The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1852-10-12

tion into positive sovereignty All the landing
places are at once to DO occupied BY parties Of AIes
which the guano Is found, seot but few points AZ
which they oan be approach az ell, the possession
OF the landing places by a armed force would give
the occupants tho of beating oH al other IN
truders IT, on the other hand, these islands were,
by exception, treated con uon property, SUBJECT
20 no laws at all, they ~oad imuedtsssly become
tho scene Of acts of violence aud spol'atioa whioh
would, ere long, destroy the Only value they pos
secs.
We know Of nothing so reprehsnsible in the ca
feer Of Mr.. Webster as the eucouragemout given by
him to this scandal0us adventure; for it appears
that even after the receipt Of Me Jswett's commu-
nicaton, no measures we're taken by the cabinet at
Washington to prevent this gross invasion Of the
rights OF territory OF Perm We Gao only hope that
the naval forces of the Peruvisn repuoic (Which
have lately been reibf'ro-d bg two fne screw
frigates, constructed at Blackwell for that govern
ment) will be sufficiently strong to prevent and to
chastise this aggression on International law. The
probability is that the prcti0n will fail. and tho
vessels be captured; bur, il it should succeed, and
ibis party Of American adventures obtain posses
sion of the islands BY foros, il w become necessary
to take moro active measures 10 protect the COM
mercial rights of other countries from what can
only be considered nest Of pirates. until spe-
cfc claim to the territory is asserted and ostab-
ished by the government of the United otatos
Additional from Australia.
The last files of the Sydney M,raiag Herald con-
tain accounts OF o new propeller invented by Sir
Thomas Mitchell, tho Surveyor General of New
South Wales, trial OF wntcn a Sun All steamer at
that port had just excited great interest. 1t is
called the Boomerang propeller, aad 10 constructed
on the principle of the weapon OF chat name used by
the natives to kill game Although the experiment.
was only on a small and imperfect scale a speed Of
twelve knots an hour against head Wind is stated
to have been obtained, Tue instrument is describ.
ed to combine great strength aud implicitly, while
it has also tho advantage that its molten ia tho
water causes bat comp trativey slight agitation,
70 that it is capable Of being adapted Go canal boats
as we'll as to other vessels At the conclusion of
the trial. Sir Thomas MI chel expressed his convic-
ton "that the weapon Of toe earliest inhabitants
of Australia has now ed to the determination ma.
dramatically of the true form by which alone, on
the screw principle, high speed on water can DO OBJ
tanned
The following extract Of letter Of the latest
date from merchant ut SIDNEY, indicsses the OK
pectation entertained by the people az that place
that their own mines vii! be totally ecpsed,
by the extraordinary yield at Mount Alexander.
The wri er also refers to aforementioned inven
tion Of Sir Thomas Mitchell--
think we shall have some great digsings here soon.
You will that shall have Mount Alexander
yet we'll as the vctorsns There are deposits to tho
northward the Peel river called the daoging Rock
diggiDgs which are being developed very quietly Tho
parties there doing wonderfully well We hear of,
and weekly large nuggets of 10 to. 20 aud
wards from that quarter Chay doing as well-the
few that are there-ss those at Victoria
Sir Thomas Mitchell has been testing his new nven-
screw He hl5tried it on steamer here aud it has
wered we'll Sir Thomas he Will be able TO
get twenty knots hour out of it Will be the very
thing for steamships. de bias taken out PATENT
and wishes to go home to bring It ont.
Strive or three days ago. received letter from
Sydney New South Wales under date the Soth OF juno
last, from which have selected some extracts and sub
join them because have observed information
IN any tho English ouroals aud being Of than
private interest think you may desire to make use OF 1t
n your valuable paper. Yours AB.
Liverpool, September q 1862.
