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The Rhode-Island Republican. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1809-1841, 1840-06-17
ARRANGEMENTS,
FOR crLEERATisG. on THURSDAY yUSE 25. leio
THE sEMI-cENTURr AEsIvERsARr OF
THE ADOPTION BY THE STATE
or TIE
Constitution of the United States.

! The PRocEss,oS will he formed by the Chic
Marshal in front Of the State Hsuse. TO O.
clock, A. NJ. in the following srder -
Chief Marshal.
The Military Esesrt-composed Of Chartered
Companies from various parts Of the State.
Marshal.
ORATOR Of the Day and officiating Clergyman
Surviving Delegates to the Slate Convention o.
1890.
Sheriff Of Newport county.
The Governor. Lisut. Governor. and Speaker
OF the House of Representative.
Marshal The Senate. Marshal.
See. Of State. Attorney Gsnl., Gen. Treasurer.
Members and Clerks Of the House OF Reps.
Officers and Soldiers Of the Revolution.
The Clergy.
Judges and Clerks Of The Supreme and County
Courts.
sh'riif' of Providence. Washington. Bristol d.
Kent.
Rhode Island Historical Society.
U. S. Marshal
U. S. District Judge, Attorney, and Clerk.
Collectors, and other Civil Officer, Of the U S.
Town Seuean, of Newport.
Marshal. Town Council. Marshal
Major General and Suite.
Officers Of the State Militia
Officers Of the U. s. Army aud Navy.
Officers OF the U. S. Revenue Service.
Marshal.
Citizens and Strangers.
Marshal.
The procession will move down the Parade
add Thames street, up Franklin street, through
Spring street to Trinity Church. where the ex-
ercises will be as follows
Voluntary on the Organ.
Prayer.
Ode.
The Rhode-Island Republican. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1809-1841, 1840-06-17
HORC il Works.

The way in which the whig policy of plac,us
their candidate for the Presidency in the hand,
OF Committee. aud refusing 10 answer the en-
qniries Of friends or foes, in regard to bis pres
ent political seutiments.-is working in ,hs
minds Of hundreds and thousands of Intelligent,
American freemen' may be seen by reading tho
following letters.
The Rhode-Island Republican. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1809-1841, 1840-06-17
N usic by the Band.
GRAFTON {:
By TIE HON. WIN. r. STAPLES.
Music by the Band.
Ode.
Benedictior

Voluntary on the Organ.
The procession will return 10 the State House
in the same order, and by the same route.
The Church will be opened at 9 o'clock for
the admission of Ladies. for whom the CALLER
les will be reserved the Military will occupy
the wall pews, and the procession the body OF
the Church.
The Bells will be rung at Sunrise, during
the march Of the procession, and at the close
Of the day.
A salute of 13 guns will be fred at 10 o.
clock so guns at the close Of the exercises.
in honor of tho day and, at o'clock, Ma
tional salute.
RICHARD X. RANDOLPH.
for tho Committee.
The Rhode-Island Republican. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1809-1841, 1840-06-17

Frcm The report of the Fire Commissioners
10 New York, We learn that the value oi
property destroyed by FIRE during the year, in
that city, is three millions. tro hundred and
t,oenty-fre thousand four hundred and nine dol
lars. More than half this loss is attributed to
incendisrsm, The amount of insurance VA,
S2,9s3,3l0, or more than sevsn-eishths OF the
loss.
The Rhode-Island Republican. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1809-1841, 1840-06-17

CoPrER ORg.--A new article has made its
appearance at New Orleans. among the produce
Of the mighty west. small qasni'ty Of cop.
per ore has been carried down from the mines
in the Territory Of Wisconsin,. near the mineral
reg ION Of GaleDs, for experiment sake but u
is an article destined ultimately 10 swell the
mount OF mineral wealth broaght 10 New Or
leans. aud rank 40 . considerable and prominent
article OF export. Last year ten hoeshead' on-
ly Of tho ore we're carried down. which was sent
to Bristol, in Enslsud. for the purpose of sseer.
tainiug whether It's quality would justify pros
esurion Of the enterprise, and the result VAS
very gratifying TO the parties sagaged. and eu-
eoursssd this yesr sh'rraent Of = much lat
-srquartii,,
The Rhode-Island Republican. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1809-1841, 1840-06-17
From the N. Y. Planet.

