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The Westerly echo, & Pawcatuck advertiser. [volume] (Westerly, R.I.) 1854-1858, 1856-11-06
s.,p op A SIAyE.-The New Or

SALE OF A SLAvE.-The New Orr
leans Bulletin of the Goth ult. says:-I
Passing through the Arcade Saloon, we
noticed at one Of the auction stands a
negro girl up for sale, and around a
closely packed crowd that appeared to
be deeply interested in what was going
on. Curiosity led us to pause and in
quire what was the cause Of the apparent
excitement. The bids we're going on in
spirited manner, and generally at an
advance Of only five dollars bid, aud
at every bid the eyes of the crowd
would quickly turn in that direction
whence the bid proceeded, the interest
and the excitement being, in the mean
time on the increase. The girl, bright
intelligent mulatto about fourteen years
old, was evidently not Indifferent to
what was transpiring. There Was no
moisture in her eyes, but they assumed
an expression which indicated that she
felt some anxiety in regard to the result
Of the sale, which is not generally .thc
case. As the bids reached near thou
sand dollars, the excitement became in
tense, and as that figure was called, ;
spOnt taneous hiss was heard from enc enc
OF tho room to the other, followed By ,
vehement shout of Turn him out y
" Turn him out 7" A rush was made
for tho door; the hammer had fallen
and the girl also, into the arms Of he
mother, who had become the purchaser
/ The explanation Of it all was, that th'
woman had been freed by her owner
and bad earned money enough to buy
her child, the malatress in question, an'
being very valuable servant, severa
persons weie anxious to obtain her, bu
all of them, with one exception, ba'
pledged the mother that they would no
bid against her, and they bonorably KEEP
that faith. The mother was SO nuc
affected by the JOY OF having succesde
in obtaining possession of her child, tina
she swooned away, and was carried ou
of the sa loon.
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sss- Theopbilus Parsons, Chief Jus.
requirements. 1t is related
of him that once when riding the circuit
he stopped at a blacksmith's shop to
have shoe set, and while waiting had
Il little chat with the smith about his
business. 1t happened, too, that his
saddle girth needed mending, and he
stepped across the way to a cobbler and
had it repaired, and while it was being
done, entered into conversation with
him about his business. After he wa:
gone the two met, and had quito dis
|. pute about the stranger, the first con
tending that be was blacksmith, Will
the latter denied it aud stoutly insiste
that he was shoemaker.
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How TO SrOp SERENADE.--A mar
riagc took place lately in little village
in the suburbs OF Paris. There is no.
thing very extraordinary 10 marriage,
but this one was rather out OF the usual
ordcr. A youth of twenty espouscd.
widow over fifty years of age, and this
disproportion seemed to the young pee
pie of the village so exceedingly strange
that they determined to show their ap-
probation Of the affair, by giving the
newly married pair serenade on their
wedding uight. The sort Of serenade
contemplated is called a charivari,
and differs from other serenades, mas
much as the instruments employed or
such occasions, consists Of tin pans, ole
bones, aud other di,cordaut promoters
of a disagreeable noise The measures
of the serenaders were all taken, anc
they would undoubtedly have disturbed
the sluln bers of the blsstul couple, hac
not the garde ehampctre, Or village po
liceman, by some means discovered
what was going forward. lie deter
miued to put stop to the proceedings
and, in order to accomplish his purpose,
he had recourse TO an ingenious strata
gem. Just after dark, he bad caused u
report to Le circulated through the place
that nienageiie, which was exhibiting
in a neigbbv,iug village, had that after
noon lo,t i tiger, which had escaped
FROM his cage, and tax II his course in
that very direction. That was enough.
Everybody hurried home Us fast as be
could, and took very good care not t.
be caught out of doors that night, by
Which means the li-assorted married
pair escaped q well merited insult.
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BANK OF THE REPUBLIC, PRovI-
DENCE.-ln consequence OF the failure
of a large Western produce house in
New Y rk, Of whose paper this bank is
said to have 100000, it has failed to
meet the payment Of its notes. Ou
Tuesday, tho Governor placed this bank
in comuissiou, aud appointed Shuba
Hutcbius and James &. Anthony, Com.
n,lssioners. On the report of the Com
missioners to the Supreme Court, The
bank was epj lined, and s. K. Rathben'
appointed Receiver The capital o.
the bauk is $l25 900. The assets art
$50, 900, of which about $40 900 may
be considered as good. The remainder
consists principally of notes and draft
by western. produce houses, which art
considered very doubtful. The circu
lation Of the bank is about SIC, 900
the deposits are less than 500.
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MA IL RI Ed.

