A few days since in the town of Proyidenc. a young horse started off with light wagon and in the rapidity ofhis fight. broke the ve

 hicle, and flung gentleman, who was in it through watch makers window, to the great damage of watches, clocks, and jewel lery.

 GoUernor Houston. n.-The western papers give the particulars of an investigation of the causes that led to separation between Gov. Houston and his wife. It seems commit- tee has been formed in Summer county, Tennessee, in order to give a public expres- sion Of their belief in the lady's worth, and unbIemished reputation. This is an odd in- stance of chivalry in the nineteenth century {; put We suppose public excitement on the sunJect required it, and it appears to have been been conducted with propriety and candor. The amount of the whole is, that Mrs. Hous- ton was-ofa. highly respectable family, and her name unslllied even by suspicion that Gov. Houston was fdgetty, jealous of her want Of attachment to him, and ant to enter tam groundless suspicious. In a letter to MT. Allen. lher father) he expresses great aiiec- Iion for his wife, and a belief in her virtue alleging that the whole difficulty originated n me coolness ofher behavior, which led him Q think she did not love him. Gov. Hous- on has lately made tour rthrough the Middle states. and has now returned to Arkansas in .rder to take up his residence win The jherokees.-ROstOR Jour. -