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Eeview, the fjiJowi'jg interesting *Utieti»
«or to tke progrc-s of oar H*P Bt^ er to tio r.-
w k:a the Revolution hmtmod ao er t brb
pth.ic, it etnhreciJ » | t i,„ presetit do>.
oar posses'iou* on the # aju.OOU »>i i»ro unibr,
Vr rn s territory Ore. millunsoi
It. Ko;m-i;.e Be* , 0 m hail oi tbo enure
•oi.reut.ie-. both* “«•'* V Mtdom«in_i»
Korin
UfaMrJy LlUje l . c combined —three times ws
aud IVcI.uJ, Miid t»r a’- Britain . nd
1*'«« M *'•« *f.° .'j»ain, Portugal, Bel
Irouo-i. A■ -• > tf , r k o«:iher—ooo ami a
gnim, ii “ •' , „„ me ii ina-ao empire—one
h“i! 1 y man mo area covered by the flf-y
* x , a>en P r.;-, - ale., ao(l republics ot Xu
roe”-- ri lf l *«■ eateni with the Rmiou empire, or
mil of Aiea.n ier, Jieilher o! vihich ta autd to have
.1- eJed 1 ree milltoDa of square rni.a- from ibe
I 11 iof B azo* IQ lhft OI wl,co i 10 lijo
if " ol Kue» io tbe Northern Ffteificj from tfio
/ r ..-.toeh van fto the iJay Oi Sit Diego, the L'moc
e’i i-ui a m grandeur and power. .
i !■« urtji* «»t the Norm *<#* tern States i» nearly
* w . al (_* a hsill i.mttt v.a large Wi lh:-t ot the North
ern—A. ice a* large as toe boothwestern; lour
taxi s as Urge rim -southern; eight tiu.es as
I . a -» t* o Middle 6ta;e**, aod fifteen limes as
large ss New England. D*v:de iae alav© temto
.i |/ce, exemaive of ui:formed territorial
govermoe iLh, the t*Dv© States have a:i area one
u. r i larger than the territory ol ihe free States.
TL-e shore Imc ol Ihift great empire, including
.r of Ilf. A l 180 !rf uiile.-, eq .a;
ul y. tee of tike oirlfa; if
w»j lo.iovr t ie irrtgu.unUta cf the laiauaa und into
the rivers lut a.-* tida extendi, the total bhore
hue of the Umtei istaiea w.ii be found to be 83,
(;C ii mUea, r one and one third the cireuinttreaee
01 trie earth.
The jaipu ation which achieved the revolution
wu- f-ou.ewriat lu»h than that oi the prosel,l btate
of New Yvili. It wa» a population which hod,
D v:j the i .on bysteni ot colonial gjver meTi*,
fee . roi two hundred >oa»a in tormiug. in le«b
tha.i 7*J jeare t'ruui that time twenty millions oi
po ,pij nave been added to mat little revolutionary
noc cun —a ravio oi iuciea.-e without a paraiitl in
th d auuHlrt u. mankind. In the period between
Ihi f and 1350 the loUi increase reached about P.x
million-A of porno* t> —an increase equal to that Oi
Great U-iUiu in 3J years audol France in 4) years.
Oi tnin, two unui -iis m ics J were f jtuigo tiorn Mid
ooi mitiiou uioro uiuy be os.imutol us tbe do
sec;.bun -ot ibo-c who have cb"ic iuto Itio country
.111-0 100 Revolution, leaving over ‘Z'J,(IOU,UO'J iu
duponleolot u eangr»-iou moc; the Revolution,
bailno (iejoeodaou of those who loruied u part
01 Os tbe foreigners »m';ug us, 1,4.0,000 ere natives
Rv. i.t, ilonnuions, 11,1W0,W0 uoerly being
j ,y. ... • • '-“h i b.-'«C -
TOrum -1 !•»<»<* o ’ ■ J '"'- ol
Whiob m.y « r «.•.'<#* • -•*
PiijoWiMOUt- :o *',.oMh"y»weMro.
-w&'i-t in 1-t'e.i *' '
.ilium mile, lbs le-v-t dense, &i. ...u..— **i*'- — J e
« n, Have only n -e luirabiiaut to every S'* or 4*
rq uru iuiim. With me name ifuu-iiy ai
CO IMII., liiu Uui'ul 61. tea would embr.ee four
buu lr i l and twenty mnlione ; with tbeden-ity of
Xlelgiuru, our territory i-vusl enough to moled,
.1) tno pr --unt inbubilantii ot the earth.
It 11 not in ihe power ot ir.au to coud-ive or a
ca-1 more typiualol tbe won tertul udvauceo of
oor ountry, than the growth of .omo of i s great
C it,e- —f .r o.arnp'e Cmoiunati. About tbo time
toe tVlend Cou-ti utiou wav o lopled, Mr. Mat
thew D uiin.ii, <>t New .lor-ey, bouabt for ♦•-•5.*,
BXI -or, nOl land no wliicl. me whole of ul. the
~a . j|.„aa B.reeluof On Clnliuti uro now 100.
F i la ins' net ’ !i " persons lia-i made tbt-ir
ru-i'lo. ci tiiim. Jn li*', 1 !“ ,, ° w, ru 46 ' w °; iu
USooi, a throe 111 l increase in ton year-.
At the pi'iient mom u the number cannot bo lee.
tn-n lbo.ont!, winch will inaUo Ciucinuuti the
fourth or ilfth city ot the union.
l'tio State in which it is situated, (Ohio,) ib an
othor T.lirMlo of tno present oeniurj. Aumitted
into the Uni ,n ,n 180 U wdb a population ol 46,000,
she -Iren -y vu-s with rennsylvutna, uud does not
fa'l f . rtio.t of the puuulutiou ci all the Now En
olai d Blul -e toys; her.' lino has 82 > miles of cm als,
hunt at u ot *W OCO 000, and 1,413 mils, ot
rail,, i. .-a greater ..-.lent l',u-i any ollur State in
t'l, U r.,’n. i inept Now York. Uor road, m pro
(I$68) were 1,781 niilos, making a total
programme ot 8,1.4 mile*.
1 •£,„ centre OI mo r-nr-scntativo population of
•Po Union is now wa-.t <d' the month of the Ohio
•iver. S anding at it iu point, lour groat arms of
.ii ,t lut-d ocean are opened to either point ol the
oom alas. To the east tbe Ohio ai.ocmls l.uO'i miles
peueirating in it*tributaries the interior ot N-;w
Y .fk. iv.usylvanta, au<l Virginia ; to the w «t
t. e .vil s nn sweep > :i'H u -iiilea towards the wa'crs
,vostern IJ can;— to the N,rtb and to the
H , Itn til - M --i -Sip; : the father of rivers, cun
vo.a .is water, to the ocean.
„. , a me g' Jat wtH'r-rn valley lias boon
Culeuia'c-i i-. follow: O io valley, ZOu.OOd Kq.iarn
ni ' Ml-«'asippi proper, IS-vno; Missouri, 600,-
Ouu- Jnd 1, ,wur Ml s. - ippi, 830,nun-total 1,210,-
Oia* sonar -, little.. It-, outline is 8,100 miles, and
this potion ol the Union included, embraces
Wcter i No* Y-rrk, Ronusylva ria and * irgiuiu;
Ksri'ieky, Teune-a.e Alabama, MUwiasippi,
Loui-iaun, Arkansas and Mi-souri; liliojis, in
di uia and Ohio ; Miohrgoii, lown ai.a Wisconsin,
wlm-u !"tal P >p,llull !-i may bo entimated at tell
or twelve iiihli ns. From 18IW to 1811) the popu
latio.v rd tli-i We. tern Valley double.!. Iu had a
cun nr . its n.pnlatiou lias increa-od twunly told,
... ,- c , (l uup.icii.i-.n every twelve yours. Ihe
average density n. the >■! u.ro miio i» now but 10
or 2. If ..densely populous us Grout Britain,
tv-a-n*. ii!l-i -nt snaca in our iutorior empire lor
800.000.000 of peoplo.
100 ... .iu ,e ... .no United States is 4,500,000
toil- US hirg.l iib tl'.t ol Ureal Britain five or ,-ix
jour- ig ■ ;f indeed upon a close calculation, the
two •;-Ul.dies do not already vie with each other.
At all even a, the ric io ol inorea»o oi our tonnage
is twic ius gr.-at u-i that ol Ur.-at Britain. Nearly
2 000 000 ton- imv-e been built by us iu tlie last tiva
jours’ which is lour times as inuoh as in tbo five
voara preeomlmg 18 SO. t'he North control# this
tonnage, ftmi ii i» o.leulfttefl to realize uuy mil*
lion.H a v ar oat Ol the carrying trade, winch si o
U per mi Ucd to conduct for the bouth. Tbo ntoam
marina ot ihu Dnio in 000,000 torn*, being loar
ti »ea ttrt great »Q lb 4 h
*vkb- b e nr*'iitdii hv lt4 , * , hO'>*i, i 'oo *md ibo-uom
i
" V ■- n, v ‘ "oidi*i-., *s*rrv\ 4 Uado cf Up.
n cei:-.*.' n? the •tiiiitry whioli vm tu)«xan>
• t . •'onvrat war iu £u
*o|*o, wore it jiOisihlo for us to bj kept Oat <?f the
frus, un vxtoi'Hion of our oouitnorco vr< uld
wiiiob oven fi{uruo might be unahlo to oompme.
Wohuvyin innmifui turmg #t)u0,000,oo0 or
Ohn.noo, an 1 our m..miftioU»nng pro<luju roaches
tl,to>,ooo f «M olu IS*>7 we manufactured but 800
balrw ofcoitnU ; in 1384, 216,000 baloa ; in 1852 over
BOvMOU balort -groauy more limn la manufactured
by France, uud on a u.ird a nuuoh us Great Britain,
though iw :ii> yiur.i it'/ ' wooidy muuufaotnrod
otic tilth us much us eho -lid. The Boulh and tho
\V r «sl, in iho samp p3»i.»tl, have dou !od ll»o pro
portion whi m their cotton manufacture hoars to
that ot the Uuiou. C tl-'ii goods constitute ono
hnli of the wiml* oXporis ot Great B. ituin, and
Boven eighths » 1‘ the whole mu >unt consumed in
li irop > uud Am.rijs, uud is tho product.of ttoulli
oin hlave lubor. lu the manufacture of cotton, it
la computed (hut more than Hoveu millions of
paopie aic immediately interested, and tirnt 01,-
2JU,ot»O o‘*o ot e ipilul is mvoided.
t> ir Agriealiurui 1 u>dm tsin IS4O wore estimated
at *0,000,out), in 1.0 i, by a ckma calo dation,
q , n ,Io uiotit crop, i!;o am »unt ba>cl> to f 1.000,-
0 1*1,020, anil : t ii" moment may bo taken to bo
3|l 2 0, uu.oro. The pro hue t15J,U00,000 in cot
ton, ngutn. - 2') ‘,OOO or Oi*o,loo sit the begn nil ff of
tho century. Our sugar crop is already 14 or i 5,
(KV* 000. There wjia a ttiird moro ot wheat, nnd
ti übioas much e rn pr« ’uetd in 1850 tuun in
1840, We h svy 118,- 00,000 uo-es ot laud in eulli
vation, and 3 n ooo.uoo in oeciphuoy, or abort
one s\>th purl Otthe urea et th** KrpubliO. Tno *0
ars carved out into aKmt 1,418,000 farms, or dis
tinel agricultarui iutotesti*, with f3,§o y>oo in
vested in farms, impk incuts, , an average
extstit to o«e:i fat in * 1 acres. It four fifths of
the slaves of tho Soutti boa did, the amount of
cap tal it:vo-t 1 in ttio africulturel intorcst of
Amur c i wi.l l.e 15,000.1*00,000.
Wh*-n we come to the education of the people
we in. I tUat 2 150,000 boys, ami nearly I,ojo,ix-0
gtrlv are at scluk>!s ami colleges, about one
irih of iho population. The proportion in E g
Jan \ and Wales 1-1 I in 8 j Spain 1 in 17 ; B isma 1
in 77. The number of «t i T o porsone over SOyeurs
of age it. the U iite»i Slater who oannot road and
write, is l,*»Ss,i>oo. about <llO twelfth of the porsous
In Ei.glnmiand Wales, in three >«ars, t;Uf tho
porsous who ragisUv. vheir marriagea wvreincapa
tie ol reading atul writing.
j u comparing d tTo.ont ccct of the Union
with regard to education, wa find that whilst in
N.W England orlv l adult in about 875 'annot
read and write, i«i the Middio Si »tes 2 in 1*0;
fi.uhern S'ans 9 in 100; So.ithw-stern S;
N r'.t.eru, 6 N-rih Ws>tern 17. growing out
ol if t git al proj t*rii not f reign born 14 out of
every hui.dr* d then, being inca; able cf reading
and wiu’irg, uhioh is th*- same proportion ot the
f>r%ign brtti n JSew K g*and. Iu the whole
Utfcti, liu 25 cannot rnd uud writeef the native
b» *-,Mn-l linlJ .d the forcig born.
i : IS2S, we b * un the construction ot railroads;
in 188*. »« had 4t miles ; i»?184i we had 2,107;
in 1554. 15 848—being twice the extent of those in
G*eat Briuafi, oonsidorbly nmrethau all tho world
put together. Whitet tho ..-err-go cost in our
oi.-iitry lias been about 80,*hM a *mle, the ccst iu
Kngland has aveiagod about 02iHMXK). Wc have
pm in operation iu-tbe last year about 8000 miles,
ana havo in course of construction a programme
of 12 6i2 miles.
