The Rhode-Island Republican. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1809-1841, 1832-05-01


Tho wife Of a counterfeiter named
Herring. was arrested on Friday evening
ut Albany, in the act Of conveying to the
room in which her husband is confined. q
small bag containing a phial of aquafor-
tis, beeswax, a small saw, &c, &c, form
fng complete apparatus for effecting an
escape. The wife was committed to pris-
on for her kindness.
A letter received at NeY-York from
Canton, Of Nov. 9Th, says--"It waa as
certained the other day on inquiry, that
the number Of ships then in port was
more than so. and the seamen 1000.
Snuff Taking. Some profound arith-
metician being at u loss for something to
do, has calculated thar every ,nveterase
snuff.taker who has continued this prac-
tice for 40 years---has dedicated t,oo en-
tire years of his life to taking snuff--and
two more in blowing his nose
In Portland, on Thursday night,
James Brown, the cook ofbrig Paulina.
lying in the stream, was hogged by the
mate for some misconduct. Next morn
ing, some words passed between them,
and the cook jumped overheard and was
drowned. He was a colored man, Of
Petersburg, Va. The covk had been
fined 81 and costs.
In digging q well ncai Portland, lstely, a
swinging stage on which was ton Of rocks
gave way, and dropped the rocks to the bot
tom. 30 feet or more. Those above thought
Mr., F., who was at the bottom, had per-
ished but he soon after assembled, we'll spat
tered, and after many congratulations, grave
ly observed, "Well then, what do you think
ofyour Temperance Society now Had be-
longed to the cold water (about two feet in
the bottom Of the wellj ] certainly should
have been kllled--for had that very in
stant'thc stones struck, left the place 10 &c to
tother after some rum"
A London paper states that another church
bell Of glass has been cast IN Sweden, Of six
feet diameter its tone is said 10 be beyond
comparison finer than that Of any met
bell.
In town not far from Glasgow, one Of
the Bailles, member Of the Board OF
Health, who had been at much pains in su
perintendng the fitting upof temporary
hospital, remarked--"Od! u II be desperate
il that cholera disna come hero, after we've
been at sac mucklc trouble an expense
fort"
theft, escaped, 18th inst, through hole IN
the door, seven inches square, through
which food was conveyed to the prison
ers.
C0bbeu denies the existence Of the
Cholera in Great Britain. He declares
that it is nothing more than political
attempt "to bamboozie John Bull"
Some promising bucks last Sunday
evening drove in n gig rapidly down
Chestnut-stree., Philadelphia, knocked
down an elderly female. aud regardless
of her screams, left her prostrate. The
editor Of the Philadelphia Gazette says
such. blades ought to he ba,hed in aqua
for,is, and confined with the hedgehog
at Washington Hall.
There were received at tho pos, office
ia this city, from Sunday mornings at duy
light until noon on Monday. eight thou.
sand five hundred ship letters. -Four
thousand one hundred Of the number
we're brought by the ship IIbernia from
Liverpool.-Journat Of Commerce.
Information is sought respecting Chas.
E. Kinney, who left Franklin. Nov. Is
last for Boston, and mentioned returning
next day to prepare for q Journey to the
West. since which he has not been
heard Of He was 25 years ofage, 8
feet 10 inches high.
The schooner, Caroline. says the
Barnstable Patriot, from the w. j. for
Boston, with cargo ofI60 hhds Of mo-
Iasses, parted hor cables and came on
shore on Sandy neck on the Goth inst.
She can probably be got off. The cook
was drowned in attempting TO yet on
shore.
Robert Dale Owen was married at
New York n short time since TO Mary