The Rhode-Island Republican. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1809-1841, 1832-04-17

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toe famous writer o. p. q. in the London
Morning Chronicle. They are contained
IN letter addressed TO the King OF En-
gland.
"And perhaps your mujesty is also aware,
thot The example ofthe United States Of A
mefca has been very dangerous TO absolute
mo"arehs and absolute government; for those
Atlantic republicans have shown Us that men
can eat, and drink. and sleep, and have chill.
dren, and homes, and ilesides, aud trade, and
Icommerce, and agriculture, and q navy, aud
an army, aud great moral and intellectual, as
well as political weight in the world, and be
religious. and moral, and literary, and can
encourage the arts and sciences, and have
pleasures and amusemeDts, and joys and
lde'Ieaeies, rational. ss well as intellectual.
and. civilized society--and yet have no
national dept, no King"
Tho following sopulchrsi arrangements
are altogether original. They were planned
and ordered by the Rev. Martin Hit, who
died at Ufbana, in Ohio. on the 10th Of Febru-
Iary last. Hc was very eccentric in his life
and equally singular in death. He was bnr.
led on the Sabbath after his decease, in the
following manner agreeable TO his own pre-
yious directions :--Iiis gravo was ma ie very
lnrgs, walled up with stone, and raised two
feet above the surface Of the ground. Ii
was closely sealed wiz, a single stone slab.
The coffin was splendid in its exterior, while
the interior was lined with sheep skin OiM
the Dool on; within this was another lining Of
flannel. bag Of hops was placed under
his head The shroud was made Of flannel.
m l~iI ,sxt thn nf1.xx sk.,-
ed, when strong arch Of stono was raised
mediately over ii, so that no vile earth
should polaie or disturb his repose after
which the grave was filed in the usual man.
ner and closed by the slab above mentioned.
CAUTION To rEA.DRISKERs.--A lady in
Upper Bedford place, Kensington, had mar.
row escape from being poisoned on Monday
evening. Having drank q cup oftea which
had been simmering, with metal spoon in it,
for about three hours, in IN oven by the side
Of hre, she was shortly aaer seized with
violent burnings in the chest, vomitings %.
we're pains in the bowels and head, and oil
the symptoms OF mineral poisoning. Il is
believed that had she not, on perceiying an
unpleasant taste, as Of burnt tin, mixed cold
would have been fatal.--1hcre can be no
decomposition Of the spoon by the boiling tea,
as the lady bad taken nothing for hours be-
fore, and the same tea had been drank by ell
the members Of the family, without the
smallest effect.
Another pretended Poh.-The Albany
Daily Advertiser mentions, that n man
calling himself Tonkin Peek, and pre-
tending to be Polish soldier by exhibit
ing the signatures of several eminent
men, had obtained considerable money,
when he became suspected by the police.
Upon examination Of his papers, and
from his own account of himself, it ap-
peared that he was travelling merchant,
and in that capacity had undoubtedly
traversed Germsay and France. twas
proved by German, now q resident in
this city, al.at he had followed that occu.
patton in the state Of Pennsylvania nine
years ago: Another respectable German
citizen destined that Peek made propo-
stions to him, that if he would aid him
| in the practice Of his impositons, he
should receive one third of tho avails of
his imposture. Concealed in q belt
which he wore found his body was found
about S270 in gold coins; aud he had in
his possession bank notes to the amount
of about $50. The money which he had
collected in the city was taken from him,
and returned to the donors, and he was
committed as n vagrant.
PorTsvrLLE, Penn. April IA shock
ing instance of suicide occurred in this
ighborhood on Thursday morning last.
David Christ, a respectable innkeeper,
Terminated his existence in his own house
|by hanging himself with bed cord Mt
tached to beam in an upTer chamber,
and in this situation was discovered by
his afflicted family. They were engaged
at breakfast, not dreaming of the possi-
lbility Of such an event, though surprised
lat his protracted absence, when n person
called to see him--his wife ran up stairs,
and was the first to witness the horrid
spectacle. Pecuniary difficulties are
supposed to have weighed heavily on his
mind, and driven him to accomplish his
own destruction. He was temperate,
sober man. and apparently ofsound mind.
From the Troy Sentinel
FataI Accident Irish servant girl.
named Helen Menna, was burnt 50 Sc
vcrely last week on Thursday, by her
clothes taking fire, as to cause her death.
She was employed in the tavern of Mr..
L. 8. Stearns. in this city. She had been
cleaning cahdlesticks in the morning,
and while the family were at breakfast,
went into the dining room for tho pur-
pose Of placing them on the mantle shelf;
and while in tho act, as is supposed, of
standing before the Franklin fire place,