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Is, il benefHsth not as. SllI The rich
have their humble imilaloIs. and nam
mon is worshiPPers, Frank became the
companion Of The wealthy. and Il was ne
ressary that he should not disgrace his
intlmaies By penurinus style ol living.
lie and Jane we're invited 10 dinners and
soiress. Such Constant invitations must
be returned; and ihey began 10 make en-
teriainmenis, Hitherto. he linle Misses
Fuiions had kept lheir seats q, the dinner
table; but their dinner was II . most ln-
convenient bonr 10 accommodate Them.
II inieriered. with morning calls; and il
was determined the children should dine
wholly ia the nursery.
Jane thought il singular piece If good
fortune. that she should b. aiken " by
three such friends as Mrs. REED. Mrs.
Bradish and Mrs. Hart. The frs, knew
every thing and every body; the second
was rich enough 20 make ducks and
brakes OF her money; and the last was the
mirror Of fashion and dress. IL might
be nationally asked. what benefit she de-
rived from this triple alliance! But il
was question she never asked herself.
With all this, however, she was oblig-
ed unwiliingly 10 feel that neither her hap
splness nor her comfort was increased.
To be continued,
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TOWN MAKING.
To be continued,

The following amusing anscdote is err.
lracted from forc!bie article OF the New
York Evening Post, designed 10 arrest
the late prevalent rage for specnlalion:
A traveller, once, IN the West. on set
ting oui early one morning from the place
where he had passed the night, consulted
his map Of the country, and finding that
very considerable town, called Venice,
or Verona. or Vienna, or by the uamr of
some other European city beginning with
V, occupied point ON his road but
some Twelve or fifteen miles off, conrlu-
ded tn journey as FAR as that place before
breakfast. Another equally extensive
town, bearing a sounding name, was laid
down al convenient distance for has al.
tern0on stage; end there he proposed
hslhg for the night. He continued 10
travel at good round pace until the sun
had attained great height in the hea-
vens, and until he computed thai he / ad
accomplished more than twice or three
the distance which he proposed 10 tim.
self in the outset. Ills stomach had iung
since warned him that IL was time to halt,
and his horse gave indications which
plainly showed that he was OF the sane
opinion. Sill he saw no town before
him, even Of the humblesl kind, much
less such magnificen, one as his map
had prepared him TO look for. A, length
meeting a solitary woudchopper eu,erg-
/ ing IRON the forest. he accoslet him. aud
inquired how far II was io Vienna. "Vi-
enns!' exclaimed the man; 4" why. YOU
passed 1t five and twenty miles bock.
Did you notice a stick oil hewn til.ner
and blazed tree beside the road! Tat
was Vienna" The dismsyed rsvr.ler
then inquired how far it was to tie other
place, at which he designed passing The
! night. why. you are right on that
, place now," returned the man; "it be-
gins just the other side of yon ravne,
and runs down 10 ciump of girdled trees
which you will see about mile further
/ on the road" "And are there no houses
built" faltered out the traveller. Oh,
no; no houses whatsomeVer." returned
! the woodsman; they hewed and hauled
the logs for blacksmilh's shop, but, be-
fore they raised IL. the torn lots cere all
disposed of in the Eastern states; add
every thing has been left just as you now
see it ever since.
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Scene IN a Bank.--An Irishman en-
tered one Of our hanks yesterday. and
throwing down a IS bill" viii you be
kind enough, Misther, jest TO give me the
spacie for that same BIT Of a blll!'
mo sur"
What! can't you he aflher paying
such a small sum as that. at all at ali!"
We have suspended paying specie
altogether"
Suspended, have you! And is This
the institution, sure, that cannot pay an
honest man five dollars. that You have
had man paradlng. about with loaded
muskel. all the long winter through. to
keep off thieves! II you had a Pug. or
any thing valuable To protect, 'twuuld all
have been right enough: but such poor.
miserable concern as this is, sure. Och!
bo,heration to You, and the like Of you!'
1NeW Orleans Picay,ne.
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The Whed Of FirtuRe.--Fhe cele-
brated Jacob Barker. for many years one
of the most eminent merchants and BAN
kers of the city of New York, now re-
sides in the city Of New Orleans. where
he follows the practice OF the law. MIR.
Barker is native of Massachusetts, aud
for many years was a sailor.
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4 man thai breaks his word, bids 9TH
ers 10 be false to han,
The Rhode-Island Republican. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1809-1841, 1837-10-11

