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The Rhode-Island Republican. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1809-1841, 1832-03-27
From the Village Recorder.
A PROCLAMATION.

70 all to whom these presents shall
come, greeting-know ye, whereas, it
has been represented to us that several
and divers ladies, spinsters, females,
maids, girls, unmarried women, &c. with
in our dominions Of love. have not only
willingness to consent, but even an ar
dent desire to leave the state Of celibacy,
and take to themselves, or be taken to,
husbands; and whereas it is supposed by
many that the bachelors, young or un-
married men of fthese my realms do not
know who among the maidens, &c. &c.
would or would not, be so willing or so
desire to marry, and as it seems proper
and fitting that the ladies, spinsters, fe-
males, maids, girls, and unmarried wo-
men as aforesaid, should put on some
mark Of dress as token by which :heir
willingness or desire in the premises,
should be made particularly known.
Now, we have issued this OUR PRO-
CLAMATION, giving leave, ordering
and commanding, that the ladies, spin
sters, females, maids, girls, and unmar-
ried women, may and do make the sleeves
of their dresses. large in proportion to
their desire to be married. Thus those
who most exceedingly desire soon, and
cannot well delay the happy hour much
longer, may say SO, saving their bushes
consequent on such declaration, by put
ting over and above what is necessary
for comeliness or comfort, in their sleeves.
seven yards of silk, chintz, calico, or 9th
er stuff.-If they merely wish to be mod
estly understood as beingGF willing to
be respectfully coURrED, if a lad to suit
them shall present himself-they are in
that case confined to wearing their
sleeves, the size of a two bushel bag, ~
or only SO large as to hide away mod
crate sized lover for that is according to
the old fashion worn by the men, as
Barley used to say that Swift always
came to him with wig in the seeve.
Given at the Court of Love, this 25th
day of July. 1880, by command Of the
Queen. ADONIS, Secretary.
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Like me from hons he's cut adrift,
And without ballast left to shift,
And sail against the tide.

Like me from homo ne cut auriit,
And without ballast left to shift,
And sail against the tide.
Farewell to Agncs-showy barge,
With figure head both high and large,
And fitted out 80 fine -
fsent upon foreign heat,
She'll take the van Of all the fleet
A first rate of the line.
Farewell to George-the jolly boat
And all the little craft aaost
In liome's delightful Bay
And when arrived at sailing age.
May wisdom be their weather gage,
And guide them on their way.
Farewell once more--op life's rude main,
Perhaps we ne'er shall meet again,
In storms or pleasant whsather-
If summoned by the Board above,
Well harbor in the port Of Love,
And all be moor''d together.
The Rhode-Island Republican. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1809-1841, 1832-03-27
LEAP YEAR

rerhaps our fair readers are not all aware,
that the present year is one which is thus
designated. We would be wanting in gal
lantry, and due regard to their interests
were we to pass over in silence a matter
which brings to them peculiar privileges.
These privileges consist in "wooingn the
other sex. instead of waiting to be awooed
and won" by them, and carry on an active
warfare, in the affairs of love and courtship.
into the very citadel of Bachelorism. Past
experience admonishes Us that the fair cham
pions Of Cupid have not disused them. We
even venture to predict that the year 1882
will render more than usual full account of
wounded, killed and missing" among the
bachelor host! The following from an old
work, printed in the year 1906, will show
that the custom has at least antiquity 10 re-
commend it,
"Albeit, it is now become part of the Com
mon Law in regard TO the social relations Of
life, that as often as every besextile year doth
return, the Ladies have the sole privilege,
during the time it continuetb, of making love
unto the men, which they may do either by
words or looking, ns unto them that seem
eth proper and moreover no man will be
entitled to the benefit Of Clergy who doth
refuse to accept the offers of lady, or who
doth in any wise treat Of the proposal with
slight or contumely."
The Rhode-Island Republican. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1809-1841, 1832-03-27

