The New York Herald Newspaper, August 8, 1847, Page 1

Vol. XIII. No, 216—Whole No. 4813, NEW YORK, SUNDAY MORNING, AUGUST 8 1847. THE NEW YORK HERALD ESTABLISHMENT, North-west corner of Fulton and Nassau ste, JAMES GORDON BENNETT, PROPRIETOR. CIRCULATION—FORTY THOUSAND. DAILY HERALD—Every day, Price 2 cents per copy—$7 2 pert augum-—yayable inndywnce, é ph EERLY HERALD Every’ Saturday Price 63 conte ance: TERMED FOI EUROPE byery Steam Paoket” day— Price 644 cents per copy—85 per anuum, meluding post payable advance “Subscriptions gud advertiseannts will Retired by Mies Galiguan. 8 Rue, Vivveuuey Paris &E Simonds, 18 Corubtily and dona Miller the bookseller, Londua: ANNUAL FUTGRIAL HERALD “Published on the st of Jaunary of eath le copiee al : ADEE TIRE TENTS 3 os ore ect cota aah advance. Adv ta ‘written in e plein, Ye imanner. 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M. 8 AM 751AM. 745AM 5 PM. 451 PM. 445PM Croton’ Falls. 730 A M. 430PM. ‘The trains to and from Croton Falls will not stop on New York Island, except at Broome street, street, A car pf precede each train ten minutes, to Up Passengers in the city. z he moruing train of ears, from Croton Falls will not stop Wetween Wie Plains and New York, emeept at Tuckahoe ian’s Bridge, nud For dham. ae WAIN maine Ox’ Suuday to fHarlem and Morrisiana, if fine Lake Mahopeckand Danbury lea of thet oidgek y Maud M. cal the o'clo ‘ ings ou arrival of the 7 ovelack To Croton ¥ Be Witthienrihte To Newcastl ‘To Pleasantyi 2 1 i Reuditing: leave Groton Falls at 7A ‘OR SHREWSBURY, OCEAN HOUSE, Lome: Branch, ftuusom Docks, Brown's Dock? fddletown and Red Bank.—-The Steamboat Q ‘ll ran as follows, from F Master, Leave Shrewsbury. O'clock re Croton Falls on ins, and for Paw- St ri YORK janday, Monda; ar 6 $4 8 OM nda ts Monday, 16, 7 The Line Stages will run to } and Freehold. Stages to convey aredorbid count of the Owners. ~ the above boaton ac- J.P. ALLAIRE. ‘ 7 EWS URY LONG BRANCH, PWSCHENGKS, HIGHLANDS, Ocean House, and Eatontown Landing. The Steam- boat EDWIN LE’ x IN LEWIS, Capt Haynes, will ran as follows phar yt ard omg ’Teave Shrewsbury. ‘Aug. o'clock. ‘Aug. o'clock. Sout 9 at jou Monday, at Pueaday.t at ed’y, at "ehared’y at Sitar PM: Setueday'tis at, 8 PM: ig oes endiness on the arrival of” the boat to con: 1 300% re JUSEPIL al} powsn of the FORKEY PO: 1 ‘he sreame E, COFFEE, will leave the pier, foot of Chambers street, daily, for Key Port, at 3 o'clock, P.M. N. B—On § ill leave at 834, A. M. ‘Sunday’s,fthe boat wil mote Se 3 face m rior steamer NEW HAVEN, Pelt, can be chartered for Rxeur: by application at No. 8 i jy28 30tre BOAT AT WALF. i diate landings.— MORNING for Albany and interme: for Fare 90 cents. Breakfast and dinner on board the boat. I'he well-known low pressure steamboat SOUTH AMERICA, Capt. T. N. Hulse, will leave the Steamboat Pier, foot of Barclay street, Tuesdav, ‘Thursday, and Satur- Gy, ee talepestss o! ahaa BANY AND 5 ‘Breakfast and Di board the Boat, and Dyuner on The low pressure steamboat TROY, Captain A. Gorham, i orat pier foot of Bayelay street, ‘Mondays, Weinealays, ind Brida ‘at seven o'clock A.M. Returns: it ¥ ihe Steamer NIAGARA, Capt. H. L. Kellogg, will leave the Steamboat Pier foot of Barclay street,, 9 ‘y aud Saturday, at half past six o'clock, A. M., returning on the ite days, B. Hall, at iy20 Fare 50 Cents, freight, appl board, or to F. che ofhen om he whasl” SPY 0% boerts of ISLAND. FERRY—On, and iP th the stearnbonta NOT casas 357 RONDA, Aral ts eben Tuas follows, until farBhernouce >— VE ATATER AL 6, #9, 10,11, A.M, and 1, 3 4, 5, 6, 7, BM. TRAV NEW YORE At, 9, 10, 11, A. M., and 1, 2, ten minutes past 9, and at 4, 5, 7, o'clock, P.M. New York April 13th. algr \SHAGE OFF) iN ‘0 ‘Albany, Utica, $1 euse, $2; Oswero, sehen 182; Baia, af Cleveln, n vit, is, Chiengo, cine Stiaate 96 35: Loronto and Hamton, 84s Wintchal, 32:Mont- real, $4; ogee ‘4, Ba Terssuriey requiced will be given fot che fulAlaent of all gaara Wi he GOT a eat, New York—t07 rm DA! <XCURSION TO THE ELY SIAN FIELDS, HOBOKEN.—On and after | we July tth, the steamboat PIONEER. will make regalar trips from Canal’ and Nineteenth atreets, di- Tect tothe Elysian Fields, at Hoboken, leaving the above men- Uigged places us follows yyy Hi md street, Nineteenth street, Elysian Fields, 10 o'clock, 10M o'clock, 10 o'clock, , 12 4 bf 2} 6 be EB 4 bs ry jv24 Mt*re 8 % W FEQELE'S RINE SEEAMBO 78 KOR uly, Sun cepted rou Direct Ke 1, o'clock, P. Mr from xy ang treets. tg Fictoeat ISAAC NEWLON, Capt, Win il. Peck, will leamevon Monday, Wednesday, and” Friday evenings, 8 7 o’clock. HENDKIK HUDSON, Capt, R. G, Cratten- creat ieave. on Taesday, Thareday ead Barurdey even: ngs at_7 o'clock. ir ¥ for Schenectady, Ballston, and Sarntos sre M itian,es'followsr-Leeye Albany: atthe A 3 cept Sundays. Passengers will find this the moat ¢ ie OrClock, tM o-Landing xt Intermediate Places— Stearchont NOW, AMERICA, Captain’ Trusdell, will boat ¥ J JA, a leave on Monday, Wednesday, Priday and Bandey afteraoons, at} o'eloe > : ROCHESTER, Captain R. H. Furry, will aren ucsdae Thursday, land Saiurday afternoons, at all times arrive in Atbeny in ample Morning Cars fortne Hast or West. nat rates, and none taken after time for the Freight o'clock, P. OM persons are forbid trasting any of the boats of this line, without a written order from the captains or agenta. oi d ‘oF freight, a board the boats, or to P. C. scHULT: wharf, ant aii W DAY LINE | , atthe of joo on tre aut CITIZEN'S) NE’ OFFOSITION BOATS FOR ALBANY, Mes Landing at Van Courtland’s Newburgh, oughkeepsie ston, Catakill and Hudsou.—Fare 50 cente— Bi akfaat and D "Phenew Steamer ROGER WILLIAMS, Cant. ye A ys, iT and Satu: at r fee from the flee foot of Hobinson strevcy touching ‘af Hammond street get, from New York, For passage or frieght, apply on board the Bonts, or to Geo. ‘T, Stanley at the office, foot of Robinson street. ic7” All'persons are forbid trusting the above boats on nc- count of the owe inp nary myl9 rh 7 ONLY REGULAR LINE OF PACKE aK GLA The splendid new cket ship Pa ea Mekiwen, will suil positivels on eee Augast, her regular di has splendid cabin accom: fortably ngeomm ae id can also com cond eabin pas ers, if early ay to sengt W. & J.T. TAPSCOTT, aw bina “86 South street. 7 OF PACKETS FOR NEW ORLEANS—Packer of oth Augun metic lend fat axthiog and favorite packet slap ViCKS- UG, Ol jerry, tively et herr fee accommodations of thie Mone 9th, 1817, her regular day. . t line of packets, tis Well known, are superior to mest tH packets. ‘They sail pum ly asad the price of pasa | IMPORTANT FROM MEXICO. ‘From the New Orleans Times, July 30.] The United States transport steat ip Massachusetta, Captain Wood, arrived here yesterday. from Vera Cruz, the 23d inst., bringing us files of the Sol de Anahuac to date of departure, and our ré correspondence from “Indicator” up to the time of her departure. No intelligence direct from the city of Mexico, or even from Puebla, traccable to any authentic source, had reached Vera Crus, since the date of our last advices. It will be recollected, that all was then in a state of doubt and suspense. Information in an unofficial form had arrived there, intimating that Santa Anna had taken the initiative in the question of the constitution. ality of opening a negotiation with Mr. Trist, which had lain between him and the Congress, and had appointed three commissioners to meet the American Envoy at San Martin Tesmelucan, on an appointed day. In refe- rence to this vital subject,the} Sol de Anahuac of the 22d instant, states that rumors were in circulation quite un- favorable to the success of Mr. Trist’s mission. Indeed, from letters which had come to hand from Puebla, it = certain See: a had act been installed, and “ consequently, the hopes of peace which had been founded thereon, had completely vanished.” He adds, on the other hand, that from the continued inac- tion of General Scott’s army, the only datum on which can possibly rest the bability of a commission for the settlement of difficulties, and ‘total a! oe of news for some time from the interior, it may bethat the Com- mander-in-Chief is waiting the arrival of fresh instruc- tions from Ws . The immediate nomination of commissioners, and the designation of the place of meet- ie Parad ba ing, would seem to indicate a sincere desire on the part of the Mexicans, for some kind of # pacific arrangement. DiMicuities of an accidental nature, delays, etc., may have intervened to obstruct the consummation of a English mediation, it was stated. had been proffered and aceepted, which had progresned go far as to have brought the Secretary of Legation of the British em! to the headquarters of General Scott at Puebla. In allusion to this last me: which the Mexicans had had recourse,the Sol ahuac ex- ot neg its dissent from any foreign interference, as ing always sine a and sometimes most fatal in its re- sults. In reviewing all the news, however, which has reached us by this arrival, we are bound to confess, that everything is in statu quo as at the last receipt of intelli- gence. Nothing definite is known ; either of the senti- ments of the Congress, of whose meeting not a word is said, or of the mode of acting of the Mexican Govern- ment. Gen. Scott has not yet left Puebla, when the pe last accounts were received at Vera Cruz from that city. In opposition to the fc ing specnlaaicean; however, we find that a letter of the 17th, which hes not come to hand as yet, a circumstance we much regret, is alluded to by our regular correspondent, ‘ Indicator,” in which, a we glean from his remarks on the 20th relating there- to, he states that all hopes ot peace are entirely crushed, and that Gen. Soott was to march on the capital on the 15th inst. Santa Anna, at the head of a Tegeartal » supposed to be 22,000 strong, intended to give him battle at some point between Puebla and Mexico. General Pierce left with his train on the day indicated in our last advices. During his advance firing had be heard along the by which it seems he must have met with some o from the guerillas. His force, however, was #0 overwhelmingly strong—three thousand men with one hundred and fifty wi hat he no doubt brushed away these predatory ds with ense. In reference to this, we learn that two hundred men, who set forth from Vera Cruz after the train which left a few days before, were attacked a short distance from Santa Fe. The Mexicans had a strong force, but were ted. Lieutenant Fitsgerald had been sent on an expedition with twenty-five men. They went to Santa Ke. took away some provisions belonging to the army, and set fire to that town, a place of refuge to guerillas. Vomita, the terror of foreigners in Vera Cruz, stilloon- tinues its Tarages; but it is quite certain that the health ofthe city has immensely improved in comparison with uring pat years, through the enlightened mea- by the Americans. The Board of Health their labors to prevent and mitigate the ravages of horrid scourge. the Sol de Anahuac of the We take the following from 22d instan' The following extract of a letter from Col, Gates, ad- ressed to Goy, Wilson, who had the kindness to permit to publish it, will show that Col. De RKussy’s loss was not so great ai we have announced it : ‘Tamvico, July 17, 1847. Colonel—I do not at this time regret that you could not send me the assistance I desired. Col. De Russy has re- turned with his command, having lost only eight or ten men after being attacked by twelve hundred or more, and surrounded for three days, whilst on his way to Tampico. He made such havoc with his 6-pounder and his men, that the enemy were afraid at last to come within gun- shot. He killed and wounded one hundred and fifty men, confessed by an officer of the Mexican forces. Our ofii- cers say one hundred and fifty killed—the truth Js, one hundred and twenty men passed through a range ofone hundred and eighty miles and a population of fifty thou- sand, with great success. The Col. was ambuscaded three times by one thousand, or more, and yet he defeat- ed the enemy continually, and when ! heard of his bein, surrounded by #0 large # force, | thought he would find it beyond his power to escape, but he extricated himself handsomely—and I am rejoiced at his * feat of arms.” As there is « probability of a night attack on the city, when much injury might result to persons and property, for want of combined movements, the Governor of verd Cruz has issued orders, directing all Americans residing there to enrol themselves in @ corps to be commanded by Capt. Wm. 8. Tippetts, and to repair on the first alarm to aplace designated. In the event of an alarm,which will be known by the discharge of a signal gun, ull the Mexican men, women and children (watohmen included) residing in town, will repair tothe northern end of the city, iurear of Fort Conception, and all neutral foreigners to the Mole, where they will be secure from injury. At # signal from the town, the guns of the castle will open a fire upon the city. Captains of vessels in the harbor, are requested, in case of an assault, to repair with a part of their crews to Forts Suntiago and Conception, as they may be nearest. Any inhabitant of the towns, found to be acting in eoncert with the enemy, will be immediately arrested, and dealt with either at the moment, or afterwards, as the nature of the case may require. Keepers are prohibited trom selliog arms to the Mexi- cans, and are called on to deliver them to Mr. Diamond the Collector, for safe keeping. We are sorry to learn that the Governor of Vera Cruz was taken suddenly and alarmingly ill on the morning of the 22d instant. We trust that he has recovered be- fore this. Commodore Perry has again left Anton Lizardo for ‘Tabasco, and it is reported that the further occupation of that place is to be, for the present, abandoned. An alarm was given by an excitavle character, named Samuel M’Quillan, at baif past 9, P. M., on the 16th inst ‘he citizens could be seen running in all directions— the doors of nearly all the houses were shut with preci- pitation, making a noise like that of the discharge of musketry—the cries of the frightened women and chil- dren in the houses could be heard by the persons in the streets, and the city had all at once taken a very sombre pect. An immense crowd of Americans rushed into the Arsenal to get arms and were immediately equip- ped, as it was believed that the Mexicans had revolted. After the excitement was a little cooled down, it was ascertained that this was a false alarm. M’Quillan was sent prisoner to the castle for the in- cautious way in which he had octed. Jauz, July 20, 1847, informed you of the 'd to peace, and of the Upon the 1oth instant juced. Vera In my hurried note ofthe 17th, I destruction of our hopes with report that Gen, Scott had fix for his march upon the capital. It is to be expected that our next exprers bring us intelligence of his being on the road. seen one letter to-day, from an offices of the staff at Puebla, which states that from the best information he can obtain, he formsthe opinion that Santa Anna has a force of twenty-two thousand men, most of which will ba bly meet Gen. Scott’s ar- my on its way, and afford another,Cerro Gordo laurel to each of our brave fellows. T believe it is true, however, that Alvarez has gone South, without having redeemed a single promise made to Santa Anna, or having accomplished one of his dread intentions declared against the “ Yankis.” All his In- dians, of course, went with