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Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1849-1856, 1854-06-15

Ma. BUCHANAN AGAINST THE NEBRASKA
BILL.-At a public meeting in Philadel-
phia, last Tuesday evening, Ex-Governor
Johnson said that he had in his pocket a
letter Of the Hon. james Buchanan, in
which that distinguished statesman had ex-
pressed The opinion that if that solemn
compact was violated the Union would be
disseNed.-N. Y. Post.
Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1849-1856, 1854-06-15

The MARTHA WAsHIsGTtS CAsE.-Tbe
Cincinnati Gazette Of Tuesday says a pri.
vate letter had been received in that city
from Arkansas, in which il was stated tat
bills had been found against all the parties
engaged in the Martha Washington affair,
and that Kissane and the Others lad been
put under such heavy bonds hat they
would have To stay at Helena un,l Octo.
Der, and stand their trial. Tho Cincinna.
ii Commercial learns that Kissane and Cole
were re-arrested and imprisoned.
Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1849-1856, 1854-06-15

The FUGITIvE Laval Milwaukee, on
the 9th inst, one of the Judges Of the Su-
preme Court of Wisconsin declared the
fugitive law unconstitutional. The case
was an application for a writ of habeas cor
pus to release one of the persons (the Edi-
tor Of the Free DEMOCRACY charged with
participating in the reSsue of a fugitive not
long since. The United States slarshal. il
is said, will not obey the order of the
Judge.
Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1849-1856, 1854-06-15
NEW PUBLICATIONS.

The TRIALS OF A MIND in lis progress to
Catholicism /: a letter to his old
friends, by l.. Slllman, Ives. l.. l.. ID.
late Bishop OF the Protestant Episco-
pal Church in North Carolina. Bos-
ton Patrick Denahoe, 1854.
This will be IA work OF exceeding in
terest both TO Catholics aud P~rotestanls,
as DR.. Ives gives his reasons for leav.
ing the Episcopal Church and entering
tie Catholic Church. In whatever
light Protestants may regard this change
in the religious opinions OF the author,
they certainly cannot charge him with
any ambitious, dishonest or unl,oly
motive, because, as far as distinctions
on earth are concerned he had gained
all that man can have in the ministry.
as far as preiernent lie concerned, IN
the Episcopal Church. He was one Of
its Bishops Tor more than twenty years;
and in entering the Church of Rome, he
acquires no distinction,-he, being a
married. man, cannot ever be a Priest in
that Church. Under these clrcumstan-
ces, we think that all must al least give
him credit for honesty and sincerity in
the course which he has pursued. The
work 10 carefully and deliberately writ.
ten, and indicates throughout tho
fervency Of a christian spirit. We com-
mend il to the perusal Of all christians.
they may fully comprehend the motives
which induced the step which the au-
hor has taken, and the reasons which
led him into the Catholic Church.
For sale by w. H. Peek and e. E,
Hamme;t, Jr.
Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1849-1856, 1854-06-15

. COURT OF INQUIRY ON THE CoNDUcT OF
Col. GArEs,-The report of the Court of
Inquiry, of which Maj. Gen. Scott was
President, on the causes Of the failure of
the expedition Of the steamer San Francis
co, and the conduct of Col. Gates, the
commander of the expedition, is published.
IL is a report of which we can give but a
faint idea, in any other way than in publish
ing it at length, which we cannot do for
want of room.
The report severely censures the con
duct Of Col. Gates, as causing a blameable
DISCRIMINATION of the command "not the
result Of panic or physical incapacity,"-
" but disorganization resulting from crook
edness Of mind, which leaving him to bis
W immediate wants.. and those of his
family, and TO the first accidental chance of
escape, caused him TO neglect nearly every
high duty imposed by his rank and other
circumstances" The report enumerates
a number Of acts which the court regard
highly selfish and censurable.";
In regard to the charges and imputations
against Capt. Gardiner, the Court say that
having examined many witnesses, they
are " constrained to say that the said allie
cations against Capt. Gardiner, were Who'll
ly groundless, and seemed to have origina-
ted in a spirit Of gross malignity."
Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1849-1856, 1854-06-15

A QUEER PRoFEssoRsHiP. The gov
m Of Harvard College are said 10
be completely non.plussed by a recent
beques, of $4,000. lett by Miss Care
line Plummer, lately deceased at Salem,
Mass, Tor the endowment Of a new pro-
lessorship on the PHILOSOPHY of the
Heart" 1t is said they don't know
whether Il is 10 be an anatomical, q
physiological, or a sentimental chair.
As however, the founder Of the chair
was a lady-and a single IadY-it is
supposed it was the sentimental and
not the carnal heart she intended.
Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1849-1856, 1854-06-15

