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The Rhode-Island Republican. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1809-1841, 1838-07-25

STEAMpoATIANA.-Be emmett, of the n. Y.
Herald, in letter recently published, gives
the following description of new applicn-
ton Of steam power to propel II small boat
and notice of the steamboat fever which
is raging in England:
81 told you in one of my last letters that
saw an invention attached to steamboat
that would shortly do away with the neces-
sity of paddle wheels; it is called the pa
tent propeller, and is intended to supercede
the use of paddles and paddle boxes, which,
by the resistance they offer to wind and
water, waste much of the steam power. by
this invention it is expected to obtain con-
tinuous speed of 90 miles per hour under
ordinary circumstances.
This invention is called the Archimedean
screw, and is fixed in that part of the vessel
called the run, or the dead wood it is used
in vessels, rugged like sailing vessels, and it
can he used in conjunction with sails, or
not at all, or singly. 1t will under no cir
cumstances offer any resistance to the sail
ing, and can at any time he unshipped or
shipped. The wear and tear Of steam
ship, using this propeller, is much less than
one with paddles, because the strain Of the
engine is less; and supplied with this, a
vessel does not depend entirely on wind or
| fuel.
/ The little schooner which saw using it
is only "a feet long, and its success is piac-
ed beyond doubt she is 81 feet wide and
g tons measurement. She is the smallest
steam ship in the world her topmas,s went
easily under the paddle boxes of the Brit
ish Queen, and yet she towed that splendid
ship up the river into the dock with the
greatest ease.
Steam Ships and Steam Ship Joint Stock
Companies are all the rage. The Royal
William is to leave Liverpool early in July
and will probably reach you as soon as this
letter by the Virgiuian she is mos, splen-
did vessel, and is said to be faster than the
Western. She has hitherto beat the Wai
Office steam packets, the fastest ships in
England.
The company that sent out the Sirius are
building three steam ships of the largest
class, about 1000 tons each, all TO be ready
in less than one year. Tw companies are
formed for the same purpose at Liverpool,
and one at Dublin. There will also be
three companies iu London. A company
is also forming in London, to send steam
ships direct from London to 81. Louis and
Louisville touching at Na,chez and inter-
mediate ports J"
The Rhode-Island Republican. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1809-1841, 1838-07-25

INDIAN RELIcs.-Three Indian bodies, in
remarkable state of preservation, were recently
disinterred from ditch in a turf meadow at
Sudbury, Mass. There was light covering
of something like ashes over them, and when
the air was admitted, they crumbled away
One had fracture Of the skull, another bullet
holes: arrow heads and rusted tomahawks were
found by their sides. They are supposed to
have been killed when Wadsworth was massa-
cred, April ls, 1876.
The Rhode-Island Republican. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1809-1841, 1838-07-25

The Liverpool steam packet Royal William
whose arrival at New York has been awaitec
for several days had not arrived on Monday c
vcning.
The Rhode-Island Republican. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1809-1841, 1838-07-25

The U. s. Schooner Active, I2O tons
burben, is to be sold at Auction, at the Ma
Wy Yard Brooklyn, on Friday.
The Rhode-Island Republican. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1809-1841, 1838-07-25

Tricks Of the Ensmy.-Some of the fed
eral papers are publishing letter purport-
ing to have been written by Thomas Jeffer-
son in 1923, putting Henry Clay as the
foremost man of all the world, and recon-
mending him strongly for the Presidency
This letter, it appears, is an impudent for
gey-n base attempt at imposition. The
same epistle was circulated some years a.
90, and is now revived for the occasion.
The Rhode-Island Republican. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1809-1841, 1838-07-25

