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STATE OF RHODE-ISLAND AND PROV-
Be SPENCE PLANTATION‘.“ |
General .lnu::l.y’. January ?‘n.
Au Act inaddition to an D?m“flcd
¢ an act substituting neft weight
for qusa weight, in sales and cun
trarTs velating (v articles of mer
chand'ue.” : 1
Be it enncted by the General As
sembly and by the authority theveol
it 'is enacted, That every pevson
who shall selfaml deliver, and every
person who shall weigh any hay, or
wake out a bill of the weight thereof,
in any other way than by welt
weight, or by sllowing only twenty
bandred pounds for aton, or one hun
dred poundsinsteud of oue hundred
and twelve pounds, shall furfeit and
pay the sum of ten dollars far every
such offence, one bhall of which penal
ty shall acrue to the person who
shall prosecute and swe therefor, and
the other halt to the u-e of the town
in which the said complainant shall
veside, - LT .
I'rue copy: witness,
j HENRY BOWEN, Bec’ry.
An Act to pratect the oficors Justice
of the adjoinipg States in passing
through this State in the execution
of their duties, i 9
Be it enacted by the General As
seimbly, and by the authority thereot
it is ewacted, ‘Fhat the Sherills,
Deputy Sheriffs, Constables and oth
cr officers of the adjuining States,
with their assistants, in the legal ex
ccution of any writywarrant or vther
process issuing (rem and returnable
to Courts in their respective States,
) and shall bave (ull liberty, pow
or andruthority o pass and repass,
and able also te convey such persons
and (hings as they ma{ilegufly have
I ‘hqir‘ custody” by, virtue of any
‘wriv or wargant, inoe by any of the
roads or waye lying in or leading
through any tgwns or Jands ol this
Statey in uwdull, fvee and ample man
r us the officers of Justice ol thus
(ate ‘do use aird exercise in the dis
arge of their duty and oflice: and
all zpersons that mgpace, threaten,
olesipuct, strike, insult or assaalty, or
in any ether manner abuse such ofti
cers of the adjuining Siates, in such
exocution of their vilice, us they are
passing through any, of the roads or
lands of this State, shall be subject tv
tire same paing and penaltics as per
sons would by law be subject unto,
tor “insulting of utherwise abusing
‘similar oflicers of justice ol this
Stife, in the due execulion of -heir
A ftrue copy - Witness,
: HENRKXY BOWEN, Sec’ry.
w Act to repe.l an act entitled
T an act to sagpend procéedings on
Cpetitionsdor the beuglit of the act
wufi# an aclt Tu;&,tclicf ol in
bt debtors,” o ‘
“üßedtenacted by the General As
wembly and by the nuthority thereof
dtis enacred, That the act alorc
said Be and the same js hereby re
ppealed. A trae copy—wiiness. -i
HENRY BOWEN, Sec'ry,
An Act éxplanatory and in gmend
aneat of the ““act for the relief of
Essolvent Debtors.”
Swe. 1. Be it enacted by the
Gencral Assembly and by the author
ity thereol it s enacted, That i
shall be the duty of the Supreme Ju'
wictal Court strictly and lhuruglol_\{
to examine into the conduct and pe
-cccflinga of every petitionce who
‘ghall come before them (o 1 the benefhi:
«of said act, so lar as the interests of
his cieditors have been, or are liabl
10 be prejudiced or affected thereby,
aud in addition to his disclosure anc
answers under oath, te require him,
W they think proper, to praduce sa
islactory evidence of all such fuc's
as they may deem waterial to a fu!)
understanding of the merits of his
‘case. And no such petitioner shall
reccive a discharge in virtue of said
act. unless, upon.dull investigation as
uloresaid of lis condact and procecd
ings, and upon a hearing ol such tes
timony (il any) as his ereditors
tmay present, be shall in the opinion
of the court, exercising a sound dis
‘cretion thereoa, be fairly and justly
entitled thereto,
SEc, 2. And be itfurther enact
ed, 'l'bat said court shall have pow
er ip their. discpetion, 1o dispense
with the term of residence required
by the first section of said act, in
any parlicular cases in which, under
01l the circumstances, it muy in the
opinion of the court, be cunsistent
With the true intent and menning of
Ahat section, and just and proper sv
to do,'
A true copy —witness,
HENRY BOWEN, Bec’ry.
OUR GOD, OUR COUNTRY , OUR«{
THE STAR.
WARREN, SATURDAY, FEB. 20,
NATIONAL REPUBLICAN
AND o "
LANDHOLDER S PROX.
FOR GOVEMRNOR.
