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The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1847-05-05

This work was weak only against the peculiar method
OF attack {. says its walls weak the walls
OF Saragossa but like Saragossa which 0ed the efforts
OF the French twenty three days arriving in it's
streets every house here fortress loopholed, in
readiness to envelope column in its murderous fire
the moment they should attept 90 penetrate Its inte
rior The streets barricaded and upon the tops
or houses light cannons had becH "A 90 assist in
destruction.
The defence Of the breach shou- HH." desperate,
for the Mexicans had their interior retreat
to after the storming Infinite their ds that
did mot storm their city the English did at Bajados,
losing in the assault alone $500 from the fire Of its
1850 defenders and like the French Saragossa fight
them from street to street. from house to house
We preferred, Mr. Editor with battery of seven NOR
tars to do the work of devastation thoroughly that
the garrison had nothing to do bat surrender"
have endeavored to show in this, that without judi
cious attack the city evon, formidable position
Let us now turn to tho number of troops engaged
Santa AEna held u central position at San Luis with
force of $4,000 having it in his power to fall upon
Gen Taylor ut Saltl!o march to the relief of Vera
Cruz Against such a contingency it necessary to
provide We're $4,000 men too numerous to besege 5000
mento keep Santa Annals force, sweed frightfuly by
the accession Of the local militia at bay and finally to
invest the place thoroughly that troops supplies
should be thrown into it
When considers the strength OF the works and the
contingency OF Santa Annas appearance, he
mole hl' nagnifsd into "nountain' in contempat-
Ing the number OF guns troops provided And If the
sccnce Of consist in the proper adaptation OF the
to the end the projection and execution Of the
siege was emnently scientific With these convictions
let exult in brilliant victory and cheeruly
NIT 1t to the military criticism Of this country and Of
Europe 8.
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EMIGRATION TO OREGoy.-We have been re-
quested by several persons who intend going
to Oregon this spring to state, that there will be meet
ing of emgrants at the Court House in this place on
Saturday the oath inst II Is requested that every per-
desiring to cmigrac this spring, shall attend II thoy
do the meeting will take into consideration i'm
portan matters connected with tho trip We hope there
will be general turn out this OCCASION as it in i'm
portant that the emigrnnts should tx upon some dry
for starting, place OF rendezvous and many other
matters important to the emigrant This is . matter in
which the cmgrant Is particularly Interested and
should fail to be in after dance, II In his power to
Our town. for the past two weeks has been crowded
with strangers from almost every State in the Union
and streets bear the aspect OF city than
small inland town-not small either for 1t contains
population Of near two thousand On Thursday last
company Of cmgrants landed at landing, OF about
twenty families, who destined for Oregon. From
the Of emigrants already in this vicinity, and
the daily additions. the company will be very large
larger perhaps than any that has yet gone out
Independence (Mo) EIpostor April II.
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Price Two Genus,

MAINTAINING The charge made Ia that tho aan.sor
from Missouri 1.-THE major general hmse has NOT hssn
IN condition all day to know what IL doing Ervo The
senator from Missouri has been drunk all aavhstla
the inuendo SIR Against this free translxtion ala Mr.
flanagan most pathetically protest made no such
charge-never, sir never the senator drunk but
punging resolution passed" MIR flanagan vowed
he intended to insult the senator. "Iwoyld no
more think Of degrading and insult ing him than Of In
sultng my mother; not because would compare the
and the last 10 be forgotten" But the inexorshls
Benton sterny to these Establishments
Mr.. Hannegan's words were taken down: 81 am Of
opinion that Jackson right when he said the senator
sir" Mr. flanagan; Was very seriously injured by
the bursting Of the big gun on the Princeton which
knocked his brains OUT
Sure such parody upon war as il now snaotng N
Mexico and such saturnalia lately resounded In the
capitol OF Washington, have not been paralleed since
transactions somewhat like them witnessed by the
Capitol OF Kome-when emperor made his troops
charge the Of the and psraded shells and
seaweed as spoa opima in triumphal procession In
the Eternal City.
And yet socety il sound at the core In the country
wsere tie people who possess more direct power a
controlling their rulers than any other tolerate such
absurdities In every locality trace active ndi-
cations OF the Intelligence integrity and humanity Of
the Anglican race The liberal and spon dona-
tons To reland-the efforts to develop commerce.
prove prison discipline better tti to diminish In
ducements To crimcthe progress tardy though II be
OF the rspudating States in making FOR their
error ny paying their debts-n command respect
ihese Things make II source Of qualification TO learn
That the unlon has yet experienced worse effects
from its military haucinaton than an obs ructop N
the coasting trade by the demand for transports coin.
Gliding in point Of time with the demand SHIPPING to
carry bread stufs to Europe IL II ao gratifying IN
observe. from the tone ~ the respectful bic ana
influential journals that the nation H. growing heartily
that its rulers must long defer to the popular .en
ment or :" make way for honester men,
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Miscellaneous.