him. One would think San- ta Anna would have hanged a miserable old coward like Canalizo, rather than lose such an auxiliary as Alvarez at this juncture; but the fact is, Santa Anna’s judg- ment is about as much below par as his courage, and he had not the tact to conciliate his ally. Alvarez is a sovereign in his own district, and as abso- lute as Nicholas, or Mahomed, and it is no wonder that his pride revolted at the idea of serving under a crea- ture so contemptible as Canalizo. : A quarrel on the subject of rank, has also arisen in our army, but I presume the consequences will not be very serious. The commander-in-chief has made a very sen- sible decision on the subject, and the matter lics ina prop shape, pending an Just think of Gen. orth serving under such # man as Pillow, or even un- der Quitman! ;Napoleon under Colonel Pluck! Gen. Quitman isa gentleman, and a good officer—perhaps the very best of his class of appointments, but he should nover think of leading Worth, who is decidedly, and by general consent, the second man in the army, in point of talent and fitness for command, Vera Cruz is quiet enough just now, and I sce no great reason to apprebend an early disturbance, but there are idle and foolish spirits at work, which may e to themselves, harmless as the issue be tous. There are in Vera Cruz some thirt; men who were brought up in public oft iave yn thrown out of employment by th the Americans. Some of them, however, have received smail cffices under the Municipal authorities, and some few aro attached to the civil branches of the army, in situations of trifling importance. Those out of employ regard the others with jealousy, and are now denounc- ing them as traitors for holding the very places in which their own efforts to supplant them have been unsuccess- ful. One of these disappointed office seekers, the other day succeeded in gathering « number of Vera Crusanos around him in # room of one of the principal coffee houses of this city, when he induced them to takean oath, individually, not to accept, or hold in any form, an office under the Yankees. A friend of mine, who ix a ureat deal behind the scenes, has given me some notes of ices, and advent of peec! by the gentleman to whom I allude, upon the prrocdepe ht Reh § from which | translate the fol- lowing extracta :— “Many of my fellow-citizens have been induced to be- lieve that, because | have filled an office connected with the financial concerns of this city, | have united my in- terests with those of the Americans, But how much they wrong me! Never could Antonio ''**’"*, prove = — such an ingrate to his country! And, gentlemen, mit me to toll you, the day of sweet rovenge is at the day of glory for th: will learn that I, your fri merited and will son- tinue to merit your entire confidence, &e. ko.” This and some other speakers on the occasion are Spaniards, but the young men who composed this mecting were 6hiefly Mexicans, Two Freoch gentlemen arrived here yesterday from Jalapa, and inform us that General Pierce will meet with serious opposition from the guerillas and others at almost every step on his march. To impede his advance as much as possible, two bridges on the road have been destroyed, one at San Juan.twenty miles from here, and the otherat El Plan, near Cerro Gordo. The latter was afine structure. There ia timber, however, in the neighborhood, with which | suppose anot! |dge can to be built, to answer a temporary purpose, but much delay must necessarily be suffered, The bridge at San Juan is of lesa consequence, but as the rainy season has set in, the river has swoollen to an extent that must render its passage a most difficult matter. Of course, General Pierce has no pontoon train, and | don’t know that even Gen, Scott has one. I treat my information as correct, as | have no shadow of reason to doubt the authority from which I received it,aud wust add that the Mexicans are greater dolts than Ihave over considered them. if it be not correct And who lame for this and the other difficulties e road to Jalapa’ Is it General Scott, or , or both ? tationed between Jalapaand San- an seventy miles,would have sav- ed not only these bridges, but many valuable lives, and much preperty, Such would have afforded am- ple protection to travellers, and by preventing deprede- tions, would so have discouraged the guerillas, that half their bands would ere this have been broken and scatter- ed over the country, to prey upon Mexican instead of American property, Many think Gen. Scott is more to blame in this regard than the government at Washing- He has had but few troops it is true, but what ser- vice could they render in Puebla, where they have been lying inactive for so long a time? And who ever heard of a General advancing without supplies, into the heart of an ill-supplied country, leaving his rear, his only chan- nel of supply, to be blockaded up by the euemy, cutting off or se:iously delaying his means of subsistence? It seems to me to bea new kind of generalship. Whether an improved or worse kind than the old, I am incompe- tent to judge. The ship Charleston arrived last evening from Charleston with two hundred and seventy troops; the ahip Virginia to-day, from New York, with two huncred and fifty, and the steamer Massachusetts with a number more ; T have not learued how many. These, with the Louisianians, received the other day by the America, place us out of all danger, except of rowdyism, and the increase of mortality, ‘The foreign residents, and the well disposed Mexicans, complain seriously of the recent orders, Nos. 24 and 25, issued by Governor Wilson, in which he says the castle will fire upon the town in case of an attack. ! can hard- ly suppose that he seriously contemplates such a mea- sure, ag its effect would be to aid the express object of the guerillas, or robbers, composing the assailants. ‘Their design would be to’ destroy as much property as possible, and they would thank the Governor for his va- luable assistance in its destruction— and who would pro- tect the poor foreigners, huddled together, old men, women and children, in such a place as that appointed for their shelter, or rendesvous, for shelter it is not in any sense of the word! I sincerely hope that better councils, or rather authority, will induce s further amendment of his orders, before an attack takes place. ‘The effect of the orders has been to destroy, ina great measure, the confidence reposed in our promises tection; pected to % ‘The health of the city certainly grows no worse, and 1h probably, under the excellent regulations of the Board of Health, improving, although the weather con- tinues extremely hot. ‘The worst of the season may be considered as having passed, but it is still dangerous for strangers to venture here. A family of five came in a week ago and took rooms at the hotel at which I make myhome. Four of the five have taken the vomito. One two days ago, and two are now very low; the other is convalescing. This case is one within the ge- neral rule, and I mention it as such by way of caution to those who have « notion of trying their fortunes here. Vera Cruz is tobe avoided on another account—that of speculation. A number of young men who could not get employment at home have rushed to Vera Cruz, in the confidence of accumulating a speedy competence. Out of every twenty who have come here witn such no- tions, about ten have died with the vomito; five barely obtain means of subsistence; four return from whence they came, far poorer in health, purse and spirits than when they came; and one, possibly one, finds a respecta- ble , OF & paying business. ‘The following articles are scarce in this market, and would bring the prices named respectively, viz:—flour, $14 to $15 