The Rhode-Island Republican. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1809-1841, 1835-02-04

Mr.. Adams Eulogy upon Lafayette will consume
about 800 rcams of fine paper 1t will cost the ma
ton not far short of $4,000, and it will be months
before the whole edition. consisting of 10000 copies,
will be distributed through the country.
Besides the above, two editions have been pub
ished one in Boston, and another IN New YORK,
From the Globe.
Tuesday was the day appointed for the election OF
Senator in Virginia The Houses met but no
election had. The disposition seems to be to
refer the the decision of the People ut the
polls in April next-the instructed members not be-
ing willing, presume, either to obey the instruct
ions given by their constituents, to Illustrate them
entirely A letter before us, gives the following IN
telligence:
"5i-2 p NJ.
81 have this moment returned from the capitol;
both Houses have agreed to adjourn until to-mor-
row, when, think, the election will be postponed
until next winter
! Bishop Fenw;ck, and his associates, have petition
ed the Legislature of Massachusetts, for indemnity
for the destruction of the Ursuline Convent at
Mount Benedict, by mob
The editor of the Bee is elected State printer by
the Legislature of Louisiana He is friend to the
Administration.
| Wealth of a Ckrch.-Trinity Church in this
city is said to be worth twenty millions of dollars
and its capital is every day increasingly. y. Sun.
Virginia Elections, to fill Hyacaacies.-Our readers
will be gra6ed-says the Globe-to perceive from
the items of news taken from the Richmond En-
qurer, that the friends of MIR. Rves have succeeded
in all the recent elections, except that of Lewis in
returning members favorable to his election to the
Senate. There is prospect of MIR. Leigh's sue
cess, but by most obvious violation of the will of
the people of Virginia by their immediate represen-
tatIves ,.... t...
Cholera has appeared on board the U. S. ship
Delaware at Port Mahon. Twenty-Five deaths
had occurred among the seamen; no officers had
been attacked. A letter dated the 22d November,
says the disease is decreasing. and serious cases
had occurred for the last five days,-N. Y. Star.
1t appears that Capt. Hudry, of New Orleans,
who it was said committed suicide at Washington,
under circumstances which seemed to call for the
sympathy of the public, died of a violent hemorrhagc
of the bowels.-Herc.
The number of fires ip Philadelphia last year was
90 and the amount of damage about S204, ,450,
more than one half of which at the fire in Wal
, nut-street wharf in the month of January.
steam frigate of 10 guns and 40 horse power
has arrived at Alexandria from England, for the
( service of the Nceroy. Thus foreign nations,
even barbarans turning the discovery of Fulton to
D account and surprising the enterprise OF his
own counrymen in this mode of applying steam
j power.
The venerable father of James Sheridan Knowles,
has just published an English Pronouncing and h1-
planatory Dictionary of the English language co"-
tanning A., ,tjl2 more words than Walkers.
' The Susauehanna (Pa.) Democrat very graveIy
informs its readers 10 the following ehect - lhere
arc several rumors in circulation TO ridiculous to
a mention"
Mr. Webster has been nominated by Massachu-
se,is he will be supported by Massachusetts. by the
whole of Massachusetts. and hy nothing but Massa-
chuse,ts. for. in The language of buckingham,
: " thank Heaven, Massachusetts is Massachusetts
: s-ill"-Wilmngton. Del. Gaz.
Jealousy ErtrG.-A Parisian wine merchant late
ly undertook to commit suicide o,a Of Jealousy 70,
his wife. who was sescniy-siS years OF age