Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1830-1846, 1830-12-15
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breiliern the noble city, leave oilihat HoNoRA-
BILE. 1t was well enough once in the better days
| Of the Republic, but remember that Isaac Hill il
I'IIon." Thomas Moore il ''IIon" Lee is
''Iion."; Daniel Webster is above the epithet it
does not HONOR him, he needs no such honor
Give us the plain Dan Webster, for-as the En-
| gshman said Of his beef-"ihe,s is something
to chew upon."-Prtiand Gaz.
| Napoleon used to say that he wanted in public
iunctionaries, more head and less tongue The
Sovereign People might say the same from time
to time.-Ibm.
made $4,000 the past year. The impressions
are made on the paper by copperpates, similar to
enclosing.
The "Norolls Republican" Jackson paper
printed in Dedham, is discontinued
Mr.. F. l.. Grumpy, Of Portland, has manufac-
tured 'pen maker,' which makes a pen from
the quill at one stroke, probably similar TO those
imported. lie also provides blade in the han
! die.
| Tho Theological students at Bangor, Me- ore
said TO have excluded tea coffee from their tables,
intending to luXuriate on water, and milk and WA
ter. man once tried to keep his horse on
shavings; but the provoking animal died just rs
success dawned upon his experience.
Poughkeepsie tow boat lately arrived at New
| York, laden with 1854 dead hogs
II In Castleton,V VI. two medical students have been
arrested charged with disnterrng the body of Mr..
Penfield Churchill's wife, who was buried at
ilubbardton, few days before. The body from
which the head had been severed, was found in
Castleton, and recognized by the husband.
Fortune telling is all the go in Philadelphia A
mulatto woman from the West Indies attracts
crowds Of fools, who wait their turns, sometimes
all day. She cheats the public Of about SIS a,
day.
Il "Jane on the Green" trotting horse in Bat-
more, lately did 80 miles in |. h. SO. IN. Sc. sec.
winning by IN. q s.--The shortest mile, the
29th, was m. l3s. the longest, the 2lst. IN.
81 S.
II The llarper's Ferry Press, Va. says some hog
drovers from Kentucky were lately met, trudgng
knee deep in mud, and drenched with rain, after
their outrageously noisy gruntcrs, at the rate Of
! mile in IA hour-whistling away care, and
as happy as any body. All this, too, for tho pit
tance Of five or six dollars a month.
1 In the last Salem Register, n wag advertses rs
found in the street, lady's neither garment, vul-
carly called a petic0at, which the owner might
obtain at the office, &c. Our Philadelphia cotem-
porares, we fear, will be ready to charge the un-
fortunate lady with being one of loose habits al
though she Is no doubt good member Of socie-
ty.
\ 1t is now stated that the widow Of Morgan has
married a seeding mason.
i The property of Trinity Church, New York, is
said to be several millions Of dollars. $50 900
! m. hax hoo Inn ind in IL.
| The editor Of the Philadelphia U. S. Gazette
! garnished his dinner table last Monday with green
! peas presented by Mr.. John Kenworthy, from
! hls farm near FrankfOrd.
The Tarboro' N. C. Press argues the general
good health of the place from five citizens weigh
ing 1850 lbs: viz 26l, 253, PAT, 243, 236.
i Mr. +. Brown performed Richard iii. at CO.
lumba, 23d ult. lie was next to appear Nir-
! ginas Mr.. and Mrs. Cramer Pumer also
/ performing there.
! five did not take great pains, and were not at
great expense to corrupt our nature, it would never
corrupt us.
II The stages between Baltimore and Washington,
have carried in the last six months 20 900 passen-
gers.
Il Gov. Giles Of Virginia, has given opinion
that universal suffrage would jeopardse the liber-
ties of the Country.
II Gov. Miller of S. Carolina, in his message Oh
the opening of the legislature of that State, recon
mends the calling of State Convention, for the
purpose Of nulliiying the Tariff law.
| A GOOD sHor.-A gentleman in Ncwburyport
a short time since, killed wild geese at one shot
\ NEw-YoRK.-The N. Y. Daily Advertiser
estimates the actual Anti-Jackson majority in New
York as high as over 10000 votes.
II David Williams the only surviving captor Of
Major Andre, has been induced to appear Oh the
stage Of u New York Theatre. and relate the
event.
!, NAr1oNALITIEs.-Co says, In France
they have national guards, national songs,
national colors, &C.; Tut in England every thing
is ''hs most gracious majesty's;" nothing national
but the national debt! !
! Washington Irving is about to publish in
London, "The voyages and Adventures
of the Companions OF Columbus"
RAIL WAYs.-Thc Liverpool and Man
chester Railway is thirty miles i'll length.
The first month it was in operation, the
receipts amounted to 5000 pounds ster-
ling, 81, ,552 dollars for passengers only.
1t was not then ready for the conveyance
of goods.
five must lash one another, let it be
with the manly strokes of wit and satire;
for am one of the old philosophers o.
pinion, that if must suffer from one or
the other, should rather it should be
from the paw of Lion, than from the
hoof of an ass-.4ddiSon.