per bbl. duty paid—$2; yellow corn, $2 to $2 25 per bushel, duty paid—1oe.; batter, 28 to 40c. per ib., duty paid—7o.; lard, 19 to 2le. per 1b, duty paid— de ; Colgato’s white bar soap, 11 to 130. per th duty paid—se. Lari Vera Cauz, July 22, 1847. ‘The steamer Washington left this afternoon for Tam- pico and the Brasos, and the Quartermaster's people tell us that the Massachusetts will start early to-morrow morning for New Orleans—this being the case, | must write, although I have little to say indeed. After all the delay which occurred in getting off the train and escort under Gen. Pierce, many of the wagons were in an unprepared state, and became detached from the main body. Anescort of a hundred and fifty or two hundred troops was detailed to remain with the strag- glers and guard them until they could rejoin the train, while the main body moved forward. ‘The detachment had, however, advanced only a few miles beyond Santa Fe, when it was attacked by a large party ot guerillas, which kept it engaged for about four hours, at the end of which time the Mexicans were well “used up,” and the Americans moved forward. A gentleman who pasned along the road yesterday morning, states that he saw several dead bodies in the vicinity—all Mexicans—and has no doubt that the guerillas had m-t with a consider able loss. No wounded have arrived here from our troops, and it is to be presumed that their loss has been small. [t is strange that no mosseoger has been de- apatehed to the governor with the latelligeuce, The Uring was plainly heard by our sick, whiah had boen lett behind at Santa Fe. ‘The detachment which | mention- od in my last, as having been sent to Santa Ke, has re- turned, and report the entire destruction of in conformity with the governor's orders. of destroying that place is a good one, and it is to be hoped will be followed up with that of the destruction of all the hamlets within ten miles of the city. The preservation of life and public property requires such « step, and even if we have to pay for the property de- stroyed, itis yet the policy of true eeonomy. ‘The police think they bave caught the murderer of the poor wretch mentioned in my last, but I think it ex- tremely doubtful. ‘They have apprehended a “sus. picious character,” and that is all they know of the matter, In the Sun of Anahuac, of to-day, which I send en- closed, you will find a new system of taxation just put in force throughout this State by the Governor of Jalapa. Amongst the appointments to carry the law into opern- tion, you will observe those of collector, sub-collector, and secretaries, for the cities of Vera Cruz and Tampico, Their duties will not, be very fatiguing, I fancy, and the quarterly returns which they are required to furnish, will be fully exhibited, 1 think, on a blank sheet of paper. We have an arriyal to-day from Orazaba, but no news of the slightest interest. Unite States Sir Annnican, Off Vera Cruz, July 24, 1847. The steamer Massachusetts being about to leave | drop you these few lines, merely to say to you that we have not had another stampede in the city siace I last wrote ou. Fresh arrivals of troops continue to come in: The harleston, twenty-nine days from Charleston, with two hundred and fifty men of the 12th Regiment ;’ the Vir- ginia, twenty-nine days from New York, with nearly three hundred men; the Massachusetts with. yolunteers and regulars—in all about eight hundred mien. Smith, Quartermaster, is very low from a relapse ; Wilson ‘had a slight ‘attack; Capt. Warrington Lieut, Creanor convalescent. ‘I'he health of thi is not so bad as the people who talk about it. Captain Plumer is now acting for Major Smith, Quartermaster. Our ship is now made @ store-ship, taking in oats and ammunition from various chartered ships, A French Captain of a man-of-war, died at Sacrificios afew days ago; I did not leara his name, Commodore Perry has gone to Tabasco, St is said, to abandon that point, Ouc market is glutted with everything, including mo- ney, but no intercourse with the interior. AFFAIRS IN VERA CRUZ. “A correspondent of the New Orleans Commercial place Times writing from Vera Cruz, under date of July 15th, says—* There is no improvement in trade, Ono foreign yeasel only is here, the Duvivier, not yet commenced A fair amount of drafts on Puebla, prin- cipally received for duties, go up with the train now leaving. No goods belonging to merchants can take this mode of conveyance, or some business might be very profitably carried on. Julapa and Puebla must be very Much in want of foreign goods by this time, but | lieve they receive small lots from the coast, which are landed by smugglers. [tis reported here that New Or- leans is doing a very fair business in that line, and it is bably true. Vessels clearing for the “ Gulf of Mex- Reo have a large license. SCENE IN GEN. TAYLOR'S TENT. [¥rom the New Orleans National } The public are familiar with the excitement that seized upon Gen, Taylor, when he learned that his vete- ran troops had left him, to join Gen. Scott—how he turned simple,wholesome dishes into énirees, by putting mustard into his coffee and oa his bread, the like of which, had never before been witnessed, except in a foreign cookery. It is said that when Don Zachary had ‘ot well over his wrath, he was sitting in his tent, re- eeting upon the philanthropic idea of writing to Santa Anns, that he had better compound this wat to save himself from being flogged to death, should he ever con- clude to come to Mexico by the way of San Luis Potosi— when « starched up orderly presented himself at the General's tent. with « formidable looking official docu- ment. old General, not in a mood to be disturbed by business matters, handed it over to Major Bliss, with the remark that he might send an answer to it. Tho old General then fixed his eyes philosophically upon a tarantula that had gone to sleep upon one of his tent | oe and recommenced cogitating about writing to nta Anna. Now, Major Bliss had, in the mean time, travelled through an immense number of military titles, and read- ing aloud, had got into the gist of thetofficial looking letter, when he stumbled on the following, “send me to discharge. suddenly that the tarantula took to his heels, and as ra- te could articulate, he exclaimed, ‘ Ah, what Now, Major Bliss was taken all aback by the order he had ; 80 he recovered from his surprise, and began reading again the sentence that had created so much exeitement in the old hero—* Send me also Bragg’s and ington’s batteries.” is 'was.too much—all the old veterans of the 8th an@ 9th gone. and most of the volunteers that had nel ‘at ‘lonterey—and to order off the small remnant Of artillery left with him. made old Zac perfeotly terri- ble. His eyebrows elevated themselves until they dis- Pl apalr of glowing vyes that seemed to be burning wifhin their sockets; even the old brown coat for # mo- assumed » sort of indignant air, and the nap of it, there wag any left, turned up with indignation.’ ‘S-a-y to h-i-m. not another gun ” articulated the ral with difficulty. ‘The storm was —the wa full into their places, the dark eye twinkled philosophic resignation. and the mouth grew into a -natured smile, and not unother word was ever said t the order so summarily answered, so pot tively yed. battle of Buena Vista in time followed, and the took in it i the light Allery bas become immor- e; and the prompt reply of “ Not another gun” consequently followed by “A little more grape, Bragg.” NAVAL officers and crew of the Raritan were on Wednes- from quarantine, and have left the sbip. Raritan, however, remains at the quarantine with the sloop of war Vandalia as a guard ship, 4 crew under the charge of master’s mate E., 3 4.