The Northern star, and constitutionalist. [volume] (Warren, R.I.) 1834-1837, 1835-10-24
Summary Of News.

The model OF a steamboat about to be
built. TO run beetweeu Philadelphia and
Charleston, was TO have been exhibited
in the exchange, in Philadelphia, on Nor
day last. This boat is to cost VIZ, ,ooo'
and nearly the whole amount has been
subscribed.
A new railroad Of four and half miles,
leading from the City Of Neworleans 10
Carrollton, OH the Mississippi, was open
ed on the 26th ult.
As we expected and intimated, the mar
vellous story Of duel somewhere IN
Ohio. IN which four men were killed, turns
out to be--a hoax.
Love PowpER.-A man by the name
of William Mott, OF Akron, Ohio adver-
tises the elopement of his wife, gun, threo
hundred and forty dollars in cash, togeth-
.er with other articles not recollected.-
He says she went away with man
bv the name Of Thomas Daniels, and
add, ",t is my firm belief that the villain
,employed some secret charm, philtre, or
love powder, to procure the accomplish
ment of hrs inferno. schemes" We have
been rather faithless in the existence OF
love powder. but if il has actually been
discovered growing spontaneously in Ohio
we entreat the good people OF that region
not to suffer any Of the seed OF IT to come
east. az it would be more troublesome
hare than the Canada thistle.
A panther weighing i42 pounds was
Killed by a young man named North. IN
,he neiShborhood of Chsmplain, few
,davs since. He is said to be one oi the
largest pauthers ever killed IN this cou"-
try.
In.emnerascs and its Fruits. We learn
tba, a Murder was committed in the up
per end of this county, in the ne'ghoor-
hood of Rogers Store on Friday n'ghtt
last. II seems two brothers james ana
Alexander Bashfo'd, 60: to d'lnk'ng ana
uuareliug, and ultimately proceeded 70
blows when James stabbed Alexander
with a knife, from which wound he died IN
a yerv short time.-[ Raleigh Register.
Tho Bangor Advertiser. says the diff
eulty between the directors OF the Ban
gor house, and their tenant, Mr. wood
are likely to be settled without bloodshed
We had made a 'saynge pen" 10 write
the account Of the battle with, which we
must now lay aside, we suppose. Sic
transit, &c.
.Ayres-A man by the name Of Wilson,
from Kingston, Upper Canada, was ar
,a.,ed in this town on Saturday evening
i,., Itappears, that Wilson was an Inn
Leener at Kingston, and that in August
lac, no abscondcd, with about $4,000 in
ssccie, belonging to one OF his board
or. lie was traced to this town (by
means Of nm intercepted letter to his wife J
hv an officer from Canada, and on being
arrested. he readily gave up all the mon
ev in his possession, amounting to about
SlsOo. lie LEFT here on Monday, with
,h, officer, in the steamboat for New
York. on their return to Canada.-.New-
port Meresry.
A FArIL DurL.-The following is an
extract of a letter from an officer on board
the u. S. ship Delaware. 1t Is dated
Palermo, August iith -" we have Just
.ncbored here. We leN Malta on tho I'd,
in the company Of the English feet they
iaf, ma last evening On the 7th at Ger
gent;. an unfortunate affair occurred be-
tween two of our gallant officers, one o
whom was mortally wounded in the breast,
and died in "a hours the latter 10 recov-
erine. We have not heard word Of the
Constitution-we look tor her du''y; we
are ali we'll and in high spirits, with the
hone Of soon steering homeward: we
expect to be at New York in Novsm-
ber." r.
Pegging Boots. A young mechanic oi
Wob1ro Massac chuset,s., has invented a
machine to peg boats by wnter. The ma,
chine !, a very neat piece Of work, and
is said by good judges, to be superior
invention. a., r.,
Tho Cincinnati Post says, that Co'
poh;n.on dec!ases in the Nashville Re
publican, that Mexico has ceded Texas
10 the United Statos.