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MISCELLANEOUS
A Search for Furan m --A letter to the
Philadelphia dated San Francisco, Sep-
tember Is*, says:
A vessel has jist 1. ft San Francisco,- freighted
■with adventure p; novel character.
It is known.and as a part cl Mexican history.
‘ba‘ lit the period when the Viceroy of Spain
feared the *uwfoss of the revolution that treed
Mexico from the joke of Spain, be shipped vast
trees res belonging to the Government and
th- -urhs. to Acapulco, destined to Manill.
No* ~1 ■ had b-en beard of the vessel during sev
era! viars. when it became known to the au
thorities that she had I eon taken by pirates and
allo.: board murdered .
In turn, it is alleged, that toe pirates banded
by certain regulations to know the win raoouts
of each pther were in some manner 01 other kill
ed off—the hist one of them revealing to an F.n- ;
glisbman in India, when dying, with great pre- ,
cisio '.. the place of deposit of the treasure, amount- ;
ing to more than ten millions of dollars. The,
little island Cocos, some four or five bundled ;
miles west of Panama, is said to contain the .
treasurer
This Englishman, a veritable man of coinmer- ,
cial ‘jit.ides, and formerly of wealth, arriving j
at Fiauc icj without the necessary means,
in cr.i ■: ‘o obtain it, communicated the secret to a
dist;: g ilshed citizen, who joined with a few oth
ers, ar: a very choice crew had taken the En
glish;’...n or, board, well armed with all the ap
purtenances tor a trip of pleasure, in the conti- *
dent c itainty of bringing back the wherewith j
to ease our money market.
These are he reliable lacts ol this case, as yet
only known confidentially to a few friends, who
are off; ring each other $5,000 for every SI,OOO
invested in the " Cocos Island Stock.- i'he Is
land is barren and uninhabited, and the ex mer
ehai. ' Calcutta goes with thia party “ with a
rope ■ nr.d his neck,’’ sure of the treasure. It ,
-Are •t be seme time before the active reporters ,
of t . >.re*s get hold of it here, measures of great i
reer* . being necessary to success. Two months I
wif 1 . vever. decide the grand adventure. J
T..-i New Orleans Picayune say's:—This is,
not l.is* search that has been made for the I
s’jpp:'-- tre..-’ re at Cocos Island. Several ex-
ped. ■ Lave gone thither from Panama, and
ail : •. ... -■ unsuccessful, as in all probability the
one ra n San Francisco will de.
Merit—On Saturday, the 30th ult., Peter
Curry, <t son of one ot our oldest citizens, received
twenty-four stabs from the hands of one Luke,
Now* . from the effect ot which he died on the j
f0110w..,g Tuesday. The affair occurred at night i
iu the Warrior District of this county, and as far |
wee. . a :i, in the following manner : Nowell, 1
Curry. ;■;.<! others, were attending at a "Corn I
Shue.:..; ,” at the house of one of their neigh- I
Dors, . iien one of the party proposed to go to a
corner of the fence where a bottle of liquor was
secreted, and there take a dram. While there
Nc oecame excited, and for some cause or
other. ; r<.'.v a knife upon Curry, but was com
pelled * desist. Shortly afterwards, Curry be
eomii.g greatly intoxicated, drew off into a cor
ner and fell asleep. The party soon broke up,
leaving Curry behind them. Nowell and one
other went down the road —the balance of the
party in mother direction. These last soon heard
' cries, and returning, observed Nowell striking
repeatedly at Curry, who was on the ground.
On pursuit, Nowell, it is said, threw away his
knife, which was afterwards found and identified.
It was very bloody. Upon examining £urry it
was'fouud that twenty-four stabs had been inflict
ed or. his body. Nowell was arrested and com
mitted to Jail on Sunday, and now awaits his
trial at the next term of the Superior Court.— I
Jfutbrt Telegraph, 10th inst.
