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Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1830-1846, 1831-09-08
From the Louisville (ken.) Journal.

Chiffon AND HAwEs.-Last evening,
we received official returns from the lth
Congressional District--Mr. Hawcs
has succeeded by majority of nine votes.
This result is or ought to be far more
disc couraging to the followers of General
Jackson than to the friends of MIR. CLAY.
AT the Congressional election Of 1913,
Mr.. Chiffon, who was then the Jackson
candidate in the / tn District, was elect
ed over the Adams candidate, by a ma
jority of about nineteen hundred Thus
we see the extent of the favorable chan
ges, that have been wrought there with
in the short period of two years If the
National Republicans have lost Thomas
Chiffon, the Jackson men are losing the
District. One more victory, like that
which they have now achieved, would
annihilate them.
There were various circumstances,
that contributed to Mr. Chilton's defeat
in the recent struggle. Immediately af-
ter his return from Washington, he was
seized with dangerous illness, and con-
fined to his bed until within five or six
weeks of the election; and in tho mcan-
time, his opponents and their friends were
travelling indu striously over the District
to scandalize and msreprcsent both his
private and political character--The
false impressions which were :hus made,
he had at that time no means of coun-
Iteracting. Even after he left his sick
room, his bodily condition was so fec.
BILE that he could not visit every part of
his immense district consisting of no less
than twelve counties, and vindicate his
character and conduct, in the presence Of
his old constituents. We may hero re-
mark too, that his opponents had a SUI
pcrfluity Of money, which was freely
used against him, but, that he was poor,
and conse quently obliged to rely exclu-
sively upon his own personal excrtions
and the ustice of his cause. Still, under
all these disadvantages, he has done
much for kentucky-much for his coun-
try; and we may venture to predict, that
an intelligent community will not long
permit him to remain in private life
lie is one Of those men, who were born
to advance the glory of Republics.
Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1830-1846, 1831-09-08
From the National Intelligencer.


PARTIES IN kENTUcKY.-The Mays
vile Eagle furnishes a table of the ma
jorities given in Kentucky at the Presi-
dental Election in 1923, and at the re-
cent Congressional election. In 1928
Gen. Jackson received majoritics in nine
districts and Mr.. Adams in three. BY
the table mentioned above, it appears
"that the nine districts which in 1928
gave Gen. Jackson a majority of 10, 1870
votes over Mr.. Adams, gave this year
majority to the Jackson ticket of but
little upwards of30O0-showng loss of
more than scren thousand. And that the
three districts which gave Mr.. Adams a
majority of2,GlO, gave majority this
year Of more than 4,700 to the Clay
tickct-lcaving a clear majority in the
State of 1900 for Clay-and showing an
actual gain, since the Presidential cleo
ton, of nearly rine thousand roies."
On the subject of the recent elections
in Kentucky, we have an interesting cx-
position from the National Republican
Committee of that State, which we shall
insert in day or two.
Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1830-1846, 1831-09-08

GALE AT MARTINIQUE.-Thc dread
iul hurricane by which the island Of Bar
BADGES was laid in ruins, according to the
account published exclusively in the
Evening Post Of Saturday, seems to have
extended, though with abated violence,
to the island OF Martinique, about 90
miles to the northwest. BY the arrival
at Baltimore of the schooner Virginia
Ann, IN twenty days from St. Pierres,
news has been received that IA hurricane
was experienced in that place Oh the lth
ult. by which great damage was done to
houses, lumber boats, &C.. and to tho
shipping in the harbor A full laden
lighter and crew were missing, supposed
to be lost Report stated that great
damages had likewise been sustained at
Port ROYAL. The island Of st. Lucia,
which lies between Martinique and Bar
BADGES, probably experienced in great
er degree than the former, the effects Of
the hurricane by which the latter is rep
resented as having been completely laid
waste. Ere. Post.
Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1830-1846, 1831-09-08

