Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1847-08-28
NEIV FORK CORRESPONDENCE.
New YORK. AUGUST "a. 1917.


vellous in the extreme. And yet they are given
with such mnuteness of detail and nloon-hoar par
uculary that most of our leading Journals seem to
have been taken in by them, and swallowed the
bait hook and all. The Sinbad of the Sun left the
city OF Mexico on the 30th of July, and brought
long letters from the Suns correspondent up to the
very moment of his starting. He fought his way,
slngle-handed, from the city of Mexico to Vera
Cruz through ever SO many fierce and bloody guerrilla bands
and more robbers murdeers and cuhroas than you could
shake stick at At time he had some twenty armed
Mexican guides but seeing eachey in their faces he took
their arms from hem shot their leader dead upon the spot
and the rest begging peousy for their lives he let them
escape, and pursued his way alone shooting down robbers
and fighting guerrilla bands all weathers He stopped
Pmon Pass, where thirty thousand Mexcans were work.
erecting tremendous Notifications and observatory for Santa
Anna thirty feet higher than the surrounding mountains and
perfectly safe from shot, where he is watch the
great battle, and, if he defeated he is to retreat by "p
vae path back to the city Of Mexico. Having fear Of
thirty thousand Mexcans the Snbad stopped
Pinon Pass long enough draw nice little map Of the place,
Notifications mountains, and a-ncluding the convenient
little private path by which Santa Anna retreat Mex
leo after his defeat and the whole nicely engraved and APP
pears in the Sun to-day.
Snbad then pushed Vera Cruz where he turned his
observation-disclosures horse ad rushed into the city, whisper
got board the for Havana she pushing
the wharf From Havana he brought this wonderful news
here enghen the country. The battle to be remen-
dous Scott has twenty thousand men, and Santa
between fifty and hundred thousand Scott feeding his
at cents apiece for potatoes and dollar dozen for
Mexico is still keeping up great about the escape
of Mr. Beach edtor the SUM from the clutches of Santa
Anna last winter We shall wait with great impotence for
the next news
English Grammars, Grammars Of the English Lam
guage-Truly ought to be grammatical people, and,
not cannot be for the want of books protesting to
teach the mysteries of eymology and syntax Here have
just taken up little book, recently publshedn Philadelphia,
entitled "a Grammatical Correcto Vocabulary OF the
Common Errors Of Speech" being collection of nearly
thousand barbasms cant phrases provinciasms &C. The
author Seth T. Hud who has been several years collecting
his materials, gives list of american grammars of the Eng
s language, which he has consulted preparing his book
and struck with the length of the column that
counted them up and found the number ninety
1t probable that he has stumbled upon all the Anne
rcan grammas that have been published but this list alone
ought to be sufficient would think enable the whole
country to talk grammar like a book.
But this is not ALL The author gives list also Of forty
oo British grammars Of the English language, which he has
consulted during the time This evidence would rather
to indicate that people given making
grammas than the English but in the of dictioh
ares according the evidence the English rather
ahead of for, while he gives list Of American die
onaes which he has consulted in the of his abo
his English list swells to twenty-iour.
Man is making animal that should be his defni-
ton for if he has propensity stronger than another
is the leading him in that direction IT. in the time of
Solomon, could be said OF making many books there is
end, it certainly would be libel the world
that ii has held in that respect remarkably WELL
The book business of this city alone would astonish
by its magnitude could the statistics be fairly presented
butt did not think of touching upon this subject now
though may at other time One single fact in passing
will mention One house in this city has paid barely for
the paper which they printed single book in less than
two years, Seventy-Sr thousand dollars had the state
ment from of the firm, and have no doubt of its truth
The book, of course, large, and the sale very great
recolec seeing stated, several years ago. that project
started for having of the Western Territories off
by the General Government for the purpose of png away
supeuous books But that internal improvement has been
long neglected that those Territories otherwise
cuPed. However, perhaps may yet find relief in the
matters for when Mr.. Polk gets possession Of the whole
Mexico, there will doubtless be pile away few. And
it strikes that this may be, after all, "what
fighting for"
attended last Saturday the funeral services of PETER
G. SrurvEsAST, who died few days since, you have
already by the papers, while in hath Niagara He
nea descendant of Governor Stuyvesant about
sevenyfve years of age and considered by many
standing the head of the old and respectable astocacy of
New York. He inherited large from his ancestors,
which had been much increased during his @ and at
his death he supposed be exceeded in wealth by
in New York except John Jacob Asto He has left no
family except wife. He had two three children by
former wife, but they sleep with their mother in the family
vault and how the millions Of his possessions be dis
posed of is not known. He has probably left will, which
may soon be made public.
His funeral attended without parade extra ceremony,
though there large representation of the old families
and the wealth and responsibility Of the city present. He
sided the old family estate about three miles up town. and
within stones throw Of the spot where stood the old
sion Of his renowned Two three years SINCE he
erected large and magnificent dwellings in which spend
the evening Of his days but he had hardly time be-
accustomed his habitation, the silver cord is
oosed, and the pitcher literally broken at the fountain
The funeral guests assembled at his late residence and fol-
lowed the corpse very few rods to ST. Marks church, where
the soemnes of the Episcopal service performed and
the coffin then deposited in the old Suyvesant vault I'M
der the church The present church building been erect
ed about half century, but stands the spot where
stood the old church in which Governor Stuyvesan to
worship and by the old pear which he planted