ASA MEBISBR,
FOR LIEUT. GOVERNOR.
CHARLES OOLLINS,
7 ~ (Of Newport.)
SENATORS.
1 DANIEL CORNELL, of Glocester.
2 HEZEKIAH BOSWORTH, of Warren.
8 BENJAMIN SMITH, of N Kingston.
4 STEPHEN B. CORNELL, of Portsmouth
5 JAMES F. SIMMOA\S, ofJohnson.
6 ELISH\ WATSON, of South King ston
-7 TIIOMAS WHIPI LE, of Coventry.
8 CHARLES ELDRIDGE, of E Greeawich
9 GEORGE D. CROSS, of Westerly.
10 GEORGE BURTON, of Cranston.
HENRY BOWEWN,Esq. Secretary.
ALBERT C. GREENE, Esq.
Attorney General.
THOMAS G. PITMAN, Esq.
General Treasurer.
027 We wie disappointed in not be
ing able jto comply with vur propoes
ed plan, this weok ;we hope to be a
ble.to present our 31 No. with new
type—when it will be enlarged.
- The following retort courteous is
from the Harvisburgh (Penn.) Intell,
gencerof Friday. [t is part of a legiy
lative debate
- «M¢ Crarr, a young man of consid
erable promise from All-giny county,
having th’et proper to answer Mr, Mar
tin, of Phildelphia county, on the sub
ject with party feeling, Mr. Martin.an
imered Mr. Cralt, by saying that be
would quote the following peetry for
'the gentlem.n’s instruction :
“‘ Large vesscls can—mey ven'ure mere,
But-lhittle Craft must keep the shore.””
Mr, Crarr teplied, that when the
gentlemen offered argament, he would
answer him , but as ‘he h.d been pleas
ed to amuse the House with poetry, he
wouwld add the remainder ©of the coup
let 3
*¢'The noble swallow seeks the wky,
But foolish Aartins can but try.”’
On the 7th-ins(, in the neighborhoosl
of Malaga, Glustér ceunty,-N. J. a man
of the name of Comer got drunk. drove
his wife and seven chiliren forth in
the night, set fire o his dwelling, and
was crushed and burnt to death wunder
the roof,which fell upon him, in Rames.
Dr. Franklin was once a member oi
a body in which it was cantended that
a certain amaunt of property, (G'y Jol
lars we think) should be required for
wvoting. T'he doctor was opposed tot.
¢ Po-day.’ }id bhe, “ a man omns a jack
ags worrth fifty detlars, and he 4s enti
tled to a vuie; but belore the next e
lection the jackass dies. T'he wan in
’M-me.:fi' time, has beceme more expe
‘rienced, his knowledge of the princi
ples of government, and his acquaint
ance with mankind, ‘are «mere exten
sive, and he is therefore botter gquali
fied to make a propei selecliou,?«vul
018 ~—— bul the jackass in dead” and
flhe man cannot vote. * Now, gentle
‘mau," said he, aldressing himeelf teo
the advocates of that qual fication, -
¢ lPray inform we, in whom is the right
" o:fl'mge ? luthe man or the jack
ass
For the Star.
MRr. RANDA LL,
Js the sabject of Intemperance, has exci
ted some congiderable interest among the
friends of good order, in this town, of late,
permit me to offer through the columns of
your paper, a few remarks on the subject.
{t doe- wost certainly rejoice my heart, to
find there are some, even here, who are wils
ling to lift up their voica agamst the crying
sin of this land, who deprecate the heart
rending curse of Intomperance. True it s,
that a moral revolution has alleady commenc
ed, and herculeon must be the effort 10 break
down the strong holds und ssp the founda
tion of that fortress, which ages have been |
engaged to rear and congolidate. Shall the
number and streng'h of the enemy,. intimi
date # W.l a war un the principles of self
delenceybe safo ? Can we not take neutral
ground and thereby escape! No—nothing
but an open, bold, united, and unyielding at- ‘
tack—nothing but a war of extermination,
will do, To e, the subject of lmompcuneo‘
is 80 momentous, and'm view of ite fatal con
sequences upon the happiness and viriwe cf
the people and the liberties eof our country,
and the fearful train of consequences, rosull
ing from it, that I might say with Gray—
Visions of horror spare my aching sight—
When I behold the wntchoc{ spectacle which
the drunkard exhibits to the shuddering view,
| aln os? wish te deny, that he Eo.onu those
power , which aione elevates him abeve the
;fifm.. that persh. Look at the creature
‘upon Whom tLe Almighty has stemped as his
‘own i:lnn‘o. endowed with reason u:‘imol
lectual powers, able ol co ndi
Ladoboynu the I:?of his Mcm bonri::
labout an immortal soul, am undyng spirit,
'fnol'y onjoy? o 1 may, every thing that
lvu d made him :l.:fnfiod and happy—all de
m:‘od by one fatal passon. Aod the ferm
Im te command respect, and confer happi
pess, reeling and staggering, u.der jthe dizui
ness'hnd brain_distracting eflects of ardent
God his Maker with ; refuses ht
is er with § 15 TPedkßug
t the ingane ribalry of fools, oF the 1-ud
idiot laugh mcl;rmlu,w is own deg
. n and ruin. And is this all : oh no.