The miuetul resources of tho United States in
clude almost overy article of great comm rcial val
ue. The c al and iron resources ot some of our
Western S a r*. are as largo as those ot tbe whole
of Britain. We have coal and copper in profn
lioti, and the gold 1 ©sources of California are al
mo'*' equal to those of tho fabulous reports of
Ormcx nd the ind. Bal>or obeaj'ors and popu
lation cer tral’.xes, and ‘-ce mes d«:nsa. The uitn
eral resources of the Union will be developed, »ad
it need g vo us lit le concern that they remain on
d,-vt h ped now. sr co our capital at d labor are so
•blind ir: !y »t -1 1 rolU .hly employ siin a thousand
oU*#r obumtU. DaM gi M»»»l«ihn4t?
oor cli : Iron. The r»>uk» of the gold nines ot
Callt-nil# nl’iie ill msr-etJsuo, iqnal almost
the vain .1 ot tho #ho!e 0 moo cron of tlie Southern
Sutee OI the V'.ii-n —d’uNmu Jmrt.al
I'l-asT* vs oi-M! i.TT.v M> -l<»< or 1 in
The K-dimocU 8.-«tm>t T o-day evcmti v - says,
on Monday t vl.i, two tobacco t.-.i. r-.s. ono In.
longiii* to iu.'s.s, try Oc 11.-.tohor, ard the
other to M r -J. 'V. A k wore entirely do
etto.od hy nr- , l'.tr -iLine fi-e tlie » » of -vie
ot tbe bo idiigs a .d vtoshe.l throe fi-o
men, k lung . tie on tt • si o' end seriously i- jar : - g
tbe others The Bui :
Taken altogether, th a deserves to be rogarded
r» i-e of tho tin st die;.s‘ron> fires whivn has
ifil .I'd orrv n, or a son. s o; ye re. Tke build
Jug- destroyed be ottjr to the . state ot the late Xlr.
John Raders, and acre amongst tlie meet ertn
tnOvli. as -u tbs', portion o-’ t!:e vi’y. W# at.der
ate d ti ere ,x *: two po etc* -T in-nreroe upon
tbern—V tie I 1 Bll,t*io i 1 the <dt -> ot t* e Virc ms.
i*iro BiiO Marino Uvnioany, of •! : s city, and th-
Otl-sr f, r * ; IV. -I : H L> t chburg lmmrance . dßc .
M.svs-e. Usteli-r «v UwiTv we o in* -red <S- | .
OOt- m tho Uartt- d ana a .ike amount in t .ellsw
»rd inaomrieo office.
Mr. Atkin-on t':-d an insnrsnee for only gl s<?o
In the Virgin’s Fite aud Marine otfioe—atd tLvte
for. oaee i.eavi y.
A q ia. try suit and tob cos was on etornijc in
tbe oa*. in i.'a of 'be bni-ituca dtsirevod. On
these article-, the \* . ley I -aranee offi:e loses
86.0-"'. t" 1 .5 a 1 file • gS.iaV, aiiJ a:, clfi.-c .n
Veter. j .>o—the last two items covorit tho
aalt a', ns.
Tha teal loss by the fire, in dollars and cents,
““J V" » - - I , I ....
rtnm "» I vLToM ,„ T , _The Tax Codec *
tor has lUit..s: cd », >. „ f - , . ; 1
of Ml no only -. Real <*«»,«,
fir.t qu.Mty 1235, 2d ditto 25 Sin stdfo ut !
*»i; I' l ne !»• •* IB,lßi. rsv--... c ri 1
I*6“ s’.T o.idrm hot«„ • 1 , •
1263. save- ra.ilt.d •- .. -.1.,', *
Free pers..’is Ot oor ~, D-gu-rteati A-wt, o ’
Ds-ml-tr, 6 ins 41 IV-i.s, 18 <1 a/
prove'® value ot ci 1 yort.«l;r oi cr > , Gst ,77e ■
no- bar ot tl>v». 1,681; ipireeate vatoeor^aeaa'
gvc: ;s.; t : a Vs-t *'-Kf
ail ko >, #7BBB IS I
other cap ~ ii.seated tn r* ce f any- kn.da,
886 *o'; improve-e value cf a Ger j r oerty not
before 1 mb'... r t d ei t< 1 1 t t i-'-.f - -_"n J treeban
ical tools,. 1.1 01.1 tr |'s, A-'. 8 7: avp'epata
vameo' he who'e p'"f. r’y. 84 723,74. ;•*> ott
ter deloc !• s' 8* U-M4 *S7- Amount cf Uses
OB protveeiaiut, B»i*. —lirdufa liki.
DSTaTiA Bl THK ASIA.
Tns Wan. Tlie war nows though brief is high
le imoortaiit. On the h.h rrit.ee (Alt-lander;
' .ri-1.-t.ttk d announced to the Austriuri povern-
Moldavia, us well as Wadaehia will be {
immediately cvtcuatfcd. Consequently the Aua
innu troops on ifceir way U) Gcilic u, the Babovina ,
and Traaaylvauits have received orders io .talt .or
ibo present, hiaiuluncou-iy with ibis aauouace
uieut i.**tt leiegraphic Btateincnt that 8,000 French
have effected u lodgment in the i&iaud of Aland,
aud that an equal number have landed on the
isthmus o» Ferokop to prevent Hussiau raintoree
monts from reaching the Crimea. Sir Ch-rics |
Napier was to attack lijmsTmud “next day, anu
a lormidable expedition against Sebastopel j
making ready to embark on board the Heel ;
transports that ha J assembled in the buy ol > arna. •
The Other ite*i.s of iDsercsl by this arrival arc las
death or the King cf bux-joy ; and the indiOUuen-
ol <d »eec CnnsLtua, ou a charge of treason, bo- |
fore tbe Spanish Gjrtej. . , |
A letter published in the London Times Oi who ,
10th inti., make- public the very important intor- |
mation that a trea v exists between the
Bav Company aud' tho liuasiau government, by
ahich the ii Bay Company enj >y» hoi th®
'■*aie of lat June, ls 4*. jor a tp c lk-d pe-t*>d, tec j
exclusive u»e ol tne liu-aian American coa.-t, Ir ® JD j
c 4 deg. 4 ') min. north to Cape Sper.o-r, near 53 oe !
gre a uonh, in coDbidorut;ou o» the payment of
znA) oiler skina anuual.y t) the K lssian Company.
Un this arrai g-fOiot it is undorsh.od that Great
Britain can found a cla mto prevent actual p:t4-
ho-sion of the only reahy valuable portion of thi
II irsso American coast, and thereby interpose an
effectual »topto me negotiatienu ut present pend
i«jg tor the sole of thai territory to the Lniind
Stales.
According to latcv. accouLta the liussians coa
linue in re-reat, ai.d the only question L whether
(hey will btop bemud (hc&ereth ortho Fruth.
Their ret re men t is effected in perfect order. ;
O uar Fa.-ha has o. ce“. i *>• Danube with toe j
main body of his army from C iUmla and the j
ne ghboneg positions, and it is h’.a’ed that c<o,uuo
I’arKr* are now in V* ailachia. On tne 27th and j
28'.h July, a corps ot 3d,U00 Turks cr /ssed U*e riv- |
er utßa-.-ova aud ilisuna, which lorn* the right .
of the army on and by the |
latest slate me nl received from \ ivnna, the lurk- |
ish udva xced guard entered Buclia esl August
6th. The course of the Danube Iron Orlova to
Ualtitz is now *n possest-ion ot the Ta. ks. Turkish
aucountH say that an iavitntion has been already
-ent by the WuMac'jian Boyards to Omar Fashu,
and a loyal nddreM* voied to the dul-ati.
lu'oaiia’i >u, which seems to be authentic, pays
that Mo duvia will also be evacuated. Tno Paris
MoTj'renr co:di ms tbo blu‘ement, aut adds that
notwithstanding the annoancemct Ly the Russian
Envoy of this complete evacua'ion <4 the Frinci
puiuies. Count Buol, the Andrian represents
tive, exchanged notes on the Bth insL, vith the
representatives of France und Eugland, to the
effect that Austria, in common with France and
E ikiaud, continued to louk tteachly for the guar
antees to be exacted trou* liusoa to prevent a rc
a-sß‘»pr. drfficTll’» r onbl“d
j si- pe»ot f . - • • -* r.
ixerseif, oniil cum/ieij *. ■*>•*.»-uuauiiiom ,
* n*-««e.not to treat with the oi J
; Xt. i't terko -rg ultd »ach g*n.ru*.tec bo obtameo )
cupy thoir places. . ,
O.nar Fas ha on entering \\ alUshia published a
prodamatiou to the inhabitants stating that he did
not intend to make that province a theatre of war.
According to l!ie Trieste L utuug a new Oonvoli
tion had been mode oetween Austria and tho I oric.
by virtue of which the Adrian troops will be per
mitt d to by w*sy ol ISuguaa into the lurkish
territory, HLou*d it hi necessary to act against Mon*
tonegro. , , . ,p. n *
A force of 19,050 Buftsians has arrived at iillis,
aft'.r tbreo mouths on the march.
Austria ai.d Vt u-ia arc expend eoon to propose
to the G r/uttiuc Diet ti*at tho Federal contingent
be plac don a war footing. Bavarian troops will,
in cose of need, occupy the Austrian provinces iu
Italy. Tho Vienna Conference has not yet met.
The PrnMtan army hoe i ot yet “mobilised. ’
The Invasion of the Crimea —lt uow appears
that the expedition wnich lot Varna on tho 21st
July, with Goa. Browu on board ih- Agamemnon,
a lid Gen. Canrobert on beard the Napoleon, was
not, us had b:on suppoeed, tho actual expedition
against the Crimea, but merely an exour&ion to
rooounoiire the ecu it. The excursion lusted six
d»ys. It was extended to Sebastopol, and the
H'tttctneul is that an English steamer i aving Gen.
Brown on hoard, actually penetrated into, aud
passed tho night in the harbor of Bobos opol,—-a
itory which see ink to want confirmation. On the
27ili tho excursion returned to Varna, On the
Bnth, the large ti ret ot transports lylug in the Bos
phorus received ordors to proceed to Varna, and,
although w e are not informed of the fact, a simi
lar order was no doubt seut to ’.heso assembled in
the harbors of Bourgu.q Bnltschik, and Kodcndje.
The Tin Irish ffuet wo*gbed anchor on tboSOlb tor
the rendezvous at Varna. Tno sieffe guns that
recently arrived from France and England, arc
kept afloat in the steamers that brought them, and
will u company tho expedition. No secret is now
made of tlie proposed invasion. It is openly sta
ted tha* under fav rable circumstances, a landing
of 30,i.00 nion will bo tffoctod in 48 hoars .rouithe
period of leaving Varna; —still leaving the line of
bnttle ships to watcii trio Kossiun flee-. At tho
same time it in admitted that the emburcatiou will
occupy some considerable period.
Cholera bus broken out virulently at Varna.
Typhus has uiHo appeared. The British lose more
men by these maladies than tho French. General
Daflonvillo, command.ng a division of cavalry,
bad died.
A conspiracy to burn tho Russian fleet as it lay
at anchor in the harbor, is reported to have boon
discovered at. Sevastopol. No particulars arc giv
en, und the rumor is doubtful.
On tho 17th July the British stosmers Vesuvius
nnd Spitfire were crnisi ig eff tho Suliuu, mouth of
the Dunub*, whon thoir captains determined logo
up tho river to tho spot where Captain Fatkar
was hit ly killed. Having learned from an Aus
trian vessel that there wojo eleven f-et of water iu
the channel, they launched the steamers’ paddle
box boa's, launches, gigs, und cutters, and pro
ceeded up tho river, destroying the Kus-ian slock
udes on both sides as thoy passed, without, resis
tance. On arriving at the small town ot Sulirm
i hey landed and sot it on fire, ami by 8 o’clock in
the afternoon tho whole town was in ruins, noth
ing being spared but tho church nnd lighthouse.
Baltic.—Tho re-nlt of Gen. Barnguny d’Hill crs
interview with the King cl Swedeu was an order
that tho Swedish Hoot ut Garlscrona ahull remain
ou a war looting.
T * A M * •;*- . h ‘ h) of
- kuo ■ n b»- all -jinr*
• -rtortu brt v*ng approachod a.e ir * '
:r’c*i .he irsnroiiade o ud
bOtt T c* r r 4 u t*> rd pr«soD‘c*i him-, o
fore the mcr.i'siory to domnnd Us w.:conn
| surrender, as well as mat of the garrison, ifie
superior of the monastery, tne Archimandrite
Alexander, refused to obey this summons of tho
enemy, and tno next day, at 8 o’clock, tho steam
ors ro commended the bombardment, whioh thoy
continued iucossauily until 5 o’clock in the alter
noon.
In ppito of this bombardment of nine hours,
nobody was either killed or wound©! in tho inte
rior of tho monastery ; tho only injury was, that
the wooden inn situated without the wul s was
pierced with set rai shot. As to the edifices situa
ted iu tho intorior of tho onciont wills of tho
monastery, they did not sustain any injury.
After having ceaeed their lire tho steamers
weighed onohor and sailed for tlie Capo in the B y
of Oucga, where thoy arrived on the B.h (2uth) ot
Ju'y, near ’ho village of L'amitskaia, and on the
li h the crew landed on the island of Ky 1 (15 vor-te
from Onega,) set lire to tho Custom House and
several adjacent buildups, and entered the monas
tery, whence they carried away a biouao bull,
wh.ch they took on board the Miranda, us well an
f-evcral aiticlea which they Lund o- the Custom
Houfo.
Anv.- A'most tho only intelligonoo wo have
from Asia is contained in tho folio wing dispatch
dated Trebixon-10, July 21si:
4 ‘ The Turkish army iu Asia is continually rein
forced.”
All tho Bmhi-daxouks havo boon f laced under
the command of 1.-mail Pasha (General K notty,)
who Is churgotl with tho organization aud improve
ment of ih.se irregular troops.
