Richmond Indiana palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1837-1839, 1838-01-20

RENINYscENcE.-lhc town III newport, i$noCc
Island, was formerly the handsomest and most
Aourishisg town in the United States. has
the finest haTbor in the country, and seventy
wears ago, was the second town ia the cOuI;ry
inferior in wealth and commerce only 10 Roston.
In 1865 Newport contained IL 900 inhabitants,
now it has only 5000. At THAT perio;, although
the country trade Of New York was greater than
tlyst of Newport, We, the latte, far exceeded New
York, NJ to foreign and doFaestc navigation.
There wore then employed, at Newport, about
$50 vcsssIs in the fofeisn trade. AMI about $50
On coas,iny voyages. 4 line Of London packets
s.iied fry:n thosa, AMI Aaron Lopez, an eminent
JCw my.chanb fret prosecuted the whaling bu=i-
ness hays.s.a tse Falkland Island, eni was the
owner Of s.slrfy vessels.
About IA 900 bids. o! .noasses were ann1a'iy
imported into the fo.n, and distilled intn r'i IN
the 22 distil.ericsieu IN operation at that place.
The rum was sent 10, Africa and exchanged Tor
slaves Newport grew rich By the slave trace.
Her aerchan,s wed Like princes, with slaves 10
fan them while they a.cpf, and wait on 'hc'f ca
PRECIOUS desires whJ1 awake. lew fragments
Of tho sa altered fabric Of ancient pomp stu re-
,oo;n N .hovy ms that luxury and extrnysgancc
had taken docp hold on the habits and customs of
an. neoole Of Newport. Bat an end cometh 10
all ti.ines. The present condition of some OF the
descendants Of thosO rich men, furnishes STU
King commentary ON the folly Of human expecta-
lions. The almshouse in that place - the
gi.r,my home Of many Of the poor, broken and
friendicss descendants Of men who strutted
through life with all the ostenta':on Of immense
woaiii,.-(Nowburypor Herald.
Lmporsast Law Decision relasire to the Bank
cf az United Sedtes.-An application was somc-
limo .;ncc made to the Hon. John X. Jones, as
s,ciate Judge Of tho court Of common pleas, TO
take testimony 10 show that the Unised yates
R,nk had Violated its charter by ref;'sih pay
its notes on demand. Upon the return Of The CT
tation. tho counsel for tho Bank commended that
the applicant (Mr. Charles Kuhn) had no right to
this procedure, in.smu:h ns the bank Ind fully
psid him in gold, with twelve per cent. interest,"
The owrlns Of the note held BY him, pnymsnts OF
which had been refused; secondly, that tho np-
plica ton only al!edgcd ono refusal by the bank,
and the act Of assembly contemplated n second
demand and refusal. Thcso positions were con-
tested by Mr. Kuhn's counsel, who further srg''-
cd that tho i,dgo had right 10 entertain these
objections, his duty being morclv ministerial! IN
tho matter. enl not juIiciaI. His honor Judge
Jones Yesterday deliy cred his opinion at length,
and with great porspicuity, denying to tho aPpi'-
cant the right to mike tho proof and deciding
let, That The duties Of the judge, as directed by
the cot Of assembly, were Judicial and not merely
ministerial ~. That rs Mr. Kuhn had been
ucid. and the notes had bcen surrendered to tho
bank he vas not the owner and proprietor. and no
other had the right - proceed; and I'D. That the
net Of assembly contemplated second demand
and refusal. which had not been made 'nthm case.
For those reasons, tho application was denied.
We understand that another (sirnilar) app'ica-
tioa has been made to judge King.-fSentine!.
so,r, C..oa,yA-We find ,hs following extract of .
lssssY In the Charleston Mercury:
When that Vermont fellow going on in the house,
day bsfr. Yesterday had prepared two resolutions drawn
- his, declaring that as tho
had failed protect South in ths peaesabo possession
and snoymss their rights and peculiar
cxpsdiens tina: the Union should DO d'soi go an @
e,hsr Committee of 2on.sach S'ae:so consult
,,,n ,s bes: means permanently dssoving H. ut ne
v.r, on 30 long and thai the Southern >h
h.-, would not stay House, and was Obliged 70 80
Win ,,sm n,, s.asen. Rely upon nothing hsEaook
- yousssves''
ns the Charleston Mercury any objections 10 state WHY
h. nsmbsr was above letter. md VINO, ne
declares, was nbous propose Congress TO THE
r1,ol. Tn, people of State and the fsnis OF ms
ss., and Of the Unio RICH. TO know who tbs writer
Ia Ra,sigh 6. C.) Register.