The comet has been already seen at
Gibraltar A letter received in London,
states, "a considerable portion of tie tail Of
the comet was visible to the inht,sitsnts in
these paris. The comet itself was not seen,
but its direction was found to ts northerly,
so that we may soon expect this celestial
Ysiter
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The SULTAS.-Let Us now speak of the
naughty monarch Of Turkey-of him who
has had the daring to attempt reforms that
have previously caused two revolutions, and
the death ofiwo Sultans, his predecessors.
His pride is, indeed, not less than we could
have supposed fom what we had already
read nDd heard. had several opportunities
of seeing his majesty. on horseback, and in
his barge on the Bosphorus; but the best
view had of him was at the audience of our
ambassador. Upon the occasion his eyes
(very large and dark darted from side to
side with quickness scarcely conceivable,
whilst he endeavorod to penetrate the char
acters Of those presented before him. His
eountenance is most singularly striking, full
ofresolution and fire; broad open face, with
a dark beard, which being clipped and made
short and stubby, loses ell its natural beauty
and elegance, and appeared to me with Pc
cuiar disadvantage, having recently left
country whose only excellence perhaps con-
sists in this unusual but graceful appendage.
The Sultan ofthe Mahomedan empire is SO
great being in his own estimation, that he
does not condescend to address the repre-
sentative Of the King of England but through
his minister; or to receive him before he has
been fed and clothed, and rendered fit to
appear in his presence. ii is, indeed, Gu
rious that the English, or any European ma
ton, can reconcile themselves 10 such 6egra.
ding indignities.-Alcock's Travels.
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FOR SALE,

FOK SALE,
IL THEESTATES formerly own
II ed by JoBN PIrMAN, decsas-
lil!! ed, situated at the head ofFrank-
lin Street, consisting of two sto-
ry Dwelling House, and retail store con-
nected herewith, with good well Of wator
near the door.--Also, The House and Lot
next south-The Estate is too well known to
require particular description. Likewise
Building Lot pleasantly situated in John.
street, on the HilI.-The above Estates will
be Sold at Public Auction, on the 2'd day Of
April next, unless previously disposed Of at
private Sale.-For terms apply TO
JAMES P[TMAN.
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Terms of the Republican,

Terms of the Republican,
Two dollars per annum--psyable in advance.
No paper discontinued until arrearages
are paid, unless at the discretion Of the pub
Usher.
All accounts must be settled a: least once
q year.
Advertisements not marked, will be contn
ued till forbidden, and charged accordingly.
Printing
or oil kinds done with neatness and despatch
AT THE HALL,
In the rear Of the Savings Bank.
Over the store Of HEsRY.BULL.t
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TO LET,

Ia A CONVENIENT two.story Dwel.
ling House, with a Garden, SC.
liiti pleasantly situated in central part
QlSl Of the Town.--For terms, apply to
ROBERT r. CARR.
Newport, March 6.
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who exhaust in the former part of the jour-
ney all the foibles of existence!-E Eugene
Aram.
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W
as ungainly an exterior as well as could
be imagined. He was very large man,
whose weight even now and then, as they
breasted the short sea, cooked up tho
snout of the tree, with Peter Mangrove in
it, as If he had been cork, leaving him
to flourish his paddle in the air, like the
weather-wheel of steamboat in q sea
bay. The new conner was strong and
broad shouldered, with long muscular
arms, and chest like Hercules but his
legs and thighs were, for his bulk, re-
markably puny and misshapen. A thick
felt of black wool in close tufts, as if his
face had been stuck full Of close covered
his chin and upper lip, and his hair, if
hair it could be called, was twisted into
short plaits, that bristled out, and gave
his head when he took off his hat, tho
appearance ofa porcupine. Thcre was
a large sabre cut across his nose, and
down his cheek, and he woro two inn
mense gold earrings. His dress consist
ed Of short cotton drawers, that did not
reach within two inches Of bis knee,
leaving his thin cucumber shanks ION
which the small bullet like calf appeared
to have stuck) through In place u abafs.
naked to the shoe ebsek shirt, and an
enormous large Papams hat. made In n
sort of cane, split small and worn shovel
fashion. Notwithstanding. he made his
bow by no means ungracsfuIly. and Of
fered his services in choice Spanish but
spoke English as soon as no heard who
we were.
"Prsy sir, are you the master ofthat
vessel 7" said the Lieutenant.
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.s3rtunatc explosion, only by the UT gent and unusual solicitations oi 'he Captain of sloop, who at length pre- vailed on him to take passage on board his vessel.
 It is said also to be worthy of remark, that d meeting of a number of our most valuable citizens, which was to have been held at Phelps eoupting-room, commencing about an hour previous to. the disaster, failed of being held. in coh- sequencc of non-altendanee oi several of the gentlemen invited. IIadit been heldasappointed, itwouldprobabkhaye confined until the fall of the building.
 The cause of this painful disaster is apparent to all who visit the ruins.- The building was erected 1.-the winter. and there was little cohesion of brick and mortar. There is neither haicnor lime enoughin the mortar now geners s,.Iy used. In this vast structure there were neither party walls, as in o great d building there should have been,snor aanehors, as the irons for connecting the materials and adding strength to the hntIdine. are called. Worst of all, the beams of the mass that has fallen, were not mortced into the timbers of the section that remains; and there appears to have been a complete breaking oil, exactly as if the foundation of a part of 14hc building had given way, and there was no connecting fixtures between the two portions of the edifiee, by which the whole strength should have been united. Ehe consequence was, that the building has yielded to the pressure of the enormous weight Of iron, tin. wire, ,cotton, ,and other goodsstoredwith- zn it-the balance not being evenly pre- served. The store had been occupied but three or four weeks, and it is evi- dent that the laws of grayitation have only preserved it so long. Any consi- derable disarrangement of the equilib- rum, would have produced the same result al. ,.,.s earlier day.
 MT. Goddard, one of the deceascd was q most estimable and worthy man He was industrious, but poor. He ha; left a numerous and excellent family in narrow circumstances.
 P. s.-Half pdst r o'cloa.-We have just returned from the scene ol death. The body of poor Goddard has been taken out-his head doubled over upon the breast. The body of young Seymouris seen. but not yet removed.
 The dead bodies of three black men have been taken out during the morn ing.
 T O'clock. The body of Mr. Stokes IS seen; but it will be some hours be- fore tine. rubbish can be removed fromit.
 The roof of the superb three story dwelling adjoining is destroyed.
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From the .Nalional BaNner.


