The New York Herald Newspaper, August 28, 1845, Page 1

Wal, Xl., No.21 —Whole No. £09. NEW YORK, THURSDAY MORNING, AUGUST 28, 1845. Priee Two Cents, Additional News from ‘Texas and Mexico— Threatened Revolution in Yucatan, The Southern mail arrived yesterday, brings‘later advices from Texas and Mexico. They are of interest. It appears that Mexico is likely to become divided in a war with this country. The Argus, at New Orleans, from Laguna, reports that on the Sth instant, a Mexican brig of war, two da from Vera Cruz, arrived at Campeachy with the procla. mation of Garcia Conde, setting jorth the intention of the government to declare war against the United States, and €alling upon Yucatan for her quota of troops to meet the eneral government. The authorities, after deliberating jor four hours upon the demand of the Secretary, return- ed an answer that in case of an invasion of their own ter- ritory by the United States, that they would raise a suffi cient force to repel the invaders, but that they would not assist in furnishing troops to Mexico, in a war against the | United States. } [From the New Orleans Picayune, Aug. 19.) The steam schooner Augusta, Captain Gillete, arrived Phineas from the Rio Grande, whence she sailed onthe i2th inst. A letter has been received town by her froma responsible source in Matamoras, ted the 6th instant, which throws some faint light upon the movements in that quarter. ‘Tue general in command at Matamoras received inti- mation, through Senor Arrang of the intended move- ment ofthe troops of the United States upon the “ dis- pene territory.” Wedo not know whether this general e the same Senor Garcia, who, some weeks since, being ordered to build a fort to ‘protect the city, da soit spot, where the digging was easy, and set his mon to work.” We presume itis the same man, as we learn that every point onthe Rio Grande, assailable by our troops, has been declared by him to be nearly, if net yet perfectly, protected. Extract of aletter, dated Matamoras, August 6th :— “Some persons generally well informed think that the Government needs money much, and wants to hold up the prospect of a war to get their loan epproved, in the hope that foreign interference will soon put an end to ditficulties. Foreign influence seems to be at the bottom of the ideas of this Government, which on the other side js threatened with a new revolution, according to letters from the capital. The next mail will probably have something of the debates of Congress on the Loan Bill and War.” ‘The position occupied by Gen. Taylor is about 150 miles trom Matamoras. If the Mexican contemplate in- vading Texas without delay,they will have encountered the General and his little command of about 1,000 men bythis time. We sincerely hope that the preparations now Deing made to re-inforce the troops at Aranzas, will be edited by all possible means. It is stated that the bill authorizing a loan of $15,000,- 900, to carry onthe war has passed, and that it has al- ready been negotiated. We will venture a prediction on this cireumsta: ‘Time will show whether or not England and California are not mixed up in this loan. We had three arrivals yesterday from Texas. ‘The Mary left Matagorda on the 13th ‘The steamer Pa- triot, from this port, in crossing the bar at Pass Cavallo ou the 12th inst. ran on Red Fish Islandand bilged. Her cargo would be saved ina damaged state. On the 16th inst , in lat, 28 19, long. 91 37, the Mary spoke the U. 8. ship Falmouth in company with the brig Lawrence ona cruise—all well. ‘The Hope Howes left Laguna on the 6th inst., and re- ports that a Mexican war schooner arrived at Campeachy on the oth, with a requisition upon the Yucatan govern: ment for troops. The Yucatecos told them that if the Mexicans went to war with the United States, they must find their own men; that Yucatan would not, The Galveston papers contain favorable accounts from the interior in relation to the cotton crops, al- though some complaints are made of the drought. ‘Three lions have lately been seen and chased in the county of Brazoria, and one of them was killed, weigh ing 400 pounds. In color and size they were said to re- semble the African lion. ‘The information which we gave in this paper of the Ist instant is confirmed by this arrival. Gen, Arista, with his starving, unpaid, and deserting troops, amounting to about 3,000 ‘men, whom we left at Monterey, was ad- vancing east, and had reached on the 12th instant within aday’s march of Matamoros, Gen. Parades, whom we mentioned as being at San Luis Potosi, but about to march on Monterey, with four or five thousand men, is now said to be actually on the move for the latter city, whence he will contiaue his route to Matamoros or other points higher up on the river. Gen. Gaona, too, is on his way to the same frontier line, with 3,000 troops, as is report- ed. These three bodies compose the army of 10,000 men, we presuine, of whose advance upon Gen. Taylor s many idle rumors have been circulated. ‘That they are not ay yet quite prepared to measure arms with the Uni- ted States troops, and do not intend at | eauoye crossing the Rio Grande, we think may be inferred from the facts, that no general-in-chief has yet been named for the conduct of a campaign, nor have any contracts yet beef entered into for provisions and other necessary app) 8s for 60 large a force. mformation has been received by the Augusta, that Gen, Bustameute has been ordered by the Supreme Gov- ernment into New Mexico, but in what capacity we are rot informed. Intelligence had been received at Matamoras of the re- quisition of the Government upon the Congress of Mexi- co for authority to negotiate the fifteen million loan, It was evenrumored, not only that the autnority had been granted, but tnat the loan had actually been nego- tiated’ Both rumo«s were doubtless premature. The Washington News of the 7th inst., says, that intel- ligence has been received at the War Department that no reinforcements have been made to the Mexican troops on the Rio Grande. Those already there are reported | to be wholly unprepared for a campaign. As usual, they are neither paid, fed or clothed. ‘The Mexican citizen of San Antonio are said to be highly gratified at the pro: pect of the protection to be afforded them by the forces of the United States, as well against the irregularities of the | ‘Texans, so often tecessarily quartered upon them, as al- 40 against the Mexicans beyond the Rio Grande. ‘The Secretary of War and Marine has been ordered to open his office at the city of Austin. The Galveston News, of the 12th, says in relation to the crops —'"The accounts of the cotton