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Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1849-1856, 1850-07-11

STANDIsH THE PURITAN. A tale Of The
American Reuoluiion. BY Edred Gray
son, Esq, New York Harper 4 Broth
ers, 1850.
This is The title of a novel " which has
JUS, been issued from the press of the Har-
pers and their endorsement of the work
as its Publishers, is sufficient guarantee
of its excellence. EldIed Grayson is fc-
tilious name which the author has assumed.
The WORK is from the pen of Major BiNby,
Of New York, who is passing the surlmer
with his family, at the Bellevue House
he has visited Newpor, for the last eighteen
consecutive summers, a much longer period
than any other visitor who now comes to
Newport. Major Bixhy is gentleman oi
high character, fine talents ana great per
sonal worth he practsed his of'ssion
the'law, for mauy wears, in New York
About two years ago he married a very
accomplished young lady in Georgia, and
since ,ha, time has passed his winters, il
the later State. During his intervals o
leizure, last year, he wrcto this work.
From The hasty reading which we have
given it, we have been highly pleased
some Of the passages are exceedingly fine
and far surpass any Of the modern novels
The interest is sustained ,hroug hout, and
the general style is such as to please ant
Iivet the attention. We cannot undertake
to point out The merits OF the work wihou,
quoting largely from it, for which we have
not space. We advise all to obtain tn,
novel and read il, and we know that they
will thank us for having called their a,ten-
tion TO it.
1t may be had Of w. II. Peek, and VIM
A. Barber.
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IpAt no previous period, In tho history
of Newportas fashionable watering place.
have there been so many delightfully."- a
ereeablc families, located f0r the season,
in and on the outskirts Of the town, rs at
this time. We have sober-mindeJ, sub
stans;al and valuable persons from all paris
of the country, who have taken houses and
cottages, or are boardirg at the hotels and
private houses. They do no, come here
exclusively to dssipa,e in all the ioies AMI
ex,ravagances Of the day, and to make
themselves ridiculous by their constant al
surdties bu, they pass their time in
reasonable and sensible manner, and are
really valuable acquisitions to the place
We hope to find the number OF such iamil-
les increasing every year.
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OaIGIN OF THE HUMAN RAcE.-The
Christian Examiner contains ar article from
Prof. Agassiz, on the origin of the human
race, in which he contends that the Bibli-
ca accGunt of the creation relates to the
white race alone and that The different ra-
ces Of men which now exist in differen,
portions Of the glo' e were not made 10 DIFF
fer as they now do merely by the influence
of climate and her external circumstances
but were originally created substantially as
they now appear and in the different locali-
ties in which they are now found or, in
other words, that there were in tie begin
ming at least as many distinct creations of
men and women as there are distinct races
,ot men in the world.
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PURCHASE OF Things at Hardna.
"A letter dated Havana, June 10, in the
Mobile Tribune, from gentleman who had
lately arrived there and been very unex-
peciedly permitted 10 land without pass
port says
Generally accredited rumors are in cir
culation that negotiations for the purchase
of Cuba by our government are nearly con-
cluIed. A lawyer 'Foulhouze) from New
Orleans, " no has been somewhat conspcu-
Gus in Cuban affairs, is said to be here in
connection with that purchase. We are in
deb:ed 10 him, l believe, for the permission
granted to land. He seems, and in fact
claims, TO be upon the most intimate and
confidential terms with the Conde de Alcoy.
| That the government fears us, no one who
lands here can doubt. Any one who OBJ
serves The large military force in and around
the city, and the heights bristling with can
on, must necessarily arrive at the conclu-
sion that the Conde de Alcoy is equally dis-
trus,ful Of his own PEOPLE. For it is not
to be supposed that he would deprive Ha-
vana of the advantage of the money scatter
ed about by some / 900 or l 200 passen-
gers eager to "gastur en- dnero," merely
from an apprehension of civil commo,ion
created BY those passengers unasssted by
the people. To my certain knowledge, en-
pioyees Of the government were sent off to
the ship TO examine the appearance Of the
passengers, in order to form some opinion
as to their motive for going ashore, before
permission was granted to them to do SO.
These alleged negotiations for purchas-
ing Cu'a. We have not seen mentioned else
where The Mobile Tribune is rather op,
posed to the acquisition, as eventually New
England emigration and thrift might make
the Island an elongation Of Connecticut OF
some other similar State. The man Foul
houze, referred to above, is the indlvdua
Who left New Orleans some time ago will
the petition for the pardon Of the American
prisoners.
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MEXICAN WAR.