 The resolution introduced in the Sen ate of the United States by Mir. Bibb, for the abolition of the postage on news, .papers, has been rejected by the close vote of g to 9. We annex list of the Yeas and Nays. The debate we in tend to give hereafter. Cur impress sion, at present, isiniayor sthc course of the majority.
 YEAS.-M -Messrs. Bell, Bibb, Clay, Clay ton, Ewing, Foot, Frelinghuyses, Hay ne, Holnsos, Johnston, Knight, MilleS, Moore Naudain, Poindexter, Prcntiss, Robbins, isuggles, Seymour, Silsbee, spragus, Tom linsol,.--22
 NAYS.--A AIessrs. Benton, Brown, Buck ner. Dallas, Dickerson. Dudley, Ellis, For syth, Gflniy, G G Henjrieiss, iiiib Kane, King, Magnum, Marcy, Robinson, smith, Tazewell, Tipton, Tronp, Tyler, White, NVilkins.--23.
 Onthe I0thinst. in the House of Re- representatives,, hIr. Mardis, of Aiasa. ma, submitted the following, which Ae intends to offer as san amendmentto the bill for reducing the duties on impors. &c. whenit shall De takenup:
 ss.igd bc it further enacfed, That, froa and after the passage of this act, all the public lands of the United States which have been, or may hereafter be, offered at public sale to the highest bidder, and shall remain unsold for q period of four years, shall be subject to sale by entry at eighty cents per acre.
 .4sd be tt fa59hes eaacted, That all tho public landsof the United States, whicl, have been, or hereafter may be, offer edfor sale at tpublic auction to the high est bidder, and shall remain unsold for the period of five years. shall Dc sub Jeetto sale by entry at seventy-iiye cents per acre.
 .4ad be t further eaaqeted, That all the public lands of the United States, which have been, or may hereafter be, offer cd at public sale to the highest bidder. and shall remain unsold for q period of ten years, shall be subjectto sale by en- sry at fifty cents per acrc.n
 CarroH and 1iaaisoa.--It is well known, that there is butone individual living who signed the Declaration ofIn. dependence, viz:-CnARLEs CARROLL. of Maryland. He is now at very ad.. vanced age, being upwards of ninety years, and has survived that memorable Transaction nearly fifty-seven years.
 lis also aremarIsale fact, that there is but one member of the Convention of l787 living, whose name was affixed tol the Constitution of the United States. yiz:-jAstEs MADISON, of Virginia, late presid mt of the United States. It wilI| be forty-iive years the next September, since the Constitution was framed. ]
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Latest from England.--We yesterday announced the arrival at Philadelphia of the packet ship Monongahela from Liverpool. She brings papers and let ters to the 7th April, and for the fol- lowing eStracts.we aye indebted to the United States Gazette, Inquirer and Sentinel.
 The second reading of the reform bill was to take place in the House of Lords on the 9th..
 \ passenger in the NJ. mentions that little or no alarm appeared to exist in London on account of the cholera, and the disease was considered as subsiding. The news from the continent is no la ter than has been received from Elavrc via New York.
 The Irish tithc bill was read a se- seond time in the House Of Commons, on the 9th, after division of 1i9 10 2i.
 The returns from all the different parts of London, give the following re- suits ofthc cholera on the 9th of April. There were remaining from thcl 1o5
 last reports, i'' New cases this day, 3l. Died, r Recovered, 30 Remaining, l79 Total number of cases in London, 2l5S Total Deaths, HIS In other parts of England the last3 ,-
 day report gayc--new cases,
 Total number of cases, ZIG
 Total number of deaths, 2l7O
 The Morning Chronicle of the 4th ut. contains the following article, which, however, is discredited by the Courier and the Globe of the ensuing day:
 We believe that VIC may sincerely congratulate the country on q probable creation of Peers by the Gazette of to- morrow. 'i'hc number may be consi- der,sl hy refofmcrs as somewhat limit cd, but 1t will revive and substantiate the confidence in Lord Grey. The diseretioa of the premier may justify the delay Of a larger creation at the present moment. We have reason to believe that the following Noblemen and Coinmoners will form part of tic tie first list. Marquis of Douglas,
 Lord Seymour,
 Lord r. Osborn-Baro D'Arcy, Mr. iortmaa-Baron of Bryanston, Lord Headlcy,
 Earl Landaf-Baron Matthew, Earl of 'Tr.quair-Baron Cochrane, Earl of ualonald-ABaron Linton, t
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preqaFa{!onio defend tige soAfa, afd tla ilotilla. Two schooncrs and three a,,' " boats, were stationed under the coD@ oe' mand of Capt. Lopez.
 The mail due on the 330t.a April. had not arrived, and no doubt it had beaa aa stopped by the advanced guard of Gen M Teran.
 From the threats made by Gen. To. ran in his Proclamatien, foreigners wes. not without fears for their safety.
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 FOREIGN.

