Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1830-1846, 1830-12-01

in the beginning of last week, Mr.. Rob-
ert McElmurry, aged about 25; and the
same day, his brother Richard Nc Elmur-
ry, aged about 10; and about week pre-
vious, Paulina McElmury, sister of the
above, aged about l3 years, all children
of the late John McElmurry, deceased,
of Cadon. Also, about 8 or A weeks
since, Mr.. Robert Montgomery, aged
about l8 or 10 years, a cousin of the
above deceased persons. The disease
which has proved so fatal to this unfortu-
nate family, appeared to be an influenza,
or cold plague, which carried off its vic
Tins in very short period after they were
attacked with it.
Counterfeit $5 bills, u. S. Branch
Bank, payable at Washington, good i'm
itations, have been detected in Few Jer-
sey;-they are payable to the order of,
and endorsed, r.. Smith, Cashier; letter
G..
A poor couple lately passed through
Sprignfcld, from 3rimfcld for the wes-
tern part Of New-Y York, "to settle the
country" They had seven fine boys,
six of whom the mother had born at three
births. Their names are George Wash
ngton, Thomas Jefferson, John Adams,
James Munroe, La Fayette and Simon
Bolivar.
Yale College contains 500 students,
of whom 346 are under graduates, res
ident graduates, 60 students of me dcine,
90 oftheology, and 33 of law.
Capt. House, of packet brig Acorn,
has made l3O tri ps from Boston to Phil
adelPhia, without meeting with any ac-
cidcnt or loss by sea.
Capt. Crockcr, of the New-York
Liverpool line, has crossed the Atlantic
56 times.
The Grand Lodge of Paris gave, in
the beginning of last month, magnf-
cent entertainment to Gen. Lafayette.
The foreign Freemasons, in Paris in
tended also to give him "a patriotic and
masonic dinner"
A Mr.. +. of Belfast, Ireland, has re-
Gently eloped, with the daughter of one
of the very wealthy Rothschilds-t
only heir to the immense united property
of these celebrated Jews.
A fever of a highly malignant type, has
prevailed in Hawkins county, Tenn. and
swept away in its fatal progress, large
number of useful citizens. The sickness
was confined to the space of mile on
each side of the river, in which 400 per-
sons have been sick. The Physicians
were among the sick.
1t will be well for persons who purchase
apples by the barrel in this city, to exam
inc both ends of the cask before they
close their bargains. Having lately
bought a barrel of pippins, upon opening
it, in addition to the common trick Of fac
ing at one end of the cask, at the other
it contained peck of red apples Of infc-
rior quality instead of pippins, and about
four or five inches Of straw, taking up
room enough for more than another peck.
Straw is very well in its place; but it
comes high when bought by the "smah
measure" and at the price of pippins.-
~ Y. Dai. Adr.
HALLowELL, (ME) Nov. 27.-The
first snow fell here on Thursday night
last, to the depth of one or two inches.
We understand there was sleighing in
Pennington last week. The season has
thus far been unusually mild. The
ground has not yet frozen, and very little
ice has made in this vicinity.-.4drocate.
The Post Master General has made
arrangements for dispatching daily af-
ternoon mail from Washington to Balti-
at o'clock, and arriving
at g. Connected with this, an express is
to bring an extra mail daily from Alex
andria to Washington, to leave at and
arrive at 2 o'clock.
From the Mcditerranean-A letter from
on board the U. S. Ship Boston, dated at
Port Mahon, Aug 26, is published in the
Journal of Commerce. Hearing of the
capture of Alg giers, at Gibraltar, the di-
rection of the Boston was changed at the
of Com Porter, on his way to AL
giers as Consul General to the Barbary
Powers,) and he sailed for Port Mahon.
He found Maj. Lee, whose appointment
the Senate very properly refused to con-
firm, at that place, intending to sail for
France. 4
"Com. Porter intends to 90 from this
to Algiers, and afterwards to Tunis, where
he is determined to remain and as soon
as he has made the proper arrangements,
he purposes to return to the United States
for his family. /
"The Java, Lexington, and Fairfield,