The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1844-06-25

daloupe, and answered from Governors Island, as
we'll as by the North Carolina. The Guadaloupe
is about two years old and built by Laird u Co.,
of Liverpool She is 1874 feet long, thirty feet in
BEAM depth Of hold about 20 feet and her tonnage
a little over 800. Her engines are 81 horse power
each, and fully sustain the high character of the
builder, never having in the slightest degree de-
Perforated, although this vessel has become much
In want Of an overhaung in hull and rigging In
the late war with Yucatan she got some hard pelt
ing from the famous Commodore Moore, and bears
the marks of some hard knocks about her hull and
decks In two or three places, near water mark
she was perforated by heavy shot, her deck torn
up In splinters and her main-mast shrered. Yet
strange to say, although the Guadaloupe has been
in no less than eleven fights, she had not man
killed, and the crew consider her a lucky vessel
She is commanded by Jose Maria Espino, Mex.
can, of courteous manners and polished address
The Guadalupe is not very fast saller, but i'm.
mensey strong in build. She mounts six guns, two
of which sixty-eight Founders, on the lar
board bow and the other on the starboard quarter
As TO the rest of her armament il does not appear
that the Mexican service presents any peculiarly
The Moniazuma is of HOO ton burthen-nearly
300 larger than the Guadalupe. She is of London
buid-has engines of l2O horse power each, and
although not so Immensely strong in her construc-
| ton, as the Guadaloupe, she sails a good deal
faster. She mounts nine guns, two or three OF
which are those ugly customers, the sixty-eights,
and would be, if well manned, and in perfect or
der, most efficient engine Of destruction. The
Montezuma is wanting repairs very badly, allow
and aloft, owing to which, and long voyage, nei-
ther she nor her companion look to great advantage
Her hands, in all, do not amount to hundred,
which seems low complement for ship of her
| rate. The Guadalupe has los. In both cases
| they are almost entirely Mexicians of the mixed
half Spanish, half Aboriginal caste. They are
swarthy, do,cn looking chaps, but nothing like
equal in muscularity stature, what may be
| on board OF an American man-of-w Discipline,
too, 1t Is evidently his considerable less stringent In the
Mexican service, than others, and, indeed, that
must detract great deal from its efficiency. This
is less the fault OF the officers, than bad organi-
cation, and the nractability Of the materials COM
prising the crew, which certainly possess few of
the characteristic and genrc traits ofJack After ma
king all allowances for their present unfavorable cir
cumstances, it will still be doubtful, with such an
armament and equipment, whether these Mexican
war steamers could ,fever ably commanded, be so
formidable to enemy, las mannedby regular tars
and subjected to that beautiful uniform, and exact
discipline which has, in every instance, with the
| innate valor of the crews, raised the American
service, for instance, to its weI-known, unsurpass-
ed efficiency
These steamers built in England, expressly
for the Mexican Government, at the period Of the
| revolt of the province of Yucatan. The funds for
the purpose were loaned blythe Mexican merchants,
| resident in Lond on, whose interestn the struggle
of Mexico to recover Yucatan and Texas, was of
vital importance to their commercial transactions.
Commodore Moore, it will be recollected, assumed
the responsibility Of engaging in the Yucatan
service, and detaching the Texan squadron against
Mexico, on the condition that Yucatan should pay
the cost, for which he is now upon trial in Texas,
President Houston having declared him pirate.
FASHIONABLE INTELI.IGENCE.-The Ioways held a
evee yesterday afternoon at Hoboken, to which,
with their accustomed lberality, the whole city OF
New York invited, without distinction, and
we verify believe the greater part Of the bon ton Of
the city seized the occasion to make the acquaint-
ance of those striking individuals. The whole
affair went off with wonderful animation. 'White
Cloud" was in his most happy mood, and the social
light that was reflected from the counenance of
his serene highness" lighted up those of his party
with the utmost radiance. In fact, good humor
and paint could do no more and not few or far
between were the assurances OF their high con-
sideration" vouchsafed each other by the Iowas
and the New Workers.
On the entire green which surrounds the tent of |
these very affable and accomplished warriors, |
there was assembled, at half past four O'Clock,
many thousands of spectators and visitants 1t had
more the appearance of one OF those sparkling |
fetes champftres which graced and gladdened and
half improved the vlvacious parvenues in the
Champs Etysfs, towards the close Of the old
Bourbon regime And never did descendant of
ST. Louis appear in the midst of his people, on
these occasions, with more ease and dignity, than
our worthy warriors, the Ioways, as they slipped
out of the tent to take up position on the field
Not shadow fell upon "White Cloud "-no
damper struck the manly spirit of "Walk in the
Rain" The great medicine man had thrown of
nearly all his professional reserve; he left his
spells in the wigwam, to read the faces of the null
tltude he felt their pulse with ntutive quickness,
| and gave particular satisfaction by the mode of his
operation in substituting salves and syrups for sal
vos and situations The amusements commenced
by dance and war-song with accompaniment for
the Indian drum, rattle and whistle, with the
whoop for chorus. The music it is said, is of very
ancient origin, and composed by chief of the
loways, called Z" Grunter" during the most acute
sufierngs OF torture, inflicted by party of hos
tile tribe, who had taken him by ruse. Seve-
raj young ladies', who are considered very
expert performers, of at least dozen airs on
the piano forte, and who, therefore, may be con
sidered as competent Judges, expressed their high
admiration of the wood notes wild-and also
evinced great anxiety that the ioways should give
a concert in the Tabernacle before they depart.
The loways have ideas about dancing diametrl-
calIy opposite TO ours With them dancer excels
in proportion to the heavlness of his tread, instead
II s lIghness and elasticiiy again, they laugh at
the absurdlty of sprlngng on the toes, as Is the
glory and pride of the Elssler school. They con-
tend that the heel should be mainly in requsition,
as having an air OF solldity and certainty that
look upon the toes of the feet as given expressly to
trace the enemy by his foot-mark and tell the
route he goes. In short, they set down toe dancing
as having a strong semblance to tiptoe expectation,
subject 10 many casualties and reverses
After the dance was over, they took a short