In this village, Nov. 4th by Rev. Wm, Stow,
Mr. Franklin II. CrunL, Of Hopkinton, to Miss
Martha Coon OF this village.
In Hopkinton, Oct. 81, by Ed. Coon, Mr..
Nathan J. Crandall, of Hopkinton, to Miss
Mary Il. Clarke, Of North Stonington, Ct.
By the same, November 9, in Hopkihton,
Mr.. George A, Langworthy aud Miss Phcbc 4.
Edwards, all Of Hopkinton.
In Milltown, Oct IL. by Rev. Henry W.
Webber, Willard n. Hill, Esq of this village,
aud Miss Mary Jane Edgecomb, Of North Ston-
ington.
In Truxton, N. Y, Oct. 23d, by Ed T.
Fisher, Mr.. Thomas L. Stiman, of this village,
to Miss Aida Muncy, Of Truxton.
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nS- There have been several case

Rag There have been several cases
carried to tho Supreme Court of Errors
Of Connecticut, contesting the constitu.
,ionality of this law in regard to the
search and seizuse clause, and on some
other points. One of the cases was
from New Haven, that of the State VS.
Wheeler, one from Cheshire, and some
from other parts of the State. The
Court has within a few days decided
that the law is constitutional, aud gave
judgment against the defendants In all
the cases.
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'shs i. at prescn. under the pro-

'She is at prcscn. under the pro-
lection Of cousin If her fathers 20
whom &c commanded her on his atath-
bcd. Ars. Bar,oi w.!i probably be
wilhue 10 give her np, how yer, should
sbc prove 20 b. your grandchild,' .7
Count de MOntelambert, for it was
lie, proceeded at once to take the neces-
sary steps to prove hi, clsiln TO the
child. La company with the Italian
charge Of affairs, to ~hom he was well
known be called on Mrs. Bartoh, and
found that Blanca was indeed the child
of his lost daughter. And aot long
after she retsrped to Italy in company
with the count aud her fne ID the artist,
wbe. by the liberality Of 'he noble, was
oasbiel to spend mans years at Rome
20 the % smali del!ght 5i his pet Blanca,
who Ras oyerjoycd at the accomplish
mout - the oject fr- which he had so
long sighed au sty0g4.ci in vain
On PcIcivai's return to America,
whi.her bis iame had preceded him, his
:idd.o VAS .-songed with visitors who
were eager 10 see the works Of which
,tey lad heard SO much. Conspicuous
among thr;n hung the simple picture
whicIfhed been exhibited in America
SO longvbeiore. .f--.- ....
Why 10 Jou alng that daub in such
prominent place ? asked one OF his
brotbc artists.
mTbat,' replied Percival, daub, as
you call it, l value more highly than all
tho rest of my works. We look upon 1t
with far different eyes; it made my for
tune; it did more--it made NE what l
am
'Ah, thereby hangs tale, hey, Per-
cival ? said bis friend significantly.
Yes; but not such tale as you
perhaps imagine,' was the reply.
Tc have ones portrait psinted by
Percivai, the famous artist, is quite the
rage among the telles of New York
but il is hiuted tina, be is strangely in
sensible to all their beauty and grace
There is q rumor which may account
for hi indifference, it is true-and Mrs
Bartoll, who has just returned from the
tour If Europe, and long visit in. Italy
dos not contradict it-that a SECOND
Countess de Monte elambert is about tt
marry ap American artist, bat this time
with the old Count Victoriano's con
sent.
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my. About n wear apo n slave b,

