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The Rhode-Island Republican. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1809-1841, 1835-06-10
Massachusetts nomination for tie Presidency.

We have some lingering affection for old Mas
sachusclts. We like her staunch, firm unbending
support of federalism. Give us an adversary whose
principles and opinions understand, who takes
his ground and maintains it, whom know where
to find in preference to double fnced, shuliiing
fellow, a political Protcus, who doffs and changes
his principles rs he changes his dress, and who
sorts like gaows bird to the disguise of an alias
whenever he fears detection. For this we like
Massachusetts. She is an open and avowcd foe to
the democracy of the country, but she is fair foe
and we always know where to find her. She has
nominated for the Presidency n man who COM
menced his political career as tedcralist and who
has never swerved in word deed from the prnci-
pies of the party under whose auspices he made his
first appearance upon the political stage There is
degree of manliness in this that but ad-
mire 1t is worthy of the best days of the federal
party when IN the iulness and flush of its power,
supported bv men of high talent, it arranged itself
against the democracy of tic country under ban
ner of which it was not ashamed J! Is III old
Massachusetts that federalism still has the ascendant
The federalists of that state, may indeed have cC9
sentcd to take the name of wings, that they might
bring other states TO the support of their cherished
cause, but they are, and boast themselves to bc fed
eralists of the old stamp, who have sustained their
principles through all the changes of party The
wings of Massachusetts, whatever may be their po-
tcal heresics- they have far too many-can-
not be accused of hypocrisy and double dealing.
We honor them for that
The nomination of Daniel Webster is one which
we regard with interest, not 20 say with pleasure
MIR. Webster is, at this moment, the idol aud the
leader OF the Wings. He is their rst and as they
represent, their best His talents and his sta
ton in public life have been such as TO make his
doctrines and opinions familiar to every observer.
Both the Wings and ourselves know where to find
such man. Ii is but justice to themselves if they
arc believers III the righteousness of their cause that
they should support such man, and it is but Justice
to that they should bring forward as n candidate
for the Presidency, one who is responsible repre-
sentative Of their doctrines aud opinions Dare VIC
hope that they will keep up sufficient show Of con-
sistcncy TO abide by their own nomnatiousl Or af-
ter having placed the God-lke man of their dola,ry.
will they get tired Of their idol and bow themselves
before some image oftheir own creation We
fear much that in their pursuit after available can
didaos they will desert their first love- and leave in
the lurch the man whom above all others they
world have to rule over thcm.--N. J.. Timcs.
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Gloucester Dem.

Spirited FeHOw.-A man knocked another down,
the latter picking himself up and addressing his
tagonist with great show of spirit, said" Pray sir
did you intend that in earnest-or was it merely in
fun ~
81 intended it in earnest" cooly replied the other
"it's well for you that you did, rejoined the
mettesome man, with avery prudentvalor, be
id if would have taken it in fun"
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The Comet.-h letter from Vienna announces
that Leitrow, Director Of the Observatory in that
city, has received from the celebrated English as
tronomcr, Hcrschel now residing at tie Cape of
Good Hope, the remarkable intelligence that Hal
lcy's Comet, of which so much has been sad and
which is positively expected in August this year. will
not be visible, because it has long since changed the
direction of Its course and rcvolves in differ
ent orbit. report by the German astronomers on
this important subec, is expected very shortly, and
will be published.-N. y. Mer. 1dr.