JEFFERSON REvIsEp.-It Is thought they
have got a new edition of the declaration
Of Independence at the South, especially
calculated for that latitude. The following
Is said to be the beginning Of the precious
instrument -" White men are born with
considerable freedom and endowment with
inalienable rights, among which are life,
liberty, and the pursuit Of niggcrs -
Portland Adv.
Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1849-1856, 1854-06-15

G'At a late trial the defendant, who
was not familiar with the multitude of
words which the law employs to make a
trifling charge, after listening a while to
the reading of the Indictment, jumped up
and said, "lhem ERE allegations is false,
and that ere alligator knows it,"
Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1849-1856, 1854-06-15

A CORDUROY JoKE.-The Lynn News
says, if our country should become involv-
ed in the eastern troubles, Mr.. Secretary
Marcy will be just the mar to send a dis
patch to the { seat of war;
Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1849-1856, 1854-06-15
MILWAUKEE,. June 8

Hon. A. d. Smith, Associate Justice of
of the Superior Court of the State of Wis
%consin, discharged s. M. Booth, of Mil.
waukie, from arrest in the Glover case, on
the ground both Of Effectiveness in the
warrant and the unconstitutionality Of the
fugitive slave act of 1850. First, Con-
gress has no constitutional power to legis.
late upon the subject of retaining fugi-
tives. Second ; nor to clothe Commission
ers with the power to determine the liber-
ties Of the people F; and, third, Because
this net denied the right Of trial by jury.
Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1849-1856, 1854-06-15
California News.
New ORLEANs, June 5

VIEW SNLEANs, Juho u
We are now IN receipt of our Cali.
fornia papers to the 10Th Of May brought
here by the Daniel Webster and Ell
Dorado.
The amount Of treasure on board the
George Law en- rsuie for New York, 10
Sf,i40,000. The Law was detained
some time at Aspinwall, by the way
bills Of the treasurer failing TO arrive
with tho treasure, and an express sent
to Panama for them.
Walkers flibusier force had been
disbanded, and the parties comprising
II surrendered themselves prisoners and
had arrived at San Francisco in custody
OF the United States authorities. They
were released on parole.
The mines were yielding abundaniIy.
Tie Legislature had adjourned sine
die.
A destructive fire occurred a; Yerka
OF the 18th ult.
The screw steamship Wes, Wind had
oeeh destroyed Wy fire.
The EI Dorado reports that all was
quiet at Acapulco when the mail steam.
er touched there.
The Daniel Webster reports that the
Mayor orS ~ Juan had announced his
~resighation, md tic total dissolution of
the CITY Government.
At the latest dates the revolutionlsis,
under Munos and Castleton we're attack.
ing Granada which has probably capt.
ulaied, and II new government establish.
ed.
Among the passengers arrived here
from EIdorado is Madame PfeifIer, the
celebrated German traveller.
Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1849-1856, 1854-06-15

90 Tie Detroit Tribune says ;-'Not
the least amusing thing in doIngs OF
yesterday was the fact that large nun
bers Of the people whole families from
the country came into the city, with
their teams, to see the eclipse. This is
q fact.
Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1849-1856, 1854-06-15
PHILADELPHIA, June /.

The new city Council was organized
this morning, John p. Verree was elect.
ed President of the Select Council, and
John II. Dell, Wing, President of the
Common Council. The vote for the latter
was SO, to 10 for Crispin, Democrat.
Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1849-1856, 1854-06-15

uTAny one would suppose that the en-
ployment of sewing was the most peaceful
and quSet occupation in the world and
yet il is absolutely horrifying to hear ladies
talk of s%tilettos, bodkins, gatherings, sur
sings, hemmings, gorings, cuttings, whip
pings, lacings, cuttings and hastings -
What a list Of denominations
Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1849-1856, 1854-06-15

UWe understand that one of the recent
ly appointed City Officers wet down his
commission Mo- day in a novel and un-
~precedented manner.
Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1849-1856, 1854-06-15

uThc City Council Of Providence have
voted TO appropriate two thousand dol
lars for the celebration Of ths approaching
snn'y rsary Of American Independence.
Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1849-1856, 1854-06-15

say"The Star anticipates that Congress
will not adjourn before September. The
Star makes the following suggestion in
connection with the subject Of long Con-
gres,ional sessions. If adopted it would
silence many ofthc supporters Of The pres
ent Administration.
The only possible plan on which to lay
the foundation for the business like trans
action OF the affairs of Congress, will be
TO adopt the English Parliament's custom
of refusing to permit gentlemen to occupy
the time Of Congress with set speeches,
who, after one or two trials, show that
they arc not likely, on taking The floor, to
shed real light OH the subject formally un-
der consideration.
Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1849-1856, 1854-06-15

