years; and ours averaged, killed s—sé-‘
fimmfl per month, for the first
twelve . Inthe year 1816, we
had but one killed, and seventy-two ac
cidents in twelve months. In the year
1816, onthe very ground once used for,
cock-fights, &c, we had erected a large,
brick chapel, built with the donations
from these same colliers. In 1815, we!
had three Sunday schools estubli-hed,!
and the teachers, male and female, #o
lected from the workmen and thcir:
daughters, And in the same yecar, we
established a benevolent club, which was
managed principally by the workmen,
The original articles are now before me. |
In all this great work, the language you
shall, or, 1 insist, &c. was never used ;
but every man had the credit of reformn
ing at his own free will—there was no
compulsion. And the same course I
have pursued in every other instance
whkere 1 have had the charge of mines ;
and have brought to pass a complete
change, lasting in its clicets, and this in
different countries.
“At last the vicissitudes of fortune|
brought me to the R. Island coal mines.
When I first came here, it is not unknown,
to you and others, that the workinen who,
could not, and did not drink his pint of
whiskey perday, wasnot allowed to work, |
but set adrift ; besides extra liquor bro’t,
upon the works; and sent to their houses,
and that too by the person whose duty it
was to have prevented it. Not a we ek:
passed without a general combat of from
twenty to thirty at a time, engaged with |
staves, spades, picks, axes, and any oth-}
er weapon next at hand, to the great dan-|
ger of each others’ lives, and to the ruini
of the works. All this was the eflect of
the usual allowance of grog. In the lut-'
ter part of 1826, you together with the
ex-committee, appointed me to the super
intendency of these mines; and I ask you,
yourself, to bear testimony to the im-/
proved state of the works and \\jurkln(-n.f
Early in 1827 I commenced a gun(rrul;l
revolution, with a determination to dul
away with the worst of all evils, and llu-II
greatest curse ever inflicted on a work-';I
man, that of allowing him liquor while at’
work, and permitting hin to have it in|
his house. 1 should have accomplished
our wishes much sooner, had it not been!
for several unforeseen accidents in work-’
ing among the old works filled with wah,-r.!
But keeping steady to the point, I h:ul’
the satisfaction of seeing my plans grud-i"
ually bearing down the long cherished
habit, and a very perceptable improve-|
ment taking place in every family. And
on the first Monday in October last, cvc-!’
ry man came up to the countin;;-hou:«-,q'
and with one voice, of thcir own fi'coh
will, desircd me to cease to give out any |,
more grog. They had ulwnysconsidcr-‘l
ed liquor a part of their wages, and had’
relinquished it without asking an mluivu-i,I
lant. In ordcr, therelore, to repay this':‘
sacrifice on their part, and to encourage |
such good decds, I did at that time \\hut;l
policy pointed out to be my duty ; and,|
accordingly, I there and then inl'nrmcd"
them, I had the company’s authority to!
add to their wages more than an nqui\'&-'!
lent for what they had given up, by ud-‘i‘
vancing their wages from eighty-eight
and & half, to ninety-two cents per day.—
Those familics, who twelve months ugo!I
were clothed in rags, and with not al
week’s provision beforehand, in Decem-|
ber last, were, both man, woman and‘l
child, well clothed, and three month’s|
provision beforchand ; besides cash inl
hand, none having less than twenty, and|
some near one hundred dollars ; not onc |
on the sick list, but every soul in excel
lent health Twenty months ago, our|
young single men had but one poor rng;-I
ged suit of clothes each, and were gf-m-r-I
ally in debt. Last December they nnd‘i
each two, and one of them three suits of
good clothes, and from fifty to one lmn-l
dred dollars in cash each. During the|
winter, two have taken to themselves,
wives ; and it gives me great pleasure to!
say, I believe they will be happy and do,
well. Two of our young men you have
had with you during the winter in the |
coul yard, and you can judge of thcir!
conduct as respects liquor and behavior. |
When liquor was allowed at the works, it'
was no unusual occurence for the mother |
and children to be unmercifully bcm(en!
and turned out of doors at night. And
for several months my house door was left
unlocked at nights, to afford them a place.
of refuge. Since October last, not one |
occurrence of this nature has taken place. |
Every family belonging to our works nuti
only looks well, clean and cheerful, but
several of the wives of the
lately told me, that they never lived so
happily as they have done, since the grog |
was excluded from the works. Allis
not yet done that ought to be, in the way |
‘ol' reformation ; but the principal point|
has been gained, and I have no doubt of|
shortly having a well organized work,!