Our Hotels are filling up rapidly. The
city is thronged with strangers. Boston
and its vicinity are the places for comfort
in hot weather. Our public houses are the
best in the world, and our ladies the hand
somest.
The above paragraph we copy from the
Boston Post; and are pleased to hear of
the prosperity of our sister city but cannot
agree with our contemporary of the Post,
in his opinion Of the Bostsn ladies. We
believe tina. the palm of beauty las been
very generally awarded to the ladies of
Providence.-Proo. Courier.
"The Providence Courier denies that
Boston ladies are handsomer than those of
Providence. lie would be no true knight
if he didn't but, by our lady, we will slay
him for his daring.-Post.
Now, we disclaim oil ittenlion Of enter
ing the lists with any one at tilt and tourna-
ment, for the special purpose Of being slain,
daring knight as we are. But, if the editor
of the Post will bring on his Boston beau
ties, we are ready to match them, by Sc
lecting from our fair to middlng.-to
bring out our first rate beauties would
slay' him with sheer modification.
Courier.
Here is high treason and villahOus rebellion
against our long acknowledged supremacy. II
the Learned knight of the Courier had not Civ
en- the Green knight of the Post so severe a
thrust we should have considered it our bound
en- duty to drub them both, for their presump-
ton in daring to boast of female beauty with
out the customary obeisance to Newport ladies.
But the Gree, knight being, we consider,
unhorsed and discounted, we disdain to strike
a fallen foe, and as the words of the Learned
knight were uttered in the heat of fight, and
moreover do not positively express rank heresy,
we grant him reprieve-believing that a
knight who ought to be so arise will not nten-
tionally venture to dispute the claim of the far
famed Newport ladies to bear off and keep the
palm Of beauty.
We freely admit that the refulgent rays OF
beauty which are shed over the state by our
lovely Newport girls are reflected in an emf
nent degree from the city of Providence, but as
for Boston that is beyond even their influence
to enlighten. A few Bostonians, to be sure
by spending few months in our radiant sphere
have caught some of the plenteous beams, but
thew only serve to render the darkness more
visible in that city, when they return.
The Rhode-Island Republican. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1809-1841, 1838-07-25

From THE SOUTH. The steamer Nep-
tune, at New York Oh Saturday, broue chit
dates to Wednesday evening last, from
Charleston. The Neptune has been pur-
chased by the new steam packet Company
for $4,000. The Savannah Georgian
mentions the launch Of new Iron boat,
and adds
9" She was imported from England, and
bears the name of the Lamar, having been
so called after our enterprising fellow citi-
zen, G. b. Lamar, Esq.-There are three
Iron steamboats, now on our river"
The Rhode-Island Republican. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1809-1841, 1838-07-25

The STEAMBOAT E1plosion.-The Balti-
more American contradlcts, on the author
ity of an U. S. officer who is direct from the
Cherokee Agency ia the South West, the
painful rumor which was published a few
days ago, respecting the alleged expIosio n
of the steamboat Knoxville, and rhe loss OF
the lives of 500 Cherokee Indians. 1t ap-
pears that one of the cylinders of the boat
exploded, but no personal injury was sus-
tanned by amy one on board.
Lincoln telegraph. [volume] (Bath, Me.) 1836-1846, 1838-06-14

Experience. account is given Of a
recent interview with Mr.. J. @. ADAMS, at
Washington, during which he is reported
to have used the following language:-
81 have long been firm believer in the
revelation of God, and have trusted in
the atonement of Christ and during''a.long
life | have seen the prayer of faith prevail
with Israel's God 1t is true | have been
called by Gods providence to discharge
high obligations to my country; have
been four times in Europe, and spent more
than twenty years in foreign countries. l
was then called to the Presidency, and the
four years that filled the executive chair,
were the only unhappy years of my life.
Now in my old age feel it peculiarly my
prerogative to guard the liberties of my
countrymen from danger. have assumed
vast responsibilities, and in this rugged
crisis have desired the prayers of all the
good and virtuous. | shall soon pass away,
and if our country is to remain free, other,
and younger, and stronger men must fill
the breach. They must be men equal to
any crisis, and not afraid Of danger; and
above all, they must be men Of prayer and
piety."
Lincoln telegraph. [volume] (Bath, Me.) 1836-1846, 1838-06-14
NO.
2 1889 .

