Herald of the times, and Rhode Islander. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1846-1849, 1848-10-12
NEWS ITEMS.

, Nashua and Worcester Railroad Company
, was SET on fire and burnt to the ground Frda
5 night. The building was one hundred feet lonl
and had little, il any contents.
AS soon as the new road is finished from
New York to New Haven, il is said that tn
whole distance TO Boston will be accomplishe'
in the short space Of eight hours.
A letter from Capt Hackstaff, ofthe Unite,
States, says that she will sail on the llth o
18th, and twenty of her original passenger
will return with her. Her repairs have beeI
made in the most thorough manner.
Gen. Keamey continued dangerously i'll a
ST. Louis, on the Goth, and but faint hopes
were entertained of his recovery.
HEAVY HAUL. A gentleman while wait
ing at the New York post Office for letters, OF
Saturday, had his pocket picked of $1,000
with which the rogue escaped.
! S,dres Enanapated. DIR. Elias w. Napier
a wealthy gentleman of Jackson county, Tenn
died on the nth ult, and by his will emancipat.
ed twenty-eight slaves.
/ II is estimated that upwards of 500 ,OO(
hogs will be slaughtered in Cincinnati and
vicinity during the coming pork harvest.
Specie. During the past year, ending July
,$5, 500, 900 were imported into the United
States, and $ll ,O00,O0 sent out of it, mostly
to Europe.
/ The Rev. Thomas Butler, celebrated Cath.
olic controversialist, has joined the communion
! Of the Church of England.
II Chun-Ah-You, Chinese, has been convert
cd to Christianity, aud bap,ised at Birkenhead
i Freigh,s in Liverpool for New York have
! advanced on heavy weights.
I Silver is now withdrawn from the Bank of
| England for expectation to the Continent, and
! gold is coming in.
4 III Group, most beneficial effects never fail
to follow the giving tablespoonful oflamp oil.
4 ~ The Union announces the death of
George W. Crump, Esq, chief clerk in the
pension office, aged 81 years. He was former
| ly a member Of Congress from Virginia. James
q. Berret has been appointed to succeed him.
/ CoM.-On the morning of Sept %, the
Il thermometer at FrancOnla indicated tempera-
ture of sixteen Degrees coolest Septem
Der morning on record.
Il Christian HospitaEiy.-The Boston Bee
states that the decks ofthe Turkish brig Ararat
were crowded with rowdies on Sunday, and
| that the Turks were treated very harshly at
| their hands. Ii is said that they even carried
| their prejudice so far as to spit upon the food
| which the Musselmen were eating
/ For the Gold Regional vessel will leave
| Philadelphia about the first of November, for
California and Oregon. She goes by the way
of Valparaiso and Calao, and touches at Mon
terey and San Francisco.
II DRowNED.-A young man named Davol,
belonging to Portsmouth, X. l., was drowned
on Sunday the Gath ui. near the Stone Bridge,
Tiverton, by the upsetting of boat.
SERVED HIM RIGHT. Michael Sullivan, who
a short time since eloped from Newark, ),
N. j., with Mary Emellne Richmond, has been
sentenced to two years in the States Prison
This is the first sentence under the new law
for seduction in New York.
\ Thirty-two persons have been tried st Ant
werp for having been concerned in the invasion
of Belgium by the bands of France Fifteen
were acquitted, and seventeen condemned to
DEATH
A Man SHOT. Patrick Miller was shot in
Cincinnati, on Friday last, by German named
Bernard Strutsman who mistook the man for
IA burglar trying to get into his house, when
he was only intoxicated and mistook the house
He died Instantly.
H Capt John Holmes, respectable citizen of
Providence, "a years of age, has not been seen
since Friday afternoon last, when he was on
board boat returning from New York to Sto-
nington. 1t is feared he fell overheard and was
drowned
The IIungarians-n addition to the plague
of war and slckness-are now visited with the
| plague of locusts, threatening with that Of
famine.
| A New York firm sends Queen Victoria
some barrels Of fine flour, for her domestic use
Her subjects are more in want of it than she
Gen. Taylor is still annoyed with letters from
every part of the country, putting most i'm
practicable questions. lie received forty in
one day.
H A President -" Pat, do you know what il
is that they call President 90 "Indade, and
don't |, sure! /" It's fellow they set up to
blackguard and call names; if he II stand be-
Il ing called rascal, fool and tyrant, why
then, they put him in Pr sident, that's all. ~
H InditfcG.-JaIneS Monahuc, Engineer of The
steamer Edmund Bates, at the time of her ex-
plosion at ST. Louis, has been indicted for man
| slaughter.
II EricnSire Fire in Akron-A fire broke out
at Akron, Ohio, on the morning Of the 23d ult I,
one or two stores north of Perkins block on
| Howard street, and consumed all between this
block and Summer a. Days store. Total lost
estimated at about $50 900.
4 Col. Fremont left St. Louis on the the Goth
ult., for Upper California, to complete his ex-
! plorations of that region. lie expects to be
ultimately remuneraied by Congress-
/ Iron Bedsteads are being substituted for
wooden ones in the Aims House and Lunatic
Asylum, on Blackwell's Island, n. Y, and
in the Bellevue Hospital
Morals of Boston-A Boston correspondent
of Ned l}untline Own asserts that there ex-
lists in that city a gambling hell, supported
solely by females, among whom are many look
ed upon as highly respectable.
H Several failures have occurred in Y. York =,
and dry goods are selling in that city by auction
at the most extraordinary low rates. German
II Cloths worth SA sell for 81 81 Irish linens