Literary cadet and Rhode-Island statesman. [volume] (Providence, R.I.) 1827-1829, 1828-12-27

rAs Finances IL IN sss SstsSSss stasss ~
pssr to be in excellent condition. They ss6Ss
nothing il comparison wifk tktss Of The Nssth-
efn States.
The Belvidsrs. N. ). paper, sstss that sAe ,
rains have swollen the moGntain sfTesms end"
tho Dele Fare 80 high, that the printers are al ,
most Inclined 10 turn collectors of dfh-wosA :
a. moro profitable than shsir present ocsuPa.
ton.
Tho Kennsbec river was closed BY ice on .
the 18th inst. probably for the season. The V
ground 10 bare Of snow.
iNDI6o.- II 10 proposed TO revive The cult. +
vation of Indigo in Florida. Formerly much
Avas prod,aed there, which was only rivslled '
by that Of the Caracas. In former times. :
nearly Sis0. 006 were paid in London. In :
one year, for Florida Ihdigo.-Bosfon Pale :
dium.
Mr.. Shell. the man injured in an ARRAY 10
Panton, VI. some time since, is dead. The
Grand Jury Of Addison county have found g.
bill against Aaron Bristol, with whohi he had
fought, fos assault and battery. The physic|
ians who examined SMELLS body. wero bySnrA'
means sure that his death was caused byJ'
wounds received in the afffay.
Recent letters from the Tcmascalcbses
mines in Mexico. owned by q company in Bat
timore, state that the miners are now ex-
t,aciisg, in considerable quantities, ore Of a. :
excellent quality the machinery for reducing
the ore 10 silver has been put into full opera
ton.
A fine steamer, called tho Columbis, to ply :
between Baltimore and The cities in the Dis.
trict Of Columbia, was launched at Baltimore. I.
on tho 18th inst.
The amount of canal tolls received by the 5
collector at Buffalo, N. Y. from the fist Of
April TO the first Of December. 10 89i,8e6 ~
cents. The receipts for the year 1927, were
$50. 2ss, showing a deficit this year Of 4,4o&.
.Munifeent.-E Elisha Lee of Sheffield, Mass.
has signrfed his intention 10 the Societies in
terested. Of making the following donations, =
To the American Education Society. for aper.
manenf Scholarship. $1,000; Board Of Foreish
Missions, $500; Home Missionary Society.
5000; Bible Society, $500; Tract Society
S%O0-Total, $4,000. He wishes 10 see these
purposes accomplished tUhile he Hues.
Good Creps.-Mr. William Nswcomb Of
Quincy has3 his year raised on Pstiocks West
Head, 'an Island near Quincy, on ~ -scres Of
land, without manure. 1900 bushels Of sound
corn. The sea fogs, It 10 thought enriched.
the land sufficiently to produce this result
Mr.. Joseph W. Capron, of Attieboroush~
raised the last season, from $50 square rods OF
land, ID l6ths Of an acre, rs bushels Of Pota.
toes and 20 bushels Indian Corn. A small or.
chard on the same land yielded between 20
and 40 bushels Of apples.
The Board Of Managers of the. CeIonise.
tion Society intend forthwith to chaSSSr q
ship to convey from $50 10 200 smiersnts -
Liberia.
The capital prize Of $50. 900 in the Grand
Consolidated Lottery, drawn at Washington
last week, was sold IN Portland in q whole
ticket.
Washington r. Bacon, son of Silas Bacon,
Esq. Of Serbia. in Oswego county, N. Y. aged
10 years, was killed on the I'd inst. BY the fall
Of a tree.
Major William Jackson, an officer Of the
revolution, and for many years editor Of q pa.
per in Philadelphia, died on Wednesday. There
are now in Philadelphia only four or Eve ofthe
officers OF the revolution. Of the grade Of cap.
tain and upwards.
At sun rise on Wednesday morning, there
were at the centre, or Marsh Market, Ia Bel.
tlmore, two hundred and twenty eight wagons.
three hundred and nineteen carts, and eish.
teen boats.
James Williams. alias Daniels, a dsshinS
blade. whose gold watch and other ornsmsnts
were valued at 7 or $500, was committed for
trial on Tuesday for picking pockets at the
Bowery Theatre.
On the steam boat Philadelphia reaching
tho wharf at New-York, on Thursday, one OF
the passengers missed q very valus Die watch
from under tho pillow Of the birth, which be.
had occupied. After y ~frtiilcss examinations
Of the other passengers, who submitted to be,
searched, the watch was found lying in q coil
Of rope.
1t is stated in the Catskill Republican, that
more than 5000 frkins Of butter came into that
village in one day last week. II 10 principally
manufactured in the Scotch settlement in Del.
aware county, and bears the best reputation.
in market.
Notes Of The Dry Dock Company il New
York, altered from tsoo to ttoenty dollars, have
been put into circulation. They are 90 we'll
done, says the Evening Post, as to deceive,
the best judges.
The proprietors OF the old line Of stages
from Albany to Buffalo. &c. have again con-
trac'ed for the transportation Of The mail. An
unsuccessful effort was made by The ~proprie-
tors Of the Pioneer line to contract for the
transportation Of it six days in q week only.
Tho collector Of the Customs at tho Pofs
Of Wiscasset, Maine, is the only one now liv-
ing that was commissioned by GEORGE WAsH- /.
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The price Of 1000 guineas is asked for,aa
Arabian horse now in London. Tho owner
has refused 1900. ID.
The editor Of the Ontario IN. ~ PhGnix,
says 1T would be noble act for ~virtuous fame,'
if that state were divided. BY the grace Of God Z
free and Independent, to call tho west part,