Martinsburg gazette. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1833-1855, 1843-05-18
From the National Iaieiiigsacer.
RHODE ISLAND


port on Wednesday last. All the pro.
ceedings are marked with that strict ad.
herence to Law and Order which have
characterized the acts Of the highmndec
and patriotic party which is constituted o.
the large majority of the population Of
that State.
| On Tuesday both branches met in Con.
venton, (called in that Site "Grand
Committee, Governor KINe in the chair;
when the counting committee reported
the whole number of votes taken for Go.
vernon at the late election (held under the
new Consiitutlon) TO be $3.50; of which
James Fenner received 9, l07, and Thos.
F. Carpenter 1892 votes, scattering 81;
and reported N like manner the woes f,r
the other. State officers. Whereupon
JAMES FENNER the Governor elect, and
the other officers elect, d, took The oath OF
office. Proclamation Of the election was
then made, according TO the me-honorto
custom. BY the town sergeant Of The town
of Newport.
Thetwo Houses having separated, res.
oluton was offered and adopted appoint
ing q int committee from the two House 8
TO MORN the General Assembly, under
the Charter, of the org ,nizaton of the
Government under tho Constitution.
On Wednesday, accord ngly, after the
adjournment If The Few House of Repre-
senrafives. the General Assembly under
the new Charter convened 10 "Grsnd
Committee" Governor KING in the chair.
The committee appointed by the Gen.
eral Assembly under the Constitution ap-
peared and made report through their
chairman, as follows:
To the honorable General assembly of The
State Of Rhode Island, &c. noe assem-.
6led at Newport, under The charter of the
State.
The subscribers, oPpoin:ed by this hon.
orable body committee to be rres' Mt a,
the organization OF the General Assembly
under tho Constitution recently adopted
by the people Of this State, respectfully
report that they have attended to the duty
assigned the m; that the Senate and House
Of Representatives under the Constitution
have been duly organized, according 10
the provisions of said Constitution and
the &C, passed at the las, January session
Of the General Assembly, regu ating their
organization; and that, therefore, nccor-
ding TO the provisions Of said Constitution
the power of Government as organized
under the charter has ceased.
| EDWARD ". LAYTON,
ELISHA HARRIS
| ELISHA r. PORTER
BEZ BOSWORrH,
| HENRY Y. CRANSTON,
WILKINS UPDIKE,
BENJAMIN HALL,
BENJAMIN +. REMINGTON,
STEPHEN BRANCH.
| NEwpoRT, Tuesday, May 2, lS43.
Whereupon the following resolution
was adopted:
is GKsERAL ASSEMBLY. Tuesday, May ., 1913
Resolped, That the foregoing report be
acsr ted, and that III s General Assemby
be, aud the same is hereby, declared /,
be diss lived.
With the passage Of this reso'ut on the
last General Assembly under tn old c ar
ter ceased to exist, and he new Constitu
ton has been happily pu, INTO opera ion
OFFICIAL ROBBERY. A Clerk IN tn,
Treasu y Department OF the name of Ray
moni p. Dowden was arrest, on Thurs
ay last, h ,rg,d with tho emb zzlemen
of cer'a can elled Treasury ties. Fl,
was employed for the last week or two il
assisting in placing On The returned note;
additional and stronger ma ks Of cancel
la,ion to those borne by them when re.
,urne to the Treasury, and had, it appears
while in the discha' &c Of this duty, alb
stracted FIVE 100 dollar notes, with holes
Gu, 10 them as the mark OF beng cancelled
and had sent them to male in Bal,imor.
of the name Of MIS-. Augusta A. DORIS y
residing in Lombard street, to ISIS away
but she failed iu n e attempt, with the
exception Of one note, which she so d &c
a bl oker.
Dowdcn has been held to bail in the
sum $4,000 tor his appearance a, Courr
to answer the charge. - Nat. Ini.
The STOLEN Treasury NoTEs. We
learn from the Globe tina, three men were
arrested at Browns Hotel, 10 Washington
City, on Saturday afternoon, charged with
ticking or having the Treasury Notes
said 10 have been sent from the custom
house at New Oileansin July last TO the
Treasury Department, and not received
by the Treasury.
They came to Browns on the 90 inst.
and entered their sirnames alone on the
register, as follows, Breedlove, Jewel, and
Austin. When they sen, to the posloffice
in Washington for l-'ters, the m, ssengel
was told to ask for letters for J. S. Merit,
IN the place OF, or for, Jewell; and for J
S. Austin, for Austin. Breedove, it i:
said, is the son of J. w. Breedlove, Esq
of New Otleans, one of the most resp eta.
BILE residents OF that city. They were
befire magistrate on Saturday afternoon
but the nature Of the evidence against
them had not transpired.
The examination Of witnesses in The
case of DowDEN. charged with absractins
cancelled Treasury Notes from the Treas
ury Department, was continued on Satur,
day.
II is stated in the Annapolis Rrpublcar
Of Saturday that Governor Thomas ha.
refused TO pardon Capt. Joseph Ovens
who was convicted of murder 10 the sec,
ond degree, and sentenced 10 confinement
in the Penitentary for seven years, at the