—Norfolk Beacon wmodore G. W. Storer, U.S. N., arrived in this esterday, and will go out in the U. 8. frigate Bran- i¢, (his flag ship,) as commander of the squadron e Brazil station. Capt. Thomas Crabb, who oom- iis the Brandywine, arrived here some days ago.— ‘olk Herald, August 6th. Herald Foreign Correspondence. Dvuoe.ty, June 28, 1847. Trish Repeal Association—Irish Council—Mr. 0’ Con- nell—Remains of O’Connell—Politics and the State of the Country—The Crops—Fever—Price of Provi- sions—Waste Lands of Ireland, ‘The Repeal Association met as usual on Monday last and Mr. John O'Connell, as on former occasions, was the principal speaker. At a meeting of the Irish Coun- cil, neld June Ist, Sir Colman O’Loghlen said that “Mr. John O'Connell had requested him to assure the Com- mittee that nothing but the bereavement which he was suffering, could have prevented him taking part in the proceedings.” Scarcely three weeks had elapsed since that declaration in his behalf, when he rises in Concilia- tion Hall on the 21st, and gives utterance to a continous strain of ridicule and condemnation against the self same assembly—his speech was directed against the members, principles, and Constitution of the Irish Coun- cil, and he argued in a merry strain to suppott his views, coming to the conclusion that the complicated patch work of different political opinions which composed it, would form but a sort of harlequin nationality. (‘The rent of the week was £28 16s,) His greatest admirers will soarcely conclude that Mr. O'Connell is acting with suflcient judgment since his recent loss, and speedy as- sumption of the leadership. However, he is nominated as the Repeal candidate for Dublin, though with but lit- tle enthusiasm,and by a divided interest, and hischances of success.are very slight indeed. ‘The Irish Council held a great meeting on Turs- day, the 22d instant, and adjourned, by the length of the proceedings, to the following day. Smith O’Brien, without advocating his favorite measure of repeal, an extreme measure excluded by the constitution of the society, gave an. able exposition of his views with regard to the promotion of the interests of Ireland; and Sir Colman O’Loghlen, the secretary, in answer to certain remarks of = portion of the pross, gave a full and most satisfactory account of the formation, objects, and constitution of the Irish Council. Its sittings will be adjourned shortly during the long vacation, as the summer months are called in Ireland; but, though yet in its infancy, it promises well for the long neglected interests of this poor island, and affords a common ground, where men of all politics hitherto kept apart by sectarian and individual interest, can meet to discuss and promote the welfare of their fatherland. ‘The Irish confederation has issued an able and spirited address, in anticipation of the coming clec- lions to the meppernive constituencies of treland. ‘The special qualification for an Irish representative, in con- junction with ability and integrity, is stated to be a thorough devotion to the cause of irish independence ; and the absolute necessity of these qualifications is at Jongth set forth, and recommended to the convictions of the electors. It must prove a source of the sincerest pleasure to the members of this political body to per- ceive that principles, of which, some time since, they seemed to stand forth 24 the solo advooates and support- ers, are now daily spreading widely, and becoming the priciples of an almost entire people. At a meeting of Conservative gentlemen, held last week in Cork, for the purpose of chosing a proper representative, a Mr. Sars- field expressed his opinion that a repealer should be sup- ported in preierence to any who would not pledge him- self to complete independence of an Engish ministry,and total application to Irish interests; and similar senti- ments are in existence elsewhere. “Ihe repeal party in the city of Cork have nominated Dr. Power, of Ridiga. coulting, as their candidate for the county. ‘The sev: candidates in the different localities are not as yet gene- rally or definitely fixed upon, as the time for the disso- lution of Parliament is not as yet certainly named; the Spectator mentions confidently the middle of July, and others state about the commencement of Ai . ‘The remains of Mr O'Connell Southampto: the 17th July, th Steam Company having, in the Kindest manner, present- ed one of their vessels for its conveyance to its final des- tination, so that the ceremonies of his interment will take place almost at the same time with the elections.— Genoa lies at the distance of « week’s journey from Dub- lin—five have passed since his decease. To turn from polities, and indirectly to the state of the country and prospects of the coming harvest, reports from all quarters of the most fayorable character. The apprehensions entertained some weeks since of a blight in the potato crop, are ra- pidly lessening or departing. A Mr. Uniacke states that for some time past, he had been mining the potato gardens for twenty miles round his house in the direc- tion of Fermoy, Mallou, and Middleton, and he had not discovered a single bligited field in that tract of coun- try. The accounts from Mayo, Kerry, Newry, give like statement, and the Louth Advertiser reports most favorably of the luxuriant appearance of the corn crops in Louth, Meath, Down, Armagh, and in the northern counties gene! The ‘grvon erops promise a rich re- turn, and all in the immediate neighborhood are rapidly approaching maturity. We regret that we cannot give a like cheering account in other respects. Fever still rages in several localities with undiminished or increasin; severity. In Cork, Dr. Beamish, the oldest ani most experienced medical officer there, states, that if there were 1,000 more hospival beds for fever pa- tients, he could filll them within twenty-four hours, In Tuam, Longhrea, Gort, and other towns, fever rages to an alarming oxtent. The fever ho-pital in Loughrea is full,and in the other districts where there are no hospitals, and where the fever act is not as yet in operation, the workhouse hospitais are crowded toexcesr. Fever is still spreading in Belfast with una- bated vigor; several respectable Inhabitants have Intely (he number of patients in the fallen victims to it. three hospitals on Monday night, including the conva- lescent in the camp tents, were 1,650. ‘The number of deaths among the lower order of people in town, for the week ending Tuesday the 15th, was anmounced in the Vindicator of the 16th, to be one hundred and forty-tour In Derry fever hospital, there were on the 19th, 019 pa- tients. During the heat of the summer months, it is to be feared that the violence of fever will still further in- crease. Notwithstanding the large arrivals of provisions in the ports of ireland, there is still no sensible fall in the price of provisions here. Accounts have reached of large arrivals also in the English ports, yet their ef- fect upon the retail market cannot yet be perceived, and it is to be feared, that while we have so many consu- mers all depending upon importation, prices will not sensibly decline until after harvest, and then, from causes formerly hinted at, by no means to the extont ex- pected. The American ships Susquehannah, from Phi- ladelphia, and Patrick Henry from New York, have reached Liverpool with the argent cargo of biscuit yet imported. By an order from the treasury, biscuits may bo imported from foreign countries duty frve, other than 1ancy biscuit or confectionery, until the ensuing Ist of September, The Chancellor of the Exchequer is prepa- ring tolay before Parliament, bill to facilitate the re- covery of money lenton the security of property in Ire- land, ‘his, and the prospects of an