"KENDALL's MEXICAN WAR. -
From description of it by writer in
the New York Spirit of the Times, we
learn that the illustr atoms of this work
will consist of series of twelve mag
nifcent lthographic plates, executed
in Paris, from drawings made on the
spot by Mabel, and colored in the most
natural and accurate style, illustrating
the twelve principal incidents in the
late Mexican war. They are done in
the highest style Of the pictorial art,
and resemble the best water color pain
tings. The letterpress (also executed
in Paris is exquisitely beautiful, and is
said to be faithfully and cleverly writ
ten. The work is so arranged as to
permit it to he bound into magni6.
cent folio volume, or to be kept in
portfolio, or to be framed 1t canno,
fail to be a very popular work but we
are afraid its necessarily high price
will exclude il from the perusal Of ma
ny who would desire to read il. The
cost of the work will probably be some.
thing like thirty dollars.
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The MANCHESTER MURDER The long
examination in this case has en- dtd in the
discharge of Horace Wentworth and VIM.
c. Clarke, and in the comml,tal of Asa
aud Henry Il. Wentworth for trial for the
murder Of Jonas Parker several years ago.
Franklin Pierce, Esq, counsel for the two
last NAMED Wentworths, made an appe al
To the solicitor to Withdraw the complaint
of murder, and charge them Hiih humi-
eide, in which case he would undertake TO
furnish bail to the amount of 500 ,OOO.-
They had already been 100 days on trial q,
and if not allowed to return to their famil-
les their property would be ruined. Mr..
Aver asscnted to this proposition, bu, Judge
Potter dec ided that the court mad no au.
thorty 10 10 so.-Boston Posi-.
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BY TELEGRAPH.
BALTIMORE. July 5.


RIors, &c.-Consdcrabl disturbance
occurred yesterday in and around this city,
aud rot Of a serious charscler at the
Spring House, near the city.
The house as stoned and several shots
were fred. A boy, named George Robin
son, was though. to be fatally wounded
Another boy, and man named John Horn,
were beaten, and the latter had his am
broken in four places.
A man named Mullen was standing on
the railroad Platform, near the Relay house.
when his head was struck by the switch
lever, and he was seriously wounded.
A man whose name we were not able to
learn, v as stabbed on board the steamer
Erickson.
The fremen from Philadelphia, who
were here enjoying the fourth, will return
to their homes tomorrow.
Mr.. William Shean, the p,efect Of
Georgetown College was accidentally
drowned in the Potomac yesterday.
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0,The Seventh Regiment of New York
Militia arrived here Tuesday and took
quarters at the Bellevue House, where ,h,y
are most comfortably taken care Of The
Regimen, is COMMANDED by Col. Abraham
Duryee.
The companies are commanded as fol-
lows First Company, Captain Ammer-
man; second, Captain Pond third, Cap
tain Price fourth, Captain Charles Smith;
fifth, Captain IL. B. Melville, (laie Of Com
pany II, ninth RegimenD; sixth, Captain
Nevers seventh. Captain Van Winkle
eighth company, Captain Shumway.
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HCourship is often made up of the
fact tha, the girl calls her beau a noble
youth hero, genius, while he calls her
paragon OF beauty and gen,leness, and so
they keep tickling each other until they get
married, and then comes the scolding-
Necport Ne,os.
Poor fellow ARE we to Judge from this
that you once regned "a noble youth, a
hero, a genius" and yours was called " a
paragon of beauty ard gentleness
that now is " the scoldng season of life
with you Do tell !-Boston Bee.
No sir never having tried our luck at
that kind of business, we have not yet been
made hero, &c. We are altogether too
young to think of such things, for several
years yet.
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Asorpre GeyAr INVENTION un-

