The Rhode-Island Republican. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1809-1841, 1831-10-25

on" mean 10 ply ABOUT The wafer Courses OI
1aryiand, cutting up the timber which has
heretofore been without market for want
oil transportation, at the rate Of 1000 feet
per day. Baltimore writer calls the new
establishment zone good stride more in the
march ofinteleci;" we should think il merely
profitable mode of investing floating
capital.
The Governor Of Louisiana has called
special session Of the legislature. To meet on
the'l of November One object in view
Is the election ofa successor to Mr.. Lvings.
ton, in the United States Senate; another is
to adopt some measures in relation to the
excessive importation of blacks from the
other Southern States. Bos. Cour.
The snow fell in St. Albans, on .he
night of the llth inst. to the depth of
from three to four inches. A letter from
Claremont, N. C. of the 18th inst. says
"We had fall of snow this morning, and
the SURF oundlng hills are covered with a
mantel of white."
Lord Brougham.-The last number of
Blackwood's Magazine intimates fear,
lest this extraordinary man should COM
pletely PROSTATE his. intellect by his in
tense aud unremtting application to the
business ofhis Office. "Castlereagh went
mad and died miserably. Canning
touched the verge of madness, aud the
cord snapt.-Brougham is taxing both
intellect and temper to a pitch far be-
yond either of them"
Cooper's new novel, entitled "The
Bravo" has made its appearance in Lon
don. 1t is said to be not inferior to any
of ms former productions.
Whips. fetters. and dungeons, or halters,
axes and gulllotines, are not the most efica.
cious means of raising the morality Of a
nation, or for preventing outrages against
person and property, ard in proportion as the
people become we'll instructed and comforta
BILE, in such ratio will they become free
from crime, happy, and, morally speaking,
innocent.-East India .uagdzine.
The authorities Of Norfolk, Va. have
ordered into quarantine, in Hampton Roads,
all vessels from the Baltic or adjacent seas;
the penalty for a breach oftIre laws is fifteen
hundred dollars.
The earth is 2,O4s,572 miles nearer
the sun in winter than in summer. Its
motion is IL miles in n second; so that
if a man pulls off his hat to another in the
street, he goes many miles bare headed
without catching cold.
We learn from the New Orleans Bee,
that petition is circulating among the
citizens, praying the Governor to take
proper measures to prevent the introduce
ton of slaves into the state.
A friend who came in the stage from
Keene, n. Fl. on "Wednesday, informs
us that it commenced showing early on
that day, and continued for several hours.
during their progress thirty or forty miles.
We understand that Jourdon, one Of the
black men arrested in New-York, for tho
murder of the sailor in Olney's lane, died
on Sunday Of the small pox at the Hospital.
Prov. Journal.
FATAL DUEL.-A letter from Augusta,
Ga. states that n dnel had jost taken place
between John Il. Lamar, late President of
the Macon Bank. and DR.. Woodson, physic-
ian Of Macon. The parties agreed to fight at
Augusta, but was prevented by the benevo-
len, interference of the Augusta Anti Duel
ling Society. The meeting in consequence
took place at Fort Mitchell Woodson was
killed. The difficulty was ofa domestic cha
racter.
A woman in this town attempted to
drown herself on Thursday afternoon,
by leaping from Shapley's warf into the
river. 1t is said that she was labouring
under religious excitement, occasioned
by attending a four days meeting.-
Portsmouth Gaz. llth inst.
John Smith, colored man, has been
sent to the New York -Pententiary for
six months, for sknning horse while the
animal was alive.
The State Bank, says the Boston Tran
scrip has paid into the State Treasury
three hundred and eighty thousand dol
lars, rs tax, during the period oftwenty
years The State of Massachusetts de-
rives great revenue from the tax on
banks.
Missionaries to The Pacifc.-Twenty Mis-.
eionaries, under the patronage ofthc American
Board Of Missions, are expected To embark
from New Bedford in the ship Avcrick, Capt.
Swain. about the 18th Nov. for the Marquias
and Sandwich Islands They are, eight
preachers with their wives. a physician and
his wife, and two printers.
The City Council of Boston have fixed upon
siriy as the number of Representatives from
that city IN the next General Court. IL all
the towns in the state of Massachusetts send
their full quota, the Legislature will be CON-
posed OF between six and seven hundred Del.
egates. As the proverb saith--"in q mul.
,iiude of counsellors there is safety"
Two men Of the name Of Wamsley. were
committed to our Jail on Wednesday last, to
take their trial at the March term Of the Su.
preme Court, for numbering white man and
mulatto woman in Burrlville some time
since. Prov. Pat.