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ance OI lhsurTec'lon 10 prevent u from
taking any measure for the formation
Of q new constitution
The leaders know very we'll the dis.
position which exists IN the part Of the
General Asse mb'y 10 equaize the repre-.
seDlailon and 10 extend The suffrage
and they know too, that the attainment,
by peaceabie means, Of these most de-
srabIe objects, will be poInica death 10
them. They wish, therefore, while
they are urging the General Assembly y
to do something, and are hypocriiicalIy y
protesting willingness TO wait for le-
gislatlVe action, at the same time 10
prevent any thing from being done,
and then TO plead this want Of aciion as
a reason for new movements OF violence
and commotion. We trust the General
Assembly will be imposed upon by no
such cunning, but will go right on to the
performance Of that duty to which their
judgment and feeling alike call them.
That the leaders OF The party are
preparing the minds Of their followers
TO be dissatisfied with the action OF the
General assembly, whatever it may be,
is more than evident. They say that
wha; they are pleased to term the "Al
gerne law" must be repealed, and pro.
lection guaranteed to all those who
have violated it, They know very
we'll that the General Assembly will do
no such thing; and they know too, that
were it possible for such an act Of folly
TO be committed, it would avail moth.
ing, for every man who has been ar.
rested under that act is guilty at com
mon law, and might be proceeded a
ganst under pre'exisling statutes That
law was passed rather as an eXplanato'
ry act, than as an entirely new provi-
sion. There is no reason why the men
who have violated it should be screen.
ed, which will not apply with equal
force to any other VIC ators Of law
They knew perfectly we'll what they
were about; they knew The law; they
knew the penalty; they choose 10 incur
it themselves, and to draw compare
lively innocent men into The same dlf-
fculty. They must take the conse-
quences.
One OF the men engaged in the at
tempt to selze the Warren guns. has
been arrested, on q warrant issued by
Justice Magoun, Of Warren. The She,
riff Of Bristol county came up with it
yesterday, the man whose name is We
therby. was arrested and committed -
He will be taken 10 Warren for exami.
nation The officers are on the track
of others, and there is fair prospect
that number OF them may be taken.
although several are believed to have
fled As near as can be ascertained,
the expedition consisted OF 40 or 81
men; they appeared 10 have come by
different routes After breaking open
the engine house, and the house in which
the hearse is kept, they broke open an
adjoining barn, next TO which is the
building that contains the guns A
guard Of eight men. with loaded mus
kets, protected them. Owing 10 The
storm, and 10 The little difficulty expe-
rienced in getting into The buildings
which were broken open, the noise was
not heard by the guard. Whether the
assailanis ascerlained that the guns
we're protected and thought it not best
TO attack them, or whether the alarm
was communicated by the express from
Providence, before they had an oppor-
lunity 10 try the door, is moi known
Parties OF men were posted on ali The
avenues leading from the village, as
soon as possible; but in the darkness
and confusion all escaped The pun
ishment for this offence is Imprisonment
in the penitentiary Tor not less than
faOO, nor more than ten years. Since
Saturday night, the guard over the guns
has been strengthened.
Some people are apprehensive thai
the absence Of The Governor may leave
the city without any officer authorized
10 bring the military in aid Of the civil
authority, should necessity unhappily
require it. The mayor is fully author
ized 10 call upon the military and TO di.
rect them TO fire, if necessary, within
the limits Of the city, and the sheriff is
clothed with the same authority without
those limits. 1t is unnecessary TO add
that both Of these officers are ready tc
lu fl their duty.
The steamboat Providence arrived
here yesterday morning from New York
via Newport, where she landed q com
pany of United States Flying Artillery
consisting Of eighty men, with forty
horses and six field pieces.
I'VE have seen letter dated Nor
wlch, Wednesday morning, which states
that Thomas W. Dorr had arrived in
that CITY in the steamboat New Haven
from New York, accompanied with d