crops, which we have heard from the interior, stillcuntinue favorable, al- though the late drought is beginning to affect it injuri- ously. In some few places the cotton is suffering from | lice, and the bolls are begianing to fall. In Jefferson and the contigious counties, the crops are said to have been cut short nearly half by the drought, while in west- ern Texas, the rains have been very seasonable, and the crops never better. The ship Queen Victoria, Capt. Ranlett, arrived lai ight from Aransas Bay, whence she sailed on the 12th ae ata P.M. Capt. R. has kindly furnished the fol- lowing : ‘The U. 8. ship of war Falmouth, Capt. Sands, with des- patches, left at the same time for the Balize, and has not yet arrived, The U. 8. brig Lawrence, Capt. Jarvis, also left in company for the Balize, with despatches, and_ar- ved yesterday, and sent them on board the Queen Vic- toria, lying inside the Bar. Yesterday the Lawrence lay | off and'on, waiting orders. Ship Saviah was off the Aransas Baron the 12th, un- | loading; the steomer Monmouth was clongside of her | whon Jast seen. The schooner ‘Two Friends arrived at 4P.M.onthe Lth, and lay off St. Joseph’s, near the camp. Schooner Rosetta left the Shell Bank for Corpus Christi on the 10th instant, with her cargo on board, and was ashore on the 12th, on the flats, A sebooner with American colors arrived just as I lett, but did not learn her name—supposed her tobe the Swal low. August 15th, at sunset, saw the barque William Ivy, with troops on board, steering W. 8. W., 30 miles from the S. W. Pass. August 16th and 17th, saw schooner Mary Wilkes, with horses on board, becalmed off South Point, at an: chor, with a strong northerly current. Also saw schr. ately called into the service and o; their movements will depend somew! stances. Yesterday the U. S. troops from Fort Pike, numbering | forty-seven men, under Lieut Dana and Lieut. Strong, arrived in this city, destined for Texas, ‘The U.S. brig of war Li Aransas Bay, outhe 1th instant, is lying at anchor off the Balize to act as a convoy for the United States troops destived for Texas. [From N. 0. Bee, Aug. 19.] We understand that Governor Morton has counter- manded the orders previously issued, and will issue his proclamation, in conformity with the requisition of Gen, Gaines, ordering out four regiments of volunteer troops for Texas, ‘This morning at 9 o'clock, Capt Forno’s first company of volunteer artillery, destined for ‘Texas, will be mus- tered into the service of the United States. ‘The ceremo- ny wil take place at the gun house of the company on Girod street. The second company of volunteer artille- ry, we understand, are also ready tor duty. Each com- n of four field pieces, one twelve nized, but that | wt upon circum. | mY, will be in posse: akd'three six pounders. General Taylor has not heard of any Mexican troops being within annoying distance of him It is hardly pro- | bable from his present position that he could have re- ceived the intelligengs, should such have been the fact. | He had already crossed the Nueces, and plante! the Uni- | ted States flag in the ancient department of Tamaulipas, | he had only to sleep upon his arms and await the ap- | proach of the Mexican army, it having been decreed, it will be recollected by that government, that the passage ot the Rubicon, by the United States troops, would fe considered as a ¢eclaration of war. [From the New Orleans Republican, Aug. 19 } A meeting of the Irish citizens of New Orleans was called last evening, for the purpose of taking the neces- eary measures preparatory to the organization of one or more companies of volunteers for ‘'exus. The cail seemed to be enthusiastically responded to. We dropped in about 8 o'clock, and think that there were then present between four and six hundred of the bold and ardent sons of the Gem of the Sea. (From the Mobile Herald, Aug. 20.} We understand that over oue hundred thousand dol- lars left this city yesterday, in charge of Purser 8. Ram- sey, ofthe Navy Vesd'at iRensebolsc on board tie pilot: boat Relief, tor the ie of the Home Squadron, now con- | centrated in the Gulf. Havana, Aug. 1M, 1845--The American Consul has | excited some surprise here by his conversations on our | relations with Mexico. He states, with apparent con | fidence, that, war exists between the United States and | Mexico. That the committee of the Mexican Congress | to which the subject had been referred, had re favor of the loan of $15,000,000 asked for by th ter of Foreign Relations, that orders had been given and | approved by the war committee to march the troops (said to be $000) nearest the frontier, ten leagues east of the Rio Bravo, there to entrench themselves and resist any attack made upon them, It is understood that the | Mexican Consul, ©. Rijon, late Secretary of State of Mexice, (vow here) has received intelligence of amore decided cuaracter, that war is absolutely declared. Genere ia Anna is in very low spiuite, disapproves war at this time, and thinks Mexico was never less pre- pared for it. ‘se whole country is excited upon fede- ralism, and cansot be brought to direct their attention and energies to the defence of the country. The ablest ‘enerals are absent, himself here, and General Woel in Surope. It is also’ understood that their little navy is sent to Jamaica for safety, fearing to trust them in Commodore Conner’s reach. If war exists, as it is al- leged, between the two countries, ihe President of the United States should immediately issue his prociama- tion, declaring pirates sll privateers and cruisers not fitted out in Mexican ports and commanded by Mexi- can officers, with a certain portion of the crew Mexican citizens. Without snch a proclamation, we shall have the whole Gulf intested with nominal privateers, but real pirates, of allnations. I would suggest that the whole press of the South should urge the most active anden- ergetic prosecution of the war; for since the Seminole affair, ignorant foreigners of low and high degree, think our Government inadequate to conduct a war with either skill or energy.