ANOTHER GREAT INVENTION. un-
derst,nd that a new system of Mag nelic
machinery has been for some time discov-
cred by William w. llubbell, Esq,
lawyer of this city, well known by his
connection wi'.i numerous paien' causes, as
well as by several mechanica! invention
of his. We 90 not pretend TO compfe-
hend il, but we are told that the power of
this new magnetic machinery was dis
covered about 8 years ago, in an attempt TO
produce perpetual motion from il, in init
alton Of the Solar system. HIS success
then led him to the conclusion that the
principles OF the moving power in the So
lar system were not perpetual that they
depended on agencies being continually
created and exhausted, and formidable in
their character. Of necessity therefore, he
resolved bis discovery into these indications
of his experiments, and has produced MA;
no calls a "Solar Magnetic Engine"
which gives an incess INT power, capable OF
being increased to any extent, stopped or
increased a, will, and graduated or gov
erned by the single hand.
Mr.. Hubbell himself is very cautious in
speaking o: the probable extent Of The pow
er ard adaptation TO machinery. He says
i, is certainly much greater than any ever
before known, and thinks it may, in many
cases, supeIsede steam. Hc seems how
ever, to think that an engine of the kind
would greatly disturb lhe compass at sea
and thus be seriously objectionable, even if
/ il were all sufficient in other respects
\ He entcrtains little or no doubt that for
Locomotives and minor purposes it may be
preferable to steam, on account OF It's sim
pici,y, safety and The ease with which the
power of The engine can be raised, govern
ed, and dispensed with whenever desired.
lie makes no promises, however, and is
not going to let his invention interfere with
his profession but he thinks the princi-
| pies of his new engine are sufficiently i'm
portant to induce him to secure them in the
United States by letters patent.
| We are informed that his system of Mag
netc machinery was explained yesterday
to several gentleman of high scientific at,
tainmenls. They we're very much pleased
with it, understood its principals as soon
as they were exp aimed, and expressed the
opinion that the invention was entirely
original and displayed great study and in.
genuily Phil. Bulletin.
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WALK ABOUT NEWPORT AND ITS
ENVIRONS.