Extensive Robberies— Thieves and Sur- j
C!DE .—The Police have for some time been upon i
track of a gang of suspected thieves in this city, j
and on Sunday morning they succeeded in over
hauling them: At the house of one Powers, an |
Irishman on Bridge Row, the Marshals found six j
or sever, trunks ot new clothing and about S3OO
in go! I Trunksand boxes have for a long been
missing from the Railroad Depot, and there is
little doubt that this man is one of an extensive
gang who have long been implicated in similar
• transactions. The instruments which they make
use c! are negroes a.iout town, and quite a num
ber o! these latter gentry are now under arrest.
One negro, belonging we believe to J. B. Ross,
Esq., was taken into custody by the Marshals,
but managed to conceal himself while they were
engaged in searching the premists—notwith
standing that he was handcuffed. With the aid
of dogs, he was soon found secreted in a well,
standing on the curb. He refused to come out,
and when the Marshal proceeded to take hold ol
him, he at once plunged into the water and was
drowned. Powers is in custody, and we may
expect some curious developments before the in- I
vestiga’ion is closed.
We believe that the immediate cause of the
detection arose from the fact, that Mr. Wm.
Dibble had reason to believe that a trunk recent
ly stoh-u from him was hidden at Powers bouse.
Upon making search, the Police came upon the
“lay. Great credit is due to the Marshals for
their -kill and energy, in hunting out this den
of thieves.— lb.
Th ANKsGiNiNG-DxY.-srTbe Governor of Mary
land has issued a proclamation, appointing |
Thursday, the twenty third day of November
next, as a day of Public Thanksgiving and i
Prayer.
Pori of Zaza Closed— Cap. Connor, of the I
brig 'utton. arrived at New York on Sunday, I
from Z >za Cuba, reports that the port of Z-rza
■was closed on the 18th of September against all 1
vessels. He was not allowed to land or hold
eoacHcunication with the people on shore.
We learn from an article in the Providence
Journal, that a monument has been erected in
that city to the memory of Frances S. Osgood,
the poetess, by her husband, and that the impu
tations of Fanny Fern upon the subject were
•njust.
John Cox, a telegraph operator at Jefferson
ville, 1 nd., was shot and wounded a few days ago
by a desperado named Athy, who came near
being lynched.
Hlkrihlt: DEAtyr—jTu» Brothers Buried
Alive. — Two brothers, named Patchen, respecta
• ble citizens of Constantia, Oswego county, met
a horrible death on the 25’h ult. The Oswego
Palldefom says they were digging a well, and
•when they had reached a depth of *25 feet," the
quicksand in which they were woikiug caused
the earth to fall in, hurrying them at die bot
tom. Every exertion was made to remove the
ea.th, but eight hours elapsed before iliey
were reached—the earth being eleven feet above
them. When found they were standing in an
upright position, with their arms around each
other, coid and lifeless.
Proper PcnAum .n ■ —At the Irrte form cl
the criminal court for th<* county of Liwoee,
Michigan, Augustus McDonald was tried, con
victed and sentenced lor life, for placing obstiuc
tior.s on the line of the United States mail road,
for the purpose, as was clearly shown and admit
ted by him,of robbing the mails. I bis mail
road, we suppose, was a railroad; if so,the pun
ishment is a just rynil proper one, and we are
pleased so see comts recognizing the enormity ol
the olferice and treating it with tl e same sever
ity they would visit upon a murder.
A y ■g lidy lost her balance the other* day
■while looking over the wharf at Norfolk, and
fell into the dock. Two gentleman immediately
jump'd in and rescued her. but, the Beacon says,
the danger is not y-t over, as one of the gentle
men has been trouble'! with a pain in the left
eide, near the region of the heart ever since.
In the Pennsylvania election, lour Congress
men, favorable to President Pierce’s administra
tion, were elected, and twenty-one who are in
opposition- In Indiana and Otno, noadministra
ti r n Congressmen are known to be elected.
The Arctic—Further Details.
Below will be found the statements of Mr.
| Burns, a messenger of Adams & Co.’s Express
i who was saved in one of the boats picked up by
| the Huron, — and Mr Baahlam, second officer, of
j the unfortunate vessel.