KEAD AND PoSDER.-We give the following.
letter OF Mr.. Il. N. WIcKLIFFE as we find II in
The ksntucky Gazette. Comment is unneees-
sary and all who read it will be the more thor
0ushIy convinced Of the certainty of Harison's
defeat
The Rhode-Island Republican. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1809-1841, 1840-06-17

u We sopy BY reques, The folloniaG com
""hi' anon. which appeared ia the Iisr-'3 las,
week The suggestions which il contains VIC
'hink are ~orhy Of The observance Of all who
STUDY =" pomois their o~p comfort aud that Of
others.
Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1840-11-13
TIE PERFECTION OF MAN.

The inquiries often arise in the mind, What
constitutes man a superior being In what does
he differ from irrational creatures! What pre-
requisites are essential for the formation of
character! And what means are we to employ
to acquire those qualifications which c%nnoble,
elevate, and dignity here, and prepare for the
increase and perpetuity of every grace, and for
the perfection of every concomitant blessing in
heaven! Man has been richly endowed in
his nature there has been implanted a propensi-
ty for the enjoyment Of life and for a participa-
ton in all the means of happiness. The position
is uncquivocally assumed, that there are degrees
in native intellect; and where much is given,
doubtless much more would be expected. All
have not a bright genius or a strong memory
yet application strengthens inert nature pcrse-
verance ovcrcomes formidable obstacles, and
And as man is mortal and time limited, reason
would suggest the propriety of an early COM
mencemcnt in cultivating those talents the God
of nature has so wisely bestowed upon him.
And are there no motives to influence man in
the pursuit Of knowledge! The pleasures Of
intellect present strong incentives the halls Of
literature invite him to enter; the champions of
wisdom welcome him to pluck a laurel in the
field of Improvement the hand of art withdraw,
not her aid science presents her telescope
through which remote objects are brought with
in his grasp; revelation steps forward and dis
plays, beneath the standard Of truth, the much
desired stone of unrivalled virtue, whose trans
..... .Czt IL -l-l- tIt-
favored, would he not be c~ulpablc to let his fac
ulties lie dormant, and permit ignorance and
error 10 ovcrsprcad the mind, when there is so
ample a provision made that he may excel, and
free himself from degradation, and when his chief
end is to glorify God and enjoy him forcvcr!-
Here he may become the light Of the world, ard
diffuse those beneficent beams around him which
shall shine on benightcd travellers, ard point
out the path Of rectitudc and bliss. And who
dares to say that the activity and expansion Of the
mind here will not better prepare the energies
of the soul for a participation in these delights
where we shall know as we arc known, Man,
though possessing limited faculties, is candid
ate for an eternal state of existence he is allied
to angels, and capable Of rising forever in the
scale of being. He has only to understand what
he has to do and then TO labor in~dcfatig.bly. Of
vast Importance is a good Judgment. and how in
valuable arc the advantages of right reasoning !
Let the hope Of increased %attainmcnt., new dis
closures, the satisfaction and pleasure derived
from known truths and present requirements,
%incite the studious TO diurnal ~sedulity, convinced
that life will b~equea;h them but little without
great activity, and remembering human effort
will be abort.ive without divine aid.
Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1840-11-13
From B%ntly's Miscellany, for April.
THE LINN OF TEE CALD9lON.
by TIE AUTHOR OF THE sUBALrERH.

by TIE AUTHOa OF II s~UBALTERS.
Would that this treason were not, or norI
The dctector. SHAKfsrEAaE.
There is perhaps no quarter of Scotland
winch more ab0unds in the lore of national
tradition than tho beautiful glen which lends
a local habitation and name to tho subject of
this simple history. 1t lies on the outskirts
of the largest and l~ovclicst of the northern
counties, Just where the hills first rise above
the fertile valley of the Forth: and where
in every possible direction among the scarce
ly separated bases of the mountain range,
still display, here and there, a sunny corn
field, or an emerald meadow, whispers faint
ly of the rich carsc beyond. Stratlionc is one
faircst valleys on the eastern side Of Gram
piuns, and though smaller than tho general
extent of flat ground on the Lowland side,
and far less favorably situated for convent
encc ofacccss or communication, few, if any
of the glcns ofPcrthshire, arc comparable to
it in natural beauty, climate or situation.
Loeb BoyocId (strange! that SC fair a
thing should bidc so rough a titlc) occupies
about three Highland miles Of extent, yet
from the popularity of its bent, winding as
it does round the giant protNontory of Skian
Var, there is but one hall of the water visi-
bic from the entrance of Strathonc. The
%jutting mountains, indeed, close so complete
~ in appearance over lower half, that the
traveller will scarcely guess there is wider
and larger portion Of the vale yet mrcvcal-
ed, and so lets his eye rest lovingly on the
little cluster of %cottars' houses, which seem
the only occupants of the stratl. But in
arriving at this conclusion, he will much de-
ccive himself. Beauties as rare, g%lorics no.
less magnificent than any which have
yet delighted him, lie on the farther side o
that skrccn; and on some other occasion
though not now, due notice may be taken o
them.
We have alluded to Skian Var. 1t is
noble crag, which lifts its huge head far int
the sky, and stretches its giant arm so boldl,
across the lake, that beneath its shelter tn
breezcs rarely come, and the waters lie 70
the most part, in wavelcss sullcnncss. We
is there a portion Of these same waters eve
more striking than the rcst-so striking tia
though he may be ignorant of the tales tia
attach to il, we defy the stranger TO pass
unnoticcd. 1t is the pool with which GU
present tradition is connected,-the Linn q
tho Caldron, as it is called, of which b.
attending to the following marks, the curiou
: may take cognizance NEARLY opposite I
: Skian Var, where the uneven and precipil
uous banks approximate, there is a small ba
! or hollow, in the shore, into which the water
$ seem TO withdraw, that they may avoid tn
t rapid current of the narrow passage. !
Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1840-11-13