and that all will work together for good. |
«How this has been brought about, and
so done that the workmen have the cred
it of every change effected, is what you
wish to know. It would be difficult for
me to make known in writing the way in
which all this has been done, and yet the‘
men content, if I was writing to any othcr’
Ipcrson except yourself, who have had to,
Ido with workmen for many years. My.
first and main point was to be a living ex-|
'umplc of all I wished them to be. For
this purpose I not only excluded spirits,l
‘but wine frommy house. The next great|
‘thing was to kecp them at home in lhei
l‘cvcning.u\, and so occupy their leisure
time agrecably and profitably. For this‘
|purpusc I engaged a school master duringl
the winter evenings, to teach them tol
Ircnd, write, &c. and sent all to school,
I young and old, man, boy and girl ; and
'made the school room comfortable with
'fire, and gave to all paper, pens, &c.—
Il'lnrly in the spring I allotted to each
house an unlimited garden, which oceu-|
l‘pi«-d their leisure time during the sum-|
mer; and in this way employed them ful-[
ly, leaving no time for carousing. In|
the month of May, I prevailed on thosc’
with large families, to buy a cow and pig
each, and to plant extra quantitics of po-|
tatoes. I'o those who had not money 1
lent it, and entered into an ngr'ccmcnt‘i
with them all, that if any of them should
leave the works by my wish (that is, if['
‘(li.«:lmrgcd them) I would take all in'
their gardens, their cows, &e, at a valu-)
ation 5 but if'they left the works by thcir;
own act and deed, then they must seck a
market elsewhere. Thus, by a little utl
a time, each man became interested in
the wellare of the mines, and gave mc‘
ercat influence over them, During fish
‘ing tin.us, 'lscnt a boy ‘cach Friday tu‘
catch fish for every house. I also doc
tored them and their families free ufcur;t,l
and made it my chicf study to anticipate |
all the little wants in an increasing fami- |
ly. By acting thus, and doing an lnm-‘
dred other little unmentionable things, 1|
gained their esteem, which was of" tlnel
utmost consequence in bringing about my‘
plans. During all this time, I never
lost an opportunity of expressing my uwnl
and the Company’s wish, that they would|
cease taking grog ; and took care to set
the thing in a pleasing manner bcfurc‘
them, as to the credit they would guiui
by giving it up ; and explained the great
difference between having it stopped and |
their desiring it might not be given out. |
They frequently—that is some of them, !
told me to stop it. This I refused to do, |
till they AL united and ordered it stnp-I
ped; giving as the reason, that by stnp-;
ping it without all consented, it would be
doing them an injustice as well as the|
Company: first 1 should injure them in!
depriving them of the credit of having
lurdcred it stopped themselves ; and sec-|
ond, by making it appear that the com-|
pany was arbitrary ; I told them thatl
whatcver was done, must be by mutual|
consent—no compulsion. In addition to
this, T took advantage of every case of
Isickm:ss, accident, or when alone with'
‘any one of the leading men, to cxputiath
’cm the awful effects of dram-drinking,l
‘shm\'ing it to be a d——l to the soul, nI
thief to the pocket, a wife’s woe, and
children’s sorrow, &c.; and, on the oth-'
\cr hand pointing out the good to be enjoy-‘
‘ed by wholly relinquishing the habit, tth
lllu-ncfit to both soul and body, the happi-'I
‘ness and comfort in their families, their
‘better appearance in society,and the ef
fects on their characters, &e. and whon[
‘on these topics, I did not spare in color
ling; and at all times endeavoring to uuitf
I.thc conversation to the occasion, yet do-'l
ing all in a persuasive manner, heaping
'couls of fire on their heads, not to burn
(them, but melt them down. My pnpcrl
‘rmninds me that I must stop, although l;
thave not told half. Yet you will be able
'to comprehend,in a great measure, all my;
Iprocccdiugfl. But should it not be what
you wich, pray write again, |
“And for the present, believe me to
{remain, your obedicnt scrvant,
“JOHN CLOWES.”?
