The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1845-08-06


be found In the fact the direct between Great
Britain and Canada being closed during the winter season
however unquesticnably important is not within the
scope the committees duties that they should enter but
the actual state Of its results would
be also to transfer the principal portion Of the carrying
trade for the supply OF British North American colonies TO
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LATEST NEWS FROM New ZEALANp.-The follow
ing, which we find in the London Morning Chron-
icle of the 18th ult, sheds light the condi-
ton of things brought about by government inter
ference with the efforts Of the English New Zealand
Company to colonize those desirable islands. This
account is from different section of the colony, a
considerable distance from the Bay of islands, the
of the late active hostlites between the natives
and settlers
We have been favored with the following extracts from
letter from Auckland OF the 2sth of March, two days later
than the most recent yet published;
ment at the Bay of Islands, should have been blessed by
the destruction Of the whole body OF parasites and state
paupers The civilians only would have united with the
governor and let these scourges meet their fate The
lives declare that they at war with the and
the flag only and not against the 'nga pakehs' euro
peans)
THE foundation of the whole mischief lies in the nfa
nous treaties the first being that Of the Waang with the
u
have suffered watang FIVE years ago instead Of the
poor sailors and soldiers who have been killed Korora
ka in sight of the place. witnessed the farce Of the
one those socallej treaties
SO Disguised in life at any exhibition at this OF the
Of her Majesty upon that occasion Falsehoods promises
enreaes, and rewards made Of to betrDy few
ea a. sign the meaning Of which THEY do
hem We must begin again de nopo make new and honor
able treaties with the chiefs and then enforce the
and boodshed until the whole native population swept
Auckland is just in state shocking to behold
Is full Of oil the vagabonds Of the North island who org
nay came from Botany Bay One thousand at least have
crowded in here since the late ARRAY The white savage
you know worse than the brown one There some
hundreds Of notorious characters among visitors The
day and night full of these and drunken mano
wars men, soldiers sawyers, Pakhurs boys and all that
class who are insulting. striking and knocking down
the natives both male aud female, while there is total
absence of all magiseria authority Interference II ap
pears to some OF orders had been given TO permit
Botany Bay, and his Botany Bay constabes nger about
with their hands in their pockets as If waiting events
sey slight oIof REL Or ay which soa be brought
to be lying in wait for H. and Auckland would most likely
be plundered and burnt The authorities do not to
provide against thing OF this kinds their furry and
sonal apprehensions for their safety too great
The French Roman Catholic bishop Pompallier is the
only whose house koorarka has been left stand
IAN the mining, saving, shpbuding, and other esab
all come in here None of these will agree
turn to the country to work although offered good wages
result Of their presence remains to be proved Such
council such government as we have
Eighty five passengers have left Auckland In the Saine
Castle for sydney"
correspondent of the London Morning Chroni-
cle writing from Malta under date of June 9th, dis
courses of late visit of an American man of war,
thus:
"The Cumberland United States double banked rgate
bearing the broad pendant Of Commodore Smith, sailed for
Trieste on the 3oh Of June During her stay here visits Of
inchef the commodore; and the greatest cordalty
prevailed between the junior officers of the respective
Cumberland On leaving ship the admiral was saluted
with fifteen guns; upon which, the United States flag
SIMILAR salute W 20 s ha M and
iary pleased with the Cumberland appearance and the
high state ofdcpne board He particularly examined
her heavy guns and opinion that she
elegant and powerful ship"
The following is one of "Punch's" inimtable
je,tr d'eprii but whether founded on fact, not,
our files furnish us no means to decide:
Just made his grandson young prince Of three months
cid, colonel Of the Imperial Guard Two captains
dress him. and Mrs Tuckerwitz him. The regi.
ment has adopted the uniform Of the colonel vz long pet
splendid in this uniform though it rather impedes the
movements OF the troops feddays. The fedoicers Of
iboa has Saen by s
rial grandmother to the regmental mess When the colo.
mel cuts his first TOOTH he is to be advanced to the rank
majorgenera when he is weaned is to be made field.
marshal baton Of barley sugar preparing for his
pers highnes, and the devoted subjects Of the Emperor
nent and royal warrior who enjoys the rank in
this country and who was seen at late review reading
camp What was to be done nextf Punch.
ATMOSPHERIC RAmwAy.-Ths new invention
has occupied of the attention of the savans of
the United Kingdom within the past three months,
than any other; yet, hitherto, we have been able
to Gull nothing TO lay before the readers Of the
"Union," likely to present idea of its mechanical
construction, although we have carefully examined
exchange files with that view. We find the fol-
lowing report of late experiments with an atmo-
Sphere railway in the London Times Of the 18th
ult; which, though obscure and unsatisfactory, is
worth reading; because, in America, not one man
in thousand has the least inkling of knowledge
respecting this invention, which some of the scientific
in Europe unite in declaring destined to supersede
the use Of the ordinary railway.
PLsRow's arMosPHKRIc neutrality-suspicious., a
model very large scale which carriage, in which
lady or gentleman whirled along at prodigous
rate OF speed yesterday exhibited at the Adelaide
Gallery In the Lowther arcade. The being
preliminary to the opening of the exhibition OF them
public which takes place this day only limited number
persons connected with science and engineering per
OF rank admitted; amongst the latter class
the Marquis OF Douro the Earl of Nomington Lord
Ladies Westmeath Stafford Barton These three ladies
all tested the efficiency OF the system by riding the
rage and being propelled drawn along the rails yer,
rapid rate ascending descending the gradients and
joyng the celebrity OF transit As the mode of operation
this invention but imperfecty known to the public and
as II is likely to excite very considerable interest
all persons connected with railway conveyance may he
well to extract from the description of its
working described by its very ingenious inventor
count its principle and its detas "A pipe tube of su
fcen diameter being laid along in hollow between the
rails of railway and being exhausted of air, and having
las he ulp
correctly by seeing the model tseQ at intervals throu bout
its length, the piston with its rack attached Is placed in
this tube at the further end from where the air has bsen
is being exhausted or withdrawn the piston rack being in
with the pinions nsde the tube railway carriage
having carriage rack attached H. being placed the
rails this carriage rack being also In gear coespondngy
with the pinon the upper part of the spndes out
side the tube; that is to say the relative position Of each
rack being the same the piston rack being precisely under
and matching end to end with the carriage rnck the
rack cannot therefore, move backwards or forwards with
out turning the spndes and pnons these being also In
gear with the other rack that must also, and In the
direction II the then. has such effect upon
the piston that advances the rack upon the carriage will
be effected by and through the medium Of the spndes and
pinons and will advance also and keep It's relative stus
ton exactly with the other the racks being long enough
reach described at least two pairs Of pnons time
the next in advance acted upon before the acting has