Tho commencement exercises at Cambridge took
place yesterday.
Other manufacturing companies at the East adopt
ing Lowell rule in reference to the extension OF time
allowed their operatives for taking their meals
The trial OF Charles II Bragdon, for the murder Of
Col Henley the evening of tho til of October 1919
occupied tho Supreme Court now in session at Portland
the whole last week The given to the jury
O'Clock Saturday evening" but at 10 O'Clock there
WA prospect Of their agreeing.
The rogue who lately stole wallet containing notes
and money, from young lady at Boston, and subse
should subsequently returned with per cent inter-
est has been discovered His superior penmanship
the key to his detection.
The project OF tapping the Merrimack river above
Crummelfs Falls and bringing the water into the Jack
son Company's canal, has been started herc-NGshua
Telegraph.
1t Is said that the experiment Of the wind wagon is
successful.
We fear this will prove a very unfortunate spring for
the fishermen In this county-thus far IL has been n
losing business for every Of them account
unusual scarcity Of fish They catching small quan-
titles but scarcely enough TO pay expenses
(Md) Wing.
James ifendrck died mysterious death and post
TEN examination being made, II decided that his
death occasoned by poison. Suspicion resting upon
Samuel Grub, at whose house he had been living and
Mrs Hendrick wife OF the deceased, they taken
before Justice Sexton, and after long examination com
mittcd for trial
A fire occurred At Dayton, Ohio on the Goth ult.,
which destroyed 100000 worth Of property.
The extensive bread and biscuit bakery Of Thomas
Brown, at Georgetown, ID. C.. destroyed by IRE on
Friday morning
The following table shows the comparative growth OF
Cincinnati, Now Orleans and St Louis
1900 1910. 1920. 1890 1870. 1917
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FIRE IN THE MoUNTAINs.-On Tuesday FIRE
broke out in the charcoal colleries near the re-
sidencc Of Dr. Samuel P Smith, about four miles from
Cumberland Maryland. Three thousand cords Of wood
were burnt at the collieres The wind being hgu, the
FIRE communicated to the woods, running be-
fore the wind until it reached the farm OF John iloye
Esq, in tho occupancy OF Mr. Reteer where four thou
sand rails burnt. Mr.. Jacob Devore residing
an adjoining farm also lost several thousand rails Dr.
s r. Smiths stables saved by tho lulling Of the
wind at night We have not received any further par
ticulars. At night, when Wits mountain was lighted
up by the flames it presented very beautiful appear
ance.- Cumberland Cirftau.
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AwFU1. CALAMITY TO GRIFFIN, Gt.-About two
o'clock last evening, fire broke out in a house
on the west side Hill street the front occupied by C.
w e. Wright AZ n siversmhs shop, and the back part
by H. Mcneil az n dentist establishment. IL y supposed
the fire originated from In the back part Of the
house. The fire communicated north, dswn
Hull street c. Lewis large dry goods and hardware
grocery store. which houses were both consumed
with much of their The hrc next consumed
Wooten X Leaks dry goods store, and Col shannon's
grocery and three tenements the art occupied
Nv l. Shulman ~ dry goods store, aud the next "a
family grocery by Joseph r. Martin and the last
by Mr. Morris unfinished and unoccupied blown
up and stopped the further progress OF the fire west To
the South along Hill street IL first communicated to
small house occupied by MIR. Sbacklcford storehousc
thence 10 White Johnsons tailoring establishment,
thence 10 the confectionery of Thomas D. Hicks. and
thence to Gauding ferres warehouse, all Of which
entirely consumed and most Of their CONTENTS The
next house. occupied confectionery In front and by
Lewis Hatton as taiOrs shop; the second adjoining
house owned and occupied by Mir Cherry and the Ma
sonic Hall occupied by Jason Burr, auction room
below. aud the Masonic fraternity above were also
that side and preventing the further progress OF the ire
Mr. LAtmer Of the .7WcJcsn Uhtg Office, was oonside
raby injured In removing portion OF the press down
stairs None of the railroad buildings or road were In
jured nor did the Hi street TO the stores OPP
pote although the wind set in that direction IL Is i'm
possible To give any estimate this time Of the probable
loss Thomas Hicks pcrhapsis the greatest sufferer In
addition the loss Of house and store and contents
understand that about half the cotton in Gaulding
Ferrclls house was owned by him. MIR Brewer
also owned large proportion OF the cotton consumed
MIR Wright. MIR Mcneil, White x johnson, WooteiI,
Leak shulman, Shannon, Martin, shnckclford Lewis.
Burr and Cherry have all lost lar ely their entire
all unless insured Mr. Lewis, understand. was in
sured his stock Mt $4,000, and the house
stern, Block, Dorsey Knott, Hill, Brewer, White L
Hicks and Word Murray and others suffered considera
bly, by the damage TO their goods by removal Grgia
JcDersonidn, April 30
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THE ARMY