A large and highly respectable meet
ing was held in the city Of New York, in
favor of the Poles, on Monday evening
last VIM. A Duer, President of Colum-
bia College, was called to the chair, and
Dr. S. Akerly, and A. o. Dayton, Esq,
appointed Secretaries. A large commit
tee was appointed to solicit donations
Resolutions wcro passed expressive of
the object of the meeting, and very a
bic address to their fellow citizens, was
adopted. All subscri iptions, &c. are to
be forwarded to Gen. Lafayette, "who
has become agent to transmit American
contributions to, and for the use Of the
Polish people,"
Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1830-1846, 1831-09-08
From the N. y Evening Post Of the Sd.
HURRICANE AT BARBADOS.

We lay before ourreadcrs letter from
the Consulate of the United States at
Martinique, just received by the Collec-
tor of this port, accompanied by Ga,
zctte extraordinary, issued from the Bar
BADGES Mercury Office, bearing date Aug.
l3, giving an account of the ravnges of
one of the most terrible hurricanes OF
which we remember to have heard. 1t
passed over the ill-fated island Of Barba-
does on the night of the 10th inst. and in
eight hours left it dcsolatc, covered with
ruins and dead bodies. A letter to the
American Consul at Martinique, dated
August 18th, says" This island much
fear is ruined and it will be impossible
for it to recover"
COnSuIoto Of the 4. S. of .4meriea,
ST. Pierre, Martiaiguc, lcth ing. 1881.
Sir-The British Government brig, the
"Duke of York;" has this moment arriv-
ed from Barbados, bringing the painful
intelligence that that island had been al
most destroyed by hurricane on the
10th inst. Fortunately l have obtained
a paper, which now forward. 1t, how
ever, gives but poor idea of the dama-
ges and losses sustained, rs appears from
the memorandum on the back by q gen.
tleman Of high rcspectability. Private
letters estimate the number of lives lost
at between four and five thousand: and
great fears are entertained lest the efiu-
via from the bodies under the ruins, (pu-
treiaction having already commenccd,)
may add disease to famine and want.
Many of the inhabitants who have ever
been accustomed To the Injuries of life
are now without clothing or shelter. Re-
ierrlng YOU to the newspaper, | have the
honor to be, Sir, in haste, your ob't servt,
JOHN :. MIERCKEN.
To the COHectOr Of any Port in the Uni
ted States.
The following is description of the
Hurricane and its dcvastations, which we
copy from the Gazette above mentioned: {:
"On Wednesday evening, the 10th, a.
bout 7 o'clock, the wind very fresh ut
North, the clouds began to ocollcctinthick
masses in the n. f.. passingawayin in scuds
as fast as they collected, with n rapdity
of motion almost incredible. They CON
tlnued to do so until about Q o'clk. when
the sky became bright, and almost a per-
feet calm succeeded. At about half past
ten o'clock, the same fatal night, the
wind again began to spring up, blowing
pretty fresh from the S.W. shifting back
wards and forwards fromths point to N.
W., and increasing in violence every in
slant, and continued till about five the
following morning, (by winch time the
work of destruction had been completely
when it shifted again to :. T.. and blew
exceedingly strong until about half past
eight, when it somewhat abuted in ,io-
Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1830-1846, 1831-09-08
From tho Nsv-York Evening Post of Monday
STILL LATER.

This morning arrived the packet ship
Sampson, Capt. Cobb, from Liverpool,
whence she sailed on the 18th of August.
She brings London papers of the 3D. and
Liverpool of the 9TH, inclusive.
In looking over the extracts we have
made, our readers will observe a repor-
ted defeat of the Russians by the Polish
troops, in which the former lost 1900
men, and much ordnance. We fear that
this news is too good to be true. 1t was
first circulated in the streets of Paris, on
the festival of the Goth of July, and was
said to have come from the lips of the
King In great general engagement,
it was affirmed that the Poles had routed
the enemy with immense slaughter, Kill
ling 10000, taking captive $4,000 more,
and carrying off from so to 80 pieces of
cannon. The enthusiasm with which
this intelligence was received attested
the general sympathy which is felt for
Poland in the French nation.
A rumour is mentioned in the London
papers of the evening of the Cd, and re-
peated in those ofthe next morning, that
the Emperor Nicholas had died at ST .
Petcrsburgh. His death is attributed to
the Cholera .Morbus. Nothing is said of
the channel through which the report is
derived.
There is a report that the Hungari-
ans, influenced by the example of the
Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1830-1846, 1831-09-08