" We are ind ebtcd 10 Capt. Chills Of
the steamer Blackstone for Providence
tapvs delivered in advance VI the mail.
Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1849-1856, 1854-06-15

N The Hon. JohnF Snodgnss, mem
Der of Congress, from Virginia, fell dead
without a struggle, on Monday last, while
engaged in business before the Court Of
Parkcrsburg, Virginia.
Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1849-1856, 1854-06-15
SAVANNAH, June 8.

julio o.
The ship Thomas Wright has now been
entirely abandoned, with her cargo re-
naming on board.
A hail storm has occurred u, Edgefe,d,
South Carolina, causing, it is reported, con-
siderable injury to the growing Of cotton.
Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1849-1856, 1854-06-15

Concord, June S.-The Democrats
have agreed to proceed to the election
Of United States Senator tomorrow at
Ii o'clock.
The Lrgisl ,iurc met in convention
this morning, and elected Den ocra,s to
ill v~acancics in The Senate and Coun-
Gil the mnj"r.lics were 2 an 3
The Governor will be inauguratrd at
3 o'clock this afternoon.
Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1849-1856, 1854-06-15
HARTFORD, June 9.

HARTFORD, June 9.
The House of Representatives of this
state have elected Green Hcndrick as u
speaker, in place of Hon. Lafayette Foster,
recently chosen U. S. Senator.
Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1849-1856, 1854-06-15
SOUTH BRIDGE, June | l..

The balloon OF Mr.. Wise which assembled
from tn, Crystal Palace Oh the OH inst.
aligltcd the same day about B o'clock, =.
NJ, in Easttord, Conn, in good condition,
with the anchor, handJiIls, etc, in thc car.
The finder commenced stripping it before
the citizens arrived, who interfered and saw
ed it. Mr.. Wise it will be rccollccted, fell
out Of the balloon near Flushing, l.. l.,
when it was near the ground.
Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1849-1856, 1854-06-15
FROM AUSTRALIA.

The Meander, Commander Talbot,
arrived at Portsmouth May 26th ; she
left Cape Of G cd Hope April Z. She
brought 81 boxes and Al bags Of let
tiers, forming the mail Of the steamer
Australian, which. had got ushore in
Table Bay, on her voyage home from
Australia. The Australian was got of
April Sd, with loss Of screw.
Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1849-1856, 1854-06-15
FRANCE

A report was current in well Inform
ed circles at Paris, that France will
argument her army in Turkey to l70,-
900 men in order to carry on the war
with gor,pariicularly as no complaints
about sacrifices which the country must
maka ara IN he heard anywhere
Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1849-1856, 1854-06-15

1.-THE Boston Courier says on the re-
ception Of the news Of the passage of the
Nebraska bill in Kecne N. H., the Dem
ocrats fired a salute, which the Wings
answered by tolling the church BELLS
Every peal from the cannon was followed
by a lugubrious chime from the three
s'eeples. This is the Hon. Harry Hit
bird's district
The Bedford gazette. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1805-current, 1854-11-03
The Great Plague.

