Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1830-1846, 1837-04-20
Summary.

Squire Pa,t. the Barnegat pirate, was sentenced
on "Wednesday, ut the United States Circuit. in
Trenton, to months Imprisonment, and $3.50
fine and costs the jury having recommended
him to the mercy Of the court.
We learn from the Alexandria Gazette that
Major Gates has been honorabiy acquitted OF the
cln rges preferred against him. The sentence of
the court has bcen transmitted to the President
for approval.
The Chelsea Bank, (NIuss) has stopped pay
ment.
An emigrating company consisting Of about hf-
ty, left Paw,ucket. on Wednesday, the 18th
inst. on their way to the Far West.
We learn that on Wednesday in ". York a
slave wns rescued by the blacks from the custody
of tho court and the Judge was knocked down.
While the hearsc was waiting at the door, on
Tuesday to convey the corpse Of Peter Cannon.
n poor man in N. York, his child boy aged
five, wont into the street and was run over by
wagon and killed.
The funeral was delayed for few hours to bu-
ry the father and the son in the same grave.
Asa proof Of the force Of ridicue, it is said
that no dirk has been seen in the Ohio Legisla-
ture since a member appeared there with wood
en- one stuck in his bosom and long corn cob
handle attached to il.
Il BOLD RoBBERY.-On Saturday, as a clerk Of
Arthur Tappan $ Co. OF New York. WINS going
10 the bank, william snatched the bank book
from him and decamped. It contained SO, 500
| in hank bills, besides n number Of checks A re-
ward of $500 is offered for the apprehension Of
the thief, and the recovery of the property.
Il In an account Of late horse race near New
Orleans it is mentioned that the person who tool
the money for the admission Of spectators to the
course, could not tell exactly how much he re-
c-ived, as he could not find time to count it
but he sent into the city that evening, tUo bar
rels Of half dollars!
The Legislature Of Virginia appropriated, a
its last session. four millions and half Of dollar
towards internal improvements.
There is a line Of steam packets building n
New-York, Of the larges, class. to ply betweer
that city and Charleston, S. C.
II MoNrREAL CoURIER.-Dr. Barber, lat,
adjunct professor oF eocution in Harvard Univer
.i,y, Cshe able lecturer on Phrenology, IAN Eng
lish gentleman Of fine literary acqusitions-ha
been called to the sditorshp Of the Morning Cou
rer, one Of the daily papers published in Mon
t treaI. We doubt not his power to render sub
stan,al aid to the periodical literature Of ou
northern neighbors.
3 DErRoIr.-A directory Of Detroit, latel
!, published, states. that Of the thirty steamboat
} engaged in navigating the lake between Bu,al
and Chicago. seventeen belong to Detroit. form
4 ing an aggregate Of 20S0 tons; and that "a oth'
k vessels registering in the aggregate 5l47 tom
: belong to that city, making total Of 1927 ton
The population Of Detroit year since W,
;. something short Of 7oOO-it is now, according
r this work, 9763.
Tho French minister, NJ. Pontois, arrived :
Washington, on Monday, Of last week.
DARING RoppERy.--On Saturday afternoon
some person or persons, entered the third stor
= Of the American Hotel, New York, while ii
: bonrders were at dinner, and broke open ii
q trunks in l3 or IA rooms, searching who
2 doubt. for money, but finding but little.
;. UsuRIous INTER EST. I'm the course Of
= Rathbun's trial at Batavia, one point clear
l. shown by The counsel was that Rathbuu, durir
. the year 1885, expended more than million
! dollars for shares.
b AGRICULTURAL BoUNrY..-1'h Lcsislatn
v of Maine has passed an act, giving bounty
two dollars to every cultivator Of the soil wi
% will raise twenty bushels Of wheat, and six Ger
70 each for every bushc! over thirty.
G. Mosr UNGALLANT.--TheS Sou hern Litera
Journal says, that in Charleston, 8. c. there a
g four thousand three hundred and twenty ladie
n living in n state Of singh wretchedness. betwe'
'e the ages Of fifteen and fifty.
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