—Correspondence Charleston Mercury. Rateicu, N. C., Aug. 24, 1845. Appearance of the City—Public Buildings—Hotels —Religion—the Bar and Schools, §c. Having never seen in your paper any correspond- ence from any town in this State, and supposing that one from the capital, our centre of attraction, might not be uninteresting to begin with, I propose sending you occasionally my views of matters and things here and elsewhere throughout the Old North State, through which I propose making a tour for the benefit of my health. But do not suppose that my bodily infirmity will give any coloring, whether dark or bright or unreal, to my pictures, for, to tell you the plain truth, my illness is the result sunply of indolence, a very common ailment down here, and will soon wear off after I become active in my correspondence with your readers. L have just been four days in the “city of oaks,” as Raleigh is called, from its being surrounded by little groves of this staunch old tree. My residence isthe Kagle Hotel. ‘This hotel faces the magnifieent Capitol, a building only second to that of Washing- ton, and towering above the little city as doth a mountain above the mole hills. The Senate Cham- ber and Commons are beautifully ornamented and suitably furnished. ‘There is a capital painting of Washington in the former, and another of Colum- bus landing inthe latter; both by the firstartists. The building is made ot granite, procured, | am informed, not a mile from the town. The Governor’s Palace, so called, is a very plain, lowly building, presenting a striking contrast to the beauty and grandeur of the State House ; but it answers all the purposes, as Governor Graham 1s himself a plain man, though very dignified, and has a nice little modest wife that makes but little noise, and belongs to the Methodist Church. She, therefore, gives no parties, and lives with her sober lord almost a secluded life. It was otherwise, I understand, with his predecessor, whe was a hail-fellow-well-met with all, and fond of re- galing his friends in all manner of ways. In his time, champaigne ran in rivers, and was drank as freely, Fayettville street is the main street, having the Capitol at one end and the Governor’s House at the other. The hotels are four in number, and seem to be well supported by travellers, notwithstanding He great Southern Mail Line does not pass through ere. Raleigh is well provided with churches—there are three of them, and the pastors are all men of talent, and able to grace any church in the North.— ‘The Methodists seem to be the most numerous, and made up of the middling classes. The Episcopa- lians, as usual, the silk-stocking gentry—and the Presbyterians and Baptists as stiff and blue and big- otted “in their ways as elsewhere. There is one Catholic Chapel, ‘but no Priest. The Episcopal Church, considering the wealth that belongs to its members as a body, is the most insignificant struc- ture of the whole. To this congregation belongs the Ex-Secretary of the Navy. George E. Badger isno common man. His easy, graceful and master- ly eloquence at the Bar is rarely surpassed. Enverprise in company with her, botn bound to Arans: Bay. Found the current strong to the eastward all the | passage. The steamer Undine had crossed the flats between | Aransas and Corpus Christi, and was transporting troops | and stores from Shell Bank to Kinney’s Ranche, where | the whole of the dd Infantry were on the 12th instant.— ‘The Undine had made one trip, and was returning to make a second, when she got aground, and lay three days with two companies of the 4th Infantry on board.— | She succeeded in getting off on Tuesday morning, the | 12th, aud proceeded to Corpus Christi. Gen. Taylor was | on board the Undine at last accounts. He left Camp St. | Joseph on Mondey morning, the 11th inst. | t St. Joseph's, waiting orders to move, were com F, B, & and G—Captains Page, Morrison, Bucha- nd Alden—4th Regiment Infantry. Also, company 2d Artillery, Lieut. Bree commanding, waiting the arrival of their cannon, Company H, Capt. Morris, was it Shell Bank with stores and sutfor's department. it was reported that the remainder of the troops were to go to McGlowan’s Bluff, which was thought would be the best place tor a depot. ‘The Ranche Being too far from sen, and not too well supplied with food a An exploring party had been sent to the Bluff to good landing, Ke.” At Shell Bank there is no water, and at St, Joseph’s the water is not very good, although abun- dant by digging six feet and sinking barrels. ‘There was no sickness among the troops. The air was very fine and the nights cool, with acoustant breeze from the se, Plenty ofthe best kind of fish at all the posts, and wi gun-shot of the fires and cooking-places plenty of deer, | fresh beef (two cents per pound) and wild birds. Some few wolves even passing through the camp; and not a fow rattlesnakes and tarantula spiders on St. Joseph’s I8- | land. Texas Lerrers.—Persons in the United States writing to their friends in Texas should remember that it is necessary to pay the postage of their letters to leans. Unless this be done, the letters are not 'Y persons seem to think that this requi- site no longer exists; but as Annexation is not yet com- pletely ratified, they are mistaken. We mention this hecause we aré informed that since the action of t ‘Texan Congress upon the Annexation question, nearly a barre] of letters have accumulated in the Post Office of this city with the postage unpaid, and it may save much | disappointment to know this fact —N. 0. Pic. Aug. 19. | Mittrany Moremenrs.—The response of our citizen | soldiers to the requisition of the Governor is just as w had anticipated. “Chere will be no want of troops, and | any number of them that may be desired, to Impre Mexico with the means at the command of the Uni States to repel and punish any acts of hostility into which her blind fury may urge her. | Ali the arms, ammunition, and equipments, requisite | for the two companies of alg arrived yesterday | from Baton Ronge, and this part of the volun' force | will take their departure on Wednesday next, on the | Alal for Corpus Christi, The Courier of last even- ing says that four regiments of infantry will be immedi: | | parts of the South. Also several minor establish- | oaks on the edge of ruin, having no fire company of Raleigh is aleo well provided with schools. It has a very large and flourishing {seminary for young la- dies, who come here to be educated from various ments for the same sex,and two Military Academies ef some reputation. In case of fire, though, I should deem the city of. any consequence, and very few pumps, supposing she had. The Commissioners are very censurable in this respect. There is not much stirring, politically, at present, except a disposition on the part of the citizens and State generally, to nominate the Editor of the Reg- ister, a whig paper, to the Gubernatorial chair,if the present incumbent refuses to erve another term.