The Rhode-Island Republican. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1809-1841, 1835-06-10
Correspondence of the Jour. Of Com
WASHINGTON Nav. 30. JS35

The President has issued an cdct in reference
to the morals and department of the Clerks and
officers of the several Departments of the Govern
mout. am told by person who saw one of the
circulars addressed to the Heads of the Departments
&c. that monthly report is directed TO be made of
the moral habits of each clerk and public officer
and that they are enjoined to pay their debts, on
pain of immediate removal. Some designations, and
some unexpected payments havc it is said, already
resulted from this decided step. Many removals
are spoken Of as being unavoidable on the same
The Rhode-Island Republican. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1809-1841, 1835-06-10

New ORLEANS, May 2O--The diseases annually
prevalent on the river Mississippi and its numerous
tributaries, are again becoming rife All the cases
OF cholera that said to have occurred in this city
were limited to passengers on boats coming down
the river, in various parts of which numerous cases
arc still found. But no cholera erists in Nep Or
leans, except the cholera morbus, common in other
places at this period Cases of bilious fever indeed
occurred within the past few days, but not to any
extent, nor are they alarming,
The very great negligence of voyagers on our
western waters; and the very little care taken of
them by the commanders of the boats-are sufficient
10 engender disease Hence the real source of dis
ease on the Mississippi. We have personally wit
messed these causes and effects, and most indignant
ly give our testimony against this culPable negli-
concc.
Now tho small pox has brought out and RACES
from Memphis 10 Na,ceez, and thence to Natchi-
toches.
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WooL-The whole amount of wool raised last
year IN the United States seventy-fve millions
of pounds, in addition TO which abou, three millions
were imported from abroad, making the whole guam
y manufactured in American factories seventy -eight
millions pounds In addition to the above, manu-
tactured woollen cloth imported to the amoun,
of six millions, making the entire consumption in
this country eighty four millions of pounds.
Bah Amer
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Nichig0a as IL should be.-The population OF
Michigan has now become sufficiently numerous
for that Territory be admitted into the Union as
state, and probably measures to this effect will be
taken at the next sitting of Congress.-The cleo
tons that recently held for the purpose of choos-
ing delegates to organise State Government, have
resulted follows-(as stated in a letter from a
gentleman residing in that Territory to a friend in
this town.)
jackson men I7S
Wings or opposition 10
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JACK son men
Wings or opposition

II is admitted into the Union at the next session
of Congress, it will add two democratic L. s. SEN
ators the Democratic phalanx, and like her Demo-
cratic sister of The great West will give her votes
for the candidates OF the people, nominated at the
National Convention at Baltimore.
Gloucester Dem.
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Wurder.-The following extract of letter to the
Editor, gives the particulars of the murder of most
excellent citizen.
"May 10, 1885
"Capt. Charles Thorne, who lived near Beck
hamve, in Chester District was shockingly muir
dered by one of his mothers negro fellows FRI
day evening, the 18th inst. and thrown into the river
Ills body was found Sunday morning follow
ing. The negro confessed the deed, after being
taken up on suspicion and examined, showed where
he threw him in the river, and produced his watch
and other articles taken-and said he induced
by two white men to kill him. The negro was con-
demncd by a court of Magistrates and Frechoders,
held Monday, to be hanged. One of men is
taken, and the other is supposed to have fed j
am, &c.
"P. 5. Capt. Thorn heard some dogs baying hogs,
and went to see and the negro says that Capt.
Thorn came and caught him with one of his hogs
killed, and on his shoulder-and that it the
scheme to draw him out to kill him. Camden .your
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IOOPlD
FNGiNEER DEPARTMENT,
Washington, May %, ls35.
Col. J. g. ToTrEN,
Corps of Engineers.
Newport, II. Island
SuR,-I have the honor, herewith to enclose a
copy Of letter from the Secretary of the Treasury
with report from the Fifth Auditor. from the tenor
Of which YOU viii perceive that all the operations on
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Womdp-There is no country in the world where
WOMAN is treated with so much deferanCe and re
spect as in the United States of America. She is here
regarded as a superior being, disncd to sootho the
sorrows md share the happiness man. In unciv-
ilized life woman IL regarded rs degraded being
she is doomed life of toll and is the stare not the
companion ofman In most of the countries of Eu
rope even among nations which claim to be the most
civilized, where her lot is cast among the humble,
she is compelled to perform large share ofthc most
arduous and disgusting field labor, all sexual dstinc
ton of employment is abolished. In France, the
women undertake any task thlt they arc able TO
perform, without any regard to delicacy proprcty.
