The New York Herald Newspaper, August 28, 1846, Page 1

Wol. XII, No. 833—Whole No, #469. NEW YORK, F — THE NEW YORK HERALD. JAMES GORDON BENNETT PROPRIETOR, Circulation---Forty Thousand, DAILY HER ALU—bvery day, Price 2 cents per copy—87 % per aunu yable in sdvance. EEKLY HitRALD—* very Saturday—Price 64 cents 3 12 am—~payable in advance. PRERALD FOR EUNOPE—Bvery. Steam Packet day. Fn iq couts per copy—$3 00 per annum, payable in ri c8. ADVERTISEMEMTS at thelusual priees—always cash B advance. | FRINTING of all kinds executed with beauty and des | patch. All letters or communications, by mail, addressed to the tablishment, must be post paid, or the postage will be de- the subscription ONG, remitted. JAMES GORDON BENNETT, New tS rg £ the m0, i ad Ha en matt: Me ACCUMMUDATIONS. JOHN HERDMAN & CO. Unired Sygtes and Grewt Britain and Leland. Old Established t Office, 61 South street, New York. ERDMAN & OO., Li al Faanage vo and from Great Brien ind Ireland via Liverpeoi re men and the public generally to thei 4 ments for bringing ont presengers from the old counuy, bog Tenve to stute that the tasiness of the House at Liverpool Will be conducted by its oranch. sending forthetr friends will at once importance of this arrangement, as it will preelu eeesary delay of the emigrant, "The ships employed im this fine ure well known to be of the first and. largest class, come manded. b; y sail every five be furnished. With those superior arrangements, the subscribers look forward tor a eoutinuation of that patronage which has been so liberall extended to them for so mauy years past. In case any o Rended es custonsary. Bor finher sareea aes pete, 2 r partion y letter, post paid J HERDMAN & COne HERDMAN & CO", Liverpoet, N..B.—Drafts for any amount can as usual be farmianed, payable atall the principal Bankicg Institutions throughout the U; agdom, on application as above. iy28r 15 FOR HAVK. BLOND L. Hib of 9 1 ee, a, lowing greet unpe- perience; and aa From MN, York. Pe. er. Ship UTICA, Capt. J. A. Peirce, fay ot? Ship 8T. NICHOLAS, Capt. N. w.} ¥ *Eveleigh! Ship ONEIDA, Capt. Funck, ov. Ship BA i a A . ip BALTIMORE, Capt. J. John.) 4! = Dec. 1, Jan. “They are all of the first class, ably commanded, and with ‘accommodatious ample and commodious. The price of pas- sage in the cabin is $100, exclusive of wines and liquors. Apply to BOYD & HINCKEN Agents, No.9 Tontine Buriding No. 88 a ; all street. Goods sent to the agents for forwarding, will be subject to none other than the expenses actually paid. au2i m GLASGOW AND NEW YORK LINE OF PAC ‘S. KET: g Seodland, to sail direct from Glasgow, can make arrange: Bente wih the Bubserers, ottne jar line of Packet: The ANN HARLEY cote, "ADAM CARR, Captain beE wen, SARACEN, Captain Hawkins, i BROOKSBY, —— Comprise the above line,and the high character of those vee- sels should be sufficient inducement forpe.-ons who may be sending for their friends in Scotland, to make arrangemeuta for (tbe only ine.) ste particulars given, on application to W. J. T. PAPSCOTT, ve them mguant ons a any y from Glasgow. 75 South street, corner of Maiden Lane, or Messrs. REID & MURRAY, Agents aor “in Glasgow. NEW LINE OF LIVERPOOL PACKBMS. F tem New 6. S a a Pepin Tah Yop one, New ship Liv. 1, 1150 tons, oes, eb. 6 ae * 9 April 2 Sd 6 J. Eldridge. ‘Augun 2 Gere H New ship Queen ofthe West, $jinuary 21 Mare 6 20 ri ‘Woodhouse, Se «a Fi Nov, $ New Ship Rochester, 800 tons, obreary pril 6 i " os 2) A John Briton. Getover H H Been" : i are! ay. Pain Hoeepeniy | fuuly het. Nov. 21 Jan. 6 ‘These suostantial, fast saibing, first class ships, all buitt the city of new Yor! and abil i are commanded by m f i ity, and will be despatched punetually on the 2st of month. ‘Their cabins are elegant and commodious, and are furnished with whatever can conduce to the ease and comfort of passen- owners of these ships will be re- packages sent by them, unless ed therefor. BHULL & MINTURN, t, New York, or to HERS & CO., m8 re Saddam Liverpool. NEW YOKK AND GLASGOW LINE OF 's, PACKET: a a a lading are si ‘or freight D1 eight oF Passage app 87 South FIELDEN, BR From a. ree bd = we Ship SARACEN, N.T. Hawkins, 3 Oct. 1. Nov'r Br. Ship BROOKSBY, H. M’Ewen, iz Br Bark ADAM CARR, —=, Br. Bark ANN HARLEY, R. Scott, ‘ jan ‘ebrua. 15. ese ships are good, substantial vessels, ably commanded, and will saif punctually on their regular days. 1 modations for passenger,are good, and every? paid to promote fl ir comfort. ihe agents or ‘Captains will not be reaponsible for any parcels or pac! sent them, un- le bills of lading are signed therein. 3 freight of passaxesapply SEE OF Pee ROD TULL & MI 87 South street, New York, or atre REID & MURRAY, Glaszow. MARSEILLES LINE OF PACKETS. jerme...ion Shays will be des 2 ist, aud from Marseilles the 10th of each month ras follows = Captains... From N. York. OINVILLE, (new) Lawrence, April 1 epel I, vester, May 1 Oct. 1 OLE (ew) Ercleiehs June 1 Nov. s gulter, a NEBRASKA (new) apt ashe, 1 Jon:tl. Faptains Ps PR'CE de JOINVILLE, (new) MISSOURI ARCOLE, (new) GASTON, NEBRASKA tson, t. ‘These vessels are of the first clans, commended by m experience. Their accommodations, for } sed for comfort and convenience. ats ag be forwarded free of other charges than paid. ‘or freight or passage ly to Ke CHSBERLAIN € PHELPS, Proprietors No, 103 Front street, or to BOYD & HINCKEN, ts, 9Tontine Buildings, 88 Wall,cor, Water st. BRITISH AND NORTH AMERI CAN MOYAL MALL STEAM SHI 1200 tons an orse power each, an- dey contract ‘with the Lords of the Adm awrenct Ivester, ““utre Patsaae Money rom ton to Li i From Boston co Halinee No berths secured until 20. fot!” ; Tig lone sane No freight, except speci \recelved os freight, passage, orany other in ion, appl: ee RIGA Se. gent. _ At HAI & COB, 6 Wall et. I ppc to the above — between Lin i) a erpoo! | York 4 i being built, and earl Be'given of the time when they willatat the steam: contract will saul every ‘and every fortnight a ee aL naelt bewees Civersede sitern ’ Sed poaton, tad between Liverpool and New York. Halifar money tothe frieuds im any part of rent in or Ireland,can procure drafts vibes YP opie: will leave Boston ont the 20th psi a which drafts can be for siethecommbas 1 Marie. y ich—The A 1 Briti Kinning anid ne Letter from the Army of Occupation. Maramonas, August 4, 1846. Matimoras as it is. Ten thousand tales have already been told of | | this city of the famed Rio Grande, and as many | | elaborate descriptions given, and each one con- | | tradicting the other in the whele orin part. One has lauded the exceeding beauty of its structure— the magnificence ot its buildings—the gothic ar- chitecture—bold and projecting fronts—the