Thin moasuro has certainly been ono of riic best
inspirations ot tho Generul-in Chief Although
entire y separated fr- m tho rest ot tho array, Is
mail l’ttsbal.as powerfully c«)utribaied to the morul
elevation of tho sold or by constantly obtaining
the advi ntago in the numc v jus engagements wlticli
lie has undertaken with hisirreg dar troops against
the ltussiaii Cossacks; ai.d, a though these small
engagements with outposts* are aj parently insig
tt aut, they nevertheless produce uu esoellent el
tect upon tho spirit of the army. Besides this,
Isuuri. l’ashft has completely succeeded iu repreas
i* g tho turbulence aud pillage to whion the Bashi-
B-zouks were too much addicted.
The ascendancy winch Ismail Ftnha hft'* boon
able to acquire over bis troops forms n very re
markable tact. This general hrs mado himself at
once feared aud Those irregular troops
have now tho most uniimitod confidu co in tlie
capacity of thoir chief. Tt ey blindly obey him,
uru girded by him, and ure always ready to expose
themselves to the greatest dangers wilu the most
admirable cour ge and iutiepidily. Recently a
strong divisi n ct Cossacks, tupported by cavalry
nnd two piects of cannon, alter having paased
Arpa-Tchst, came to io’ago on the Turkish terri
tory u tar tho left bank ot tho K irs-Tcr.ai. b mail
Pasha was nt ihot.me upon the right bank of t o
river wi;h 2(>o of his irregulars. It was impossible
far him to attack the Cossacks with this hanaful
of men ; but, upon an intimation which ho con
trived to send immediately toiiaJji Deuivah, who
whs encamped about a league and a half Irom 'he
Kars Tcbai, that chief instantly came up with 1,600
Bashi-B^aouks.
Isma;l Fasha then crossed the Kars Tcbai and
atucked the enemy w*th such impetuosity that ho
instantly took flight in spite oi the great inferiori
ty ol numbers, 100 Bashi pursued the
Hussions, lance in hand, ur.d the latter wero obliged
to use their guns to protect their retreat.”
England—Mr. Hume, in the House ot Com
mons caned the uUeution of the British Govern
ment to the necessity of taking sti 1 more ener
getic measures tor the ftlave trade iu
Cuba. Whatever measures the Home Govern
ment of Bpaiu might have taken to UF til tho pledge
given to England and toother countriesthe-y were
frustrated by the venadty and treachery of the
i ffijials in Cuba. In the las: papers received there
was an instance mentioned of a subaltern and his
men placed to prevent the lauding of slaves in
Cuba, Actually receiving a bribe of atew dollars to
assist in lanamg them l Tho c:>usequeuoo cf -acli
treac 1 ery was, that not fewer than In,OOO negroes
had been lauded in Cuba during the & x months
previous. There is now a now government in
Spain., ar.d the principal promoter of the slave
trade to Cuba, *d u*en Christina, has been expelled
from that country. Tne present, therefore, is u
favorable time for effecting the t‘tal supp'eseion
cf the traffic on tho part • f the Caban authorities,
and he was sure ts.tt K-par.ero would give kiabest
assis’auco towards carrying oat that object.
Lord Jobu K sse.i s: :d ;t was certairny to be de-
P lor ed that al cr Britain, France the United
States and Bm i, had rigidly pat down the slave
trade, it stiii should be carried on, under protec
tion of lh« Spanish authorities, in Cuba. Witu
rc tore nee to the measures < I "ression recently
taken, the iutetftgcncv w*s*of a rco satietactcry
nature. In February, In 4, profiio tory orders oi
« stri t gent ui ’vre were issue at:u Mr. Crawford,
the Bnv.sh expressed hims -ifantis
fied ttln- s nccrit* ot t: ese orders. Fnrtherinstruc
non.' to tii® same effect v.ero issued in March,an
un ter tLe«. 6 0 negrovS w« • closed. Other rtgu
laf.oi.s io-poMu tho } -.nalty ol dismissal ot any of
theau:hL f;t v ® wt> n. ul rid to rep.>r: the trnva:
4*l t*r* . siivos, and cncer :h a regulation several
district v flic, rs had beendhouMd. Iu May, al-o
6-0 mote u*fro«t were t. h wu # unite!
obvious ti.ai ii saoh lucsinru. wjrs rjgoroa.-S
riod into eff .ct the importation ct s'.avea i:;to Cuba !
must soon cta-*c. It was true that tfu venalr.y or i
officers Lad lo a verv .a’s- cite:. , irustritcvl e '
effort* ::.ade lo suppress the trade, but ts the- 1
Queen Mother cl t at , v* :.o—ihw fact was unf.”r- !
innately too notormtu:, had been t o chief promo
ter of the trade, v.as now removed, and ;% new g c
vernment hud been inrUtuted, he dcubttd • t, 1
would give energetic aid to * n pp’e?s the tr. ffi . i
Ger.. C LCLa has b.on appoint©: Go ert>< r Gcc- j
eral oi Cuba, ana it may be confld n:ly expected ]
t:-at t e will zealously co operate with the Duke ue j
i Vitloria (Espanerv:) who, there is every ri- >. i. j
to believe, wdl leave no in asurcs untried far that j
purpose. He (Sir John Kissed) had long kr.cwn \
srtcroas a man of the grosiest honor, integrity •
and of sentiment; and the British Go- ;
vernmem would mm a* stroi gly nnd us j
:v ** P se-We, that all crevrit of the Spunie*. Go- ;
furieited ir the s’ave traffic be i
cretHPv h Vi }- T(i Aberdec»i and »1 e Foreign he- j
S*o3*Ste , ,!’“i“. , ° ,ime ur *^ d «** O-e^P***-
»iou, oeo( *u#fi*U^S n S? °* P ar F°«
suptrcKlbs u.j. Bb! Governneut to ;
II" it lt <i C w' TO teoi ab ;' lrierd(ilr. j
ll»® Unuel. Gov. rnment Ja “ •
on the matter, end feel* thai ’befo\ W^ Ctlus ■
ciue W#4i:,.ud tbe «ast.,tent civLl
rica, are objects deserving of the utmost endeavore
to accomplish.
Sir J. Walmalcy Ihoot that if remonstrances
were not sulE ?ient to induce the Spanish Govern
ment to put on end to the Slave Trade, cof-rcioo
ought to be employed for that purpose. Theaab- •
je-l dropped.
In the flonee of Lords Lord Campbell drew tbo j
attention of the E*r! of Absrdeeu to the circum- !
stance that the Dean an I Chapter of Westminister i
Abbey, reiu.-ei to grant twofqusre feet of ground .
wi’.hin that Church for a monument to the Foet j
Ct'npb 11, unless on the payment of 200 guineas, ]
c‘i.-h down. A rep>resenlation had been made to I
the Dean and Chapter that the subscription fund j
was extiac-ted in paying even & moderate price j
f<>r the monument, and that tuere were no means •
to pay this heavy additional c!aitn. CampbelFo j
executors had a'ready pai d £73 5?2d for bis grave, •
wi h £7 7a extra for permission to put the poet’s !
nxcie on ihi stone that covered bis remains, and j
the statue of th: poet has been five yesra in the
studio of tho art st, in consequence of its oxcla S
sion from the Abbey. AT these things had been j
du:y represented to tbe Dean and Chaster, bat i
they were relentless; they said they must have
the 2 *0 guineas*, or tho ntatae should never eater
the Abbey or Westminister.
TheEiri of Aberdeen entered into a rambling
defence of the and Chapter; were poor,
had no estates for support of tbe fabric of the Ab
bey, and, no doubt, the circumstances of the Dean
and Chapter rendered such a charge necessary.—
He (Aberdeen) not prepared to holdout hopes
that a gruLt would be given from tne public funds
to parenaaea site for the monument of the poet!
The M srquis of Clanricurde then entered into a
critism of the mauncr in which the British Gov
er:;ment is conducting the present war. After
some personal apologies for his jealous wa ching
of tbs conduct of the Administration, ha proceed
ed to e&y that tho blockades had not been en
forced.
bir Chailes W’ood hnd given his promired state
| ment of the finances of India. Tlie being
as so low: j : In the year 1851—*2 there weh a net
I surplus of £»31.2C5 over expenditure'; in 1852-3
j ji h.i rp'nH ol £088,465, and in 1853-’4 a deficit Cl
I £372,325.
(JtitM.RNY. —On the 9th of Aagust, the carriage
i in WMicn (tie King of Saxony was driving, wa?
| overturned ut a place called linst, near Iruspruck.
| (Anr.tner despatch says, *‘near Br nobuchel.”)
i l’he King was thrown among the hor-es feet, ana
received a kick which fractured his skull. He died
half an hour afterwards.
I pain.—Matters remain comparatively quiet in
Madrid. The Cortes wi Ibe constituted in con
formity with the iuw ot 1537, or that of 1845. The
Bank of San Fernando has advanced 15,000,000 reals
to the Treasury*
Burceona was r.gain quiet. There had been
col'iMons between the people and the troops.
Oa the nigh* of the BJ, arrangements were made
lor the departure ot Coristina and her family.
Gen. ban ihguel was to have escorted her with a
squadron ' f dragoons, and Espartero went to the
palace to attend her departure. Angry gioups ot
men how#»vr»»- .**•••" - ' “go.
f from .ar.oos atenons of ilt there
i .-ei v ._** u; * G.o J tin •.** »'• •* j* .ud hut Ohrlstinr
ter an
t > have her quietly removed from the country, but
O’Donnell is exiroruely violent tgainst her, and
demands that she shell at least bo made to reluad
into tho treasury the monies of which she bus
p.uudered the country.
Various differences of opinion are said to exist
*imoug the Ministry. The name of Narvaez now
begins to be heard among the people.
I’oland —A letter Iroui Wuraaw of the l3t, in
theFresscof Vienna, says:
“ The approaching arrival of tho Czar at Warsaw
will be marked, it is saiJ, by ce.tuiu conoession-*
to the Polos as respects their nationality. It is
**ttid that tho Awaombiy of Notables mentioned in
tho organic elaluto of the kingdom of Poland of
1882 is to bo c >nvoked. The establishments cf
rub io instruction arc, it is said, le be reopened,
and the employment of tho Polish language in
official acts, the publication of the annual expenses
and receipts, and t- e right to consent to direct
tuxes ordered. The Polish army is also, the re
port goes, to be ro-o**tablishe.l, but under tlie
commut'd of Kussiau officers. The fourth recruit
ing is finished ; never had tho population been
placed under contrib- tion io such an extent.”
Gi.EEOE.~The M-ivrocordato Ministry at Athens
is definitively constituted. It has just issued the
following programme:
“ 1 llollenos!—Tho format!~n of Ministry having
boor, complotedy we toel a great desire to give a
now direction to ulfuirei, and wish to explain clear
ly ihe obj ‘el of the Government.
M 4 In taking upon oiueelvcs the functions which
have been confi led to ns by the King, we have not
deceived ourselves wi h respect to the gravity of
the responsibility which we havo assumed, arising
from tho vices of a system which was not ours.
Wo appreciate the difficulties of the position.
They are groat uud numerous ; but the dangers of
tho country impose upon us the obligation of
re.xigmug ourselves to them, and wo have not
hesitated to accept the task.
4 Our first duty will bo to conform ourselves
faithfully to tho constitution, tho germ ot tho fu
ture a* dol ho progress of the Greek nation—
nothing more end nothing loss—and with thccou
stitation the execution of the laws, respecting at
once the lights of the monarchy and theso of the
people.
“ • We shall endeavor, with peculiar care, to
maintain the most mnioahJe relations with foreign
Fojvers, ar.d wo shall make u point of faithfully
observing the treaties which bind us to them.
“The moral aud material interesis o’ tho coun
try shall be also tho ol j cts of cur io ie tude. We
shall endeavor to effect every possible amelioration
and to afford a remedy for ail abuses. Tlie educa
tion of tho people is hr the Greek nation a ques
tion of civilization. The Ministry will endeavor
to extend the benefits ot education to all classes of
sccioty.
4 * 4 Wo shall neglect nothing which can tend to
strengthen our holy religion, at tho same time di
vestintf it trorn prejudice and superstition.
414 We shall use overy exertion to appeaso dis
sontion and party spirit, which unfortunate y have
hitherto prevailed iu Greece, and to ral y round
the Throne all the friends es order and liberty.
44 4 All matters connected with agriculture, com
moreo, and industry will bo the ol jeots of our
i deep and conscientious study.
44 4 Municipal institutions us well as tho admiu-
nitration of commercial affairs will have the so
lious attention of tho Government. It will consider
it a dot- with t.lie tK-‘r ‘ ' • •«.<•» s>
rapi« •*.Bpqi.se tc the pregr >s ;
. u'stb ** . 1 h sv uci , theu-r. rcsi .u* odd*
' ** M ••-•rnC: ntene <»f oor ;>ab)h. liberth s,
i , aUCI Ol'*-*'* t* b'A ro.-| ;*■- *
iuutfpejsdence Oi who tribunalscuip.o>.. - .
“Tho finances of btate wii! be unhu lo
mout win noi hCbiuito to adopt any financial reform
which may appear useful and necessary, whether
in realizing or in imposing taxes, it will alao en
force the strictest economy in the expenses of the
Stato. Tho Ministry will spare no pains to devcl
ope both public and private credit.
“A tho same time, the Go/eminent will neglect
nothing to dovelope the resour c* of the navy
(source of the rtoli nos the country,) nd to protect
and favor merchant vessels, so us to render them
us influential and as numerous us possible.
4 Tn conclusion, tho Government will devote pe
culiar attention to our army. It w ill endouvor to
nmoliorato its position and organ Bi*ion, nnd to
iuorenso iff* numbers without adding to the ex
penses of ii; it will incre »f e tho energy of tbo ar
my y discipline, good order, aDd an improved
military spirit . (Such sro the principles of tho
internal uud external policy of the now
such is the policy r/hicli it wi I endeavor to curry
into execution, in tho ilrin hope that it will over re
ceive the approbation cf tno nulion.