Hds- About a year ago slave boy
escaped from Mobile in the bark Growl-
er, and made his way to Canada. The
Mobile Tribune states, that Mr.. Il.
Sheridan, his owner, kept sharp eye
on the movements of the Growler, and
on her recent arrival iu New Orleans be
pounced on her commander for the va.
lue of the slave and got it - the agent o.
the owner having promptly paid the
captains order in favor Of 81 300.
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-0a The Fremont lads, from twcl,

-Ssa The Fremont lads, from twelve
to sixteen years of age, Of this village,
had a torch light procession, on the
evening of the 4th inst under the diree-
ton OF Master Henry G.. Coy, G and
Marshall of the evening, in houor of the
Fremont victory in this town, on thai
day. There were some thirty torches il
the procession, which illuminated the
whole village, and attracted considerable
notice from our citizens The boy'
cheered the Frcmonters and groaned
some of the Buchaneers. We have re
csived list Of the names of those il
the procession, but hardly think it wortl
our while to publish it.
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AN EMBARRASSING PREplcAMsNr.

AN EMBAaRAssING PREDIcAMENr.--
A gentlenan from distant State came
to Boston = week or two since, says the
Transcript, to be married Desiring to
have his nsp,ials celebrated in the Park
street church, and understanding that
the Rev. Mr.. Stone, Of that church, re-
sided 10 Brookline, he proceeded to that
tows, and unioI tunately called upon
Raw DR.. Stone, Of the Episcopal church
40 that place, and made an arrangement
with him to solemnize the marriage SER
vices in the church on the next Sabbath
Gay, half an hour before the regular SER
vice commenced. Punctual to the hour
the gentleman took his station in the
broad aisle of the Park street church,
waiting the appearance of the minister
The party stood in the aisle until near
the time for the commencement OF the
services, when the attention OF the SEX
ton was attract ted to the circumstance.
Upon being informed Of the interesting
nature of their visit to the church, the
sexton waited upon Mr. Stone in his
study, who was. of course, much sur.
prised, having no knowledge Of the par
ties, but who at once proceeded to
relieve their embarrassment by solemuz-
log the marriage service. In the mean
time, the Rev. Dr.. Stone, of Brookline,
was waiting in full cauonicals in his
church, momentarhy expecting the par
ties who had engaged his services, and
concluded finally that he had been hum
bugged.
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nay Major B. P. Poore bet with
ColR Rurbank that Fillmore would

pG- Major B. P. Poore bet with
Col R. Burbank, that Fillmore would
carry Massachusetts,. Col. Burbank
bet that Fremont would have the elec-
toral vote of the State. So it was agreed
upon that if Fillmore carried that State
Col. Burbank was to propel a Wheel
barrow loaded with a barrel Of apples
from Boaton to West Newbury 1T
Fremont carried the State, Major Poore
was to wheel similarly loaded vehicle
from West Newbury to Boston. I'm
mediately on learning how the State had
gone, Col. Burbank wrote to Major
Poore, releasing him from the bet--but
it was too late! Major Poore had
started.
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nay The Charleston CoSrier, of d

@- The Charleston Courier, of the
18th ult., says that the sloop William
B. Beatty, of and from Mystic, Conn,
for Key West, put into this port on Sat-
urday, in consequence of painfully
distressing accident that had befallcu
one Of the crew. The sufferer, George
Lambhipe, aged Is, from Mystic, wa:
engaged on the 23l inst, while off Cape
Hatteras, in loading the swivel piece
for the purpose Of firing at sea birds
when a'premature explosion mutilatet
and mauglcd lfim most horribly, remov
ing almost the entire flesh from bis face
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p0 Of the rapidity with viii

p@ Of the rapidity with Which
some portions of the machinery employ
ed in the manufacture Of cotton operate,
some idea may be formed from the fact
that the very finest thread which is used
in making lace is passed through the
strong fame of lamp, which burns If
the &bres without burning the thread it.
ssH. The activity with which the thread
moves is so great that it cannot be per-
ccived with the unaided eye-the liue oI
thread, passing of wheel through tue
flame, looking as Il is we're perfectly at
rest.
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b1- DR.. Jacob Bigelow, of Bostol