dark and solemn cathedral—extensive walls and forti- | fications; and as a matter of course he has very | enthusiastically spoken of the fine clear eyes, fair fresh complexion, curls glossy, and of raven blackness, falling upon a neck of perfect beauty, the ivory teeth, faultless symmetry, and extreme modesty and loveliness of the “‘ muger Mexicana.” Anether utterly detests the whole city, and every- body that originally belonged to it. Well, this is very natural, for they have looked through differ- ent eyes at the same object. Ifhumanity had only one pair of eyes, there would be none of this terrible confusion and horrid jargon and collision as regards description. But as we all have eyes of our own, it behoves us to be particular, as we wish to give correct information, not to be preju- diced for or against the ovject we wish to describe. Where one sees nothing but the most enticing beauty, the other nothing but the most revolting deformity. He sees a tew mud-plastered houses, with thatched roofs, rudely thrown together, form: ing close, irregular, and unwholesome streets, filled with a motky population of poor, mise- rable beggars, monks and beguins, interspersed with American soldiers. The different writers have no mediation ; always extol too highly, or sink beneath the ba oon of the object they intend to describe. One reading the different letters from Matamoras, would think it the most charm- ing place which ever had a name; and yet the dirtiest, lowest, detestable. If you will take a medium between the two, you will have a very | good idea of what the city actually is. It is not the most splendid and picturesque spot amid the brilliant cities of the world ; neither is its effect upon the stranger the most repelling. There are aay very good buildings, principaily situated on the main streets; and many ill-constructed and poorly-built ranchos, generally in the precincts ofthe city, The public buildings are fine and erdinary The cathedral, which was commenced nearly twenty years ago, remains unfinished, ar fast tailing into a dark, mysterious pile of rui The buildings are generally one story and a halt high, square fronts, and flat roofs, {: @ very well regulated blocks, presenting at 1 ance the appearance of the wails of exten ris. It is rs eed unjust to pretend to orrect idea of the inhabitants of the place, ater part of the wealthy and genteel ha ty, and none but the poorer remain poor of Mexico are poor, indeed—ign is, and desperately fond of vulgar ami their national fandangoes. On the 1, the tich are rich ; ge ts the greates: roud and tyrannical. me of them are ve:y well educated, but generally ignorant. But 1 must say that the people are quite hospitable, perhaps fom compulsion at this present time. I shall learn more of them as we proceed into the inte- rior. Yours, A. Affairs in Mexico. [From the New Orleans Picayune, Aug. 18.) 6 The following is the declaration of the troops at Vera ruz:— ACT OF THE GARRISON OF VERA CRUZ , In the heroic city of Vera Cruz, the officers of the gwar. rison, whose names are hereunto subscribed, being as- sembled at the head-quarters of the 8th regiment, for the purpose of taking into consideration the calamitous state at which the country has arrived, and to seek the reme- dy most fit to withdraw it from such a state, and restere it to life and pr rity: Considering that the principal cause of the exis pernicieus discord is the want of a fi of laws, to be dictated freely by the jd its detestation of the mo- and the want of a government whieh ing of public opinion instead of the cen- : Censidering, further, that the existing jegal, ond has discharged its tunctions in ive manner, and issued an anti- lar call fer gress, with a view to the establishment of a mo- narchy; and that, while occupied in a plot so detestable it has neglected the nce of the national territory, and abandoned upon thi tier that portion of the army charged with its defeace: and considering, moreover, that the Republic is on the road to rui that it is ne- now more than ever, te labor assidueusly to the people a crisom of the city ef Guadalajara, on the 20th of May last, as far as the Sth article inclusive, with the following additions: * * . . . . The plan ef Guadalajara above referred to we publish- eden the 24th of June. The five articles specifically adopted, were to the following effect: 1st. A repudiation of the Congress summoned by Poredes; 2d. A declaration iu favor of a new Cengress, to be chosen accerding to the electoral laws of 1824—which Congress should be charg- ed with the formation ot » constitution, cluding utterly the monarehical principle; 3d. Providing that Congress should assemble within four months after the liberating forces gain possesion of the capital; 4th. Guarantying the e: nce of the army; and oth. Declering traitors whoever should oppose the assembling of such Congress, attempt the liberty of its members, er oppose the consti- tution it should establish. The Vera Cruz plan was signed the morning of the 3ist of July. Among the signatures we note that of Gen. Landere, of the artillery, and any number of colonels and other officers. The name ef Gen. Mozo, who commands in the city of Vera Cruz, and Gea. R. de Cela, who com- mands the castle of San Juan de Ulloa, are not attached to the plan. We Not yet seen any letters or Papers from Vera Cruz com ting upon the proceedings of the gar the steamer sailed on the day following. General 0, whom Congress had elected Vice Pre- sident of thi pul lic, sent to it, om the 15th July, his resignation, in which he pleaded the state of his health as the motive of the act, Congress refused to accept his resignation, and on the 28th of July, as the Provision- al President was about to depart for the frontier, Gen Bravo tovk the oath of office, und emtered upon the dis- charge of its duties. early in July, Senor Becerra, the Minister of Justice, resigned his post, and after General Bravo was installed in power, the other ministers likewise resigned. Let- ters from the city of Mexico, dated the 29th July, give the following as the most probable composition of the new ministry : D. Antonio Garay, Minister of Finance : D. Ignacio Mora Villamil, of War ; Dr D. Luis Gordoa, or U. Luis G. Cuevas, of Foreign Kelations ; and D. Fer: nande Ramirez, of Justice, ke. A letter of the 30th July from the city of Mexico, speaks of the new ministry as being @l:eady formed, but without giving the names. It adds, moreover, that the new ministers were, without exception, disposed to make peace with the United ite policy of Gen. Bravo, sealbie; end his views, uarmo my with the pre- awa editors regard as jev of the