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Vandalia Whig and Illinois intelligencer. [volume] (Vandalia, Ill.) 1832-183?, 1834-11-20
CONNICTS AT TOULON.

According to "A French paper now be.
fore US, there ar now III Bdsoe, d r..
cePlaeie Tor convic's at Touion, upw ard.
OF hve thousand convIcis, ucder sen
tence OF Imprisonment, for different De,
RODS, from five years to twenty, and IL,
life.
The establishment at Toulon, is yer,
large fortress, guarded ny military, aad
the prisoners are sent from all paris OF
the country to it. They are KEEP, ia tie
prisons OF the districts, where the, are
tried, until sufficient number to form "A
chaine accunuiates, and ,Deu. in troops
OF 70 and 30, Chained together, they are
Conducted on loot, es' orted ny mounted
gems d'alnes, to the Bagne, or recepta.
Gle tor canvicts. As soon as they ar
rive al Ioulon, and are placed in tbe
fortress, they undergo the most iyorous
confinement and treatment. The galley
slaves are chained Two and two. bv tn,
right aud left leg, by chain a bou, three
Yards long, aud this chain is never ia.
ken off except in cases of Illness, This
Is the way III which criminals, who are
merely sentenced 10 imprs onmeut, are
treated; hut those VIII, are sentenced TO
he an 6oulet. have IA weight attached t.,
"A heav, iron chain, wnich is fastened to
the right leg and which they constantly
drag after them, the only relief they can
get from its weight being to tie it to their
middle ny handkerchief. A man who.
as is frequently the case. is sentenced 10
this punishment for years, or for anv
length Of time. can forever after he re>
cognzed. AS the weight causes him To
contract the habit of dragging as it
we're, his right leg after him: and thew
meyer get over it. even when the chaj,,
and weight are removed from their leg.
All day the prisoners are employed in
the most degrading occupations: thew
are sent, chained in the manner desert
bed, IN the streets OF the town where
they are employed as scavengers. and
in similar filthy occupations. AT night.
when the convicts retire to rest. have =
paddock passed through link in their
chain, and ring in the iron bedstead on
which they sleep, and they are chained
all night in this manner. until the ST.
Ptrintendent relieves them in the NOR
mig and calls them to work. In The
avenue or yard. in which the prisoners
are occasionally allowed to walk: are
placed cannon. which, in the event of
their proving refractory, could pour
grape shot upon aud annihilate them
in an instant. ST. great is the hsrror
entertained BY the convicts Of the pun
shment Of the travaur forces, tina, many
cases OF murder have taken place by
the convicis, with a view to their being
executed, as death was considered by
them preferable to the way thew were
suffering. Tonlon is the principal re.
|cePtacIe Of this kind. hut there are sim.
liar establishments at Brest and Rocb.
fort where they experience the same
treatment.
Vandalia Whig and Illinois intelligencer. [volume] (Vandalia, Ill.) 1832-183?, 1834-11-20

POPULATION OF SPAIN.--In Niles Regis
ter We find the following classification OF
the population of Spain
Vandalia Whig and Illinois intelligencer. [volume] (Vandalia, Ill.) 1832-183?, 1834-11-20

me population OF Spain
Clergy 203.29S
Nobility l,440, 900
Officers, civil and military 3-.3,U47
Law efs. notares, students 49,, 566
Army, navy and mariners $4,000
Domesiics s40,276
Merchants and traders IO3,0l7
Manufacturers lle.25O
Mechanics SI3,Y57
Peasants and la5orers 100000
IT'S, stated that notwithstanding the des-
plating wars which have prevailed in that
Kingdom, the popu alton increased from II
millions in 1905, to IL millions in 1885,
ID.
Vandalia Whig and Illinois intelligencer. [volume] (Vandalia, Ill.) 1832-183?, 1834-11-20

CoNsIsrENcY.-The opposition claim
ONO because they have "a majority Of
one only members Of congress, aud at
the same time that state elected Jack.
son governor by a handsome majority.
They also claim Illinois because she
elected an anti-Jackson Governor, and
at the same time her whole delegation
in congress is friendly to the present ad-
ministration. A strange calculation, to
be sure.
Vandalia Whig and Illinois intelligencer. [volume] (Vandalia, Ill.) 1832-183?, 1834-11-20

