The Rhode-Island Republican. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1809-1841, 1832-06-12

S"gutdr-We learn from good authority
thet about an acre and a half Of land on the
east shore, in Duchess county, about three
miles up the river from Nswburg, has fallon
one hundred feet from its original level, 80
that the tops Of the highest trees now stand
ing on the fallen tract, are only even with
'he suriace of the surrounding land. We
can 'hnk Of no reasonable way of accounting
ior lhs singular phenomenon unless it is
FOUND that stream of water which we learn
runs into the river in that vicinity, has bees
gradually undermining for some years, and
theioundaton having washed AWAY the whole
mass has iallen.--.Vsicbiwg " y, Telegraph.
TnE CoMET.-Mr. II. Burrit, of Connect.
cut, has brought forward map pointing out
the. path ofthe approaching Comet. MIR. b.
Uniforms us, that from the middle of October
to the middle of November il will, to us be
most brilliant, IL will rise in the east on the
18th Of November, about 10, p. NJ. and reace
meridian al in the morning. Ii will not be
less, al any time, then 81 millions Of miles
from the earth. and S3 millions Of miles from
The sun--so that those bodies will not be in
much danger from the course Of this sublime
lumlnary.
NATIoNArO OEDr. The editors of the
Liverpool Mercury have computed that
the sum ofthe national debt considerably
exceeds the amount of one dollar per
minute ever since the creation of the
world, reckoning the date as given in the
bible, and the dollar at FIVE shlings sterl-
ing They may well 'stagger' under the
load ! Fifteen pound an hour day and
night since Adam and Eve were in Par
adise
LARGE SLEEvEs.-At Plymouth, a woek or
two ago, a lady Of Commissioner Ross of the
dock yard, (sster 10 the lady Sir G. Cockburn,
NJ P) met with dreadful death. Sho was sit.
ting alone in her room, when, on reaching her
arm across the table, the large sleeve Of her
dress caught fro from the candle, and from tho
light material of which it was composed, she
was instantly enyelopod in blaze unfortu
nately, the lady ran towards the door, and down
stoirs, to obtain assistance, witch excrtion fam
ned The flame, and before she could procure aid
from any of the servants, she was droadiully
burnt and after few days expired
Adoanee Of Ltellcet.--We find lively
remark on this subject in one Of the En-
glish Magazines. "Ah, my dear Mrs.
j. ]. fear this is all the good the march
of intellect is likely to do" "JTarch of
intellect my dear madam, begin To
think that is past, and that il must. now
be the AprH of intellect one meets SO
many fools"
A horrible spectacle was presented to
our citizens, at the upper end of Warren
street, on Tuesday afternoon last. A
little child was playing in the carriage
way of the street, unconscious of danger,
when loaded wagon passed over its
head, and crushed it to death instantly.
Irenton) Union.
Slauery an Neutrality-suspicious. fifty
shareholders in Kentucky, "under con-
viction that there are insurmountable
obstacles to the general emancipation of
the present generation..of slaves but eq-
ually convinced of the necessity and
pracfieabihty of emancipating their fa-
tHre cfspring," have agreed TO meet at
Lexington, on the fourth of July next.
to form an association for that pur-
pose.
AtManayunk, near Philadelphia, three
canal boatmen kindled anthracite coal
fire in an open earthen furnace, in their
cabin, and fastened the door and went to
sleep. They were all found dead next
morning their mouths lrothy, and blood
had settled on the side on which they
were lying.
The Lowell Mercury recommends, Wards
hair oil, for raising n new nap on old hats /;
we suppose that it would create feathers on
'BUMBLEBEE's' back, or leng,hen out
musquetos eyebrows, at that rate.
A committee lately reported to public
meeting in England, that they had visited
number of families in Almondauty and Scam
monden, and found that their earnings did
no, exceed two pence had per day.
Tho London Royal Dispensary for Dscns
es OF the Ear, has cured or relieved 800
patients. Several deaf and dumb children
have obtained their hearing and speech at the
institution.
a late London paper says, the Queen had
not been out for three days, on account Of
slight tendency to caught.
A red nose and red eyes are very bad