income tax, and the pressure of a poor law, all bearing upon the landed interest, must call up cheering anticipations in the minds of Irish landholders. Self-interest, contrary to the expectations of the Whig premier, may prove powerful future stimulant to nationality, Sir’ Wil, liatn Somerville will succeed to the-Irish Secretary. ship, which Mr. Laboushere Yacates, Immediately after the dissolution of Parliament, for the Presidene; Board of Trade or Control. are On the 22d instant, in the House of Com- mons, on Mr. Poulett Scrope rising, to bring forward the following resolution: “That the waste lands of Ireland offer an available resource for the immedia employment and future maintenance of w part of h Population now apparently redundant, and that it is expedient to apply them to this great national object, making equitable compensation to their present proprie- tors,” he had only addressed the house a few mo- ments when the house was counted out, there not being forty members present. ‘I'he amondments of the lords to the Three W. Railway Bill we sidered and approved of in the Commons, and probably, received the royal assent on Friday. Mr. Sharman’ Crawford's tenany right bill, was rejected by # consider- able majority, The royal assent has been obtained to the measure for advancing 41,500,000 for the drainage of land in Ireland; diMoulties are expected to lie in the way of the similar advance of £ promived to the raliway ; to the teachers of the national schools a sum of £8000 has beon appropriated; there being 4,600 of them, this will give each of them about £2 a piece ; re- gulations have made apparently in their favor, but their inconsiderable nature renders them of but little also Bragg’s and Washington's Batteries.” Hereupon old Zao wi importance, The number of constabulary employed in round on his camp stool #0 | i id, on January lat, 1647, waerll 404, ite total ex- pense, £492,981. The Birkenhead, one of the largest steamers of the British navy, lies at present in Kings- town harbor, for the conveyance of troops from Ireland. ‘The Dublin Society holds its exhibition of specimens of Irish manufacture this day, in Dublin, An acknowledg- ment appears in Saturday's journals, of Messrs, Corco- ran & Riggs, of Washington, having given five thousand dollars for the purpose of purchasing food to be trans- mitted to Ireland for the relief of the destitute, as also t the Rev. Dr. O'Connell, Dublin, hi received mum of £448 from the Right Rev. Bishop Hughes, of New York, being part of a collection made in his diocess for the relief of the suffering poor of Ireland Mr, Blood, pay clerk of the public works in Clare, some since ‘dropped a bag gontaining £200 in silver; it was found by & poor man called Howley, of Bunen. who vo- luntarily refunded it aud even refused a reward of £6 of fored’ him to requite his honesty, In Skibbereen work- house, there have been but four deaths for the last week, there used to be upwards of one hundred = This morning's paper, mentions tl fixed for the prorogation of Clarendon is expected to arriv July. 230 of July as the day 1 of iament, The in Dublin on th wry, Warrenpoint and raised last week. ‘There are #ix candidates named for the University, tate of Parties in England. (From the Paris Journal des Debate.) England, at the approaching elections, will present a spectacle very different from her ordinary habite—that of confusion of parties. At these elections you vain for those rallying cries, those devices, of different and marked colors which se parated into distinct armies the tories and whigs, the ves and teformers. What a difference there is between these sjentjone and these of 1841! At that riod the Whig Ministry, sinking further and further nto a moral and material deficit, and feeling itself ra- pidly descending into an abyse, had, as a last effort, once more nailed its colors to the tree of liberty. which at that time was represented by the liberty of commerce, and made an appeal to the nation, taking for its war ery, ‘cheap bread.’ The electoral battle was then fought regularly between the two systems and the two parties : there was the white and the blue, and each remained faithfully in his camp. But now, where are the tories ? Where are the whigs? Where are the conservative: Where the protectionists and free traders? Sir R t Peel has changed all that. During the four years which he passed in power—most fertile years for the history of Eengland—he mod! and overturned all political posi- tions and doctrines He has operated the greatest and most extensive reforms, by means of the very persons who were elected for the very purpose of opposing them. Even while approving of the great measures of which he was the author and instrument,one caunot help regret- ting the price which abe have o The old and tra- ditional notions of the spirit of party, and the faith in public characters, have been profoundly impaired. change has taken place on the benches of larliament, which is certainly not calculated to support in the public mind that feeling of fidelity to opinions, which is one of the most solid bases of representative government. From this alteration in the ordinary condition of the parliamentary system, which has been rendered neces- sary, perhaps, by circumstances, but which is not the less dangerous in principle, an inextricable confusion has resulted, which still reigns among all parties, of what- ever shade of opinion. ‘The your that has passed since the fall of Sir Robert Poel, his made nochange in the position of things. The recovery from such a shock ix not an easy ony, Besides, there has in the interval a higher power which domineered over everything—the f Ane bein other words, Ireland—for they are one and In presence of this terrible and im- mediate danger there was no opportunity for regular battles, and ces of opinion were adjourned. ‘I'he discussions, of which Ireland was the subject, did not turn upon this or that political doctrine, but upon ques- tions of property. Parties, the fore, have remained in the same state of confusion in which they were when Sir Robert Peel was upset by the coalition of his old friends and his natural enemies. Lord Jolin Russell has done nothing to change the position of affairs, Indeed, it may rather be said that he has done everything to keep tliem as they were. Brought into power by circumstances entirely indepen- dent of himself, he entered into office without a system, without any fixed ideas, and Eeny, only to follow the current public opinion, wherever it, might carry him. Having only & negative power, and. bein only main- tained by the division of his advervaries, without having in himself any principle of collision, he has passed the whole of this the first year of his’ administration in tacking between every system, and in negotiating with every opinion. He has grasped at much without cateh- ing anything, and has undertaken much while he has terminated nothing. ‘There in not one of his measures that has not been mutilated by the concessions which he has made to all parties in succession. We shall ooly quote some examples in passing. ‘Che ministry of Lord John Russell had placed in its general plan with respect, to Ireland, the purchase by the goverument of unculti- vated land. A simple observation—an observation very cold, and rather jeering, from Sir Robert l’eel, was wufli- cient to make him renounce it, He proposed ® very important bill for the health of towns, which would cen- tralize in the hands of government the powers exereised by the corporations; Lord Lincoln defied Ikim to inolude the corporation of London in it, and in point of fact, some time afterwards it was exempted. He rejected the fabulous project of Lord George Bentinck, to undertake the