o. a New PAPER is soon to be estab-
lished under the auspices and direction
Of the bank, or perhap. we should cour-
teously say in these suspicious times, the
supporters Of the bank, at Galena.
Whichever it may be, the bank or its
supporters, under the peculiar circum-
stances attending the establishment of
the paper. the similitude is too striking
10 afford the least distinction to our
mind. 'Bauk' and supporters in this
case appear quite ssynonyn,ous;" but as
to the loss to be sustained, if any, here
the principle changes; and the term.
supporters merges in that Of sbsnk.'-
The publication is to be under the man.
agement Of Messrs. Bartlett and Lorine.
two very clever young men, who, We
fear, have embarked in rather a bad
cause, so far as principles are concerned.
otherwise they may do well enough.
I'VE ierbesr further remark at present,
Vandalia Whig and Illinois intelligencer. [volume] (Vandalia, Ill.) 1832-183?, 1834-11-20

name sake. He found him at Galena,
in low grog- shop, bloated. dtuok; he
had neither hat nor shoes, and his coat
had been given him by man. whom he
would two years before have felt himself
disgraced to speak with. Such was the
ssnte Of utter degradation to which he
was reduced by the vice Of Incidence
and its followers. He was taken back
10 ST. Louis. and is now, we believe, in
Jail. Cincinnati Chronicle.
Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1830-1846, 1834-08-07
TOWN IMPROVEMENTS.

Among the many and useful improve
ments connected with Newport, none
can be more advantageous to the inhab-
:tants and visitors than the new approach
to the Beach. If we are allowed to
Judge by the extraordinary number Of
persons, who are daily seen lounging
along the delightful side walk leading
to the Beach, we may safely assert that
no similar advantage has ever been Of
fered to the inhabitants and visiters, es-
pecially invalids, of enjoying the pleas
ures of air and exercise. 1t must be ap-
parent to every one who walked in that
direction last Sunday evening, that not
fewer than one thousand persons visited
the Beach in the short space Of three
hours, amounting to one-ninth Of the
whole population Of the town. Before
the new road was made the Beach was
comparatively but little frequented, and
on no former occasion were there ever
seen one hundred persons congregateJ
there at one time. This is what we call
practical and beneficial Improvements.
Com.
Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1830-1846, 1834-08-07
UNITED STATES, SENATOR.

The next Legislature of this State,
will have to elect Senator TO fill the
place now occupied by Gov. Knight,
whose term Of service will expire on the
third Of March next. The present po-
litical situation Of the Senate of the Uni
ted States, and the determination of
General Jackson to extend his power, as
he has himself declared to the breaking
down Of the Senate, renders the coming
election subject of the deepest interest,
not only to this state, but to the whole
country. Itis in every point of view im-
mensely important that such men, and
such only, should be elected to the Cen
eral Assembly, at the August meeting, as
will, under whatever circumstances that
shall exist, vote aga ainst Elisha X. Potter,
or any other Jacksonman 1t is expect
cd then that the Freemen will see to this
matter in season. Mr.. Potter and his
tools are at work (; they declare that the
elections Of Representatives in August,
shall be carried in favor Of the Kitchen
Cabinet-that they have the means of
doing this, and the work, shall be ac-
complished. Mr.. Potter has got his
"DRAWBACK," the eighteen or nine
'een hundred dollars Of the Peoples
money he received from tho public
Treasury for his services last winter rs
htrd Senator from Rhode Island this
arge sum, together with a still larger
'um advanced to him by tho Kitchen
Cabinet for "improremenis on his route"
will be spent to cheat the people out Of
heir rights and for what Why, for
he purpose OF giving Elisha X. Potter
Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1830-1846, 1834-08-07

The analogy Of all ages strengthens such
u belief. But perhaps, the self-denying
and theoretic gentlemen of the Anti
Slavery Society would recommend that
all the whites should be Withdrawn across
the Potomac and the Ohio, and the
whole southern country given up to the
blacks. This may seem no difficult mat
ter to those who have no homes to re-
linquish, no pleasant valleys, and fertile
fields to leave forever but to the inhab-
tants of the country TO be given up, il
would be quite different thing and be-
sides what would such a separation be,
but the setting in array against each
other Of two great armies +? and what
could any thinking man expect, but con-
tnual lighting, invasion, defence, for
many miles OH each sides of the dividing
line it seems to us that the only safety
is in setting the whites and :he blacks as
far as possible asunder to roll n whole
ocean of cold water between the fires of
revenge and prejudice. 1t is at this
point of the dilemma that the Coloniza-
tion Society meets US, and proposes to re-
move the African race, who arc strangers
and pilgrims amongst Us, to the land Of
their fathers. What land 50 fit to dwell
in, as that which God himself provided
for them, and TO which he has adopted
heir habits Of body and mind The
Of removing the whole race
may be objected it is indeed a mighty
but there can be no ques-
ion that with suitable encouragement and
such n number could be trans
ported, and comfortably located in Airi-
"a, as TO leave no danger to be appre-
lepded from giving the most entire free
lom to those who remain. 1t is due to
ourselves, to our children, and to our
Whole country, that we hesitate long be-
ore we consent to set such combustible
materials in juXta- position.
Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1830-1846, 1834-08-07

