Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1830-1846, 1833-10-24
SELECTED ITEMS.

Of interest in this State. II has been ascertaine
that there have been more than dozen cases, o
, letters containing money, stolen from the mail
east Of this place, since the first Of April last.
The U. States - Delaware, Lieut.. Buchanan
was spoken with 9th Sept in lat II SO, Ion. !
OF. Mr. Livingston, our Minister TO France, an
family on board, all well.
The publishers Of the New England Weekl
+ Review. contemplate publishing on the first o
January neat, complete list Of all the newspa
pers and periodicals Issued in The United State,
and British Provinces, and to this end request oil
publishers to forward them two copies Of their ro-
spectivc publications.
The following was among the regular toasts nj
the celebration Of St. Georges day in Quebec:---
"England and the United States of America
may the Atlantic which rolls between them, al
ways be Pacific Ocean,"
A London paper states that eight or ten mil
lions sterling nearly fifty millions Of dolars-can
be loaned to this country on the security of such
State Governments as want TO construct internal
Improvements, or create new State Banks, ut
four per cent interest
ANEcDorE.-Tbe late DR.. West, having mar
ried very tall lady, whose name was Experience,
was asked his opinion Of matrimony; to which he
replied, that by long Experience he found it to
be very comfortable thing
Seetarian SquaJble. A clergyman Of the Uni
versalist persuasion, belonging to Cambridge, ha-
wing bid defiance to Presbyterian Minister Of
Danvers, regular fight of fanh' is TO take
place between the ougnacous polemics at the lat
ter place, on the 3lst inst. Tho audience, we
presume, are to decide by ballot which is the
greatest fool.
The Grand Lodge of Vermont (says the State
JournaD has decided by vote of 70. to AZ, a.
ganst proposition for the surrender Of their
charter.
A salute Of 100 guns was fred at Portsmouth,
N. II. on Saturday las, on account, of the reno
val of the public deposir from the United States
Bank.
One of our worthy fellow c':zens, mechanic,
still occupies, in Cross street, th.yery same house
ih "h'ch he ''co anu wa" s"'"'6by hIs fire, at
the time the Old Brick bell rung the s,rm Of ,Le
Boston Massacre, on the evening Of ho 5,h Of
March, l77O.-[ Bos. paper.
Another British 7owist.-The late Eng;xh
papers announce Finchs Travels in the Unitet
States and Canada, with an essay on the natural
boundaries Of empires. The author is grandson TO
DIR. Priestly.
! The Merchants Insurance Office in Boston have
declared n semi-annua dividend Of twenty-five
per cent.
Thursday, the 2sth day Of November, is ap-
pointed day Of public thanksgiving, by the Co
vernors Of Massachusetts and Connecticut, in their
respective states.
Deluge.-We learn from travellers, that the
rain last Tuesday, on the eastern side Of the green
mountains, was n perfect douge. Most Of the
bridges between Northampton and PitisieId, were
swept away. In twelve hour. after the water be-
gan to rise, it was higher than i, had been known
for great number Of yean.-[N Y Jour. Com.
During the month Of September, los, ,0s3 bar
canal and places along the North River.
letter from traveller says $50 persons are
constantly employed in the u. q. Dock Yard near
Norfolk, Va. and that new Smil!,ery is abou, TO
bo erected in il, in which there will be so forges.
Lapyers and Doctors.---There arc in New
York upwards Of 2,lOO lawyers, of whom there
are about 500 in the city Of New-York. In this
same city are also to be found abou, $50 doc
tors.
new wharf, upon which range OF granite
stores is just finished, has. been built in Boston,
md called Mercantile wharf The right Of choice
10 these stores was sold by auction, and the first
privilege brought So, 800. The aggregate amount
produced simply from the sale Of these rights, 10
tated at S32 900.
Ns--Intcrmonts on the 9Th inst.
70; on the 9th, 22; aud on the 9th, 10.
Descent Of Mr.. Durdnt.-Aner being in the
,ir an hour and AZ minutes, in which time he
ravclled 20 miles, descending occasionally so
rear the earth as TO converse with poems on il,
Ind then rising again, this skful 1ronaui landed
we may so express it, on board the steamboat
in the Chesapeake Bay. over which
'c had been sometime lowering, and secured lis
,sloon and its accessories without wet or danger
'f any kind, on the deck Of the boat.