This applies not only to the poorer class but is
mon among persons of respectable standing, who
are possessed of property. woman is seen hold
ing ihe plough, guiding the harrow, while her
husband, perhaps Il substantial farmer, Is sowing
the wheat-They thrash out the crop together,
perhaps exposed to the heart of meridian sun.
fine healthy young girl will often be seen handling
n muckfork with grucc aud Skill while loading her
fathers cart. The shops are almost universally
tended by women---who also act rs clerks IN coun-
ting rooms and factories and sometimes manage
all the details of large establishment
In this country, women attend only to domestic
duties. The daughters of our farmers are seldom
seen in the fields, engaged in aborious occupations.
Labor which requires great muscular strength and
robust constitutions, and exposure 10 the weather, is
considered proper only for man. 1t is little singu-
lar that the compliment which the Americans thus
offer the fair SEX and which forms such striking
contrast with European usages, has never been no.
ticed by the Halls, the Trollopes, or the kembles,
who have visited our shores-and who have profess
sed TO describe peculiar virtues well as vices
One would have thought that that close observer OF
passing events, " the charming Fanny" would have
recorded this peculiarly i'll he journal.
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Extraordinary Coincidences in the Lircs Of a
Married Pdir.-A Scotch newspaper of the year
l777 gives the following extract of letter
from Lanark =" Old William Douglas and his wife
lately dead; YOU know that he and his wife were
born on the sane day. within the same hour by the
midwife; that they were constant companions,
till nature inspired them with love and friend
ship; and at the age of nineteen mar
red by the consent Of their parents at the church
where they where chrisiened. These not the
whole of the circumstances attending this cxtraor-
binary pair They never knew days sickness un-
,l the day before ter deaths; and the day on which
they died they were exactly one hundred years old.
They died in bed, aud were buried in one
grave close to the front where they were chrstened.
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Dog Fight.-A late French paper gives a curious
account of battle which fought at Paris be-
tween two dogs. 1t was in consequence of wager
between two English noblemen. a class of men ma
ny of whom seem to have an unconquerablc propcn-
-sity for amusements of this kind. The. two dogs
were to fight la ouronce, in large arena surroun-
-ded by spectators--One was huge oycrgrown, fe-
rocious mastf, the other small delicatcly formed,
beautiful spaniel The bets which ran high previous
10 the battle, were three to the mastif. 4,
the given signal, the dogs entered tue arena aud
commenced the combat. The Spaniel seized the
Mastiff by the hind leg, and held on like good fell
Iow.--The mastif howled with pain, and struggled
violently to rid hmsefof the ncumbrancc, but TO
no purpose, and finally overcome with agony and
exhaustion, he fell to the ground, and rolled on
his back, when his nnblc antagonist proftng by the
iajudcious movement. seizcs him by the throat aid
struggled him.
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1Hti- Corset !SOcieties--Two Societies ofihis kind
have been formed and successfully going on,
putting down the wicked slavery TO fashion which
destroys so many females. One of those societies
is in Peterborough, n. Y, and was formed a year
ago All the ladies in the village but three, signed
the pledge. The other IS at Atkinson, Me-, and
consists Chiefly of boarding school. There are
many family" associations of this sort in
try, and the number is rapidly increasing. What a
great point will be gained in the improvement offs
clal and domestic life, when reason, comfort, and
health, are consulted in the fashions OF dress The
frequent changes Of fashion also involve much use
less expence of money and precious time. Till this
passion for change is corrected, ladies can neither
hayemcans nor leisure for much improvement in their
systems of education and household management.
But we this tight lacing has been in some meas
ure, corrected by reasoning on the subject, and we
do not despair. Allow ladies' the privilege of rea-
soning, and they must become more reasonable.
