Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1830-1846, 1830-04-21
SELECTED ITEMS.

1915, amounting in the whole to sc, ,440,-
$50, II, will be paid on the first day of
July next, to the proprietors thereof.
The packet ship De Rham, Capt. De-
peyster, arrived at New-York on the 10th
inst. from Havre, accomplished the pas
sage from land to land in the remarkably
short time of 8 days--one ofthe shortest
passagas ever made.
i The U. S. Bank.-Mr. M'Dufie,
from the Committee Of Ways and Means,
has made long report decidedly in ia
vor Of the U. States Bank.
| We learn from the Boston Patriot that
the Society formerly worshipping in the
church recently burnt in Hanover street,
have determined to close their concerns,
and that new Society has been already
formed, ofwhich Rev. DR.. Bcecher is to
be the pastor, who propose to build IA new
and beautiful church on some eligible
site.
Cincinnati. Hats TO the amount Of
Sl29, $50, are disposed of annually by
three of the principal dealers in Cincin-
natl; by the three principal cabinet ma
kers S68, 900 worth of cabinet furniture
is sold; and the amount ofpaper of differ
descriptions, manufactured at the city
mills S64 200, and at two others S64 900.
The imports of the city of Cincinnati for
1889 amonnt to S3,931 ,o62; the exports
for the same period s., ,2Gl 500. Three
hundred buildings, large and small, were
erected in that place during the past year.
Carpenters. One hundred and fifty or
two hundred Carpenters can find immcdi-
ate employment in Pottsville, Port Car
bon,and the neighboring towns. So says
the Pottsvile, penn Miners Journal.
The Rev. Mr.. Pomeroy's meeting
house in Bangor, Maine,) was destroy
ed by fire on the evening of the 9th inst.
A new and elegant organ had been re-
Gently set up in the church, which was
likewise destroyed. No insurance.
The Legislature of Georgia has adopt
ed an excellent regulation in relation to
female witnesses. Dy law recently
passed, their attendance in Courts as
witnesses, except in criminal cases, is
dispensed with, and their testimony taken
in private by Commissioners, before whom
they are required to give dispositions un-
der the same penalties that before enforc-
ed their attendance in Court.
The venerable Charles Carroll of Car
rolton, has lately conveyed to the Roman
Catholic Seminary, at Baltimore, 254 a.
cres of the Manor, together with $1,000
to erect a Seminary thereon, for the pre-
paration of young gentlemen for the &C.
clesiastical state.
The number ofCatholics in the United
States is estimated at GOO, 900, greatly
exceeding the members of any one prot
estant sect. The Methodists, the most
numerous of the Protestant, are 43l 900.
The number of friends is stated to be
10000.
The postage of Massachusetts for the
last year was SlO7 ,544 so, being third in
amount of the states. New York and
Pennsylvania alone are higher.
Literary premiums. The New-York
Amulet and Ladies' Chronicle offers a
premium of $40 "for the best moral tale,
which shall exhibit the dclctcrious conse-
quences of vice in the mos! vivid colors;"
and for the second best 500. They must
be forwarded, free of expense, previous
to June 1.
The late whirlwind in Ohio, was very
destructive. In Urbana, 10 buildings
were destroyed, including market-house
and church, many people wounded and
four or five killed: damage about 100000
In New-Philadelphia, Goshen and War
ren, many houses were injured, and sew
eral persons wounded
Some benevolent individual has placed
in the hands Of the Clerk Of the Ameri-
can Temperance Society, $3.50 as a pre-
MUM for the best article on temperance.
One of the subjects proposed by him for
the exercise Of the talents of his candi-
dates is, "Whcther it is consistent with
duty for churches Of Christ to admit those
who continue to sell spirituous LIQUORS, as