ay in im iginatien, follow him from the
his home.---The baven of rest, the bow
er of peaco and love—the abiding place of
happiness ; and what a scene of distress and
agony is there. Beho!d the fair ferm of her
w‘n left the shelter of a father's house —=the
arms of a mothers love, and the home of in
nocency, and confided all these treasures to
the honor, the tenderness anl love of him
who it is how her wretchedness to call her
I usband, with unsuspecting conhdence, a
common and endearing trait in the female
character. Jnd is this the being she once
loved ? Oh ! what other feeling but an un-,
mingled and uuutterable sénse of her own
desolation and agony, now fills her bosom.
The man she loved, degraded gto a brute.—
'Wth wkat deep and choakirg emotions must
she look upon the little family of children,
who must call this wretched being father ¢
To whom, in this world , can she looj for the
n ary subsistance to supply their vants,
xf:r council, for i flection, for ?uidnqpo
and support in the arduous task of rearing
this little family ? not to the miserable bgm&
with whonshe is by hard necessity united.
Before her, and areund her, a feeling gf ds
olation withers and drics up the fountains of
all that losked like happiuess. And miser-es
iror-hand relaxes net its 'grup, {until nature
sinks and she seeke a refuge in the kindly
bosom ef the grave, which her husband de
nied her. Ans is it likely, that the children
will be more fortunate, than the wretched
mother? But ot the contrary, is it not mo
ally certaingthat they who receive theirfirst
lessens from the dram rhop, will end their
days in ignominy. J/nd the maxim, that to
bring up a cbiid in the way he should go,and
when he s old be will not depart from it, is
not very likely in this case to b® reversed.
How exiensive ls the mischief which one
drunkard is ealculated to produce ; he not
only destreys the heppiness and peace of his
own family, but he scatters fire brands and.
death over the community to which he be
| ngs. His vocabulatory is oaths ; and ob
scnity, lyiny, theft, and murder, fare among
the crimes with which he is familiar, and the
gnllows is too frequently hisend.
Have /, in what | have seid, exaggerated
were il dmpossible. There has not yet a
language beea found, that can speak with
that energy the nbl'pot ‘demands. Is it a
misrepresentation ? leok at our ewn towns
for an onswer. It teems with the midnight
brawlers, who at lh! dead hour of the pighty
reel from the dens of their foul and Jleath~
semoe orgies, shame even the darkness of the
night, and staggering to (if they have any)
their homes,or the barns, or what is the more
commen places of repose, the streets. there
to lay till the mermng shall arouse :hem, to
fenew their exhausted nature, by renewing
their potatien.* And thus, they bavedrinking
and sleeping, &c. e, till at length they
«die, and their spirit ascends before the dread
tribunal of Jehoveh, the:e to recsive its un
alterable doem. And shall such scenes pass
ocontinually before ‘our sight, without exciting
our fealings, for 'the disgrace and shame of
our fellow men. -I trust not, and am cheer
ed with the hopes, that the day :z not far
distan?, when this curse 10 our lund, shall be
bavshed furever. Temperance.
\Of Providence.)
~P. 8. It is my intentien, in your next pas
per, 1o extond my remarks stili farther.
Bristol, Feb, 18, 1886. .
MR. RANDALL, |
Having had the pleasure of .attend -
ing the Meeting, which was held in
this town, on Thursday evening last,
upon_the subject of Intemperance, pe: .
it 0 expre:s my giews relative
te the Bbject. I was very much pleas
ed with the remarks made by one of
the gentlemen who addressed the meet
ing, that if any Society is formed, it
should be on the principle of * Total
JAbstinence’ © This accerded exactly
with my views on the suhject. It ap
poars to me, that the only method of
delivering not only this town and State{
but the natien at large, from Intemper—
ance, is to abandon the ute of ardent%
spirits, altogether, except for purposes
parely medecinal. But, pcrhaps some
wiil say, how can this be done ¢ How
can twelve millions of people by whom
it is calculaled distilled spirits are ue
ed, at the rate of five hundred thousand
hoggsheuds a year, be brought to aban
don a custom to which they bave jbeen
so long und so generally addicted ?