Place a moro joyous termination. Long
and msrrily was the revelry sustained. and
day broke ere the last of the guests had
crossed the draw-bridge.
"George." said the beautiful bride, as
she sat upon her husbands knee, and
twincd his dark ringlets round her snow
white fingers" My heart tells me that !
have been wanting in my duty to thee.
When Gillian told me that my brother, af-
ter four years absence, had arrived, ] was
80 overjoyed to see him, that acceeded
thoughtlessly to all he asked. Even his Sc
crst should not have been concealed from
yon. Some other wanderer may come ond
scare thy falconer's wits out. | need no
better retirement to offer my devotions in,
than that which mine own closet affords.
Let then, my love, the distant oratory be
locked as it was before came to Selby
Place"
What the reply was it not recorded but
ere a second twelvemonth passed away,
"thc Border flower knelt at the same alter
with her husband and Barbara Maxwell
was the first of that ancient name that con-
formed TO the tenents of the reformers, and
renounced the doctrines Of the church OF
Rome.
The Rhode-Island Republican. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1809-1841, 1837-10-11

REACTION IN MAINE.-Since the election
of Mr.. Noyes, federalist, in the district
composed of Washington and Hancock
counties, the whig papers have kept up an
incessant croaking about the great reac-
ton in Maine," until they verify believed
that the politics Of the State were entirely
changed an!"lhe monopoly flag triumphant.
Now let us look at the facts and ascertain
what amount Of reaction has actually taken
place. In the district in which Mr.. Moves
was, few weeks since, elected to Congress
by majority of 2S5 votes, Mr.. Parks, the
democratic candidate for Governor, has
minority over Kent of about fee hundred
rofts-making a democratic nett gnin of
Ioo IN about six weeks This looks the
most like reaction Of any thing we have
yet seen from that quarter. At any rate, il
SHOWS that the election Of Mr.. Noyes is 90
evidence OF any great political change in
MS district, but that it was the result of 10.
cal divisions in the party opposed to him.
nu't there are other facts, of more general
character, to which we invite attention. The
ro'''"nd Jeffersonian tells us that "Mr.
rsrks has received over 1000 votes more
'han Governor Smith did who. he was frs,
elected he has received over s,oo vo...
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LATE FROM ENGLAND.

London papers to the Sd of September
have been received at New York, by the
packet ship England.
The price of cotton has continued to ad-
vance. The money market is also i'm
proved, as well as business generally
throughout the country.
The King and Queen of Belgium arrived
at Windsor on the evening of August Both,
on visit TO their neice Queen Victoria.
The King of Wirtemburgh embarked for
Hamburg on the same day.
Another breach has taken place in the
Thames tunnel, and the " great bore" was
filled with water in few hours. The aper-
ture was small, however, and the tunnel
filled so slowly that the workmen had abun-
dant time to escape.
A lighter laded with gunpowder blew up
on the Thames on the I4th of August, near
Woolwich, by which a Maltese brig, along
side OF which the lighter was moored, was
torn to pieces and some lives were lost.
The meeting of Parliament was expec-
ted to take place the second week in No
y,mber.
There was great row ut Donnybrook
Fair, (Dublin,) on the 26th of August. 1t
seems that ,he lord mayor had issued his
proclamation, directing the Fair to COM
mence OF the 2lst and close on the 26th,
but the proprietor of the ground thought
proper 10 issue his proclamation, saying
that the Fair should commence on the 26th
as heretofore, and close on the I'd of Sep
tember.
The lord mayor proceeded with a posse
of constables, policemen and hussars, on
the evening of the Goth, to enforce his order
the Fair having commenced in the morning.
Under his direction the police men struck
the tents, and attempted to clear the ground;
the populace resisted; and for about two
hours there was a precious uproar. The
authorizes prevailed, however, in the end
and so Donnybrook Fair lasted but one day
instead Of six.
Mr.. Stevenson, u. s. Minister, and his
lady, were at Ramsgnte on the 29th of Au-
gust, where they intended to pass few
days, for the benefit Of sea-bathIng.
The fortune TO which Miss Angels bur
det, has succeeded by the will Of The D"ch-
ess of St. Albans, is only 81 ,s0o,VVo-say
nine millions of dollars. She has ehansed
her name to Coutts.
London and the surrounding country
was visited by tremendous thunderstorm
on Sa,urdsy, the 26,h of Aug, in which
several persons were killed by lightning. at
different places.
From France there is nothing new.
!Spair.-An express was received Mt Par
is with telegraphIc despatch dated Bayon.
ne, August 23d. announcing the resignation
Of the Spanish ministry. royal decree
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DOINGS CONGRESS.