dialect, yet il was not so refined as an
orator might use. But, if after all, albeit
you can see in Congress, in some instan-
ces, peculiarites OF speech and pronun-
citation enough to indicate what portion
Of the country u member comes from, yet
no country on earth can assemble people
from, such wide domain where one
language is spoken more correctly
The English-talking Irish, Scotch,
Berkshire, Lancashire, and all manner
Of dialets-ought to be the last to laugh
at us for our very few peculiarties.
"Go with me for a single moment, into
Washington society. can discourse
little about splendour, magnificent suites
of rooms, and gorgeous furniture but if
had a woman's eye, which sees every
thing and marks every thing, l could
make out quite a picture. A Presidents
levee is a delicious affair. What odd a.
malgamation Of character! What strange
groups Of men and women "A Chero-
kee there-a Choctaw here-his Chris
tain majesty's charge to the right, and
squadrons Of attaches hther and thither
some in stars, some with ribbands, all in
princely court dresses. A drab dressed,
broad brmmed hat quaker here "A mod
ern belle there, thick built German, a
happy Irishman, Il chattering French
man, a proud Castillian, jabberiDg all
sorts Of tongues, from that of the wild In
dian TO the double refined and patent
English the easy dash the mouth wide
open and head eiect-take all in all, in
such current, and my word for it, such
l collection cannot he found upon the
ace Of the earth. But parties and balls
ire pretty much the same in Washing
on as any where else. Etiquette, it may
10 is queerer here-the art of card ing
S carried to sublimer perfection. Yet
he chief distinction is in the fine minds,
he distinguished men among whom you
ire thrown. The charm Of Washington
ociety is in the array of intellect, of
character, Of reputation, civil, political
nd military, and of that influence which
Xerts vast power over the destinies Of
ur Union. We meet with men and wo-
len of the very first order of inte llect,
ssembled from almost all nations, and
ON the various divisions of our country /;
lus concentrating an immense variety
information, manners and CUSTOMS
'alent nowhere finds more who can APP
reciate its worth no matter whether ii
Q the mind that thsndsrs in the forum,
: the foot that trips it gracefully in the
vely dance. This is our court, an odd Il
,urt, indeed, it is-Sut the only differ il
Ice between US and our brethren over q
c water is, that they have court dres- =,
s and rules Of etiquette, and we all sorts Il
dresses, and do as we please. There te
no Partisan mlliner in our dominions, 81
10 can spread her wand over our whole r.
nion-nor French peruqu;er, who is e.
march over the externals Of the head, ~
aking every lock tremble at its bidding. ei
5 we are singular in government, 50 CT
, are singular in fashions. In such an q
semblage, therefore from so many
arters, costumes necessarily purtake
the variety Of tastes and fashions.- III
1t, jam sails: have taken my peep at .
, court city-alighting here, and sip in
'g there-spurning the bitter, and ex- CO
citing the sweet f.,
KnickeJocher. i"
Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1830-1846, 1834-08-07

A HANosoME OrEnATIov.-"Nick
BIddle's Monster" has turned q clever
penny out ofihe new Gold Coin Law
lhls law enhances the value Of Ameri-
can Gold Coin at the rate Of five per
cent. Immediately after its passage, the
"Nl onster" sent its Gold bullion and coin
to the mint, to be recoined, with an alioy
OF hive per cent. by which process the
Bank makes share of $4,000!
The Collar Presses claim great credit
for the Administration on account of the
passage of this law, but are they quite
sure that the Monster" was not at the
bottom oft i- Albany Journal.
Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1830-1846, 1834-08-07
NEWPORT,
Thursday, August 2, 1894.
f. Il. POTTER ANDD. J. PEARCE.

