The Rhode-Island Republican. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1809-1841, 1832-04-03


Had I a daug hter with heart Of ice, and q
face as grin ~ tho lions head on an antique
knocksr, she should never pore over tale oil
love to make that leo smoke, or induce her to
believe that her face was as good de- her
neighbours Nature teaches us 10 slsh
soon enough in oil concicnco, without our
needing the bellows Of ina gination 10 initiate
The lungs premalurely.
MURDER.-At Four Mile Ferry in Bucks
county, on Saturday evening last, a number
OF Waternen were assembled. One BY tho
name of Meyers, no doubt intoxicated, after
u great deal Of noise, was desired by one of
the company, Mr.. Tunis Cole, to desist.
Meyers pulled out jack knife and stabbed
Co.c in tho abdomen, who died short tilno
after receiving the wound. Afler the com
mission Of the act, the wretched man fed
across the river, into Jersey. He has been
apprehended, and is now in prison. East
ern Democrat.
A severe gale and snow storm was expe.
rienced at Norfolk I7th inst. Schr Rock.
land, from Richmond for New Bedford, with
coal, went ashore miles w. Of Lynnhaven
Inlet, crew saved and vessel expected to be
got of; one account says she has bilged.
Sloop Indian, went ashore, and all hands
perlshed, one man was found frozen to
death.
| FEMALE PoLITicIANs.--It is a subject Of
comment in the English papers, that the
King and Queen take different sides in poll
tics--the latter being as much opposed to re-
form as the former is in favor Of il. The
London Spectator is very harsh on the Queen,
and insists that females have no business to
NEEDLE with politics, and the London Courier
seems to chino in with tho same sent.
ments.
STEAM Boar CAsE.-The case ofthe ow.
ners Of the Washington, against the owners
Of the Chancellor Livingston, is again pul off
in the New York Court, at the instance Of
the defendant, on an affidavit that an import.
ant witness is absent. When the case will
be decided none Of the lawyers can deter.
mine.
A letter from Washington informs ms
(says the New York Evening Post, J that tho
Secretary Of the Treasury is seriously indis.
posed. His illness will delay the presenta.
ton of his report on the subject of q reduc.
ton Of the imports. Tho OK. Secretary, lug
ham, is also at Washington, dangerously i'll.
MINISTER TO EsaLANp. A report was
current IN the city yesterday that John Qun.
cy Adams had been nominated as succes esspr
to Mr.. Van Buren. The Washington cor.
respondent of the Providence Journal of this
morning accredts the report.
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No rumor is more likely to prove true.
The distinguished individual" alluded to has
been, for some time, more of a Jackson than
an Adams man, We are IN daily expectation
OF seeing him nominated by the real heroites,
as their candidate for the Vice Presidency
a nomination which he would accept, as cure
as there is sun in the irmamc nt--or else,
there are no snakes. nos. Cour.
ANOTHER PHENOMENON. A letter from
Palermo, Jan. 3. 1881, states, that in the place
Of the volcanic island. which had existed for
some months in Mediterranean, and dissp.
peared lately, 10 now seen column of boiling
water, about twenty four feet in diameter,
rising from ten to thirty feet above the sur.
face Of the sea, and exhaling strong bitumin.
GUS odor.
SUIcIDE.-A young English author, %
years ofage, james Fletcher, the author
of u recent History of Poland. has put q
period to his existence, in consequence
of pecuniary embarrassments. lie had
the evening before arranged the manu-
script of history Of India, on which he
had been employed; the next morning
he was found dead in his chair, having
shot himself through the left side with q
pistol.-Paris Times. p
Mrs. Honeywell, the lady who was born
without arms, and gains substance by cut.
ting beautiful watch papers, flowers, and ev-
en- tho Lords Prayer; with scissors held in
her mouth, is at Washington, She writes
draws, and does oil kind Of needle work with
ease, and cuts for each visitunt who wishes,
profile likeness.
The Richmond Compiler Of Thursday last,
(22d inst,) says
Mr.. John Randolph of Roanoke, is said to
be very i'll. An express left him about III
o'clock on Monday morning. when hc was
supposed to be in great danger. The ex-
press came for his brother, Judge Henry st.
George Tucker, who left town for Charlotte
yesterday morning.
The RdtiIesnake.-The late DR.. Thornton,
in letter to Mr.. jefferson, says, that the
Crotalus horridus (rattlosnakoJ being pecu.
liar to this country. is the finest emblem Of
the United States that can be found. II no.
vcr acts but defensivcly-it never strikes
without giving fair warning, and when it
does strike, il is fatal!
Geo. w. Murray has recovered $4,000
Of John A. Jones. in Baldwin county, Ga.
in an action for slander.
A black fellow Of Philadelphia held
the ticket No. 3 5 0, which drew the prize
Of sixteen thousand dollars in the last
Ncw-York Consolidated Lottery. One
ofthe Philadelphia brokers paid him the
money for ii on Thursday.
1t is stated that the capitalists Of Eu-