The Rhode-Island Republican. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1809-1841, 1835-02-11

Singular deatk.-Yesterday morning about 7
o'clock, young man named George Parker, an
apprentice to Mr. JAS Munson, block-maker, %
South street, was found hanging from the floor over
the cellar in which he worked, his neck being
caught BY trap door, through which il seems he
attempted to pass, but for what purpose is known
He had evidently got upon the head of molasses
cask that had slipped from under him just he
had thrust his head through the trap door, which
falling just beneath his chin must have occasioned
instant sufiocation.-His feet about four feet
from the ground The Coroners verdict was acci-
dental death.-N T. Paper
Dr,mkenness.--Wha is it that saps the morals OF
youth kills the germ of generous ambition; DESC
lates the domestic hearth; renders families father
less; digs dshonored graves Drunkenness. What
makes a man Stunned by the relatives who loved
him, condemned by the contemporaries who out
stripped him reviled by the very wretches who be-
trayed him ml-Drunkenness. What fills our asy-
lums with lunatics our ponds and rivers with sui
cdes our jails with thieves and murderers; our
streets with infamy The same destructive vice.
He who by precept, whether moral, written should
succeed in rendering drunkenness detestable, and
sobriety an unviolated virtue through the land
will confer on all classes of socety-a boon beyond
all price,
A General Post OEee.-At Essex Bar, in one of
the Galapagos Islands, there is a cave, well secured
against the weather. in which whaers deposite their
letters some times, for the information of any 9TH
er whalers, and sometimes to be carried home by
any returning hunter of the deep that chances to
pass by. Ships have been known to go hundreds Of
miles out of their course to visit this receptacle of
intelligence, The facts strikingly illustrate the
istence of a common bond among civilized nations.
DREADFUL AccIDENr.-While some people were
collected last week upon the ice in the town of Hol
den Mass. for the purpose of preparing clam feast
an individual named Rice undertook TO fire off
swivel and having wadding.a hand, he filled the
gun with snow, and touched off the charge.-The
swivel burst, and killed him instantly.
N. Y. Cour. & Inq.
An Affair of Honor-The schr Elizabeth Jane,
which sailed hence, Dec. 20h for Mobile, had the
misfortune to offend whale on the passage. The
greatone ofthe ocean determined on such "persona
satisfaction" as "is due from one gentleman TO an
other" The schooner was carried off the field with
confusion in the shoulder, and has been brought
back into port.-JoW. com.
Thrilling Incident. At late fire in Baltimore
the flames were kinded in the lower part of the
building and spread rapidly TO cut off the re-
treat Of family residing in the second story. A
small child was dropped by its mother from the Sec
Ond story and safely caught by the spectators be-
low. The mother, in attempting TO make her es-
cape by the same means, was considerably injured.
u. -. SSen0fOf.-1he Senate, on Wednesday,
non-concurred with the House in relation to the |
election of Senate, by choosing, their part, the
Hon. JOHN Quincy ADAMS. The whole number of
votes 40-of which Mr.. Adams had 81; Mr..
Davis ID; and Messrss Bates and Bayes 3 each.
Post
Two thieves their way to Tybum in
different carts; one had been condemned for steal
ing mare, the other had stolen a watch What (
o'clock is it by your watch said the former to his
brother. "Just about time for you to water your
mare, the reply.
A great pedestrian match was lately won by n !
young asprant by the name of Gillet, who walked
20 miles in the incredible short period of hours 10
minutes and half.
Epicteius said that if any evil happened to one of
the vulgar he blamed others, novice in philosophy
blamed himself, but true philosopher blamed no
one. ...
IT goes on.-TheLegslature of Alabama have |
passed law prohibiting the circulation of Bank
Notes of a less denomination than Five Dollars.
The water that flows from spring does not con-
gea in winter; and those sentiments of friendship
which flow from the heart cannotbe frozen by adversely
There arrived at New York on Friday last week,
9 ships, 20 brgs and 30 schooners Totrl, 81. Of
which from foreign ports, 20.
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