The Rhode-Island Republican. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1809-1841, 1837-03-29
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A petition lately presented IN the Maine
Legislature requesting them TO instruct their
Senators in Congress to use their efforts TO
procure the abolition of !Slarery in the Dis
trict of Columbia. was assigned and made
the order of the day for the Sth of Februa-
ry, nineteen hundred and thirty seven.
Accounts from the Mediterranean state
that Commodore ELLIOT has succeeded in
negotiating very satisfactory treaty with
the Bey of Morocco. The Moors announc-
ed their qualification at the event BY firing a
salute of fifty guus.
Doc. Josiah Trowbridge was elected
Mayor of the city of Buffalo, on the zig hit
of the l4th instant, on the one hundred and
ninety-nmth ballot!
Land Sales,-According to the Little
Rock Gazette, the receipts of public mon
eys at the Red River and Little Rock Land
Offices, Arkansas, for the last year amount.
ed at the former to 1898 ,049,l and at the
latter to S35s, 1854.
An extensive Paper Mill and Cotton Fac
tory in Norwich, Con. were destroyed by
fire on the evening of the 18th inst There
was an insurance of 10000 on each, which
covers about one half Of the entire loss.
The Earl of Dalhouse, who was Gov
ernor of Lower Canada for about seven
years, died at Dalhousie Castle, Scotland,
during the last week in January. He was
one of the Duke of Wellington's most val
ued Major Generals in Spain, and after
wards Governor in India.
To Cuba Traders The Portland Cou-
rier states that from and after the first
of May next, all colored persons will be pro-
hIbiled from entering the Island of Cuba.
Flour. There ha. been n considerable
decline in the price of -four at the South.
At Alexandria it is quoted at 50 so, and
at Georgetown, d. c., 50 62 l-2 80 IS.
Reported Loss. There was runner in
the British bark Jane Il Margaret, hound
from Liverpool to New York, with lSS pas
sengers, on the Irish coast, near Arklow.
4 Pirate captured. Captain Garter, from
ST. Thomas, arrived at Baltimore, reports
that IA piratical vessel had been captured of
St. Domingo, and ordered for Jamaica.
The Oversough, near Albany, so annoy
ing to the commerce Of that city, has been
obyiated by an expedient similar to that
adopted in the river Clyde, which is to mar.
row the channel! by a solid embankment, a
pier on each side.
There are now nine feet of water in the
shoalest part of the channel.
Ship Moro Castle, (of New York; Smith
which cleared from n Orleans for Havre
10th inst, with a cargo of 46S bales cotton
took fire on the morning of the l2th, and
was burned to the waters edge.
.Connec,icu, River is open to Hartford
The Hudson is still closed the greater par
of the distance from Albany to New ork
but from the movements of the ice, at ant
above Troy, speedy delverance may b
expected.
The New- York Canal The Rocheste
Democrat Of the 10Th inst, states that th,
ice in the canal is nearly dissolved, and for
pardsrs are making preparations for ex
tensive trade.
The Journcymcn House Carpenters o
New York turned out for higher wages
few days since. They have heretofore re
ceived one dollar and three quarters per da..
and now demand two dullars.
AT la:e trotting match against time n
Charleston, S. c., sixteen miles were nc
complished in fifty-eight minutes.
A wag rejected by lady to whom h
offered A." his heart and hand" says that sh
is afflicted with species Of mo-no-man-i ia
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