"a
n Loco.foco Legislation. There is a
story told ola member of the last Legisla-
ture, which is almost toomuch to believe,
and yet we are ted it can be substantiated
by undoubted authority. He was 1sclaim-
ing violently in praise of ''the greatest and
best" Rising to his climax---s'Sir. said
he. "let me tell you Gen Jackson mas the
greatest President zoe euer had since NAPo-
LEON BoNAPARTE!" "What," said his OPP
ponent, edo you mean to say that Bona
.parte was ever President Of the United
States.?" "To be sure / do-do you deny
that" Certainly do--he never was in
the u. S. in his life z ssThat Says the
Loco) is Federal lie, I'll bet you FIVE
dollars he was President Of the u. S.
Done, (says the Whig) who will YOU
leave it tor" sI'll leayesit to Deacon g. =
"Agreed"
So away they went two miles to Deacon
G's house and submitted the question I'd
the old gentleman "Oh no, Colonel
you are mistaken altogether Bonaparte
was never President of the u. s. 2 ssFIe
was not?" said the Col, quite chap-fallei
as he turned away, ''well, i swear. ! thought
he was"
Lincoln telegraph. [volume] (Bath, Me.) 1836-1846, 1838-06-14

Onthe fattening Of Hogs This is anoth-
err communication from Mr.. L'Homme-
dieu, the object of which is to recommend
to farmers, to soak the corn destined for
their hogs, until it has become soured,
instead of feeding it TO them dry. Much
of hard corn, fed to fattening hogs, is not
digested, and a considerable portion is
discharged with the dung, which does
them no good Mr.. l.. estimates that one
tenth of the corn fed TO hogs may be saved
by soaking. Estimating the number Of hogs
annually fattened. To equal the popula-
ton of the state, leaving out the cities, or
$4,000, and that each hog consumed two
bushels Of corn, the saving by soaking the
feed would then have been 10000 noao,
upon the same calculation, it would amount
to about 100000. Mr.. L. thinks
soaking as good as grinding, with the adj
vantage of saving the toll, or one tenth.
If the corn is made to undergo fermenta-
ton before it is fed, the reasoning may
be correct; but the modern belief is, that a
saving of nearly fifty per cent is effected
by grinding and cooking corn before it is
fed, that the globues may be ruptured and
the dertrine, or nut,itive properties Of the
grain may be fully developed. Accurate
experiments, made by the Rev. Mr.. Col
man, have shown that pigs fed with cooked
Indian meal, gain twice as fast as when
fed with dry corn; but on the supposition
that 25 per cent would be saved, exclusive
of the toll, the saving, upon the estimate Of
consumption laid down by Mr.. l.. Hum
medien, would amount to half million OF
dollars annually, to the state efNew Y ork,
by grinding and cooking the corn feed for
hogs ,--Cultivator.
Lincoln telegraph. [volume] (Bath, Me.) 1836-1846, 1838-06-14
81 eGeqrap
INDIAN REMAINS.

