The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1842-03-29

Harrisburg.
lCorresy onden;e OF the Hsraldl
HARRIsBuRG. March o. L..


DEAR BENNETT -
onr town was thrown into considerable excite
men. last evening by the arrival Of Dickens. Every
.e &c" anxious to isee this great renovator Of the
'e'a'uie OF the day; which arose more, however,
o", INC Information they have had Of him and his
vas '"l'ash the Herald, than from a personal
r' " 'nom; ior much more ignorant COM
49,. " IN lew places in this wide republic,
State. my '''"s
Mr. Dickens, after having visited the co,n,r
prison recently erected by Mr. Hay,,nd .,a 49,.
fed his appreciation of its admirable con.,-,s.;.
and arrangement, proceeded to the Gt vernor,.
Chamber, where he was introduced to His Evc.i.
'ency; and after inspecting the various Offices a..
saehed TO the government, visited the State Libra.
~ where held his levee. The ladies of the town
turned out In soody numbers to pay their respects
10 the Literary Lonesome ofthem were consider
ably embarrassed and turned PALE fearful De rhaps
that ne might roar; smelling bottles however, wer
pied with good deal Of assiduitya and success, and
burnt feathers were called for, with stentorian
lungs by the beaux in attendance. Crowds of citi.
zens Were standing around gaping in silent wonder
and astonishment at the man who created such .
haebae In your imperial city; and fearful of ap.
preaching too near, lest he should bite ThIr
looked upon him in the same light. and viii tn
same expression Of countenance that we may ina
CINE the unutOred Indians to have eazed at (olun,
ous and ~. followers when they first touched the
shores OF the new world Dearly did he wish Ias
he informed me afterwards) for the pencil Of Ha-
garth, or the inimitable Cruks shank TO sketch the
scene, suppose for one of his illustrations in his
The only one who appeared Indifferent to the
scene, and who in his own opinion engrossed as
much attention as the illustrious author of Pick
the celt brated John Lardis, the author Of
v,:sl
OF thought, splendor Of distion, and fine ina
kinings as ever grey goosequill penned.-
The I'm. rat Soy" who halls from nsishbOnring
desirous, no doubt, Of doing honor to the man who
has perpetuated TO future ages the peculiaries Of
manner, and eccentricity Of appearance which has
obtained Tor him his so.b'iquet, and thinking per-
haps that for revised edition of the Pickwick
fspers, he might furnish some additional qualities
which would enhance greatly the humour Of the
character he so much resembles. But he was wo-
eelat for Psmies are pigmies still, though perch
ed on Alps" and Charles Dickens. the immortal
Boz, the Burns, the Beranger Of the times" walk-
ing WIN nm, presented decidedly the NEST farei-
Mr. Dickens leaves to morrow for PittsburS via
Canal, thoroughly dissusted no doubt with the eau
cherie Of manner and nlggardly hospitality which
attended his reception in the metropolis Of Penn
sylvania Your account Of himself and lady, like
all other descriptions which appear in yesr paper
are perfectly CORE Ct; SO much that il totally OBJ
thing unusual il it can be seen in New York.
Sketches might be occasionally made here ofmen
and manner, and women too, which might prove
amusing; Some OF our ladies sadly need corree-
tion OF Their habits Our Young men too, are not 90
observant OF the moral law as hey shou.dbe some
of them too often worship at the shrine Of Bae-
chus. and frequent the " House other who weaves
the winding sheet Of souls" &c.
But must defer detailed communication for a
more convenient season Yours, CARO-.
Baltimore
lCorrespondsnce of the Herald
baltimore, March rs, 1872
Naval Court Martiai-Triai of Captain Clack-The
charges preferred against him.
Mr.. BENKkrr:
The Court Martial is sailing alongat rapid rate
in the trial of Captain James II. CIack.
According to the promise rendered in my last,
now proceed to give you, and your countless readers
synopsis of the several charges preferred against
him-also an idea Of the ultimate consequences of
the. trial. as relating to the accused.
The 6rst set of charges are brought against CIack
by Commander Buchanan Of the U. S. Navy-and
are substantially as follows;
Charge acknowledgements to have taken
place while said Clack was in actual: command Of
U. s. ship Lexington, one Of the Pacific Squadron,
about the month Of January, 1910.
Charge 2nd.-Scandalous conduct tending to the
destruction Of good morals implies that he
gamb!ed, and borrowed 10 ounces of gold from
French resident named Jubare, of the port of Cal.
lao in the Pacific about the same time az indicated
above, which gold he neglected paying, after pled-
cling his word Of honor for part, and giving seve-
raj notes Of hand for the balance. 20 IL Is ~
The above charges are those upon which the at
tenion OF the Court has been most aSsiduously en-
ployed since Friday morning the 18th instant, and
the investigation Of which was concluded yester-
day. usfra
rL~ n
as clearly ioven and by the most accredited tes-
tlmony.
The charges preferred by Lieutenant John 8.
GLEASON Of the Brooklyn station. They are fol-
Charge Ist.-Neglect Of duty, which consisted in
an exhibition Of carelessness, while the Licking
ton, and the lives OF ali board were inmiBsnt
peril of being lost, driven shore by violent
gale that was. blowing at the time, said GLEASON
having charge Of the deck at the time, consequent
" the damage done being likely to be attributed to
him. tfIh
Charge 2d.-Scandalous conduct, unbe coming
officer and gentleman which specifies great
and uncalled for perversian Of facts during con.
versation or corresPondenee--encoufagem Of
tale. bearing among the crew, SC. ff -,..tg ...ff
Charge 3d.-Cruel and oppressive conduct. nm
becoming an officer; or in other words, forcing a
boy Of the ship TO eat a quantity Of raw potatoes
also, forcing boy to eat large quantity of raw
Goldfish, as apunirhment, &c. '..I
These several charges will bs commenced to-
day, and from present indications they may be sus
tanned. -t1 liF s- oar', I'M
Among the witnesses that have been already ex-
amined, observe Commodore Ballard, Captain
Voorhees, and Purser Zanzinger. There are a
great many whs are in attendance, to be examined
on the charges Of Lieutenant Glasson. H.lf
. The able Judge Advocate, Winder, is quite at
home in his tedious occupation.
The general opinion here, is that he will be
broken indeed nothing will more astonish the
people here, who have heard the testn ony than
for his case to take any other turn than that.
Commodore WARRINGTON. one OF the naval b. ard
at Washington, was mmened to appear before
the court, bat his letter declining to do so was
read yesterday, In which he says, in amount =
that he ls ignorant Of the matters related TO in