The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1846-07-10
Incidents, &c.

solved to have talk with General Taylor himself
Arrived at the commanders quarters the General was
That old fellow General Taylor Nonsense !" Salts
fed however that such even the case he marched
up, and, rather patronzingly, opened his business
General Taylor, believer
Yes, sir"
"weil, General I'm dcv'sh glad to see you--am in
deed" The General returned the civility.
General, you' excuse me, but SINCE I've been here
Eve been doing all could for you-have, indeed but
the fact is the accommodations very badare ndeed
mud, sir actually mud !-'bleeged to lie down it,
actually and the fact is, General Pm gentlemans SON.
The General doubt deeply impressed with the fact
Of having gentlsmans son in his army expressed his
any circumstances, in a civilized army.
=" Well-but, General, what am to do ~
why, really, don't know, unless you take my
!" Well, now, that's civilts indeed OF course don't
mean to turn you out but few hours sleepa cot
bunk, or any thing-would be SO refreshing Your
pace-where is it, General p
oh, just drop down-anywhcre about here-any
place about camp will answer"
The look which the gentleman's SON. gave the Gene
raj was rather peculiar.
Z" Well mo wonder they call you Rough and Rcaly'D
said he and amid the smiles of all but Rough and
Ready" himself the gentlemans son" returned to take
his chance OF the weather
Naval Preparations.
ne Sanan, captain OF tne ~ MARY mas @ carry
can gunboats in the port OF Tampco He would have
probably succeeded if the channel had Keen previously
buoyed out We trust that Captain Conner has already
been there to carry the boats il not the town 1t is
thing however to take Tampco and another to hold it
at this season, when the pomfd threatens people
We should not be surprised to hear at distant day.
that Commodore Sloatc had carried the ports Of Caor
nia-Washinsfon Union, Juy7
miscellaneous.
THE GREATEST IBoS GUN EVER CAsr YEr-Yesterday
afternoon another supendous piece Of ordnance cast
at Ayers Foundry South Boston which when finished
will exceed Captain Sockons celebrated "peacemaker"
by 1000 pounds in weight The arrangement, for the
furnaces with metal. and firing up The quantity OF
metal used was about 49, 900 pounds and the amount OF
coal consumed in reducing to the requisite state OF u
sion, eight chaldrons. AT six o'clock p NJ, repeat
ed experiments having been made with it in small guam
titles the metal pronounced to be in fit condition
for use, and the grand operation of casting
menced. The two furnaces tapped, and the boiling
and blazing liquid gushed forth rushing and leapng
the mould sank twelve feet into the solid ground The
flaming streams CO ntinued to run for fifteen minutes
down through the iron flask shell Of the mould the
metal in the meantime bubblng and revolving as it rose
in the inner shaft of sand which in fact formed the actual
mould for the cannon. The metal having reached the
level of the mould, supplementary or cap mould was
put and filled with some tons Of metal poured into it
Tho object Of this addition is to give, by means of
dead weight above stcadness to the process Of chry STALL
is to be turned Ten days will eapse before the
metal will have become sufficiently cool to admit of the
removal OF the flask by digging away the ,so eompaSc,
space of1ve weeks, the gun can be finished and got
ready for mounting Fort George in harbor, for
which II is designed.
The casting done under the personal supervision
of Mr. Alger and Col Bomord the inventor of this spe
cies of ordnance the specimen of which Thomas
Jefferson 1899, gave the name of the Columbiad."
The weight of the gun, when finished, will be $4,000
pounds Length, ten feet diameter at the base ring
80 inches; length of chamber, 10 inches diameter of
chamber, inches length of bore, feet inch ,ia-
meter of bore 10 inches Weight Of round shot which
Range Of shot or shell, 31s mies-beng 4 Of mile
greater than the recorded performance of the largest and
latest invented mortar in England and half a mile be-
yond the reach of any gun in the castle of San Juan de
Ulloa, at Vera Cruz.