P. S. T must not allow this to go with
out telling you another thing 1 did to in
duce the men to give up the grog, and
which operated powerfully. That was,
I preferred the man who drank the least,
to every favorable situation, and made
him my confident, proelaiming it throngh
the whole, that I had no confidence in a
dram-drinker, And when I engaged
Mr. Young, who is a water-drinker, and
by far the best and ablest workman, Tim
mediately made him second in (:(:n;mnnd,‘
and gave him power to discharge. This
took just as I calculated, and pmduced;
HERALD OF THE TIMES.
what I have mentioned the first week in
October last. 1 could state a hundred
things more, but have neither time nor
room ; only what 1 say about myself,
having no liquor or wine in my house, I
,beg purticularly to call your attention to,
as to the effect of ny example, &ec.
O —=vB UN
“——/’/
-~ yp"“fls U 1
NEWPORT,
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 28, 1830.
TOWN MEETING.
' The April town-meeting on Wedngs
day *t was organized by the choice of
'llr. vY. Craxsrox, Esq. as Modera
tor. The former Representatives to the
IGcncral Assembly were re-clected with
qut opposition. The whole number of
votes for General Officers of the State
polled at this mecting, was only 229! lmt;
about half the number of freemen who,
:urc qualificd to vote in the town,—Of
this number Fenner received l!)."i,Bridg-'
ham 14, and Messer 12—8 scuttcring.l
i"l'wmlld be well and perhaps proper here i|
to state, that all the votes of the Jackson |
Ipurty in Newport were promptly brought |
to the palls, consisting of about 70, IFrom
'this fact it is evident there has been noII
new converts, and if we were to expunge
ifrumthis number those whe hold and llm.-ch
who expect office, the aggregate of the
Jackson strength in this town would prob-‘
ably be less than 40. We are sorry to|
say that many of our most influential and |
respectable citizens, who have hidu:rtu:‘
‘unil'urmly supported the principles ot'thc;
past administration, and who in a politi-
Icul poiut of view are still “without vuriu-}
bleness or the shadow of change,” have'
inthe present instance unpardonably nug-;
lected” to do their duty. « The Jackson
party are entitled to credit for their zeal
and industry—but while they indulgc!
themselves in vain boastings and loud
exultations, they should bear in mind that!
“the lion is not dead, even though he,
sleepeth,” l
The clection of the “National R(‘pul;-l
lican Convention Prox,” is considered by |
some to be a matter of doubt, but thc;
Providence Journal of Monday, places
all doubts out of the question, as will be
scen from the subjoined extract, ,I
“Tne Ereerioyx.—The following table |
shows the result of the present (‘lc(:tion"
of Scnators for thig State. There are {
probably some inaccuracies, but not c-'
nough matcially to afiect the election. |
We are pleased to be able to say %o the |
freemen of Rhode-Island, that the Na
tional Republican Prox has succeeded. |
GOVERNOR, SENATE. |
Mes. Fen. Mar. Se. N . Rep . Jack
Providence 404 90 43 6 403 00
North Providence 37 063 2 8 I
Cranston 46 91 2 26
Scituate T 2 48
Burrillville 31 81 40,
Glocester b 6 71 11 I
Foster 115* 117
Smithfield 42 152 19 51!
Cumberland (L 1 2 20
Johnston b 3 97 14
‘\Vnrwi(:k 119 85 491 72
‘ Fast Greenwich 68 40 8 21
Coventry 133 155 6 10
‘West Greenwich 8 71 3 6 30
Warren 90 17 3 1 91 l
Bristol 138* 103
Barrington 38 9
Newport 12 162 7 14% 62
Portsmouth 2 19 35t 83
Middletown 21 6 48
New-Shoreham 1 54 13 74
Little Compton 28 6 23 ‘
Tiverton 50 33
Jamestown 10 b
North-Kingstown 43 115 8 20
South-Kingstown 133* 43
. Charlestown 4
Hopkinton 42 71* B 3 |
Exeter 24N B 4 100
Waesterly 34 77 119 380 ‘
Richmond 6 104 b 920
* Majority.
{lSamuel W. Bridgham,
Tue NEWPORT AsyLuM. ]
The annual report of the Commission
ers of the Asylum was made at this meet
ing. Annexed will be found the maost
material parts of it.
