Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1830-1846, 1836-12-08
SUMMARY.

pendant of Com. A. ]. Dallas, arrived at Ho.
vana, on the lst November, from Pen sacola.
Yale Couege.-'I'le number of students ut
Yale College is 500 proud reflection for
this excellent aud venerable Institution. 1
Henry Losses.-The several marine insur-
nnce companies in this city have asccrtaincd
that their Losses, during the past week. amount
( upwards of ONE HUNDRED ASD SIXTY THOU
SAND DoLLAus.-I.N Y. Com. Of Saturday,
We learn from the Richmond Whig, tina,
Senator Leigh has determined to resign his
seat. r.u..
A writer in the Bangor Advertiser states
that he has become satisfied. from expert
ments, &c. that a strong decoc,on Of tobac-
CO. freely administered, is a remedy for the
effects of arsenic.
Surgeon Thomas Lawson, of thr nrmy. has
b'cn appointed by the President. surgeon
general Of the Unit States Army, vice Jo-
seph Lowell deceased. "a.
a Free Press.-One in which every block
head my insert Whit he pleascs gratis.
!Specie.-The National Gazcttr is informed
on competent authority, that there il n, this
moment in Mexico an amount of ore valued
a. $l5,OOOOOO, remaining useless on the sur
facc.on account Of the scarcity of quicksilver;
the process Of smelling depending, in u great
degree, upon an adequate supply Of that me
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The village Of Johnston, Montgomery CO.
N. Y. was nearly consumed by fire OH the
25th ut. including the Episcopal church. An
organ in the church, presented before the
revolution by Sir William Johnson,fell prey
10 the flames. The loss is estimated at ris-
A similar calamity b. .iel this town in 1924,
and the fire has swept over the same ground
that it did then.
About $1,000 barrels of -four, chiefly from
Ohio, according to the Albany Argus, has
been detained at various points ON the Erie
canal by the ice. 1t is ihtinntcd that as soon
as the -four belonging TO the owners in New
York had been transported, the line boats
were Withdrawn, lest the increased quantity
might canse a reduction in the price of the
article. The Hudson river is still open to
Albany.
Thanksgiving IN .Ntw Jersty.-Governor
Dickerson has appointed Thursday, the 18th
Of December, as day Of Public Prayer and
Thanksgiving.
Osio-OGinl Rrturns.-.Thc legal n,njori-
ty for Harrison is 1870; the majority in fact
is s5Ol; some votes having been rejected as
illegally returned. Harrison has 1O4,95S;
Van Buren, 06,2sS. Whole number of votes
2O2s33.
Teras.--The New Orleans Standard of
Nov. 9th says. that David G.. Burnett has re-
signed the Presidency Of Texas; md Gen.
Samuel i'ous:on has becn appointed substi-
tute till his own time arrive. AZ present
President and former General, it is not i'm.
probable that Houston will permit or effect
the Liberation of Santa Anna.
Counterfeit Blis.-1'he Montpelier Watch
man says, the Canada rogues are loolng the
country with $40 counterfeit bills of the Bos-
ton State Bank-with red vignette.
Gold Resiored.-Thc $4,000 IN gold of
which the Merchants Bank in Providence
was robbed 4 few months SINCE has hcen re-
ceived by that Bank from Philadelphia.
Mr.. Van Burcn was 81 years Of sge on
Monday last-the day that Congress assem-
bled at Washington. .t|r.
"A valuable foot bau.-Nine Thousand dollars
was found by some boys in Boston Few days
sgo, in an old shoe that they were Kicking a
bout streets. The bills are on the banks OF
New Orleans, aud other distant banks. and II
saquestion among the brokers whether they
ire genuine OF counterfeit.
There was great Rrc in Quebec on the
Nth ult 81 houses were burnt
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