The Northern star, and constitutionalist. [volume] (Warren, R.I.) 1834-1837, 1835-01-31


usual, they partook OF it in small quantity,
but without Suspicion oil mischief neither
Of thcm swallowed an eniire cup fGll.-
The children took milk, with few tea
sp0onluis Of coffee stirred in it. by the
time that the persons in the kitchen were
Flushing their breakfast, the two ladies
and one child, the other having gone to
school, became sick, and on This being
announced to those ia The kitchen, they
ull responded TINT they (iour in number)
were SO too. Terror now pervaded the
fnnly. a man was sent IN quest ol u
rhys.cian, but was too sick 10 proceed lar.
Mrs Otis had no resource but 10 cry Tor
assistance to her neig ghbors, who most
promptly aud kindly rallied abound her.---
! J h &C enim u phy sic uns were quick on
the sloi, and the whole handy, eight ~
number, affected with great nausea and
vomiting, considered al first that some
merely ene,ic material had bccn mixed,in
tie cofIre. But they were sovn cohvfnc-
cd it was arsenic, " Jmptona OF f'"'so"
were developed Ia vaiious degrees III e'-
cry one Of the family IN the olildfen
slight, in all the rest more or less violent,
and the lady herself, so much so, that Tor
time her lie wus considered in the Ut
most danger. The dr~gs OF the coffee,
Gll OF which was boilcd) and also part
oi the liquid was unaiy sed, and The. result
was, that they had been saturated with
d~coction OF arsenic. The whole family
arc now out e danger, except IRON Sec
ondury effects. The atioscious deed ~
shroudcd in the darkest Obscurlty. lie
| heads of The famly have never had con-
i,roversy or collision with any individual
in this city, high or low, nor arc conscious
Of having gwen cause Of enmity to any
human being. They have received notl-
ing during "a seven years residence IN N.
lor but demonstrations multiplied and
constantIy increasing, oi hospitality, kind
ness, and friendship. Yet there sccms
TO be no room to doubt that an enemy TO
some OF them has done this, and /, would
also seem that to ferret him out, must be
felt TO he IL common cause with all guod
citizens.
A reward Of $1,000 has also been Of
rered by the city Of New Yo'k, ioi the
discovery Of the person who attempted TO
poison the family Of Otis.
kBn Mr. Dixon, the celebrated Molo-
dist and Ventriloquist, will favor the cit
liens Of this Town with display Of his
powers ut tho Commercial Hotel, this
evening. =
The following remarks, on Mr. .Dixon's
vocal powers, is from the pen Of Hon. S.
ii. jerks Of the Nantucket Inquirer-:
"The American Melodist, ," who has
lately given several soirees at the Town
Hall in this place, in the presence OF nu-
merous and highly respectable auditors,
is by birth Virgniun, and possesses all
that patriotic ardor OF temperament which
is 80 characteristic Of the sons of the Old
Dominion. lie is the only one now be-
fore the American public who applies him
self executivsly 10 that peculiar line Of
the profession in which Dixon maniirslly
excels that OF N National vocal melody.
His songs are sele' ted with much taste,
and nro adapted to that soul-stirring airs
. of both Europe and America. His voice
is sophrano of great compass, power,
clearness and innexibilty and IN the
management of its intonutious he differs
from large majority Of professional sing
crs, by giving perfect and distinct nrticu-
lution to the language Of his minstrelsy
On listening to one Of his late periornan-
ces, we were agrecubly surprised at, the
measure Of talent display ed, and the vast
improvement acquired since we had las,
heard hun, some three years since in n.
) York
Without aiming nt those incompre-
) hensible houri.hes and redundancies Of
) style which are too uiten practised by per-
formers Of neutrality-suspicious. and cx-
tensivc fame, to the pulpable detriment ol
both sound and sense, MIR Dixon directs
the entire force of his skill 10 the nrt Of
making himself understood, as we'll as ap-
proved and commenced. His whole soul
seems 10 enter into tho sentiment which
he is uttcring and as that sentiment is
never eclipsed or confused by any unnnt-
ural straining or extraneous ornament,
the effect produced is consequently most
striking and permanent.
! Omroge.-Gcn. Ripley, tho reprcsen-
tative elect 10 congress from the I'd DIS
trict was mos, brutally assaulted esterday
by four individuals. As the transaction
is likely to become the subject Of Judicial
investigation, we forbenr from making
any comments. N. Orleans Bee.
The cultivation Of flowers has this year
attained a degree Of perfection which
probably was never euunlled by the city