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Herald of the times, and Rhode Islander. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1846-1849, 1848-03-16


A YouNG PRIEsT.-On Saturday last 4 child
six and half years odd, son Of the Rev. 5. NJ
Isaacs, says the \. Y. Commercial Advertiser,
took part in the service of the day at the new
Synagogue in Wooster street, rccitng before a
crowded congregation chapter of the I'd Of
Kings, with the Synagogue music appcrtaining
thereto; also the blessings before and after tho
lesson. His Hebrew reading was critically
correct, and he could be distinctly heard in any
part of that spacious building. We learn that
he is intended for the Jewish ministry.
| The JuNK.-Cap,ain Benjamin of tI'e ship
Mcmnon, arrived at New York on Saturday,
reports that on the 2Sih of February, when in
lat IL i5, Ion. 81 1 , he passed the Chinese
Junk, Kcying, Kellct, from Boston Feb. II,
for London, going before a strong Northwest
brccze-thc power Of which prevented Captain
Benjamin from speaking her.
Herald of the times, and Rhode Islander. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1846-1849, 1848-03-16

SrrcIDE.--Capt Griswold, ofthc whale ship
Audley Clark, oithis port, cut his throat while
laboring under a temporary ft Of insanity, at
Honolulu. Sandwich Islands, on the Gath e
October
Herald of the times, and Rhode Islander. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1846-1849, 1848-03-16

FIRr.-Thc planning works on India street
belonging 10 +. G.. Allen, were destroyed by
fire last evening, about 5 o'clock. The eS-
tablislment consisted of large wooden build
ing, containing new engine, several planning
machines. boilers, &C., together with a lot of
humber. The value of the whole property is
esiimntcd at Sl2, 900. 1t was insured in this
city at the American Office for $500 Bow
ditch Office, Salem, Mass, $1,000 Co,umb-
an and New England, Concord, y. H., $1,000
ca,h.
IL Is supposed ,hl, fire was set in the boiler
honsn. while the watchmcn was absent, rs the
works had not been IN operation during the
dIy.-prOr. JDUran'
Herald of the times, and Rhode Islander. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1846-1849, 1848-03-16

CHLoRoFoRM.--W have in the late news
from London the record of death occasioned
by the influence of chloroiorm, in the case of a
girl aged fifteen years; 20 whom il was admin
istercd previous to the performance of most
painful operation for the removal of one of her
toc-nails. After the inhalation the operation
was Immediately commenced, and no sooner
had the seml-circular incsion been made than
she gave a struggle or jerk, and appeared to
fall into dying state. Her mouth was open
and her face banched. Upon the surgeon
opening her eyes they remained open. Some
brandy was given her and she swallowed lit
tie with difficulty. She was then laid on the
floor and an attempt was made to bleed her in
the arm and jugular vein, but she was dead,
and only a spoonful of blood was obtained
From the first inhalation up TO her death not
more than three minutes had elapsed. The
quantity administered was about drachm; a
much less proportion than has often in other
cases been administered with perfect safety.
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Principal Of '>tarkey Seminary.

! \ JUVENILE FoRGER-A young lad en-
pioyed IN printing Office in this city, whose
passion for attending the theatre has obtained
the mastery over his better judgment, was de-
tCctcd Yesterday in the act of passing forged
order, (purporting to be signed by the foreman
of the oilicc,) at the counting room Ofthe firm.
for the payment to the bearer of fifty cents. Ii
seems that the lad had promised another boy
IN the same office ticket Of admission into one
of our theatres, and having no other means Of
raising the necessary sum topay for the tickets,
forged the order as above stated. The order
was written in pencil, and the clerk AT the
counting room, being certain Of It's fasity de-
clncd accepting it. The gentleman whose
name was forged, after giving the lad a severe
reprimand, concluded not TO prosecute him,
upon his expressions Of pcntencc and promise
of rcfomatlon.- Boston Journal.
Wjlo,rs of Revolutionary SohiTS.-An Act
of Congress, approved I'd February, 1913,
makes farther provision for surviving widows
of soldiers of the Revolution, entities the Wild
ows of all such soldiers, whose marriage took
place before the lst of January, 1874, to receive
ior and during their natural lives, from and
after the ith of March, 1913, the annuity which
would have been allowed to their husbands by
the Act of June Z, 1852, II living al the time II
was passed, subject TO the same restrictions Is
are prescribed in the Act of 1898, granting half
pay and pensions To certain widows.-And
farther all widows entitled to the benefits of this
latter Act are admitted to the benefits Of the
act just passed.
! LATER FROM CASToS. The ship Panama,
direct from Canton, brings eleven days later
adyices. Six Englishmcn had been barla-
rously murdered by the Chinese. Sir John
DAVIS, Governor Of Hong Kong, had arrived
at Canton, aud demanded redress, which was
\ refused. 4 consultation Of officer. was held,
and It was partly concluded 10 blockade Can
ton, but the naval forces were found to be in
sufficient. Fears were entertained that the
matter would end in war
\ 0}@ The New York Express says that
George Evans Of Maine ddnot rite letter to
the Philadelphia 1avlor Festival, IN favor Of
Herald of the times, and Rhode Islander. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1846-1849, 1848-03-16