The Tagloni landed at jefferson Barracks Lieutenant
Love and twenty-sx privates, army equipments, &c
from Covington, Ky.
Captain Bills with eighty Illinois volunteers from
Chicago, came down Saturday evening on board the
Herald They Immediately took passage on board the
Clermont for Cairo where they rendezvous previous to
their departure for the Rio Grande-S Louis, 26h uH.
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TO LET,
AYs A ROW Of neat two story Cottage Houses now
. finished, well calculated for respectable families stu
# aicd the north side OF 10th street, betweeR Broad
way and 9Th The stages regularly from A. NJ,
until o'clock in the 40 minutes for Ga cents
and after the first Of May every minutes Rooms follows
Easements parlors, with sliding doors, and hard finished
walls I'd story rooms and bedrooms Good dry cellars
apll-lm.c VIM K PENDLETON, Agent
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In the Common Pleas at Dover, " H., DR. Hiram Cove
has obtained verdict for SI37 so against A1ariah
PEARL for abductng the plaintiffs daughter from Re.
chester The mother Mrs. Mary :. Cove separated
from the Doctor Mt Lynn Ia 1872 they were both OF
the Society Of Friends but Mrs O. accommodated
In 1890 The father had taken the daughter from the
mother and the action was brought against Pearl be-
he assisted In re toiing her TO Mrs Cove WIN
whom she now resides Ia this city The will 50 Up
TO the Superior Coult
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TIE CAvAL-There were cleared at the Col
lector's office in West Troy, IL boats up to three
o'clock p. Nj, of Saturday The full number Of boats
passed the collectors Office In this city up TO p NJ to-
day was 222 The full amount Of tolls received to 10
o'clock Saturday night was sl3,257 09.4I6any Atlas,
MAY
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The above engraving is an accurate representation Of
Bents Fort-sometmes called Fort williamson tho
Arkansas river Bents Fort is well known tho Santa
Flo traders who invariably make it their resting stop
ping place. 1t Is built Of adobes,n burnt brick
formed Of clay and cut straw in size about four az
large rs the common brick 1t is composed Of a series
Of rooms, resembling easements and forming hollow
square, tho entrance being the east ride A round
tower on the left, and another dagonay opposite, as
seen In the engraving constitute the aankng arrange
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1847-05-05

SPRING STOCK OF
BOOTS AND SHOES.
SMITH x RISLEY.
TAKE. THIS METHOD Of informing their customers tp,
and purch..ers in general oftheir extensive and well Sc
eored assortment OF LADIES' Misses and Chdrens Gsr
~ er Bukns sppsn SC Of their own ssse,sJ
with great care aud purchased for cash. which will enable
them o sell al the very lowest prices.
NJ B--Sorc will be open until o'clock in the evening"
gvng Country Merchants opportunity to examine he
stuck when not otherwise engaged ..
' SMITH & RISLEY,
i2 Chatham ST. directly opposite the Chatham Theatre
m27 lIns
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LOOK AT THIS.