The expenditures for the year ending
April 1830, amount to $2,704 96—of
which the following are the itcms.—Fol*
Board, 41606 62—Medical uttcndunco‘
and Medicine, $126 46—clothing $283
72 Improvements of the farm and house
$lll o—furniture, 4§47 11—incidental
charges, $285 16—junk, &c. furnished
for manufacturing, $176 36——premiums
for industry, 68 28—total $2,704 96,
These expenses were met by orders
drawn on the treasury amounting to $2,-
506 79, leaving $l9B 17 balance in fa
vor of the Asylum. This has been paid
by the sales of oakum and by stock on
hand, amounting to $167 69. The ex-
penses of the Asylum for the past yc"';to examine intothe state of the fire buck
have beenless by $7O 88 than they w.,ct’c-u, and the stairs and ladders leading to
during the previous year, ulthough the the roolof each of the dwelling hcuses in
number of Poor supported at this cu‘,.lo’town, and to report delinquents to the
liiflhment has been greater than it gene
rally is. This saving has been effected
by the Purchasing Committee who made
their purchases on better terms than usu
lal.
The present number of the Poor at the
Asylum, is 72; males 34, females 38, 3
only, have died the last year, which is a
less number than any former year; 52
were received last ycar, and 41 discharg
ed; the number received is nearly dou
ble that of last year,
The farm is at present under an exeel
lent state of cultivation—its productions
|lalt year exceeded those of any previous
Iyenr, as will appear by the following
'_summury i==2o tons of hay; 200 bushels
corn; 675 do. potatoes; 579 do. onions,
and 2232 hunches do. ; 58 bushels barley,
75 do. cats; G do. rye; 170 do. beets; 2
do. carrots; 50 do. turnips; 25 do, pars
nips; 300 do. mangle wortzel; 13 do
flaxseed; 175 Ib, flax; 320 wool; 1000
cabbages: 1000 pumpkins: 5355 wt. of
beef killed; 3450 do of pork.
The Stock now on the farm is 8 oxen,
|(3 cows, 4 young cattle, one horse, 80
Ishc«p, 20 swine, and a quantity of pnul-!
itr_\'. There pre at present, 55 acres of|
,hnd cultivated, 373 of which are moud-}
ow. Two acres have been walled in for
an orchard-—and trees will be set this
The amount of internal labor is 6024
Ibs. oakum; 25} yards flannel; 54 puir:
stockings footed; 167 knots thread; 4-')3!
yds. blankets; 451 yards tow cloth; lili
'putr stockings. 7755 Ib.oakum on hand.
I The farmis yearly improving in Imild-I
ings, walls, &c. l
I The above report after having been
received and read, was ordered to be
placed by the clerk on file.
l A resolution was offered requesting
the Representatives from this town to
|procurc an act of the General Assembly,
lempowcring the overseer of the poor in
;Newport, under the advice and direc
ltiun of the Town Council, to bind out for
|thc sea service all such male persons as
may now by law be bound out. The
resolution having been referred to a com
lmiucc of three, they reported favorably
lof the measure aud recommended its a
:dnption. This report was immediately
’m-.tcd upon, and after an earnest and in
teresting debate upon the expediency and I
‘constitutionality of such a proceeding, itll
was rejected by the meeting nearly unan
imously——not more than five or six free
men voting in the aflirmative. l
Free Schoor.
The report of the town’s committee on!
the subject of free schools which wm-l‘|
made to the town in August last, and|
published at length in our paper of the
21st, being assigned for consideration at
3 p.m. it was accordingly taken up at
that time, and very fully debated. The
measures recommended in that report
were adopted in substance by the town,
64 to 29, and reduced finally to the fol
lowing resolutions.
I Resolved, That it is expedient for this
town to procure a suitable site, and e-
Ircct another Public School lquse,culcu-|
lated to accommodate at least four hun
dred pupils, to be a Free School, ‘
I Resolved, That Sanford Bell, Joseph
;Mmfin and John Stevens, be a committee
to select and report a suitable lot for that
‘purpose and to report the price thercof to
town meeting June next,
‘ Resolved, That the Representatives of
this town in the General Assembly be in
!structcd to use their exertions at the next
'session, to have the act for establishing
'a_public school fund so modified, as to
!allow an appropriation of a sum therefrom
'sufficient, for purchasing such lot, erect
jing and completing said school house
;and defraying the annual expense thcrc-‘
of.
Resolved, 'That the Town Clerk make
out and deliver to each of the Represen
tatives chosen by the town a copy of these
Resolutions.
The Town Treasurer was authorized
to pay five hundred dollars of the princi
pal, and all the interest that may be due
on the Note against the town at the N,
iv. Commercial Bank, and to give a new
Note for $l,OOO, payable in one year,
with interest, for the balance.