country. d been & pronunciamento in Jalapa as well as jara,aund meither ot them bad been pat down ; in regard to etuer of them. How the mev. meat at Vera Cruz may atfect him, i ato lean in @ payer of We city Of Mexice, of July 24th, it is an nounced that the detachment of engiueers, which wall accompany the Provisional President, will tue orders of Colonel Wang; and General D. Isidro Reyes of the Topographical Lngimeers, as w uld call the would accompany him. A laver pape: would not move to the North antil the city of Gued: = ae Pc gi le eng Gen. Are \ who was se just insurgents of that city, by Pa- redes, has been killed fighting bravely in the gardep of the convent of Santa Maria, where he was surrounded. The bills before Congress, which we published some weeks since—one conferring on the government the control over the revenues for the purposes of the war, and the other declaring the existence of war, and that Mexico will repel it—were passed by Congress in near. ly the same form in which they were originally report- ed. Congress had passed another law, to which great importence was attached, conferring upon Gen. Par the unlimited power to appoint officers and procure necessary materials for the war, giving the fere fiw itelt, to those of Mexico. We have not seen the ps te e a second hand notice of it whichis not very definit . Paredes had determined to release all prisoners con- fined for political offences. The news received in city of Mexico from the frontier, was such as to drive the government almost to despair. On the 27th July, courier arrived, announc- ing the departure of eight thousand American troops from Camargo for Monterey. Gen. Armijo, about the same time, sent word that six thousand Americans had com down upon New Mexico. And to crown the whole, a despatch was received from the British Minister at Wash- ington, which quenched every hope of receiving aid rom England. Gen. Mejia, who had taken the command of the arm: which foliowed Arista to Linares, had established hi head-quarters at Monterey. Gen. Paredes was to direct his march thither, for which purpose he was to leave the city of Mexico on the Sist of ee a detour, oy er, to look after Righeo4 oi Lr eengd a , composing vision to be under the Pre- sindent’s command, le! 1,200 troops, andthere was some intention of raising a Seamed ao ps from the army had Tampico, ps from the army had atrived at to reinforce the garrison of that city, ° We do not hear or see rd touching news from the Parific coast of Mexico. It is possible that the mails from that part of the country were cut off by the inaur- rections in Jalisco and Sonora ; or, if information were | received favorable to the American arms, the govern- | pert mr woll have suppressed it. It is but a usual pro- re 4 | (From the N. O. Delta, Aug. 18.] By the schooner Ventura, Capt. Dorantes, arrived | from Camipeacby, on Sunday, we avereceived El Ami: 0 del Pueblo, published in that city, The numbers we ve before us contain orders and from Go- vernor Barbachano, stating that the people of Yucatan are not willing to submit to te Mexican government, | unl their contracts are fulfilled under the conditions proposed by Yucatan. If Santa Anna returas to power, ucatan will undoubtedly remain as it is, or form a se- shy nation, as Santa Anna will not assent to their pro- | position. | An arrival at Havana from Tabasco, nts that af: fairs in the former pert were in a most unsettled state, although no events of much importenee had occurred. Commerce was grievously affected by the war, prudent men not daring to enter into enterprises of any moment. jen. Mejia, who is now charged with the chief com- mand ofthe army, reports on the 9th that he would pro- ceed to Monterey with the whole of the troops that were under General Arista’s command. General Pared would j im there, and the whole army will then num. der from 12,000 te 15.0.0. Gen. Paredes had infortued the Congress that he should leave on the 3ist July, Army Intelligence. (From the New Orleans Pi The steamship ‘Telegraph, day from Port Lavacca. By ing letter form our correspondent :— ‘out Lavacca, Aug. 9, 1846.—When I w last, it was understood here that the troops to you iid have been unter march for San Antonio before this, orders to that effect having been given; but the constant heavy rains iniuced the General to revoke them, and the two regiments of Illinois volunteers still remain at Placedores creek, 12 miles from this, and Wil- liams’ comp:ny of Kentuckian at the camp in place. Gen. Wool, with his aid de camp Lieut. McDowell, and Lieut. Kiagsbury,of the ordnance department, left yes- terdey morning jor ar. Capt © stamt Quarter: master, and actin; tant Adjutant General, remains for a tow days longer, to hasten the fitting of the wagon train, when he will repair to San Antonio. The troops will march Tuesday or Wednesday, provided to-day and to-morrow are pleasant; which; if it be the case, will be somethi nce our arrival This is a horrid mo deep, and very auhering, ww to that uncouth prac tice of pulling o' pants, and for all the x have 68 lance to “rich young plam ad tleme esi 8 are improving fast, measles g th pal d snd | think when they find at the orders lor mere \iug will include an order forall iotic for duty, by sickness, or otherwise, to remain be hind. many of “ the boys” who would otherwise take “tea and toast,” will put their best foot forward, and commence the tramp Affairs of La Plata, No. VILL. Buenos Ayres, May 19th, 1846. Sir—I have spoken of Lord Aberdeen’s denial and condemnation of acts, committed under his own instructions to Mr. Ouseley, This noble Lord, in the same speech of the 19th of February, from which I quoted, also said :—‘‘if the govern- ment of that State, (Buenos Ayres) could only bring themselves to entertain the same love of peace as animated the government of England, and ought to animate all mankind, there would be no reasons which existed, at present, to com- plain of their conduct.” Heaven save the mark! The same love of peace as animated the government of England! Who can name the day or hour when England has not been at war? Why she butchers more persons every year, perhaps every month, in In- dia alone, thau were ever killed by Rosas in all his wars. This pharasaical exclamation, must excite a smile of derision wherever it is read— England’s love of peace!!! jut I will notdwell on her enormities in all parts of the world, where she imagines she can advance her interest, and believe she has the power to accomplish her objects. Here too, Ab- erdeen abandons all the reasons assigned by Ouseley for blockading Buenos Ayres. In previ- ous letters | have shown