kNo' l.
Mr.. EDITOR -

Mr.. EDITOR -
Permit me, through the
columns of your valuable paper, to express
my admiration Of the beautiful island, this
Eden of America. Oh, the half was not
told me of its beauties, and though have
seen only small part Of the town and its
environs, have seen enough to satisfy me
that it is the mos, beautiful and desirable
bathing place in the United States. Its
scenery is SO picture que and diversified
How delightful TO stani upon the Cliff, that
face the broad Atlantic. and watch for a
sail, that at frs, appears only speck in
the horizon, ie see il advance till it becomes
large and ful,-riggcd ship, and to think
that it carries within it the produce Of other
lands to us, and perhaps many a gallant
sailor to his cheerful and happy home
Apropo of Cliffs there is one iha, has
become favori,e place Of resort to me-
1t is so situated that Il very extensive view
car be had from it, When standing upon
IL, the beach is to your left, an extensive
peninsular covered with vegetation lies be-
fore you, on Il e right is the Ocean with
its line of vessels and behind and above you
the town Of Newport. This rock is about
three minutes walk from The Clifton House,
and between the Otean Cottage and the
40 steps. |, may he known by its stand
ing out from amidst the immense pile that
surrounds it, and there is wide vein
through i, OF white Telspar and Flint.
speak Of this rock in particular because l
almrst daily go there for reading and med
,ation, it is so veil adapted to ,ha, pur-
pose. Another place of interest is the 40
steps, at the termination of which is Con-
RAIDS Cave; who that visits Newport world
miss descending the one and going into the
other. Lilly Pond is delightful resort,
situated on the South West side of the Is
land. The,e is only a small strip Of land
between il aud the Ocean, here again are
Islands and rocks that the " Almighty's
fingers piled and have for ages stood."--
This morning visited the Beach a, the
hour for bathing. 1t is as good as farce
to see the ladies' walk and run into tho
surf, their dresses are some Of them SO fan
tastcal noticed one in particular, this
morning, whose costume was that vf a
Turkish lady, and she who wore j, took
the arm ofa gentleman, and they promen-
AIDED for few minutes in The edge Of the
surf, the lady with the ease and grace Of
a goddess. except that the lifted her fee, as
though the wdter pouH ,cet them
But | must stop my description for TO-
day after have seen more sights | may
write to you again.
/ Till then adieu,
July 8, 1850, SRlLA.
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A CHANCE FOR THE LITERARY. The
publishers of the "Dolar Newspaper" offer
five hundred dollars in preuums for the
eight hes, stories written for that paper, and
sent in for examination and decision before
the list day Of October next. The offer is
two hundred dollars for the story decided
to be the best one hundred dollars for the
secord best fifty dollars each for the two
next best and twenty five dol ars each for
the next best. The only restriction which
is imposed upon the writers is, that The
scene of each sory shall be American.-
The committee of literary gentlemen who
are to determine on their merits, will not
be chosen until all the stories are received.
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EVIDENCES OF FoLLy.-Making
yourself disaggreeable, and then won
dering that no one will visit you.
Getting drunk and complaining next
day of the headache.
Judging peoples piety,by their at,en.
dance at church.
Neglecting to advertise, and wonder
ing that you do not succeed in busi-
ness.
Refusing to take newspaper, and
being surprised that the people laugh
at your ignorance.
Disposing ola Telegraph line, and
taking pay, in shocks, at six per cent.
on the capital stock.
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D3.Sa,urday afternoon, a small lad, !,
about years old, son Of Thomas Melville,
was very seriously injured, and has prob
ably lost the use OF his right hand for life.
Ii seems an iron hay-cuiing machine, be-
longing to Col. Gates, hid been left for
some days standing in front of his stable, in
John street this boy had, with another OF
about the same age, stopped TO play with
it one commenced turning, while Mel
vile placed his hand under the cylinders
which passed over it, making three deep
wounds ,--one across the fr,t joints of all
the fingers, cutting them nearly off, the
next was just below the knuckles, cutting
abou, half through, and then across the
back of the hand Dr. Watson was imme-
diaiely called and the wounds dressed, but
we learn ,ha, i, is very doubtful whether
the hand can be restored
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The FlRg IN BRooSLys. loss by
the FIRE at Brooklyn is estimated at ST.
900 900. Some 1000 bags ofsatpetre were
stored in the buildings, and exploded with
tremendous effect The following is an
estimate of portion Of the damage -
goods in Thorn's store, $500, ,0OO-store
itself, SO 600 4; Tapsco,,'s seven sheds Of
goods, $500, 900; goods in Tbompson's
sheds, $50, 900 goods in Trapalls sheds,
So 900 Bache & CO., SIC, 900.
The E,na Co., Hartford, lose $4,000
Ftapklin. Boston, SIC. 900 National, do.
$40 900 land Norwich $4,000 Total in
sursnce on Tborn's warehouse $3.50, ,ooV'
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OLD NEWPORT FoREvER.-The town Of
Newport, X. l., has. with lis accustomed
libera,y, voted the sum of serenity fire dol
lars for the purpose OF celebrating the Ma
tional Anniversary ofIudependencc. Tiecn-
ty:tiUe dollars are to be expended for an
oraton aud music, ten dollars for fire works
in the evening, and the balance for ringing
the bells, firing cannon and furnishing ex-
ira police 10 look sflerthe citizens during
the day. Who says Newport amt one OF
'em. Boston Bee.
BE careful, neighbor, what you say
about old Newport.
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fs1-I, is proposed to light the streets ol

eo-I, is proposed to light the streets OF
Newport with gas proposals for doing this
will be received by the Telegraph Com
mit,ee. Any one who desires to secure the
contract mus, obtain the favoritism of
majority of the Committee, aud obey their
will IN all things, as law and gospel, and
be careful not to hand in their proposa's S
until late hour, and they will then be ia
formed by the majority what terms will
secure the contract TO them. This is con-
sidered the latest and mos, honorable mode
Of doing business.
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0,- IL il said that the nioht Police werf

Go-It is said that the night Police were
mapping little, Friday night, when the
tempest commenced They awoke in the
midst of it, and rushed for The supervisory
member Of the Conncil and the Towns
prosecuting officer to inform them that
an enemy was approaching, and TO know
what should be done. They afterwards
discovered that it was thunder and light
ming which had suddenly alarmed them {;
consequently an extra meeting of,he Coun
Gil was not called.
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Te'egraphc dispatches from Wash
ington state that the President did not
give the special order to the Civil and
Military Governor ofNew Mexico, now
quoted as authority for the new State
Governnen,. Also. that Texas will
extend her authority over the disputed
territory, and at once. If need be,
Gen. Houston will leave his place in
the Senate, an command the troops
of his State ia this encounter.
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Two Young men, students at til,