The mention Of Leichardt lodge reminds mo OF poor
Leichardt himself the remains OF whose party s muir
he fhA hlun1y hayn hpan
Ar advanced from the point Of departure Noreton
bay At least such the last and best authenticated
Clarke--the Rev W Bias returned from his tour |;
be has not hit upon another Mouat Alexander Balla
rat but lie says That there tour hundred miles,
ct Least Of aurrous country into which chuot put
ssPade without turning us ge ne Whole area, ~
met y msnnrea with i mr ha'sretsss II
9on Of Moeton bay but Mr clark when he visits
the ranges and rivers about Teateraed tClareacs river
The diggcrs are marrying like fun aud at Mel
the Archdeacon tells the CLERGY caanot get .srocsh
the service daily fast enough He has himself granted
200 licenses in week.
sad event has prevented the presence OF smother
great parsonage the Governor Of Singapore VIII,
bis way from Melbourne to the Favore schooner Capt
KiroPp Lieut. Fitzgerald aud other pasegers were on
and has not since been heard Of Her Nesys steamer
Acheron has gone to search he coast. We have had
awful weather The coast. from Wide Bay TO BASIS
Straits, Is strewn with wrecks The Rose and Eagle
steamers have been all put io and several vessels have
steamer has been fitted with Sir Thomas Mitchell 8
boomerang propeller In place Of former and it
answers admirably.
The Cholera iu Europe.
From Berlin Letter, Sept ~
The Berlin Committee of He attn IL Is understood,
has resolved to announce officially the appearance
Of the cholera in the city The fact has been gen
orally known for these twelve days: but daring the
whole OF that time, ana up last night, toe nun
Der Of eases has been under forty; it does not
show tendency to increase rapidly, ana is not the
most violent Rrm of tue dsease, the Com nittee
had doubted the proprety Of publishing al official
report of it. As mere ru nors, however, are gem
orally moro alarming than the facs, tho announce
ment can produce no apprehension that does not at
present exist. and may prevent exaggera sions.
Three hespitals are to be prepared, one rear tho
Waiesnbrioke, q eeoopd before the Ne1: Thor, and
tho third by the Hallesche- gate The central hosp.
tai is in the Oberwall ssrssse
The epidemic appeared first 10 the present year.
IN the delta formed by the frontier river Prosna
and the river Warthc. in the Polish terrtsry. The
earliest cases were reported in the second week Of
May. Nearly every town Of this district was visited
BY the disease. among them kalsch, Blaszki,
Sieraoz, Warta, Kolo, and Peysern. Nearly at the
same time, about the middle of May, it appeared
sporaoically in Warsaw, the earlier Gases being
of malignant character. But as the number of
cases was not at first numerous, the disea was
not considered dangerous; ii was NOT till tao third
week in juno that 1t began to be really regarded
the dreaded epidemic In the months Of Juno and
July, it spread from Warsaw along the banks Of the
Weichsei. TO the coast of the Baltic As on It's mp.
pearance in 1881, the cholera has generally folio we'd
the course Of rivers; when had advanced along the
right bank of the Prosna where that stream
joins the Warthe, tho disease wac suddenly an
nounced as having appeared on the Prussian torri-
tory, in the Dutcby Of Posen. in the to Sns Of Os
trowa and Pleschen. The progress of the disease
along the Warthe, in the Prusssn territory. slow
or than in Poland IL till tho fourth week ia
July that 1t appeared in ths city of PoseD, asd still
Later in the towns and villages scattered the left
bank Of the Wharf.-The; scarcely any place escaped en-
cessively high in proportion to the population For
weeks it seemed to keep the left bank Of the
river, as within boundary, but foay it crossed it,
from Neustadt, in the circle of PIeschen. 10 Milo
slaw, in the circle Of Wresahen. on the ri ghs bank
Along the course of the Weiobsel it reached Thorn
Fordon, Mewe, Dirsehau and Dan2ic and the towns
Of Msrienburg and Elbng on the Nogat. The last
reports from most Of these localities show decrease
In the number Of cases.