The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1842-07-10
Naval Court Martioj-The Exploring ExPe-
acknowledgements.


from Ne'scu street-Joseph Elliott Printer.
Naval Court Martinj-The Exploring Expe-
difion-Congress.
A reaerl naval Court Martial has been de-
tailed for the aial eff large number of officers
Com Balari Lieut. Wilkes, who commanded the
exploring squadron and half the officers who went
on the expedition. The court is to convene on the
a-.i inst. in this city.
Commodore Barron, the senior officer of the SER
vice, is to be President, and the court will embrace
MANY ofhe most distinguished officers of the navy
The charges against Lieut.. Wilkes are very nu-
merous-''any of them frivolous, and many serious
enough. This young officer seems doomed to be
dsstroy"lby ms friends. No man has been NOR
Injured by iljudged partiality. His selection for
the command Of the exploring squadron by Mr.
Ponset was an act of favoritisn, injurious TO the
service, unus, TO the elder officers and beyond all
question, most unfortunate for Mr.. Wilkes himself
And since his return ne has been cursed with
friends equally inudicious, whose mprudence bids
fair 10 b. of the most serious injury HIM Certain
Gentlem n in Congress who ere anxious to magnify
the Importance oe the discoveries of the expedition.
because IL was sen. out under the auspices of Gene
raj Jackson, laborng TO take the affair of the
hands OF the department, and get Mr.. Wilkes under
The patronage Of the Hose of Representatives. 1t
Is sand that the propositlo, has been seriously
entertained of raising select committee 10 inquire
into the charges against likes. IL Is 10 be pre-
s1Tcd that lie project has cot the concurrence of
Mar. W, Tor ste 30 urruitary, so subvcrsive of
III discipline and I'll subord.ra''on in the service
~ "Cr.lcnGnccd 10y any Office" OF yht to ensure his
~ Iou &, nce. Il l. no. understood that Mr.
W-,ec has SUI ;cstc1 or assented to proceed
inBro ,;,traogdmar;, but if ii shall be adopted he
an hardly escape censure.
Tn5 truth is, there is 4 propensity in Congress,
deserving the severest apprehension. TO interfere
with the legitimate business of all the executive
departments, and if INDUCED without rebule, the
most Injurious consequences must result 10 every
branch of the public service i is utterly false that
there IS any disposition o. tendency 10 encroacb-
ment on art of the Executive. The usurpation
from gslaurc. Congress is always meddling
with tiers over which it has properly no control
The head of department cannot remove or ap.
point a gI without the RAISING Of select commit
tee to inquire into the circums noes, or some other
act OF gratuitous insoenc. OF imaertiuence The
consequence is confusiou rho i.Dlrment inter
ruption OF the public bushes end the
destruction of that healthy a Jordina
ton, without which the constitullu.4 functions of
the Execu cannot be exercised
The THREATENED ErEA cHMeNr.- Re learn from
Washington, and by sure hand, that a few of
the more desperate of the Wing fraternity in the
house, have determined to move the impeachment
olPresldcn Tyler. 1t is not supposed that any con-
siderable number of the Clay men will concur in
such an act of foy bat it is positively
asserted, not olly that the thing is determined upon
by the few, but that the various grounds and speci-
iclt01- are already settled Such madness is hard.
ly conceivable, but the infatuaton of these men is
equal to any absurdi:y.
HIGHLY IMPORTANT FROM RHODE lsLAND-We
have received some important intelligence from
Rhode Island. II appears that the war was not
" Root Beer outbreak" but alegitimate 'Petticoat
War" On the examination of the prisoners taken
al the Battle of Chepachst," twas proved that
the women nstigated the whole affair out of pure
love tor Governor Dor and that sword" One
prisoner VIM f. Mason, said -
-" should not have gone to Chepache hal not the wo.
~ persuaiei M to do so there 'on in particular
dad not dare refuse she was sweethear, threatened
to rive me the mitten If | did not GO"
Another named Samuel Greene declared
Vent into the cause because some ladies' were going
thaught here was no danger where the ladies' :;
head r7nr Of them were ready to fight for Dorr He
seemed to asleat hrorite with them"
Almond Sm n, of the great family of the Smiths
said
"Amls wears old; work in mill went to Chepachet
giscl 20 by Sarah and the the girls hate
20 hang back for fear they would laugh at me mother
knew was out; she let me go because | wanted to
expected to be mall hero Of, made prisoner of:
searched 3r glorycoulnt inl any; dont think shoul
have pluckel up and gone n the camp had not bee
for the S-s; they ma lie me feel gritty"
CLAIR Smith ef the same extensive family said -
Most " the in village in favor of Dorr
sma a II Of putting on pantaoons and going to his aid
they hal good deal OF influence with the men kept up
Continual talking shoull pity the who RENAME
a, ZONE among them Should rather remain in prison
maze show-naie poor show in case of actual battle
mea~t 10 sneak of myself"
But Governor King ana ''that Counci'' had friends
also apcns TIE women, bu. not so many as Dorr.
Is proof rod the folowiry;-
4 nan belonging OF ne country b-igales Jagged
benin ais rci neG AMI Gusly returned to his family.
" rat goirT Nth the troe ?" says his wife. HWh,
no as Ii nk O. The 'sh'ls is my dity stay and
pr. tcty oun reTi,ed the husJa a. "WclI now !" saw
$50 "I eau voT pi IA il is either you or have
got . with Governor Kegs mon against Tom DORIS
tells Ii yo7 arc not going g'veme your brooches ~"
AT ,Isis cera,nlv rich--as rich as Strawberries
vt cream at a shifting plate. That Dorr should
iln way after this. is Itt', too bad.
MoVE EArrHQUAKEs. tap ala Brooks, of the
Navy Jlne, from St Martins, informs us that
shock Of earthl1ake was felt at that place IN"
2jth u!tmo. No damage done. And Capt. Law.
son, OF the Mary Carollne> from st. Barts, states
that the shock of an earthquake was felt at that
place on the same day. A smart shock of an earth
quake wasalso felt 1t Grenada on the 9th ult.
ANoruER LoSs-The Orontes, from Newcastle.
with a cargo of Goals for the mail steamships was
wrecked on the Grampusses, near Grenada on the
oh of June. The hull had bean sold for Esq
Cargo total loss. This is the second serious loss
tn West India Mail steam Company have me,
with