The Rhode-Island Republican. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1809-1841, 1831-11-29

tOrth and The SAID recommendation Of his
Majesty's said Minis'cr, it is my will aud
pleasure. that each "fthcm, the said Bar
nabas Hunnewell, Daniel Savage, and
jesse Wheelock, be released from fur
ther imprisonmei Z, aud discharged out
Of custody, upon their respectively enter
ing int" rec"gnizances to hls Majesty for
the payment Ofthe said fines, So Imposed
upon them, when thereto required"
THE GALE.-The Boston Courier Of
Wednesday thus notices the late storm:
-" There were seventeen kinds Of
" weatl,ers yesterday, aud about twice that
number of cl,anges. Soon after one o.
clock in the morning, the wind blew tre-
mendously from the eastward, accosnpa-
MED with rain. About eight, there were
two ar three startling claps of thunder,
followed by smart shower ofhail The
wind Immediately subsidized, aud the
clouds rolled "ff. leaving clear sky and
= bright sun. But the calm was transient,
and thr storm and sunshine alternately
contended for the mastery during the re-
nnin.ier of the day."
Providence, where IL commenced early
N Tuesday M rhing. Tire American
.ivrs the f,Il wing lis, If disnsters.
Sch""ner Lewis, aud slnop Snmnei
Salter broke adrift near tIe bridsr---f,,r-
ner brought up near the wharf wi,!.sut
lamage; latter run fnnl of the following
.essels, aud subsequently against the
bridge, which was considerably damaged,
and fore slrouds on The starhonrd side
carried away; sIoop Martha Jane. of do.
bulwHrks nnj stauchirns of siarbonrd
ide cmrrird AWAY, aud bowsprit unship-
al; sIo"p Eclipse of We. tprr', mast car
ried away; a large snil cat, from Pru-
dence, with oars, as sunk ut the bridge.
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Abdnrtion Of t,oo CAil!rrn.--An n instance
Ut tins crime, attended with the most
painful circumstances, came under the
investigation ofthe magistrates ofthe po-
lice, on "Wednesday. the 1 Principal facts
of which we give bel0w:-
A MIR. Fletcher emigratcd fo this city
from England a few years since, leaving
" ifr and two children behind him. AZ
ter his arrival. he married w0man nv
the name at Fall, on Staten Island, Nv
whom he has one child two years old. A
l,out min. weeks since, MRS. Fletcher with
her two children came to this city, from
Emglnnd-nnd on her arrival Fletcher
left the city, telling her he was going to
Utica to look out for a location-and Mrs.
F. took bnard will, the children in Pearl
street, and sent them to school, returning
from which on Monday last, they were,
il is presumed, carried off, as no tidings
have l,eep since heard of them, except
that they .lind been sent to the. father at
AIbnny, which is quite uncertain. A
woman. the sister az Flrtcher's second
wife, calling herself Mary Maria niece
M'FaIl, wns apprehended MS impIscnsed
in this transaction aud committed. This
woman, il was evident. could have given
every information calculated To throw
hight upon II subject, so melnncI.oly, de-
priving al nffectionnte mother Ofher off.
spring, and leaving her friendless and
el'iIdIess in a strange. land, but her pre-
varication and Misrepresentation almost
surpassed belief. Tn nucl, praise cam
not be awarded to tho magistrates and
officers for their exertions in this husi-
ness. w. Y. Am. Ado.
it will he remembered we mentioned.
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