lnDIckens' Child's History Of England, vol.
two, We find the following, respecting the Great
PIaugue that prevailed in the seventeenth CEN
toFy in the city of London
"For tins was the year and the time of the
Great Plague in London. During the winter
Of 1864, il had been whispered about that some
people had died here and there Of disease called
the Plague IN some of the unwhoieSome suburbs
OF London. News was not published at tnat
time as It IS now, and some people believed these
fumors and some disbelieved them, and they
were soon forgotten. But in the month of Nav,
1863, II began 10 be said all over the town that
The disease had burst out iii St. Giles, and that
The people were dying in great numbers. This
soon turned out TO be awiully true. The roads Of
Loudon were choked up by people endeavoring
10 escape from the infected city, and large sums
We're paid for any kind of conveyance. The
esrase soon spread so fast that it was necessary
10 shut up the house IN which people were, and
10 cut them off from the living. Every one Of
hose houses were marked on the outside of the
ooaF with a red cross, andthe words ''Lord have
mercy on US :" The streets were all deserted,
grass grew in the public ways and there was
'"' s''St'Sc ~ lle all. NutH tl9uL CdLle
"h' dismal rumbhngs used TO be heard, and those
were the wheels of the death cart, attended by
men with veiled faces, and holding cloths to their
NOUN, who rang doleful bells, and cried in a
=, .ouG and solemn voice-s'Brng out your dead
'"e coFpSeS put into these carts were buried BY
Dteh light IN great pits, no service being per-
i9F'ned over them--all men being afraid to stay
III moment on the bank OF the ghasly graves.
10 .he general fever, children ran away from
'nFir parents, and parents from their children.
Some who were taken i'll, died alone and with
pU' any help. Some were stabbed or stranged
Oy hlFed nurses who robbed them of all their
nVhey and stole the very beds on which they
@ 'ly' Some went mad, dropped from their win
ao%s' ran through the streets. and in their pain
qua iFenzy, threw themselves into the river.
those were not all the horrors of the time
The Bedford gazette. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1805-current, 1854-11-03
pIRE TR TIL.

We know not who is the author of the fol-
lowing admirable sentiments, but they are So
Well expressed, and so fitting 10 the times, that
we venture to call attention to them
Pune TEuTn.-This, flowing from the sacred
fountain OF the Holy Scriptures, should run from
beginning TO -uncontaminatpd with error,
undsturbed with human systems, clear as crps-
tai, like the river of life. There should be
nothing IN it of the Shibboieth OF sect nothing
TO recommend one denomination, or to throw
odium on another nothing of the acrimony Of
contending parties against those that differ from
them; but pure, good natured christianity, in
which all the followers Of the Lamb, who are
looking for the mercy of the Lord Jesus Christ
unto eternal life, can unite with pleasure, as in
one great common cause. Nor should anv
worldly scheme be interviewer with the truth,
or attempted to be concealed under lis folds
Here should not be seen the slightest vestise Of
any carnal end, in any fQm or for any pur-
pose, however audabse some may think il
nothing but divine truth unrning led, unad0ltrF-
ated, and pure as it came from heaven, fit for
the whole human race TO imhibe.
The Bedford gazette. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1805-current, 1854-11-03
ConFenieace in Eating.

A correspondent Of the .Norning Siar gives
the fashion of eating in India, as follows;
e:The manner Of cooking and eating among
the natives of India, strikes stranger as very
wild and simple; especially il FIRST observed on
the numerous rude little boats, which are always
floating around, and following inward bouHd
ships. On the evening of our first day on the
Hoogy, we sat on the side of the vessel, which
! overlooked many of these boats, and with much
curiosity observed the preparation and eating Of
the evening meal. First of all, the native who
acted as cook pat quantity Of rice into small
basket, not water-tight, and reaching il operthe
side of the boat, allowed it TO get nearly full Of
water, when be shook it long to clean the RICE
and then placed il on vessel set on rude fur
mace, and left 1t 10 boil, and in the mean time
prepared some vegetable or rice, but in very
small quantity. When the rice was cooked, it
was poured into an immense brass dish, and the
fish and vegetable which had been fried, were
The Bedford gazette. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1805-current, 1854-11-03

The wicked and dissolute, in wild desperation,
sat IN taverns, singing roaring songs, and were
stricken as they sat, and went out and died
The fearful and supernatural sghts-burning
swords IN the sky, gigantic arms and DARTS
Others pretended that at night vast crowds OF
ghosts walked round and round the dismal pits.
One madman, naked, and carrying draziei full
OF burning Goals upon his head, sta!ked through
the streets, crying that he was prohet comnis-
stoned 10 denounce the vengeance oT the Lord
on wicked London. Another also went 10 and
fro, eXclaiming;-'' Yet forty davs and London
shall be destroyed - A third awoke the achoes
of the dismal streets, by night and By day, and
made the blood Of the sick run cold, by calling
out incessantly, 10 deep hoarse voice: ssOh the
great and the dreadful God !"
Through the months Of july, August and
September, The Great Plague ragged more and
more. Great fires were lighted in the streets,
in the hope fstopPing the infection; bat there
was plague ofrain, too, and beat the fires out.
At last the winds that usually rise at that time
called the equinox, when day and night are -
quail Ia | over the world, began to blow
and lurity the wrrtched town The deaths be-
g 10 decrease, the red crosses slowly to diSap-
pear, the fugitives to return, the shops to open
again, pale, frightened faces 10 be seen in the
streets. The plague had been in every part of
England, but in close and unwholesone London
il had killed one hundred thousand people,"
The Bedford gazette. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1805-current, 1854-11-03
The Burning Of The Steamer L. K. Collins