“Athens, July 81.”
LA TEST INTELLIGENCE.
Accounts nr»* fta’ed to have r-:vf e i Paris that a forefr
of Arg o French noo;»> hat* heen landed on the isthmus of
Perek<>p, to Intercept the Ituselan cjmmunicitions vi.h
the Jrtmea.
From Da? t'is 11th, it is telegraphed that B'CO Trerch
so!(l erN and 60" Knghsh maiines landed at tiree poit >s
on the Is and of Al> nd w tn very litffa interruption and
no ltE« on 'he urecedlag Tu- sdav. 'I It© so ta were to be
t a k d them x diy. Sir Chaile3 Napier was at Bumar
aund In die ship Bulldog.
lhePailsMoi.it ur of t -(’ay (11th) pub'lshfs the
trian demand on Ku*s a, w h the Kus i r reply ; ji'so, the
answer cf tne French d vernment, rafurlrg to gi ant an
armistice, l ut stating that peace may I r had oa the fol
lowing te ms : Ist. the anoliiion of «be Kus-iaa protecto
rate over WallacMa, Servia and Moldavia; 21, fre.d. m
of'he months < fdu Danube . 3d, revision of Ui tr.atv "f
1841, with r.-.ferecce to the luni'.s of Russia in the Black
Sea*,’and 4th, nj pjtver ta Lave protectorateovtr Turkish
subjects.
Five nrisrners were ' , xecuted at Perms on the 4 h, for
bavii-a t k-n p»rt iu the lecent irs r »cticn.
tAXoH*, Db'hpbn Aug 10.—Prince John brotherof he
late an g, has i‘su*d a pr«*c!ama’ion, wi.'ch counter
aigued * y the Mint ter-, ann .unci: g his arce*sion.
i o'Dov, 8 turd ay moaning.—Thete L> not a line of news
from aay quarter the war.
The Lcn u*n I'iioes o the 12 h it st says that owing to
ihe Auer ess of th*- w*-aiher, the ct x (ft mat ion t f ’he sta’e
ment reg trdmg the entire ret: eat of the Russians from the
r urkich p>ii cip«l:tie , »nd the character of the dtba c on
Thursdxy in tne tiou.e of L r ;p, the E g'i h funds opened
on Ir.iiry ci i.-Li g with c-ntir.u d buoyanc;*, and were
well njui.it vined throughout the d>y In carsequerce of
tn- v.r ols poir ta whence i forciaticn may n w be looked
for, t! •• marktt for the next week or two wi;l rhow great
sendtivi n -«s.
The ieaiiui iortronty, al'hough ttill good,is lrss ac'ive
thin at the comrr-rceii cut o: th-week,un!ltheannoance
neutof a la-g arrival cf Australian gold had nkew.se a
lavorable nry.
Iu the forei. n exchanges this afternoon the rates gene
rally fl'm, and in some caaes rather big ter.
bOf T H i: R X C l L TIVATOR,
Opiniuns of tho Ureas.
Southern Cultivator f k August.—This elder
brother oi Ihe Agricultural j mma s ot the Soulh
still keeps tho lead which experience and enter
prise have given to it, tho number before us being
7-pecia:ly rich iu interesting ai.d valuable matter.
Wm. B. Jones, publisher, Augusta, at SI.OO per
annum. D.nielLec, al. D., aud D. Bedmoud,
Editors.— (itoryia Ciiistu.
The Southern Cultivator fop. August, has
been received. It is an unusually interesting
number, snd contains a groat variety of apposite
agrieultuia! articles of value to the farmer. We
attain repeat, that every man who cultivates only
ten aerrs of land, shon.a subscribe for this month
ly work. For one doiiar an nmount of mos: valu
able and pract cal reading matter can 03 obtained,
which, it road and heeded, wdl prove of ten-fold
value. Published iu Augusta, Geo., by Win. ss.
Jones.— HunUvilte Adv c.te.
Southern Cultivator, Aususta, Ga.—We are
am Tg those who believe that the greatest want
ct tie country, setting aside purely mori.l sub
j .e'f*, is educated farmer- and planters. To bring
about this much desired obj ?e*, the most certain
means is, to spread broad cast among the present
geuerariou «.■ agriculturalists. Agricultural litera
ture. Ami if it produced tbi- result oi:;v, the coun
try wouid reap a vast benefit, and it tor posterity
: 'or e, it would be an ample rewar i. Wo arc also
f those who believe that he who by science or
a; or, can make two blades of grass grow, where
before the rtTpra! soil wouid produce but one, is
n public benetaot 'r And one who will do more
goo ' to his race than many who go down to the
grave v.i:“ senators for pall bear*, rs and a nation
tor mourners, win. ail the pageantry of woe.
We intended a glance at some of the articles
of the August nnm.ie's before us, but cur Hums
will not at i - is time admit and extended notice.—
•Nj/kA rvUle Gurpian.
Tu ff OYranvcixD —A young man named Geo.
N. 4 arpentet, c urk in the tore of Messrs. J a fir ay
<fc Sous, New York, arrived here yesterday in the
steal: >1 ip Au i.stn. About the same time a dis
patch was received by Ma>or Ward, s’ating it at
Carr- ter bad stolen irotn his employers some
$' 0, and that he had taken passage by the
steamer. The necessary instruct or s wero given
*o Lieut. MiG:.'! end Sergt. Bn tier of the Mounted
Police, who at once set about their business and
. sn-cced*d i s;resting Carpenter. They
found |Son his person, and he i> now in custo*
dy, awaiting the ucees'try requisition from the
Ex-.cuiive ol the State of New York.
Carpenter, v. hese arrest for theft we nct'ce
above, has rad his exHrmuation before Justice
Htilor !, and b- ea committed to await tbs ri-quisi
tioi. eflLe Governor of New Y :k. This reqeisi
l;on hss to be made wit:.ln one hundred d*ys.—
>ar. A €p .
Suicide—John M Jackson, late cf the firm cf
A Cd, Carriage Makers, t'arters
v- .b? C'-nur.itted silicide, re r that place, on
Monday morning itsi. by cutting hi* with u
pocket Kvut.. I; appe-rs that the deceased had
l* I '-? become quire intern Derate in his habits,
hivi g '•rens .o su-h * x 'ess i.s *o b :ng npou him
occasional u‘s of d*Uri .-•» tremeru. Attn etr’y
hour on the id ' ruing of ria death, he was seen
wa kii.t alorg the rtilro’d track, which he follow
ed until he bed c!o- e e i the Etowah river, when
be turned » !i;t‘ea* o from t*:e road and commit
ltd the horrid crime. Au icq'.e*t wa-* held
•ho body on llmdsy evening, by I. chard
3iin»B Coroner, and r verdict rendered in ec •
jordance with the above facts. —CuuvuU Gta/uiard.
WEEKLY
dCbronidc & Sentinel.
5 _
AUGUSTA. GEORGIA.
■WEDNESDAY HOKNING AUG. 30, 1854-
Yellow Fever in bavauD«b.
Wednesday ijiat we published the following para
graph, which we found in the shape of a telegraphic
despatch in the Charleston papers, it bore date,
Savannah, Ga., Aug. 21.—There is not an iota
of truth in the rumors that the Yellow Fever ie
re-ging vioientlj iu this city, in an epidemic form.
Up to Thursday there had been only three
cases. Since then, one or two more have occur
red. The d.sease, however, is entirely sporadic,
nor is it probable that it will assume an epidemic
form.
It is confined to a very small and much neglected
part cf the eastern end of the citv, near the in
ter, eel on of Broughton and East Broad streets,
ana there is not the slighest ularm felt by our citi
zens. The weather is also, cool aud pleasant, and
strangers visiting the eit, incur no risk whatever.
We were quite satisfied, when we published it,
from report* brought by passengers from S&van
m>li, aud intelligence received by private letters
from citizens of the first respectab.lity in that city,
that the despatch suppressed the truth, and was
perhaps a deliberate attempt to deceive the public,
or 'Oth; bat wo did not then feel authorized to
s» y so, hence wo published it without comment
Liow far our impressions were well founded, will
appeur by the following remarks of the Georgian, |
in which it is stated that tncre were 18 interments
on Sunday, the day before this despatch was tele
graphed to Charleston, and 9 on Monday :
Yellow Fever —ln tho report of the Board of
Health for the week ending last "Wednesday, pub
lished in the Georgian of the next day, there were
ihree cases of yellow lever. Sitice that time there
has been a good deal of uneasiness, not to say ex
citement, on the subject, in our midst. As the
result ff that excitement rumors, the most exage
rated have been flying in every direction. To as
certain the truth, amid so many conflicting state
ments, *.vc have found utterly impo sible. This
must be our excuse for remaining silent, when it
is cbmrly a matter of great imrortance that the
nets, as tney exist, should be given to the public,
it may be very easy for readers abroad and at
hom3, anxiously looking to our columns for infor
mation, to complain that so little has been given
them. But if they knew how little, in the absence
of daily reports of tho Board of Health, can be
u' certaiucd, they would perhaps excuse silence,
.. - atCufiifu \ is tfc- . ci r ai&v
? is*H; .ntii tl.'v Boara ’ Health to morrow give*
us r weekly report ' ester iay (Tuesday ( the
Physician* wore, we understand, agreed in stating j
that the disease wassubßidinz—an inference which
tho pu lie would itself make from the falling off
in ’ha interments lrom Sunday to Monday.
Wo hear ol many persons who are leaving the
city ou account of tho presence of disease iu oui
midst. To all who feel alarmed, we think this
course decidedly advisable, provided they can go
consistently with the duties which they owe to
others. Tho fact that they are frightened exposes
them to danger, when a* regards others thore may :
be no ground for apprehension.
We would most respectfully, yet most earnestly,
urge upon tho Board of Health tho importance of
relieving public anxiety by publishing a daily re
port while there shall continue to be any ia ; es of
yellow fever in the city. That reports will be
daily and hourly promulgated is absolutely certain. I
Is it not better then that they should go forth in j
such u form us shall silence exagerutiou 1
Tho Georgian is entirely correct as to the neces- :
sity and propriety of having daily reports made
and pub.isbed by tho Board of Health, in which
the truth, tho whole truth should bo given. Un
fort. Lately, however, for most Boards of Health,
in tho prevalence ot an epidemic, there is generally
such a struggle botween their purses and their
sense of duty, that they seem almost deprived ot
their faculties, and so deport themselves as to im
pair, iu a very great degree, confidence in their
roports. There are some stories in circulation in
reference to the reports of the Savannah Board
not very complimentory to their reliability, or tho
independence of tho Beard; but wo cannot vouch
for their truth. The last report, however, shows
that they oither have a great variety of fever in
Savannah, or the medical gentlemen have very
acute discriminations generally—although there
were some cases which could not bo, or wore not
classified; possibly the mediea! attendant was at
fault, not the disoaso, which wo should suppose,
when so virulent as to destroy life, ought to be
sufficiently doveioped to be distinctly marked.
A Board of Health that permits such reports to
vro to tho world as official, must not be surprised
to hav - them suspected for want of truthfulness,
a (I themselves of attempting to doceivo the pub
lic by suppressing the truth.
Since the foregoing was iu typo, the Constitu
tionalist, has received a despatch to the fol
lowing effect: “ The Board of Health report 67
deaths for tho week, 44 of yellow fever—diseaso
subsiding—only few cases to day (Wednesday)—
many citizens leaving, particularly females—no
general alarm—diseaso confined to eastern part of
city—Board will mako daily roports hereafter.’ 7
This is a gloomy picture indeed, and wo have
assuranoos, from highly respectable sources, that
it falls short of the reality. We are informed, up
on unquestioned authority, ihat tho disease has as
sumed an epidemic form, is extending all over the
city, and seizes upon the most prudent and tern
tnrr»»e c’sm c-, d that M o greatest alarm prevails
Katauoah H<*»rd ci* Hen!^
r. me from my .fyk-rd*,” was thf oxclnma
iof tho~e who attempted his vindication. of wti '.xii
wc w ru forcibly reminded on perusing fo*
!r>v;'i ::»> c.onirnanioalion from “A Ml2ibbr” of the
fciavaumih Board of Health, which, with the card
of Major Bowen, the Chairman of that Board, wo
cheerfully publish.
Th* rumors to which we referred, from the effect
of which iI A Afcvibit” desiros the Commilteo re
lieved, were, that after they had made up their
•tffioial rej’ort, and scent it to tho press for publica
tion, in which it was staged that three deaths bad
occurrofl from Ythw Ftver, the report was altered
by the Mayor without thoir knowledge or consent,
and made to road simply fever , “or bilious fever."
It so went for:h to the world, and tho Committee
submitted to it without exposing thO fraud to
which they had bofcn made a party. This fact
Mrjjrßown.s fully find frankly admits in all its
longth and breadth, save only he doss not say the
Major made tho alteration.
The other rumor was that tho Committeo were
wraugiii g at each and every meeting in rclCronco
to tho character or particular clans of lever, of
which tho victims died—and that too, we Infer,
from Major Bowxn’b card, was also true. Certain
it is, the Board or the Modieal attendants, brought
into requisition nearly the entire vocabulary of
fever* m their o ~cinl report, and finding them
bolvi-.m in ii very straitened condition for a name
designating tho particular character of fever in
some cases, Bent loith their rop>rt with tho very
satisfuctorj announcement that the victims had
died of '•fever /” These facts, together with pri
vate letters from eitisens of Savannah of unques
tioned <*nd unimpeachable veracity, s ying the
report of the Beard was not reliable, fully justified
us In saying: “There aro some stories in circula
tion in reference to tbo reports of the Savannah
Bonrd not very complimentary to their reliability,
or the independence of tho Board.”