The Portland Argus, in reply to rude attack
made upon one of the delegates of the Baltimore
Convention from Maine by the Wing editors of Bos-
ton, when the gentleman was IN that city, says:-
Ever since Maine was freed from the guardian
ship of Massachusetts, by the act of Congress admit
ting her into the Union, as an equal of the 'Old
Thirteen her citizens have acted for themselves,
and have spurned every mandate of foreign dicta-
ton. The federal editors of the city of Boston,
must have this truth impressed upon their memories
by very painful lessons in their past experience.
Instead of abusing citizens who go to that city
in the of their commercial persuits, they had
better conne their attention to the internal condition
of Massachusetts,. They can find enough even
in their social condition to exhaust censnre or bene
violence. The backened and smoudering ruins of
the Ursune Convent still frown on the summit of
Mt Benedict within sight of the capital of the Bay
State, and the voater of "a national vessel still turks
secure under the patronage of the aristocracy of
Boston!
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81 have made one tousand dollar dis morning
before breakfast" said Frenchman who kept re-
tail shop in Boston.
A thousand dollars before breakfast" said a
neghbor, with dubious air.
Oui-ycs sarc," replied the Frenchman rubbing
his hands with great gee-" have clear onetousand
dollar clear"
you've sold all your goods then"
"On no! Sare, have not sell one good have
all de good in my shop"
How did you clear so much money thenl'
81 have mark de good all up
"Marked them all up!''
oui, Monsieur, have put on the high price, so
as make clear one tousand dollar and keep all my
good in my shop
From the Cincinnati Wing of Nay 90.
Singular case Of tOrtitude.-Two days ago, a
gentleman IN Kentucky, near this city, purchased
three slaves, a man. his wife and child The man
was exceedingly averse TO being sold and declared,
before the transfer made, that he would never
work for the gentleman who purchased him. The bar
gain was completed, however, and Immediately the
man slave retired TO the yard laid his left hand up
on block, and with hatchet at a single blow de-
hberateiy severed the hand from his arm!
A negro woman, l6l years old, is exhibited at
the Louisville museum. She has been blind for 20
years.
a man in Ireland lately cut his wife's throat for
not having his breakfast ready in time for him.
Plusburg, one of its papers supposes, now con-
talns population of $4,000; four hundred new
houses arc contracted for this season.
The Legislature of New Hampshire assembled a,
Concord on Wednesday.
A lad, sixteen or seventeen years old, Jumped out
ofthe fourth story Window Of apublc house in Nash
ua ~ III. on Sunday night last, while asleep and es-
capped unburt.
The plague ragged with such fearful morality nj
Alexandria, that the streets were encumbcrcd with
dead bodies.
Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1830-1846, 1835-01-01
WOOL CARDING, AND
CLOTH DRESSING.
vENIlE subscribers have entered into Co partner
Il ship in business, under the firm of
GOULD & DURFEE,

And respectfully inform their friends the public,
that they have rented the Mills in Portsmouth, be-
longing to 5 Clarke, where they will hereafter card
into rolls, sheep wool Of all grades-spin yarn
manufacture cloth on shares or contract.-AIso,
color and dress woollen cloths, real indigo blue,
and all other colors-color and dress garments -
color yarn for carpets, sc &c, all which shall be
done speedily, in the best manner, and on the
most reasonable terms. THOMAS COULD,
Isaac L. DURFEE.
n b. Articles intended to he sent to them, may
be left with Sanford Almy Little Compton, Geo
Amy or VIM. Amy, Tiverton, VIM. Pearse or
j. Clifford, Bristol Ferry,-Geo. Knowles, Job
Sherman, or Benjamin II. WiIbor, broadst'rt.
ort,-Duriees Inn, Portsmouth, or at their
Mandatory.
Portsmouth, march 2sth, 1888.
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WHOLE NO. 24S.

will think il mighty hard in us well, if
they do, they will understood exactly
how ouI merchants felt some 90 years
ago, when their property was taken from
ihem-it aint good TASTED dish any way.
