The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1860-08-15

ays without the passeogefs teiag robbed three
tunes. ~ The inst ~ 81 "tDx gAsherers' &c
mach ~ ths poor travellers my have, their VI
arrival a& thb place may be conceived. But a.
DOT % great ~ might be supposed.
We are now IN the height OF dog days sad rain
and II pours Gown something less than foot ped
larry every twenty -four hours.
me health q the place Il pretty fair, coni ider
Vessels IN port-Baxk Acme. from New YorI
cana, echooners Star, from New Orleans Tor
Oregon, from Mobile, uncertain. The America
ron, commanded by the gay and gallant Admiral
still blockades G reen Island.
VERA Carr, July "a
Dull Times in Meaico-A WINDY wdr-TAc P,a|
tu-y Repo~-k,ssing Solder iramon led
Patrols IN The valIey-A Prophecy, DC
We appear to have fallen upon very dull times
a! this invincole city. So very dull is 1t in "a
find il difficult to get together material Tor the a
binary communication. pity the fabricstors
ton letters, though their iinaslnations may s
want OF facts.
Active hossilites in the field 90 large scale
be suspended, whilst a wordy war is prosecute
press with vigcr almost worthy Of election tin
United States. American editors decidedly exec
Mexico in one part icuiar. however, viz: they O
guard them. stu. your Mexican is not wholly
IN epthet, after his own way, but he never de
downright Blllngsgate Perhaps the ditierenc
siter all, merely in the divergence IN the gent
anEuages. Even an editor Il polite In Spanizh.
We sti!i hear occas.ona, alluso0s TO peace neg
uut - ms y quite Is near as we shah come
ITSELF. the topic Is an uD.rudul one
Thsre seems 10 be very little doing now II
the country in the way Of fighting The mid
tiemen appear 70 be quietly rarnlizng during "a
rainy notwithstanding upon their laur
timo 'or the "!all shooting" which prouatl
sides TO open with great sprightpeA. Yes !
Of pfeventiDg nm utter sisgnAtion in the trade Ia
little shindy every now and then. We hel
stance, that Csrvsjal lately administered ga so
to the beggar Aifaro' in Silao near Cuanau ate
him loss OF 500 men-wh,ch means killed, wou
mssine-fspecia.y the latter. II Is aston Il
many soldiers turn up missing after the smallf
skirmlh. Still, when we consider the manner
"volunteers" are enlisted by either party (viz:
iassoed), their disqualification. wher thew g-,
chsxcc, ought not t. be a source of surprise
fellows cut out whenever they can and as they
60 home, naturally take TO the mountain iastn,
Tue h,eesay ihis acccuais Tor the sSarms o
sho infcst the ccvnUy,
Letters ircm Hexico Say that Ogazon has 6 fsl
Cuaoa:lafe, but We arc not informed that he !.
II. Nothing ia harder tean 10 get OF the tn
marvellous lauc. Cannot some Of those zen iu,.
vented the underground railroad ooms duy,i
III
The Valley u Mexico Is SAID 10 be filed with
armed patriots. II 80, why the deuce don, the
trate their forces and take the town
Miramon has fallen back from Lagos upon I
present. inactivity bodies 10 good for the libe
Tina he " quietly recruiting for vigorous oiyeus
tioEs there eau be doubt. do 10: ike 20
sDytllog OF the kind but you MAJ look or. for Z
somebody al awful dgubtirg before great VII
bEspArInEs-- FOREIGN VESSELS or "
FROM the New Orb aos Pcsyune. August
The mails 81 the schooner Sar. before repoI
Vera Cruz, direct, came to hand this morning
The Star leit Vera Cruz on the 2o.h ul., ADD
az passenger, W. i. Shippey, Esq late Secreia
Officer Jarvis, IL charge OF special mail bag
s'oop o'war Savannah. ana dispatches from thA
for the state Department. Dir. Shippey lett I'M
for Washington. He is succeeded as Flag Oiled
tary by ". c zsrs'gar, Esq. who arrived OIL
Cruz On the 9th. ii
There were three Spanish men. Of war al
when the Star left, two steam irigates and q 4
United States sore ship Supply was also at arch
same place. The Savannah aod Pccahontas \
Ctored of Greco Island. The French brig Of "
waH also ut Sacrihcios There WAS no British \
Vera CIuz, the yslcrous having called for JaIna
5tt.
Tie Foui ia OF Jciy was llated by the Anes
tisb and Freoch vtssels silh twenty one guns ca
we're also returned by the Castle OF San Juan d
The crews Of the men 81 war a: Sacri icios y
cellcnt health.
Tire rainy season bad now fairly set Ia ali
Mexican cost, aneiiorafips the extraordinary 1
sumner.