Messrs. Bull, Bush, and Turner, were
appointed a committee to confer with W,
Vernon, Esq. relative to the town com
mon adjoining his estate, and to settle
the line of division in such a. manner as
the parties can agree upon.,
H. Bull, Thomas Bush, M Freeborn,
George Hall, Samfficl Whitchorne, Wm,
W Freeborn, E, W, Lawton and Dutee
J. Pearce Esqrs. were appointed a com
mittee on Finance—and were directed
to report on the subject referred to them
at the June town meeting. |
Elnathan Manchester was appointed
Town Council on or before the first
Monday. of August next,
\ J
A number of changes has been made
inthe Representatives tothe Legislature.
In Westerly—Tlsaac Champlin & Josh
ua Babeock, in opposition to N. F. Dix
on and Paul Babeock,
Providence—Wm Church, in place of
L. Carringron, declined. .
Charlestown—Daniel King in place of
David Clarke. I
Hoplinton—Josiah Witter,in the place
of Gov, Thurston, dec. '
Scituate—Job Randall, new member.
Middletown—John Chase, in place of
Wm. Bailey, dec. l
Jamestoun—G, Weeden and J, H.
Weeden, in place of former members,
who declined.
Coxaress.—Both houses of Congress,
attended the funeral of Mr. Smyth onl
Monday 19th. No public business was|
transacted, On Tuesday inthe Senntc,l
the bill for the benefit of the several in
stitutions for the instruction of the deaf,
and dumb in the U. S. was passed. Thc:
bil! to authorize the payment of a claim
of Massachusctts for militia services dur-“
ing the late war was ordered to be en-|
grossed for a third reading. The sum is‘
¢139 748 26. Inthe house on Tueuduy"
the bill reducing the duties on tea and
coflce, the latter from & to 2 cents pcr'
pound, and bn Cocoa from 2 cts. to 1 ct.l
was ordered to be engrossed for a third
reading. Inthe Senate on Wednesday,
the engrossed bill to authorize the pay
ment of the Massachusetts claim, was
Ipaflscd and sent to the house for concur-‘
rence. The bill to provide for the re
’movul of the Indians west of the Missis
'sippi was resumed, and Mr. Robbins ad
:drcsscd the Senate upwards of an hour
in favor of the Indians. In the house,
the bill reducing the duties on tea and
|(:ufi'cc passed, ayes 163, noes 5. This
‘will diminish the amount of the rcvcnuc’
mearly two millions. The committee of
!thc whole were some time engaged on'
‘the case of Judge Peck. No other bu-
Isincss of material importance had been
!trunsuclud up to our latest dates,
’ Tur Eurereeian.—A paper bearing
this title came to hand on Thursday last.
It is printed semi-monthly in New York,
by Mr. G. W. Bleecker, and is princi
pally devoted to Music. The first
number contains several original picces,
It is very handsomely got up, and docs
much ¢redit to the publisher.
st 7*The papers received from New-
York by the steamboat yesterday, con
tain no late Kuropean intelligence.
pr7Those of our udvcrlis‘ing friends
who may wish to occupy a place in our
next number, are requested to forward
their favors as soon as convenient after
this publication, as we are desirous of
preparing our paper for press earlier than
usual on account of the election,
- The Worcester paper cautions the
public to look out for a fellow by the
name of Mott, who has been passing
himself off in various parts as a Minister,
&e. This said personage arrived in this
town on Thursday last; and took lodg
ings at Mr. Townsend’s Hotel. Since
his visit here he has been detected in
several suspicious and dishonest acts,and
has assumed two orthree different names,
those of Haskell, liddy, and Mott. He
hired a horse and chaise of Messrs. R.
& G. C. Shaw, under the pretence of
going to Glocester to purchase horses,
and had procecded as far as Warren
when he was overtaken and brought back
’lto this place. There can be no doubtJ
from his appearance that he is an old of
fender, and has been pretty intimately
\acquaintcd with prisons. He is nowl
safely lodged in our jail on a civil suit.
SELECTED SUMMARY.