' The steamship Arctic, with 226 passengers, 1
exclusive of children, 175 employees, a valuable
I cargo, and heavy mail, is lost. Ot the more than
I four hundred persons who left Liverpool on the
i 20th .ult., full of hope, gaiety r.nd health, many
I returning from an European tour of pleasure oply
| thirty-two are known to have been saved, and
! certainly not more than one hundred can, by any
I possibility, have escaped a watery grave.
I la addition to all this, another large steamer,
I freighted with hundreds of human beings, has in
lull probability, met a like fate. The details of I
I the horrible disaster are as follows ;
i On Wednesday, September 27, precisely at 12 •
i o'clock, M., in a dense fog, we c me in contact I
• with a barque-rigged iron propeller, with black |
j hull, salmon-colored bottom, lead-colored poop '
and boats, and black pipe. She was bound East- I
ward, and had all sail set, with a strong, fair i
: wind. The speed of the Arctic at the time was I
about thirteen knots an hour. The shock to us |
[ appeared slight, but the damage to the other ves- I
' sei was frightful. Capt. Luce instantly ordered I
the quarter boats cleared away, and the chief
mate, boatswain and three sailors went to her
relief: before other boats left, the order was
countermanded. The Arctic then described a
circle twice round the wreck, during which time
i I caught a glimpse of more than two hundred
i people clustered on her hurricane deck.
i At this junction it was first ascertained that
j we had sustained injury, and the water was
1 pouring in at our bows. When the first officer
came along side to report, the captain was una
ble to take him up, but headed N. N. W. in the
hope of making land. Our position on the pre
vious day. at 12 o’clock, was latitude 48 39, lon-
I gitude 45 27. We had run about three hundred
I and ten miles from the time of this observation
I until the moment of collision, and were supposed
Ito be forty miles from Cape Race. The pumps j
were v'igourously worked, and an anchor chain
was thrown overboard : but in spite of all exer
tion, the engines stopped, and the water extin
guished the fires. Four ot the five other life
boats, believed to have been well provisioned,
contained the engineers, sailors, a few passengers,
and all the officers except the captain and third
mate, iett the ship at an early stage. The ma
jority of the passengers were working at the
pumps—some firing the signal guns, and others
launching spars, under the direction of Captain 1
Luce and Mr. Dorian, the third mate, to form a ;
raft.
In order to facilitate this latter work, the sixth
and last boat'was lowered. Dorian, one or two
firemen, three of the other passengers saved and
myself, were busily engaged in lashing water
casks and settees to the main yard, two top-gal
l«nt yards, and several smaller spars—the captain
with a number of gentlemen, protecting the work
by keeping back the crowd—when STpanic seized j
all on board, a rush was made, passengers and;
firemen precipitated themselves headlong over*
the bulwarks on to the raft, and in a moment our ■
little boat was full and in imminent danger of |
being sunk. In this emergency, Dorian ordered
the rope which held us to the steamer to be cut,
and with our hands and axes we paddled from I
the raft’s side. Tne mate, who throughout pre- !
served great presence of mind and labored with j
heroic energy, cried out—" For God’s sake, cap- ■
tain, clear the raft, so that we can work. 1 i
won’t desert the ship while there's a timber ,
above water. !f
But the sea was now flush with the dead
lights. In less than three minutes from the
time he spoke, the stern sunk—the foam went
boiling over the tumbling heap of human be
ings—many were dashed forward against the ’
pipe. I heard one-wild yell, (still ringing in my f
ears) afidsaw the Arctic and the struggling mass I
rapidly engulphed. Numbers yet clung to the
imperfectly' constructed raft; but, alas, we could
render them no aid. Our own situation was no
; less precarious ; and erue! as it seemed, we were
l forced to abandon them to fate. Heaven forbid
that I should ever witness such another scene.
