American Republican and Baltimore daily clipper., 1846-05-14

HmEhlIAN SEAmAN . hlEND IL 4 ~
18th anniversary of this excellent institution
was celebrated in the New York Tabernacle,
on Monday evening, before large audience,
nine-tenths of whoa were ladies' The Even
ing Gazette says:
After the singing of an appropriate hymn by
the congregation, and prayer, the Rev. J.
Spauldng, one of the Secretaries presented a
brief abstract of the annual report, when the
meeting was addressed by the Rev. E. E..
Adams Seaman's Chaplain at Havre, by G..
Clark, sailor, and by the Rev. DIR. Tying, OF
this CITY,
This Society, in cooperation with local,
auxiliary and branch societies. is extending its
efforts for the social and moral Improvement OF
the two millions of seamen on the deep, and the
two hundred thousand inland watermen of the
United States.
In New Orleans, Mobile, Savannah, Charles
ton, Notfolk, Baltimore, Philadelphia, N. York,
Boston and other places, inland and on the sea-
board, much has been done within the past year,
| The societies in these cities seem to be emuat-
ing each other in the prompt performance of a
long neglecttd work.
The Society has Chaplain and Sailor Mis-
sionaries at Honolulu and Lahaina, in the
Sandwich Islands; at Havre, in France; at
Stockholm and Gottenburg, in Sweden, and
has Just appointed Mr.. James Merrill of the
Princeton theological Seminary, to the Chap
laincy, at Canton, in China.
The receipts of the Society for the past year
have been S28, $3.50; and the expenditures $685.
290 60.
Perhaps no field on which the sun shines, is
now yielding a richer harvest of social and mo-
raj improvement than the sea. At the foun-
dation of this improvement is the establishment
of some SO Temperance boarding houses for
seamen, along our Atlantic seaboard, and the
various Marine Temperance Societies, num-
bering about 10000 members. The sailors
Home, in New York, has had within the year,
ending May /, $3.50 sailor boarders, and in
four years, 1887; and at least one-thrd of
these are pledged temperance men. Three
times as many seamen attend church now as
were present five years ago; and five times as
many as attended ten years ago.
The addresses last evening were of high
and appropriate order, and were listened to
with remarkable attention. A handsome col
lection was taken up.
OUR AVAILABLE NAVAL FORCE. The New
York Courier and Enquirer of yesterday con-
tains the following information, relative to our
naval force available at the present crisis with
Mexico:
The United States and Mexico being at war
it follows, of course, the war will not be con.
fined to the frontier Our fleet in the Gulf ant
on the Pacific side, will undoubtedly at once
commence operations. At Mazatlan, on the Pa.
ciic coast, the squadron at the latest dates con.
sisted of the frigate Savannah, of 60 guns; the
frigate Constitution, go guns; sloops-of-war
Portsmouth and Levant of "a each, and the
schooner Shark of l2 guns. On the 22d ult'
tho frigate Raritan arrived at Vera Cruz, but
went to sea the same day in Company with the
frigates Cumberland, Potomac, and the sloop-of-
war Falmouth, under Com. Conner.
According to the same account the U. S. fri
gate John Adams was the only American YES
sci of war off Vera Cruz, although the remain
der of the squadron, were doubtless in the vi
cinity, she can of course do nothing there alone.
The fortress of Juan de Ulloa would resist a
very heavy attack, ,-one certainly much more
serious than that of the French TO which it
yielded few years since. The French squad
ron then consisted of three large frigates and
four bomb vessels the former anchored but lit
tie over point blank distance from the eastern
face of the castle and the bomb vessels but lit
tie farther. There were mortars in the castle,
but none in use, and not more than 7 guns
could be brought to bear on single ship, and
on the whole squadron only 26, some of which
were carronades.
OF the French vessels the Cyclops had two
mortars, and in two hours she threw $50 shells
The others did their share. One of the bombs
lodged IN the magazine, which was blown up
and about 200 men destroyed. After six hours
fighting the Mexcans yielded Since that time
= the fortress has been thoroughly repaired. A
new water battery has been added; 80 and AZ
Founders have been mounted in place of the
les and ISIS; from l2 to 20 heavy morter;
have been introduced, with several Paixhar
: eight inch guns, and everything is in the very
best condition TO resist an attack
, WAR EXCITEMENT IN PHILADELPHIA. The
news from the South has created the most in.