Morning herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1837-1840, 1837-09-11

ny the Southern Express Mail.
Dates-New Orleans, Sept. 81 Mobile Sept. A.;
Augusta, Sept. 6.
Mobile continues remarkably healthy.
An attempt has been made to ceAsurs the conduct
Of our Consul at Mexico. This has called forth
statement from the Count de la Cortna which efec-
tually dsabuses the public ear of the enyenomed
SANDER.
BY the latest accounts from Mexico the utmost hos
tilty prevails there against us. messenger having
arrived from the United States with important des-
patches for the of Mexico the public curl
osity has been greatly excited. The Dario del Ga
bierno saysupon the subject 94s e1
"We are inclined to think that this packet contains
nothing nor less than some new claims and con-
sequently further insults We think the government
should dispe the public doubt regards this NATTER
IN order that if there really be further claims and new
oufrages on the partof the Anglo Americans pub
nc opinion must be uniform throughout the land and
Keep the government and nation IN phalax when
ever the occasion should arrive to vindlcate and
avenge the honor and interests of the country"
The term Anglo American among the populace is
term of the greatest reproach. Aa Englishman be-
ing considered SYNONYMOUS with hereto and je1o.
The sickness in New Orleans is on the increase
The True American recommends those who arc ab-
sent from the city to remain SO until by competent
tlc otuc VI ID SUCH d6 10 IcIucI
their return matter of safety
Files of Havana papers have been received at New
Orleans by the arrival thap Of the brig Oniario
Captain Landon, TO the 9th ut. All was quiet in
Havana
By THE WESTERN ExpREss.-Dates Cincinnati
Sept. 9th, Louisville, Sept. 5.
Williams the occulist is coming on to Buffalo. The
Cncinnatiuns are rejoicing in having got rid of
humbag.
Clayton, the king Of Eronauts, descended near
Johnstown TO escape the effects Of thunder storm.
The following account of his progress from the
Cincinnati Gazette will prove interesting to read
erS. Ee5eNM
Son Wednesday evening, apout o'clock, an hour
after ne left the amphtheare liz Alleghanytown, this
distinguished @ronnut was deserted by party on
the descending canal boat, in the neghborhood of
Johnstown, at altitude of about 1000 feet-the bal
loon then having due east direction. The velocity
Of the wind continuing the same, he would pass the
last spur Of the Allegheny Mountains in fifteen min
utes, and perhaps, before midnight, would touch the
sandy shore of the Atlantic Ocean.
The effect of this sndden appearance upon the boat
passengers, among whom were several gentlemen of
taste and science, is said to have been eecrfyng.-
He was in the midst Of that black storm which visit
ed and covered US with darkness, between and
o'clock, and was distinctly rising above it, while
the vivid flashes of lightning were playing around
him, Illuminating his path through the ali"
denally poisoned in Baltimore from eating some pods
Of the jamestown weed which he gathered while out
with his nurse He died in great agony.
DEATH OF AN EXPRESS RIpEn-A lad named
Patton employed as the rider of the extra mail be-
tween Alexandria and Washington, was thrown from
his horse few nights SINCE and severely injured
as TO occasion his death.
DEAR BENNETT-The ladies in the vicinity of
Colts Neck, Monmouth Co.. arevery anxious 10 have
your account Of the camp meeting at that place,
which you promised some time since. Do, pray, let
us hear as soon "a you can convcnently-wont
you2 REsEccA.
AsswER-Certainy, i will. Patience, Rebecca.
camp meeting is capital affair. ! must do it jas
tice.
ACCIDENTAL man, supposed 10 be Irish, fell from
pier No. North River, this afternoon at about FIVE
o'clock, and was drowned. Every effort was made to
rescue him. but TO no purpose-he was carried under
water by the motion of the wheels of the Boston
steamboat.
LIFE PRESERVING MATRAss.-An experiment will
be made of the efficacy of the Life Preserving Ma,rass,
this afternoon at o'clock, from the Battery-f the
weather should be favorable
STEAM Boar SupEMoR-SLAspER RErurEp.-
In the Courier and Enquirer" the other day. an ar
ticle written by one Hoskin, told long rlgmarolo
story about the treatment he received on board the
steamboat Superior, Captain Leeds On asking for
correction Of the falsehood, Hoskin, the iocum te-
mems Of Webb, refused The party then applied TO
us for hearing-so here il is -
STEAMBOAT SUPERIOR, Sept I'd, 1897.
To THE EDIToR OF THE COURIER AND ENQUIRER
SIa;-l noticed in your paper of Sept. I'd, COM
nuncaiion written by Mr.. Underhill, Of Brooklyn,
wherein he complains Of cruel inconvenience" and
strongly lntimses that he was charged exorbiiant
price for Transporting his light carnage, two horses,
HIMSELF vile and two small children from Newburgh
TO New York.
/ would not have noticed his communication il
there had been the least cause for such complaints;
but think II my duty to state 10 the public the facts
rs they were. The horses and light carriage were
put on the larboard side Of the boat and when we
came in, our siarboard side next 10 the Dock
Before we could get TO the horses woue have been
obliged to have landed several cattle, sheep, hogs, &c.
which it was impossible to do II being dead low wa
ter. He says, "Tho Captain won't on shore the in
slant the boat touched the dock" which is not tue
was on board at least 10 or Is minuets after the
boat was along side the wharf, He did not say any
thing to about having his horses and light car
rage taken SHORE that night and did not know
that he even wished i done, or should have told him
that il was not possible when the water was so low.
But, as he said nothing about it, Of course presumed
that he did not want them off the boat that night;
for is always customary leave horses, carriages,
&c. &c. on board the boat until the morning, unless
the owners Of them wished them landed and then,