— ‘The printer is careless about the matter. One word about the black population. In Raleigh they are perfectly their own masters, having all they wish for, and living happily. They are attended to both religiously, and in al matters of bodily com- fort. Our abolitionists in the North are quite in the dark on this subject, at least as far as 1 have scen in this State. , Varieties Ta Philadelphia on Tuesday, four of the hands on board the steamboat Cohansey, named Charles Lock, John Custer, Wm. Sloan, and itichard Hann, were arres- ted upon warrants issued from the Mayor's office, on the charge of manslaughter, in causing the death of Theo. dore Miller. by throwing him into the river from the Co- yi ‘Two of the defendants only, Lock and Custer, were held to bail, in $2000, for a further hearing The others were examined as witness During the thunder shower on Saturday, the Tre- mont House in Littleton—the only public house we be- lieve in the place—together with all the buildings con. therewith, was consumed by fire caused by light. Worcester Spy. f od, indicted for aiding and abetting in the murder of the nogo Tucker, at Indignapolis, on the 4th ult., has been tried, found guilty and sentenced to three year’s imprisonment. Robert Dale Owen has been named, not nomina- | nated, asa candidate of the “Young Democracy” of In- diana forthe d States Senate " John Witherson, a United States soldier, drowned himself by leaping from a steamboat on the Ohio, « few days since. | t now appears that the three men were but slight- y injured by the explosion of fire damp in one of tho coal mines of Pottaville on Saturday last. Captain Comstock, of the steamboat Massachu- setts, and Mr. Hodg f the Carlton House, New York, have purchased a part of the estate of tho late Robert Johnson, F. ea at tho beach at Newport, on which they intend he pe or nee naive hotel, tobe in readi- | HERALD ESTABLISHMENT : il i | 1, TT TTT I AT (hi | lil ih WW A = ill : | | HI H } i | Tur Press Room.—The engraving which heads this article, gives a view of the interior otjthat de- partment of the Herald Establishment, known as the Press Room. It is fifty feet long, and the whole width of the building. Although below the ground surface, it is well lighted by day by a row ot windows, as seen in the cut, which receive the light through the grating on Nassau street. In the centre, nearly, and running the whole length of the room, stand four superb double cylinder presses, whose perform- ance is too wellknown to be dwelt on here. Two of these are used in printing the Weekly Herald, the othertwo the Daily Herald—the former being the larger, as is requisite they should, in order to strike off the immense sheet on which the Meekly is printed. Sixteen hands are employed to work these presses, and five more todo the remaining work, in which, by a subdivision of labor, each has his own particular employment. These twenty-one persons consist of eight “feeders,” whose duty it is to place the blank sheet in the press, eight “flyers,” who receive it at the opposite end, printed; the foreman, to superintend the work, and an assistant ; an engineer, who keeps up a constant, proper, and unfailing supply of steam; the receiver general and his assistant, whose duties will be afterwards detail- ed. On the interior side wall of the building is placed an ingenious contrivance for hoisting and lowering the forms to and from the press and com- positors’ rooms. It consists of a square wooden tunnel of sufficient capacity to admit the largest forms to pass up and down unimpeded ; this is done without any more manual labor than attaching the form to a hook at one end of a chain, which passes over a pulley placed at the upper extremity of the tube, the weight of the form being exactly balanced by so nicely adjusted a counterpoise, fixed to the other end of the chain, that aslight touch of the hand serves to communicate the motion requisite to elevate or lower the form at pleasure. Close by this fixture is a speaking trumpet, through which, oral eommu- nications are made from the upper to the lower re- gions—all through the six stories with rapidity and eage—thius saving the time and labor which would be imposed by going up and down at every call --THE PRESS-ROOM. it il iH i | Hh ie NU Mi it Another convenience is in the shape cf a ¢ containing the printers ink to supply es, and which is moved along with e place to another as wanted—thereby obvi te, and the other desagremens of carrying i The two smaller presses move with greater than the large, in the inyerse ratio of their size,and are capable of throwing off 5,000 copies perhour each. They are all set in motion by a steam engine of six horse power, which, with the furnace and boiler, and all its appurtenances, is placed beneath the paper room, on a still lower floor, the front portion of which, or that beneath the press room, is 4 great receptacle for fuel, not only for the engine, but all the departments of the Herald es blishment. This requires a_ considerable consump- tion of coal; but great as is the amount, it is re- ceived from Nassau street by an inclined plane, and distributed without more than the merest trifle of labor, by the hoisting machine, to all parts of the building. ‘The moment the form comes from the composi- tors room to the press room, at two o’clock at night, the whole twenty-one hands are expected to be on the spot, to go to press instanter. Not a moment is lost—a clock being placed on the wail to admonish them of Time’s ilight, so that it may be truly said all goes on here as regularly as clock work. At seven o'clock in the morning, the vast edition of the Herald is struck off, when the men retire until two ‘clock in the afterneon for the evening edition. he first edition of the Weekly Herald is printed on Friday, and on the same day transmitted by the southern, and also the western mails, except for Pennsylvania—by the eastern and northern mails on the next day, maith foreign papers at the earlest opportunity. By four o’clock in the morning, the carriers are at their posts to receive their papers, and an hour afterwards comejthe newsboys for,their’s. The car- riers number about twenty, aud have a place set apart for their accommodation outside the press room and beneath the grating, through which: it is lighted ; the papers being handed ont from the re ceiver general t foe an aperture in the wall, be. tween this space and the press room. The news- boys are past count—probably several hundreds col- lect here at six o’clock, when there is anything in the paper in their opinions piquant and ‘exciting. ‘They are supplied through another aperture, such as is already described, ane all collision or contusion is thus prevented between them and the carriers. The counting, receiving, arranging, and folding of the Herald by these indetatigable couriers, presents a scene of industry not to be equalled Against the partition wall which divides the press m the Anti-Rent Region. Niveven, Broome County, August 23, 1845. Tarrived here last night from Catskill in the mail coach, having, in the course of my journey, passed through Delhi, Delaware county, the scene of the anti-rent difficulties that have lately disgraced this section of our State. At Delhi I found the prison filled with prisoners, in all amounting to fifty-six» who have been arrested for participating in the late cold-blooded murder of Steele. They are guarded from escape by the hardy yeomanry of Greene, De~ laware, and Chenango counties, who have volun- teered to preserve law and order at Delhi. 