Boards of Health aro instituted for the doable
purpose of looking after the sanitary regulations of
acitj, and seeing that they are carried out; and
as a moan." of abundant caution, not only to the
inhabitants of the city but “t:> the rest of mankind,’
it has at vays been deemed adviaablo that they
Rhouhl report truthfully the diseases of which the
citizens died. That tbo Savannah Committee did
not do the latter, b 'rankly admitted by their
Chairman. They have not, therefore, performed
a high and resnoiifiible duty which they owed
aiik. to tho people in and out of the city of Sa
vannah. Like most other health committees,
under similar circumstances, they have trifled with
human life in a struggle between iutereat—aye,
filthy dollars and duty to tho pub’ic.
W » ;ako no pleasure in thus ho’diug up to pub
lic censure these public functionaries of our sister
city, in whose advorsitios we doeply sympathise,
but wa have felt constrained to say thus much in
vindication cf ourself; aud wo frankly confess,
wo should not again have alluded to the delin
quencies of the Board, had not the indiscretion
of “ A Member 11 rendered it necessary. Well may
tho Board of Health say, “Save me from my
friends.”
Savannaii, Aug. 26, 1854.
Editor Augusta Chronicle <t Sentinel :
Dear Sir As you have published some stric
tures, based upon rumor, on the course of the
Boar * of Health of this city, in respect to the pre
vailing sickness, I send you the enclosed slip from
this morning’s “Georgian,” containing a card from
the Chairman, Maj. Bowen, which states what
their action has really been, and will continue to
be ; namely, to publish weekly a truthful report of
the deaths in the city, and tue diseases which have
caused them. 1 feel assured that you will cheer
fully comply with 'he request to give the “card” a
place in your columns, in justice to the Board.
Reopectfully, &c.,
A Member.
To the Pnbiic.
Afess’s. Eii'on:— Allow me, through your col
urn. *. to c rrect an impression wh.cb is believed
to ex.st, to a limited extent, in the public mind,
with reference to the action of the Board of Health
sii co the commencement of the present deplora
b!e mortality in our city.
I*. reams to be supposed by some, that the Board
has sought to represent the existing fever as being
of a milder iorm than strict troth would warrant.
A statement of fact* wii‘ show that such an im-
does tha Board gr**at p justice.
The first three cases of Yellow Fever were re
ported to the hs the bexton of the Laurel
Grove Cemetery on Wednesday, the Sthinst.—
At «r cae deliberation, i: was resolved tnat the
li ports should be published precisely as they
were sent in to the B-urd. There was but one
d:ss* tiling voice, given, expressly upon the belief
that these cases were isolated, and that there *as
to danger of ’he recurrence of similar cases. The
B ard, however, adhered to its resolution, and the
reason why the reports were not printed as direc
ted, was because they irere altered totikout authority
after they had left the Secretarj’s hands, thougn
after ward-* sanctioned by the Board, on the opin
ion of intelligent physicians, that they were only
sporadic oasis, and that the disease at that time
d d net appear likely to spread or to become
epidemic.
Si: ce that first occasion, the reports have been
pub i.-hed in the exact words in which they have
come to hand.
The puoiic may rest a-eured that the facts shall
be a before them without fear or favor, as the
Board believe this to be the only mode of quieting
untouudea apprehensions, an i at the same time of
puttieg an end to exaggerated rumors.
Wm T. Bowek, Chairman.
A despatch from V\ a-ningtou wavs that the
Presiden threatens to remove all the Know Noth- i
ing» in oihoe. *
Decreet Democracy.
In L’icw con it v, Ohio, tho D.-mooracv cannot
afford to spiit, :.ml therelora they hit upcu t e
following happy expedient to enable them to hang .
together:
Retolntd, That the Territorial policy ofthepre- ’
»eut Admim.-trjtion pre-renta considerations upon
which Democrats do and tnay dider, aDd we deem
it inexpedient to hold them politically responsible
for their iodividca! op.uioua upon that question.
liesolctd. That the best test of a Democrat is an
untcraichtd ticket.
The regular Democrats of the first Congression
al districtoi Made had n Convention at oaco on
Thursday, whies noininatad Samuel Wells lor
Congress. M.r. Macdonald now represents the
district, and voted tor the Nebraska bid- The
following indefinite resolution constituted the ,
platform of the Convention.
Re,oh t d, That while ibis Convention does not |
regard the t-uuport ot the Territorial bills of the .
last Congress as a necessary test ot any man a De- !
mocraey, vet we recognise in the principle of se.t - .
government, which these bills contain, prmcip.es
which areas otd as the Constitution, aud which
can never be applied in practice without proving i
their value in advancing the geuerai interests ot
human freedom.
The Democrats of the second Congressional dis
trict in Maine lie d their Convention at runs on the
15th inst, aud dominated Wiaiam K. Kimball
for Congrvss E solutions wcic passed re ufnrm
ire the prindpks of the Baltimore platiorm of
1362, and declaring that “no new question cl ns
tionai policy which bus arisen sn.c-i the udoption
of that plattorm is to betaken into consideration
by the party till it has been passed upon by the
next Nation*! Democratic Convention. •
This is a very ccol wuy of acquiescing in and
iirnorng the Nebraska bill in tKo same breath .
Nat Intel.
We commend these facts in the history of the
Northern Democracy, to those organs of tho party
at the South, wso are so earnest in entreaties to the
Southern Whigs to unite with the Democratic par
ty. Southern Whigs have repudiated and . ill con
tinue to repudiate all association with tht-ae Whigs
of 'he North who affiliate with I'reesoilism. How
then could they ur.ito with tho Northorn Demo
cracy, which is the* shown to bo equally tainted
and conupt. Southern Whigs had as well affiliate
with Skwawo and other Whig Freesoilers as with
the Vam ErtSNsand these Democratic Freesoilers
in Ohio and MWne, who are so willing to abandon
and compromise their princip es to secure the
spoils.
The present position of the Sonthorn Whigs is
the most elevand and commanding of any party
in the Union—cheyaro tho true, National Conser
vative, Republican i’ai ty—and are willing to form
alliances with tiose only who aro truly National
.ad Cos... •»'/- ‘her they hail from
-« North, S„ ■rn. Fast or West. They jr; .
if nr or under a-y efr*
oii.-a aiiiiiatiCQ. Can the Democract '
or Roull: say as mud with truth i Let their
10-'tion with lhaVStr Bmutss, Don »n<l >&«•
I sail phalanx that makeup their members in tto
free States answer.
The Greytowii Affilr —Hear both 6lil*».
The mind cannot possibly arrive at correct con
clusions in relation to any controverted question,
until both side 3 have been beard and carefully
investigated. It is important, therefore, in a mat
-1 ter involving such grave considerations as tho
! Grcytown affair, that both sides should be heard.
Hence wo have to-day occupied much of our space
with tho statements made by tho citizens of that
place, which will naturally enough attract the at
tention of every reader who feels an interest iu the
; question. We give tho statement as we find it,
! for what it is worth, not knowing anything cf tho
| character of tho individuals who have put it forth.
It is, however, reasonable to suppose that some
among them \ro men of character and entitled to
'some crodeuco. Os this tho roador must form his
own conclusions.
Kle<n of Augusta.
We take plcasuro in announcing to the public
that our city still enjoys an extraordinary exo op
tion from disease. During the week ending on the
25th inst., thero were but 5 deaths, 4 whites and
1 b'cck. Os these, there was from Typhoid Fever
1, Brain Fever 1, Disease of the Liver 1, G r a?el 1,
Cholera Infantum 1. Assuming our population to
bo 15,000, which is probab'y near the mark, the
ratio of mortality is lin 8000. During the whole
of August tip to tlie2ith inclusive, there have
been but 25 deaths, o', which there wore but 8 from
Typhoid Fever, 1 from Brain Fever, 8 from Cholera
Infantum, and 1 adult from Diarrhoea. From in
quiries among the practicing Physicians, wo learn
that thero is no epidemic tendency whatever, ex
isting in the city, and our Hospital has no caso of
acuto disease in its wards.
No caso of any malignant fever has occurred
during the season, and should any such be brought
from places where it prevail?, no apprehension of
its spread in our healthy atmosphere need bo ap
prehended. Our observation of the effects which
have followed the introduction of such cases in
former seasons, fully warrant this expre sion of
opinion.
Yellow Fever in Charleston.
The Board of Health repoit 80 deaths (1C white
und 14 colored) for the week ending Saturday, tho
19th in a t. f of which 4 were from Ye'low Fever.
Under a resolution of tho Board, tho City Regis
tor has modo a report of all tho cases of Yellow
Fever, as well of thoao that have proved fatal as
those still under treatment, that havo occurred
daring the present season. After a minute detail
of all the cases, the Register sums up thus:
It wiH ''.orioßf from the nbovo fi\o Hint the total
number wo*, hay. >,■ ewen and tho
*•. '< moor 'i de~ . . u’o-. Os the 2«> eases, 8 occurred
i.x Ur* c' y if- ’ora on ninboard, 4
Uitfw it beinjgl^pwrtcvl.
G/ 1 'bo nice deaths, sir occurred in luc city and
three th-» Lazure# '
rd, 8 oc
n portß,
and the 7 ci vessels fro:.* .he Wo t
Indies and Now Orleans—showing that the ma
jority originated thero.
Tho opinion is confidently expressed, however,
that all are sporadic cases—that the disease has
not assumed an epidomic form, and there is con
sequently no dinger to strangers in visiting the
city.
Medical Publications.
The American Medical Monthly. —The August
No. of this üb!t Medical periodical is on our table,
and p'oscnts a rich and varied table of conte its.
Its originul articles aro written by men of ability
and experience—its selections are made with judg
ment and discrimination. Wo can confidently
recommend it t* tho profession, as an afclo and
well conducted work. It is conducted by an as
sociation of Physicians in New York city, and
edited by Edward H. Parker, M. D.
forms $3 per annum, always in advance. Ad
dress, American Medical Monthly, care of Evans
<fc Dickerson, No. 697 Broadway, New York.
Nashville Jotonalof Medicine and Surgery.—
The August No,of this periodical is on our table.
This work is conducted with spirit and ability,
and is every way worthy tho patronage of tho pro
fession. Wo htvo so repeatedly noticed* this
work that wc deam it unnecessary to say more
than that it is edited by Professors W. K. Bowl
ing and Paul F. Evil, and published in the city
of Nashville, Tear.., by Cameron & Fall, at |8
per annum, in advance.
The Medical Examiner.— Tho August No. of
this work is before us freighted with its usual
variety of original and miscellaneous matter. This
is one of the standard works of the day. It io
edited by Samuel L. Hollingsworth, M. D., and
published in tho cty of Philadelphia by Lindsay
& Blakiston, at $8 per annum, in advance.
Green’s Cut 16 the name of a now Post Officson
the Augusta and Waynesboro’ Bailrof.d, in Burke
county—having two daily mails (Sundays except
ed) each day, of which Jas. E. Palmer is Postmas
ter.
One Hundred Thousand Dollars Subscription
to the N. E. & S. W. Alabama R. B.— Wo learn
from the Advertiser that on Monday night, the
City Council of Chattanooga met —a full board be
ing present—to consider the question of transfer
iDg the city subscription of SIOO,OOO of the Wills
Valley Railroad, to the N. E. &S. W. Alabama
Railroad, and have it bona fide and available in
throe years, to date from the time the entire gra
ding and an adiitional cash subscription of $600,-
000 aro raised for this line. After a spirited dis
cussion, in which all participated, it was carried,
and tho Mayor in thus authorized to make that
subscription. Sou) this money is to be raised is a
matter of after consideration—to be determined
when the full amount is subscribed along tho pro
posed route.
The cholera broke out, some weeks ago, among
a party of three hundred laborers, near Scale’s
Mound, employed on the Illinois Central Railroad,
and more than half of them have since died.
Newspapers in Camp •““The Commander-in-
Chief of the Turkish 41 Allies” has issued orders
that a commissariat ration shall be issued to the
correspondent of the Lon ion Tiin:s, and forage to
his horse.
The cholera returns from G?noa give about 200
cases and SO deaths daily, making a total to latest
accounts, of 1,332 cases and 491 deaths. Turin
has been almost exempt from the disease. A
cordon sanitaire has been drawn along the Parme
san frontier towards Pie’mont. At Naples the
disease was committinsrgreat ravages »n the lower
and iiither part of the city. Our advices from
Paris and Italy represent the disease as subsiding.
A Candid Mil* Man.— A Committee of t’re
New York Board of Health is investigating the
Swill Milk Question. On Tuesday a milk man
was examined who was a miracle of candor,
though perhaps he told no more than wha. the
public already knew. “Some milk s he sad, “he
sold for four cents per quart; some for five ; and
some for six; if people wanted cheap milk, he put
in water. 11
United States A rut. —Since the pay of the non
commissioned officers and privates baa been ra.3-
ed, it is stated there is quite a rush to enlist. The
number of applicants is unprecedented. The pay
of the dragoons is the best in the world; and uis
an agreeable aed pleasant -service, fail of interest
and adventure, affording a fine chance to see tie
world.
Nearly 16,000 German emigrants left Antwerp
for the United States daring the first six months
of the present year, being more than in toe whole
of tho last year. Ten thousand Swedes emigrated
from the let of Jnly, being equal to one in every
800 of the population of Sweden.
The Kobbext ox Ccl. McMullen .—The Kieh
uuoiid Enquirer .ays James Howell, charged with
the McMullen robbery was examined on Friday.
There is bat little doubt cf hia guiit. McMullen
io.t |1,710.
fc»outn«»rn Cultivator.
The September number of the Southern Cultiva
tor is now ready for delivery. Tho table of con
tents, below, will fco found as varied and interest
ing as usual:
Rules and Seoulations of tho Ninth Annual
Fair of th Southern Central Agricultural Society.
