The Rhode-Island Republican. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1809-1841, 1833-02-26
MEMOIR OF II. ISLAND.
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The General Assembly met this year
m Warwick, May Odd. Roger Williams
was appointed Moderator--and by cleo
iion,
John Smith, of Warwick was chosen
Prcsi lent.
Thomas Angel, Assistant for Prov-
donre.
Jchn Sanford, Assistant for Ports
mo~.h.
John Clarke, Assistant: for Newport.
Samuel Gorton, Assistant for Warwick.
Phillip Sherman, General Recorder.
John Clarke, General Treasurer.
The officers were all engaged to their
commissions. The names of commits
s,oners from the several towns, were not
recorded.
II was ordered, that "no person aitor
,ha IOh of June next shall take any
back pcagc of the Indians. but at four
uenny, and if any shall take black peage
If lhe indians under four penny, he
shall fol felt the said peage, one half to
,be iuCormer and the other half to the
State
II was ordered, that r'a messenger be
sent to Pumham and the other Sache"
to require them to GONE to this court ana
,ha, letters be seht to Benedict Arnold
and his father, and the rest of Pawiuket
about their suhjectiug to this Colony.
IT was ordered, that each town III the
Colony should provide prison WITHIN
nine months.
The complaints presented ny "m'
Dyre against Mr.. Coddingion, were de-
ferred TO the October session.
i, was "granted to Mr.. Roger VIII
liams to have the leave to suffer ma
tive, his hired servant, to Kill fowl Tor
him in his piece at Narragansett abon'
his house" and i, was also "granted 4"
MIR. Williams to have leave to sell little
wine or strong water, to some natives IN
their sickness"
Thus it appears, that no white mln
was allowed to employ an Indian to kill
game, or 20 sell an Indian wine or strong
drink without authority from the court.
II was enacted, "that if II President
elected shall refuse to serve in that Gen
eral Office, that then he shall pay fine
of go, and General Assistant that re-
fuseth to serve being chosen shall pay
fire of f5. 1t is also ordered, that he
thnt hath most votes next to him that
refuseth shall supply the place of him that
reluseih.
This year King Charles was beheaded
at White Hall, at the age of 81 years.
II is no, our intention to digress much
by introducing what belongs to the histo-
ry of the neighboring Colonies, unless
where there is something singular in
their history that will throw light upon
their character and inform the reader
as To the excentricitles peculiar to them
ut different periods of time. For that
purpose ave extract from Hutchinson
page l5i the following:
al fancy that about this time the scru-
pulosity of the good people of the colony
was at the heighth. Soon after Mr..
Wiu,hrop's death Mr. Endicot, the most
rigid of nny of the magistrates, being
governor, he joined with the other as
sistanis in an association against long
hair."*
.In every age indifferent things have
been condemned ms sinful, and placed
among the greatest imnoralitles. The
text against long hair in Corinthians, as
contrary TO the custom in the apostle
day, induced our ancestors to think il
criminal in all ages and all nations, and
To look upon il ms one Of the barbarsms
of the Indians. / have wondered that
the tex, in Leyiticus, "Ye shall not round
the CORNERS Of your heads" was never
brought against short hair The rule in
Ncw-England was that none should wear
their hair below their ears. In clergy
man it was said to he the greater offence
they we've in an especial manner re-
CURED to go patcatiJas amiJus. 4 few