Fl %f %@ = ~r. "A -----------z----- F3goa fise ..h. '. Cour. and Eltq. of .lHay 6 Our news boat has boarded the brig Jasper and Ceres, from fIayre, whence she sailed on the 9th of April. The 1 news collector has this moment arrived in town with Havre papers of 4th April, and Paris of the Sd. We have but time previous to the departure oi the mail to say that there had been some serious disturbances in Paris, eaus- sed bY the Cholera. sIE4ey do rot aP- pear to have been of any importance. Fhe Prefect of Police had issued pro elaination in consequence, e9olhing on the citizens to remain quiet. and saying there was ro cause lor alarm.
 There appeared to exist eoRsidcra- ble alarm throughout Trance ia conse- quenee Of tllesexstcnce of cholera.
 Pafis, .8pl7I B. The AIonitenr states the number of persons attacked by Cholera from its commencement until 1 o'clock in the afternoon to be 735 of which 45S are men and 21f7 Women.- There were 255 new cases.
 Ite Ckolere.-i'rom the official ac- counts, made up 10 six Q clock ycstcr- day, it appears that the total number ! of cases, from the 26th ult. up 10 that period, was 365. Some individuals have been attacked at Poteux, Passy, La Villette, and Charenton, villages in the immediate neighborhood of Paris, and seven cases have occurred in the Hotel des InvaIIds, two of which have tcrmi- hated fatally. We also learn that threesme were yesterday attacked by the disease in the prison of the Conci- ergerie, but the cases are not of a very serious nature.
 Yesterday, the Duke of Orleans ac, companied by the President of the Council and the Minister of Commerce, visited the Hotel Deu, where he was received by the Prcfect of the Seine, and tlentered both the Cholera wards, re .mainng some moments by the bedside 1 of each patient, ,convefsing in the kind est manner. On leaving the hospital his Royal Ifighness left G0efr. for thc poorer patients.
 The following declaration has been officially promulgated:--"1'he under signed physicians and surgeons of.the Hotel Dieu, deem it their duty to de clare, in the interest of truth, that al- though this hospital has hitherto receiv, ed the greatest number of cholera pa tients, they have not observed any fact which could authorize them 10 suspect that the malady is contagious.
 @Hotel Dien, March 3t.
 Signed 'Pctcl, Rccamier, Husson,
 DuPuytren, Breschet, Honore, Gueneau de
 Mussy, Samson, Caillard,
 Gcndrin, Bally."
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MEXICO.


