Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1830-1846, 1830-06-23

young inccHuiiCS, ulucI TIC uSC vi ~
years, who have served an apprentice
ship in said town, and faithfully fulfilled
their duties, and Of good moral charac-
ter The present value Of the fund is
| Sl7,720 GA cents, giving an increase on
the original donation, at simple interest,
of about 8 IA per cent, per annum.
Hunting on great scaie.--There is Il
range Of mountains near Lake George
possessed by a celebrated hunter Of the
name of Phelps as Deer pastme.-ln
the spring, when the vegetation Of the
previous year is sufficiently dry, he sets
fire to the mountains. Subsequently,
green and tender herbs springs forth, and
induces drovcs of dcers to resort thither
in quest of food; by which means the
hunter succeeds in killing hundreds an
nually = Questionable Tour" Just pub
ishcd by the Carvills.
Taylor, the water poet, who lived in
Charles the First's time gives the follow
| ing line as reading backwards and for
wards the same:
''Lewd did live s. evil did dwell"
and adds, 81 will give any man five shil-
lings piece for as many as he can make
in English" We do not know that the
prize was ever claimed.
The Union Line of Stages carries pas
sengcrs from Providence to Boston for
80 cents.
Siamcse YoMhs.-Somc very singular
facts relative to this lusus nature have
been communicated to the Royal Society
by George Buckley Bolton Esq. Mem
Der of the Royal College of Surgeons,
and communicated by DIR. Rogct:-A
silver teaspoon being placed on the
tongue Of one of the twins; and a disk of
zinc on the tongue of the other, the mo-
ment the two metals were brought into
contact both of the boys exclaimed Sour!
Sour! thus proving that the galvanic in
lluence passed from one to the other
through the connecting band.
Distressing .Accideni.-In Quincy on
Wednesday afternoon, as young man,
by the name Of Bartlett, was tending a
grist mill, he accidently fell amongst the
water wheels, and was so manGlcd, as to
cause his death in few hours. Mr.. B.
was man of excellent character, and
highly esteemed by al! who knew him.
.dnOther Of the Mohegans gone to her
deaM bcdL-At the farm which her great
grandfather TILED, Lucy Tantiquigion,
ut the advanced age of 81, having de-
sccndants of the seventh gcneration.-
Lucy was born in the 9th year of Geo.
the Seconds reign, and retained in her
memory many events of the early settle
mcnt of the white people, who came from
beyond the great waters. Although
she could not boast of any connexion
with the House Of Hanover, or with the
white or red rose of York or Lancaster,
she sprang from race of kings on the
maternal side, whose uniform friendship
to our Pilgrim Fathers, should never be
forgotten by their children. While other
surrounding tribes were prow!ing around
our borders, creating alarm by the war
whoop and savage yell, the family of
Uncas gave to the Pilgrims the wampum
of peace, and, when occasion required,
their intrepid warriors welded the toma-
hawk in their defence. Lucy Tanti-
quigion was the sister of the Rev. Sam
som Occum, the Indian minister, who
went out to England in the year l7G6,
with the Rev. Mfr. Whitaker, to obtain
assistance for the school for the Indians,
then in charge of MIR. Wheclock, after
ward, President w. Mr.. Occum was
graciously received at Court, and rccciv-
cd many tokens of kind feeling while in
England, and was always greeted by the
late DIR. Levi Hart, of Preston, with a
uniform smile of bcnignity whenever he
visited his family.-.Norwich Cow.
The person who broke into the house
of the Mayor of Albany and stole guam
tity ofsilvcr plate has been apprehended.
His name is Whitman.
We learn from the N. Y. Daily Adj
vertiscr, that the ChcroIsecs, over whom
the Legislative acts of Georgia have be-
fore this time, been extended have de-
tcrmincd to take measures to bring the
question of the constitutionality of those
acts before the Supreme Courts of the
United States; and for this purpose coun-
sci of the most distinguished character
and talents has been employed by them.
The Providence Journal states that
there was woven ut u cotton mill near the
village of ofPawtuxct, in sin days, on twen-
ty-two looms, upwards of six thousand
vord. .oTthrcc-uunrtcr cloth from number
eighteen yarn, by seven girls. One of
the girls attended four looms and wovc
eleven hundred and siyty-two yards.
John u. Van Ness has been elected
q L L II.