1 ob- served, on my arrival at this village, a tall, raw- boned youth, of about nineteen, with an “ ear piere- ing fife” to his mouth, marching up and down the hotel stoop, playing, in patriotic strains, to awaken his surrounding countrymen to the “ alarms of war,” Yankee Doodle and Hail Columbia, in a manner that could not have been surpassed by Kyle, at the Olym- pic. Seudder, the chief, who directed the Indians to fire, at Andes, has not yet been arrested, although, there are several scouring parties out in search of him. The number of anti-renters in Delaware county, I should judge, has been somewhat exaggerated. | believe there is not over five hundred in the county, thongh that number of determined men, with a cour- ageous leader, might easily attack the ratte at Del- hi, release the prisoners, and frighten the sheriff and his posse out of the county, Some fear the organi- zation of the anti-renters, in their Indian apparel, for this purpose; but | am of opinion they will remain quiet, and allow the law to take its course, as has been the case in Columbia county. It is truly de- plorable to find men, members of Congress and State the friends and champions of the anti- re —men who have been elected to make laws, and who have the necessary ability to ornament any position, truckling, with ambitious hopes for politi- cal honors, to the sordid interests of the tenantry in this section, to gain a few votes, and, perhaps, em- broil their Swte in a civil war—they are, however, duly appreciated here. o much for anti-rentism. Now forthe country, the crops, and the market In travelling over the Catskill Mountains, and passing up the valleys of the Delaware and Susquehannah — ri- vers, the scenery 18 picturesque in the extreme, the land in the valleys very fertile, and the eye is met with lights of fires on the hills, lighted by the hardy pioneers of the country, torthe purpose ‘of clearing their lands, and to enjoy the richness ot its soil the next season, in fields of flowing wheat. Thousands of cords of timber (hemlock and pine), valuable in your city, is in this way annually destroyed, in con- sequence of there being no way to convey it to your market. Hay can be purchased here for trom $5 to $74 ton, which in your city brings $22 ton. But- ter sells here for ten cents per pound, which brings eighteen cents inthe city. And this extraordinary ditlerence in price, one hundred miles from Albany, is accounted for by the New York and [rie Rail- road not being finished. ‘The farmers here greatly want this railroad completed. And as much as your city would be benefitted in the cheapness of goods that would be transported by it, why do not your capitalists, the Astors, the Whitneys, and oth- ers, put their capital to the wheel, and have this great State work accomplished? Have they not city pride enough to prevent Boston outstripping you in growth and wealth? Or are they too much iné terested in the northern canals and railroads of our State, to invest their money in this improvement 1— Perhaps your late fire will impede the completion ot this work, but nevertheless the newspaper press of the State should continually keep the necessity for the completion of this railroad, before the people. The crops in this part have been very good, and the people healthy and_ prosperous, many of them being now engaged in fulfilling the’ requirements of our ridiculous militia law, doubtless preparatery to a brush with Mexico, for the edification of them- selves, and the laughter of travellers. Distunnaxces ix Scnonante—Burxnerm, (Ginoa,) August 23, 1845.—We are ina state of rebellion and in- surrection : our sheriffs and constables have been inter- rupted in the exercise of their several duties, and their lives threatened by disguised men in this town, should they again appear among them. One constable has been taken from his bed at midnight, dragged some four miles from home, and tarred, for » Pete Served civil process : another intercepted, and his papers taken from him ; the sheriff and his deputy taken and insulted, and open threats made to shoot the sheriff and his deputies, inso- much that process could no longer be served by any of- ficer, whether forrent or otherwise ; and open resis- tance to any force that could be sentagainst them, also threatened~until the consummation of like threats in the county of Delaware, in the murder of Steele. This has been openly exulted in, and approved of by many in this part of our country—until those of the people in- clined to the preservation of our institutions could for- bear no longer, andcalled on the sheriff of the county to come to their aid, with men and arms sufficient to exe- cute process, to preserve the peace, and put down these insurrectionary movements. As the conservators of the peace, and in the execution of their several civil duties, they have nobly sustained themselves ; and the call of the people to aid them has been obeyed with the utmost promptness. ‘The posse assembled from different towns in this coun- ty, and marched from this village on Wednesday morn- ing, to the disaffected parts of this town, headed by the Sheriff and his officers, and G.W, Cummins, Esq.,as mili- tary commander. They were joined on the ground by a force of some 150 men from Delaware county, under the command of Gen. Griffin and Col. Wooster, 1n pursuit of the murderers of Steele, and other fugitives from justice in thet county, and te ald our posse, if'it should be necer- ry, against any opposing force. They were also jein- ed by others of the posse from the town of Jefferson and its vicinity—in all amounting to about 500 men, deter- mined to sustain the laws. The disaflected, however, did not show themselves in force to fight, as they had threatened ; but, as is understood, were embodied in con- siderable numbers in a wood at some distance, and out of the reach of the posse—and fortunately the shedding of blood has so far been prevented. Several suspected persons have been captured, and