Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1830-1846, 1834-10-09

ifOrISIhIl anu SelcctcO items.
The President of the United States has ar.
rived at the Seat of Government, in good
health.
At the dinner recently given to Senator
Bell Of Ncw-I Hampshire, at Concord, Mr.
Webster, an invited guest, addressed the
meeting at great length in one Of his most
powerful speeches.
HEALTH OF Ew-ORLEANs.-Sincc the
year 1S1G, says the Bee of the 18th ut. we
have not had more healthy season than the
present, and We now reasonably expect to
escape the epidemic. During the last five
days we have heard some little talk of the
yellow fever; but upon strict enquiry, have
not been able to fix upon certain case. Of
cholera, we have not as yet heard Of single
case.
Mathews, the celebrated comedian, accom-
panied by his wife, arrived at New York III
the packet ship Canada, on Monday Of last
week.
| A cotton factory has been started at Au-
gusta, Georgia. When in full operation it is
to run 200 spindles.
The amount of taxable property ascertain
ed by the Assessors of the city and county Of
New York, is about one hundred and eighty
eight millions of dollars.
A dinner has been given to Senator Poin-
dexter, at Vicksburg, Miss. Seven hundred
and fifty sat down to the table. r.-
':he ruined gamblers at Richmond and
Norfolk, are said to be on their way 10 the
North, to trap the spooncys and young pig
cons with their roulette and faro tables.
The story Of a large shark doing great mis-
chief in New Haven harbor, proves to be Il
fish story-the man who was supposed to
have been killed by Inn " lille bathing, hay
ing been caught in u seine, with no marks up
OIL him to induce the belief. lie probably
died Of cramp.
The celebrated horse Eclipse Lightfoot has
been disposed Of by John C. Craig, for the
sum of seven thousand dollars. lie has been
sent to Tennessee.
PENNSYLVANIA CANALs.-Thc U. States
Gazette states, that the line of colnmunica.
ton between Philadelphia and Pittsburgh, is
now complete; and the voyage is made with
heavy loads, in some ten days. The canals
are full Of water, and the portage excellent
Beds Of oyster shells have been discovered
in various parts Of East Florida, twelve or
fifteen feet below the surface of the SOIL
showing that this region was at one time CO.
vered by the sea. |
The brain of the late eminent and distin-
guishcd medical philosopher and phrenolo-
gist, DIR. Spurzhcim, is now in the possession
of DIR. VIM. Grigg, scaled up in a glass vase
Of alcohol.
By recent arrangement among the agents
of the NewYork and Liverpool Packets, ca
bin passengers are to have their option to
pay $40 and be furnished with wncs,or Sl20
without wines.
1t is stated that the cholera has made its
appearance in very malignant form in Aus
tins Colony, Texas.
A coal mine has recently been discovered
in the mountain near the village of Sandy
Hook, in Newtown, Connecticut, which is be-
lievcd to be inexhaustiblc. 1t is said to be
fully equal to the Lchgh coal.
"The Last Day of Pompeii," Bulwcrs new
novel, and his last work, is in the press of the
Mcssrs. lIarpcrs, New York, and will soon be
published.
ONIONS are an antdotc for poson-scvc-
raj well attested cures have been published.
1t is stated in a Newcastle English) news
paper, that an aged widow woman residing
n North Shields, lately applied to st. Johns
or relief, and upon an investigation of the cir
.umstances of her case, it was clearly ascer-
aimed that she is niece of George Wash
ngton. Relief was promptly granted.
A new weekly paper has recently been
in Washington, entitled "The
Mirror" One of the prominent objects of the
Mirror, is to rcpubish the letters of the diff
crcnt "Wdshington Correspondents"
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