Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1849-1856, 1849-08-16

visited recen,ly,by The tomunissary Of police
VS. asked how much money he had with hin
ID wisloblig n TO verify aisaIhis AZ.
Ferlion by the production of his funds II
these had been in French coin he would have
run great risk Of having been treated as
Frchch emssary.
Perpetual Motion Discorercd The Cincih-
natl Gazette states that an Irishman, nam d
Mcguire, in that city has actually discover red a
perpetual motion, or The same thing, which is
very simply told-a machine that runs itself.
and only requires a little oil to create any
amoun, of power, according to size. The
na;hine, now running in that city, weighs
100 lbs. and will run turning lathe unsil il
wears out, only requiring little oiling once OF
twice day.
A Pleasing hcidcnt-Among the thou.
sanls TO whom Father Mathew administered
tie pledge IN the Catholic hurches in Boston,
last week, was the Rev. Caleb Stct.on, a
Protestant, who received il with all the SOL
e'nn ceremonies employed in the case of Cath
o'ics at his own request. lie said TO Father
Mathew that he could see no imp opriety in
any person protesting TO be Christian recog-
nlzIng The sign Of the cross as the emblem o
man redemption.
NEWPORT. August Sd.
Dancing aud Hops have been the order OF
the night the past week, .ard the three large
Hotels ol the place have in succession catered
to the amusement of tho community. The
new anclng hall is magnificent and was beau
tifully lighted on the occasion or fes,ivi,y
there the music as blending ard mellowing
IN the lofty arches would have inspired ST
Anthony himself if that lavor,e Anchori,e
cou'd nave been present To-day, however,
which is iaslliay, will doubtless put A lempora.
ry INJUNCTION upon these festivities.
nave been tfying TO arrange bill OF fare
To-Day which may be orthodox and of a nature
suitable TO mortiy The flesh and at the same
tlne calculated TO keep the Old Adam from
ocing altogether starved Fish of course will
occupy prominent portion to-day, and with
The mild tuInip aud the lowly potato may be
doubtless eaten with both temporal and spirit
ual impunlty, and VII probab enable mod
era'e man To Keep I'll 'io-morrUw. A grand
monthly review took place on Tuesday at Fort
Adams all The "tun" and beauty of the
place W re present. The parade was of In
ianny and Light Artillery, and gave one a fine
idrd OF The pride pump, and circumstance.
OF glorious war The gentlemen Of the Fort
to X advantage Of every opor,uni,y to be po-
lite aud entertained their many guests with
that hiSh breed ng aud gcn,lcmanly bearing
which so emlnently distinguish the officers of
our army. These gentlemen have all recent
ly returne fIom Mexico, where they not onlv
wOoed but won honor and the highest rrputa-
fion; and now t at
Grim visaced War hath -moo,hed his v,iokl-
ed front"
are as successful and distinguished in the
more acciul walks of IT,, as they were in
Vlnc'5le III Wars alarms. ! have just return
cd from 4 lish ny excursion, with accustomed
Ill success, Ior although one hears continual.
ly Of great luck III this department; v hen an
amateur undertakes to ry, " boon" have
been ouI faithfully AMI with stern determine
ton eight or niue times in the course of a
mouth, IN Sail boats and in row boats, on rocks
and on refs, with the inexperienced and with
the most aged and expert Simon Peters of the
place, buI the result is always the same. and
consists either Of nothing al all or else lot of
scupp or porgles. have only returned with
one good sized fish after many excursions. and \
no" exc ann when fishing story is told me L
" credW Judd'ls ApeHa," and have taken 10 II
other apartments Of time-king. ] amused X
myself last evening with looking on at one of
he Hops and musing on the different speci- /
mems of hnma'.ity there presented and
(which one generally finds collected at laroeI
plIre ol this kind. One can be much amused +,
!" studying human nature under such hetero- 5
9encous circumstances, and can find striki'e spe-I
cimens1 every class particularly that ol''yo ING
men such as the self sufIiccn, Young man a
bnsillng and assumng-the bashlul vouno
man, nervous and drprecatory-lhe oil young 2
nan, all brass buttons and peruke-the bud \ 5
hing young man, al legs and shirt co ar-the C.
'am young man, easy and censori lus-theII
iry young man, smil ng ard elasic-fhe sternII
."anR man, keeping to himself and trying to CO
ook as + he were there by acciden'-and al 70
q looking Wild aud out of place the fast L
ouns man, who ives on the interest of moth
" aud pays his debts with the prncipal. te
And there is also the d gniicd young lady. ey
ne wild young 'aty, the joyous and gushing ed
'ung lady, the young Old lady, and The cd /.
Jung Ialy. The dogmatic old gertlema n y
'e elastic old gentleman The melancholy Al
d lady the lively old IaIy, and the PLACID
d lady Some love, some hate, some air. vi
'ne nee, SOME hatter, some envy, some he
ason, some vegeiate, and they all
" Mngle mipgle minple
T1cy that mn. oil, ,,l,. % VI