The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1844-09-18


LOCOFOCO GATH Err ING
I'm THIS CITY.
The next illustrated WEEKLY HERALD will con-
tain report of the great fair at Poughkeepsie,
with beautiful illustrations. Also, report OF The
locofoco meetings in Tammany Hall and the
Park, with engravings Together with report
of the immense mass meeting Of the wings on
Boston Common, with splendid Illustration.
This will he one Of the most attractive and inte-
resting Weekly HsraLds ever published.
FOREIGN NEws.-Two Atlantic Express packets,
the Emerald, Capt. Howe, from Havre, Aug 9th,
and Virginia, Capt Allen, from Liverpool, the
same day, arrived at this port yesterday. The
news.by these packets, which we issued in an ex-
ira, Immediately after their arrival, we have placed
on the outside with the advices by the Britannia.
THE WING MEETING AT UNION SQuARK LAST
NiGHr.-There was large meeting Of fhe Wings
of the Sixth District at Union Square, last evening
| The chair was occupied by the Hon. Luther Bra
dish, ex- Lieutenant Governor of the State, who
| made few brief remarks expressive Of the sense
he entertained of the honor Of being called on to
preside, and his justification in again finding him.
self shoulder to shoulder with his Wing friends in
New York. The principal speaker was Mr.. J. l..
White, who made speech of two hours on Texas
and the Tariff.
The meeting was numerous, there being proba-
bly, upwards of three thousand persons present.
But the spirit manifested was not by any means
equal in intensity to that which animated the vast
assemblage Of locofocos at Tammany Hall on the
previous evening. II does appear that the mass
Of the Wings are panic-sricken in this city. We
shall see how they recover before November.
STEAMSHIPS WESTERN AND H. BERNIA The Bos-
ton Courier Of last Monday, contains the following
| paragraph:-
The steamer Great Western lett NewYor on Saturday
| afternoon with about thirty passengers.
Ii appears by this that the number Is ltalicised
in order to show how few went in the Western.
| This was done before it was known how many
| would 60 in the Hibernia from Boston. She sailed
| thence that day and carried only thirty-one to
| Engand-one more than the Western! We here
| see the efforts made in Boston to put down our
steamships. If will at all crafty the Bostonians
| we will here mention that the packet ship Queen
of the West, which sails next Saturday, will carry
more full priced cabin passengers than went in the
diberna on Monday.
| death OF THE AMERICAN CONSUL IN LlVEkfOOL.
The death Of Mr.. Haggerty, late Consul at Liver.
pool, which we announced in our Extra yesterday,
caused two score of hungry applicants to start in
the evening train for Philadelphia and Washing
ton. Captain Tyler will have them on his hands
at once.
WHERE'S THE EQUINOX We have enjoyed, in
tho last fortnight most singularly beautiful weather.
1t seems to us, from all accounts, that have
| been in the very centre of tremendous storm and
are yet to feel its effects. We learn from Capt.
| Allen OF the Virginian that severe gale blew up
off Nantucket, last Saturday while in South Caro-
lima and Georgia, they have experienced terrible
tornadoes and rain. All this indicates that wide
spread storm has been raging all around US, and
that New York, as the centre, may escape. Let
us look out, however, for our awnings and blinds
SHORT PASSAGES OVER The ATLANTIc.-Wihin
the last week several remarkably quick passages
have been made from England to this city. They
have been so quick almost to bewilder us.
Early last Saturday the Oxford and Patrick
Henry arrived n company from Liverpool; on
Monday the Victoria came in from London and
yesterday morning the Emerald and Virginian ar
rived from Havre and Liverpool These packets
bring advices from the other side of the Allan
tic TO the 9Th ult. inclusive, and the passages
made from land to land were about seventeen
days each
Such unprecedently short passages these as
tonish us and we are led to believe, therefore, that
the steamships must get up more steam.
Dr. LABDNER's ENTERTAINMENT AT THE TABER-
NAcLE.-The entertainment tomorrow evening
will doubtless prove highly attractive, the subject
being the personal recoections Of London and
+ | pa Dr rdn on
joyed for SO many years, Of observing society in
these capitals, and the advantages he derived from
his acquaintance with almost all the characters Of
times, distinguished in politics, literature,
science, art, and fashion, will afford rich materials
for amusing narrative. Among those Of whom
notices and anecdotes will be given, are Lord
Brougham, Bulwer, Sir Walter Scott, Guizot,
D'Isreali, Dickens, &c. &c. The evening will
conclude with an extensive and various selection
of optical and pictorial recre atoms.
DISTRESSING AccIpENr-On Monday evening" a
gentleman recently from England, crossed over
u)on shooting excursion TO New Jersey Pre-
vious to getting into the Jersey boat, his return,
ne discharged his gun, when the barrel burst, and
! almost separated the thumb from his right hand,
nficling also other severe wounds. He was con-
vcyed to his lodgings, and is now attended by DIR
N. Caldwell, whose experience in gun shot wounds
iustfes the hope Of his recovery,
AccDENT.-One of the boats Of the Mexican
steamer Guadalupe was run into by the steamer
: Globe yesterday morning of Peck Slip and smash
ID. There were fifteen persons in the boat. 1t is
supposed that all are saved.
FIRE.-Last evening at o'clock, fire broke
out in the second story of the building 40 Maiden
lane, occupied by Mr.. David Marriott, as an um-