conclusively, that the conduct of England and France alone, has pre- vented the establishment of peace in the coun- tries of La Piata. In the same speech, Lord Aberdeen says, that the conduct of Mr. Brent, our Charge, had been disapproved of, and disa- vowed by our government. This, lam confident is as unfounded as his other assertions. The merchant vessels of the expedition have found their trip as unprofitable, in a commercial point of view, as did the vessels of war in a politi- cal. They have found that the wants of the peo- ole of the interior were few and simple, and have been altogether overrated—they have not been able to sell their merchandise—and they have found too, that the arrival of so many purchasers at once, has increased the price of hides and wool above the ordinary prices at Buenos Ayres or Montevideo ; and now, alter an absence of seven months they are trying to get back, and will be well satisfied with no greater loss than that of their time and expenses. The allies have been sending up additional steamers to strengthen the convey, = apne one of | which has been roughly handled by the flying ar- tillery at te Quebracho and San Lorenzo: the first one was very much ivjured in her hull and machinery, and sixwen dead bodics floated ashore from her, and although she kept up a constant fire for an hour and a half, with 80 pounders, bombs, and Congreve rockets, not a single person on shore was injured. The next, sent all hands below, except the helmsman, who was surround- ed with bales and sacks to protect him from the shot. The flying artillery on shore pursued her for an hour and a half, cutting her rigging and upper works to pieces, and cutting down her flag so that it trailed in the water; how many were kill- ed is not known. The third shared about the same fate. I am proud to say, that this flying artillery which did such effective execution, was under the immediate command of a native of our own country, by the name ot Col. John B. Thorne, who has for many years been in the service of this government. The whole expedition were, at the last accounts, assembling a short distance above where the troops are stationed, with the in- | tention of running the gauntlet in a few days, in | the best way they can. ” We are in daily expectation of the news of their passing, when I will give you the result. Before resaming the occurrences here and at Montevideo, { will say a word of the treaty be- tween Paraguay, Corrientes, and General Paz.— This treaty was made in November; I have told you itscharacter. [n December Paraguay ac- cepted the offer of mediation made by E. A. Hop- kins, special agent from the United States, and sent propositions by him to Rosas. These propo- sitions were for herselt alone, and which, by tre way, I hope, through the instrumentality of Mr. Breut, may lead to un adjustinent of the ditficul- ties. As | have understood ut, the great objection Rosas has toacknowledging the complete inde- pendence of Pa ay, and giving her the free navigation of the Parana, is that he would then be obliged to open the river to other nations, es- pecially to England, with whom he has, or at lenst had a treaty, placing her on the grounds, in all respects, of the most favored nation. He ne- ver has attempted, and does not desire to exercise any control in the internal affairs of Paraguay, and she has had the free navigation of the river till the difficulty with Corrientes. Pre- vious to the arrival of Hon ins, here, wih the ropositions of Paraguay,and before it was known oy woukl be made, Mi. Brent had offered to this government, to mediate between them and Paraguay; and in consequence of this offer, Go- vernor s had ordered General Urquiza under nocireumstances to invade Paraguay. This ac- | counts for his not pursuing Paz farther than the borders of Paraguay, and is in pertect harmony with Rosas’ whole character. e accepted the mediation of Mr. Brent in good faith,and therefore resolved not to carry the war into Paraguay, not- withstanding he had the treaty of Paraguay and Corrientes before him. Even Rosas’ worst ene- mies, who know him intimately, admit that he is a plain, straightforward, honest man without du- plicity, and always means what he says, notwith- standing they cali him “ despot and tyrant.” 1 have already described the course of Corrien- tes, in reuniting herself to the confederation. These it to convince b ingland and France, that these interior provinces are not like- ly to be very scrupulous in the observaace of trea- ties made at their suvgestion, and under their dic- tation, especially when they come to discover the selfish motives of their “ friendly interference.” A Crrizen or tur Unrrev States. Dreaprut Sreamnoat Disastzn.—The steam- AY MORNING, UGUST 28, 1846. a Canton, May 3, 1846. Life in Canton—The American Hong—Worship of the Celestials—Description of the Streets and Curiosity Shops—Chinese Fair, or Market — Curious Trees—Public Promenades—Usages and Habits of the Natives—The Little Feet of the Women. Here | am at last in the great cit, tial Empire, sitting in the secon spectable grocery. Let me describe to you how we got up. We started from the ship about ten o’clock on Sunday morning, in an ark, called, per- haps, out of ridicule, a fast boat. She was of the Celes- story of a re- say “ Yes” and * No” in English, which was the total amount of their attainments in that lan- guage. We were a party of six, taking with us pecting to be that ‘time on the river; as also fire- arms of various descriptions; not forgetting one of Colt’s revolving pistols, for defence against any attacks from pirates, abouts, We pushed oil, and, very soon after, the tide began to make in our favor, and we came up | without wind at the rate of some four or five miles an hour. We sailed close along the shore, a low, marshy ground, planted with rice, and abound- ing with teal, snipe, pigeons and pelicans, many of which fell a sacrifice to our love of good things. In this manner we sailed, along unul we came upon the hulk of a brig anchoi ed off Whampoa, which an American mate uses as a sort of general storehouse for a little of everything—slate pencils, opium, brandy and cigars, Dios moka and tea, soap, tobacco and steel pens. This appears to bea place of resort for American and English mates, and officers of merchant vessels. The first thing that attracts the ages abt notice on approaching the celestial city, is the innumerable crowd o: boats covering the whole river—they never at- tempt to pull their boats ; their whole progress is achieved by sculling, at which they are exceed- ingly expert. You have no doubt often heard of avery remarkable waterman who could (but ne- ver did) scuil on the head of a scupper nail. These people actuaily seull on a. iron pivot, fitted into @ small socket on the oar, which greatly reduces the friction, and in a small boat one woman pulls in this way, as fast as two men could in the ordi- nary manner. It is one of the most remarkable features about these river craft, that they keep them so scrupulously clean—the wood work 13 as white as is possible to conceive ; they are gene- rally manned by an old woman, agirl and an in- fant. In each of these boats they havea “ Josh house,” a little box construc’ed after the mauner of a temple, decorated with git and red paper,an image of Josh (their deny) Spears whom they keep constantly burning sucks of punk, and set out also in the temple (# large word fora little ca nee of a boat) pyramius of oranges, cakes, can- dies, &c &c. This system is most scrupulously adhered to throughout the empire, sate before every house or shop in the city of Canton, there is built of brick a little ‘* Josh house” where the same worship is practised, the only difference being that, with the richer classes, sandal wood 18 burnt, giving a delightful fragrance, and the offerings of fruit are more costly. _In one of our perigrinations through the city, in search of an hotel, we passed the Hongs. They are common brick houses, two or three stories high; about twenty of them compose the American Hong; in front of this latter, they have had the spirit to pur- chase a large piece of ground 500 by 600 feet, and have laid’ at out beautifully as a park for ladies and foreigners to promenade, the former espe- cially, as there is no other place in Canton where they could walk, without being followed by hun- dreds of inquisitive Chinese. i the middle of the Park there is a very high flag-staff, on which is hoisted the American ensign, and over that shey used to have an arrow to show the direction of thewind. At one time there was a pestilence at Honan (across the river) and the wind happen- ing to blow from that direction, the superstitious fears of the Chinese were aroused,and they gather- ed en masse around the pole, demandii 6 sur- render er displacement of the arrow, which they denounced as the cause of the sickness. The Americans resisted their demands for a conside- rable time, but the disturbances growing ter, they a: last acceded, and new they depend on the flag for the direction of the wind, Whenever I go into the street, I observe the most singular actions carried on in the open air. For instance, every Chinaman, below a certain class, is shaved in the open air, and this shaving includes all the be ese hg of the toilet. They shave every part of their face, excepting eyebrows and eyelashes. Then you can hardly look in any direction without noticing gambling going on; putting down one cash, (about a tenth of a cent,) oun the gambler to a chance for five oranges, Cy The streets are very narrow—the two principal, those used for the sale of curiosities, are fifteen feet wide, paved with flagging; the houses front- ing are small, two stories igh built of wood, and surrounded by a low wooden railing, in which, as have said, 1s the Josh house. The great majori- ty of streets are so very narrow that I could walk along,touching both sides with my hands. Notwith- standing this great disadvantage, and that result- ing from a most crowded population, the streets are tolerably clean. I went to the market to observe Chinese life there, and saw for sale cats, dogs, rats, crows, mice, stewed lizzards and snakes, besides fine fruit, and respectable beef. I priced a cat, and found it to be about fourteen cents, There wus a spirited competition for the skin of a pig’s head, and it sold for an advance of onecash over the previous day’s quotations, the sum total paid be- ing four cen’ leducting the ears. roceeded a little farther, when a Chinaman beckoned me to ‘Come, see ”—‘‘ Come, see.” little bi and a lot of wooden cards—the latter he shuffled, concealing a coin in one of them, and shuffled in, then gave a bird a seed, upon which it (he bird) immediately pulled out the card with the coin. Such isa specimen of the tricks that are hourly going forth on almost every corner of the streets. Suppose we take a strole through Curiosit street together—here we go, segar in mouth, stic! in hand. Do you see how people watch us t— Some are following us—perhaps struck with our splendid appearance! Turn this corner; there’s hina street! See those shop-keepers eye over the railings—‘*Good morning, sar” —all civility, for its their interest—we goin. Notice, they close the door after us, to prevent the crowd staring atus. This is a regular cwriosity shop On the shelves around the walls, protected by glass, you see the ivory work, tortoise shell, whist boxes, little images with shaking heads; and, those shelves back of the counter—do you see allthose fat paper boxes? all of them contain shawls, worth trom four to filty dollars. How eager they are to show us everything. Ano- ther of the many novel things winch met our gaze atevery step, was the appearance of the pave ment—it is always covered with exploded fire crackers, which they fire off by tens of ‘thousands. It was singular to observe men forty years of age, coming out of their shops gravely, With an im- mense buneh of crackers on a pole, and setting them off with great deiiberation. 1 several times asked *‘ why and wherefor ;” they said it “ was Chin-Chin Josh,” meaning an offering te their wooden god. T took oceasion, with a friend, to visit the Faltee garden on the opposite side of the river, the only place of promenade they have. We weresculled and pulled there by a girl and a boy, about four yearsold. Imagine a piece of ground as large as our ea Hall Park,laid out in labarynthian walks, about three feet wide, lined by stunted shrubs ani trees trained to grow in th» most fantastic forms ; sometimes representing a deer, another a frog, then an hant, and soon. In the centre of the ay is a lake, on which is thrown a bridge, highly decorated with gilt work and supported “4 piers six or eight feet apart. Along here we foun to our cost, that the people were not much use: to the appearance of foreigners, for we often found ourselves at the hi of crowds of hun- dreds following us about everywhere ; but with the exception of some precious little rascals, about three or four years old, that centinually shouted and bawled “Fauqui, Fauqui,” after us, they were very civil. Indeed, one of them (we after- wards found he was a shopkeeper in China street) offered to conduct us around and show us every thing worth seeing. Some places that seemed to be private walks were opened