We, however picked up two more men, and i
then, with an overloaded boat, without food or |
drink, avoiding with difficulty the fragments of.
tne wreck, and passing many dead females, pre- |
pared for a night upon the ocean. We secured '
a floating pumpkin and cabbage to guard against'
immediate starvation, lashed a spar to the prow !
of our boat to keep her head to the wind and |
sea, and thus drifted until day-light; the night
was cold and foggy, wi'b a heavy swell, and, in
a cramped drenched and half-naked condition,
we suffered terribly.
Without dwelling upon the miseries, allevia
ted much by the consciousness, that we had en
deavoured to do our duty to our fellow men,
■ suffice it tosay that at five o’clock on the after
; noon of the 28th, we espied a sail, and raised a
' handerkerchief to attract attention. We were
successful. With the rude substitute for oars
which we had constructed during the day by
lashing planks to capstan bars, with a view of
attempting to gain land when the sea subsided,!
we pulled toward the ship. On our way»we
passed the remnant of the raft, with one man
on it, (Peter McCabe, waiter,) apparently
alive.
The barque proved to be-the Huron, of St. i
' Andrews, N. 8., Capt. A. Wall, bound for Que- |
! beck. -Our men safe on board, the noble-heart
ed Dorain, with some of the Huron’s crew, re
\ turned to the raft, and rescued the poor fellow
j who for twenty-six hours had clung to the
i spars. He states that after the steam-ship
I sunk, he counted seventy-two men and four
women on the raft, but. at 8J o’clock be was the
only one alive. In the morning two bodies
i were beside him, much eaten by the fishes, and
at the time he saw our boat he was on the point
of voluntarily droping into the sea to end his
agony. Coming from the raft, Dorain encoun
tered and examined the life car of the Arctic.
It contained a bottle of water, some cheesse and
a lady’s garment.
By the humane captain of the Huron, and
Mr. Wellington Cameron, a son of the owner,
we were received with great kindness, our
wounds were dressed, fires were kindled, and
food and clothing wertf provided in abundance
During the night of the 28th, Captain Wall
hung out extra lights, fired rockets, and kept a
horn blowing, in hopes of flailing in with the
remainder of the boats. But his endeavors
were fruitless. On the evening of the 29th he
spoke the ship Lebanon, Captain Story, bound
for New York, bv whom eighteen of our num
ber were taken off, landly welcomed and well
treated. We have this moment reached New
York, by pilot boat Christian Berg, No. 16, to
which we were transferred from the Lebanon
and to the crew of which we were under great
obligations.
The fate of the propeller and our five boats is
unknown. * * * * ♦
| Ma. Baahlam’is Statement—While running
in a very thick fog, the Arctic was struck cn the
starboard bow, about 60 feet abaft the cutwater,
by an iron steamer, which made three large holes
in the ship, two below the water, one of which
was about five feet and a half lona, end twelve
or eigh’e.-n inches wid*, the whole cutwater and
tern of the iron steamer having pa-sed through
the Arctic’s side
So dense was the fog that ihn vess d could not
be seen a minute before the collision. The wheel
was put bard to starboard. i'he engine was stop
ped instantly and backed at full speed, until clear
of the other steamer, which occupied a couple of
minutes. The French steamer seemed to be
sinking bow first.
Capt Luce immediately gave orders to clear
away thequarter boats, which was done, and Mr.
Gourley, chief officer, left the Arctic in charge of
the starboard boat. On lowering the port boat
the captain exclaimed," Hoist up that boat again.
Mr. Baahlam,” and beckoned me to go to him,
Upon doing so, he ordered me to go over the bow
to aaceitain, if possible, what damage had been
done. I then found the holes above mentioned.
Upon informing him of the facts, he gave orders
to get sails up and try and get them round the
Imw to endeavor to stop the leak, which was
promptly done, but to no advantage whatever, so
j much of the bow and iron broken off from the
other steamer projecting that the sails could not
; be brought close to the vessel’s side.
I The carpenter was then lowered over the ves
sel’s side and pillows, and mattresses passed
down to him to try it possible to force them in,
i but the leak was found to be so far below the
water line that this could not die done, and every
exertion to stop the leak proved unavailing.