RIGHTS OF AssIGNEEs. A decision of some
interest to commercial men and bankers is re.
ported in the Journal of Commerce.
On the Goth ofJune '46 some cotton was ship.
ped from Savannah to New York, for sale OF
commission On the same day draft at sixty
days was drawn by the shipper and discoun'
ted for the holder by third party, the shipper
declaring that it was drawn against and paya
bic from the proceeds of the shipment. The
draft reached New York on the 9th of July
and was accepted But in the meantime, or
the Both of June, the commission merchant on
whom it was drawn had failed and made gen
eral assignment for the benefit of all his crcdi.
tors. The shipper also failed at or about the
same time.
The cotton arrived on the 9th of July and
and was taken possession of by the assignee.
4 bill in equity was filed, praying that the
proceeds of the cotton might be applied to the
payment of the draft. The bill was demurred
10, but the Supreme Court, sitting in equity,
gave Judgment against the demurrer, holding
that when the assignment was made the assg-
nor had no property in the cotton, the draft
not being then accepted, and that afterward
when the cotton arrived, he held it only as
trustee for the holder of the draft. OF course
his assignee took it subject to the same trust.
Herald of the times, and Rhode Islander. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1846-1849, 1848-03-16

Nina ADAMs.-Thc Piusburg Gazette pub
fishes the following sketch of the life of Mrs.
Adams, widow of the late ex-Presidcnt. The
sketch was written by Mr.. Books, the editor
of the Gazette, and the Washington cores
pondent of the New York Express
"This lady, (he says,) rendered illusirous
for the long list of honors she has shared in
common with her husband, and with whom
she lived for more than half century, is n
severe sufferer in mind and and body from the
death of her lamented partner. Some few in
cidenis IN the life Of this lady may not AT this
time be unlnteresilng TO the readers of the
Gazette. She was born in Eng on the
/ lth of February, l775. She was the daugh-
ter of Joshua Johnson, a Maryland gentleman,
who went from America 10 London, where he
became eminent as a merchant. During the
war he lti England for Franco, where he ac-
ted as the commercial agent of this country,
and retu ned, upon the ratification ofthe treaty
of peace. Mr.. Adams found his future wife
at London, when acting under a commission
conferred upon him by Cen Washington
in 1894, for exchanging the Publications made
under the treaty Of November Of that year.
Mrs. A. was married at All Ilallows Church,
London, on the 26th Of June, 1897, and fol-
lowed her husband to Prussia, where Mr.. A.
was presented ds the first American minister
from the United States. Mrs. Adams con-
ferred honor upon the country at a time when
the United States were just recognized as an
equal among the nations of the earth. Her
next theatre OF service was in Washington,
and after this again at the Court of St. Peters
burg, and this from 1909 to 1914, the most ex-
citing aNl perhaps the most revolutionary
period in the history of Europe, and embrac-
ing part OF that interesting period of our own
history when the country was at war with Eng
land. Mr.. Adams resided longer at St. Pc
tersbrg than any one ofour American ministers.
excepting Mr.. Middleton, and his lady was left
there for brief period, while her husband was
called to another field ofservce. Mrs. Adams
came along from st. Petersburg to Paris, af-
ter the treaty of peace had been signed by Mr..
A. at Ghent. She was at Paris during the
most memorable period of Napoleon's supre-
macy, and passed the worldwide hundred
days at the French metropolis, in the mids,
oithe wblrlofeXctement incident to'the struggle
between the Bourbons and the Revolutioniss.
After short residence in France, followed
by longer one with her parents in the neigh
borhood of London, Mrs. Adams came to
Washington III 1917, where her husband had
been called as the principal member of Nj
Monroc's Cabinet. Fight years as Secretary
of State, four in the White House, and fifty
one years the companion Of her distinguished
husband, Mrs. Adams has seen more of Court
life, and that IN every variety, from the boast
ful osteniation of Royalty to the simplicity of,
our own Republican habits than perhaps any
living woman
Herald of the times, and Rhode Islander. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1846-1849, 1848-03-16