to us, and the gates closed unceremoniously in the faces of the <a age much to their disappoint- ment. Indeed, I think the appearance of our litle party contributed much to the re- seeking Chinese. It was in these gardens that we saw more of the women than we did at any other time; but I must confess they were a precious lot of creatures. The women generally are kept closely confined. ‘we saw, wore ‘Orleans from Freeport, bound to whilst ba bey Te whasiot the former piscd, ‘beret in the act of J qi boiler, on the inst., thereby killing 20 persons, hei and badly scalded a number of others, loose cloaks, with no covering to their hends, their faces, (some were rather pretty,) were much and painted, thelr lips tinged with manned by fifteen Chinese, one of whom could | provisions for a voyage of twenty-four hours, ex- | who are very common here- } L went over to him, where he had a couple of vermillion, but their teeth Mk? white. They are of good figure, but rather undersized, their com- | | plexion much darker than that of our women at | ome. | . The feet of the women here are a great deal smaller than I had at any time conceived ; some of the smallest I saw, could not have been more than two and a half inches long, and were | | not the clumsy and ungainly looking things I had | imagined, but one could observe they found much | difficulty in walking. Iwas always under the | impression that the fect was in some manner forced up into the ancle, but such is not the case; their ancles are as firm and as well shaped as any Ihad ever seen. You should have been with us | to have noticed how these girls drew back as we looked at them ; poor timid creatures, they acted just as if they thought us wild beasts, and ready to devour them on the slightest provocation. | Saratooa Springs, Aug. 21, 1846. The Past and the Present at Saratoga—Decline of the Season—Hop at U. S. Hotel—Fishing on the | Lake—Herr Alexander and the Old ’wn—Stupi- dity of Fashionable Fun. While looking over the two or three little ephe meral dailies, printed in this village, we were so entertained with the fitness of an articie from the North American Review, on “ Saratoga~Past and Present,” that we shall take the liberty of inter- polating an extract or two into this opty parti- cularly as, thus far, the reviewer (like the con- stituents of Senator See of Tennessee,) ** saves us the trouble of thinking.” Discoursing of the pe at this watering ground, the erudite critic observes that :— Agreat change has come over this American Spa within a few PAS We can remember the time when it affiliated wil i i of stages, watering season;” private equipa extras, &c., forming the princips for the crowds that concentrated there. rolinian and the Georgian, having ia view only a few hese springs, would begin their long carriage, undiscouraged by the pros: most impassable streams, 8; deeming the exhibition selves for such a brief time there, a full compensation for all perils and privations encountered while outward and homeward bound. ‘Tne classification of these crowds was then most distinctly made out, the mode of reaching the place marking, with the most obvious dis- crimination, the various grades of weelth, it not of re- spectability, prevailing among the visiters. ‘Those who arrived jn coach and four, were «heeled up inthe brightest hour ot the day; aad wren the balconies were mont likely to be throoged with spectators, feeling an assurance that all eyes would be turned on them with curivsity and consideration, the latter being readily paid in advance upon such unquestionable claims to receive it’ The way was promptly opened to th which slowly descended the steps of tue carriag: ended those of the hotel, and the saloon was reached in a sort of triumph, where all was bustle and obsequious- ness on the part of the host and his attendan U.S. Horst, Saratoca ea Sunday, August 23, 1846. The Sabbath at Saratoga. The quietof a country Sabbath ishere. Tho village of the Springs, with its miscellaneous and incongruous summer population,gathered from all quarters, is as peaceful to-day as any little colony in the hills, the name of which has never reached the metropolitan press. The streets are quiet—the visiters at the Congress fountain for their six glasses of carbonate of magnesia before breakfast, were sanctimoniously orthodox in their deport- ment and conversation ; the elderly ladies, after their coffee, sit resignedly in the parlors awaiting the church bells—the youth and the beauty of the hotels are dressing for the sermon—the Southern planters are grouped in the back porches, smok- ing each their accustomed cigar, and discussing affairs of church and state, particularly the news from Mexico, and the mutiny among the Irish re- pealers, headed by Mr. Smith O’Brien, the in- tractable advocate of “war to the knife’—the very dogs upon the streets are well-behaved, as if apprised by instinct of the sanctity and sacredness of the day. The bells are ringing—the hotels are sending out their delegations to church—a large procession marching down from each, old and young hardened in. the ways of the world, and they to whom all is truth and beauty and confidence. Here is the sun-burnt Carolina planter, and brilliant daughters—immediately behind follow: eddler of notions, while before him walks the Northern abolitionist,and all ofthem are unknown toeach other. The great importing merchant, and the little dealer in combs and cedar pencils ; the member of Congress, and the journeyman shoe-maker—the divine and the sportsman ; the vender of pills and the lord of the loom; are alt beautifully blended in the same detachment. And thus far it is all remarkably fine. But there ie nevertheless, a Le deal of circumspection. The gait of a man—the complexion or admeasurement of his hand—the cut of his trimmings, the cast of his conversation, the expression of his eye, are here almost infallible signs of his classification. Same oi the ladies—a parvenu among them is even more easily detected—the life-time required to their accomplishment in the graces and euquette of the * highly respectable” as you call them, can- not be puton in a day by the butcher’s wife ; and though she may be countenanced, she learns by intuinon that itis from condesension and notfrom ignorance, They are all going to the same church- a congregation of strangers, many to profit from the ministrations of grace, but more to spec- ulate upon that “ awful bonnet,” those * horrid flowers,” or that ** vulgar wretch” who sits in the adjoining pew. There is, however, a laudible in- spreading out before them the choice of accommod: tions, The genealogy and public and private history of such a party immediately became matters of gene- ral discussion. No gazetting could have given greater notoriety. Fortunate were those who could bear the scrutiny without any loss to that reputation which The more modest carriage and uipage suggested. pair Thad less heseory than the “four in hand,” but was driven up with no misgivings as to its full title to respect and acomplimentary reception. The curricle and tan- dem introduced the bachelor in fullorbed pretension.