II was our intention to have made few remarks in
our last in relation the recent discovery of the bones
and many relics of the alorgines of country at or
fear the Fort,at IaneweIs Pont-a distance oftwelve
miles from this place. But owing to our absence and
consequent inability attend to the subject then, we
concluded to defer it till the present week Since then,
however, friend, the prinerof the Haverhill Gaz-
etc. (who here at the time, and who it appears
"took notea ofhe circumstance, which he has printed
having covered most Of the ground, which had laid
out, we are inclined to make an abrdgement Of the
story, from his very entertaining article the subject.
The important parts of this discovery made by
young gentleman, named Petteng, who has the relics
now nhs possession.
'sAmong the bones were some of i'm
inense magnitude, which it is supposed by
those of the medical faculty who have ex-
amined them to have belonged to person
not less than Z feet in height. There are
number Of skulls in perfect state of pre-
servation, the teeth remaining firm in the
jaws, SO that it is with considerable difficult
ty they can be started. One Of the skee-
tons when found was in sitting posture,
and covered in different parts Of his body
with pieces of a copper kettle the bottom
being on his head. From the different ar
ticles found deposited on the covering OF
the head, it is supposed he was one Of
the chiefs; there being a large quantity Of
eds, and points of arrows made Of stone,
The beads were composed of something
very hard and by rubbing them beauti-
full polish could be produced. The skull
of this person has been examined by those
acquainted with anatomy, and from the APP
pearance of the teeth which are worn down
TO the gums and are very smooth, it is
supposed he must have been nearly OIL
quite a hundred years OF age. There
were eleven of the graves opened, all OF
4 which contained more or less bones, a
great many of which on being exposed to
the air, soon dropped to pieces; but we
saw four skulls in perfect state of preser-
satlon, from the child of four years of age
to the old man of century. BY referring
8 to WILLIAMsoN's History of Maine, we
! are told that at the time of the first settling
Of Sagadahock, the Indians had burial
place atthe mouth ofthe river, but no one
had been able to discover it, as all traces
] had been carefully obliterated, and it was
difficult TO ascertain the precise spot where
it was. But it seems after these bodies
had been deposited more two centuries
I they have been accidentally brought 10
light by some of the enterprisng people Of
M aine, and will no doubt be ere long de-
positedin some Museum or disposed Of to
some antiquarian, to fill place in his pri-
vate collection Of natural curiosities. The
Lincoln telegraph. [volume] (Bath, Me.) 1836-1846, 1838-06-14
BATH, THURSDAY, JUNE Ia, 1888. :

IRISH CALAMITY The Catholic chap
els in many of the poorer parts of Ireland
are but very scantily furnished. In one
of these humble places of worship, three
strange ladies made their appearance at
the moment when the priest was about to
commence the service of the day Gal
lantry is always uppermost in an Irishman's
mind, even though he be priest as well as
an Irshman. So it was on the present
occasion. Anxious to do honor to the fe-
male visitors, he ordered some of his flock
to hand chairs to the ladies'. His drec-
tions we're Boys, three CHEERS for the
ladies', an order which was instantly obey
ed withan alacrity and strength of lungs
credible to the finest. pisantry in the
world
Lincoln telegraph. [volume] (Bath, Me.) 1836-1846, 1838-06-14

MONEY LosT.-We understand that on
Saturday, May 10, Mark Fisher Esq. of
Newport received $496 at the Northern
Bank at Hallowel in bills of that Bank, of
which 800 were in one dollar bills, 800
in twos 5000 in threes, and sos in larger
denominations He put the package of
money INTO his pocket in the skirts Of his
surtout, and rode in an open wagon. He
stopped at Augusta on his return; next at
Robinson's at Browns Corner next at
John G. Halls in Vassalboro; and next at
j. w. Thomas, tavern at Getchell's Cor
ner, where he hing up his surtout in the
bar room while he took dinner. From
thence he went on to Clark's tavern in
Winslow, and again in Clinton, where he
fed his horse, and went on six miles before
he missed his money. Not being able to
recollect where he could probably have
lost it unless it was taken from his pocket
while his surtout was hanging up in the
bar room, he returned to Augusta and
got "a warrant and searched the house and
stables of Mr.. Thoms, but without finding
any trace ofhis money. Ken. Jour.
Lincoln telegraph. [volume] (Bath, Me.) 1836-1846, 1838-06-14
EXPENSE OF THE UNITED
STATES COVER NMENT.

