The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1846-06-08
City Intelligence.

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HoBoKRN.-One of the greatest delights Of the joy
summer season to the denizens Of New York Is the
facility which the proximity of Hoboken affords of
n ali IL Hos r
freshng to throw of for the and anxiocs Of
e LIFE which IL. the s s s
inspires: How delightful to reclinc under the cool
shade OF oyerhangng trees and listen to natures own
the hummng of the various insects that float on the
balmy SIMMER air # you happen to be a meditative
instructive than the various phases Of humanity
in the fields and shady Of delightful resort
What kind dispensation of bounteous Providence
bread by the Of their brow is The privilege Of re-
Taxing their limbs and their minds from the tolls
snS ma ne
it and the law, for whole hour orgets the argon
Of courts: and unbending admits ray Of the sunlight Of
the soul into the dark void of his exisie
Should desire to rege the less Intellectual portion
Of humanity, you have but to whisper sable familiar
and quickly BY the touch of the magic ring the
fairy tale will be spread before you, ices and juleps
more cool and tempting than the shebct of the prophet
Hoboken is literal exempdcation Of the rus in ur6en
Of Horace You reach il in ton minutes leaving be-
hind you this smokebegrimed pile Of brick and mortar
and feastng eyes the rich verdure Of the ever
gladcs of the Eysan Fields and the uxurant foliage OF
the trees that throw out their branches as inviting
to repose beneath their empowering umbrsgo.
MEsMERIc VIsIr.-Wc understand that the celebra-
ted mesmerist, w Spencer T Hail. of Glasgow, he
is better known as the Sherwood Forester" intends
trip this city We informed that Mr. Hall is some.
what extraordinary the mesmerc art and doubt he
will make quite sensation in this city, If all we hear Of
PLuMB's DAouEKREorrrE-Thc National Fair at Wash
ington city closed last week 1t gives pleasure to
state that Professor Plumbe has received gold medal for
the best coored dsguerrcotypcs and apparatus Merit
does not always go unre warded
Brooklyn City Intelligence.
ACCIDENT TO AN ENGINE DRIvER-The fireman on
the evening freight train from the Brooklyn depot APP
preaching the Bedford station discovered that his engi
missing He had the skill to stop the train
about mle he found the engineer laying near the
track senselesshe was found to be much bruised about
the head and shoulders and unable when revived to
give account Of the accident 1t supposed that no
may have been reaching the side to get view OF
his train and that his head may have struck one Of the
tesgraphc poles which are placed near the track on this
part Of the line The Of the engineer Burns and
1t is supposed that he will recover.
GREAT SroRr AT PLUM IsLASp-Two gentlemen from
Brooklyn, Messrs Leavtt and Benson took $50 lbs Of
black FISH, in Plum Gut, Grsenport Friday last
in two hours and half and rcurned to Brooklyn %
miles, the same evening,
TERRIBLE MASSACRE IN TExAs-A letter from San
Antonio de Bexar, gives deplorabe accounts of
murders and robbcries committed upon the people in.
haoitng the western frontier of Texas by the Cumanches
and Lpans Most of the able bodied OF the colonies
Of New Braunels, Casroville and Lake Quahi having
Joined the army under General Taylor the savages,
profng by their ABSENCE threw themselves upon the
old and children burnt the houses the crops
Of corn mutated the dead bodies violated the women
and carried Oh number of children into slavery The
Commercial Association of German Princes who under.
took to colonse the mountains of the San Saba have not
been successful in their plans. They directed convoy
Of one hundred wagons the towards the colony
which was attacked by the savages The emf
grants after fighting desperately, were overwhelmed
by numbers and obliged to retreat leaving behind them
great number Of killed and wounded in the hands Of
the savages The wagons contained tho whole fortunes
ought be despatched without delay in pursuit Of these
savages if the sxigences Of the service will permit tho
absence Of such force from the main army When the
troops make their appearance the savsges will ny be.
fore thembut will afterwards return and commit new
nsn osS n.s q. to ho.e
Indians The mprovidence ofthe leaders of these colo
mics ma. become ss slave ad. j. seneny land
made commerce in the whites Generally the emf
grants brought over in bad ships and made to
pay high price for their passage-hey have NO medi
cal treatent when sick and board ship many ofthem
die and whom they land they are again cheated tho
ent will take these unfortunate cmgrants under their
protsctionas they the first to y to arms at the
some method will be devised Of arresng the Oppressive
conduct 9th specializing leaders Of the coloniesNO
CoNsrlrurIoSM CONVENTION Saturday, Jure 7
6.-Mr Jones, from the select committee Of H. I
charged with the duty Of reporting the best practicable
mode OF proceeding to revision VI the constitution sub
mted report ndng the reference of several sub
jects Of constitutional enactment fifteen dfercnt com
mittees The session chiefly occupied in discu
motion by Mr chatied to refer tho report commit.
tee OF the whole Messrs Patterson Chatfcld Perkins,
LOOMS Ward Brown, Taylor Hoffman Rhoodes I'll /
den Angel Isllmadge. stetson, Ruggics and Morris I
.oon Ps. IN Tue uscussoh mc COUNTER proposiuon De-
ing to proceed at once 10 action on the report The
ton refer committee of the whole prevailed ayes
H. noes 80; Further inquiries <n motion Of Mr. Nicoll
were ordered having in view iJormalion the eh-
cheney Of the judiciary systen Nothing else Of mo-
ment was donc-.7ibany .frrps
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