 By the sehr. Pau1lna, flom Tampico. we have received the following partiou- lars--That the Legislature of Tauau. llpas had, in a public meeting. pro- ceeded 10 ahnul the recent act of do. elaratlon, and sent in their adherence to the Goyernment-That new Go. vernon had beenappointed, the former one having received hisdisnission: ae ter which he had set out wild men for Iampico, but such was inc detection. he experienced on the road, thatllc.ar. rived at the said city without a sinple attendant. General Teran was on his march upon the place, and itris presu-. med that, by this time, it in his pos session. Things at Vera Cruz remain ed n nearly the same situation as at the last adsices; some sorties had been made by GencralSanta Anna, in which De had generally had the worst of the day.-.E 0. Courier.
 By gentleman who came passenger 5n the PhatnQ, NC have the following .2dditioaalparticuiars. Our informant. oi veracity we entertain no doubt. Vonches for their correctness:
 on the I'd May, the sehr. Grampns. aptain Tatnan, was at anehornear the Ear of TamPico, bound for Vera Cruz e return immediately, having left one at his officers on shore to represent him ,nring ms absence, as an attack was fally expected from Tcran, who had formed a junction with tho troops underl pamerez. from Victoria.
 Gen. Montezuma was making every
The Arkansas advocate., 1832-06-06
LATE FRou eOL0MRIA.

bA L IAo41 GObOtiDIA.
 By the arrival of the brig Modine, at Baltimore, tho Editor of the Rcpubli- can has bee0.foroished with Bogofa papers 10 March 5tb, and Carihaeena to the 18th, from which he complies the following
 Bqgota, M1ch 1.-The Constitution
 the State of New Grenada is com. Plcted. Yesterday it was signed by all the members of the Grenadian Con yentioB. It will be immediately pub lished; and the Convention will proceed 10 the provisional election of the high officers of government, to Tontinue in =otilce until thc elections can be held by the people, agreeably to the constita- tional provisions.
 Among the laws passed by the Con. ventlon, one enacts that a Legation from Columbia shall be perpctuilIg main. tanedneaF the Holy Apostolical Chair.
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shop of q wine merchant Hheh he was quite alone, and asked for bottle dc 7 rln ringt so1s, and whilst the latter had gone to the cellar torit, he drew a l packet from his pocket, and threw its 1 contents into q large jug which stood there. The merchant wife, however, who was sitting concealed by a curtain, and had watched the mans movement, ran out, seized Em by the collar, and held him until her cries brought her hus band and others 10 her assistance.
 The villain was immediately taken to q ncigilboring corps de garde, where two others were brought immediately after, charged with the same offence. Tho people were SC. enraged that they would l have killed them had # been in tAels power; the whole neighborhood Was Fin a .ereat pproar. The conamissairc de police had the greatest difficulty in con- fyeying them in safety to the Prefecture.
 In another instance of tho kind, q; man entered the shop of azniik-woman living in the Rue de Bac, and asked for some warm milk, which she gave him i'll a measure, and he poured 1t into q fcup he took from under part ot his fdrcss. He then put his finger iatoit for #the pretended purpose of feeling whcth- CT it was warm, and sayifg twas cold, attempted 10 throw 1t again into tl4e milk pail; btt feeling some suspicion from the reports in circulation, and not altogether liking the appearance of her. castomer,the woman closed Inc lid ofthe pail, snatched the cup from his hand, and threw the milk into the gutter.
 The same night. at Nillciuif, two hawkers entered tho house of milk woman, and attempted 10 throw Poisz onous drug into some paifs of milk, which were about 10 be taken to Paris.
 In the Rue de Colambcr. m aHcmft was made 10 poison the well of baker. ln consequence of which the wells arc every where covered. and fastened with a lock and key, so afprebe0siYc are pee pie of these netarlous transactioHs.Z ] Many Indies haycthcmselYcs gone 10 the wells of their 5alcrs, for the purpose of sceiug that precautionary measures had been taken.
 The water carriers paddock their fPails, and have the Ids to flstcn down dramatically.
 Thus, one calamity was not enough. but another must be added. To the 1 physical evils, epidemic and cholera. arc added these torments of the mind. which aggravate the others, and throw the whole city into q state of consterna- 1 lion.
 The day drags on, people run to and fro, and inthe midst ofso many troubles. seek distractions of which lherc is no great need; but every where some thing presents itself. Several families in the same house join for personalsale- ty. The city towards ten or eleven is quite deserted, exeeptin thc very ee.x Ire, where the agltated crowds continu. ally assemble in great numbers.
 I LATE FROM COLOMBIA. | By the arrival of the briV NIodino at