The Artillery Company which left here
on Thursday morning last, on an excur-
sion to Kingston and Wexford, returned
on Saturday, highly gratified with the
hospitablc and welcome reception they
met with. During their stay at Kings
ton, the citizens invited them to dinner
at Reynolds Hotel, and the Hon. Elisha
II. Potter provided a collation. for them
at his residence. After so generous and
acceptable a compliment to this compa-
ny, who will hereafter presume to say
that the honorable gentleman of Kings
ton, is opposed to the military. 1t is to
be hoped the feeling that actuatod him
on that occasion will predominant when
the Legislature shall take up the militia
bill. Our chartered companies cannot
expect to flourish under the present mill
tia system of this state. Several very
respectable companies have since the
last act was passed, given up their char
tcrs, and it is said that some Of the best
disciplined corps in the state intend to
follow the example.
Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1830-1846, 1831-09-08

N. c. and Surry and Nansemond, Va
and that great alarm had been excit-
ed at Richmond. But the Richmond
Compiler Of the 29th contains paper
which is styled official, and which pur-
ports to be the report Of Gen. Eppes,
from his head quarters, representing the
Disturbances as entirely quellcd. and the
insurgents are all taken or killed, except
Turner, the leader, who was still active
" pursued.
Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1830-1846, 1831-09-08

COMMENCEMENT. Many Of our in
habitants left town to participate in the
festivities Of Commencement, which took
place in Providence, yesterday. The
weather was unusually pleasant, and we
doubt not the interesting Exercises on
that occasion, passed off much to the
qualification of all present.
Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1830-1846, 1831-09-08

Frankfort, who passed through Metz
declared that at the moment Of their de-
parture, a report was circulated that the
Polish army had gained complete VIC
tory over the Russians, and that the Hun
garians, who have manifested such ar
dent sympathy for the sacred cause o.
this nation ofherocs, are no longer to be
restrained from making common cause
with it.
WARSAW, July 10.
The Warsaw State Gazette says
General Rudger has passed the Wieprz
and, with large part Of his force, has
entered Podlachia. The accounts from
Gen. Chrzanow and his corps all agree
that, from the movements Of the armies,
important events may be expected every
moment.
Many inhabitants Of the country OF
Brzesc-Kujavia, have lately arrived at
Warsaw, retreating from the Russian ar
my, which is advancing.
Polish FRONTIERS, July 90.
According to the last accounts from
Warsaw, which seem to need coniirma-
ton, the Polish army crossed to the ri ght
bank of the Nistula the day before yes
terday, to attack the Russian troops in
and near Lubin. From Niessawn we
learn that the passage of the other Rus
sian troops over the Vistula had contin-
ued uninterrupted from the nth; and
that, on the 10th, Prince Michael, with
the Guards, was expected on the other
bank to pass the river soon after. The
advanced posts ofthat corps were on that
day at Kowal Another bridge has been
laid over the Nistula, by which the pas
sage is much facilitated, and over which,
besides troops, a large park of artillery
Wagons, sc. will pass. The Russian
corps operating on loft bank Of the Wis
tua is at least 10000 strong. The is
land ofthc Nistula, on which the bridges
rest, is fortified, and will be furnished
with 40 pieces of cannon for the defence
of both banks. The Russian hcad-quar-
ters were still at Lipno on the l1th; and
on that day it is said there was a skir-
msh between that town and Plosk.-
The post from Posen, which arrived yes
terday, was forced, however, to go lit
tie out of the way, because Cossacks
had appeared in the direct road .-Prus-
sian State Gazette, July "a.
BELGIUM.
Marriage Of King Leopold.-Thc ar
rangements relative to the marriage Of
Leopold are, according to report, now
about to be commenced. The chosen
Queen of Belgium is the Princess Ma
rie of France, whose loveliness will
serve to lessen the cares of royalty.
From the Gazette de France Of Sunday.
We copy the following from the pri-
vatc correspondence of the Avcnir:-
"King Leopold has formally announced
his intention Of marrying Catholic
Princess, and ofbringing up his children
in the Catholic religion"
Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1830-1846, 1831-09-08
From the Boston Daily Advertiser.