Not by the force of statutes and sher
ifis, most surely. Can civil govein
ment control the fashions of a nation !
It is ipossible to regulate by law our
modes of dress, diet, and -sucial iuter
course. Shall our firesides, tables, &
closetd, be inspected by constebles and
informers 7 The most despotick gov
ernment on earth, dare mot inteifere
with national manners and customs,be
they ever so absurd er ruinous ; much
less can menasures of this nature be e
ven attempled inour own, Most cer-
Llllinl] inour own country, if not.else
‘where, national vipc_o can be corrected,
by moral means only. But to whom
‘shall we look for that moral influence,
‘excepl to those who are_regarded s
the .oid:'d light of the people.
‘When th alted men, more exalt
ed in responsibility both to God and
'lun. than they are apt to be aware of;
on whom the people rely fur assistance
to advance their interest, both in this
Forthe Star.
world and the next, sh ‘._w’a,o
cious phastice of drinking spirit
vous lic * ~we may predict
with certainty!'spgedy and general ref
ormation of the people. But these are
the people who in ‘many places bave
done so ; & their reformaticn is begin
ning to be extensively feltin the com
munity to which they belong. ~ But the
saluinary influence of their exdmple
and advice, we admit, will estend on'y
(o those who have a regard for theis
reputation in respectable society, and
who feel tie force of moral obligation
testing uponthem Batl feel mysell
constrained with commisseration for
their wrelchedness, to advert to the
‘oumber of those in whom these senti
‘ments have been destroyed by vicious
habits, together with a great and in
creasing multitude, who are the off
spring of vicious pareats. and have
grown up witho*ornl and religious
‘nstraction. Whose pursuits are sor
did, and who know no other pleasure
than the gratification of theit appetites
and the social enjoyments of uneduca
‘ed wod unchristian people, over, these
into sociateing lignors, rule with abso
jute swry. ‘They are to them, the
me:t important of all things ; and in
many cases, a substifute, to obtain
them ; they saerifice their all. It is a
mong these, that the must pernicious
cffects appear of their use. From
these, our asylums, prisons, &c. are
filed Now, thow can this suffering
portion of our fellow citizens, and
their forlorn offspring, be. recovered
(rom ruin for time and eternity, Pab-|
lic worship they abhor”; the Sabbath,
by releasing them from labor only af
fords them opportunity to glut them
|aelvel with uninterrupted - sensuality,
With those who alone are able and dis.
posed to promote reformation, they
have no intereourse,becadse rhey dread
and detest the very thought of repent
ance and amendment. Against minis
ters of the gospel, they are violently
prejudiced ;ard consciows, that they
are objects of contempt and abhorance,
tothe religious and respectable part
of mankind, they, in. return, regard
them with dissrust and hatred. In the
delirium of intexicafion they find a
transient relief from hardehip, want,
and disgrace. Should you tell them
of their wretchednes, they know it al
ready, and much more than you can in
form them. Urge on them the obliga
tions they are under to God, their fam
ilies, and themselves, to draw away
fiom a specdy and eternal ggstruction ;
these too they feel, and at times with
so much furce, as to compel them *to
attmpt an escape. But after a short
remission of the excitement of recent
ebriety, a train of scusations ensus, of
sharper anguish then they are able to
bear ; and they rush to their cup with
desperation wnd fury. They prefer
the anzuish of a thousaud deaths, to
the rocking torment which fullows the
suspension of the accustomed stimulus.
. ('U'o be centinued.)
TOTAL ABSTINENCE.,
Bristel, Feb, 16, 1830.
A VILLIAN CAUGH'T. Emmanu
el Phillips, who, it will be- recollected
deceived a respectable family in thie
city during the last summer, by pass
ing him~cl§ us a single gentleman and
warrying an aususpecting lady in said
family—and who ou the discevery of
his vitliany, escaped from justice—has
llately been acting his deception over
again in Cincinnati, where he took a
nother wife—but where he bas not
mupaged matters with his usual syc
cess, being now safe in_* durance,” to
await the reward of his villany —| Pitts
Intelli.
e e i
CONGRESS.
TWENTY-FIRST SESSION
In the Huuse of Representatives,
Friday, February sth, Mr M’Duffie,
from the commitiee of Ways and
Means, reported a'bill to redice the
duty on Coffee and Tea, which was
committed to a committee of the
whole on the Slate ofllnob.g'ni«m, and
ordered to be printed.—Mpe Mc Dul
fic, from the I’nmo ;;ommlltee xlgo,
reported the follow woposing a
iresucticm of the 'l‘uri ,‘ !’ - "
~ On Fridey, ;o_bo Senate passed a
bill ldding’i to the compenation
‘of the Marshal of Rhode Inl‘:nd.
