Morning herald., 1839-08-28

we have received letters from oar csrresposdenti
who s On board the Vipcernss, the Aag ship Of the
squadron. He has sent sone very interesting in
telligence and also full account Of the melancholy
fate Of enc our correspondents The dates Of oar
letters are 20 the 10Th Of May last. Today we can
only give an abstract Of what he wroes, but tosr-
row we may publish the letters entire.
On the 18th of May the squadron consisting OF the
Nincennes. flag ship. Peacock JRorpoise, Relief aAd
small schooners arrived At Valparaiso from Cape
Horn, under the command Of Lieut.. Charles Wilkes,
While at Cape Horn they made many valuable dis
coveries, and went through great deal OF hardship
and danger On occasion, while the barge OF
the PorpOise was out exploring. agae OF wind came
which blew her completely out OF sight OF the
Pprpoise, and the whole squadron to some desc.
ateisland never before visited by man. The place
appeared to be inhabited only by Monkeys, Ouraag,
Outang, asd Kangatroos. The ofhcers and crew Of
the barge were never on lone island, and were, in
consequence, much surprised and somewhat fright
ened at what they saw. The gale lasted ten days,
and they dared not leave the shore, and were com.
PEELED, nights, to sleep on trees and the ground
subject to continual peltng from the monkeys, and
chmpanzees with cocoa nuts. In one sense they
were placed in the same situation Robinson CRU
soc, when he cast upon the Island Of San Juan
Fernandez. They did not lose much time, how
ever, forthey were engaged in making several won
derful discoveries. The most important was the
tritious qualities Of kelp and skrimp~-the only food
they had. They did not find a, single woman on the
y
not yet been named but they propose calling il after
some "cobbler," or tinker,' to crafty Mrs.
Secretary Paulding. Itis situated, as near as they
could then ascertain, in lat So. 36, long 65, 10.
When the storm had sabsided they took to their
barge and reached the squadron in safety with
female kangaroo and male ourang with which
they intend to cross the breed and present to the
world new species OF animal. After the return of
the barge, which Captain Wilkes sd given up
lost, the fleet got under way, and proceeded under
easy salto Valparaiso, where she arrived We have
stated.
Capt. Wilkes has had erected, at Valparaiso, an
for the purpose Of takisg some lunar
and other observations. II is situated the highest
hi where he can, when the sky is clear far into
neither regions. He had got all his famous instru-
ments, telescopes, &c. which he purchased in Lon
don at a extravagant price, up into the cnpao, and
had taken, on the 10Th Of May, four lunar observa
tlons, by which he discovered large hole or exca
vation in the moon 1t was supposed that, by some
rupture, part Of it had cayed in AT another time,
several immense animals were seen to move about,
and time occupied in looking at their
movements. 1t was, however, discovered that they
were pieces Of dirt and flies which lad collected
the outer glass of the telescope. Our correspondent
mentions that they are very sangune OF finding
new cluster of stars and Of settling the long vexed
question whether the moon is habitabls or not
Several explorations had been made in Valparaiso,
which resulted very satisfactorily toevsry con-
rapidly becoming initiated and used to the great
fatigue Decessary important expedition. Ii
thought thar bv the time they reached Otaheite they
would beau fdit The Squadron was to have sailed
rom Valparaiso, on the 18th of May for Callao,
hence to Otaheite, where it was expected to reach
about the mddlsssf December next. This island will
,pen rich field fer them to operate in and the Goth
avery attac he'd to the fleet, xOus be off
At Otabeite several pions and philosophical expert
nents will be made on the far olive conn xioped
emale Tahitians, which are expected to result in
he same way with those piaus experiments Of the
Rev. Or. Warren Fay Of Charlestown, Mass. The
,nly difference will b that DR.. Fay experiment
ID upon the fair white women Of America, and thoss
'f the exploring squadTp will be apon the fair olive
When tho full Developments are made
The whole world will he astonished with the results
These OF parson Fay. will be known in about six
MONTHS bat II will be some time before have the
particulars from Otaaeite. The reign Of King To.
appearance Of Captain Wilkes nd mis- fleet Will
create greater sat The on yquadrupeds W kch
inhabit the island said to be dogs, hogs and
but If the Kangaroo asd Ourang O,saang breeds are
crcssed and also The Anglo Saxon with he Otah cite
race, Of the most beautiful pcope-and animals
the world ever dreamed Of wlLbe brought forth, il
Walker en- lnterms .rAase be cerrsct We cannot
give today enc half that is in letters but
pshlish them tomor give anoeher abrd &c snt.
Before closing, WI must menkien the melan sholy
disaster which happened to Our correspondent at
Rio de Janeiro. IL appears that when the uadron
sailed from this coastry, onders were trans matted
from Mrs Secretary Paulding 70 Captain Wilkes,
for him TO dismiss any person who might be found
writing letters for the herald" and not by any
its way into ,he columns Of newspapers. This was
done for his ;ndiv idual benefit as we shall here
after show II 3the ints ation Of Mrs. Padding ta
retain every important fass and adv enture from the
public antl the squadron has arrived hon ., that
she oan write and publis a{boek, AT one dollar TOR
copy, detailing tho whos~ cruise, and thus making
the expedition assort Of catsh-pesny affair. This
intention OF the old woman caused our correspond
ent to be dsmis ssd from the squadron while IL lay
the harbor Of Flo de Janeiro At the Lass accounts
he drifting about at the mercy Of wind and wave
and taking observations his own account. At
night he slept in the Sheets and in the iay time he
regulated the inner to ahe best Of nis capabil
ties. But Mrs. Paulding has not done the business
She intended. We have stll three corre spondr
asts in the fleet, Of whom is in the vincsnnes,
and has direct communication with ths charts, leg
books, &c. Sc We shall hereafter number them,
], and T. still keeping No. vacant, out Of psre
kindness and affection for lost friend. Ha mast
be hereafter, howe yer, his own interpreter. never
there foolish order given, IL was that OF Mrs
Pauldiag, Secretary Of the United States Navy to
prevent all communication with the New York He
raid Why, the thing 10 impossibla.
But to be serions-perhaps ps there was never an ex-
pedltion of the kind got mp which has created so
much laughter As this present one Ii was organized
with ignorance, is carried with weakness and i'm
becility, and viii cad in a complste abostion. The
conduct of the administration and the Secretary of
the Navy in particular, is marked with folly and ig
norance throughout. When win they learn bettert
Miss Sheriff and Mr.. Wilson are in Kingston, Up
per Canada They gave concert On the 23d inst.
0y- A party Of British soldiers recently crossed