Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1830-1846, 1833-05-16
MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS.


dant 500 dollars, or three times the a
mount ofinterest.
A large gang of gamblers was ares
ted in New.York last week. They were
found engaged around "Sweat Cloth"
The sum Of $500 was demanded from
each as bail, in default Of which they
were committed.
Vice President Van Burcn has arriv-
cd at New-Y ork, where he is expected
to remain till the President joins him, IN
June. They will travel through the
States of Connecticut, Massachusetts,
Maine, and New-lIampshire together,
and, on their return, separate in Western
PENNSYLVANIA, whence Mr.. Van Buren,
will travel alone into the valley Of the
Mississippi. The President will return
to Washington about the close of the
summer. This is the programme OF the
iaunt, presented in the administration pa
pers.
! 1t is CONTEMPLATED to prepare a ceme-
terry in the neighborhood Of New ork,
on plan similar to that Of Mount All
bum, near Boston.
The proprietor ofthc American CofTre
House, Philadelphia, advcrtises that he
is in the daily receipt of a bouniilul sup
ply Of Frogs.
.Nicholas p. Tist, Of Virginia, has
been appointed by the President, United
States Consul at Havana, to supply the
vacancy occasioned by the death Of the
late VIM. Shaler.
DuN!--A tradesman wrote TO n c,isto-
mcr--"Sir, if you will let me have the
amount of my bill, you will obHge me. If
not, | must obhge you!"
The Spring, thus far, says the Angus
ia, Geo. Chronicle Of the 9th ult. has
been cold and wet, and the planting in
iterest suffers severely. The season is
probably month later than usual.
The ladies Of Charlcstown have held
a Fair for the benefit Of the Infant
School of that town, and ra ised the sum
Of eight hundred dollars.
There have been green peas in the
Baltimore market, which sold at the rate
of eight dollars per bushcl.
During the thunder shower of Wedncs-
day afternoon, the lightning struck a
house in Turner street, Salem, (the Row
ell house, in which were seven persons,
none Of them were Injured. The cleo
trio fluid passed down the chimney.
On the same afternoon, barn belong
ing to Mr. Winthrop Osgood, in Salisbn-
ry, was struck by lightning and entirely
consumed, with tons Of hay, 3 cows, n
ycarlng and calf. Loss, five or six
hundred dollars.
A sail boat, containing four young
lads, was upset in New Bedford harhor
7th inst. Three Of thcm'were picked up
in an exhausted statc,. but the fourth, a
son of the late Captain Jacob Taber, of
Fair Haven, II years of age, was drown
ed, by dog which was in the boat with
them, getting upon his shoulders and pre-
venting his keeping himself afloat.
Reward of Slander.--$2O0O damages,
with costs, haze been recovered by Pc
ter Ruth and his wife, of Semhnry,
Penn. in an action for slandcr, against
one Peter kurtz. The defendant had,
in fit of passion, aspcrsed the charac-
ter Of the plaintiffs wife, and made no
attempt to justify himself on the trial.
The reward for the apprehension of
Howard Trask, has been increased to
$500. The clothes which he wore away
have been returned TO the Hospital
They were found about half n mile from
his mothers residence in Kcene, n H.,
and it is not improbable that he may still
be lurking about in that vicinity.
A parent brought an action 10 the Dis
trict Court Of Philadel phia, against tho
Rev. DIR. Helicnstcin, for joining his son
in the bonds Of matrimony before he had
attained the age Of twcnty-onc. From
the evidence produced, it was shown that
the son at the time of his marriage, was
but little more than seventeen, and the
law being very explicit in the case, the
reverend gentleman had judgment given
against him for 5Oi, (Sl33 49, the full
amount Of the penalty.
.Aaoiher Great Failure al Calcutta -
The ship Fenelon, at Boston, from Cal
cutta, whence she sailed on the 9th Jan.
byings accounts ofthc failure ofthe house
of Mcintosh & Co. for, it was reported,
from Three to -Four Millions Sterling.
IT is said in the National Gazette, (of
Philadelphia that the treasurer of the
GIRARD Trust, acknowledges the receipt
Of iuo millions Of dollars, from the trls-
tees Of the Girard Bank, for the erection
Of the new Girard College. One is rea-