In the Senate on Monday, the
Hon Robert H. Adams, from Mis
sissippi, appointed a Benator in the
place of the Hon Thomas B. Reed,
deceased, appeared was qualified and
tovk his seat.
Mr Robbine presented a petition
from Henry Fry, a purser in the Na
vy till 1817, praying to be restored
to the service from which ho was un
jusily discontinued,
‘l'he Senate resumed the consider
ation of Mr Fout’s resolution rela.
tive to the further survey and sale
of the public lands,
Mr Rowan addregsed the Senate
about an hoar apd had in continua.
tion and conclusion of the remarks
which he commenced on Thursday
|‘3to
Mr Barton then rese and express
ed an intention of speaking on tha
subject, but as the usual.hour of ad
journmeot had arrived, he moved an
adjournment ; and
The Senate adjourned, .
In the Senato on Wednesday, a
report was receive ftom the Direct
or of the Mint, exhibiting the opera
tions of that iustitution durivg the
year 18282,
In the House of Representatives
‘Mr Dorsey, from the Committee on
Naval affairs, reported a bill mak
ing provision fer the widows and
representatives of the officers and
\crew‘uf the Horaet, It provides for
a donation of six months additional
pay, and authorizes the accounting
'ofliccro of the Navy 0 allew them
their pay until the first of January
last 3 and that they .nay receive the
bounty of the Government pfomptly,
he moved that it should be made the
order of the day for Wednesduy
;Neek, which was ordered according.
y.
| In_the Se‘nnte on Wegdnesday, the
bill providing for the final settlement
of the claims of certain States, for in
‘(erest on thieir advances during the
late war, was ordered to be engross
|od fora third reading.—Some time
‘wu spent in the consideration of
| Kxecutive business.
In the House of Representatives
same day. the Census Bill and the
scveral appropriation Bills passed
to athird reading. The discussion
of amendments 1o the latter occupied
the House until s late hour.
In the Senate vn Thursday, a re
solution, submitted by Mr Foot, was
adopted, instructing the Committee
on rndian Afairs to inquire and re
port whether any and what furthee
ji»rovision may he necessary 1o pre.
vent encreachments upon lands be
longing to, or in possession of, any
Indiansg or Indian Tribes, whether
guarantied to them by tresty, or in
which the Indian title may not have
been extinguished.—'l'he Senate re
sumed the consideration of M 1 Foo’y
resoluticn in relation to future sales
of the Public Lands, when Mr Bar
ton concluded his remarks, and (he
Senate adjourned on the motion of
Mr Holmes, .
In the House of Representatives
same day, several bills heretofore
matured passed, ~ Pending the pas.
sage of the General Appropriation
bill to ite third reading, a little de
batg arvse upon some comparison
drawa by Mr Verplanck, between
the expenses for foreign intercourse
duriuglhf two firsl years of Mr
Adawns’s term, and the probable ex
penge during the same period of the
present administratisn,
~ In the Senate on Friday, the bill
providing for the final seftlement of
the claims of certain S:ates for inter
est on their advances during the late -
war, was read the third time and
passed, Some time wasspent in Ex
ecutive business. 'l'he Senate ad
journed till Monday.
In the House of Representatives
the annual appropriation bill pass.
ed. ‘T'he Lill making appropriation
for the payment of sundry Revolu
tionary and other pensioners was
cansidéred in Commitiee of the
Whole, and some debate arovse on
different modifications. -~ ThLe bill
was finally matu ed for its third
reading, and the Committee rose and
reportedtit to the House.
Mr Bel| presented the memorial of
the.inhabitants of Brentwoed, in New
Hampshire. 4 )
My W hite that of the inhabitants of
Wiiliamson ce, l'ennessee ; and
Mr Seymour, that of the inbabitants
of Middlebury, Vermunt ; severally
asking a repeal of the law_authorizing
the Mail to be transported®and-opened
on the Sabbath. 2
Mr Marks presented five remon
strances from a number of the inhabi-
taots of various parts of Pennsylvania,
"n?':';'" a dwwcontinuance of Sunday
ails.
Mr Rowan, from the Committeo on
the Judiciary, 1o whom had been re~
committed the bill of the Senate ** in
creasing the terms of the Judicial
Courts of the United Stotes for the
Svuthern District of New York, and
ndding to the compensation of several
District Judges of the United States,’