The Rhode-Island Republican. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1809-1841, 1835-11-18
Democratic Republican Nominal ton
FOR PRESIDENT
MARTIN VAN BUREN.
FOR VICE PRESIDENT
RICHARD NJ. JOHNSON.

lcHanEP NJ one unlc from SOOu 10 DetcT, at dhoHei
lrcm bad worse) to have fallen into the track oi
a certain, though gradual advancement in prosperl-
ty and Importance. To one who has long been ac-
quained with the history of our town affairs. 1t must
be apparent that, the present indications OF ITS
growth and future consequence arc not oi That uh-
certain and fluctunting character which has so often
elevated as if merely for the purpose of blasting the
hopcs and anticipations of our fellow citizens For
the last ten years a material change has been going
on at first trihlng and unimportant, but every year
growing more and more conspicuous, IN KIND of
( gcomericnI progression, until the present period,
when It's prospects seem Eairer perhaps than they
have been since the days of the revolution. few
years since the building Of II new house among us
was a circumstance as the visitation OF Hal
cy's Comet, but now we do not think Of counting
new houses unless by the half dozen. Neither are
our new houses the mere shantys Which go by that
name, in most of the lourishing towns we hear
much Of No the houses which are here built would
be an ornament to any town, and suitable a
bodies for the wealthy and respectable citizens who
occupy them.
We predict the continued prosperity of our town
upon other grounds, than what have heretofore
been made use of, and which have SO often deceived
the well wshcrs of Newport. We say the time has
now arrived for old Newport lift its head, for the
following reasons. II is situated OF one of the most
beautiful islands in Norlh America. 1t enjoys a eli
mate of unrlvacd saubrty. 1t is in the direct line
of communication between the great cities of Bos-
ton and New York, if not between the whole East
and 1.-The South and West. But says one, all these
advantages it has possessed since the days of Roger
Williams. So it has friend but it did not till within
"A few years possess the advantage of being within
half days distance of New York, and about
the same from Boston. Neither was it known ex-
cept to few readers of Morse's Gcogrophy what an
Eden reposcd on the waters of the Narragansett.
But now when every body well the school
master is abroad, when the wealth and nc
our country have increased thousand told,-whcn
the wealthy merchant and the opuent gentleman
has discovered that his business can be conducted
as successfully while he is enjoying the salubrous
brcczes of Rhode-Island, they can by his
stont presence am, when he has discovered that by
the recreation of the rctreat he can return to his
pursuits with more energy and more efhccncy than
before il would not be too much TO assert $50 great
have become the facilities of travelling by means of
Rail Roads and Steam Boats,) that man
well do business in New York who lives in Ncwpor,
az him who resides at Brooklyn and Jersey City.
TO the man of fortune who is looking about HIM
for some eligible retreat III which he may spend
both his time and his money with satisfaction to
himself and improvement to his family, we would
say come TO Newport. Here ure all the rational
pleasures of life ready furnishad for enjoyment.
Here YOU may worship where aud whom you please,
mix with the most select social circles, enjoy the
nmuscmcnts of riding on fine roads, sailing in pleas
ant bays and harbors, and rcyel i'll all the luxurcs
of life, by dcvotng your time as you think proper
either to the improvement of the mind 10y means OF
our fine libraries, crafty the palate by all the del
icacics OF the dinner table. Here you will find
cry mode of worship, the best schools, the most n
grceahlc associates, and (by no means II small at
fair) here YOU will find but few taxes and lastly you
will find it but mere riilc to get here or get away
again whenever YOU please. But we have departed
somewhat from our primary object IN the commence
mcnt of this article. We intended merely to have
said word or two about our new houses, our new
churches, our new factories, new ships, the
greatly increased value of real estate the audablc
spirit of enterprise which has taken place of torpor
and inactivity among all classes the gentleman, the
merchant the manufacturer, the mechanic, and the
laboring classes generally But our limits admon-
ish us to be brief We will therefore only observe
in conclusion that anticipate greater business
season next summer among all classes, in every dis
crpiion of business than old Newport has witnessed
for many, many years.
We learn that JoHN NoRvELL and LuciuS L.
LYON, Esqrs have been elected tn the United States
Senate by the Legislature of Michigan. Mr. Nor
veil is a, present Post Master of Detroit MIR. lv-