Capt. Luce then Ordered the ship’s head to be
kept for land, which bore N. W. by W. By this
time we had lost sight of the ahiel officer’s boat
and the other steamer, which we supposed bad
sunk.
We had not been on our course more than four
or five minutes before we ran over a boat and
crew belonging to the other vessel, all ot whom
perished, with the exception ol one who caught
hold of a rope hanging over the bow. Directly
’ the boat was seen, orders were given to stop the
j engine, which the chief engineer said could not
I be done, as the ship was fast sinking.
! In about thirty minutes all the lower fires
| were out, and there was at least three leet of
* water in the ship, fore and alt. By this time the
! contusion among the passengers was very great,
i but tney used all efforts to assist the crew in
■ keeping the deck pumps going, and in lightening
i the ship forward for the purpose of endeavoring
| to get at the leak from the inside, which was
I found to be useless. Numbers of them crowded
into the boats which were still hanging to the
davits.
In forty-five minutes after the c llisiou. I came
up from the fore hold and informed the captain
that the water was on the level with a lower
deck beams, and that it was impossible to get at
the leak. 1 then-asked him what he«thought
would be the fate oi the ship, when he stated
his belief to tne, that there was no hope (
of saving her. He then told me to see to my 1
boats.
Ou going to the port side, I found them com
pletely filled with men, women and children, ,
and no possibility of getting near them. I im
mediately went to the starboard side and order- :
ed two ot the crew to lower the guard boat, and j
asked the captain what were his intensions.— •
j He replied that “ the ships fate should be his.” !
I then asked him would he not allow his son to !
go, as I intend to take a boat, but he returned
me the answer, that “he should share his I
fate.”
It was soon discovered that there was no hope •
of saving the Arctic, and the lady, daughter and |
son of Mr. E. K. Collins, with several ladies, j
were put on board a boat, in lowering which }
one ol the tackels gave waj', and all except, one
lady, who clung to the sailor hold ng last to the I
; boat, were precipitated into the sea and lost.
I I then jumped into a boat and was ordered by I
' the captain to cut away the tackle fails and drop
under the stern. I did so, and at the same time I
about twenty persons, I suppose, jumped over- ,
board, of whom seventeen or eighteen were
picked up. We fell in with another boat, I
which had been lowered from the other side, j
and lightened her of part of her complement, )
leaving nineteen in her and twenty-six in our;
| own boat.
j The last sight we had of the ship her yards*!
i were level with the water, and the surface olj
! the sea was strewn with human beings, who)
' had jumped or fallen overboard, to whom I
however, it was impossible to render any assis
tance, and we soon lost sight ot all, as the tog
I continued to.be very dense. I then asked tte
■ boat’s crew were they willing to be governed
by me, which was unanimously assented to,
I and I was put in complete command of both
■ boats.
| We were then about sixty miles S. E. of
Cape Race. Deeming it my duty to take the
nearest course, for the safety of all, after pulling
for forty hours with nothing to guide us butthe
run of the sea, which I took to be heaving from
the Southward, and in a thick fog, which lasted
' all the time, we reached Broad Cove, twelve
' miles North of Cape Race.
We then proceeded by land to Renews, which
we reached cn Friday last. 1 there obtained
and took charge of a small schooner, which was
hired by the pursuer and myself, and proceeded
immediately in search ol the wreck or the boats.
We cruised round in astrong gale of wind from
the North East, but discovered no trace of the
| ship or boats.
Ths Arctic Catastrophe.
| b'urtkar Particulars—Safety rs the Iron Propeller.
Further Rescues of the Arctic's Creue.
I Halifax. Oct. 12. —We have dates from New
Foundland to the 4th, which announces the ar-
' rival of the French screw steamer Vesta, at St.
I Johns, on the 3d inst., with her foremast and
bows shattered to pieces, she being the vessel
that came in collision with the Arctic. She
picked up and brought into port 31 of the Arc
tic’s crew.
The Vesta lost 13 of her passengers, supposed
to be those who were run down by the Arctic in'
a small boat.