arc now undergoing examination. Some dozens of Indian dresses and false faces were found, and a flag which had been raised near a church, which had been the place of rendezvous of the anti reut forces, with an Indian paint- ed en one side, and inscribed “Victory or Death”—on the other, something relating to resisting the payment of rent, I believe. This was said to have been taken and carried away asa trophy by the men from Delaware, to whom too much praise cannot be awarded for their acti- vity and intrepidity in the arrest of suspected persons, and the performance of their duty, They returned the same day; and our posse the next day again sconred the town, and brought in other suspected persons—and yes- terdayalpart of them made an excursion into the towns of Conesville and Broome, under Deputy Sheriff Lemily, and G. W, Cummins, Esq., inecommand, and made some further arrests and executed some civil proc The main body were discharged last night, retaining sutti cient to’guard the prisoners (between 30 and 40) ot this place—-whose examination has commenced this morn and which will probably unfold a full connection ot anti-rent associations with the disguised, masked Indians and a sanction and direction of their operations—and ful- ly show that their determination has been rebellion and open resistance to the authorities, so far checked only by the promptness and patriotism of our peace-makers. It is now ascertained that on Tuesday night « large body of the insurgents were pro’ about the road between here and North Blenheim, to interrupt the she- riff and his guard, and take the public arms designed for use here, on their way from Schoharie to this place Fourteen disguised men were accidetnally discovered crossing the road in the glen a short distance above this village, on the west side of the Schoharie creek, and traced to a small copse of woods a few rods south of the road, and west of the village—where they could, under cover of the shade and openness of the trees, and on ac- count of its elevation, overlook our heretofore peaceful valley, and see, by the moon's light, and hear, almost, all that was passing in the village. Thore might have been more than the above number, but Ko many Were counted by the person who discovered them, a part of them carrying unlighted torches, and telling the person who discovered them that they wero going a-fishing. Onthe alarm, however, being given, the villagers, thongh mostly destitute of arms, provided themselves with such as they could get, with clubs, &c., and were on the alert through the night, determined to defend to the last, from any attack which might be ma Mi by which means it was probably prevented. ‘The sherifl, by not coming through the infected passes on the cal from the mail room in front, is placed a long, flat desk or table, in the press-room, where the papers are placed, to be cut, counted, and distributed We the receiver. This is done with amazing accuracy by two persons—one in charge and an assistant—and considering the great demand and anxiety there is for this journal, long experience, and te dexterity acquired by practice, is only sufficientto perform the work with and regularity. In this desk the re- ceiver keeps his money and books, pro tem, until they are delivered to the cashier above. On his left é hand, in the wali, are the two apertures through | which bis papers are conveyed, as already mention- ed; in front is another, through which he passes the mail papers to the maul room, whilst, overhead, there is still a fourth, for a similar purpose, in regard tothe publication office overhead, where numbers of the Herald are s Behind the pre: ly of this article is upplied to transient customers. large sv. itis dar who attends to this as his particular business. ‘The mail room oceupies the front section of this nd is separated by a partition wall from the -room. ‘This is an important department, requiring aitention, and method in its supervisor, who has five persons employed in assisting him. Ai o’clock, these five persons are to their eyes and ears in work—folding, direct- and mailing the morning edition, and by seven vek the whole is on its way, each copy to its re- spective gdestination, where. if it does not arrive | regularly, the fault is in the Post Office. An exten sive knowledge of a statistical kind is required in the superintendent of this department, for he must have at his fingers’ end the routes, time, mode of conveyance of the several mails, and be familiar with railroads, stages, steamboats, packets for fo- reign countries; and he must not only possess this knowledge, but have it ready for use at the earliest moment, in order that no time may be lost in dis- fersing the news, and that mibacrtvers may have no ground of complaint. Many other details worthy of mentioning, are passed over, as it is difficult to enumerate them all. When all the presses are going at once, it is a curi- ous spectacle, and this curiosity is a good deal heightened by the crowd of newsboys, the departure of carriers,the preparations of mails, the clatter of the machinery,and the ery of the newsboys in the streets, announcing the important fact to all within hearin, and a little farther, that the Herald is published, tcl at their service on very moderate cash terms, con- sidering the value of that famous journal. As this consideration takes time, to do it well, we here pause for the present. an early hour, say ‘ road until after daylight, was saved from the attack with which he had been threatened. Had the village been in sullicient force and sufficiently armed, the small wood would have been surrounded, and a part of them at least who beset us, arrested. We have so far escaped worse than savage warfare,for which we are indebted to the vigilance and promptitude of our peaceably disposed citizens; and we feel under the greatest obligations to our friends from Delaware,for their prompt and timely assistance. We may, with the present feeling, keep in check and perhaps put down,any further outbreak. Bat our exertions should be immedi- ately backed by the higher authorities, and should a few troops be sent inby the Governor, I think the whole hing may be put down. If it is not, I fearthe people take the matter in their own hands, and the remedy be worse than the disease. Since writing the foregoing, terms of amnesty and peace have been sent in by some of the prominent anti- renters of this town; but a general surrender and dis- closure of their terms of association, their Indian oaths, Ke., Ke., and a satisfactory assurance of no further oppo sition to the authorities o , think, be accepted. Should such terms be complied with, the settlement will probably be effected as far as it can be legally and advi- sedly done. The young men have been out last night, and brought ina dozen or two more dresses and faces, and have ar- rested one of the Delaware fugitives, who calls himself Kilmer. Some suggest the idea that it may be Scudder, who is presumed to have been concealed in this town; it is however probable no persons have been sent to identi- fy him.