Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1830-1846, 1830-10-20
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to the living

Catharine Austin has recovered $1,000 at Del
hi. N. Y. Of Thomas Bryan, for breach Of pro-
mise of marriage.
BACHELOR STOCK RIsING.-The Editor Of
the Saturday Evening Post says, "a gentleman
who lately advertised for wife, informs US that
he received many applications for that office,
that he obligedto employ three assistants to look
over some of the letters" Bachelor stock, we
think, will advance the reception Of this latter
ing news
Farnum's Wooden factory, burnt in Grafton 9th
inst took from lamp falling into heap of oiled
WOOL and the fire spread very rapidly. $4,000
worth of wool was burnt.-An adjoining building
and 100 cords of dry wood were burnt.
A correspondent of the Newburyport Herald,
complains that at the late Militia Music, in Sails
bury there was much drinking, fighting and OBJ
scenity In the evening Ananias Fowler and some
others being engaged in fight, a MIR. llasl>ins in
terfered, and stabbed nearly four inches in the
hip by Fowler, who is in prison.
$4O6 2S have been taken in the different church.
cs in Portsmouth, for the Gloucester sufferers.
WIN. Gilbert of Bethelem, N. Y. has raised
43O lbs. of pumpkins, from single seed.
Key West was free from fever, Sept 7.
Angeoue Walker in the st. Louis suburbs,
Montreal, recently danced so violently on Sun
day night, that she ruptured blood vessel, and
was found dead next morning. She had hus-
band and three children.
Oliver Watkins of Sterling, Conn. has at length
received sentence of death for killing his wife.
$2l26 76 have been contributed in New York,
for the sufferers in France.
| Children in New York have recently obtained
money, b. crying in the streets, saying they had
lost money, and were afraid to so home without
| it.
An attempt was lately made to fire New Or
leans Three days after, some cotton was set on
! fire.
ANOTHER GoLD MiNE.-A richer gold mine
than any previously dscoyerd has just been found
in Georgia, on the land of Mr.. Elrod, in Harold
county, seven or eight miles from Gaineville. The
NIilledgcyille Recorder says,by accounts, this gold
mine is indeed a treasure--on the 2lst Septem-
her. seven hands made at this mine 2O5 penny
weights of pure gold, equal to about $50 1t Is
what is called ridge mine. The surface Is al
most covered with rock, which contains gold N
greater or less quantities The gold is obtained by
breaking the rock,
A Vermont paper recommends to its subscriber
not 10 ied IL. A most unpopular measure thu
would be, and voted down by majority Of five
sixihs; for there are at least five newspaper Dor
rowers TO one newspaper subscriber.
In the preface to Caillie's Travels in Africa,
is stated that Major Gray's expedition, and thos
Of Peddle, Campbell, and Tucker, IN Africa, cos
England eighteen millions of francs, (f75O,OO'
sterlmg)
Fall River Bank, Troy--scmi-annual dividen'
3 per cent.
We are Informed by Capt. Smith, Of the bri
Sophia & Eliza, that great deal OF damage wa
sustained during the gale of the lth August in tn
harbor Of Rio Grande. Most Of the vessels IN por
received some damage The Dutch brig leonlda
went ashore aud was totally lost-.N T. Gds'
We understand that the Commissioners of tn
Navy BOARD have lsfi Washington for the north