Three of the Arctic’s boats have not yet been
heard from, but being life boats, they are sup
posed to have been picked un. The vessels sent
in search returned on the 31 without success—
I not having found the slightest trace.
As regular communication between this and*
Newfoundland is but once a fortnight, that period
will probably elapse before we near anything
further with regard to those saved on board the
Vesta. It is probable, however, that the steam
ier Osprey, sent to convey the passengers of the
City of Philadelphia to Philadelphia, may stop
here. She was expected to leave St. John’s on
the Bth inst.
C. T. Mitchell, of Charleston, S. C., is among
those saved, who left here with the others rescued
on the Europa.
New York, Oct. 11.—After carefully silting
all the testimony, the agents of the Arctic en
tertain strong hopes, amounting almost to a cer
tainty, that Mrs. Collins and a large number ol
other ladies were placed on one of the boats and
safely launched under the immediate supervision
of Capt. Luce himself, The third mate denies
the statement that they were thrown into the
sea by the breaking of the davits, but that they
were placed in a boat with abundance of pro
visions.
Boston, Oct. 12.—A gentleman who arrived
here this morning on the train from New York,
states that there was a report at Fall River that
a vessel loaded with Railroad iron had arrivedjat
Warren, R. I .with forty persons picked up from
one of the missing boats of the Arctic.
Providence, Oct. 12.—A special messenger
from Warren, R. 1., reports the arrival of the
ship Margaret, which spoke the pilot boat which
hail put a pilot on board the ship Lebanon, and
hence the rumor of another boat load of the pas
sengers of the Arctic having been saved and
brought into that port.
New York, Oct. 15—Capt. Luce, seven pas
sengers, and five of the crew of the ill-fated
steamship Arctic, were picked up on a raft, by
the ship Cambridge, and taken to Quebec. So
far, one hundred and nineteen persons are known
to be saved.
Exports from New York.—The exports
from New York to foreign poits for the month
o September sho v a large falling off' in the item
of domestic produce. From the Journal of Com
merce we get the following statement:
“Theshipments of foreign goods show but lit
tie change, vfrhile the expoits of specie (including
some clearances on the last day of the previous
mouth) have been larger than ever before re
ported within a single month. The nearest ap
proach to the same total wis during the month
of June, 1851, when the amount was $6 462,367.
The total expoits for September, exclusive of
specie, are $1,851,589 less than foi September ot
last year, and $582,126 greater than for Septem
ber, 1852.
“ The exports from this port since January 1 f
are larger than ever before known duiing a simi
lar period. The total, exclusive of specie, is
$3,170,513 greater than for the first nine months
of last year, and $13,389 375 greater than for the
same period of 1852. The amount of specie ex
ported since the Ist of January is 830,203,743,
which is less than the first nine months of 1851,
when it reached $31,261,271.”
i Further Foreign Intelligence,
PER EUROPA.
Vienna, Friday Evening.—lt is rumored in
, ; the Greek mercantile circulars that the allies
have obtained a signal advantage. 'The funds
| have risen in consequence.
Paris, Friday Evening. 9 P. M.—Further tele-
I graphic messages from Vienna confirm the ae
. counts of the favorable disposition manifested
toward the allies by the Tartar population of the
Crimea. The sanitary condition of the allied
army was excellent.
An official bulletin communicated to the Em
bassadors at Constantinople, and dated from the
bivouac at Old Fort on the 16th, announces that
the allies had intended the next day toattack an
intrenched camp of 10.000 Russians posted in
the direction of Sevastop 1, but the camp had
been raised in the night, and the Russians fell
back upon the town. Twelve thousand Tartars
had offered themselves to the allies as volunteers,
and their services were accepted.
It was reported that the attack upon Sevasto
pol had been fixed for the 25th September.
The Russian fleet had been reconnoitred in the
port of Sevastopol by the French steamship Na
poleon.
The Three per Cents closed to-day at 75 25
for the end of the month, and the Four and a-half
per Cents at 98a99.
Madrid, Sept. 26—The Three per Cents
were done to-day at 34.