LOOK AT THIS.
HrS JUST RECEIVED, large lot Of GentIemens
~sN2 French Boots, the best and handsomest eyer n
hs city aud will be sold the low price of S. Also all kinds
Of enilrmens Cutters and Patent Leather Shoes aud all the
different kinds Of Boots and Shoes Ladies, you will find
this variety OF Gaier Boots Slippers Busns,
lies House Slippers white and black satin Do, white Kid do
aud I'll other kinds aud sizes Misses and Chdrens Boots and
shoes, Boys Boots Caters Shoes aud Slippers Of ell the
various kinds AL of which will be sold cheap at 3g7 Broad
wny, corner OF Franklin street NJ CAHILL.
~ B. Country merchants supplied by the package Dozen
app lmsr
LESSONS ON THE PIANO FORTE.
- .-ssss--, MISS G. G, WEMYSS can accommo-
(t X ~ ldate three four pupils IL immediate ap
kgI psa,i9sa be made At her house No BAT Sixth
WIN have objection If desirable attend he, pupils
tIeir rc-idence.
Jsms-IweIvc Lessons for Five Dollars, or i,ecr Dol
LAYS Qn'rtsr--tre. iessons each week. AZ m.rc
BOARDING IN BLEECKER sTREET-Two gentle.
ID men and their wives Oh five six single gentlemen,
be accommodated with handsome, ununshea rooms, with
he'd rooms attached and full board in pleasantly situated
house Carroll place. Apply 9 Spring
AL imsr
mo COMp klAkEits-Hools for sale by
Il PETER COOPER, No. II Burling Slip.
As lmsuc
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M deal Comm encement or tho New York
University.

The annual commencement Of the medical department
of the Ns~ York University, held last evening in
the chapel Of the University.
At half past o'clock the Chancellor Of the Universe
IT, the Hou Theodore Frelinghuysen entered and took
bis seat followed by the medical professors, Drs Mott
Pattison, Revere, Bedford, Paine and Draper.
The faculties of literature and science members OF the
council and other distinguished took their several
places on the platform The chapel filed to Its ut
most capacity by audience composed Of the elite of
New York society. in The sssemblags were many Ia
dies, whose bsaming counenances and sparkling eyes
cast q refugsnt glow the room Theexercises com.
msnced by the Comet Club, composed Of number of
amateur musicians Of respectability and great ar.
tistical merit playing the Eolian March, the perform
ance of which elected 1t deserved the marked ap.
plause Of all present
The Rev Cyrus Mason, D D read the asth chapter of
Job, and delivered an impressive prayer
The Cornst Band then performed the Phantom chorus
from the opera ofLa sonsmbula Tin the good style
in which they performed the first piece, and that
being concluded
The Hon Theodore Frelinghuyssn, Chancellor Of the
University announced the Of the graduates as
follows:-
LIST OF GRADUATES AT COMMENCE ENr MEDICAL
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city Intelligence.

The WEATHER Yesterday was remarkably fne
spring day, and the crowded with foot pss
sengeIs many Of them strangers, apparently on business
with the stores In different parts OF the city The spring
weather has set fairly in
= AID TO IRELAND -Perscns residing the route Of
APP Browns Chelsea line OF stages are informed that
the proprieors have determined to contribute the entire
receipts OF their lines OF stages this day. for the purpose
OF aaordng aid 10 the starving population Of Ireland
TIE LITTLE SrRKxr SwxEPEKs were again busily en-
ployed IN sweepng the cross.w alks Yesterday. Will
the Corporation pay them for their trouble
ArrEMPr TO PoIsoN-A woman named Cstharne Lloyd
attempted to poison herself yesterday in Centre street.
but was prevented BY an inmate Of her family.
THE PosrOFFcE 1T Is estimated that IS 900 let
tors and about 200 600 newspapers pass daily through
the Post Office in this city.
The L.Mrs-The complaints in relation to the lamps
are still frequent at the police Office The oil and gas
lamps in most dsgraceful condition in many parts
of the city. - -
Accrpxrr-A woman named Mary Moriarty fell yes
terday in Centre street and broke her arm. She was
conveyed to the city hospital
RoBsEarxs Two overcosts stolen from the hall
been committed several robbees Of this kind in vsrous
houses in the city Those who do not adopt tho proper
to prevent being thus plumber
ed abide by the consequence Our city hrong
ed with hordes of and robbers who have false
KEYS and are constantly the lookout for plumber No
article value should be lett in halls or be thrown loose
ly aside. ,
SECOND REGIMENT us. VoLUNrEEss, OF NY-A CAPT:
tai supper given to several OF the friends OF the ID
Regiment u g. Volunteers of N Y, last evening. The
festivities lasted to late hour, and happy time was
spent by all who had the good fortune to be
Major General Gaines and several other dstng uished
officers were among the invited guests.
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ns en-. sD,fn sxsvSs
pIONEY MARK EFT.