— In the descending scale came the “hack,” which could not be disguised, even by anadroit masking ofthe “No,” or any other cunning devices assuming the resemblance of proprietorship. ‘The cold shoulder was put forward against all such counterfeit presentments. The gig or chaise called forth all degrees of indifference, from the “temperate” of a passing glance, down to the ‘‘zero” of utter contempt. If those humble vehicles had an undis- guised trunk strapped on behind, in a make-shift way, that it had no fitness for such extraordinary alconies were either deserted or the promo- ued there, as if no arrival had occurred. if they contained a pair of the sexes, the chances were, that, after awaiting the coming of a waiter, until impa- tient at the delay, the woman had to enter and announce their advent, leaving the man to hold the horse in the mean tine. No perceptible change of circumstances took place, even if an additional horse was seen harness- ed on the outside of the thills, (the whi boomed out to accommodate the double character being at once detected. passed better muster than such a semi, ricle. The public stages brought up the came in’ them were crowded, he nerally afforded an exhibition of thi ? le and the ludicrous, too tempting to be avoided by those who had nothing else to do than to watch tho passing scene for something new and piquant As the pas- sengers du ie trying interval which deter- mined their Rte, whe! they were among the admitted or the rejected, endeavored to conceal themselves from view, or boldiy sat with a look of atfected indifference, trusting that their flushed faces and begrimmed garments, when removed, would Jeave little or no persenal identity behind, a hundred merry glances from the balconies showed that they were pri- vileged spectators there, who regarded a scene in a stage as legitimate a subject of amusement and criticism as it ‘upon a stage. Happy those, who, constrained by a nar- row income, or moved by a feeling of economy, had re- rear. Those who dusted, and ge- sorted to this chartered, and, there! despised convey- ance, if some accident postponed its arrival until the sha- dows ef evening threw a friendly veil over the approach and entrance, and enabled the party to pe unobserv- ed to their rooms, with a chance of emerging thence under appearances better suited to the pretentions or real character of those who composed it, Thus much for the ancient regime. Butt is gone. The era of the aristocracy is expunged, obliterated and overwhelmed. ‘The iron horse, that great leveller of distinctions—that most irre- sistibie auxiliary in republicanizing and amalga- mating castes and classes, has prostrated the “four-in-hand” and the family charabance all the way from Carolina, with the same nonchalance that he walks over an old cow in the dark, or a straggler asleep upon the rails. Continuing his exposition, the writer thus faithfully pourtrays the ‘*the present” at Saratoga :— The change to which we have alluded, and which has revolutionized all these distinctions, and fused all comers, as it were into one mass, bas been produced Wy. - roads that connect these watering-places with the capital of New York. The humble in mind and in fortune must rejoice in this levelling effect, however it may chagrin the millionaire and the subordinate Diveses of the land. Amid the rush that sets from the cars to the hotels, the fourin-hand” is not distinguished frem itually rides ina chaise, or even does not ride at all; while the jumble of trunks and carpet-bags —all of them of enormous camel o the barrows, es all differences that hastily-read names might ; and he who can walk the fleetest, or elbow the icceeds in entering his name on the book at the and, Ce ng under the impartial rule that now prevails, becomes “first served.” Favored by such circumstances, the plebeian may resort to these Springs as well as the magnate. No externals decide the lot or standing there. All, or nearly all, come and go, equally without triumph and without defeat. Some, it is true, have a name, dependent upon no externals, which floats over the multitudes at these crowded places as well as elsewhere, and is always uppermost. ‘here are excep- tions to the general rule; the truly great are great at ail times and in all places ‘The maximum of the current season has passed The young and the gay are no longer in the as- cendant. ‘The old, the stad and steady, the dys- pepuc, the gouty, the nervous, ibe rheumauc, the laded, the jaded, the wriakled, the over- distended, the surunken, aad the inflated, are in the major- ty They dink congress water by the galion— they sit im the parlors, or listiossly walk about the porucoes, while some of t more enterprising take @ and at tn pins, a stroll to the Indian camp, or a ride to ‘ the lake.” e had a “hop” at the United States last even- ing; a gay and pleasant affair, as far as it went, but too thinly atended to be enthusiastic. We were rather disappointed at the limited assem- blage alter sitting down to dinner with three hun- dred guests ut this house, a full moiety of whom were of the fair wey bla caeng that the church ople are getting the whip-hand. P*S peaking of "Butterflies, we took yesterday afternoon a ride to “the lake,” a very beautiful little sheet of water, of one mile by nine, and abounding in fish. {n the space of an hour, from the whart erected for the little steamer R. B. Coleman, that plies this ‘inland sea,” and with a single indifferent hook, we caught four sunfish, three yellow perch, one black bass, one pike, an one eel—toial ten, They bite very handsomely, and the lake appears to be inexhaustibly supplied. Among the distinguished visitors here we have erhaps not noti as yet, are Ex-Governor Mc- well, of Virginia, and family ; George Plitt and lady, of Washington city; and a large proportion of elderly gentlemen, eldeely ladies, and elderly— never mind—there is still a sufficiency of youth and beauty to give life, vivacity and fascination to the whole population, jocal and transient, at these waters. There has been a desperate struggle between the clouds and the sun to-day. Victory at 12 still indecisive. Weather cool enough for an aaa oat, but sensibly