Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1830-1846, 1831-06-23
SELECTED ITEMS,


before the last Presidential election, candidate
Jackson said
'It required no de pth Of thought 10 be convin-
ced that corruption will he the order of the day, If
the President shall make important appointments
from among members of Congress"
The prediction is fulfilled No other President
has so often tried the experiment, and at no other
time has corruption been 50 much the order Of the
day.
The Boston City Guards, now at Philadelphia,
are visiting the Museum, Academy, Athen~um,
SC, as we hear by the papers. Much gratifying
attention appears 10 be paid to this corps. On
Saturday last, the day of their arrival, Major Cen
eral Cadwalladcr, with his staff, headed the march
through the streets.
The New Jersey Anti-M asonic State Conven-
ton, which met at Trenton last week, nominated
Richard Rush for the presidency, and mr. South
ard, of New Jersey, for the vice presidency.
HoNoRs.-It is said that the decoration Of the
Legion Of Honor is about to be conferred by the
King Of the French upon several distinguished
strangers. Among other names, those of Sir Wal
ter Scott, GGthe, Cooper, Sismond, Berzelius,
b. Cormenbnch, Sir Ashley Cooper, and Thorn
walden, are mentioned
The Nashville Banner Of the I'd instant states
that the cotton crops in the Western District OF
Tennessee have suffered much from the worm and
the protracted cold Of the season.
VALUE OF PROPERTY IN THE WEST
Since the determination Of the Directors Of the
Ithaca and Owego Rail Road to proceed to its
construction, real estate has advanced very rapid
ly in the village of Ithaca. An acre ground, not
in the centre of the village, which cost short time
since but few hundred dollars, has recently been
sold for sr5OO, and will, when Gu, up into build
ing lots, afford handsome profit to the purchas-
crs.
ga visit to the South Seas, in the U. s. ship
Vinccnnes," in Is2S-3O, by c. S. Stewart,
Chaplain in the Navy, is recently published. 1t
is represented rs u useful and entertaining
volume.
REFORM Mr.. Daniel Waite has been np-
pointed keeper of the lighthouse at Warwick
Neck, in the place of Mr.. Case.
The sum collected in the borough of Norfolk,
(Va.) and forwarded for the relief Of the house
less sufferers by the late fire at Fayetteville, was
twenty five hundred dollars.
Peter Force, Esq.-Natonal Republcan--has
been elected President Of the Board Of Aldermen
of Washington City.
The jury in the case Of Mr. Marshall, indicted
at edmond for shooting William Gait, after be-
ing long time detained, returned a verdict Of
not gully
The National Intellisencor states that a pas
,cnger saw t,reirt hundred Of the Fayetteville
sufferers, in one body, encamped in the neigh
borings woods
| At the last meeting Of the Board Of Managers of
the American Bible Society, one hundred Bibles
and two hundred Testaments were voted to the
Colonization Society, for the use of the emigrants
about to sail to Liberia, and those who are now
settled in Africa
Twcnty-six negroes, convicted as ring
leaders in the late insurrectlon at Martin
iGue, were executed at St. Pierres on the
Goth of May, likewise, one at Fort Roy
al. The markets at St. Pierres. on the
! st inst. were extremely dull for Ameri-
can markets.