S- DR.. Jacob Bigelow, OF Boston,
communicates to the Medical and Sur
gical Journal, the particulars Of re-
markable case that has been under his
care for the last twenty years. The
patient is lady seventy nine years OF
age, who at the age of 80 or 40 expert
enced severe fever, on recovering from
which she found herself unable to retain
either food or liquid upon her stomach
in any quantity. During the whole
forty years she has never retained a
meal, but has vomited regularly at least
three times q day. The vomiting is
easy, and without pain or effort. She
takes her food with relish, and in most
instances throws it off quickly, being
obliged to leave the table abruptly for
that purpose.
Her daughter thinks she retains about
one fourth of her food. She has led an
active life, in the enjoyment Of com.
petent degree Of health, except an ocoa.
sioual attack of acute disease. She il
still in fair health, and has made a jour
ney of a hundred miles within few
months. Her appearance, spirits ant
bearing, are those Of person who ha
been benefited, rather than injured, b.
the smalluess of the nutriment left 70
her support.
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nW-A lady of Newark N. J. stepped

ay"A lady of Newark N. J stepped
into Tiffany Il Young's large silver
garo.rooms, in New York, the other
day. and asked to see some bridal pre-
sents. She was asked whether she
wished to purchase or hire, aud was ra-
ther nettlcd at the proposition, until she
was informed that the establishment let
ont a fpe display Of "presents" for a
reasonable amount. She was astonished
to understand that many Of the tempting
displays made ia the mansions Of folly
as presents from friends to the bride,
had been hired for the occasion.
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Bay- The New Haven Palladium

on The New Haven Palladium
says, that 10 Watertown, Litch6clI Co ,
every voter 10 that town was at the
polls, except three. One Of these had
a broken leg, and the other two we're
too unwell to move. There is patriot
ism worth studying. The vote stood
for Fremont 227, for Buchanan 100
and Fillmore 10.
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D0rA letter from Mexico, of Oct. Is

DVA letter from Mexico, of Oct. 10,
says, the town of La Paz, Lever Cali
fornia, was almost totally destroyed by
q hurricane on the 10th ult. All the
vessels lying in the port at the time
we're driven ashore and wrecked. Few
lives we're lost. The wind was accom-
panied by heavy rain, and lasted thirty
hours, blowing the whole of that time
from all points Of the compass. The
houses spared by the wind we're swept
away by the tide.
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~ A gentleman at Evansville, with
a very fine, high spirited, four years old
horse, had driven down to the station,
Cor the purpose, as be said, Of accustom-
ing bis horse to the locomotive whistle.
As the train appeared, the engine
screamed Of course, as an engine only
can scream, and at the 6rst sound Of
the whistle, the horse fell down dead in
his tracks, tho victim Of mortal fright,
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~ A clergyman at an afternoon
service was asked to read notice for q
woman's rights lecture, which be did iu
this wise -" Az half past six O'Clock,
at the school. house in the Grst district,
a hen will attempt to crop Z"
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% In Prussia, for every time a
child is absent from the public school
without reasonable excuse, the parents
are fned half dollar. This law, after
number OF years experience, is found
to have q most beneficial effect.
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bU Miss Nellie Case, of Keene, N.
IT,, girl Of fourteen, took the highest
prize Of fifteen dollars at the exhibition
ct equestrian skill in Bradford, VI,
riding the old "Green Mountain Nor
gas" arosnd the track, bare back, amid
great applause.
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s~ A duel was fought at Richmond,
Va. on the morning Of Nov. 1, across
the river, between DR.. Fiuney, State
Senator, and Roger A. Pryor, editor o'
the Enquirer. Finney was wounded or
the frst Gre, and the matter terminated
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Ran AWaV.

