Herald of the times, and Rhode Islander. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1846-1849, 1848-11-16
GENERAL 4 Personal NEWS.

master gave The advertising vi 'ho h9' w ~
tcrs To the paper having the largest circuia'lo'
in the city Of Lancaster, and the edltor ciai'ii'
inc the largest general circulation brought
suit against the postmaster. The court "ecl- II
ded that under the act OF Congress oi the 81
March, lsi5, the advertisement must he III
serted in the paper "having the largest circu-
htlon" generally, and that Inserting II III u Il
paper having the largest circulation III the ci'y
or town where the post office IS located, or \
where the paper is printed, Is not a comph-
ance with the law.
Il DrsrRucrryg FIRE AT OYSTER BAY, l.. l..
!, ,-Tuesday morning, at halt-past IL o'clock,
| fire broke out in the tailor shop OF Borkus a
Richardson. and extended 10 the cabinet shop 1
| of Geo. Il. Allen, Sciosset Division Sons OF
i Temperance and carriage MAKERS shop OF
| Samuel v Ludam and grocery and dry |
| goods store of James NJ Ladlam. The build
| lnps being wood, were soon in heap OF ruins
! Loss Of Borkus Il Richardson estimated al .
I $500. no insurance G.. L. Allen, $1,000, 4
! insured in the Huntington Mutual 5000
! ). Y. I.udIan, $500, no insurance Jas. NJ
/ I.udam, $1,000, insured $4,000 in the Glen
! Cove Mutual Sons of Temperance lost all
! their furniture and books, no insurance i
! BrOokIyn Star.
! inp to the New Orleans Orcanlan, barrel
| was taken from the Mississippi river, supposed
:. TO contain wine or kquOr Of some description
and being opened iightful sight presented
I itself TO the eyes Of the spcctatos-the bodies
of two white persons covered with lime, with
/ no traces OF the features remaining. IL was
conleclurcd that they were male and female,
or perhaps two females but the long hair on
the skull of one Of the exhumed victims served
as the only remaining clue to the discovery OF
the sex.
4 F,RE AT MEMPHIS. More Than 500 bdlCS N
a cotton Bur THE Memphis Eagle, of the
: 23d inst. sa $: About six O'Clock yes,er-
y day morning, the cotton shed of MIR. w. How
: ard was discovered TO be on fire, and was
consumed with It's contents, being 500 bales OF
/. cotton. valued at some SlI 900, owned prln-
: cipally by planters. 1t rs supposed to have
/. been set on fire.
\ r~P Two men were arrested on Sunday
\ morning last, on suspicion of having set fire to
two barns and "A store on Friday night last
;, They were examined on Thursday last before
y Justice Bullock, Bayley aud Pearse, and
bound over in the sum of $1,000 each, TO take
J, their trial at the November term of the Court
= OF Common Pleas for the County y.-Briao
- Phemr
II EXPORTING AppLEs.-Mr. Asa Smith, o
d Lock port, Niagara County, goes out IN the
/ Europa, and takes with him about 1000 barrels
L of choice apples, of some twenty-five different
varieties. selected from the orchards of Nlagar;
&c County, with special reference to the foreign
g market-AHony Erening Jomnd
% 4 VErERAy WING. Mr. George Blake
= now about 80 years of age, and the oldest per
- son lnsSpringfeld, was plomriIy at the poll'
- on Tuesday. lie has voted at every Presden
tial election sence the formation OF the Govern
ment. His first vote was for George Wash
~ ~ ington his last for Zachary Taylor.-Bee
id BAy. PRorITs IN PnILApEIrnI,.-lh
of following Philadelphia Banks have just dec lr
ne ed a seminnual dividends:
re Philadelphia Bank, per ct. Western, do
Mechanics do Commercial, A \. Liberties
HI 5 Bank Of Commerce, ) Southwark Bank
5: Kensington, 5 Man. and Mech s., 3 IL
Farmers and Mechanics, 2per share.
d LETTER OF Mr.. CALHOUN. The Charlotte
" Mercury Of Thursday contains long lett'
=, II from Mr.. Calhoun, upon the subject of takln
u the choice of Presidential Electors from ii
100 Legislature of South Carolina, and giving 1t
~, the people of that State. Mr.. Calhoun thinl
20, / the change would be productive of unmingl'
a.. evil, and manifesis the deepest sollcitudc it
~, the preservation Of the existing law.
ion IMMloRATIoN.-Dur Saturday and Su
day, twenty one ships, nineteen barques, MN
by teen briggs, and more than fifty schooners ente
bic ed the port of New York and during Il
an anne time more than six thousand seera!
ro- passengers, chiefly from Ireland and German
the have landed IN tn city.
ets
RED REpUBLIcANs.-Theu ultra rcpu
licans in Paris are known by this nam
; It isa bon mot i" of Gen. Lamoricier
An that HOLSTERS and republicans are n
ii'n according to the time they have BET
cL boiled"
Mr. Matthias Duke died, in kingsto
ING Canada on Sunday, the 25lh ult. of hydl
tn. phobia. He received about month ago,a b
set ; from a cat, which it is presumed was the cat
net of his maady. Mr.. Duke was man mu
lore respected.
90" Rorous GIRLs.-The Grand Jury of
,;oh leghany county, Pa, have found bills aga
'ioa several gitls for having participated in t
,he factory riots in Allegheny city, few mon
ago.
An Irish orator speaking Of an opponen
:. love of praise, described him so vain III 4
respect, " that he would be content to give
two the ghost ifit were but to read the ste
COW cutters puff on lis grave"
'"" ; Revenue Cutter "Robert J Walker b.
5ie at Washington, under the superintendent
'a''' ; Capt. Frazier, Chefofthe Burean of Rever
~" Marine, sailed the lst inst. for California.
,L goes out for the purpose Of being in readin
" to look after the revenue which Is to accrue
.' US on the shores Of the Pacific.
that 4 child of Mr.. Crowfoot, dentist, in \
laps Haven, was recently saved by Ncwlou
cian land dog, who dragged him out Of cstern
r. to which he had fallen, and was found lying
hort his side The child was restored by
eth prompt application Of the proper remedies.
axes A FIRE occurred at Toronto, Upper Cana
with on Sunday, 20th ult., which destroyed ah
Up S3O, 900 worth Of property. The llartf
tie Protection Company insured for 10000.
Rev Henry Colman has returned to \
T. York from hi. agricultural tour in Europe.
"A FEMALE SLAVES FREED.-The Edmor
r,la 20 tirIs ,Nhn ,Nprp copturpd hoard tho Pr