Howsomever, | have a notion, that
the best way nrier alto bring the French
men To their senses, is to stop all trade
with them, till they settle all old ac.
counts. This is peaceabe mode, and
they'll soon find out we can give up their
ribbons and ruilles little better than
they can give up our Cotton and Tobac~
co, IT'S annzin TO see how much good
solid articles 90 from this country to
France, and paid for in fashions and
trash, that aint worth, when you raly
come to look close into 'em, the expense
OF bringing out.
Some will say that our Cotton and To-
bncco will 60 to France, through other
Country swell, let 'em 20 so. The
French can't do without 'em, and will
have to pay so much the more for 'em.-
And then agin some will say that French
silks and ribbons and gew gAws, will
come to us through other Countries, and
If needs be, will be called "English," or
''ltalian," or "Swiss," or "Spanish;''
but there is rod in pickle for all that
II and the Gineral ony come out with
Proclamation to our women and gals.
and ask 'em to drop all use of French
goods, the jig will be up with French
men at once they may deceive our
Consuls and Collectors, but they can't
deceive our Calls, for they can tell a
French Hat and French Ribbon and
French FIummery, as far as you can
throw club
! If any one thinks our gals aint got
/ patriotism enuf in 'em for this, when they
come TO understand the nature of the
business, they will be as much mistaken
as Commodore Hardy was last war, off
Stonington. Some one went off and
told Hardy, the Yankees had but two
guns, but had no flannel TO make cart
ridges with, and that was true enuf; so
\ he brought in his ships and began to
blaze away, but as soon as our gals
come to hear ont, they turned to, and
aiore l2 o'clock, there warnt flannel
petticoat left in all Stonington. Com
modore Hardy got the hull on 'em about
his ears in cartridges, about the quickest
| tell you. "And arter that when any
one would tell him sich and sch place
had no flannel TO make cartridges with,
he'd scratch his head and say, but am
afraid they have got gals and flannel
pet'icoais, and that's about the same."
l don't mean to say nothin about home
politics now, till this French business is
settled. My spunk is ge,tn up leetle
about it-and l don't know but / shall
brush up what little | once know'd Of
that lingo, and tell the "parley voos" in
their Congress cup chamber" thing
or two perhaps they have forgotten a
bout this country. Your old Friend,
J. DOWNING, Major,
I Downingrilie Militia, Cd Brigade.
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Downing COrrespOndcncc.

We were highly graiiiied yesterday
morning, after SO long silence, by the
receipt of letter from our sold friend"
Maor Jack Downing 1t was hardly
to he supposed that military man, whose
blood runs high, when any act of inlus-
tice, or an insult towards his country oc-
ours, let it come from what quarter IT
may, would sit still, when the Chief
Magistrate Of the Republic talks about
ga stain upon our National honor" IT
certainly could not be expected of Ma
jor Downing. Accordingly his letter
shews that his patriotism overtops all
other feelings, and he is ready to enforce
justice, or resent insult, as the case may
require, and from whatever quarter they
may come.
How far he will succeed in his appe al
to the public spirit of the females, we are
not sure. When theii grandmothers, in
l775, gave up drinking tea, and took to
balm and sage, and wnter-green, the
case was somewhat different, "Ihrce-
pence duty upon 1'E.3," was the great
groundwork Of the quarrel, and the wo-
men abandoned the use of it, almost alb
solutoly; and where they held on, it was
done silly, and under the title of "herb
drink,o or some other nickname. Be-
sides, when it was once swallowed, there
was an end to the matter-the woman
who ventured upon the beverage, had as
much the external appearance of dcvo-
ton TO the country, as she who took to
winter-green. ltrequires greater sac
rifice of feeling, to renounce silks, be-
cause they are worn outside, and consti
tute large portion of what are called
female charms. However, we cannot
but hope, that when the new French
Ministry sees the Majors letter, anc
learn from it his determination respect.
ing the controversy, it may induce them
TO change their policy, and without max
ing more words about, pay the money.
! ~ Y. Dai .Adv.