Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1830-1846, 1836-10-06
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Eeneral fiayne, Intendant OF Charleston,
has expressed his determination to put an end
to the custom among the grocers Of that city,
Of selling liquor to negroes or permitting
them to drink in their shops. For this pur-
pose he has issued an order that all screens
in stores shall be taken down as they are for
bidden under penalty of $50, and declares
that should existing laws be found insufficient
for the suppression of the practice, which he
very properly thinks is calculated to endan-
ger human life, measures will be taken to
remedy the deficiency.
1t is said that the New York merchants
intend to erect a monument in Hanover
square to commemorate the great fire.
SoUTm CAROLINA.-Thc South Carolina
Times, the organ of the Wing party in that
State, has declared for Gen. Harrison.
The Providence Journal says:-"We un-
derstand that hereafter, n watch will be OH
the lookout day and night OH board Of each
ofthe boats between this city and New York,
to guard the property of passengers from
depredations."
The Steamboats, for New Yolk will hence
forth leave Providence at half past o'clock.
A western editor says the child lives who
will travel through twenty states lying north
of the Ohio, and west o: the Mississippi, and
containing 10000, 900 inhabitants.
lr 1850 the Legislature of Pennsylvania
passed law that none of its members should
come to the session barcfooted, nor eat their
bread and butter on the steps.
The Church of the Nativity New York;
was destroyed by fire on Friday night of last
week.
The Express mail between New York city
and Washington, is to be started on the first
of November.
Iico more !Stales are already spoken Of for
addition to the Union, under the name of
Iowa and WISCONSIN.
The trial Of Ball, at Providence, for the
murder of his wife, terminated on Wednesday
evening.-The jury after being out about
twenty minutes, returned into court with
verdict Of guilty.
The whole number of saw mills in Maine
are computed to amount to from 1900 to 2COO.
The town of Orono alone has 200.
The President of the United States arrived
at Washington on Saturday morning, at eight
o'clock. The Telegraph says that he is re-
ported to wear an appearance of disappoint-
ment and cbagrin.
.Nichigan.-The convention to determine
upon the question whether Michigan shall or
shall not assent to the terms proposed by
congress as the condition Of her admission
into the Union, consists of fifty delegates;
and Of these, thirty were ascertained at the
date of recent accounts from Detroit, to be
against the assent required. OF course,
therefore, Michigan is not yet State.
EREcr.-The Globe always announces its
boastings with "North Carolina erect"
maryland erect" "Alabama erect" They
are only Strengthening themselves ere they
take the great North Bend.-[U. S. Itie-
graph.
The New Jersey Wing Convention as
sembled at Trenton on Thursday last, near
500 delegates from every portion of the state
were in attendancc,th best feeling prevailed.
The convention made nominations for men,
bers of Congress and Electors.
Among the passengers which lately arrived
at New York from IIavre in the ship Rhone,
was Mademoisello Constance, one of the
principal dancers of the Royal Academy of
Music, Paris, and sister Of the celebrated
Mademoiselle Celeste.