III At Norfolk on Thursday there wcro
solemn funeral ceremonies in memory of John
Quincy Adams. Business was generally
suspended and every mark of respect was
shown for the venerable deceased patriot
III Capt. Slocum, of the 9th Infantry, ar
rived in Providence, Sunday morning. lie has
been ordered home on recruiting service.
III The Lynn News remarks" How very
naturally the admission Of the lone Sar' OF
Texas into the Union has been followed by
the in'rodGc ion Of loan bills into Congress.
! UJ7 We are indebted 20 Hon. A. G.. Greene,
for complete file Of tho 'ongrs iona|
Globe.
Herald of the times, and Rhode Islander. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1846-1849, 1848-03-16

WHALIyG CAsuALTy.-The ship Condor,
lately arrived at New Bedford, from whaling
cruise, reports at Maui, Nov. 4th, ship Cortez,
Capt. Swift, of New Bedford. George Bailey,
third mate of the Cortez, had been killed by a
whale Mr.. Sowle, Cd mate, had leg broken,
and Mr.. Brown, first mate had an arm badly cut.
We learn from the Providence Herald that a
new Post Office has been established in that part
ofSouth Kingsiown, known as "Boston Neck, y
by the name of,ho" Narragansctt Post Ofice;''
and Samuel Brown, Esq, appointed PM.
Herald of the times, and Rhode Islander. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1846-1849, 1848-03-16

IoRRiBLE OCCuRRENcE.-Two CHILDREN
! Burnt TO DEATH.-Two little children of a
man named Hummer, one aged 2 and the other
years, were burned to death near Bethlehem
Baptist Church, on Friday oflast week. The
parents were breaking fax in barn or hOvel
and were using the stove at the house, some
so or 100 yards distant, for the purpose of
drying the flax, previous to breaking it. They
had jug of liquor, where they were at work
which il would seem, enlisted far more of their
attention than their little children, who were
left alone at the housc.-Whilc they were
worshipping Bacchus, the flax on the stove
took fire, and rapidly communicating to the
floor above, the building was soon in flames
yet Notwithstanding the parents were but few
yards distant, they knew nothing of it until
after some ofthe ncighbors had arrived. After
one Of the children was found dead-its brains
yet irying-the unnatural father and the yet
more unatural mother, returned to the barn to
take another drink before the whereabouts of
the other unfortunate had been ascertaincd.
The other was soon after found, by some of
the neighhors, horribly burned, and in the last
agonies of death. ltngcred for a short time.
and then lis little spirit took its fight, to kin
der father and a happier home.-Ihmterdon,
y. j. Gd.etic,
Herald of the times, and Rhode Islander. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1846-1849, 1848-03-16

JI-J 4 son Of Jesse Ellis, Of Nantucket, was
Instantly killed on "Wednesday last hy loaded
wagon. vhIch ra.scd over h.- neck.
Herald of the times, and Rhode Islander. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1846-1849, 1848-03-16

0P The New York Express says that
George Evans Of Maine ddno, rite letter to
The Philadelphia 1aylor Festival, in favor Of
Goncnl Taylor nomination
Herald of the times, and Rhode Islander. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1846-1849, 1848-03-16

uP We publish the following article at the
earnest solicitation of several of our subscri-
bers.
Herald of the times, and Rhode Islander. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1846-1849, 1848-03-16

