Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1830-1846, 1830-07-07

} had no regular papers; was Baltimore
built, schooner, and no doubt was pl-
rate; she had plundered the slaves from
some other vessel. Both vessels had
gone to Pensacola.
II The above account is from resident
at Cape Haytien, who was on board the
Grampus at the time, and was put on
shore at st. Louis, some miles to lcoward
Of the Capc.-M. II. Books.
H WEST PofNr.-The annual examina-
ton of the Cadets at this national school
closed about ten days ago. 1t was satis-
factory in an eminent degree to the board
of visitors, and creditable to the institu-
ton.
Il We annex list OF the Cadets which,
according to regulation for the govern
ment of the Military Academy, requiring
the names of the most distinguished Ca
diets, not exceeding five in each class, to
be reported for this purpose, at each an
nual examination, is to be attached to the
Army Register
H Reported al The examination in June,
1830.-First class-Alex'r J. Swift, N.
York William T.. Basinger, Georgia !;
Walter S. Chandler, District OF Colum-
bia; Francis Vinton, Rhode Island !;
William N. Pendleton, Virginia. Sec
ond class-Roswell Park, New York !;
James Allen, North Carolina; Henry
Clay, Kentucky Richard III. Pcyton,
Virginia. William A. No,ton,N York
Third class-Robcrt p. Smith, Missis-
sippi; BENJAMIN S. Ewcll, New Jersey;
George w. Ward, Massachusetts; ,Ja-
cob w. Bailey, Rhode Island; Lewis
Howell, Pennsylvania. Fourth class
Frederick A. Smith, Massachusetts :;
John II. Allen, New York; Francis H.
Smith Virginia; David II. Harris, Vir-
gnia: William ii. Sidell, New York.
The first class is composed of the ca
diets who have been years at the insttu-
ton, who have graduated this year and
commissioned in the army. The second
class have served three years, the third
class two years, and the fourth class one
year.-.N Y. american.
Accommodations three o'clock last
Monday afternoon, the schooner Star,
Capt Bell, from N York for Folly Land
ing, was overset by squall, twenty miles
north fCapc May. Capt Bell, wife and
child, G. Hall, J. Millcn and J. Middle
ton, were all drowned. William Satch-
ell, one of the crew, swan to the small
boat and succeeded in bailing the water
out of her with his hat, and remained in
her all night and part of the next day,
when he was picked up by the brig Thorn
from Philadelphia, bound to Boston. On
Tuesday afternoon the Thorn fell in with
the Sch. Adrian, Captain Sharp, from
Richmond bound to this port, who took
Oh board Satchell and his small boat, and
brought them here yesterday forcnoon.--I
Satchell says that Captain Bell, his wife
and child were all drowned in trying to
reach the small boat-that having no oars
in the boat he could not assist them, and
saw them all clinging to each other and
sinking together The schooner went
down about an hour after the accident.
~ Y. Dailp Adr.
AsHrIELD, Mass June GA full
grown bear was shot in the centre of
this town yesterday, after having been
pursued about 2 hours by large num-
Der of citizens. 1t is the only one killed
in this place for 40 years. lie probably
the same animal that visited Conway a
short time since.
MICHIGAN. There are now four n cws-
papers published in this Territory. The
land is of the best quality, and offered in
abundance at one dollar and a quarter
an acre, produce is plenty, cattle cheap,
the farmers healthy and happy, and they
lay out nothing but Industry, which nets
them two hundred per cent. in the shape
ofhonesty and independcnce.--Bos Cou.
Mr.. Duff Green of Washington is
about to publish quarterly magazine, to
be entitled the "Amcrican Army & Ma
val Journal"
1t has been ascertained that there arc
900 900 persons in Ireland, who cannot
speak the English language, and ,6OO,-
600 who speak it but very imperfecty.
A Nashville paper gives the following
additional account of disasters by the ter
rifle thunder storm and tornado in Ten
ncsscc, on the night Of the 3lst ult.
"Upwards of fifty houses in Ruther-
ford county were blown down or unrool-
cd;and although many persons have been
terribly wounded, yet no deaths in that
county have yet been heard Of The
family of p. Prater suffered much-him-
self having been blown considerable
distance with the lrnGmcnts of his dMcll- |