Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1830-1846, 1835-04-30


during that time 100000 passengers have
been conveyed in the cars. Nearly $4,000
fare have been received.
Dreadful Iornado--A most furious torna-
do was experienced at Columbia, Tenn, on
the night Of the 2lst ult. Its entire duration
is said to have been but few minutes, in the
course of which, houses were torn from their
foundations, trees uprooted and piled togeth-
er, fences prostrated, and every thing within
the scope its fury beaten down and destroy
ed. Eight persons were killed, und fifteen or
twenty badly wounded.
Hammering by Steam There is no pause,
no stop to the inventive genius of our coun-
trymen. A physician of Boston, has invent
ed machine consisting of numerous ham
mers which go by steam, the force and rapid
ity of which will enable the owners of the
rich granite quarries of Massachusetts and
New Hampshire, to dress and face blocks of
this hard rock for building in very short
time, and at cheap rate. This had been a
serious difficulty and it is now overcome.
Itco story coach.-We noticed yesterday,
for the first time, on the Rail Road, Il car of
entirely new construction-new to us at
least-being t,co stories high! The upper a.
partment appeared to us remarkably airy and
pleasant, aflording passengers fine view of
the localities on the route, at the same time
that they may be completely protected from
the weather.-[.Ntwa,k Dai .4dv.
The United States ships Erie and Ontario,
were at Rio Janciro about the lst of March
Officers and crew all WELL The U. S. ship
Natchez, Commodore Fanshaw, arrived at
Buenos Ayres on the 10Th of February, from
Montcvcido.
The Hudson, IN. W and Berkshire, (Me.)
people are bcstirring themselves to unite the
two places by Rail Road. Distance twen-
ty eight Underestimate cost $2S0,000. 1t
is supposed $4,000 tons will be annually
ireighted over it, and $1,000 passengers, and
that the whole will yield annually Sl20,O00
We learn from the Wheeling Gazette, that
the Legislature of Illinois, have passed the
bill for Rail Road from Lake Michigan to
the Illinois River-length rs miles-estima-
ted cost S3,OOO,COO.
From the port of New York, there are Al
regular packets to Europe, viz 30 to Liver
pool, lG to Havre, and 8 to London. To our
southern ports, the West Indies and Spanish
America, there nrc 56 packets, making in all
from that port, 100 regular packets, in addi-
ton to vast number Of constant traders.
The woollcn factory in birmingham, own
ed by Isaac M'Lelan, Esq. of Boston, was
destroyed by fire last Thursday night. The
Daily Advertiser says, $1,000 were insured at
the Fircman's Office, and $4,000 at the Ma
tional.
Great Sale.-The New-York Evening Star,
of Thursday, says" The lot next door to the
Evening Star Office, thirty feet front, and
scvcn,y-fve deep, with gore at the end,
sold this day by the Mcssrs. Bleeckers, for
the enormous sum of Fy1y-one Thousand Fipe
Hundred Doiims"
Vessels Wanted-The Philadelphia Com
mcrcial Herald of the 22d inst. says" YES
sells are very scarce, and much wanted OH the
Schuylkill to carry Coal to Eastern ports
The present price of freight to Boston, is 81
S7A to 81 per ton; to New-York, 81 3i."
Uool-There was imported into the port
of Boston, during the year lS:}l, three mil
lion five hundred and fifteen thousand pounds
of wool, that cost less than eight cents per
pound, and free of duty ; one hundred thirty
three thousand nine hundred pounds, costing
over eight cents per pound, and dutiable.
Lawrence, the unfortunate maniac, has
been removed from his cell to moro COM
Portable apartment.
A tragedy by Booth, the great tragedian,
entitled Ugolino, was presented on Wednes-
day night at the Chestnut street Theatre, in
Philadelphia.
.1noiher rail road accident On Friday last
one of the cars, running with horse power,
on the great Western Road, between Phila-
dclphia and Columbia, was run into by a To-
comotive from Philadelphia, and the car
dashed to pieces. Seventeen passengers
were in the car, all Of whom escaped any
personal injury. Although there are two
tracks, both Ines were on the same track.
MISREPRESENTATION
BRIGHTON MARKET-Monday, April 81.
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