The mails bring US the particulars OF the loss
by fire OF the Steamer E. X. Collins, near the
mouth Of the Detroit, on Monday last, a brief
account Of which came by telegraph a day or
two ago. The fire undoubtedly originated from
the steerage passengers emptying their pipes
flied with burning tobacco INTO the light
woodwork ofthe decks. When the FIRE was
first discovered, it spread with such rapidity
that every effort to check it proved unavaiIing.
Mr.. Cary, passenger, says
''He was sitting in the upper forward cabin
reading when the alarm Of fire was given be-
tween o and II O'Clock. Mr.. c. was proba-
bly, the only passenger up and dressed when
the fire broke out, and he immediately passed
down the cabin gangwar to the main deck. As
he reached that deck he saw the smoke in the
cabin below the main deck, but it had not
reached the door leading from that cabin TO the
main deck. Mr.. c. Immediately ran up through
the cabin and up the arch to the hurricane
deck 10 the plot-houSe, ami told the wherlsnan
that the boat whS on fire. and begged him to
put her ashore. The request was made three
times, and the last time Mr. c. begged the
wheelsnan for Gods sake TO put her ashore and
save the lives OF the passengers: and 10 enforce
his request, pointed the wheclsman TO the
flames then bursting out around the saloke-piprs
up on the deck where they were TIE wheels
man made no reply, and the boat was not put
for the shore. or if the ATTEMPT was made. was
after the engine had been stopped and h.r head
way about gone. Mr.. c. Jumped down upon
the lower hurricane deck, and then went down
10 a staunchion 10 The main deck, where be
found life passenger stool, and seizing that be
cot down over the outside OF the bow as low as
The Bedford gazette. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1805-current, 1854-11-03

The Angel ofsDeath gazed upon him in silent
sadness, whde tears, such as mmortals weep.
stood in his large dark eyes. "Ah y said he,
swoud that /, like you, could rejoice in cheer
full thanks butsthe world calls me its foe and
joy-destroyer." '.Oh my brother" answered
the Angelof Slumber, ',yill not every goodman.
upon awakening, recognize inathee his fiiend,
and gratefully bless thee AFr4sNg Dot brothers
and children Of one father !'s So III spake.--
The fearful eyes Of the AngefofDeath shone
with gieam OF pleasure, while lie pressed his
l1is genter brother more tenderly to his heart
The Bedford gazette. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1805-current, 1854-11-03
Sleep and Death.

The Angels Of Sleep and Death, locked arm
in arm, wandered over the earth. It-was even
ing. They laid themselves down upon a lofty
hill that overlooked the habitation of man. A
moufnful Stiffness reigned around, broken only
by the evening bells whose sound came only
from distant hamlet. Silent and speechless as
their wont, these benefcent guardian angels of
mankind lay in close embraceytl nights dark
mantle fell around them. Then the Angel of
Sleep rose from bis messy couch and scattered
with noseless hand the invisible seeds Of slum-
ber. The evening wind carried them TO the
silent dwellings Of the weary husbandmen.-
Soon sweet sleep EMBODIED in its gentle embrace
the inmates OF the rural cottages-lrom the gray
haired sire, whose tottering steps il supports to
the infant 10 its cradle. The sick forget his
pains, the mourner his sorrow, the poor his cares
All eyes were closed. His task being finished,
this benevolent Angel again lay down by his
sterner brothers. side. "When morning breaks, .
cried ne, with happy innocence, ''aH the world
will bless me, as their friend and benefactor.-
Oh what joy, to do good in secret and unseen.
How happy are we, invisible messengers of the
good spirit How beautiful is our quiet Of
fee :" Thus Spake the Angel Of Sumber.-
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VOL. XIII, NO. y.

put at the side and the eaters, sitting fiat upon
the boat, surrounded the dish. They conveyed
the food 10 the mouth with the right hand, hold
ing the head little forward, and the quantity
of rise consumed was really astonishing. When
the eating was finished, small brass dish was
passed around 10 drink from, after which little
water was poured upon the eating hand, TO
wash it, from the same dish, and the meal was
finished; and so far as our subsequent obseTva-
ton extended, this Is substantially the manner
of cooking aud eating among toe common peo-
pie generally, both at home and on journeys,
aud it is certainly very convenient.