Herald of the times, and Rhode Islander. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1846-1849, 1848-06-15

THE EXPLOSION on THE ToMBGnEE.-A
slip from the Office of the Mobile Register
gives the particulars of the III. Kinney steam
er, a sketch of which has already been given. 4
She left Mobile OH tho afternoon of the Goth
ult. for Gainesville, &c. with good freight, \
and both her boilers bust the next day at one \
y. VI, at woodward on the river. Eight
or ten of the passengers and crew We're killed
and ten or twelve more wounded Among
the latter was Col. Terry of Limestone, who
run for Governor of the State, Il year or Two
slncc.-BoSt0n Courier.
o. The whole face Of the country in Indi-
am. from Corydon to Evansville, distance Of.
nr,rly two hundred miles, is covered with
pigeons. Every species t grain put in the
ground by the farmers is DESTROYED forthwith
The slaughter is of course terrible. We have
heard of wagon loads of pigeons being sent in
all directions. JourRai.
IL The noble steamer Bay State arrived
yesterday at one o'clock, in twcnty-one hours
from New York, and proceeded to the Navy
Yard. She Is tn be put in the Dry Dock for
repairs But for the fog that envclopcd the
Sound and our own bay, she would have ac-
compished the distance in some three or four
hours less tine.-BostOn C0urisr Of TurSddg.
o. Coz. A. w. Donphan, noted for his
extraordinary march through New Mexico,
and successful campaign in chihuahua. is one
OF the Missouri delegation 10 the Whig Ma
tional Convention, and Is now in Philadelphia
The Cincinnati Times says A number of
wealthy Mexican families, from the interior of
that country, arrived in our city yesterday,
preferring the peace and quiet of this country
TO the uncertainties OF their own.
The New Hampshire Legislature convened
n concord on Wednesday Hon Harry Hb-
bard, Democrat, was elected President of the
Senate, and Samuel II. Aver, Democrat, of
Hillsborough, was elected Speaker of the
House.
Patent SHIRT-CoLLAR.--A shirt maker
IA London has invented shirt collar which he
calls the "New Economic Shirt Collar" 1t
hiss recess, or kind of pocket in the band in
waich are placed two OF three extra collars to
be turned up when required
U-P THE officers of the army now in Wash
ngton, to the number Of about 30, paid a visit
OF ceremony to Gen. Scott, in full uniform, OH
Saturday forenoon last.
Disastrous SHIPwRrcK-The British brig
Commerce, from Galway, April 26th, for ST.
John, y. b., was lost near Port Mahon, \.
> last week. Nine of the passengers and
DlssAPPoISTMENr.-A number of persons
VINO had paid for the passage in the Rhode
l-iand, from New York TO Philadelphia, to at
tend the Convention, were not able TO go in
consequence of the steamer not appearing at
New York, according to agreement.
UJ' The annual commencement Of the y .
York University WAS held at the University
Place Church, Thursday.
UJ9 Col Scaton, Of the National Intelli-
gencer has been reelected Mayor of Washing
ton.
The Lowell people have voted slCoo 10 de-
fray the expense of display of Fire W orks
on the night Of the Fourth of July.
SuIcIDE.-The wifo Of Dudley Hill, ESQ
OF Canterbury n H., drowned herself in
well on Friday last. She had besn partially
dcranged for few months past.
1t is currently reported and generally besv-
ed of the whole female sex, tina, they do net
scruplc TO hook each others dresses.
A horse draws to the best advantage when
his traces are elevated TO an angle of Ia or 10
degrees above a horizontal line.
II is said that there is great scarcity of food
IN Pictou. n. S.
A street pedar in New York boasts that he
made Sll00 last year.
The Court of Inquiry is now in session a,
Frederick, Md.
ELEcTroS ExcirEnESr There is conside.
rable excitement at Quebec about the election
of member of the Legislature for that city,
to fill vacancy. The opposing parties have
had encounters in the streets, aud in several
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Gen. CAss arrived in Philadelphia on Tues
day. A large crowd assembled to greet him
and were addressed by Mcssrs. Cass, Allen,
Benton, Houston and Stevenson.
MAD D1Gs.-A man named Joseph Sheri-
dan was bitten in New York ON Tuesday by a
snail terrier dog, presenting all the irighitu
symptoms of hydrophobia.
A noble block Of marble, said to b, twelve
tons in weight, and intended for the cornc
stone of the Washington monument was trans
ported by railroad to Washington on Monday.
FIREs IN PITrsBuRGH There were seyera
D.. fires in Pittsburgh on Tuesday. The publ,
school house, Tehl's tavern, four stables with
four horses were burned.
BANvARD, il is sad has nearly completed a
panorama of the Missouri river, which viii
soon be presented for exhibition.
A DECIDED mT-A valisc maker in New
York has Just sent, "a present. travelling
trunk TO each Of the crowned heads of Europe.
We wish to see all hotel keepers sick Of
their bargains
The Philadelphia Sonday Dsspaici thinks
some people have too much brain il is packed
away so ughi in their noodles that II can,
work.
NJ Su Doc KrrLsss have been appoint
ed in the city Of Roxbury, to cut of The unll-
ccnsed dogs The law under which they arc
10 operate goes into effect on Monday next.