The Rhode-Island Republican. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1809-1841, 1830-09-30

% ol E.HgfAnC anu lTeldnu, cost S.SJS,UN
pounds q year; their followers amounting
10 6.t00,0O0 people. The Disseu,crs in
England and Ireland amount to ! ,6OO.O0O
people, who pay their religious instruc tors
fl 100000 per snnum. The clergy ofthe
whole Christian world, England and Ire.
lend excepted. which contains le5,72e. .OOs
people receive altogether but fs.S52, ,U0O
year. So that the clergy Of all descrip.
tons i'm Great Britain and Ireland, which
have a population of 81. 100000, actually
are paid more than that of the whole chris
tian world beside, by the sum Of one mil
lion and twenty four thousand pounds per
annu;n.
Light Posfage.-A packet Of dispatches
for the British Minister st Washington,
received at Boston by the mail packe, Ls.
dy Ogle from England, via. Halifax, was
mailed at the Post Office in that city on
"wednesday. Il weighed Az ounces. and
the postage therefore was 467 dollars!
.Soshonee Valley A new novel bearing
this title has recently appeared in Phladel
pha. II is the production of Mr.. Flint,
editor Of the western review, and the au.
thor Of Francis Berrien. &c. Shosho,
nee, it IS said, is an Indian Tale; but
the scene is not laid where Cooper has pla
ced his characters: the author has formed
other regions and other fsncied characters;
he has passed the Rocky Mountains, and
peopled the western regions OF our country
with his imaginary Characterization Pat.
Thomas William Gilpin, Esq. Of Della.
ware, has been appointed by the President,
Ia be consul Of the United States for the |
port of Belfast. Ireland, in place of Lcmu.
el Luke, removed.
Pun Pugiiistic. When Jack Marten,
the pugilist, married Elizabeth Martin, of
st. Giles, that incorrlgible punstcr remark
ed, that it was too bad To knock his wife's /
Z out on the very day Of her marriage.
Entertainment Of a 'reek al .Nuo Orleans.
The N. .. Mer. Adv. Of the 4th inst.
gives the follow ing enumeration Of the
weeks entertainments "a bull bate. fight
between racoon aud an alligator, only
seven ducls, rat hunt, and a dog fight"
These refined amusements. we presume,
are intended a. set off for the yeiior |erer,
which ragged in New Orleans at the period
alluded 10.
MonILE Sept. z.
Health Of .noJHe.-A remarkable evi.
dence of the health Of this City is furnish.
ed by the fact, that during three weeks,
ending on the 9Th inst. but one death oe.
Cured within the Corporate limits, and
that was black man Of dysentary.
Com. Reg.
In 1906 our commerce with the British
West Indies Amounted according to Mr..
Madison, to Sl2,O00,0O0, and employed
100000 tons Of American shipping, and
5000 American seamen.-Phil. Gaz.
The bingham Gazette Of yesterday
two communications recon-
the election of Ex-President
Adams, rs n representative to Con-
yress from Plymouth District. The
editor Of the Gazette unitcs in the re-
MAINE ELECTION. From returns al !
-eady received the Portland Argus cal
,ulates that Judge Smith will be elect
I'd Governor of Maine by a majority of
1899 votes.
CALVIN Epson. 1t is said that the
Living Skeleton has made visit to his !;
amily, in Vermont, preparatory to a +
'oyage to Europe, havi.g engaged HIM 4
clffor two years exhibition for $40 200,
that for every pound of {
lesh he gains, $500 is to be deducted.
A meeting Of Frenchmen and de- :
cendants of fFrenchmen, together with !
'ther citizens of Charleston, has sbeen {
leld to consider the best mode Of ceIc- +
rating the late glorious events in O
france. :
The House of Refuge at Philadel- !.
hia was set on fire on Monday evening /;
y one of the boys, who was weary of
estraint, and afterwards confessed the
rime. 1t was extinguished without
damage. 4
It appears from the Eastern Sentinel that
ir. Fuller, the National Republican candi
ate for the Senate Of Maine. is chosen by a
majority of &C votes. Mr.. Jarvis is re e. c
,cted member of Congress. Al
The Hon. George Hay. District Judge
the United States. for The district OF Vr. 4
inis. died on Saturday, 18th inst. al Rich III
'ona. His funeral took place on Sunday. IN
Ie had been long in public life. and was al