improving. The wiseacres te! us that the warmest days of the a have yet to come, though the swallows are of. Our next fetter will be dated somewhere else- where. Rest and the Congress Spring have been the only attractions for as at Saratoga. id os else is excessively stupid, vapid, incipid and de- erepid—with a margin for exceptions, of course. Wedon’t intend that such an indictment shall sweep the premises of every thing, sure enough. Respectfully, ‘uk Doctor. clination generally, to be sociable, agreeable, and not too bare-facedly euspicious. The aristocratic at home can afford to descend a little from their straight-laced dignity here ; and they find in it quite a relief to come down to the common level of common sense ; while the poor fellow who re- gulates his toilet upon the change ofa shirt collar, is only one among several thousand people, an: is pleased to observe that there is no time to make him an especial subject of observation. The sun, obscured for several days, is just com- ing out; and how pleesed the brave old monarch of the day looks upon this zeat and or village, and its clean and genteel population, all in their Sunday toggery! Well, as the boy: y, “he doesn’t do any thing else.”” The Rev. Mr. Welch, of Albany, and the Rev. Mr. Magoon of Richmond,Va., preach in the Bap- tist church today. The latter gentleman has in- vited us at sun set to visit the grave of Coleman of the Zolian attachment, and the tomb of the poet- ess Margaret Miiler Davidson,in the neighborhoed. We shall therefore be detained till_the morrow ; meantime, Bon jour, says Tux Doctor. U.S. Horer, Saratooa Sr iad ‘Aug. 23, 1846. A Little of Everything. The day comes with a clear sky and # cool breeze from the north-west; mercury still in the sixties—people thinning off—waiters say that the firing of champagne corks at dinner has very par- ticularly diminished. ‘‘ Gay company not so nu- merous as dey was all along in de middle of July.” Mr. Pickens, of South Carolina, and fa- mily, came in to-day, and are quartered at the Old Congress, Reinforcements are expected to- morrow from Sharon, Albany, Newport, and the west. Several weeks of warm weather still ex- pected. Mr. Huntington, of the Senate, still at Union Hall, and Mr. Miller, N. Y., of the House of Representatives, and Professor Morse, still at the United States. Rolled several games at tem ins this morning with a company of cadets— Beaten in every game. A lady declared that the “* Doctor” Ghinking us a practising physician) was perhaps better at laying out his patients than the ten pins. Not so bad. We shall tell yo about Mayor Searle, of the “regular army,” in our next, as we ‘ride along the canal a spell,” and of his description of the late fancy ball at this fine house, the head quarters of | and de- servedly so, excellent as are the Old ress and the Union, and other establishments. For the present, the first bell rings, and at the second, ‘ Westward, ho!” jowr, ¢ i ‘Tue Docror. Religious Intelligence. The report, in several of the papers, that the Baptist Chureh in New Haven, has been sold to the Catholics, fs not true. The society is embarrassed, but have not yet decided upon a sale of property. At the convention of the annual diocesan Convention of Western New York, about 200 delegates were nt. The meetings were held at Syracuse on We last, and after the usual morning service of the Church, a sermon by the Rev. Mr. Chipman, and the administra- tion of the communion, was organized. Rev. P. A. Proal, D.D., of Utica, was re-appointed Secretary; Charies Seymour, Esq, Treasurer the General Fund; James Rees, Eeq., Treasurer of the Christmas Fund, or the relief of disabled Clergymen. The rem day was consumed int the address of the Bishop to the Clergy. Thursday mo: at 9 o'clock, the Convention sembled. ‘A resolution was unanimously adopted, mending to the consideration of the next gene! vention the hen med ye! dissolving the general logical Seminary, | at New York city, as a Cl Institution. The following is the bigs / committee for the * ing Rev. H. Rudd, D_D., Rev. B. Hale, D. D.. c on, Rev. Eli Wheeler, Messra. James Rees, erpont, Horace Webster, and Thomas D. Th legates to the general convention are, Rev. A. Proal, D., Rev. ry Gregory, Rev. W. Van In- gen, D. D. Rev. Edward Ingersoll, Messrs. David Hud- son, Horatio Seymour, Jonas Earll, Jr,and George B. Weksier. At 5 o'clock, Thursday afternoon, the conven- tion adjoarned sine die Tre Yanner Eartuquake.—The Boston Journal of Wednesday evening, gives the following par- ticula:s, wnich shows that the New Englanders are great shakes after all :— The earthquake yesterday morning appears to have been felt in many towns in New England, from which we have heard. A gentleman from Plymouth, N. H., says it was quite severe at that place, and inall the towns on the Merrimac. bogey ge writing to ue from South Gardiner, says :—'‘ We had a severe shock, like av earth- quake, at about ten minutes before five o'clock this morn- ing ; the report lasted for several seconds, and it was heard in the neighboring towns around us for several miles. Those of our citizens who had not left their beds were aroused from their slumbera by the report. One of my neighbors sprunj some oe was Enoel ing. 4 It was perfectly clear at the time. Ihave just hear th Orange, which are 13 on 18 miles West of us, and the shock was experienced there at ut the same Ned [From the Salem Advertieet pear “ Yesterday morning, between day! and san «1 fa smart shock of an earthquake was experienced in this city, in ite effects causing doors to be even crockery, in some instances, to be tumbled from the &c, Just previous to the shock a loud rd, similar to that of the stirring of leaves noi w | in a high wind, the sky also resented an uncommon ap- the Kast. Specu! is wide aweke in re- Caecry ts Pand we have Sveti heard some oe aren t it down as the precursor of somet se! fo 30 Oe Providence Journel end the New Bedford Gasette do not mention it as having occurred in either of thowe places. -erom the Hartford Courant] Eartnquane.—A of the earth, which lasted about half a minute, and wi is su to have been an earthquake, was noticed by some of our citizens en Monday night. Lanp Sates in Wisconsin, Iowa, anp Missov- ne following sales of Government land are e to w In Wisconsin, at Mineral commencing on the 80th of November next ; ad’ et Orece Bay,on uo December. In tows, at Du Byes, on the November ; at lowa city, on the i, Fairfield, on the 7th December. field, on the 7th December ; ber ; at Fareae ‘on the 26th iy burg, on the of December ; and at Clinton, on 20th of December. for jainder of the” ppointment of committees, and »*