I T.. IL. POTTER ANDD. J. PEARCE.
/ In our last paper, it will be recol'ected
that we copied an article from tho Wash
ington North American, giving an ac-
count of scene that took place in the
House Of Representatives, in which Du-
tee J. Pearce is made to say, that the
"informatien from Mr.. Pickering TO Mr.
Lowell as to the designs of the Hart
ford Convention was given by Mr. Low
ell to MIR. Potter Of Rhode Island, and
communicated by Mr.. Potter TO him."
(Pearce.)
We also published in that paper letters
from the Hon. Messrs Harrison Gray
Otis, and John Lowell, of Massachusetts
in which those gentlemen most clearly
convicted Pearce Of uttering the grossest
falseho0ds.
In addition to their testimony, we this
day call the attention Of our readers to
the following communication from Mr..
Potter, the particular friend and patron
Of Pcarce. This puts the seal upon the
whole matter Mr.. Potter, it will be
seen, not only denies that he "never had
any conversation with Mr.. Lowell, ON
tha, or on any other subject" but goes
on to say--"ttai he merer told any person
that he had--and that he nerer sane hin,
(Mr. LowelD to his knowledge, and had
never had any correspondence with
him." Read for yourselves.
To the Editor Of tie II. L. Republican.
have seen "a letter in the Herald of
he Tunes, from MIR. Lowell, of Boston,
lenying his having had any conversation
With me respecting the Hartford Con-
ention. / think it due To him as well as
o myself to say that l never had any
conversation with him Oh this or any other
subject, nor ever told any other person
hat ! had-that never saw him tu nv
knowledge, and have never had any cor.
espondence with him. In CONSEQUENCE
# my political opponents n,his state
charging me with being in favor of that
Convention by way of rcproach, ] have
tated TO several citizens of the State a
art of conversation that | had with
jol. Pickering, when he first received
from Massachusetts (which.
re olleci well, wus communicated TO
i'm in letter from Mr.. LoweD lint
hey had appointed delegates to that Con-
eniion, aud he said he hoped Rhode Is
md would do the same. ! told blm I,
"pcd they would have more prudence
nan TO have any thing to do with il: ,ba,
Though l had been opposed 10 the nd.
'inis!ra;ion aud many of its leading
'easurcs, yet was unwilling to do npy
ling to encourage Great Brituin To con- l,
nue. the war or To cxuct harder terms
negotiation for peace than she other
Use would, and was not willing to do
ny thing that might tend to iniure the
'nn'ry merely for the purpose Of pros. Z
ating the administration.
In consequence Of this conversation md p
o very great desire l had that Rhode
land should have nothing to do with the
onveniion, L wrote several letters to u
personal aud political friends Mt s
'ibe, and among others to the HIM. 4
ines Rhodes, then, ] believe, in the :.
'nate, aud as ! had no copies Of them
'plied To him few years ago to ascer. u
Ia whether he had preserved any Of u
Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1830-1846, 1834-08-07

We are informed that nearly or quite
all of our principal Boarding Houses,
are at present filled with strangers from
various parts, who have repaired hithcr
to get rid of the distressingly hot weather
with which our large and denseIy popu-
lated cities at the south and west have
been visited. Mrs. Fanny Butler, Iate
Miss Fanny Kemble, and Mr.. Power,
the distinguished Irish Comedian, we
learn are among the great number of
visitors now in this place.
Professor Patterson, of Baltimore, is
we understand also visiting here at this
time.
Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1830-1846, 1834-08-07

The fact that out Of 800 Deputies as
certained 10 he elected TO the French
Chamber Of Deputies, 27O are in favor
OF the present administration, ensures to
US the payment Of $4,000, 900 francs,
stipulated by the Treaty Of 1880, as an
indemnity for spoliation committed upon
our commerce. The disposition of the
King and Ministry on the subject, has
been uniformly favorable.-[.NY. Jour.
Of Commerce.
we understand that the Planters 4 Mechanics
Bank. and the Union Bank Of this city. have de-
c''ncd receiving the Government Deposi,es. -
Charleston Pai,iot.
Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1830-1846, 1834-08-07

The following very sensible remarks
are from one Of the most respectable re-
ligious newspapers published in the
country. 1t is edited by clergyman Of
the Presbyterian, or Congregational
Church, and has always been conducted
with calmness as well as ability. We do
not see how the fronzied men who are
now creating uproar and confusion in So
ciety can resist its appeal 10 their sober
reason if any remnant Of that faculty re-
mains with them nv. Y. Courier.
Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1830-1846, 1834-08-07

what he so very modestly claims, can
honorable discharge" lie says he has
been San old soldier for fifty years, and
wants an honorable discharge-wants to
be United States Senator" lie has in
deed been Gan old soldier"-all his bat
ties have been fought for himself, for his
own interest. We may have something
10 say ON this subject at another time.
Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1830-1846, 1834-08-07
EXCURSION TO BLOCK ISLAND.