In the SENATE-,he amendment of the
House, to the bill postponing the payment
Of the fourth instalment of the surplus reve-
nue to the States, was concurred in; and
the bill has become n law.
Mr.. Calhoun's amendment to the bill i'm
posing additional duties, as repositories, in
certain cases, on public officers, was adop-
ted on Tuesday last, by vote Of "a to 23 /;
and on "Wednesday the question was taken
on the final passage of the bill, as amended,
and decided in the affirmative.-Yens 90,
nlys %. The debate on this bill has been
of a very important and highly interesting
character. All the leading members Of the
Senate have taken part in the debate, and
expressed their views at length. II is, un-
doubtedy, the most important measure that
will demand the consideration of Congress,
during the extra session.
The joint resolution, as amended by the
House, to adjourn on the 10Th inst, has re-
ceived the concurrence of the Senate.
A bill to regulate the fees of District At
torneys, for renewing Merchants bonds
has been introduced, and discussed.
After being in session about an hour on
Thursday, the Senate adjourned over to
Monday.
In the HOUSE-the joint resolution
from the Senate, to adjourn to the 9th inst,
came up for consideration on Monday, and,
after nearly the whole day was consumed il,
debateing upon it, it was amended, by sub
stitutng the 10th, and passed-nycs u.s.
nays IOl.
On Tuesday, the House was engaged
nearly all day in discussing the legality OF
the election Of the Mississippi representa-
tives. The report Of the Committee on E.
lectioAs, declaring Messrs. Claiborne and
Gholson duly elected to the 25th Congress,
wss finally concurred in, by a vote cf lis
to I0I.
The bill nuthorising the issue of Treasu-
ry Notes has been the subject of animated
debate. On Wednesday the Committee of
the Whole rose and reported the bill and a.
mer dments to the House. The amend
menis have since been the subjects Of dis
cussion; one OF them--proposing to au-
thorisc the sale of bonds due to the Govern
ment from the Bank of the United States,
for the supply of the deficiency in the Treas
ury, OF, in other words, putting BiddIe's
bonds in circulation, endorsed by the Gov
ernment, nt,-hss been rejected; and another,
making the Treasury notes payable on pre-
sentation, was occupying the attention of
the House when the last adyices were clos
ed, at half past one, on Saturday.
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matters. known only to Col. Stone himself,
which she saw 10 his house.

THE INDEPENDENCE IN THE BALTIC.
Extract of a letter from an Officer on Board
'he United States ship Independence, TO
gentleman in Washington City.
~. 3. SHIP Independenee, Cron,todt,
Aug. 5th, 1887.
ms day week we anchored in this Mace
ana al about l O'Clock of the same J,v the
EMPEROR of Russia visited the shin in
cog'' win all his Ministers, amonp wbor,
was the di'inguished diplomatis,e Conn,
NEssELRoDE. Ii was his wish to have via.
lied and LETT the ship without BEING ,ecor-
nized. But in this he was disappoin,e5.
for 1t was soon whispered among the crs,,
that the Emperor NICHOLAS was ON hoard
and, indeed, it required but little pene,ration
10 discover in the crowd the man who is con-
sidered the best looking parsonage in all
ms dominions. On his leaving our ship,
we manned the yards, Ian the Russian flag
to the mainmas. head, and saluted him with
forty-one guns, which was Immediately re.
turned by the same number, by one of his
fr'gates; he (the Emperor) causing the A.
merlcan flag to be hoisted at his mast head
an honor, 1t is said, never before paid to
any foreign nation.
The next day, his favorite steamer cana
down, and conveyed the Commodore and
Mr.. Dallas to Peterhoff, his summer res;.
dence. Last Monday evening, another
boat OF the Emperor's came down, and took
number of officers, including myself. 10
the Palace. On our landing from the boat
we found the Emperor's carriages. with
splendid horses, waiting for US, with Cen
eral, one of the Emperor's aids to conduct
us. We were taken round the Gardens
and then to the Opera, where we saw the
Emperor, the Emperess, and their daugh-
ter, The grand Duchess, The day follow
ing, one of the Empcror's boats were sent
down to take Mr.. Dallas to St. Petersburg.
Several officers, with myself faccompanied
Mr.. Dallas, and, after dining with him,
went IN the evening to one of the most
beautiful Opera houses had ever seen
where, 1t was said, there were more than
three hundred persons on the stage at the
same tme--forty of them female dancers,
not inferior, in my opInion, to Madame
Celeste.
1t took me three hours and a half to
walk through the winter palace, and four
To go through the armory. The latter place
| contains two hundred thousand stands of
arms, in perfect order, besides all the STAN
dards taken from the Turks. saw sever
al curioSites of the Empress CArHARrNE
the gig that PETER the Great rode in, and
his triumphant chariot and all the dresses
worn by the Emperors and Empresses,
from the time of CATHARINE and PETER the
Great, down to the present day. | visited
some OF the most splended and richest
churches, perhaps in the world.
Whilst we remained at St. PETERSBURG
one of The Emperor's aids accompanied US
every where, and extended to us every civ
'liy and attention in his power. 1t would
have taken me several months to have in
dulged my curiosity. need not add, tha,
| was exceedingly pleased with my visit.
and highly gralified at the attentions paid
u.s."
The Rhode-Island Republican. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1809-1841, 1837-10-11
New ORLEANS, Sent. 30.