Plantation Economy and Miscellany—Study
of Climates; Overseers—Their Duties, ; Bots
or no Bots—that is Ike Question; Notes and Com
ments; Destruction or Removal of Hedges; Al
bino Berries; Varieties and Properties or Manures;
Sweet Potatoes; The Use of Fruit—lts Health fu -
ness; Prayer for Rain (pcetry); Uniform Weigh s
and Measures; Spangled Polish Fowls, (illustra
ted); Double Plows; Ldicm Speciosum, (illus
trated); A Manuring Force; Geuerai Causes of
the Diseases of Domestic AnnimaU aud Mear.s of
Preventing them : Bird’and Com; Greatest Grass
of the Age; Taxable Property of Bai ke; Largo Yield
of Wool; Protection Against Lightning; Milking
Cows; Curing Pea Vine Hay ;Turnics as Food
for Stock ; Water proof Frocks; Breeding Foals ;
Cultivation of Prairie La’d, <feo; Indian Corn-
Error of Mr. Brown; Cotton Seed Oil; Fruit in
Texas; The Atlanta Fair; U. S. Agricultural
Society ; The Pea Question Settled ; Cooked Musk
Melons; Thurmond’s Native Grape: Imported
Stock; Grafting Wax.
Editorial. —Answers to Inquiries; Tho Agri
cultural Professo ship; Our Book Tabl« ; Ae
koowlegements; Quick Growing Trees; Official;
Southern Central Agricultural Society; Garden
and Farm Gossip—No. 2; The Augusta Horti
cultural Society; To Correspondents; The Agri
cut ural Fair; The Orange Watermelon; State
Agricultural Fairs in 1554
Horticultural Department.—Work for tho
Mouth; The Curcnlio ; On Blight in Pear Trees;
Pr serving Fruit Without Sugar; How to Muko a
Good Garden : Southern Seedling Apples—No. 8.
Illustrations. —Spangled Polish Fowls ; Lilium
Speciosuui; Shockley Apple.”
Wild Cat Bank*.
In tho money article of the New York Journal
of Commerce, of the 2Sd inst., we And the following
significant article in relation to the Wild Cat Banks
of Geo gia, to which we perceive a now ono has
bo3n added, viz: “ The Manufacturers’ and Me
chanics 1 Bank of Columbus.” We have soveral
times made inquiries of our Columbus contempo
raries about this protego cf tho Wall Street Wild
Cat financiers, but have never been able to get a
word of information iu relation to it. We suppose
“ some cf their most respectable citizens ” are lending
themselves to the p srpetration of the fraud. Hence
their profound silence on tho subject. Huzza for
the independence of the Georgia press! Mum’s
tho word in relation to tho Wild Cat Banks, espe
cially with those journals in th 3 places whero these
instil a*!.-*- r-* a fine com.
V upon ’ r' the
, -» ;iar-' lookers oe, Httbe ... -
the State and
article of in & ou jl <f C on here* —
r wui in
regaru to iuo uuu&a, u to rto-jLu -icre
wo have already noticed, kept many of our readers
from serious less; and we havo felt it to be our
duty to say, that thero are other banks, which
have a wide circulation, whose issues aio not en
titled to currency so tar from homo. Among these
are the Merchants’ Bank, Macon, and Bank of At
lanta, the Bank of Milledgeville, and the Manu
facturers’ and Mechanics’ Bank, Columbus —all
Geoigia institutions, but all (possibly with the ex
ception ot the last) now engaged in providing cir
culation for Illinois and Wisconsin. Wo have
nothing against thess institutions, so far as they
do a regular banking business ot home, but they
woro not created to furnish a currency for poor
laborers and farmers 1.000 miles from homo, and
ought not to be received at this distance from tho
point of redemption. The moment the agent stops
redeeming in Wall street, tho bank is broko tor all
practical good to the poor bill holder, who cannot
send it to Georgia, and must sell it at 50 or 75 cents
ou the dollar. The whole system is wrong, and
ought not to be tolerated.
Tho people can thus see Tiow these Banks aro
got under way and kept in operation. A Broker
in Wall Street, possibly one engaged and interested
in perpetrating tho fraud, is paid a commission to
redeem the Bills, which he agrees to do as long as
tho Bank will furnish the means. This gives them
credit in Wall Stroot, and tho Wild Cat Finan
ciers aro thus enabled to get them into circula
tion ; and whenever tney cun got a sufficient
amount in circulation to make it a profitable ope
ration, the Broker in Wall Street wha redeemed
them, forthwith announces ho has “no move
funds and therefore refuses to redeem tho bills.
The Bank is therefore proclaimed broke, and tho
people swindled and robbed.
Neither of these Bunks havo any but a limited
circulation in Georgia, and cannot obta : n any other,
with all their efforts, aided as they havo been
either by the eilenco or quasi approval of a portion
of tho press of tho State. Tho people of the State
understand thoir interests rather too well to conn
tenance any such fraud. They cannot be duped
because a sow men, who have heretofore, or may
oc-upy a respectable position in society, have lent
themselves for a consideration to tho Wall Street,
Wild Cat Financiers as mere tools, to aid tho more
successfully in tho perpetration of the fraud. The
people of Geoigia want a sound, legitimate cur
rency, issued by Bunks of known and established
credit—whose stockholders reside in tho State, and
aro reliable, rosponsiblo men—they have no use
for tho issues of those Banks whose stocks are
owned by tho Wild Cat Financiers of Wall Street,
Chicago and the North-West, and will not consent
to bo robbed by any such institutions.
Tho following telegraphic despatch from New
York, (a day later) which we find in the Baltimore
papers, indicates that two of theso Wild Cat pots,
“The Bank of Milledgeville,” and “The Mer
chants Bank of Macon,” have already obtained a
circulation sufficiently large to render a failure
profitable, hoDce the swindle and robbery aro just
on tho ovo of development. Peo pie of Georgia
bewaro:
New York, Aug. 24.—Tho brokers do not buy
the notes of the following Bunks, there is no cer
tain information relative to them: Farmers’and
Mechanic*’ Bank of Kent county ; Bank of Castle
ton ; Bank of Milledgoville ; Merchants’ Bank of
Mtoou; South Royal ton Bank, and tho Indiana,
Illinois and Wisconsin free Banks. Thoir notes
aro purchased at five to ten per cent, discount.
Wild Cat Banka.
We clip from our exchanges the following tele
graphic despatch s:
New York, August. 22.—Brokers generally on
Wall street are refusing to buy Michigan Bank
Notes, and are rather inclined to throw out the
Indiana Banks also, as they consider them some
what unsafe.
Buffalo, August 21.—The Erio and Kalmazoo
Raihoud Bank of Michigan, and the Bunk of
Wash ten a of Mich gun, it is reported have both
failed.
Wild Cat Banks originated in tho Northwest,
Illinois, Indiana and Michigan. Would it not bo
well for Georgians to look out for those Wild Cat
concerns, in Atlanta, Maco and Milledgeville.
“The Bank of Atlanta,” “ The Merchants Bank
of Macon,” and “the Bank of Milledgeville.”
None of them «-e think aro worthy of credit, and
tho only protection the people havo is not to ro
coivo their bills in payment for anything. Noth
ing can save the biilholders in our opinion from
being robbed if cither of those Banks can over get
sufficient circulation to make it their intoiest.
Such is tho history of all Wild Cut Banks—and
such will bo tho history of all of these if they can
ever get sufficient circulation to mako it to tho
interest of the stock jobbing tricksters and finan
cier - who manage them. Maik tho prediction,
people of Georgia, and keep out of “harms way.”
Your only safety is to refuse to take bills of such
concerns.
A W ild Cal Bank Failed.
The Farmers and Merchants’ Bank of Memphis,
Tenn., failed on tho 22d inst. It was a regular
Wild Cat Institution, managed on tho same prin
ciple as tho Georgia Wild Cat concern?, “The
Bank of Atlanta,” “The Bank of Milledge
tille,” Merchants’ Bank, Macon, and “The Man
ufacturers & Mechanic*’Bank of Columbus, —all
circulating thoir bills in distant States. Tho times
are critical indcod for the Wild Cat Financiers,
and the less tho people have to do with them and
their bills tho better. It is an excellent motto,
“if you would keep your purse safe you must not
mingle with robbers and pickpockets.”
Free Navigation or the St. Lawrence. —Official
information has been received by the Department
of State that Lord Elgin has given directions,
subject to the approval of Her Majesty’s Govern
ment, that, pending the action < f the Impe-iai and
Provincial Legislatures on tie reciprocity treaty,
the river St. Lawrence be thrown open to Ameri
can vessels, during her Majesty’s pleasure, in the
manner provided for in that treaty.
Choleba. —A French Physician of repute, re
commends sulphate of strychnine as a specifia for
the cholera. He cites 22 eases i n the last stage, in
which he administered it, saving ten of the pa
tients ; in the preceding stages, his cures wero
nine for every teu. He deems it as efficacious in
the treatment of cholera as the sulphate of quinine
is in March fevers.
Titos. Cb'.pton Cboxkb, the Irish author and an
tiquarian, died on the Bih : nst. in England, from
the effects of a surgical operation. He bad been
in ill health for a long time. Previous to submit
ting to the ooeration, he wrote to some friends in
New York, bidding them an affectionate farewell,
in ease it should, as he then feared, result in death,
lie was 57 yeeis cf age.
Hotel fob Colored People. —A letter from
New York states that Wm. B. Astor, Joseph Per
ham, Horace Greeley, P. T. Baruum, Wm H.
Burroughs, of the Irving, and Coleman & Stetson,
of the Astor House, have purchased the row of
br.ck buitdirgs facing tho Bowling Green, and
looking up Broadway. They will demolish them
buildings and erect upon the site a fine hotel, of
brown sandstone. The hotel ia intended solely
lor colored people of the Uni ed Slates. It will
be leased to colored .men, and none but colored
men and women will he allowed to board there.
Eider Richards, one of the leading Mormon
Apostles, lately fell in love with two fair daughters
of a widow lady, in the Salt Like city. The
mother, who was on the shady side of sixty, ob
jected to being separated from them. As the
Eider was determined to make a bargain, he took
the whole lot.
A yOBEg Dutch widow, residing at Croton,
Westchester county, New York, whose husband
died of the cholera about three weeks since, cast
off her habiliments of mourning one evening last
week and put cn the bridal dress, and was led to
the altar by a young Dutchman, who had become
tired ot a life of single-blessedness. This ie what
we call “ hurrying up the cake..”
Letters have been received at Boston from Mar
seilles, rs late as the Bth of August, wfcith report
that the cholera had almost entirely disappeared.
General oftheVs. Army, has arrived
at Washington. He has obtained leave of absence
for the purpose ot visiting Europe.
Yellow Fever in Charleston.
The Mercury, of Saturday, has the following no
tice of the progress of Yellow Fever in that city,
which is more than confirmed by citizens ofCharles
ton, some ol whom seem to anticipate a severe af
fliction :
Health of the City. -The latest intelligence
from Savannah has both distressed and surprised
us. The mortality is far greater than has ever be
fore marked the diseases either iu that city or in
Charleston, and indicates a malignant type mere
like that of the Southwest last year, than like the
ordinary form of Yellow Fever. It seems also to
have spread through Savannah with extraordinary
Charleston, the fever has, so lar, been distin
guished rather by the opposhe characteristics.
Wo have never known it to in.JiQ so slow progress,
after gettiuga foothold in the city. Even now the
great majority of the cases are Irora the shipping,
aud where medical advice has been had in season,
there have been very fe* deaths. We have heard
of very few coses, aud not a single death, among
residents who were natives of the United States.
With sailors, and also with the foreign population,
the great cause of fatality is, that they neglect the
disease in its first stages, and very often the phy
sician is only called in on tho second or third day.
With the present type ot the fever in Charleston,
taken in .he commencement, wo teel warranted iu
saying there is little duuger to life.
It d;es not appear to us that, as yet, wo have
cause to consider the ye low fever as epidemic in
the city. Iu the shipping tis certaiuly so, and a
small number of cases have occurred with clerks
and others whose busiuess especially exposed them
to the atmosphere ot the infected vessels. Scat
tered eases among the resident population in tho
eastern part of the city, canuot be ascribed to any
such exposuio, perhaps, because we cannot trace
their history.
But there ure sufficient indications of a gradual
progress towards ua epidemic prevalence of the
fever, to enforce upon the Board of Health aud the
Citv authorities tho duty of using all tho means in
their power, not only to a noliorato the condition
of the sick, but to check the advance of di»oaso.
If we have been criminally neglectful in allowing
the introduction ot tho pest into our harbor, lot us
not add to the causes of self-rep-oach, that we
have slothfully folded our arms when the enemy
had effected his landing.
The Cuban Slave Trade. —The New York
Times affirms that the slave trade is actually car
ried on b :tween that city and tho coast of Afiica,
aud that New York merchants aro constantly send
ing vessels to Afiica to bring cargoes of slaves to
Cuba.
No ono familiar with tho character of the peo
ple of the North doubts this Statemont. If the
Africm Slave Trade were authorized by law, ten
men from New England would ornbark iu it to
one from tho South, and iu ono year the whole
Whaling and Fishing fleets of tho North, that
could possioly b 3 adapted to the trade would be
omb irked in it, ba:ked by Hew England capital.
The Mackerel and Cod and Whales would have
the largost liberty '.he ocean could afford to them,
so far as all Yankoedom was concerned, so long as
the Slave Trade proved most profitable.
The Railroad from Now Orleans to Jackson,
Miss., now in course of construction, is complotod
aud iu operation to tho State line of Mississippi, a
distance of 90 miles. It is called the Now Orleans,
Jackson, and Great Northern Railroad, aud when
completed, which will be at no distant day, will
form a line of railway from Portland, Maine, to
Now Orleans, except between Jackson and Mont
gomery, and Fredericksburg and Washington
City, both of which links will soou be built.
Railroad Florida. —Tho Jacksonville
News says that the Company having this impor
tant work in charge have already made arrange
ments which insuro the construction of tho South
ern fork of the road terminating either at Tampa
or Charlottt Harbor.