The cost of this immense instrument for harbor de.
fence will not exceed s7oo or onesixth the cost OF the
wrought iron gun procured in England by Captain
Stockton-Boston Post, Juiy9.
WoMAN's Observation-Disclosures of newspapers
have doubtless noticed, within the year past, &C.
casonal illusions to woman in the Western country,
the hands of formerly resident in this city. and
threatened dreadful retribuon The last notice
cune attire and armed and had made her way TO some
town in the interior of OHIO Last Saturday morning
while the Great esern was lying at Macknaw, 1t was
whispered round that one passengers who seemed
trim boy of sixteen eighteen years, was in Tact
woman Captain Walker invited the youth and one Of
there being questioned the suspicious passenger declared
herself woman and her reasons for assuming the
dress she She said she was married, rs she sup
posed, few years ago, in this city, to man whose
informant was unable to give; that after living
with him some years and having two three children;
her husband told her the marriage all sham, that
he had another lawful wife, and had CONTEMPORARY cast
off her and her children. Under these circumstances
she had sworn 70 have revenge justice. She had
certaincd that the man who had thus deeply wronged
her living at Mackinaw, ard she had there to
obtain recognition of her rights or vengeance in de-
fault Upon which she exhibited two loaded pistols
which she carried about her After some farther
was despatched to the husband with intmaon that
passenger the Western wished TO see him. He soon
on ana ne S s 70 n
ted upon her. and demanded reparatioD for herself and
children by legal marriage at the SINE time, with all
the recklessness of woman goaded 10 desperation,
threatening his life with the most vehement reservations
if he failed to do her justice. At this point the door
opened and the who had covered before her, shot
out like lightning and escaped to the shore She soon
followed after, asccrtained his place OF business, and
sought another interview AS she approached the man.
threats and that he defend his life raised pistol
and fired. The ball struck near her feet she never
blenched but drawing pistol in turn from her vest,
took deliberate aim at him, and then lowered her wea
pom, saying she turned on her heel No. you poor
contemplate wretch, il would disgrace even woman
to say YOU ~ This affair of course, made great sem
sation on island but what was the issue We are una
BILE to state The boat swung of soon after the events
we have detailed leaving both parties ashore We have
heard many stories about the character and the relations
of the parties in this matter but not enough that we can
the II may be that the woman is profigate, but
how does the abandoned have strctness Of
meaning not intended by those who use II to characterize
fray and how many, now the scorn and outcasts Of
society desperate in vice and crime and degraded until
they have lost almost all semblancc Of womanhood,
would be happy vruous wives an mothers but for the
foul wrong and Abandonment of which they have been
the victims There terrible wrong somewhere in the
sympathes incline us to believe that the unsexed wo-
man is the suferer.-BuGaio Com. .adr, July T.
TRIAJ. OF YOUNG SHELBY.-A letter from Lex
ngon, KY under date Of July lst, says that that
morning, special term OF the Fayete Circuit Court
commenced its session II called for the trial Of
Shelby indicted for murder, the partc ulars Of which
must be we'll remembered by readers Great excite
prevails and considerable doubt as to the result
The prisoner the of Gen. James Shelby and grand
son of the hate Governor Isaac Shelby The talent OF
Kentucky engaged in the case For the
A. IL. Robertson, Commonwealth Attorney, and son Oh
Chief Justice Robertson and Col VIM. II Capcron, OF
Richmond. On the defence-Ion Henry Clay, Messrs
Robinson and johnson, (brother Of Col Johnson) and
Hon slas wooey. Professor Of Civil jurisprudence IN
Transy lvania Law Coifcxe.
LABoRgRs' Rior.-A riot broke out on Ih1rsosy,
among the aborers on the line Of the Vermont Ccnuai
Ra;lroad near Ricbmond about Give miles from Bur
lngton They seized the principal cohsctor MT par
kerr and also the sheriff OF the county VINO were DOM
Nil ;n closa confinement but what not