We notice by an advert isement in the
Providence Journal, that the fine steam
er Boston, Capt. COmstock, will leave
Providence on Monday next, llth inst.
at 7 O'Clock, A. M. (weather permit
ting, on an excursion to Block. Island,
stopping at this place going nnd return
ing. A band Of music will be on board.
Fare for the trip, from Providence to
Block Island, $3.50 cents-lrom this
place to Block Island, S2,OO--dinner
and tea included. We should think an
excursion to Block Island, a place so
well known--but from its almost inacccs
ible location, in the middle Of the ocean,
but seldom irequented--would be well
attended at this sultry season of the year.
Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1830-1846, 1834-08-07

LIpERALiTY.-Thomas Clifford, whose
death was announced in our last, as re-
sulting from an accident at Fort Adams,
left wife and several children entirely
destitute. A purse was made up for them
on Friday last, by the persons employed
on this great work, amounting to nearly
500.
Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1830-1846, 1834-08-07

LAUNcn.-The new ship ".Nechanic,"
built by Mr.. VIM. II. Crandall, was
launched from his ship yard Oh the Point,
on Tuesday morning last, at . o'clock.
She is owned by company Of mechan-
les in this town, in shares to the number
of GO, and is intended for the whaling
business. Her model and construction
reflect great credit Oh her enterprising
builder.
Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1830-1846, 1834-08-07

Will some refecting advocate of i'm
mediate emancipation be so good as TO
solve doubt, which troubles us !? Let
US suppose iii common sense will permit
the suppesiton) that the efforts of the
Anti-Slavory men should prove entirely
successful; that the eloquence, the logic,
the truth originating, and circulating
from the Liberator, the Emancipator,
and other papers of a similar stamp,
should produce conviction Of guilt, and
repentance in the mind Of the southern
Shareholder, and change the public sem
timent in the whole country and as the
immediate consequence, every slave
should receive his freedom, and be ad-
mitted to all the ghts and privileges of
his master our ultimate question is, how
can two distinct races Of men, as diverse
in mental as in bodily conformation, with
different interests, tastes, and feelings,
dwell together in peace, under the same
government, with the same rights, upon
the same footing in every respect. Our
historical reading, perhaps, is not so ex-
tensive as that Of the learned men of the
Society, nor our political
economy so deep and thorough, but we
do not remember from the days of Adam,
Til the present hour, a solitary nation
peaceful and prosperous, with such
state of society, as would necessarily re-
suit from the success Of the Aboltionis,s,
,or can we conceive Of such civil or
yaDization as possible. The nation would
'e divided into two great parties. The
blacks would never forget their wrongs,
,or the whites their prcjudices. Con-
inual contentious would spring up upon
'very question Of possible disagreement,
md the almost certain end Of all, would
10 war carried on with the utmost fury
nd terminated only by the extermination
= subjugation Of one Of the parties
Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1830-1846, 1834-08-07
The Rhode-Island Convocation Of

Il The Rhode Island Convocation Of
Episcopal ClergymeD, convened in Zion
Church in this town on Monday last
In the evening Of Monday, after the
usual Evening Service, an able and in
Iteresting Lecture on the subject of
Temperance was delivered by the Rev.
Mr.. Taft, Of Pawtucket, which was lis
tened to with the most profound attention
by very large audience. The Rev.
DIR. Crocker, Of Providence, preached
on Tuesday evening. (Thc Rev. Mr..
Bristed of Bristol, who was expected to
preach on that evening, was detained ut
home by sickncss.) Yesterday morning,
at half past 5, the morning service was
performed, and several interesting ad-
dresses from young men were delivered,
extempore. In the afternoon, at 8 o'clock
a very appropriate address was deliver
ed by the Rev. Mr.. Taft, to the scholars
of the several Sabbath Schools in town.
w Z SlOulu tIiIuh tHtIc WcIO ut ICdSt fOO
present. 1t was indeed, truly interest
ing assemblage.
After Mr.. Taft had concluded, the
Rev. Mr. Cook, of Cumberland deliver
ed an excellent address to the Teachers.
In the evening, a sermon was preach
ed by the Rev. Mr.. Cutler, of Brooklyn,
N. Y, who has been passing several
weeks on the Island for the benefit Of his
health.
This morning meeting Of the ladies'
Convoc cation Society connected with Ii
on Church, will be held at halr-past 10
o'clock, before whom addresses will be
delivered by the Missionaries in relation
10 the important effects resulting from
such societies.
The Church will also be opened this
afternoon at o'clock, for Divine Ser
vice.
This evening, the Juvenile Concert
will take place, as will be seen by refer
ence 10 the advertisement in our adver-
Using columns.
Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1830-1846, 1834-08-07

We would be much obliged to our
Kingston correspondent, if he 'eouid for.
ward his communications little earlier,
in future. Ed.
Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1830-1846, 1834-08-07
AbOlitiGrsisasp.

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