Tho News thinks that until a full survey has
been madoofiheso harbors and of the route load
ing to them, the choico cannot be settled ; but
iheSuporinteudaut of the coast survoy promptly
acceeaed to the request of tho Company, to cause
recognoissance tx> be made, aud that it will be
executed at an eaily day.
A Civil Engineer in the employ of the Company
has beon for somo time past engaged iu a general
examination of tho shores and waters of Tampa.
Santa Clara Wheat Against the World.—
Tlio editor of tho Sun Jose Tologruph has visited
the wheat fields of Mr. F. G. Appletou on the
Goodrich rancho, and from his statements the
growth and yield of grain are beyond anything
wo have over hoard of eveu in California. It is
thought it will yield eighty bushels to tho acre.
“We saw a cluster of wheat the product of ono
grain, with 119 stems and tho same number of
heads; 50 cf these lioads averaged 72 grains to tho
head, and tho whole number ot heads would have
averaged more than 50 grains to the head. Think
of that—s9so grains produced from ono seed. Wo
saw it with our own eyes, and yet it f-eoms to us
iucredib'e. Wo saw, 100, a cluster of oats, the
product of ono grain seed, having 102 fine heads.”
Prejudice a«ainst Color in the Canadas. —Tho
hotel keepers in Canada exclude negroes from
their omnibuses, which has excited the indigna
tion of tho colored citizens of St. Catharines, and
the waiters at the hotels there held a mooting and
resolved that:
“As waitors, at the public hotels of St. Catha
rines, we will not coi tinue in the service of our
present employers, unless, in the management of
their conveyances, they henceforth treat ourselves
and our people with that respect and civility to
which wo are entitled as men.”
Norfolk and Petersburg Railroad. —ln addi •
tion to the connection between tide-water and the
West canal, Norfolk is to havo a Railroad inter
course. The Commissioners to lay damages for
land on tho above named road aro about to report.
Tho South Side Railroad, from Petersburg to
Lynchburg, is nearly completed to the latter place,
and this connects with the Southwestern Hoad to
tho Tennessee line, at which point other roads aro
stretching to tho West and South.
Health of New Orleans.— The following is the
report of the Charity Hospital for the week ending
on Saturday, 19th inst., at 5 P. M.:
Admissious 389 I Deaths 86
Discharges 253 | Number remaining..7ls
Os tho deaths, 60 woro by yellow fever.—W. O.
Picayune.
Information has beon received by the under
writers, that thostoamer Franklin has again been
moved a short distance from where she has lain,
imbedded in tho sand, and that there Beoms to bo
moro probability of getting her off. All the work
ing part of her machinery has been taken out.
Tho Georgetown. S. C., Poe Deo Times of tho
28d inst. says.
“Tho heaviest fall of rain sinoe 1889 was on
Friday night last, when there was a fall ofin
ch sin three hours, completely deluging tho
ne'ghborhood. It did not extend moro than flf
teon miles up the country, home no fear of a
freshet. It was a seashore rain, and not general.”
Professor Dimitry, of Louiaana, has beon ap
pointed by the Attorney General, under the reso
lution of tho lost Senate, instructing tho law offi
cer of the government to causo to be instituded a
thorough investigation of tho aots and decisions
of the Board of Commissioners appointed under
the Cherokee treaty, usually called the “ treaty of
New Echota,” negotiated in tho year 1835.
The remains of Col. Charles Loring passed
Jacksonville, Fla., on the steamer Wclaka, on
Sunday, 18th inst., on tho way to St. Augustine,
whore they will bo deposited in the family burial
ground. Col. Loring, although born in North
Carolina, resided at St. Augustine for many yean
provious to his going to California. He is a broth
er ofCol.Wm. Loring, of tho Riflep, who won
such merited laurels in tho Mexican war.
Potatoes aro now selling in New York at f 8 60
and $4 per barrel. The cause of these high prices
is owing to the reports that drought has greatly
injured the crop in different parts of New Jersoy,
New York, and elsewhere, whence large supplies
aro usually derived.
American Patents. —Last year the applications
for patents numbered 2,073, the caveats filed wore
901, the patents issued 958. The extent ol the
floli and the variety of production to which this
species of skill is applied are shown in the num
ber, nature and character of the productions. In
tho last ten years 18,440 r.pplicalions for patents
have been made, 6,874 caveats have been filed,
and 7,673 patents have been granted. These in
clude improvements in eveiy branch and division
of labor that human skill is applied to,or that hu
man necessities require.
i* New Illuminator — A patent has been issued
to W. D. Porter, of U. S. Navy, for an apparatus
to generate gas from the hydrocarbons in wood.
This invention, it is claimed, enables persons liv
ing at a distance from cities, or wberecoal cannot
be easily obtained, to manufacture their own gas
cheaply. There can aIBO be attached to the appa
ratus an arrangement for cooking as well as for
illuminating purposes. The apparatus can be ap
plied on b'ard of steamers, river and ocean, men
sf-war, and large sailing packets.
The Loudon Times, in the oourse of a recen*
editorial review of the various naval invasions
chronicled in the world’s history, admits that
“Tie success of tho British force that dashed up
the Potomac, landed, and after a quick march,
destroyed Washington, and then as speedily beat
a retreat, 'Bn hardly be considered an affair of
legtimate warfare, being little more than a piratical
and fruitless surprise on an unarmed and unsus
pecting population.” This is a note-worthy con
fession.
Admiral Chads, who was recently described in
tha English Parliament as “the most scientific
officer in all that related to naval gunnery of the
present day," was tho first Lieutenant of tho
British frigate Java when she was taken by the
United States frigate Constitution, off 8 n Balva
dor, coast of Brazil, on the last ot December, 1812.
We learn from the Springfield Republican that
under tha recant act ot Congress, tho military su
perintendents of the armories have been removed,
and Erskine 8. Allen, of Springfield, iB appointed
acting superintendent at the establishment there,
and Wm. Byngton at Harper’s Ferry. These
gentlemen were the master armorers under the
military system, and for the present, it appears,
are invested with the duties and responsibilities of
the two offices.
Washington Monument —The present heignt of
this monument is one hundred and sixty feet; and
on Monday it was expected that the hundred and
sixty socond foot will be oommenced. The re
ceipts of the past month have been fair, and will
exceed the expenditure*.
Chtn'A.—Tne Henld of May 26th
gives accounts of tho success of the insurgents in
tbe northern part of the empire, several cities hav
ing been captured by them in Pibt-cbifa-10. Th*
Emperor had ordered the dismissal from efflje
and the arrest of his defeated commanders. From
all accounts it seems plain that the rebels will
soon be around Pekin in auch away as to cut off
the supplies, and so feroe a catastrophe.
Junics. —Who was Junius? When will the
world cease to ssk the question ! Have the rap
pers” been consulted, and requested to solvo the
mystery? Perhaps, the individual who disoover
od that Ben. Franklin was “keoping a hotol in the
other world, and had Tom. Jefferson for a board
er,” might throw some light on the subject. Here
is something that has turned up, and though it
doos not exactly answer the time honored ques
tion, will no doubt prick up a little, tho cars of
the literati. The Staunton, Va , Spectator, rays:
A tew days since we saw, in the possession of a
friend at Way'iCsborough, a manuscript copy ot
tho letters of Junius, the history of which is in
toroding and remarkable. Tho manuscript be
longs to Mr. J. H. Baylor, otC rolino county, Vir
ginia, who inherited it from his father, Mr. John
Baylor. Tho owner of the document stales that
his father was sent to England in the jeu; 1766 or
1767, tor the purpose of completing Ids education.
He went first to Putuey and then to Coins Coilogo,
at Cambridge, where he remainod three years, or
through that exciting period when the letters of
Junius appeared ill ine "Public Advertiser.
Ho relumed to Virginia in the autumn of 1772,
again isited Europe in 1775, married while there,
ami returned in 1779. Ho brought with him on
his return a flue private library, and at his death
loft among other books and paperstho manuscript
copy of all tho letters of Junius, which we exam
ined. He also had in his possession a copy of tho
•• Public Advertiser” in which tho letters were
published. Mr. Baylor states that lio has often
noticed his father examining the manuscript with
intense interest. Mr. b*}lor says that his father
often spoke of the anther of tho Letters, whom no
described as “a tall * an in the Spring and Sum
mer season of life, never tiring in tho discharge ol
his work.” ,
What could have induced Mr. Baylor to under
take and carry through tho arduous work of copy
ing these letters, is u questiau for tho speculation
of tho carious. It is certainly a rare old document
—probably the only one of the kind in the United
States. A comparison with tho printed letters
shows tho manuscript to boa remarkably accurate
copy.
Camphor vs. Pka Luos.— A correspondent of tho
“ Horticulturist” says : *‘ Four years ago, last
Spring, my seed were more than half destroyed
by bugs, tho largest and best varieties being meat
injured. Tho summer following, I had boxes
made, ono for each variety, with a cover; and
when the peas were gathered, I put into each box
with two quarts of peas, from six to eight bits of
gum camphor tho size of a large pea, and mixed
them together and closed the box. Tho next
Spring thero was not a pea injured. 1 have pur
sued the same course every year since, and have
not had ono pea affected by the bugs.”
In Prbon fob Debt. —Tho Woburn (Mass.)
Journal says that there is a poor debtor in the
Cambridge jail who has been there since last April,
from inability to pay a claim of $23, made against
him by a lawyer of Boston. The debtor has a
wife and four children in doatituto circumstances.
Had the unfortunate prisoner been a fugitive slave
instead of a white mau too poor to pay a trifling
debt, the “phi anthropiats” of Boston and Cam
bridge would, very probably, have incited a reck
less mob to attack the jail and murder tho officers
while attempting to uphold tho laws. Tho “law
yer of Boston” too, would, it is likely, havo vol
unteered his services to defend tho mobitos. But
tho case of the debtor oxcites none of tho sympa
thies of these modern philanthropists.
Cnors.—A subscriber writing to tho Savannah
Republican from Coffee county, says:—“Crops in
this section aro generally inferior, and in some in
stances tho oorn crop is a total failure. It was too
wet in May and tho beginning of Juno, and has
boon too dry and hot since.”
Columbus & West Point Road.—A resolution
has been introduced into the City Council oi Co
lumbus appropriating $250,000 to this road, to
take effect wheu a like sum has boon subscribed
by othors in Georgia or in counties contiguous in
Alabama, such sum being deemed only suffloient
for constructing tho road. The resolution lias a
chance of success. Tho chartered route runs along
tho east side of tho Chattahoochoe.
Tho Mobile Register says that Dr. Garland has
succeeded in securing the grading of the N. E. &
8. W. Alabama Railroad through Jefferson county,
and thero is no doubt of his succet-s through St.
Clair county also, which is all that remains to bo
aocomplishod. Dr. G. was to speak at Ashville on
tho 3d inst.
Boyond St. Clair county tho consolidation of the
N. E. & S. W. and the Wills Valley roads, already
effected, completes the provisions for tho entire
line to Chattanooga.
Thb Influence of the United Static. —The
London Nows of tho Ist inst. opens a long article
on affairs in the United States with tho following
paragraph. Ten years ago no English papor would
have ventured to announce such liberal go .timcnts
in connection with our country.
It is tho custom of tho most of tho couscrvativos
of Great Britain (and of some others than conserv
ativos) to sneer and joko about tho notion the
Americans havo of their own importance in tho
world. Thero is no use in proving to such satirists
that, in the deepest aud largest sonso, tho Amori
cans cannot exaggerate tho importance of their
country and nation among tho Powers oft’ o nino
teonth century. The thing has been proved a
multitude of times, and all to no purpose, in regard
to that order of minds; and to u higher order of
minds than those which despise tho United StJiten.
no proof is needed. To say that thoro is a fodoral
democratic republic at work in the world, is to
proclaim, in other words, the lofty stylo aud title
of the United States. But, for thoso who cannot
ace and feel this, there is othor evidence, now and
curious, which is at once adapted tothoir capacity,
and worthy of tho deepest consideration from a
more sagacious order of men.
Artistic Suicide. —lt is said that the pricoof
tiuketa to tho ©ntcrtuluuiouls of Gr\»l and MUIIO
are to bo fixed at $5. This will ruin tho enter
prise in a pecuniary point of view. Tho American
people under no stimulus.will pay such a price.
Three liussiuu ships laden with Circassian girls
have been captured by the allied fleets in the Black
Sea, and taken into Varna. Six Greek vessels,
carrying supplies to the Russians, havo also been
captured ana sent in chargo of prize crows toCon
stentinop'e.
Tns Army. —Tho Now York Express states that
not one-fourth of tho present rank and file of the
Unitod States Army are Americans, while abent
three fourths of thoso in the sorvico are Germans
and Irish. Among the recent enlistments in that
city arc two soldiers that served sovon years in the
French Army at Romo, in tho Russian Army, and
in various of tho governments of Europo. Tho
American sorvico is generally proferrod to any
othor by those who havo curried muskets both in
Europo and hero. It is among the anomalies of
races and governments that two thirds of thoso
born and bred aboard should bo employed to do
the fighting of the United Statos.
The Green Bay (Wisconsin) Advocato learns
that on Monday, Tth inst., tho boiler of tho stcam
or Barlow, running on lake Winnebago, burst
while lying at tho dock in Oshkosh, killing Bovoral
parsons. Others were blown into tho river und
more or loss injured.
It ie stated that tho wounded in tho military
hospitals at Madrid, in consequence of tho late
etrugglo, amounted to eight hundred. It is also
added, that if tho hostile fooling at the palace had
been kept op, that building would have been
blown np with gunpowder. Nothing suvod tho
Queen but hor conciliatory proclamation.
A correspondent oi tho St. Louis Republican is
calling pnbho attention to the fact that the remains
tho late Edoar Allen Fob aro still reposing in
an obscure corner of a grave yard in Baltimore,
arid suggests their romoval to a moro appropriate
spot, and that a monument be ereetd to perpetu
ate his memory.
