The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1848-04-06
Marine Affairs, ,

be given tomorrow.
Marine Affairs.
STEAMSHIP UNITED SrArEs-The sailing Of this noble
vessel Saturday, appointed for Liverpool neces
sariy compes the to refuse admission on board
tomorrow toi e.s therefore, will not be given to any
after this evsrns. Sros hsr arrival at the DOCK
the crowd Of spectators daily visiting the ship las given
the officers and attendants board work than they
vices required in preparing the weasel for She
has between forty and fifty passengers engaged.
THE New STEAMER CoNNEcrIcUr, builaing for the
Peoples Line fo Long Island sound to ply be-
tween New York . I'D stonngton will be ready to DOM.
uence running by the LIST of May.
We understand it to 30 the determination Of the
foated something possible, that will outshine
the Isaac Newton which certainly will be NO easy ma
The c. was built expressly for the Sound by Msssrs
Laurence Sneeden, the we'll known builders Of the
Bay State and Empire State the Fall River boats, and
will undoubtedly prove avery fast and excellent ses
sac is a5 feet in lsngt and SO feet BEAM one of
cors best engines u inch cylinder and - fest stroke Of
piston Diameter Of wheel SO feet l0K feet face and SO
inches dip.
STEAMSHIP HERMANN-The folio wing account Of the
passage Of the Hermann from this port to Halifax, 10
taken from the Morning Post of HslfAx:"We were sur
prised Yesterday morning by the arrival Of American
steamer ct this port supposed at frst to be tho
then due from New York We have been favored with
the folio wing account of the passage Of the Hermann
United States mail stesmship Hermann loft New York
the 2st Of March bound for Southampton and Bremen
after having about 600 miles, with ordinary Allan
tic weather. the wind occasionally adverse aud occa
sonally favorable Thursday 23d, at u O'Clock,
gale the Northeast began blowing aud the full force
Of the equnoctial storm was soon experienced The
storm amounted to hurricane. and continued in full
Gibbons from it, gaskets, viii illustration to
oautical men OF the severity Of the storm. It I'm
possible to set any sail whatever.
About one O'Clock Friday morning at the very height
Of the storm, 1t was discovered that the Injection
pipes which supply the eondensers with cold water,
burst The engine, however. continued working
usual 1t was, however Saturday, l. T. NJ deemed
better to make Halifax from which port the steamer
vas distant 21o miles IN s,utAeasterly direction No
Of the tearing away Of much of the work about the
whel houses and the choking OF the ships
which could only be done BY stopping the engines for
twelve hours and preventing the the
pumps connected with the engine
THE vessel has proved herself excellent sea boat
and her engines with the exception Of trining acc
dent worked admirably, both during and after of
the ssvsrest storms experienced From the occur
renee Of the storu to the arrival at Halifax off which
port the Hermann arrived very early yesterday morning
vessel in every wsy admirably and the engines
their working not in the least Affected by the
d nPs
cident. But Capt Crsbtree by discretion, actsd
otherwise The machinery be easily repaired the
voyage all connected fully confident Of her capabilities
Co make . rapid and secure passage"
We since have learned that the H. sailed the 3lst
for Southampton.
INTELLIGENCE FROM LAovNA.-We ore in receipt Of
hes of Ell Yueateco published at Carmen to the
March. In 1t ind further it, regarding
the movements of the Indian warfare in Yucatan, n
translate the following -
The last news from Yucatan is Of vital interest to
The savage Indians, in pursuance OF their blind
rage to s other races, have committed
horrid massacre division Of TROOPS who attacked
hcm in the village Of Chishimils in the vicinity of the
city Of valadolid. Among those killed, many most
meritorious officers The people of Yucstan have made
great mistake in their treatment Of tnese Indians If
before giving them the rights and privileges they did,
such those of sentaon, S., they bad instructed
and educated them as to appreciate end these
privileges for their benefit We should not now be
called on to witness the various scenes Of mis-
fortune and flight CT families, ctizsns, &,. who
nave and will fur Il or have to abandon their homes
property business and perhaps their lives and wander
abroad encounterug all the difficulties and misees In
cidcnt such occurrences, and ultimately the total
less Of Yucatan which believe to be i'm ninent,
es through the assistance Of tho Almighty 1t s pre-
by the interference Of foreign aid to extermnate
at Campeacby may be looked a special intervsn.
ton, duriog his stay here have been fully con-
ncei Of ths hsstty i,sDgs and good ap PSs on
will most heartily lend them all the aid in bis power
which they may ask
Even now the evil can be remedied II every eyertion
is ID, as We trust will be-
Regarding the emigration Of the inhabitants from the
Peninsula We nnd the following
Some tins ago We adverted to the numerous arrivals
Of families from hc Peninsula but for the last two
months they have been that at the present
time there is much dffo guilty in finding accommodation
for them Many have gone down to Palizaas and Ia
b3sco.
The remarks of this editor regarding tbs proprisy Of
educating masses before giving them too much civil
power, coming, as they do from Mexican editor,
seem 10 denote that some ideas Of what is expected
from FREQ aud independent people are beginning to
dawn In Mexico. Laguna, it will DO remembered, lie
now In possession of the United States forces.
NAvAL-The OHIO, ship of the line, Captain
Tayl or, arrived at Valparaiso on the 10th OF Ja-
ouary, from Rio Commodore Jones hoisted his
flag, as commander of the Pacific squadron. on
the 2lst, and sailed for California on the 9th.
The soop of war Preb!e was at Callao.
Commodore Perry on the TIN of March left
Laguna for Campeachy with the u S. steamers
Scorpion, lris, and Water Witch, and bono
kerch Vesuvius.
TIE United States schooner Falcon, Lieute-
nant Commanding Giasson, was at Lsguna on tie
IL h OF March
LATER FROM The PACIfic BY the way OF
Panama, Chagres, &c ), we have accounts from
Valparaiso to the 1t OF February. President Bal