Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1830-1846, 1835-02-12
NEWS SUMMARY.

"B fore this reaches you. You vii! pcrhqps
have heard l"mnr that Major Barry CON
templates rrSiguinE, in order to receive the
appointment to Spain. This MAJ a.! take
place, but it will not be done Ia a hurry!"
At the Supreme Court, in Boston, on We'd
nesday, Mr.. Dana, lessee of fremont thea
ire, recovered the sum Of two thousand five
hundred and sixty dollars, by judgment, Of
Charles Kcmblc, tragedian, founded on his
engagement with the former gentleman.
The citizens of Albany, have petitioned
the Legislature Of Ncw-York, for permission
to erect bridge over the Hudson River.
The New-York Courier and Enquirer. a
vows its determination to support Mr.. Web
ster for the Presidency.
Radishcs and Lettuce, the first this season,
were in Boston market last week. The rad
ishes were the scarlet short-top variety
One of the Baltimore Railroad Rioters
has been sentenced to death, and two others
to le years Imprisonment.
From WashingtOn.--It is reported that
him by the maniac Lawrence, made use of
language imputing to Mr.. Pondcxter, an a.
gency in instgatlng him to the attempt, and
that in consequence, Mr.. Poindexter has ad-
dressed to the President note or notes on
the subject. OF the character of these notes,
ifany such have been written, and the re-
ceptlon they have met with, we have recciv-
ed no information.- Boston Pairiot
Rev. Obadiah b. Brown, has resigned his
place as chief clerk in the p. o. Department.
A great frcshct has occurred in the streams
in the ncighborhood of Nashua, Mass, from
recent heavy rains. The Nashua River on
Sunday the lst inst, was higher than ever
known before.
Mr.. Craig, superintendent of the Patent
Office, and DR.. Mayo, clerk in the same, have
been removed. Cause of removal unknown.
1t is supposed that Mr.. Pickett, formerly sec
retary to Mr.. Moore ON his mission, will sue
cced Mr.. Craig.
Mrs. Buffers Journal will, in the course of
the ensuing week, be- issued from the press
of Carey g. Lea, Of Philadelphia.
Considerable damage has been done in n. /
Hampshire, by ircsttts occasioncd by the
heavy rains.
The statement that the American Mission
aries lately murdered in Java. were eaten by
the savageS, is pronounced untre.
vT,h1 e -, ,I
city of w-f"rk, the last year, according to
the report of the city inspector, was Se} Of
which $50 were two story brick dwelling
houses. Among the stores, were 10 Of six
stories high, and Gi of five stories. |.
A memorial and statement, occupying five
columns of the n. Y. Gazette, is in circula-
ton, praying the Legislature to conliscatc,
for the benefit Of the people Of the State, all
the property of Trinity Church. over and a
bove all annual revenue of $4,000, to which,
as alleged, the income of that Church is linz
tied by law. i
Two persons have lately been arrested .
in Pennsylvania, charged with robbing the !
malone was engaged in stnge- driving, and
the other the Assistant Post Master, at Ju-
niata Crossings
A spacious and splendid Exchange is a
bout to be built at Ncw-Orlcans. 1t is likely
TO be completed by the next autumn.
An animated discussion took place in the
Senate of Louisiana, Jan. I2th, on bill to a.
bolish the office Of weig!"rs Of cotton. The
planters it was asserted, had suffered largely
from the capricious deductions made by the
weghers on account OF dirt and wct On the
vote being taken, only one Senator voted a
ganst aboiShng the wcighers.
The states that are taking the lead in the
great works of internal improvement, by Rail ,
Roads, are New York, OHIO, pcnnsyIvania,
New Jersey. Maryland, Virginia, Mississippi,
Indiana, South Carolina, Tennessee, Alaba-
ma, Massachusetts, Conn"ctcu', comprising
more than one half the states, and two-thirds
the territory of the Republic. \.
The first electrical machine which Frank
lin used, he had made at Boston, by old Mr..
Isaac Greenwood mathematician, son of Pro-
frssor Greenwood, of Harvard College, and
father of the late John Greenwood, dentist,of
that city.
The New York Gazette says:-It is stated
that some unfortunate persons were buried
under the ruins cf the recent fire in Gold-st.
'rho ,yorkmen I'm tirrinr have found the bo-