The B an Jaointo. —The accident to this steamer
turns out to be much moro serious than at first re
ported. Tho bed-plate is broken, requiring the
taking out of all her machinery to make tho ne
cessary repairs. It is also said that she sprung a
leak. Sho will probably bo detained two or three
months, and the contemplated voyage to tho Bal
tic, on account of the lateness of the season, will
havo to be given up.
American PiiraiciANH in the RuaaiAN arwt.—
We learn, says the Charleston Courier, from one
of our foreign correspondents, that Dr. Charles)
Henry, of Mobile, Ala., Dr. Draper, of Now York,
Dr. E. B. Tarnipsoed, of this State, Dr. J. W.
Holt, ol Augusta, Ga., and Dr. Courtney S. King,
of this city, have joined the Medical service of the
Czar, and that by this time, all have arrived at tbo,
Russian head quarters in the principalities.
Bub-Marine Telzoeaph. —The Halifax Colonist
learns that the Bub-marino cable forming part of
the line of telegraph connecting Nova Scotia and
New Brunswick with Prince Edward’s Island has
been parted about two miles from the N.S. shore,
and it is doubtful whether it can be repaired the
prosent season. It is also said that the idea ot con
necting Newfoundland with Prince Edward’s
Island by sub-marine cable has been abandoned
and the connection with this continent, if accom
plished, will now be direct from Capo Kaco to
Nova Scotia, at or near Cape North, to join the
line of the Nova Beotia company.
Another very destructive thunder storm passed
over Norfolk county, Virginia, last Friday. The
house of Du Wilson was struck by lightning, one
of bis negro men was killed, and four others were
seriously injured. A great deal of property in the
neighborhood was injured. In Brunswick county
the roads were rendered nearly impassable, three
bridgeßwere washed away, and about forty feet of
the embankment at Sturgeon Creek was wasned
away.
Since the increase of the wages of seamen by
Congroes, more men have offered to enl’st at the
Brockijn Navy Yard than were required. Wo
hear tbo same reports from the various other yards
in the country. This shows that all that was
wanted to man our ve-sels of war with as good
seamen as were engaged in tne merchant service,
was to place the two classes upon an equality so
far as regarded wages.
It is stated that 1,030,000 bushels of wheat will
be raised in Dodge county, Wiseonsin, this year.
It is also certain thut there qrp thousands of acres
that will yield from fifty to sixty bqabels to the
acre.
On Monday lost, Mr. £!ke, of the Flay, Paris,
Ky., who woe then in Loxicgton, was assau Ited
by a man named Flocrnot, a relative of Mat
thew Ward. Pike, a few days before, had men
tioned that “ Ward the murderer, htd passod
through, on his way to Blue Dicks,” and hence
the assault.
Enclosing the Trace. —Tne Philadelphia, Wil
mington and Baltimore Railroad oompeny, it is
stated are actively engaged in collecting materia.*
along the line of their road, preparatory to onolos
ing the same with a substantial fence,
For the Chronicle Sentinel . * J
tenlinry Suggestion!. «1
Mr. Editor:— I read in the Oonititvtionaliel of I
Sabbath last a notice to cur citizens frouatha Chair- ,
man of tho Board of Health, which is as follows: •
HEALTH.
The citizens, ono and all, aro hereby notified to
rake ; ml swoop their yard* and back lots, oie&n
out ami disinfect their privy’s, and to use lime €
upon all damp or otherwise b.id conditioned nlaoss ♦
upon their promises. Merchants upon Broad and
o her strectn will be held responsible for damp and
fl thy callers, and will be put u oti trial for noglect
of duty in this respect, if they do not, in forty
oight hours from tbin date, comply with the re- *
quiremeuts ot this notice. Tho Health Officers so» **
me first and second divisions of tho city will be
instructed to convey Jime to every house ooidor’a ■
door in the ci'y and those who ere not able to pay !j
will bs supplied at the expense of the city, an re-
port any and all who refuse to cleun and disinfect
their premises. Our city was never mere heal by,
but who in our midst can tell the hour when the .
destroying angel may pay us a visit f Caution is
the parent of safety, and tho sooner wo adopt the
maxim and set out upon the work of pre- •
paration, tho sooner we may repose upon the easy *
scat of security. J. M Hun.,
Chairman Board ot Health.
In my opinion, suoh a course will tend to en- j
courage rather than ward off disease. To com- €|
mono© at this late day to cloanso our city, particu
larly after the two mouths of excessivo hot weather
we have passed through, would bo the height of
folly. Such bus beou tho experience cf other *
cities, as well a* of our own. .
In Charleston, in the year 1349, they commenoed
cleaning out a drain at tho foot of Hazel street, in
the month of August; the workmen employed at
it were the first to bo attacked by Yellow Fover,
and those of a higher class, residing in tho vioiuity,
were tho next w ho foil victims to it.
In 1852, that city was again visited with the
disease, and it was clearly traceable to the opening I
ot a ditch through now ground, in&do up of the
offal from tho city.
In our own city, in 1939, the Yellow Fever waa
produced by tho exposure of tho trash wharf to * #'
the influence of sun and rain, tho upturning or
removal of tho trash but aggravating the disease.
Numerous instances of this kind might be cited ;
but enough has beeu said for our purpose. In-
stead, therefore, of complying with tho instruc
tions of tho Chairman of tho Beard of Health, we
would suggest that tho oecnponts of lots in the
city make freo use of lime, eopporna, and other S
disinfecting ugonts, without attempting to disturb
or expose to tho action of tho sun the natural ac
cumulations of thoir yards. Caution.
fceaionable illnia.
The following suggestions from the Savannah
Georgian aro not unworthy of attention at the pre
sent time:
A sow preliminary hints may not bo ill-timed
just now. We suggest thoir observance as rules m
of lite and conduct so long as Yellow Fever shall
remain in our midst.
Let tho clothing worn be such as is adapted to
the autumnal season : not so thin as is usually
worn in summer, nor so thick as is comfortable
in winter. A
Avoid excesses in stimulating drinks and in '
eating.
Avoid exposing tho person in drafts of air, ei
peo’ally while in a state of norspiration.
Keep within doors at night as much as possible.
Avoid sitting in piazzas uttor dark. Bleep with
your window v ashes down.
1 Take a oold bath on rising in tho morning and
i at no other lime. If asacond both ia needed du
ring tho duy lot it bo tepid rather limn cold.
To laboring men wo would suy: lot your work %
) bo "’oderate, and as much as possible in the shade,
i Whiiont it wear flannel shirts. If flannel next
tho skin is objectionable, wour it over your or
dinary shirts.
j In conclusion we would add a suggest ion, the
importance of which cannot he overestimated.
Immediately, aftor pain in tho head and back is
) felt, go to bed and send fbr a physician. It i» of
1 vitui con equenco that medical aid bo obtained in
tho very earliest stages of the din ease.
1 A word to parents: In passing to and from our
t office ot night, wo have observed on several ocoa
i sions, a largo number of ohildron and hoys in the
squares, at a timo when, of course dew is falling
5 and tho grass wd. If there is any c'ass moro
likely to take yellow fovor than those children, we
ao not know who they aro. A
Tho following account of tho singular effect
oT l og’s ha'r on grass, and on the cattle using it,
wo find in tho Lufayott Journal.
A f w years ago tho purchasers of hog-hair at 1
Terre-lluu*n, carried it on tho gra*» to dry. This
was in tho fall and winter. After being washed
wif h the. rainc, it was raked up, let ving a portion
sticking in tho grass. In the sprit g this was tho
carlisr green spot and continued to 1 o lhosweetest,
ms was provod by tho oattlo rosortin f th«ro to feed.
By and by one of them died, then another, and
anothor, though apparently fat and healthy.
There wa*ono opened to as*ttain the causeof
death and afterwards others lor cu iosify. In the
stomach of thOKO who fed most u >ou this hair
manured spot, wore found two or tl ree dozen hair
balls ; pucii as wo used to bo to d when a boy
were “witch bulls.” We have seen tnom threo
inches iu diameter, and solid as it is possible to
compact hair together. Thocain'tygrewHoro
rious thatthef owners of cattle had to plough up
tho ground and turn tho sod anditerioh mannre
ing; which continued to show its effects lor yeara
ufler.
According to tho official statement of tho condi
tion of tho New York City Banks, for thowiek
ending last Saturday, wo learn tha thero had
again boon a mator.al decrease in threo of the
principal features, us compared with the roport of
the previous wook, via : tho total amount of loan*
and discounts, wan sß2,B3o,loß—boing a decrease
of $ ,48 955; tho amount of circulation wa» SB,-
855,528—decrease, $01,656; deposits, $73,884 ; 563
—decrease,s7ol,B2l; spocie, $14,258,972- increase,
$731,949. .
Advicoo from Fort Myora state that the negroes
of Bowlegs, recently oapturod by tho India ug nt,
«» sjuvo taken fYrnch led/0€ from thal
stution; they succooded as follows : In the oven
ing of each day they were permitted to bathe in
tho rivor, consequently their handcuffs were un
locked, and usually were nccompaniod by u guard
detailed for that purpose. On tho night of their
desertion, however, the non commissioned officer
accompanied them alone, and as the oportnnity
offered, they decani pod in double quick limo, in
perfect nudity; several shots wore fired at them
without success.
It ie supposed by eomo that they will bring in
tho runaways, for tho purposo of getting their
rifles, dbc.
Why do Southerner* go North to spend the
Hammer, when they on* livo far more comfortable
and cheaper nearer home ? Tho terms for board
at lho Tazewell White Buiphor Bprings, Virginia,
ore twelve dollars p«r month, four dollars per week
and twenty-3vo oente per meal—okildrcu and ser
vants half price.
Notwithstanding the recent heavy drafto on the
Treasury, the money in tho vaults does not appear
to diminish. Nearly $26 000,000 wero in tho charge
of tho various Sab Treasurers last week.
Born urn’s mammoth exhibition does not seem to
please tho Virginians. It lira boon tho cause rs
dissatisfaction and fighting in ovory place it has
been, 'i he last row was at Lynchburg, last Thurs
day, when a grand fight took pluuo between the
spectators and showmen, and in which throe of
t.jo latter i ud two of lho citizens were sevjrely in
jured. Knives and pistols were freely used, and
thsaudiouoerm gr:at. risk of being shot.
f'BNTaNOe or Than imhtation.—Wm. Moon, a CB
man of fortune and roepac ability, was recently
son oncid to bi transported for iilteeu yoare, at '.
Ipswich, England, lor foluniously assaultiug a fo
m.ilo natn -1 Mary Ann Huron. Albort Gnrrod,
for a du g and abetting, was sentenced to bo im
prisoned at herd labor for two yetrs.
Tho la- 1 advices from Nova Scotia and New- ,
foundland announce that the fishermen had been
remarkably successful. The Labrador fishermen
had already arrivod home with full cargocm By
this it appears that fish are likely to bo cheap if
nothing else is. •
It is stated that the Ohio and Mississippi Rail
road Company have ordered a Iroomotive to bo .
constrnctod, which eball be propelled by hot air,
on an entirely now principle.
Sad Acoident.—An infant daughter of Mr. John
Britt, residing near hincastle, whileplayiug in her ,
farthor’s spring-house last Thurrday evoning, fell
upon a piece of a saucer and out her throat. She
blod to death in a few minntrs.
Valve ot American Produce, Cattle, &c.— Tha •• 4
Douiaviflo Journal says it was stated by Professor
Mapas at a recent meeting of tho Farmer’s Club at
Louisviilo that “tho value of live stock of tha
United States at this time is not leas than S6CO,-
000,000, and this will be increased by any increase
of the grass and grain crops. More than 120,000,-
000 bushels of wheat are annually grown, 14,000,-
000 bushels of rye, 150,000,000 bushels of oats,
5,000,000 bushels of barley, 2,000,000 bushols of **-*
buckwheat, 320,000,000 pounds of butter are made,
105,000,000 pounds of cheese and 14,000,000 tona
of hay.” These estimates do not include Indian i
corn, potatoes, bcanß, fruits, tohaoco and various vj
other products equalling in value those we have
named.
The Raleigh Standard, in referring to the result
of tho recent election in North Carolina, says that
it is to bo understood as a decision by the people,
first, for free suffrage by legislative enactment, and
against a convention ; and, soooudly, in favor of a
judicious and progressive system of internal im
provements, with justice to all parts of the State. •
On Tuesday a cargo of 3000 begs of Coffee, im
ported direct at Richmond, Va., was offered at
auction. The attendance was largo, but the bid- '
ding, It is said, was far from being spirited. Only
about one-fifth of tho cargo was sold, and at pilces Wl
ranging from 9.50 to $10.40 per bui'.drod.
Nothing Grows in Vain.— Wo understand that
an enterprising German is abent to secure a patent .
for tils discovery of flax, or its equivalent, in fif
teen different kinds of common weeds. The dia
covery is to bo turned to account in the mauufac- ,
tare ot numerous articles of which flax is the prin
cipal, but especially in the manufacture of paper,
which ia a matter of docp interest just now to the
publishing world, tho scarcity of Mgs being “groat
embarrassment to business.
Last year the applications for patents numbered
2,673, the caveats filed were 601, the patents Is
sued 953. The extent of the field and tho variety
of production 10 which this spee.es of skill is ap
plied, are snown in the number, nature, and cha
racter of ,b« production. In the last ten year.
annl cations tor patents have been made,
3 674 caveats have bcon filed, and 7,678 patent*
have neon granted. Thoao (nojndo improvements
in every branch and division cf labor that hnman
skill i« applied to, or that hnman necessities re
quire. «(!
We leara that the 3 store ot Morey are about te
close, (or have already done so,) their echo 1 foi
tho present, and are in daily attendance at the
hospitals and other places of sickness in th ■- city,
pericrmmg their charitable cllioea.—£gf, A