LNR0M the subscriber OH Thursday, Oct.
Il 80, young lad abous years old,
about feet or 4 teet three inches high
Had on black Tweed coat, blue jean
pants, black cap, shoes and stockings
Whoever gives any information concerning
him, shall receive one cent reward
E. 2. BURDICK.
Hopkinton, Nov. 1, 1856.
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Dy The congregation have sustained
The Vestry of the Church of the Epi-
phany Of Philadelphia in its vote of CEN
sure upon Rev Dudley A. Tying for
preaching upon the slavery issues in
volved in the recent elections, by vote
of 81 to a.
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Wegive below the vote as cast in
this State, which shows that the Frs-
mont Electors have received a plurality
OF 4,767 votes:
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1879 65S0 1868

are all rejected The FIRST has received
vote as far as heard from; but ma
jority of three -6iths is required to adopt
it.
Daniel f. Larkin was elected Rep
resentative from this town, in place of
John f. Weeden, resigned. The fol-
lowing named persons were voted for.
In justice to Mr.. Maxson-whose name
appears in the list-we will state that
he was nominated against his consent
and wish. He was called upon by a
person, on Monday, and inquired of if
be would accept of a nomination for
Representative; TO which he replied,
No." and added that he would not
accept Of the office Mr.. M. was however,
nominated at the opening Of the Town
Meeting, and voted for by few, but the
greater part of those who would have
been pleased to have had him elected
either did not vote on this question a,
all or else voted for Mr.. Larkin, knowing
that he would not accept, if elected
The vote stood as follows:
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n@- 1t is said that Gov. Geary has
arrested over twenty Free State, men,
who have committed the off nee of de-
feud,ng themselves and their families
from the Invasion Of the Missouri bor-
durers.
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n@- We tender our thanks to Hon.
Chas L. James, U. 5. Senator, for va
luable Public Documents.
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s9- Thomas p Lamphear was on
Tuesday elected Representative to fill
the vacancy caused by the death Of the
Hon. Wm. Sprague of Warwick.
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pg- Mr., Sumner has declined the
banquet rendered him at Boston, on ao-
count Of continued i'll health.
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Lost.

nN Friday the 18th inst, in this village,
" pair Of Gold Bowed Spectacles.-
The finder will be suitably rewarded by
leaving them at this Office
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s@- An intelligent writer in the
North American Review supposes that
no class of immigrants has increased
more rapidly in this country than the
Herew. In 1850, man might count
upon his fingers all tho synagogues in
the land; now there are at least quarter
of q million Of Jews, from eighty to
ninety synagogues, and a multitude Of
smaller communities where neuclus
exists which will soon grow into syna-
gogue. The city of New York alone
has twenty synagogues, and thirty thou
sand Jews /; about twentieth part of
the population being such, There are
syuagogues iu all the chief cities Of the
sea-board; two in Boston, five in Phila-
delphia, five in Baltimore, three in New
Orleans, two 10 Charleston, and four in
Cincinnati
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sS- Gov. Hoppiu, has appointed
Thursday, Nov. ~, as a day OF Thanks'
giving and Prayer.
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NJ A little girl few days since
addressing her sister, asked, q" What
was the chaos pa was reading abou,
to. day /" To which tho latter replied,
Twas great pile of nothing, and NJ
place to pu' it H."
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I. O S II.

T EFT by the subscriber, near the gate of
IL his residence, a gentleman's cloth cloak,
with plaid lining. 1t is thought some person
picked it up supposing it to have been lost.
Whoever will return it will be suitably re-
warded. L. N. DUNN.
Westerly, Oct. 90. 1856: 2s7
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Notice.

4 LII persons indeb,ei to the Subscriber are
N requested to call and make immediate
payment. GEORGE IT, WELLS.
Westerly, Oct. 16, 1856. ESQ
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WILL be opened next week 75 doz.
w Paris Kid Gloves, at I6 oents per
pair, at GATES & MAINTH0W'S
Oct. I, 1855. t2s3l Variety Store.
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Special Notice.

A LII persons indebted to E. Barnes,
n by subscription or otherwise. are re-
auested to call and settle their accounts
without further notice.
E.G. BARNES.
Westerly, Oct. AZ, 1866,
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OFFICE FOE RENT.

May 0, 1885,