him. The old man died shortly after Of
grief for his daughters untimely and mystic
rious end and the mill of liner Vcolan is
now a home for the owl and the bittcrn.-
Hugh was in process of time dismissed from
the service of Colonel Munro, and made
some dlsgraceful end in the Low Countries.
1t is affirmed, by such as wish for conGrma-
ton to the kclpie's prophecy, that Eichcn
turned soldier, and dicda gentleman in foreign
lands; but the only part ofthc catastrophe Of
which there seems but ono edition is, that tho
icwel-box of Colonel Munro still rests in tho
depths of Loeb Boyochd, to swell the unloly
treasure Of the Linn of the Caldron.
Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1840-11-13

NOVEL RAT TIARA correspondent has
sent us the following account Of a newly in
vented rat-trap, which has already been used
with success. Take a barrel and stretch a
skin of parchment over it with a string; cut
it across and %athwart, nearly to tho outside.
Take some dripping, and mix it with meal 4;
smear it on the middle of the parchment.
The rats will smell it, and trcading on the
parchment II will give way, and they will fall
into the water in the barrel. Put a plank
fol them to creep up to the barrels brink QUE
side, and strcw some oatmeal on it. You
must not let the water be too deep, but set n
brick cndways in it, and the first rat that is
caught will make a noise, which will cn,icc-
more, so that they will fight for possession of
the brick, and the noise will draw others.
Thus, in one night, the house may be clear
ed of rats, be they ever so many, Mice and
other vcrmin may be caught in a similar
manner,
Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1840-11-13

days of childhood I! why passed ye so soon away p!
In our depressed and sorrowful moments, when
care sits heavy on our brow, and we cast an eye
back to the days of our childhood, how often
does the spontaneous wish arise in our heart
that we might be a child once more But those
sunny days are past, never to return and we
are left to look forward to that never ending
spring, and those "fclds a%rrrayed in living green
and never fading flowers" where the redecm-
ed abidc-enjoying the purest pleasures, and
possessing all the vigor of eternal youth
Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1840-11-13
SANIIVEL'S WISH.

l wants to marry-yes l docs
wants a little wife,
To comb my air and wash my neck,
And be my all-my life.
Ven Adam lived in Paradise,
He didn't live content,
TIL from his side a rib vos took,
And into woman bent.
Just think how Adam must have stared,
Ven first he got awake,
And found himself a married man,
Without cen vcdcn cake.
/ wish that | could do the same
Just 90 to sleep some night,
And wake up in the mornin' With,
4. wife to bless my sight.
I'm VERY bashful-ycs, l am
'Twould save no lot. of trouble,
To 90 to bed a single man,
And wake up as a double.
Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1840-11-13
From the Knickerbocker.