We give few items from the appropria-
ton bill for the civil and Diplomatic Expen-
ses for the year 1888, which amounts in
in the whole to upward of seven millions
of dollars
Pay and mileage of Congress 1857 $3.50
Officers and clerks of do. 40,400
Contingent expenses of Senate $4,000
Do. of House 225, 1000
President, Vice President and
Secretaries 10000
Judges of the United States 1Ol, 400
Do of the District of Columbia $500
Expenses Of Supreme and Dist.
Maintenance of Light Houses $50, 1868
Survey of the United States Coast 10000
Foreign Ministers and expenses l39,S00
General Post Office, 1854, 900, viz.
Transportation of mails 100000
Compensation of Postmasters 935, 1000
Ship, steamboat and way letters $1,000
Wrapping paper 10000
Office furniture 5000
Advertising $4,000
Mail bags 9ys9 $1,000
Blanks -. $4,000
Mail locks and keys and stamps 5000
agents $4,000
Clerks for Offices 10000
Miscellaneous 10000
Lincoln telegraph. [volume] (Bath, Me.) 1836-1846, 1838-06-14

action. In performing what conceive to
be my duty, have been actuated by en-
tire respect towards the General Govern
ment, and by the single desire to explain
and enforce, as we'll as | was able, our
wishes and our rights. | can only add /,
that we trust the General Government will
assume the performance of the act speci-
fled in the resolution, and relieve Maine
from the necessity of Independent action.
With great respect have the honor to
to be your most obedieni servant,
EWARD KENT.
ITO His Excellency MARTIN VAN buren,,
President Of the United States.
Lincoln telegraph. [volume] (Bath, Me.) 1836-1846, 1838-06-14

Our COUNTRY. One cannot feel the
grandeur of our republic, unless he surveys
it in detail. For example, Senator in
Congress from Louisiana, has just arrived
at Washington. Twenty days Of his jour
ney he passed in steamboat on inland
waters, but constantly moving, at a quick
pace too, day and night. Il never shall
forget the rapture Of a traveller who left the
green parks of New Orleans early in
March that land of the orange and the
olive, then teeming with verdure, freshnss
and life, and, as it were, mocking him
with the midsummer ofhs northern home.
He journeyed leisurely toward the region
of ice and snow, TO watch the building OF
the young flowers, and to catch the breezes
of the spring. He crossed the Lakes
Ponchantran and Borgue he ascended
the big Tombeckbee in comfortable
steamboat. From Tuscaloosa, he shot
athwart the wilds of Alabama, over Indian
grounds, that bloody battles have rendered
ever memorable, He traversed Georgia.
the Carolinas, ranged along the base of
the mountains of Virginia, and for three
months and more, he enjoyed one perpetual,
one unvarying, overcoming springfield
most delicious season of the year---tlll, by
the middle of June, he found himselfin the
fogs of the Passamaquoddy, where tardy
summer was even then hesitating whether
it was time TO come. .and yet he had not
been off the soil Of his own county,
Knickerbocker.
Lincoln telegraph. [volume] (Bath, Me.) 1836-1846, 1838-06-14
vol III.
ORIGINAL POETRY.
For the Telegraph.
THE DYING SEAMAN.