— Albany Argus. Inthis countythe anti-renters are at present peaceable, but we are sorry to say that within the last few days some of them have been seen within its limits, armed and disguised, and apparently ready to resist legal process. P We trust that these ill-advised persons will see in the prompt and efficient measures which have been taken in Delaware and Schoharie counties, a sufficient reason for abandoning any pians they may have formed for inter- rupting the execution of the law. The thinking portion of the anti-renters are hostile to all violent proceedings, and we know that there are hundreds of farmers in this county, holding land under the old tenures, and as much opposed to their spirits and requirements as possible, who condemn most emphaticallythe vindictive course pur sued by the “Indians,” May their wise councils prevail, to the prevention of any disturbances in this section; for above allinterests and at all hazards the supremacy of the laws must be maintained.—Troy Wh Mysrensovs Disappearance or 4 Lapy.—On the 13th inst. (now two weeks sinc mira M. Har- | ris, wife of Sylvester Harris, of Coeymans, and daughter of Martin Slocum, of Manchester, Vi, took passage trom | A Coeymans on board the American Eagle, with the inten- tion of passing the night with relatives or friends in this | city or Troy, and of proceeding the following morning stage to Bennington. Having acquaintances here in Troy, and having occasionally made short visits | nd there, no alarm was experienced by her hu at Cooymans, or her parents at Bon- 1 inquiry her depar. ture and he vrrival wi scertained. Since then the most anxious search has been made by her husband and father, and no trace of her has been discovered The last that is known of her is that she was on board the American Eagle steamboat, and that she probably eached this city. Every place between this and Ben- hy searched. There are now | storher fate. There is scarcely nmurdered, or has been abduc alment. Mrs. H. was a highly the worst apprehen bt that she ha and is held in conc ablo resident of Coeyinans, about 23 years of | ge, and of good appearance ; aud bad with her about $50 in money, a gold watch, and a large trunk of clothing —withany Argus. Fortirications, &« s.—We clip the following from the Oswego Advertiser : Our govern- ment must be anticipating warm work, when its officers are directed to ascertain the practicability of sending a revenue steamer from the Jakes to the Ocean. This is rather reversing Lieut. Maury’s plan of bringing sp. Ocean steamers from the Gulf of Mexico and the Gulf of St, Lawrence, and having a grand naval engagement on Lake Huron or Lake Michigan. | umor to whien we referred yesterday, in relation to the removal of the U. 8. steamer Jefferson, has arisen, we understand, from the conversations of Capt. Howard of the U. 8, Revenue service, who is engaged in exami- ning the rapids of the St. Lawrence, withfa view of ascer- taining the practicability of taking down such a vessel, | by lighting her. The better opinion here of persons ac. | quainted with the navigation of the St. Lawrence is that the Jefferson cannot be passed down before the St, Law, renoe canal is completed -room is the paper-room, where a | always on hand. Here | d, and prepared for the press, by a person | From Saratoga. Saratoea Sprinas. U. 8. Hotel, August 26, 1845. Lake Sonasset—Fishing—Good Dinners—The New Hotel—The Fashionables and Upstarts—Sulphur Spring—-Bathing—-Moonlight—-The Arrivals— Love and Matrimony—An Inquisitive Humming Bird—Conversation between two Young Ladies— A Hop. We rode down to the clear beautiful and Lake again yesterday with a party of gay Virginians, on a fishing excursion, and for the purpose of sipping the waters of the Sulphur Spring, whose virtues are said to surpass those of the Virginia mountains. Lake Sonasset—or Lake of the Woods, as it was called by the Indians, 1s four miles from Saratoga— nine miles in length, three-and-a-half in width, and varying from ten to one hundred feet in depth. On its banks the fairest water lilies grow in wild luxu- | rianee, filling the soft air with sweetest perfume and intoxicating the senses with delight. Within its bo- som the finest striped bass, perch and pickerel tempt the gourmand and the angler to leave the dull mono- tony of Saratoga for a dav’s sport and a good din- ner at the old log cabin, inhabited by a hoogisntie farmer near the Sulphur Spring. Within its forests all descriptions of game may be found, and on its wild shoresthe poet may meditate in peace. Lake Sonasset is destined to become the abode of fashion, wealth and beauty. The magnificent ce about to be erected on its borders will draw, the éite and curious from distant States to visit it. The Marvins, with a liberality which must ever give them the lea as the most successful aspirants for the patronage of la haut volée, laugh at expense. The new hotel will be graced by mirrors which from lofty ceilings sweep the ground—ottomans of the most curious and costly fashion, and ornaments, to the perfection of which luxury and taste have contributed their happiest combinations, will be employed to make this temple of gaiety, frivolity and luxurious ease, surpass the Seraglios of Eastern lands. ‘The most accomplished decorateurs have been employed to exhaust the fertility of their fancy in devising means to render the rising structure worthy of fashion and her glittering wain. La créme of 86- fone will find a refuge here from corroding d from the vulgar press of fashionable pre- tension. The solid and wealthy planter from the sunny South—the princely merchant from our At- lantie cities, the white sails of whose proud argosies glisten in every clime—the skilful and enlightened manufacturer, the produce of whose looms contribute to the wants of countless thousands—the man gifted with expensive tastes—the dreamy and ambitious student—the philosopher, the statesman, the man of leisure, the poet—will here find a suitable and ap- propriate retreat—to the exclusion of the butchers, bakers, tallow-chandlers, oilmen, brick-dust factors, old clo? men, gamblers, and tin kettle pedlars, who have heretofore jostled and trod on the heels of the * exclusives,” while