The Epidemie.-Thc city has been delu-
ged for the last five or six days with fire.
quent and heavy showers of rain, during
the intervals Of which the sun has darted
down its deleterious influence, and, rs we
predicted, the sickness, which had dimin-
ished, is again resoming all its virulence.
The burials yesterday and Wednesday ex-
ceeded, we have reason to believe, FIFTY
each day. and we hear hourly of new ca.
ses. This is no cxaggera,ion. People of
note and name have previously died of or
passed through the ordeal. But GO about
and inquire, and it will be found that the
new comers arc taking the fever and dying.
The truth is that the epidemic is as bad as
ever; it only. lacks subjects. Let, then,
strangers keep away from the city ,ill
frost.
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Sincerity as to Relief of the p,onl, :

Sincerity as to Relief Of the People,
The federal and bank organs were unani-
nous last Spring in crying out for the sum-
mons OF a meeting of Congress Tha, body
would afford relief as they alleged, which
could be obtained from no other source.
From all quarters the crv of Congress
Congress resounded among the wings.
Congress has assembled. The Execu-
tive in pursuance Of its constitutional du-
ties, has proposed measures for the relief Of
the country from the general embarrass-
'nent, produced by the suspension of specie
payment by the banks and other causes.
But now the whig leaders not only oppose
the adoption Of all these measures, aud de-
cline proposing any Others for the relief Of
the suffering people, for whom they profess
so much sympathy, but they actually abnse
the President for calling Congress together !!
Who can foresee, after such experiments,
the extent to which human effrontery will
The Rhode-Island Republican. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1809-1841, 1837-10-11

1t has become a matter Of course that il
any man has been unfortunate in business,
or extravagant in expenditures, and runs
into debt, and when payday comes is un-
able to meet his engagements, to lay the
whole blame of his failure nn the govern
ment Ridiculous and absurd as this
may appear, it is Notwithstanding true. As
an instance of the general absurdly of this
charge, we would cite the case Of gentle
man who has recently been obliged TO sell
his property in order to meet his engage
ments who lays it all to the acts of Gener-
al Jackson aud President Van Buren. This
gentleman was in possession of a good farm,
well stocked, and was apparently making
money,-elated with his fine prospects, he
resolved to put aside his old house and to
build brick palace, which should surpass
that of any of his neighbors this he ac-
complshed at an expense of TEN THOUSAND
DOLLARS, fer over one half of which he was
obliged to run in debt. In addition to this
debt, he had large sums to paw the heirs OF
his fathers property, and to cap the whole
he endorsed the notes of one who has failed,
for the small sum of eighteen thousand dol
lars The natural and inevitable conse-
quence was, that he was obliged to part
with his farn.-Any man can Judge how
much the acts of government had to do in
this business, and yet it is ersvely alleged
that the administration was the sole cause
Of his being Obliged to sell his farm - Ben
ihgt0n Vermont G0z.
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more than Gov. Dunlap did when he was
first elected; he hns received over 1000
more votes than Mr.. Sprngue obtained in
1884, when the opposition gave the largest
vote they have ever given before the present,
year; and he has received between two and
three thousand more votes than Governor
Dunlap received last year." With these
facts before US, it will readily be perceived
that the increased federal vote in Maine the
present year, cannot be attributed to any
great reaction, the democratic party having
poled between two and three thousand
more uotes than they did at the preceding
gubernatorIal election.
After the terrible hurrah" which the
wings have put forth and thundered from
the cannon's mouth, in honor of their un-
par,lleled victory in Maine," i, must he any
thing but consoling to their feelings to find
themselves actually defeated They are in
a minority in the Senate, and have failed to
elect their candidate for Governor, for which
office it seems there has been no choice by
the people. Mr.. Parks has been defeated
by opposition from portion Of the party to
which he belongs, but will probably be elec-
ted by the Senate.
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The Monopoiists and the Message.