Two young men, students at the
'Ogle'horpe University, and candidates
for the ministry, were killed by light
ming while walking together during
thunder storm on the Goth June.
They were fellow students and devoted
friends, aud were found locked in each
others arms, as they had been walking
They were both protected from the
rain by an umbrella, which was struck
and shattered to atoms.
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RESIGNATION OF Hon. JOHN p. HALE
The Albany Journal says that the resig-
nation of Mr.. Hale is determined on. ~ lie
will not, however, leave the Senate while
vital questions concerning freedom require
his voice and votes. simultaneously with
his retirement rom the United States SEN
ate, he will become member of the Bar,
and a resident Of the State of New York.
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UtWANTsD, some one to write the lives
Of the Telegraph Committee, to be illustra-
tel with ftontespece of the opening of
proposals for the Newport Telegraph
also with graphic portraits of the Commit
tee, the who'e to be bound in sheep. Price
per volume, sir per cent on the cos, of the
edition.
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ms MIR, McIntyIe. the distipouishe ed Da

o. Mr.. Mcintyre, the distinguished Da-
guerran Art st from New York, has al
rived and opened his rooms in the build
ing next North Of the Ocean House Mr..
Ms pictures are superior TO those Of any
other rtlst, and so closely resemble fine
painting, that the one is almost as valuable
as the other. His pictures have the same
fe-like and natural expression which you
see in the best and most faithful paintings,
and are entirely free from that stiffness and
dead expression which is so common in
mos, Daauerreotypes. Those who wan,
eycelle IT and very faithful pictures of their
frenls, in any shape or size, should give
him call.
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II" Christ blessing little children" is
the second Premium Plate which Graham
has furnished to the subscribers of his
Magazine within the last three months. -
1t is beautifully engrave and will make
neat and appropriate pallor ornament, when
framed. Graham spares no pains or ex-
pence TO make his Magazine attractive to
his readers, and we trust that his gener-
osity will be literally rewarded.
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A good joke is told of the Bolts bar
bacue in Powhatan. When the guest
of the occasion had announced, in his
usual emphatic manner, with a know
ing look at the.fair portion Of his audi
ence, that he was candidate for moth
ing except mntrimony,a AN old gentleman
in the crowd exclaimed, so that all the
aides could hear, "Ah, well, | reckon
you can be elected to that-it takes on
iy one rote."
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Miss Bremen, the Swedish suihoress,
was among the visitors at The Presidents
grounds, ,.in Washington, last Saturday eve
ming. She has as many followers in
Washington as at the East, but her own
knowledge Of human nature, which is the
sane every where, teaches her to esteem
such attentions at their true value. She is
yet TO take an extended journey to the far
West, il is said.
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CHERISHED HATREp-A man named
Mus,een was brutally murdered in
Kentucky, by person called Watson !,
who, forty years ago, was sent to the
Penitentiary for forging princip lily on
the testimony Of Musteen, and Watson
'hen swore he would take his life.
The murderer. is sixty years Of age,
ts-.s - - 80 .
and has escaped.
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KossUTH The Tribune learns
from Count Dembnsky, that Kossuth
intends coming to America, as soon as
he is permitted to leave Turkey and
that forty, Of the one hundred Polish
refugees who lately arrived at South
ampton, are now on their way here
the others obtained employment in
England
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HuSe.-The Memphis Eagle Of the
Oath, says: "The negro convicted Of
the murder of his master, Bailey An
derson, was hung in the presence Of
an immense concourse, at Raleigh, in
this county, on last Saturday"
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The Kentucky monument, authoriz-
ed by the Legislature ofthat state to be
erected to the memory Of her sons who
fell in Mexico, is nearly completed.
It is in the Frankfort cemetery. The
last block was to be hoisted on the 2Sth
ult., when the beautifully executed fig
ure of the goddess of Victory was to
crown the work.