Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1830-1846, 1836-06-30
Sum mary.

President Wayland is appointed to deliver
the Phi Beta Kappa grafton at Cambridge at
the anniversary in August, and DR.. Holmes,
ofCambridge, the poems.
FATAL DUEL.--A duel has been fought q
short distance from Washington, by two
young men connected with the Navy. Mr..
Key was shot through the body and died on
the field, and the first intmation his family
had Of the catastrophe, was when his remains
were brought to his fathers residence.
We understand, says the New Orleans
Post of June z, that a negro man was lately
condemned to be burned to death over a slow
fire, which was put into execution, at Grand
Gulf, for numbering black woman and her
master, Mr.. Green, respectable citizen of
that place, who attempted to save her from
the clutches of this monster.
The crops in Upper Canada promise to be
abundant. A great many cows have been
lately purchased in that country for the
American market.
BY an order from the War Department
dated May 2Gth, Governor Call was author
lied to take command in Florida, in the
event of Generals Scott and Clinch not con-
tinuing on duty. Gen. Scott having assumed
the command in the Creek Nation, and the
resignation of Gen. Clinch having been ac-
'cepted, Gov. Call is now Commander-in-
Chief in Florida.
CENTENNIaL CELEBRATIoN.--The two
hnndredth anniversary Of the establishment
of Harvard College, will be celebrated, by
appropriate exercises, Mt the Meeting House
in Cambridge, on The 9Th day of September
next, when President Quincy will pronounce
discourse in commemoration of the event.
Three children were bitten by mad dog
in Baltimore on Friday last.
Col Stanley, commander of the volunteers
who left New York in the brig Matawankeag
for Texas, has been killed in duel at Gal
weston, by captain Graham. He was an
Englishman.
We find the following provoking paragraph
in the U. s. phil Gazette:
Our markets are filed with straw berries
we never saw them more plentiful, and as
the price will be regulated by the quantity,
we may expect that all will enjoy the luxury
Cherries, too, nre more then usually ubun-
dant.
The Ncw-York Transcript says that there
is in that city gang of fellows who kidnap
colorcd children, and send them TO the South
as slaves.
Letters from Washington stste that it has
been found necessary to order 25OO men to
Tennessee on account of suspicious move
ments among the Cherokees.
Place all the uncoIlectcd newspaper bills
in America in one heap, and you would erect
mountain higher than any in the universe
The real and personal estate in the State
Of New-York is estimated at FIVE hundred
and thirty millions Of dollars.
"A long ,uinter.-A letter from Sault st Ma
ric, dated May ~, says:-"We are s,isl sur
rounded with ice. Lake Superior is full oft
as far as the eye can see."
Louisiana contains 3I,000,000 acres Of
land, only five millions of which are in the
hands Of private individuals, the rest belongs
to the United States.
The New York Journal Of Commerce Of
Thursday says, the money market in that
city is completely relieved from all distress
sing pressure.
They talk Of building house for the King
in London, which they say can be done for
three or four millions of dollars; in quite
comfortable style.