/ DEATH is supplied with boundless variety
of darts and arrows, with which he accomplishes
his work Could all the forms in which death
comes to man be written together, what a
long and fearful catalogue would il make |.
Think Of the innumcrable number of diseases,
al at the command ofdeath And, as though
there were not sufficient, see how man is ey-
posed to fatal accidents on every hand, and at
this very moment. 1t was saying Of Flavel,
that 4" the smallest pore in the body is a door
large enough to let in death" "The leanest
knat in the air., says the same writer, " may
choke one, as it did Adam, the Pope of Roam
4 little hair in milk may strangle one, as it
did counsellor in Rome. A little skin OF
raisin may stop ones breath, as it did the lyric
poet Anacreon." A little hangna on finger
recently proved an avenue of death to physi-
clan of New-iork city, who was in the yigor
of life and health. Even the food we cat to
nonrish us, and the air we breathe, may intro
duce death into our systems. And though
everything else should fail to harm us, we
might fall beneath our own hands, should God
permit a cloud tn pass over our reason. Oh,
how insecure is life how near is death What
has been said to the mariner in respect TO his
ship, that =" he always sailed within four inches
of DEATH may be said of the soul in relation
TO the body. If the ship splits, the sailor
sinks; if our earthly vessel breaks, the soul is
plunged forever into the shoreless ocean OF
eternity. Were our senses not benumbed or
deadened. we should read warning in every
sere leaf, and hear an admontion in every
wind that sighs. Even sleep, " Nature s
sweet rcstorer,' would be a monitor Of death
an ever present emblem of mortality Cycle.
Herald of the times, and Rhode Islander. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1846-1849, 1848-03-16

from letter to an eminent commercial house
in this city, dIed.-
"MovTrlDro. Jan. o."
" J. COm. Ad,r.
Thrr, vessels. two Braz. iian and one Eng
lish, in attempting to run the blockade at
!uenos iyres, had been captured by The
French and, wl;h ieir clrgoes, condemned as
lawful prizes and ordered 10 be sold on the Sih
lnst. The blockade is now most rioiily en-
forced, the French making a complete line
arross the river with their steamers and other
men-oi-war, say fron Eus mad to Colonia.-
\ II this had been done IN consequence of the
decree issued by Rosls, closing the port Of
Buenos Ayres againstthe trade of Montcyideo
After the few vessels which are now loading
arc dispatched You must not expect any pro-
ducc from here for some time to come.
Herald of the times, and Rhode Islander. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1846-1849, 1848-03-16
Supreme Court.

! IhurSddy, WdrH 3.-thdrieS II Uecdfh
as Albert Watson.-At the opening of the
Court this case was committed by Judge Halle
to the jury, who, after hours absence, re-
turned a verdict of guilty and assessed the
damages at $2G2 and costs.
Peleg A. Clarkc rs Luther Baieman. This
was an appealed action under the new lien law
to recover wages for work and labor on de-
PENDANTS house
Sheffield and Pearcc for pit. ii. Y. Gran
ston and Son for def.
Judge Staples charged the Jury in this case
at A, p. NJ.
The Jury came in at the adjournment of the
Court, and stated they were unable to agree.
Friddy, March l0th, 1913. State rs Isaac
Read.-The prisoner was indicted under the
10Th section of the act relative to Crimes and
Punshments for keeping disorderly house,
&C., in Tanner street. In the absence of the
Attorney General, VIM. p. Sheffield appeared
for the Government; ID. J. Pearcc for the
prisoner. The case was given to the jury at
IL l-2 A. NJ, but after deliberating thereon
until p. NJ, they came into Court, and by
their foreman stated that they were unable to
agree, and there was no probability of their
uniting on Il verdict The papers were then
taken from the jury, and Mr.. Read entered in
to a recognizance TO appear at the next Au-
gust term.
Nichols Hassard Us Henry b. bdge,-
This was an action appealed from the Court
of Common Pleas to recover the value of a
horse, which came to his death, while in the
defendants keeping.
Pearcc e. Turner for pit Sheffield e.
Blake for delt.
This case was still on trial when we were
obliged to go 10 press.
Saturday, March IL. State rs Isaac Barker
of Trerton.-The defendant was indicted at
this term for an assault on Samuel Negus of
pverton, with gun loaded with shot, which
he fired at y. aad wounded him in the right
leg.
Attorney General for State. Pearco e.
Turner for defendant.
Verdict not guilty.
In,,he case of Nichols lIassard against Hen
ry b. Hodges, the Jury could not agree.
Herald of the times, and Rhode Islander. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1846-1849, 1848-03-16
Later from the Rio DE- Ii PLATA.

We ar, f,vorad with the subjoincd extract
from letter to an eminent commercial house
i'm this citv ,titaI
Herald of the times, and Rhode Islander. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1846-1849, 1848-03-16

Thus have ended the obsequics Of this great
and good man.
Tie public func,ionaries, the military, &C..
were brought back to the city in a special
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1848-09-13
A TAYLOR Anniversary in India M.