railways in Jreland to the amount of 400 millions of francs, and one or two months afterwards he asked for the saine object sonie fifteen or twenty millions, io gain the support of the protectionists, he presented a law respecting education, from the benefit of which the Cuthelics were excluded, and tomake friends again with the Catholics he bas promised to introduce a new bill in their fayor, ‘The other day, Lord Lincoln made a mo- tion on the subject of colonization. The Minister began by opposing it. Afterwards, Sir R. Peel having inter- fared fn ite support, Lord John Russell, in the very same sitting, supported the motion in order not to be beaten ‘The principal measure of the session, the Irish Poor-law Bill, forced upon the government by what is called in England the pressure from without, only reached its termination modified and inutilated by the amendments of the Lords. ‘This general system of tergiversation and compromise which Lord Jolin Rustell appears to have adopted, oF rather to which he has abandoned himself, is easily ex- plained. Having entered power at the end of Vaurlia- iment, he suits all his policy to the approaching elections. In order not to compromise himself with any of the great influential bodies, he truckles to all. To # certain ox- tent he seems to have succeeded. It is possible that in the absence of any very distinct railying point of which he is not the focus, ne will get together in the elections which are about to take place next mouth, # very consi- derable majority in his favor; but that majority will be composedof entirely new elements, which cannot fail to produce changes in the composition of the cabinet itself. The question now is, in what direction will these moditi- cations be made? ‘Towards which of the two fractions of the cabinet will the First Minister lean! There is reason to believe that at the present moment Lord John Russell himself does not know, and consequently it is not for us to pretend to have any knowledge of the mat- ter. If the place of Lord Clarendon, for example, as President of the Board of Trade, has not yet been filled, it is probably because Lord John Russell wishes to wait, that he may see to which side the scale will turn. If bs only consulted his own inclinations, at least if we are to judge of his inclinations by the general leaning of his ‘conduct for the last year, he would endeavor to got the most important men in the moderate tory party to join him. He has already made an attempt in that quarter, and it will be remembered that on coming into power he offered different departments of his administration to Lord Lincoln, Lord Dal- housie, and Mr. Sidney Herbert, all of whom were members of Sir Robert Peel’s government. .We should not be ut all surprised if these offers had been re- peated, and if similar offers had been also made tosuch men as Lord Ashley, or Mr. Giadstone, cr Lord Elles- mere, whom we know better by the name of Lord Fran- cis Fyerton. It is not necessary to have the gift of double right to have already discovered that Lord John Russell is doing every thing in his power to secure the suppert of the church party, Of that we wish for no better proof than his Education till,than hisrefusal to demand the revocation of laws which still close the doors of Parliament against certain religions, or than his propo- sition to re-establish the bishoprics in Wales. Krom these different indications, we can pretty confidently conclude that if any modification of the Cabinet should take place, it will be towards conservatism, rather than towards reform principles. the came thing. The approaching elections are, if we are not much on, destived to produce singular changes in the position of parties. At bottom, and the whole of their history proves it, the whigs have always been the aristocratio party par exrritcnee Lord Johin Russell by his character, and by his inclinations at least, as much as by his birth, would have been much more naturally the head of the English aristocracy than Sir Robert Peel. The true party of Sir Robert Peel ix the middle es, whichis stilka new, but is every day an increas- ing element in England. +e recollect that within the last year we expressed the opinion that we might very probably one day see Sir Robert Peel and Mr, Cob- den in the same Cabinet. We still think so, with- out wishing in the slightest degree to appear para- doxical. if Sir Robert Peel were at the present day rime Minister, we are persuaded that he would have the courage to give the vacant department of the Board of Trade to Mr. Cobden, but Lord John Russell will not have that courage, He will not have it for two reasons; because it would hurt the landed interest, with Which he wishes to keep upon good terms, aod because the great whig families would not submit, excepting at the lust extremity, to that plebeian invasion. From this general remodelling of the old parties, which are all to be thrust, the one over the othe toral furnace, it is, then, prob tirely new may come out. It is certain that Sir Robert Peel will not remain long without becoming the centre and the rallying point of «party, and it is believed that that party, composed, as it already 4 of such men as Sir Robort Peel, Sir James Graham, Lord Lincoln, Lord Dal- housie, Mr. Sidney Herbert, Mr. Cardwell, and others, willrecruit itself much lees emong the old tories than among the liberals of the class of which Mr. Cobden, and Mr. Charles Buller, for example, are members, Of course these are only conjectures; but they are conjec- tures which every man is allowed to make ‘The {Explosion of Messrs, Hall's Gun-Cetten wr at Feversham. [From the London Chronicle, July 19.) Messrs. Hall's works cover an area exceeding twenty acres in extent, ‘The gun-cotton manufactory, whic! has only been in work about six months, is situated in that portion of the premises known as the Maresh Works, which formed the northern boundary of Messrs. Hall's estate. These works, until the manufacture of gun- cotton was commenced, were used as powder mills, and two of the four buildings of which the consiate, ‘are still used for the same purpose. Each of ‘Dduild- mi e ings occupies an area of about forty fe are severally divided from coat’ otter ear oot Oe earth about forty feet high. having a base of sume extent, after the fashion of ordinary po these mounds being intended to preveat the exp! one building affecting either of the adjoining erections. The buildings are bagy | massive, the brickwork of the walls being eighteen feet thick. They consist of one floor only, ond those which are devoted to the manufec. ture of the cotton are divided into four compartments, known as the drying room, the packing department, the labelling department, and the cooperage. so called” Im. serted in the wall of the drying room is an immense iron chamber, or cauldron, of a slightly cenical form; this receives the heat from the furnace and communicates it to the drying room, where the importa t process of dry- ing the cotton is carried on. Nofirewhat«ver is allowed to exist within the building, and the same precautions as to the non-admission of the workmen in shoes, ke., | generally adopted in powder-mills. exist in the build- ings devoted to the gun-cotton manufacture. The vey cess of preparing the cotton may be thus briefly described. The web is first steeped into solution of acids, after which itis washedin clean epriug water; it is then drain- ed of all the molsture it contains and taken into the drying room, wl it is carefully dried and subsequent- ly packed into cartri er tubes, in wi form the silcie ts sold The stone proceed it on ina separate building, erected for the purpose, in the rear of the stove No.4 ‘The building contained some massive cauldrons