INsrRREcTIoN OF THE SLAvEs.-Thc
Journal of Commerce of Friday contains
n letter from Richmond, dated August
28th, in which it is represented, that the
information received from Southampton
had induced the Governor to order the
troops who were returning, back to the
scene of insurrestion-that new murders
had been committed thcre-that fresh
insurrccton had broken out at Halifax,
Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1830-1846, 1831-09-08
According TO a statement in New

According TO a satemen in New
York paper, one fourth ofthc female pop
ulation Of the city has been libelled by
the famous Magdalen Report. A public
meeting was held at Tammany Hall on
the evening ofthe Goth inst, attended by
700 persons, preparatory TO general
meeting TO animadvert on the conduct of
those who have brought disgrace upon
the city.
Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1830-1846, 1831-09-08
NEWPORT.
THURSDAY MORNING, SEPT. sth, 1881.

The foreign news we have copied in
to this days paper will be perused with
interest by all our readers, 1t is earn
estly to be hoped that the reported sue
ccsses ofthe Poles will be fully confirm
cd by the next arrivals.
Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1830-1846, 1831-09-08
THE RIRI,E-

The following is an account of tho
number Of books, chapters, verses, words,
and letters, contained in the Old & New
Testament
Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1830-1846, 1831-09-08
Bennett III Wbceler. Esq who

Bennett II. Wheeler, Esq who has
recently been reformed out Of the Post
Office in Providence, has issued propo-
sails for publishing a semi-weekly paper
in that place, under the title Of "CHRoN-
IcLE OF THE TINES" The prospectus
will be found in our advertising columns.
Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1830-1846, 1831-09-08

Several changes have taken place in
the late election of Representatives in
the Legislature of this state. We shall
publish the list of members as returned
to the House in October next.
Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1830-1846, 1831-09-08
OLD TESTAMENT.

Number Of Books, 80
Chapters, 929
" Verses, 23,2l4
Words, 500, 2,439
" Letters, 2,723,lO
The middle Book is Proverbs.
The middle Chapter is Job, xxx.
The middle Verse would be II Chron-
icles, xx II, if there were verse more,
and verse l8, if there were a verse less.
The word find occurs IS, ,543 times.
The word deborah occurs 1855 times.
The shortest verse is Chronicles, i.
%.
The 2lst verse Of the 7th chapter Of
Ezra, contains all the letters Of the al
phabet.
The 10th of the II Kings, and 37th
chapter Of Isaiah are alike.
~
Wilmington expositor. (Wilmington, Del.) 1831-18??, 1831-10-07
mo-. y.
MORNING..

