Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1830-1846, 1839-05-23
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TExAs.-The new seat Of government has been nssd
an the Upper Colorado at Waterloo, hereafter to b,
called Austin.
II Is stated that in the of war; the British in
tend TO surround the United States, aud siarvs us ou
as the boy did the woodchuck.
There iorty applications ar divorce NJ a lat,
term of the supreme Court OF Ohio by husbands g.
by wives 81. or the husbands complained OF "a wer,
intemperate.
\, Texas has grown past all belief -Four years ago. il
had hardly white man In its borders. Il now number,
one hundred and 1ny thousand citizens.
The troops have all been paid or at Bangor, aud IN.
barracks sold at auction for $780, about 800 less than
they cost.
George W. Dixon has been sentenced 10 six month,
imprisonment In the Pententary t New York for hre,
libels upon the Rev. DIR. Hawks, TO which he pleaded
guilty.
| The Largest Sunday School in the world is at Stock
port, in England. The number Of pupils in 1887 wa.
i2i4, and Of teachers 400, The scholars are taught in
large building, erected for the purpose.
The snow in some parts of New Hampshire is still
two feet deep.
| mArHEMATIcAL.-It has been ascertained by mathe
mntca calculation, that the danger OF loss of lite Oh M
I"'S'"b> '""oo" in An oNE W fV,UOOOUO.
| DIR. coorER, of South Carolina, died at Columbia on
the llh inst.
At Phtsburg OH Monday there was about four feet
water in the Ohio, but there was an indication Of NOR,
rain.
At Wheeling on Monday the river was falling.
\ At Nashville on the 9th the Cumberland was in excel
lent navgable order, and thirteen feet water on arpetf
Shoals.
/ At our last accounts the Missouri Upper Mississippi
and Illinois rivers were in excellent naviguble order
The Ohio river May 10th, at Cincinnati, had falor
four feet, but was still lfleen above low wutcr mark
The New York market it is said, is flooded with spu
rious money.
The high price Of Mulberry cuttings has caused large
quantities to DO plundered from the fields in Duuphu
county, Pa.
The Mormons have all departed from Missouri inclu
ding Joe Smith, the prophet, and pitched their tents al
Quincy, Illinois.
| In the week ending May ith, not a single death &C
CURED In the capitol Of Michigan Dctroitj containing
near IL, 1000 inhabitants
Mr.. Webster has sold his elegant mansion in Summer
street, Boston, tor 10000.
The scarlet fever prevails at Cape Cod to an alarming
extent.
Presiden, Van Buren, has determined not to send O
Special Minister to England, for the presentso III,
Globe says.
Mn. WEBSTER, who len New FORK with tho Liver
pool on Saturday, will appear in England clad home
spun. Milton and slocomb Tailors OF Boston, for the
purpose Of having il known Europe, that good cloth
can he MADE, aud MADE UP in Yankee land have pre-
Sented Mr. w.with suit ofcIothes, of American CLOTH
manufactured by w. ID. Farnuu,, Of Waterford, Mass.
w. Stcubcn Smith, Clerk In the General Land Office,
Washington, has been adjudged Public Deiauter in
the sum Of s7,74s IS.
PnorEssoR WooDs, OF the Bangor Theological Semi
nary, has been elected president of Bowdoin College
Prof Woods is of DIR. Woods, OF the Andover In
stitution.
y. =. SENATOR PROM CoSSEcTIcUT.-On Saturday
last the Connecticut House Of Representatives appoint
Thursday afternoon, this day the time for going
into election Of u. s. Senator MI the place Of Mr.
Kimberly.