"wednesday, March lO-5 r. M.
The stock market continues worry much depressed. and
prices still steadily settling down. At the Ast beard
this morning esnnsy vsnass fell Of per cent; Farmers
Loan, n; Hsrlsm, u; Norwich and Worcester, u;
Long Iland, " Morris Canal went up ~ and Canton A.
At the second board Farmers Loan declined Il Nor.
ris Canal Norwich and Eric closing prices current in
the morning.
Considerable apprehension is Eel. in commercial cir.
Giles in relation to the ability disposition of the Bank
England to discount all the paper offering from those
engaged in the American trade. should the bank re.
strict It's fsvors to this class of merchants for the rur
pose Of preventing drain Of specie for shipment this
country would embarrass operators this side and
produce great deal Of financial difficulty The arrival
OF the Hibernie, this and many other accounts IL
snxously looked for the accounts she will briug may
be productive Of much commercial distress In mi.
country.
The annsxsd statement exhibits the quantity OF csrtsn
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Tlleatrlcals.


PARx THEArRk.-Ths Viennoise children appeared
again last evening Of their much admired pos.
and will perform again this evening Only two nights
OF their engagement unexpirsd. All who have
yet them must not omit the opportunity of doing
co. We cannot say anything in their praise. They
well known to make praise commendaton super
hu,us The performances this evening will consist of
three exhibtons-the comedy Of" My Neighbors Wife"
the farce Of Somebody Else" and the comedy Of"
She q omanF'
bumper houses at this popular thesre ard her appear
last evening hailed with the most
applause. The grand Ballet dAction Of" La File Nal
Gardee" again produced, in which she performed
her celebrated original character of Lise. Monsieur
Bennie's Colin was also admirably performed. The
grand attractions nightly presented here fully sustain
the high reputation of old Bowery. The bills for this
evening will be found highly attractive.
GaEKrwIcH THrArRE-The benefit of Mr. w. Cor
byn well attended at this popular theatre last even
ing, and the Honey Moon" was performed by highly
talented cast Mira Ada Stetson displayed considerable
talent in her of the character She
was ably supported by powerful cast-E. s. Conner
with extreme ability We would remind the friends
Mr. Arnold, that his benefit 10 fxed for this evening
The bill will be found highly attractive.
BowERv CInoUs.-This popular place of evening re
creation still continues TO druw vast crowds nightly
witness the extraordinary feats performed by the
pany The house last night perfect "jam." TIT
celebrated McFarlsnds draw forth the enthusiastic
paudits Mr.. Madigan and his nfantle pupil hare beer
received with tho most unbounded applause. The bill
! or this evening. presents array Of the combined
| talents OF the entire company.
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finally left the trunk tbs premises Of Ring ard vert
away In the moan'ime police was inform cd repect
ing the reputation and notoist Jacks posted on
Immediately to regain OF the Suspicious trunk
when 10 on arriving at Jacks house, the trunk was
there but the coutents had vanished leaving nothing but
the empty trunk. On moving the trunk, previous 10
being taken TO Jacks crib" it found 10 h. quite
jswe!ry, ard it Is now supposed to have contained
the Boston 'sweg" Of watches and jewery; Tho 20.
lceman finding himself rather outwittsd, left the crb'
feeling determined to search the suspicious looking
trunk that might accidentally fall into his possession,
nd no IN
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Appointments by the President.
Ev and vita the adviee aud consent Of the Senate

Reuben II. Boone, Register. Grenada. Mississippi,
pointed r. gistsr Csnssss Michigan Isaac D. @ Mel
son rs.sppointsd Recover, Fort Wayne, Indiana Ro.
bert Bepruerel reappointsd Receiver 0pelouss Lou.
isiana Edward B Randolph, reappointed Receiver
Columbus Mississippi. VIM II Simmons, re-sppointed
Register ". Augustine. Florida John F. Meade, Re.
ristsr Green Bay, Wisconsin, vco John 8. Horner
moved.
cusToM-HoUsr cyricgRs
BENJAMIN Wormstead, re-appointed Surveyor Marble.
head Massachusetts Daniel Foster re.apponted Sur.
veyor Beverly Massachusetts, Elisha Atkins. survey
or Newport, Rhode leland, vice William q Hammond,
whose commission expired Benjamin Pomeroy, Col
lscor stonington, Connecticut, vice Ezra Chessbro,
removed Samuel Harris, Surveyor, Veasco, Texas,
veyor city of La Fayets Louisiana vice Daniel Clark
Jr resigned Thomas w Kellum, surveyor, Madison
vile Louisiana vice Thomas Addison who did not qua
lily.