The Rhode-Island Republican. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1809-1841, 1836-12-14

md proceedings of the Military Court of u
Iaquiry in thai city:
"Our town is ut presen, enseaed by the "
presence of many of the mast distinguished Il
officers of the United States Army, who are
ia Attendance on this Court.
"The Court. consisting of Mi. Gen. n
Macom' aud Brig. Generals AtkiuSon aud
Brady, proceeded To bnsiness on MonI'y i
last. Their duty was To inquire lnto the i
causes of The f,ilire of the spui hern cam
lai.n, and also into the proprleiv of the
of CERTAIN orders by Gen. Gaiiess
or other officers. -
As Court of Inquiry il somewhat
unusual IN our couatrv, so,ne curiosity mas
been felt la know tho course and mode oi
their proceedings. The Court is held IN
public, aud many visitors, bdth male and
female, have ni;cudel the investigation. 4
All the officers attend in full-dreSs uniform,
aud The Judge Advocate conducts the tr'al. |
The proceedings, when We have been
present, consisted of fnorhing more than the /
mere reading, hy tha Judge Advocate, at
the communications from aud 10 the War
Department during the s'ulhern war, with
an occasional remark or explanation from
Gen. Scott, whose conduct is nj present
considered nfbv the Court. Althpugl from
the fact thn, the proceedings are conducted
tlnns, entirely in writing, and the defence
also IN ,de in wiring, they are not calcnla-
ted generally Ia interest those who are not
/ fliniliar with the whole subject, or who do
npt understand the minuiir oftlie calnpaign,
i vet the presence of so mauy of the noble
aud gallant officers, who have ol-t,nes
planted the standard df victory upon the
camps of their country. enemies, has an
imposing AFFECT. They now have exclang-
ed the field for the forum, are sulrnnly en-
gagged in The trial of one oi their fsl'ow-of-
fccrs, who like themselves, has often won
; the applause or his countrymnn by his bra
very aud daring, but has bees unsuccessful
in the Late contest, surrounded, ms 1t APP
pears tn have been, with numberless diff
cultirs, winch cannot be appreciated by
those not huviug experienced them.
Gen. Gaines, il is said, objects To Gen.
Macomh rs a member of the court, so TAR
as he is concerned. The severe indspo-
stion of hls lady, we understand, detaIns
him for the present nj Mobile"
Stranger in Phiiadelpsia.-The Gazette
Of Saturday evening gives The following ne
count of an unweIcome visitor in The clty ol
broiherl, love.
. Early Tins morning, as some of The atten-
dants in the cemetery of Mr.. R"naldSon'
were about to commence their lihrrs f"i
! lIe day, they observed upon one "f the ireeS
within the enclosure, "A huge 0ad panther
who lay hushed in grim repose,' among
r the branches. Awakened lay the appronc'
Y of somc of the men, for most of them wisri,
- kept nloof-the ilusrious stranger fro'n III
:, country; glarcd hercrly AT them out of th
IL malicious corners Of hi. eyes, until the
= began to desire themselves absent, Nj
l. Cons, however, The host of the Lebanon
II accidentally passing thar wny. made
Is uoose of rope which he very adr'''ly hnn'
II over the neck of The rayenous beast, 'h''
d stood ready to spring upoa hun, aud br"nei
y him to the ground. He is removed will
d considerable difficulty, and has rrluctnntl
y taken lodgings at the Lebanon, where he {
!" 10 be seen.
-" The fashionabie ,oorM at WashinSton.-
4 Washington correspondent ofthe Bnslo
: Post says-It is supposed, that for the fash
. ionable world, Washington will not ih
: winter furnish it's usual attractions. TIL
President, from the state of his health, can
-. not give many entertainments. The VIC
President has just buried "A brother, AN
q will not of course engage III the f'sh'onah
parties of the winter. Gov. Cass's fami
" are gone. There seems I, br nohndy 'e
=, to make up, The parties for this session h'
hp
~. will, undonh'edIy, do their share of Il
-. agreeable, as they always have done.
y. DE.rH or Mr.. Kivv,RD. The Cinci
Ak nali Wing of The 2S'h ultimo, state. tn
10. The Hon. George l. Kinnard, member
lni Congress from lpda II, died AT the res
ne drnce of Gen. Lvile at Cincinnati, Oh Z
he 26th ut. Mr.. Krnard was one of tho
ats unfortunate individuals who suffered ~ I
nd DISASTER of the stcnmhnat Flora, u sh'
ID time since. He wa. 80 badly scaled, VI
medical aid was found unavaiiug. i
der decreased was about thirty-iive years of u!
oi AID whit adds puignaHcy TO his unli,D'
we fate, is the circumstance that he was on
90 way to- Phidelphia Ia hc rn,rricd tn
M, dy of that city, whom he intended To IA
nis with him to Washington to spend the W
ed, ter,
The people of the London Stock
chance have for some ZINE been very
fore dlpnant. al those % their fraternity "
hi. rain their intelligence by mean. of ear
aud pigeons. O,e cxpPdisnt for putting n :
5 Of to the system. shows knnwledge OF ma
the raj philosophy couderfui in the coekn'es
rn,s They maintain. regular coasi-z guard
rs" hawks aud falcons on the krnt coast
d of ,pounre on the unfortunate pigeons,
,rrly they have to a great extent succeede0'
ne UrenifuI CtmJat--A travelling men