Martinsburg gazette. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1833-1855, 1842-06-30
RHODE ISLAND.


tior Of sufragc. select committee Of two iron
each county, wa. appointed 10 consider be pet
lion. on fhat subject, and to report on the proptie
I ~ of calling Convention 10 form constitution.
+ Company Of the United States FLYING Artille
re- consisting Of 30 men, with 40 horses and field
pieces. arrived at New port on Tucsdsy.
/ This is in conformity, ma, be remembered. with
! a general order from the War Department, pub.
lisbed some time ago, for uniting At Newport tive
companies ofAying artlery for tie benef, Of prac-
tice. and two at Fortress Monroe
The legal Government will take instant md
strong measures TO suppress This robesonle plot in
which they will be sustained by the citizens Of II
Island snd, most ssspreily. hy the powers Of the
General Government. il deemed necessary Rhode
Island however. does honor to herself 10 crush
this vile Instruction 81 once.
From he Baltimore Apaeriean
RHODE ISLAND.
The vhole Island appears 10 be, in very deed, IN
state Of civil war, and the note Of pIeparstio
portends boody conflict. The insurgents we're
encsmped on Friday in the woods Of Chepsehet, 10
the number Of fonr hundred, well armed, with a
ynber Of field pieces plenty OF ammunition, and a
81, plus quantity Of smsi for reimbursement
expected to arrive on Saturday, from Connecticut.
IT Is rumored that considerable portion Of their
rroops are desperate from the city Of N. York.
Dorr vas expected at tho encampment Safsr-
day morning We do learn Who are the chief
officer. in command but il was understood al
Providence when the boat left Friday evening,
that hey were destitute Of military -hill.
The State forces promptly mustered at
Providence on Friday, and a deter mined well Or
deted army Of one thousand men we're march on
Saturday morning for the in,urgent camp at Che
pschet.
Three artillery companies reached Providence
by the steamer Providence. from Newport, Bristol
and Warren, on Friday evening, Just before the
New York boat left. The Marine Artillery and
Sea Fencihles also ordered out for twenty
tour hours service The greatest possible excite
ment prevailed OF course business suspended,
and all hearts appeared to be engrossed with the
painful aspect Of affairs. No doubt, however
could be entertained Of the final overthrow of the IN
surrectionsts. We feryeptly trust that they may
be constrained by the presence Of superior force
TO lay down their arms without the splitting of
blood
The Providence Journal of Friday morning, not,
however. late by several hours the ntei
gence by the boat, says:
From the best information that we can gather,
1t appears that the ineur gent force is collected
Chepachei and probably number, in all! about four
hundred men with number Of field pieces. and
more muskcts than men. They have plenty Of am.
munition, and probably othet necessary supplies
Woonsocket, we learn, IL almost evacuated by
them. Thomas w Dorr was at Norwich We'd
nesday night.
The military companies of this cry, including
the Cadets, Marine Artillery, Light Infantry, Sea
Feneihles and the several ward companies of the
CITY Guards formed out for drill yesterday after
noon. The weather very unpleasant, and
they ordered together, but were drill
ed 10 their several armories and places of rendez
vous. We should judge that more than a thou
sand men were nnder arms. Ths whole have be-
come well disciplined, and acoustic ned to martial
exerci.rs, and present very efficient force
The Legislature continued in session at New
polt and the Journal states that the committee to
whom were referred the petitions for constitu
non extending the tight Of suffrage and equazlng
the representation to the General Assembly, have
reported bill calling a convention for that pur-
pose, and extending the right of voting tor dele
gates the convention to all American born eiti-
GEMS esldrnt three years in the State and one year
in the town in which they offer to vote. 1t vas
supposed that he bill would pass, and the General
Assembly would rise on Friday evening
LATEST INTELLIGENCE.
slip from the New York Herald dated June
&c, 2 O'clock, T. NJ. contsins the following Inteh
gence;
The Narragansett, which arrived this morning
Gom Providence returned again at nine O'Clock
with dispatches.
We give below all tho facts we hive received -
Every thing looks serious and It Is sad mat MsJor
Davezac the aid of Gen. Jackson, at the 5atile OF
Now Orleans i. in command of the suffrage forces
We understand that large quantities Of specie
reached Boston on Thursday and Friday from Pro
violence. snd also many families, who a'e fleeing
from the State TO avoid the horrors Of civil war.
The wi ole State including the plantation, has
hteu placed under martial law.
The colored population of Providence have or
% niaed Battalion Of City Guards. They muster
ed about one hundred.
TIE Providence journal Of Saturday says thar
The Gencrol Assembly adjourned at Newport on
Friday 10 meet in Providence city on Saturday, al
10 o'clock, A M The present nlarming state OF
affair. forbade the rising of the Legislature and It
was desirable tina, II should be as near as possible
to he scene OF threatened danger
The Legislature, before adjoining passed an
act authorizing The Governor to place the whole OF
any pslt of the State under martial law lhey al
40 passed an act calling Convention oil the people
of the State for the purpose oi forming new Con
stiution or form of government.
The election Of delegates to the Convention IL
to take pIace on the last Tuesday Of August, and
the Convention is to assemble at Newport on the
ID Monday Of September The Constitution that
shall be agreed upon to be submitted TO the PEG
pie III
! M disturbance occurred on Friday night. The
latest accounts from Chepschet represented the
force assembled mere At dpput ~" o''''e"
and 400 without arms more muskets were sa,d to
he on their way. Dorr is sud TO have arrived
there at two o'clock on Saturday morning
Dnice J Pearce Robert r. Carr, and other
prominent suffrage men, published card IN the
Ncwport Mercu,v saturday, dscaiming all CON
neetion with porr, and declaring that they had
abandoned all idea OF acting under the so-eaiied
Peoples Constitution
From The Precedence journal, Saturday 25fa'
A ru,nb,, Of companies are ordered on, At three
o'clock, and it Is believed that the whole iorce IN
tho CRY will be under arms at that hour II IS MOI
known whether they are ordered out for review
or Tor INN .diate service, but We presume inc LOT
tncr.
I The Fourth Brigade of Militia will arrive this
evening,
! From all Parts n the State except the dsaneci'
| 81 portions Of Providence county, the people are
/ decking in to maintain The government ot their own
/ free choice. The crisis IA immediately at hand
l and the men who are now raly'uc around the gov
ernment will not be d.bani,d until the question i
settled.
The steamboat Massachnsetts brough, Ut 15C
men this morning from Newport and Mlddetown
/ company Of about so men from Johnston, ar
rived tbi. morning 10 get their muskets.
we do nc, learn that the lbern action Of the
/ General Assembly has produced the sleht"si ehee
upon the men whom Dorr has collected Around h'r
at Chepachet'
APPOINTMENTS YY HE PRESIDENT,
BIZ and nth The advice ard consent Of The Senate
I r. Edwards Lester, of New York, Con