and other machinery. On Wednesday morn- ing, just previous to the explosion the works were in full operation. Between forty and fifty persons were em- ployed in the two cotton stoves, and in the stee de- partment. Nothing seems to have oceurred to occasion the slightest apprehension up to the moment of the accident taking place. As near as can be ascer- tuined, about a quarter past éleven, while the work ple employed in the (No. 4) stove were cies the explosion occurred. The effect, a few m ter it took place, can scarcely be imagined. The No. 4 stove was literall: Of the massive brick remained blown to work forming this structure, not one brick up: on another, and, marvellous as it may appear, the earth, tothe depth of five or six feet beneath the foundation, was torn up and rent into chasms, as if by the shock of an earthquake. The materials raising first into the air to an immense height, fell in different directions, and a large portion clearing the mound of earth which separa- ted the buildings Nos. 4 and 3, came with great violence on the roof of the latter. This was but the work of a moment, and the next instant the stove (No. 3,) the con- tents of which had beyond doubt ignited trom ‘the fallen materials of No. 4, exploded in a similar manner, With the exception of the chimney, which is atill standing, this building is reduced to a wreck. Nos. 1 and 2 (stili used as powder mills) extensively injured, and almost wholly unroofed ; while the building in which the steep- ing process is carried on, situated as before stated in the rear of No. 4, was blown completely down, and the mas- sive machinery which jt contained hurled Into a stream which skirts the northern boundary of the premises.— Of the unfortunate beings at work in the building No, 4, scarcely a vestige was discovered near the scene ‘of the explosion. Arms, legs, and of shattered trunks wore thrown in every direction, and in some cases, to an incredibly long distance.— ‘The remains of the unfortunate creatures 1 in No. 3 were less mutilated. Some of the parties in No. % were extricated alive, One youth, named "=~ '* 4 most miraculous escape, He + the explosion took pli tarily lost his senses by the himself buried up to bis mi having sustained any serio wretches seriously mutila: miserable end, being burne be extricated. ‘The extrao: on the buildings in the neig fields in the vicinity, canno ee Boe eye witness. The ro about # quartnr of a mils of stripped of their tiles, and t ven in the town ot Fever Sige Beene of A aritends i ’ ers breken, oat the houses otherw! d,in some instances. On the opposite side ofthe sixeeen which forms the northern boun of the Marsh works is a field of whest of some extent, “The explosion has completely blusted over @ Space of about two acres, and the ears, recping and discolored, present a scene of-desolation in perfect chsr- acter with the adjoining ruins. ‘The willow trees which skirt the bank of the stream referred to, pnd tedend, alt the trees within about fitty yards of the buildings, No. 3 sud 4, are torn up by the roots and scattered about in all directions, ‘Those more distant are less seriousiy in- jured, but the foliage of all within a very large circle is wholly destroyed. Another remarkable instance of its power was shown in the forcible ejection from a deep vell of two massive pumps, tho leaden pipes ef which, nearly twenty feet long, were drawn up and thrown to # very, considerable distance, ‘The explosion was heard at am enormous distance trom Feversham, At Deal and Maidstone, and event some places more than thirty miles from the scene of the. accident, parties are de- soribed to have heard it distinctly. It may be interest- ing to state that the strength of gun cotton is just six Limes that of gunpowder ; in other words, ten drachms of the cotton are equal to two ounces of powder. ‘The New Planct, Ilion Senoot Onsmavarony, Aug. 6, 1847.—T'o the editors of the Philadelphia North American—Gentlemen: During a temporary al ce from the city, my attention was called, by an article in the New York Herald, to the recent discovery of Hencke’s second asteriod, at Driessen, on the first of July last. On arriving in this city to-day, I learned that Mr. Russell Hind’s Elements and Ephemeris had been published in the Evening Mail, London, July 19th, and received in this city, and that the new asteriod had been observed on the night of the ith and 5th at our observatory, by Mr. Sears CU. Walker, assisted by Messrs, Reynolds and Mason. It is of the ninth maguitude, and perfeotly resembles a fixed star.— | eubjoin Mr. Hinds’ Elements of the sixth asteriod of our system. Its name haa not yet reached us. Epoch July 0, 1847. aid. Som. 44.08, m. nooa Gr’h. y sate ue tant Perihelion Point , ad [5 Ascending Node Last 2) Sga$ mea duly inclination Raat ee 3 Augle of nv 49 2.0 0 4016899 » 4.206 ‘The following Ephemeris from Mr. Hinds’ Elements (corrected by Mr. Walker's observations) will serve to point out the place of this new Asteroid in the heavens. Ihe date is for mean noen, Greenwich :— — Planet's Rig Planet's South Declination. Ke 2. 7d. 56m. At Ascension 2 24s. 1h. 54m, Zhe, 5: 7 8 a2 8 a 18 8). Sh yA a a 4 9 M8 ‘The Elements of Mr. Hinds were computed from Encke’s observation of July oth, and Mr, Hinds’ of July 10th and Ith, They resemble those of the Asteroid Juno. Mr. Walker's corrections of the Ephemeris here applied are a diminution of twenty seconds of time in right ascension, and an increase of fourteen minutes of are in south declination. Mr. Encke is the only astronomer except Olbers who Tas had the good fortune to discover two planets. Respectfully yours, E. OTIS KENDALL, To the Editor of the London Times :— Sin :—I forward to you the elements of the new planet based upon, the Berlin observation of July 6, and two accurate micrometrical observations made here on the evenings of the 10th and 14th : Epoch 1847, July 0,0. Greenwich M. T. Mean anomaly. .... 0.5 Longitude of Perihelion Ascending node inclination. .... {M1 E, July 0 2 96,1 Angle of eceentricity. 13 49 20,0 Log. semi-axis major....... 0.401689 years, Sidereal period. .........4. 4004 From thege elements I have calculated the following ephemeris, which will probably be of some assistance to your astronomical readers until we have obtained fur- ther observations for the correction of the elements. ‘The positions are given for 0h. M.‘f. at Greenwich :— Long. Right Aacen. South Dele. from Barth » 8. deg. m8. + 0.2140 ‘The orbit is very similar to t plan | remain, sir, yours very respectfally, a " J. R.'HIND. Mr. Bishop's Observatory, Regent's Park, July 16, Personal and Political, ‘The Illinois State Convention has fixed the Gover- nor’s salary at $1,250—made # vote of three-fifths neces- sury to past a bill after a veto, and gave to the Gover- not the power of appointing the Secretary of State. Prof. Morse has purchased 100 acres of land a mile and a half south of Poughkeepsie, on the bank of the Hud- son, for $17,500, where he proposes to establish his resi- dence, Tue Tr raruic Wiees.—The repairer of the line between Boston nah erage dis- covered a day or two since that the wire taim- pered with iu the following manner "a short plece of the wire had been broken off and a piece of silk cord of the same general appearance had been fixed, #0 that it could be looped into the pl which would instantly destroy the communication, and at the same time evade discove- ry from the repairer. When the end required was ef- fected, the wire was replaced. A gentleman stated to us, that in coming down the road y , the where the wire was abstracted was pointed out to and he saw plainly the marks of the repairs.—Boston ARS, SEGARS, SEGARS—H. 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