DIRGE FOR A YOUNG GIRL.
FROM LIE SPANISH.
Underneath the sod, now lying,
Dark and drear,
Slecpcth one who left, in dying,
Sorrow here.
Yes, they're ever bending DER her,
Eyes that weep;
Forms that to the cold grave bore hor,
Vigils keep.
When the ummer moon is shining
Soft and fair,
Friends she loved in tears are twining
Chaplets there.
Rest in peace thou gentle spirit,
Throncd above;
Souls like thine with God inherit
Life and love! IT. FIsLps'
Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1840-11-13

The Boston Times says, "Givc us old
Vermont yet %fortruc religion beautiful woman
fine sheep, and good si,inglc timber"
An old coquctt, looking into her glass, and
seeing her wrinkles, cried, "This new glass
is not worth a f~arihing. They cannot make
mirrors as well as they used to do"
The price of"Libcrty is eternal vigilance"
rs the debtor said when the Constable wa.
following in his footsteps"
Tho Richmond Enquirer has a couple OF
vehement articles, the first asserting that the
friends of,he administration are "wide awak.
and the second cShor,ing them o"wake up.'.
Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1840-11-13

A KNOWING Bor.-A gentleman sent a
lad to the Baltimore Post Office, and money
to pay the postage. Having returned with
the money, he SAID "Guess I've done the
thing slick ! seen a good many folks putin
letters in the Post Office through a hole, and
so watched my chance and got mine in for
nothing"
Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1840-11-13
From Tait's Magazine.


We love to hear their sweet voices ringing
cheerily under the clear open sky. Here they
are, bareheaded, and some OF them barefooted,
but health blooming upon their cheeks, and rap
ture sparkling in their eyes. Look at this little
party gamboling on the grecnsward. over they
90, heels over head. What care they for the
hard knocks they get in falling. And how de-
lighted arc they-what a shout of merrlment
is set up when one of their number rolls into
the ditch! Happy children, tumble on! gambol
whilst We may The days are coming when
you must toll for the poor pittancc that buys
your daily bread when the cares of life will
weigh heavily on your hearts, now so bounding
pnd so elated
Observe that pretty black-eycd girl in the
blue frock, with the toddling youngster by her
side! She is making a garden III the dust, with
twigs OF trees, flowers plucked from the hedge
row, white p%rebblcs, and bits of broken crock
cry picked up in the lane. And how pleased is
little Davie with the contrlvance 4! Now he
fctches a stone and stops up the gap in the bor-
der now a blade of grass or an unmeaning straw,
sticking it with proioundest Judgment in the
middle of the miniature walk, or exactly in the
place where it should not be. With the spirit
of mischief, he now runs over the laborcd work,
and DESTROYS their little Eden, trampling under
foot its little flowerets ard bowers,
"And laughs to see the ruin he has wrought"
What a delightful poem is that Of Mary How
1T on little children! Here it is. Reader, i
thou, like oursolf, art fond Of the prattling and
engaging creatures of which it speaks, thou with
love it and take it to thy heart.
Sporting through the forest wide,
PLAYING by the water side,
Wandering DER the healthy fclls,
Down within the woodland della.
All among the mountains wild,
Dwelleth many a little child!
In the baron's hall Of pride,
By the poor mans null iireside,
Mid the mighty and the mean,
Little children may be seen
Like flowers that spring up fair,
Bright and countless everywhere!
I'm the far isles of the main,
In the deserts lone domain,
In the savage mountain glen,
'Mong the tribes of swarthy men;
WheIesoe'e r the sun hath shone,
Or n league of peoplcd ground,
Little children may be found!
blessings on them!-they IN mo
Move kindly sympathy,
With their wished, hope and tcars.
With their laughter and Their tears,
With their wonder so intense,
And their small experience!
little children, not alone
On the wide earth are you known;
Midi It's labors and lis cares,
mid its su1lcrings and its snares;
Free from sorrow, free rom strlle,
In the world oflovc and life,
Where no sinful thing hath trod
In the presence of our Cod!
Spotless, blameless, glorlfed,
Little children, ye abide!
We seldom behold children at their play with
out being carried back to the days of our child
hood when we were one of those "wee things,
..J >, oombol ON the r~rcensWard, an
Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1840-11-13
TO THE AURORA BOREALIS.


