Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1830-1846, 1835-06-18

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sale of Ardent Spirits, notwithstanding they
had recently obtained licenses to sell the
same.
! 1890 families, chiefly farmers and mechan-
les, intend to emigrate from the city Of New
York the ensuing summer to Illinois, and es-
tab.ish there township by themselves.
! The number Of dwelling houses and stores de-
stroyed by the recent fire in Charleston, has been
estimated at lS2-including out buildings, 374-l
allowing on an average two buildings TO each lot
Valuation 800, 900, land or lots included The
number Of dwellings burnt in the great fire Of
1910, was l94.
! From PERU.-A gentleman who crossed the
continent, and arrived at N. York. writes Messrs.
Topf Of Boston, that on the 23d Of April, the
country was in a honid state Of revolution, and
business very dull.
! CHoLERA.-Thsd disease seems slowly ascend
ing the western waters, and settling at various
points along the Mississippi. The Pittsburgh
Statesman OF the 9th ult. says the steamboats,
irving at Louisville, have had many cases on
board; but II makes no mention Of tho disease ha-
wing taken root on shore, yet, at that point
Mr.. VAN BUREN's letter, accepting the
nomination for the Presidency, is published. As
was expected it is full Of professions Of alteration
for the constitution and the preservation Of the
Union.
Mr.. WEBsTER.--This gentleman passed
through Providence on Saturday, on his way to
Boston from Washington, where he had been ON
professional business before the French Commits
soners
! II is suggested that as the Hickory las been
chosen as The favorite emblem Of Jackson, the
Slippery Elm will be an equally appropriate
emblem for Van Buren.
! A lot Of land in New York, seven and half
feet front, by Is in the rear, and Ill deep, was
sold at auction; on Monday, for S37 400. It
was the remnant Of lot which had been cut off
by opening Pla,t street.
! II is stated in one of The papers that Amos Ken
dali, the Post Master General, has taken out a
patent for a steamboat Of original and peculiar
construction.
The" spoils Of the victory from the great bear
hunt near Middebury, VI, were-6 wolves, 10
bears, 3 catamOunt, "a wild cats, 80 foxes, 8
hedgehogs, Is rabbits, 4 woodchucks!!
Miss Martineau has gone on a visit to the NAM
mouth cave, Kentucky; she will look also into
some Of those salt petre caves, we hope, and con-
template the mummies found in them.
COnven Rioters. Kelley and Hadley Of
Charlestown, and Pond and Budd Of Boston, had
their trial last week at Concord for burning the
Convent, and were acquitted.
Small Por. Gases Of this disease have re-
Gently occurred in various parts Of New England,
showing the necessity Of attending to the duty Of
vaccination.
There are "a papers published in Tennessee Of
which twenty-five are White papers.
Il Poulson's Daily Advertiser of Saturday last
says-"Chief Justice Marshall arrived in this
city, on Thursday last, and took up his lodgings
ut Mrs. Crm's boarding house, No, l0S Walnut
street. His health, we regret to learn, is still
feeble.'
| murder, attended with the most horrid cir
cumstdnces, was committed in Kittery, (Me.) on
"Wednesday afternoon last, by Theodore Wilson
man Of irregular habits and fend-ike DISPOSE
ton lie murdered his wife! The cause was
RUM!
Il 1t was lately asserted in the N. Y. Evening
Post, as Ieproach to the Wing party, that VIM.
Gwinn Jones, recently detected in Iobbing the
Post Office at Baltimore, was a Whig editor.
The truth is, that Jones was the editor Of neu-
trui paper, but himself member, in full COM
munon, Of the Jackson party!
/ The Nuns Gone. The Montreal Herald of
the 4th inst. says-"'rhs Rev Mr. Mcguire, Chap
lain ofihe Ursulines at Quebec, arrived here on
Friday, and proceeded last night TO Quebec, ac-
companied by three Of the sisters Of the Ursune
Convent Of fCharesown, near Boston, and several
pupils from the same establishment.
/ Ten thousand dollars worth of sesars are pulled
away daily in the city Of Havana.
A hail storm recently took place in Galla,;n,
Ten, during which the hail fell in the form of
solid chunks Of ice, many Of them weighing a
quarter OF pound, and averaging from 8 to 1 6
inches in circumference One OF them was picked
up after the storm, which weighed pound
The manufacturing companies of Lowell have
made donation to the Mechanics Association of
that place, Of fifteen thousand dollars.
Il A Correspondent of the New York Gazette ex-
presses u belief, that when the Long Island Rail
Road shall have been completed, the time for irav-
elng from New York to Boston will not exceed
nine hours!
! The Sailors in Philadelphia have had a turn out
for higher wages. They held meetings at the
State House Yard, and paraded the streets with
martial music. As they passed the exchange,
they gave three cheers for" eighteen dollars a
month and no Temperance ships" The Carriers
were also 10 have a i" strike"
II Boston paper estimates the cost Of the jaunt
OF the military company Of fusiliers TO the South.
at S50oO-and the editor thinks il will be bad
investment.
II TRIAL FOR IIEREsY. II is stated in the New
York Observer, that the Cincinnati Presbytcry,
at the last dates, were engaged in the trial Of the
Rev. Dr. BEEcHER, on a charge Of Heresy
| The editors promise a report Of the trial, from
correspondent ut Ciuciunatia.
The late destructive fire in Charleston, Is.