all that is most tender, fair and beautiful among— “Woman! heaven's last, best gift to man,” | will render this a second Eden to each wandering Adam | of onrglobe. The brilliancy of the next season will openon this delightful spot, where a spring of purest sulphur, whose Waters the faculty have pronounced more efficacious than those of the famed Virginia prings, will invite from all quarters of the Union, the young and the old, the serious and the gay, the artificial beauty and the simple maid of nature, to seek renewed health incooling draughts from the sulphuretted stream. Bathing houses, furnished in oriental style, are to be in which beauty’s daughters may lave their limbs. All that wealth and refined taste can pro will here be found, while its vicinity to Saratoge will make Sonasset the most delightful residence ima- inable - Evening had flung her lengthening shadows far o’er hill and dell, e’er we left this enchanted spot. ‘The full moon poured her soft mild rays o’er the waters, and lit them up with smiles. Far from the busy haunts of men, here, in nature's solitude, it were indeed happiness to re- ose. : The arrivals at the United States are daily increasing. We have more southern families among us thanat any former period. Among the arrivels } torday were Judge Douglass, Tallahassee, Florida ; J. Meredith, lady and daughter, Baltimore ; Mr. and Mrs. Miller, Savan- nah ; Miss Clarendon, the actress, and Mrs. Clargndon, New York ; Charles Suydam, New York; Wm. Whit- lock, New Orleans ; J. H. Brown, U. 8. N.; Thomas J. Banks, Ga.; Mr. Atherton, lady, and two daughters, Philadelphia ; John Finch, Liverpool, one of most celebrated manufacturers of iron in ‘land ; Benj. Fineh, do; P. Bryce and daughters, Columbia, 8. C., and about forty others. While straying the other day through the mystic windings of a verdant alley, the following conversation between twe ‘ belles,” onthe subject of love and matri- mony, was repeated to us by an inquisitive humming bird—fit messenger for such a theme—who, snugly en- sconced within the clustering leaves of a tulip, had un- perceived overheard it all ! Muss Lancvisu.—Well, my dear, how do you get on with Mr. R.? Will it come to any thing at last? Now, do tell me—I'm positively dying to know. Miss Drr-away—(very pathetically.)—I don’t know. Ma says | may keep him in train and ‘not discard him, in case | should getno better offer. And how do you manage your beaux ? Miss Lanouisn.—Oh, girl of spirit. Last night glonously—you know I'm kept. him at a distance, and nearly broke his heart. A rich nabob from the South fluttered round me all the eve: Oh! he such soft things, I declare—pressed my hand twice, and posi- tively wanted to kiss me. 1 wish I could catch him. Miss Die-away.— What, and desert poor S— 7? Mifs Lanours: Pshaw! Menare made to be jilted. Think of the splendid jewels, town and country house— magnificent horses—beautiful dresses. Lord! think—all the paraphernalia of fashion. Ma, too, says that love and marriage are too different things. Marry first, love after. Miss Dix-away.—Your ma isa very sensible old lady. But I suppose I must put up with R—, unless some richer lover offe: The little fluttering tell tale, whispered in our ear in- numerable projects sugges! by the young ladies for the management of their future husbands, but being un- der the strict promise of secrecy, we cannot betray the confidence even of a humming bird. We have a hop to-night at the United States Hotel. Literature. ee A Frencn Grammar, by Count de Laporte—Otis, Broaders & Co., Boston.—In the poquisinos of any language, a grammar is most needed by a scholar. Hut umfortanately, few grammars ane purpose for which they are designed. But this work forms a rare exception to the preceding remark. Its author has acquired a high reputation in Boston as a teacher in the University of Cambridge, and his talented education renders him peculiarly com- petent for the proper production of a work such as he has now offered to the public. This volume is not a compilation of others Brevigealy published by Manesca, Wanostrocht, and several others. It is an entirely new work, written ina new style; a grammar which compels the student to reason compare, by which he not only remembers, but he understands the French language ; and, instead of being diflicult to him, it becomes pleasant and satis- fuctory.. ‘This work has been followed by two other publications—the ‘Speaking Exercises,” and the * Self-Tesching Reader”—which are both, compli- mentary to Count De Laporte’s writings. They all possess intrinsic merit, and will attract attention and impart the best instruction to the seholar. They are earnestly recommended to teachers, and to one who is not acquainted with the French they are in- dispensable and invaluable. Mysteries or THe [Nquisition, parts 1 and 2— Burgess, Stringer & Co., New York—The admirers of the horrible and terrific, may be amply gratified by a perusal of this work. Tue Uxconstitutionarity or Stavery—Marsh, Boston.—We presume this is a rejoinder to Gove Hammond’s Letters on Slavery, but the writer, Lysander Spooner, has not been quite so successful with his subject. ; ‘Tue Froreyrive fHistorres, vols. 1 and 2—Paine & Burgess, New York.—Interesting works, neatly got up, at a reasonable price. ti says on Human Riewrs anp Tyein PovrTicaL Guanantres—Greely & McElrath, New York.—A clever work by E. P, Harlbot, of this city. Brackwoon's Magazine, for August—Seott & Co,, New York.—As usual a capital number, exoycLopeDiaA oF Domestic Economy, part 10— Harter Brothers, New York—This high! 'y useful work is fast progressing towards completion. Keruey’s Hisrory or Ingnanp, part 6—Sadlier, New York.—Ao interesting and Taliable work. luusreateo Suaxsreare, Nos. 63 and 64—Har- per Brothers, New York.—A very popular and beau- titul work. Murrary From New Yorx.—The Independence Guards,, Capt. Cairns, arrived in this city from New York, by the Worcester Railroad, about | o'clock to-day, accompanied by Dodworth’s Cornet Band were received at the depot by the New England Guards, Cap- tain J. P. Bradlee, of this city, with Kendall's Brass Band, and were escorted to the City Hall, where they wi received by his honor Mayor Davis. After exch: salutations with the city authorities, they were esco! to the mansion onthe Boott estate, in Bowdoin Squari where they will take up their quarters during their stay in this city. This company is said to be one of the best disciplined in the country; and we learn that merch to the Common th | they will give a specimen of their skill in military ma- noviivres, and will afterwards dine at Concert Hall.— Bos ton Transcript,