EDUCATION,
It appears by the School returns from
!ISI towns in Massachusetts, that there
are only 58 persons over 14 and under
21 years of age, who cannot read and
;writc, 2 of which belong to Essex coun-}
ty. 173 towns have not made their re
turns. There are 983 districts, and
115177,‘296 82 expended for instruction,
I'l'ho time of keeping school (estimated
by months) by male teachers, is 3,1381‘
Inmntlm; by females, 4,8001, Numbori
of scholars in public schools; 70,600~
in private schools, 12,393, ‘
The public schools in Portsmouth, N,
H. contain 723 males, 677 females, In
the private schools it is thought there are
2.0. The sum annually spent for edu
cation of children in that town, of about
8000 inhabitants, is over $8,300, I
NEW INVENTIONS,
The Williamstown Advocate mentions
the construction, in Nassau, N. Y. of a
steam coach, to run with ease and safe
ty on our common roads, It will convey
eight tons, at the rate of 5 miles an hour;
and one bushel of charcoal will supply
the engine four hours, The boiler is so
constructed that nothing is lost by the
‘escape of any of the steam, it being con
densed and returned immediately to the
'boiler; and neither smoke nor steam are
to be seen when the carriage is in mo
|tion. In descending hills, friction bands
are applied to the hubs by means of a
‘progrcssive screw, and are made more
or less tight according to the steepness
of the declivity; and for ascending, steel
corks are placed in the circumference of
the wheels between each spoke, which
are thrown out or drawn in by the appli
cation of a screw to a wedge placed be
tween the hub of the wheel, and the
cork to be moved.
A machine has been invented by a
person in Phillipston, Mass. for mortising
Window Sashes, Doors, &c. which proves
to be very useful. It occupies a small
space, and i« so light that it can be trans
ported from place to place without diffi
culty. It is put in operation by hand and
can be used to great advantage in every
kind of carpentry. One man by the help
of it will perform the labor of three and
execute the work very neatly, The ma
chine is very simple in its structure and
can be built for a small sum, Its appli
cation to all the purposes of light work
lhus been found advantageous and satis-
fagtory.
A machine for working shingles is in
operation in Cincinnati, It forms 240 in
one minute!
It is mentioned in the North American
Medical Journal for April, that Phila
delphia is the only place in this country
where the business of the physician is
wholly distinct from that of the apothe
cary.
The board of directors of the Ameri
can Peace Society has offered a reward
of thirty dollars for the best dissertation
on the subject of a congress of nations,
for the prevention of war, which shall
specify the particular object of the con
gress and the mode by which its stipu
lations may be enforced. The commu
nications to be sent to . L. Dodge,esq.
227 Pearl-street, New-York.
The National Journal states, that it is
rumored that Hill is to be translated in
to the office of Assistant Post Master
General, and that another rumor is, that
Charles A. Wickliffe, the hero of re
trenchment, is to be rewarded with Isaac
Hill’s late office.
It is said that Hilliard, Gray & Co.
have in press and will shortly publish a
Memoir of Plymouth Colony, by Hon.
Francis Baylies. :
The famous Rowland Stephenson has
purchased a farm on the banks of the
Delaware; price $15,000
In Chester county, Pa. last year a far
mer obtained 203 bushels of wheat from
G} acres of naturally poor land, on which
he had put lime and manure. The ad-
Joining land, without it, would yield but
5 bushels to the acre.
I At the recent election in Charlotte co.
‘Va. Mr. Randolph, says the Lynchburg
Virginian, made a long speech to his con
stituents, in which he declared that his
political life had terminated, and assured
them that he “loved them as representa
tive never loved consituents before—ev
en as a fond mother doateth on her ofl
spring.”’
A statement is given in the Nantuck
ct Inquirer, by which it is calculated that
in Boston, of 60,000 inhabitants, 40,600
constantly attend public worship; and in
Nantucket, of 7,000, 1,400 constantly at
tend.,
I Mr. Jerrerson’s birth day was cele
brated at Washington on the 13th inst.
The celebration was attended by the
President of the United States, the Vice
President, the Secretaries of State, Trea
sury, War, and Navy, the Postmaster
General, and more than a hundred repub
lican members of both houses of Con
gress, together with most of the distin
guished officers of the Government, visi
ters in the city and citizens of the district,
and neighboring cities. The President
arrived at b o’clock, staid till 10, gave a
patriotic tonst, ahd retired,
- In Washington county, Penn. there
are 23 temperate societies, comprising
1500 persons, In the towns the number
of distillerien has been reduced from 11
to 3.
In the ‘ycnr 1821, France exported
1,500,000 leeches: in 1825 the number
was increased to the prodigious amounit
of 22,650,000,
We are informed, says the Providence
Journal, that a man has been apprehend
ed in Taunton, on suspicion of having
been concerned in the murder of My,
White, of Salem. He has been fully
committed to take his trial before the Su
preme Court next week,