THE sun never sheds more cheerful beams,
and never proclaims more loudly Gods glory
and goodness, than when he returns after the
GOODNESS and dampness of night, and awakens
man and inferior animals to the various purpa-
ses OF their being, a spirit of Joy seems
breathed over the earth and through the sky.
1t requires little effort Of the imagination to
read delight in the kindled> clouds, or in the
fields bright with dew. This is the time when
we can best feel and bless the Power which
said 'let there be Light which set tabernacle
for the sun in the heavens and made him
the dispenser of fruitlcssness and enjoyment
throughout all regions.
If we look at ourselves, what materials does
the morning furnish for devout thought? At
the close of the past day, we were exhausted
by our labofs. and unable to move without
wearisome effort. Our minds were sluggish,
and could not be held to the most interesting
objects. From this state of exhaustion, we
sunk gradually into entire insensibility. Our
limbs became motionless our senses were
shut as in death. Our thoughts were sus-
pended, OF only wandered confusedly and with
out aim. Our friends, and the universe. and
God himself was forgotten.
| And what change does the morning bring
with it! On waking, we find, that sleep, the
image of death, has silently infused into us
new life The dim eye has become bright and
picrcing, The mind is returned from the re-
gion Of thoughtlessness to its old possessions.
Friends are met again with new interest
We are again capable of devout sentiment,
virtuous effort and christian hope. With what
subjects of gratitude, then does the morning
furnish us? We can rarely recall the state of
Iinsensibility from which we have just emerged.
without consciousness Of our dependence, or
think of the renovation Of our powers and in
tellectnal being, without feeling our obligation
to God.
Il There is something very touching in the
consideration, If we will ix our minds upon it,
THAT God thought of us when we could not
fithink !: that he watched over us when we had
no power to avert peril from ourselves; that
he continued otir vital motions and in due time
broke the chains of sleep. snd set our impris-
: oned faculties free. How fit is it, at this
hour to raise to God the eyes which he has
opened, and the arms which he has strength
ened; to acknowledge his providence; to con
secrate to him the powers he has renovated;
I How fit that he should be the first object OF
: the thought and affection he has restored
How fit to employ in his praise the tongue he
RI has loosed, and the breath he has spared.
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THE HUMAN MIND.

AS is the heart to the animal constitution,
so is the mind the vital impulse of the universe
the wonderful origin of all its complicated
mechanism; its glory and its terrors Confined
to corporal letters. yet free the air of heaven
knowing all things yet unknown-perceiving
all. yet unseen--creating all, yet uncreated--
the everlasting fountain of all earth's misery,
and its happiness-the arbiter of human desti-
ny-the invincible chain which links us with
the present, past and future. Centering in
the Eternal, it encrcles all intelligent existence
and binds it to the throne of God. How inf
mite in capacity! how vast in conception how
mighty in its energies! how terrible in its
darkness! every grain of the animal creation,
every agent of nature bows to its supremacy.
Without it, earth is but rayless and eternal
prison house, and man a mere animated ma
chine-a living mass of corruption-a fetter
slave-a moving sepulchre. BY this alone he
can bind the very clements to his will, and
WELD the collected engines of millions. He
can develope the hidden mysteries of nature
} and anayze the intricate combinations of mat
: ter and motion.-He can trace the course Of
l the planets and condense to point the remote
events of empires and of countries. BY this
D he can roll the ocean upon the land, or bring
t the treasures from their depths. By this he
can ride upon the wing of the storm. or grasp
] the lightning that plays around Jehovah's foot
i, stool. AT lis DlddlnS the forest ialls, ana inc
: gorgeous fabric rears itself to the skies. At
D its bidding the sleeping statue springs from its
: marble bed, and canvass glows with the splen-
doris of earth and heaven. What darkness is
fl too profound for its research? What summit
$ too lofty for its aspiration? What visions of
n blackness or light does it spread before the eye
of memory and of fancy! What soaring plu-
muge does it lend to genius! 1t can wander
( through all time and all space. 1t can stretch
r back into the remotest part and expand itself
into eternal ages. How increased its powers
!. how triumphant its bliss, when the letters
9 which clog its progression shall be stricken off,
!. and the redeemed and unclaimed spirit may
i struggle upward and onward forever.
Y Lntemberancc, says a witty writer, drives wit
lie out of the head, money out of the pocket, wine
s. out of the bottle, elbows out of the coat, anc