The Yazoo City Whig. [volume] (Yazoo, Miss.) 1844-1851, 1846-11-27


der mills: but the loss of the manufactures
Of shot and ball must be severely felt.
A correspondent of the New York Journal
of Commerce writes from Washington, the
22d ult, as follows:
IA contract has been made by the Cows
eminent with Captain Taylor to take the |
Princeton, the Mississippi and other vessels |
over Ibo bar at Tampico. Capt. Taylor is
10 use fer this purpose marine camels, made !
of India rubber The depth Of water the
bar avaFagss ten feet.
''Tampico appears TO be strongly defended
by nature, and it is probable that, of late, as
reported, some effectual means Of defence
have been taken by the Mexicans. Thus,
the expedition Of Commodore Perry may not
not be entirely destitute Of incident
ave receive no adVices from General
, Taylor. The friends of officers and men in
the army, and also the Government ARE anx
ious 10 receive the expected details Of the
battle and the events following it. A month
has elapsed since the attack en- Monterey.
''lt may be doubted whether Gen. Kear-
: ney's column will join that of Gen. Taylor,
t as General Wool will not go to Chihuahua,
] as at first designed. General Kearney will
0 probably take that place, garrison it, and
g with his remaining force, march TO California.
THE Nav PLANET The new planet,
>, whose discovery was recently announced by
LIE Verrier, French matthew tician, from
his closet, was first seen by astronomers al
: 7 the Knoigsberg observatory on the Odd uit
: SEARCH for it had already been commenced
= at our National Observa tory, but it was mol
: until the Odd instant Its position, as deter
3 mined by Lieut.. Maury on that evening
= was R. A. 9th. sim 32s., S. dec. I'D. 33m
Y los.
. He describes il to US as a white star o
. the eighth magnitude, very near Saturn
Ii may be seen with common spy glass
and is easily recognised at present as beini
the fir offs triangular group, the other tw
II components of which are yellow stars OF ih
~ ~ nineth magnitude.
]" The discovery Of this star affords one {
la e the most remarkable events in the history /
ol theoretical astronomy. The orbit of Uranu
~ had long puzzled astronomers. 1t was dil
IN tuTbed BY some cause unknown TO them, an
~ which was conlectuFed might arise from th
ou attraction Of planet still more remote.
CO. NJ. lie Verrier sot to work in his close
= created a hypothetical planet, assigned
- mass, orbit, period OF revolution, and
az sition: Of which elements we're changed U
gun iii he obtained a combination that Won
ant produce the anomalous diturbances up
e1- Uranus. Astronomers directed their lelescC
pee es, and found LIE Verrier where its Great
anu hao pronounced It to be.
anu The distance of this planet from the cal
SM. is supposed to be not less than thirty-thT
l.y hupdTed millions of miles, and its period
'.o revolution around the sun not less than I
; ~ hundred and twenty years, OF nearly thu
sS , times that Of Uranus.
tne These are lie Verrier's hypothetical e
1nS' ments which led TO The discovery:
te@ Semi,axis proper SO, l54.
cast Period Of a siderial revolution / 1877 ]
no Exceniricity o lO76l.
-" Longitude Of perihelion 2S4 degrees
= minutes.
:, 2. Mass $4,000, the sun being unity. ~
gre tionaI Intcligencer.
and or General La Vega, we understand,
gals been officially notified BY bis goVerHm
ause that Captain Carpenter and the crew Of
We TFvetOa have been exchanged for him
poW> his fellow prisoners of war, who were Ia
Is Of at Resaca de Ia Palma, and they are {