost in letters of gold.
The work upon which this costly mode OF
printing, now for the first time attempted d
on so large scale, is to be performed, is
well chosen.
Messrs. Hurlbert, Hunt and Shrove OF
Oswego, have discarded the use of lime in
tanning. The method they use is TO ex.
tend the hides in u close damp room after
they have been thoroughly saturated in a
deep vat. From the damp floor they are
Immediately placed in bark.
SPEED OF SrEAMBoATs.-The Corpo-
ration of the city of Baltimore have passed
an ordinance prohibiting steamboats, from,
: entering or departing from the harbor o.
that city, "from Locust Point upwards,
; at a rate Of speed exceeding that produced
by "ten revolutions Of the wheel in min
ute."
Bunker Hill Monument. II seems TO be
, confidently believed in Boston that the
Bunker Hill Monument which has been a
stand for want of funds, will finally b,
constructed, through the aid derived froH
an association of ladies' for the purpose 8
|, aiding in its completion.
The whole surface Of France is l07 405,
GOO acres, of which nearly one e-eighth i
covered with wood, one sixth of which be
: long to government, who derive from then
' a net revenue Of q, ,000, 900 francs.
0 In the British House Of Commons, Of
J.. the night of the Sd March, only i,co mem
a hore wore in tho House. and uben thni