~
Arctic fount Of hottest light
Springing through the winter night
Spreading far beyond yon hill.
When the earth is dark and still,
Rippling DER the stars, rs streams
Ripple DER their pcbble-glcams-
Oh, for names, thou vision fair,
To express thy splendors rare!
Blush upon the cheek Of Night,
Posthumcs, uncarthly light,
Dream of the dccp-sunken sun,
Beautiful, slccp-walking one,
Sister of the moonlight pale,
Star-oh; curing, metcor-vcil,
Spread by heavens watching vestals,
Sender of the gleamy crystals.
Darling on their nnrrCwy course
From their glittering polar source,
Upward where the mir doth freeze,
Round the sister Pleiadcs--
Beautiful and rare Aurora,
In the Heavens thou art their Flora,
Night-blowin NC Cereus of the sky,
Rose of %amaranthine dye,
Hyacinth of purple light,
Or their Lily clad in white!
Who can name thy wondrous essence
Thou electric Phosphorcsoncel
Lonely aparltion fire!
Seeker of the starry choir!
Restless roamer Of the sky,
Who hath won thy mysteryl
Mortal science hath not ran
With thee through tn. cmpyrcan,
Where the consultations cluster
Flowcr-likc on thy branchy lustrc!
After all the glare and toll,
And the daylights frciful coil,
Thou dOst come SO mild and still,
Hearts with love aud peace TO fill;
As when after revclry
With q talking company,
Where the blaze Of many iights
Fell on fools and parasites.
One BY ono the guests have gone,
And we find ourselves alone,
Only one sweet maiden near,
With n sweet voice low and clear
Murmurinn music in our car
So thou talkest to the earth,
After daylight's weary mlrth.
Is not human fantasy,
Wild Aurora, likcst thee,
Blossoming in nightly dreams
Like thy shifting mcteor-glcams'
But n better type thou art
or the strlvings of the heart,
Reaching upward from the earth
To the Soul that gave it birth.
When the noisclcss beck of night
Summons ont the inner light,
That hath bid its pnrer ray
Through the lapscs of the day
Then like thee, thou Northern Morn,
Instincts which We deemed unborn,
Gushing from their hidden source,
Mount upon their hcavenward course
And spirit seeks to be
Filled with Gods Eternity.
Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1840-11-13

We seldom behold children at their play with
out being carried back to the days of our child
hood when we were one of those "wee things
and loved to gambol on the grcensward, and
gather butter cups in the field. How light was
o.. hear, tben-bow free from care! Sweet
Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1840-11-13

Donald Bane's guilt was never proved, nor
u'd the suspicion of it ever extend beyond
the depths of Eichcn Dhu's W bosom /;
though, when the first keen pangs of his be-
reavement passed away, he found in the i'm
preston Of its truth all the explanation of
Anne's unfortunate fatc which was awarded
The Madisonian., 1840-01-14
FOR THE MADIsoNIAN.

Did ever man before, reputed of sense, so
kill off and use up himself, as John G. Calhoun has
donel IT'S well, though, that vaulting ambition
overreaches itself How truly did the Globe assert
in 1886 that this little man, on all topics touching
the Presidency is cRAzED !" He is surely crazed
now, else he could not fail 10 see that his recent
movement can never enure to his promotion. But
VIII iorbcar to say more. have never had any
faith in Catane's" craftsmanship, nor considered
him man of practical good sense. He man of
political honesty! | think it is best that he be left
70 the tender mercy Of his deceived late allies, and
10 The warm embrace of his enlranced recent foes.
While he may no longer dslrust those in whose en-
brace his fair lame is buried he may be assured that
by them he will ever be dstrusted.
Confidently expressing the opinion without setting
forth the considerations which it Is founded that
Mr.. Calhouns recent coalition will never rebound
TO his advancement, will merely add, that it is
manifest from his ruling sentiment exhibited in
terms in his Fort Hill letter OF 1897 tha, he
would not have formed that coalition, unless, in his
opinion, il were likely to enure to his benefit c.
The Madisonian., 1840-01-14
TIE DEMOCRACY OF NUMBERS.

A majority of the people of the United
States are opposed to the administration of
Martin Van Buren. This is fact, proven by
the official returns Of the votes of the latest
Congressional elections Of the several States
of the Union.
We shall proceed to show that, if all the
States choose the electors of President and
Vice President by general ticket, as they did
in 1886, Except s. CD and the people vote
as favorably for the opposition as they did at
the election of members TO the present Con-
gress, Gen. Harrison will enter the White
House on the 4th Of March, lS4l.
We subjoin table, we have prepared, of
the aggregate votes for Presidential electors
in 1896, and the majorities for Congressman
in 1899, as nearly as we can ascertain them.
The Madisonian., 1840-01-14
North Bend, Dec. %, 1921.

Extract Of letter from the interior of Penn
sylvania, dated January i
!" The cause Of conservative democracy is
gaining ground 1t is the true faith, and will
at no distant day prevail.
The election of Gen. Harrison is certain.
The enthusiasm Of the people for him is con-
stantly increasing. His friends are thorough
ly united and harmonious, while the cohorts
of the President are torn by discord and dis
senson."
Extract Of letter from the interior Of
Ohio, dated January g.:
"The political horizon looks clear. The
opposition party are very active, and think
you may calculate with safety upon Ohio
We have commenced the work early, and
intend to follow it up with spirit.
The nominations go j, with perfect loose
ness"