The friends OF Gen Tsy Tor ia Western Indiana
celebrated Oh the 5,h inst the Goth Anniversary
Of bis gallant defence Of Fort Hamilton ia l-l2,
when asss.led after Hulls surrender by vastly
superior force Of British and Indians Tie site Of
that old tort then in tie heart oi the Western
Wilderness is nov Tere Haate. the f0urshins
capital Of Vigo County. The part ciPators Ia the
celebration are vsrious.y estim sted from Fifteen
% Thirty Thousand TX Gov LEIcHER Of Ky.
presided and made al able speech. Among the
speakers were Hon. Henry s Love, Hon r. w
Thompson, and Hon L. ". McGmghey Of lndi-
ana with :. Orih, John Ewing and John II.
Thompson, o. that State. Hon. L. i Under Of Ill.
Capts Osborn and Rousseau Of the late Nolun-
teers and others The meeting must have been
great one the people camping around ia their
large prairie wagons ike an army. TeTe Hau'e
was crowded the night before end one Of the dele
cations arriving that morning, vas two hours n
passing the bridge over the Wabash. The main
meeting was held u a grove on the prairie, aul is
said By the Wabash Express to have covered
twenty acres but meetings were held in the
Court House on Tie evenings Of the 9Th AID 9Th
We have supposed Indiana given over for
Cass. but this don't LOOK Ike i..
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1848-09-13
A Gentleman In Dimculty,

Hon. J. J. FaTan, a Cass member of Congress
from Ohio, lately made a speech in Cincinnati in
which he stated that the editor Of The Tribune
wrote letter from Washington, last winter, de-
claring that
The Whgs were afraid to stop the war for fear II
they did that they could not elect President in the
coming election"
Being challenged TO prove this assertion Mr.. f..
contents himself with citing the following passage
from one of our Washington letters:
"The Wing members are generally night in scnt.
ment and most sincerely ANXIOUS that this horrible,
wasleful carnage should De terminated But alas that
the word should be needed there several who have
yet learned that nothing be more eNpedient than
doing exactly right and doing it rish, OF and while
the Whiss can only promote this by securing se sectoH
Of nag Pr6sideH'; and 10 this end they would have
all their energies directed The Wings do nothing
they argue. anti fully in power ANY rsoluie oiteHp 70
a. Eow, could really accomplish nothing for
peace while II would deprive Us OF the opportunity Of
making peace next year, BY enabling Cur gPoseHis 20
det Prssides'"
We have allowed all Mr.. Farans unfair Italics
10 stand. that the resder might how utterly he
falls Of making cut his case, though allowed 10
make the mos; Of it. We never sand nor intimated
that the Wings had the power to stop the War,
yet refused to exercise it, through lear OF losing
the Presidential Election We state the truth
that they could De brought to act in uncompro-
missing hostility to the War so long as they lacked
power TO terminate it, a large portion Of them ap
pretending that they would only lose the Election
by this course, and with it the power to stop the
War at any time daring the four years ensuing
This was the view OF majority. while some forty
or fifty with whom we heartily ssreedD were for
opposing the War to the utmost. and letting
consequences take care Of themselves. We sta
ted the ground Of the majority fairly, though we
opposed their conclusions Mr. Farsn would have
improved ais reputation had he followed tho ex
ample His quotation eiectually convie,s him.
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1848-09-13

- THE ENfcUrifE ConNr1Es appointed at
the immense Mass Meeting Of the people at NanN-
hall Garden, on the 9TH September at their meet
ins oa Monday evening Sept. j., Unanimously
R,soirs4 That having deliberately cetefnine .. pa
obedience % The general viii . adhere ~ hhNAi ,At
and MMLARD glLLNolE. we earnestly recommend '-s
several Districts throughout the state. az tie earnest
practicable period o. nominate an E~ciof 80 iA". pr
complete Clay Electoral Ticket may 20 before the p'
Pc by or before the . 81 October ,.-.,
br.oIrrd In, .s,,..shf.,t this state and the United
Stare 81. parties desiring % communist WIN tn-
Con,ai..A s5t,e.s the secretary forthwith POSTAGE
p,rn ~ C-se- WILLS HALL. Ch9unaH.
y. CARROLL. sfrcarg
- The Executive Committee Oh Nne 'j'1Ine4
o. meet a. the place Constitution Ham On W CO.
nesdsy evening l3ta iHst a. q. o'clock