SAY not, mid strangers, must die,-
Speak not those words of dread!
o might in my chld-hoods home,
But lay my weary head,
As when in happy infant hours,
Upon my mother!s breast
Then gladly would yield my breath,
And die completely blest.
The zephyrs Of my native vale
Would cool my burning brow,
And gently there this heart would beat
Which throbs so wildly now.
A mothers care would sootfe the pain
Which racks this nerveess frame,-
p Her perfect love unchanging is
In life and death the same.
There, by my couch, should behold
Some dear familiar face,
Whose faithful heart would ever give
My memory place.
Here, all are strange--no kindred here,
No weknown friend appears
o that my day Of death had been
III chd-hood's happyvears
In dreams my mother behold;-
Grief i shade is on her brow
As, gazing on the loved, she asks,
sWhere is my wanderer now!'
start to meet her-but, alas!
Can aught more painful seem,
Than when in reach of happiness,
To find it all dreapa
My brother, and NJ sisters there,
Kind sleep briggs TO my sight
An open letter meets their gaze
Tl.ay bend with fond delight,
Eager to trace the wsll-known lines
Lo! the glad tidings come
Tha, he, the absent and the loved,
VIII Join them soon at home.
Aud must their cup of bliss be dashedl
- They, yet in lifes glad morn
o must their orb of joy soon
OF his bright beams be shorn!
Could but reach my home, tho 'twere
To die, it would be bliss;-
o eartlr, mid all thy countless ills
Thou hast no pang like this!
o Thou, whose tender love and care
My lie so oft has proved,
Grant 70 the sufferer tbis one prayer
10 die amid the loved
lie ceased-upon that fair young brow
Were gathering thick and fast
The d;,nps of deatlh--one sigh was heard
And he from earth had passed. Ii.
ah. June, 1888.
Lincoln telegraph. [volume] (Bath, Me.) 1836-1846, 1838-06-14

tribe from the circumstance of the copper
being discovered, must have had some ac-
quaintance with the English settlers on the
Kennebeck, or as it was then called Saga
dahoc, and no doubt if tradition informs US
right they had, as small party consisting
of about one hundred persons, emigrated
from England under Sir George Popham,
and commenced a settlement at the mouth of
the Kennebecll, then called Sagadahoc. as
early as 1907, being 231 years of age. They
were sent out by the Plymouth colony,
and the expedition consisted oftwo vessels +;
they landed August 18th on Stage Island,
and afterwards removed to place called
Atkins Bay near where the Fort is situa-
ted, where they remained during the win
ter, which was very Indictment and severe.
Sickness prevailed amongst them, and be-
fore the ensuing spring, more than one
half Of their number had died including
their President. They then returned to
England, and the next year another Colo
ny arrived, but they were so disheartened
by the loss of their leader, Sir George
Popham and the encroachments which the
Indians we're making upon them, that they
soon embarked for England, and carried
the remains Of their President with them.
1t is very probable that the tribe ofIndians
whose bones we're recently disinterred by
the white man, were in existence at this
time, and perhaps at a later period. 1t
was by accident that these relieks were
discovered The sand had blown away
and left one of the bones in sight of the
people who visit that part ofthe river, and
this induced them to make researches, and
the result has been as above related. They
were buried between three and four feet
under the sand.
Lincoln telegraph. [volume] (Bath, Me.) 1836-1846, 1838-06-14

"InfdeLsm and Loco -focoism - Matsell,
the notorious publisher and printer of the
Infidel paper in New York has been APP
pointed an Inspector in the Custom House
in that city.
We have often asserted that many of the
Locfocos we're disciples of Fancy Wright
and Abner Kneeland. Were all the facts
that have come to light from time to time
collected together, in proof of this assertion,
we believe they would be irresistible. We
deem it our duty, however revolving itmay
be to the better feelings of our nature, to
give the loco foco sentiments to the people
that they may know into what hands power
has fallen, and what disorganzing princi.
pies they have to contend against.
Our readers will perhaps recolect the
toast given at loco foco meeting some
time since, as follows
" Christianity and the Banks - Totter-
ing on their last legs, may their ruin be
speedy and inevitable. s.
"THE PHYSICIAN. The life Of the ply
sician is life Of contradiction. He is
slandered, abused, and derided yet he is
sought with avidty and freely received In
to the bosom of families. His opinion car
blanch the cheek, or suffuse the eye with
tears of Joy; and his lips are closely watch
ed as if from them proceeded the issues o.
life and death. He lives by the woes Of 9th
ers; and while he would starve If constant
health we're the attribute of our race, he il
endeayoring to Danish sickness from
among men, while success in his avocation
would ruin him forever. He is always en-.
Igsged in war against his own bread and
butter.