Herald of the times, and Rhode Islander. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1846-1849, 1848-06-01

The feet on the Lakes will this year amount
10 500 vessels, with an aggregate of 100000
tons.
The Sheriff of Peru, H., has been carried
oil to parts unknown, by steamboat which he
boarded for the purpose Of making levy.
LASsiSG the new capital of Michigan has
about 1000 irhabitants. In 1915 the enumer-
aton was only Sc.
GREENBURY GosNELL recently died in Balti-
more county, aged 81 years. lie served
wear in the revolutionary war, but, being in
easy circumstances, never took his pension.
The L. ). storeship SUPPLY, of the Dead
Sea expedition, anchored under Mount Car
mel, Palestine, March 80. The iron boat of
the Supply has been presented to the sultan.
The kdnappers Of Mary Mcneil, the heiress
girl of Nashville, have been arrested in New
Orleans, aud the child has been restored TO her
guardian.
Mehemet Ali is according to late accounts,
sinking ftst. lie Was not expected to live
many days. Egypt Is tranquil at present, but
a disturbance is feared after his death.
A new Star ofthe fifth magnitude and there
fore visible to the naked eye, has Just made
ikN lut tDIeltliitloI -
The Washington correspondent ofthe Jour
nal of Commerce thinks that Ca,s will get the
nomination Of the Baltimore Convention.
IL II is said that beef steak enyclopcd in
some meal will keep sweet fora number of
days. ,nd lose none of its tenderness. Salt har-
dcns the steak while it preserves II.
OmENTAL NIslTE2s.-Tha Hermann brot
1. Il
fresh from the face of the great Pyramid IN
Egypt The western world is indebted to Mr.
Waterman for these specimens of oricntasm.
They are intended for the circus company Of
:. b. Howes X Co.. and Mr.. W. was sent TO
the Great Desert expressly to obtain them
The Duke de Montpcnsier has ordered
Madrid ieweer 10 dismount 4 sword, of which
the hilt is set with jewels that are said to be
worth $500 900. This sword belonged to
Napoleon, and the duke found means to save
it when the 'Tulleres were seized by the Pari-
slams.
DRoLL MARRlAGr-In Leicester. Mass, on
the 9TH inst, Mr.. Joseph Farrar. aged FIFTY
was married to Miss Mary \. Knight, aged
FOURTEEN. They were dulv sercnaded, on
the evening after the wedding, by noisy
"Calathumpian choir"
4 vast mass of rock on the hill above Potts
yilc Pa, slipped down on Sunday week,
crushing several houses, but proyldcntlally,
injurlng no person.
singular HIsToRY.-1en or fifteen years
ago, six young men, one by one, left their ma
t.a county (Fayctte, ky.) in selch ola liycli-
hood abroad. They have all met it is said =,
at the present session, rs members OF Congress.
BALTlMoRs, Thursday, May 2j-l2 NJ
The new iron bridge over Jones's falls. at
Fayette street, fell this morning, iniurng 7
persons badly. No person was killed.
1t is stated that the profits of the steamboat
Icndrick Hudson, for the past year has been
100000.
Mrs. Chase, the heroine Of Tampico has ar
rived at New Orleans.
u-P At the loco foco National Convention,
but one delegate was present from South Caro-
lna, who cast nine votes for the State.
uPTHE Washington Union estimates that
the revenue for the fiscal year ending 3Oth
June, will probably reach S32 goo 600.
n-P SPENCER, who was tried for the murder
Of his wife in Jersey City some years since,
is lecturing on Mesmerism at the Southwest.
n' 4 PooR Irish washerwoman in Hartford,
CT, has become heiress of large fortune in
the old country.
MrxIco.-1'hc Pony of the New York pa
pers brings two days later dates from Vera
Cruz. but there is no additional intelligence of
importance The Philadelphia Bulletin gives
2 report. probably incorrect, thn the treaty
- s. syoied R Qycr'foen.