The Monopofists and the MessGge.-The
monopollss are in great rage because, as
they allege, MIR. Van Buren,, in his Mes
sage, proposed no measures Of relief for the
country. What would these eternal grum-
blers have Would they have government,
refund to SPECTATORS what they have lost
by their folly and improvidence Would
they hold government responsible for the
loss man might sustain in swapping hors-
cs p! Would they have government pay the
debts of importing merchants The Pres
ident does recommend the extension Of the
time for the payment Of merchants bonds
and is this no relief to thar class of citizens?
What other class has asked for any special
favor of Government The President
Inns proposed no measures of relief for the
suffering country" ha7 Pray, what meas
ures could he propose or what individual
asks for reliefl Conceive put It To each
of our readers, to every member of,he COM
muniiy, individuaIly-whatfa favor have you
to ask of government, except TO protect you
IN your just rights and permit you to man
age your own concerns in your own way :
Every man will unhesitatingIy answer MOTH
ING. Why, then, all this clamor Ito in
auence the public mind-for the purposes
Of iaction-to make proselytes and obtain
the loaves aud fishes"
But we can propose something for the
relief of the country, if the President has
failed to do so Let men abandon their
habits ofidleness, luxury and eItravagan
and practise industry and economy. Let
the lazy drones, who subsist upon other aud
better mems lnbors apply themselves to some
honest caIling-be hound out to service, or
seat to the house of industry. lie, us have
less banking and more ongh,ng--more
sowing ana reaping and less specializing
aud gambling. We want reformation in
the habits of society ms well as in the bank
ing system. These viii prove sovereign
remedy for all our trouble. II is not the in
duslrious classes who complsin--it is the
drones, the spectators, men who live BY
cunning and craft aRd look with contempt
upon the avocation of the farmer and me-
chanic--Naiure's noblemen. Cast your eve
abroad and see if we are not correct.
Vermont Patriot.
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We have given place, to-day, to a com
nunicatlon, which reflects with much Sc
verify on the entire regular medical profes-
sion. An explanation Of our views, in al
lowing such communication to appear in
our columns, will, probably, be expected by
many Of our readers.
We consider that the subject, of n cor
rect medical practice, is one of the creates,
importance to the community, and, that any
set of men, who have the apparent good of
the human race at heart, have right to be
heard; especially when the objects of per-
secution.
The article in question has been brough
out by the charge made against the Thorn.
sonian practitioner in New Bedford, of hav-
ing caused the death of a woman in that
town, lately. The regular physicians were
the accusers, and testified that her death
was caused by the medicines administered
to her; but, on examination of the case be-
fore justice, he decided that the evidence
ndduced was not sufficient to criminate the
Thomsonian physician.
From an examination of the statements
published, both by the regular physicians
and the Thomsonian practitioner, we must
confess, that, in our opinion, the former
have acted iliberaIIy, and in manner
which evinces disposition to persecu,e and
oppose the Thomsonian system, whether
right or wrong.
IL is under these circumstances that we
have consented to publish the comnunica-
tion of" Charondns," which, il is apparent,
was written by one who is fully convinced
of the delcterious effects of the practice es-
tabllshed in the medical school, and of the
beneficial results of the Thomsonian prac-
tlce, and who feels indignant at the injus-
tlce with which the latter is ussailed. We
object TO the indiscrlminate severity of the
article, but as it contains nothing of per-
sonal character, we cannot refuse its inser-
tlon. The writer himself admits that there
are many honorable exceptions to the ilib-
erality Of which he complains.