The Siege of Sevastopol—lt is confirmed
that on the 13th September, Eupatoria was occu
pied without opposition by 2000 Turks, 1000
Frdnch and 1000 English troops. The Russian
I garrison, numbering 400, surrendered at discre
pion. The advance guard was under command
l of Prince Napoleon. On the 14th the main army
{ landed, unopposed, half-way between Eupatoria
i and Sevastopol—horses, artillery and munitions
j —all safely. The Ru sians retired in good order
I as the allies landed.
Menchikoff, who had his headquarters at Sim
| pheropol, immediately advanced to Burliuck, on
! the River Alma, where he awaits re-enforce- ;
' rnents to give battle to the allies.
! It was confidently stated on the Paris Bourse ;
j that on the 19th the allies and Russians met and 1
| a battle ensued. The French carne first into ac- i
; tion, the English soon came up, and the Russians I
retired with'much loss. If true, this occurring I
lon the 19th could only have been skirmishing— j
j not a battle between the main armies.
! The Russian Embassy at Vienna had received j
! a dispatch dated the 22d from the Crimea, but all i
i that had transpired was that it contained news |
unfavorable to the Russians.
i The latest dates from the Crimea (certain) is )
| the 19th, when the allies held the road from !
I Cape Baba to Simpheropol. It was intended to j
; cross the Alma on the 19th, but Marshal St. Ar- j
* naud had telegraphed to Paris that there was an )
| unavoidable delay of two days—cause not stated ;
I —which would prevent them marching till the j
I 21st.
Fifteen sail-of-the-line where off Sevastopol. )
! A Russian courier who had been captured, :
stated that the whole Russian force was only I
145 000. , ;
) Russian accounts of the 19th say that Gen. i
: Canrobert had a fortified position at Eupatoria,
and that the main body of the allies was on a |
small river north ot a parallel with the River i
Alma. Thirty thousand Russians were posted'
at the latter point, but with insufficient artillery. I
Admiral Lyon’s squadron, with 100 transports,
had left the Crimea to fetch the reserve.
Baron Hess, the Austrian General, arrived at >
Bucharest on the 23d Sept., and was received ;
with distinction by Omer Pasha.
News of a battle was looked for in London [
every hour, and the publiif'finxiety was intense, j
The Danube.—Lord Raglan had called for a j
division in Bessarabia, consequently the Turks j
were advancing to the Pruth. Ten advance >
guards set out from Bucharest on the 27th, and
Omer Pasha would follow on the 29th. Ibrail
and Galatch will be the base of operations. Only
two battallions will remain at Bucharest, and
small detachments will occupy the various points
on the left# of the Danube.
A dispatch says that Omer is preparing to be
siege Ismail.
The Russians are intrenching their winter
quarters along the line of the Pruth.
The Baltic.—News of the bombardment of
'Revel was daily expected, but the English press
consider it would be impolitic at this late season,
in the absence of the French fleet. At last ac
counts the larger portion of the fleet was at Led
sund,butthe British would shortly leave for Baro
Sound or Margen. Admiral Plumridge’s squad
ron was at Margen.
The Russian fleet at Helsingfors consists of
nine ships, mounting 780 guns; at Cronstadt
twenty-one ships, mounting 1688 guns, besides
six steamers. They were striking their topmasts
and preparing for winter. On the 19th the
French and English fleets separated—the French
under Admiral Duchesne, returning home.
The White Sea —Capt. Lyons officially an
nounces to the British Admiralty, the destruction
of the town of Kola, which he burned to the j
ground without losing a man.
The Ska of Azof. Four Anglo-French:
steamers will endeavor to force an entry into the
Sea of Azof to capture Russian transports, which j
now convey re-enforcements into the Crimea, j
On the 13th, a Tuscan ship at Constantinople
reported that an army of 30,000 was at Taganro
ready to be conveyed in pontoons and gun boats
to Yenikale or Kaffa.
The Journal ot Constantinople states that this
force had put to sea, was overtaken by a tempest,
and two hundred men drowned. This is consid
ered doubtful.
Asia.—The Turkish army occupies the camp
abandoned by the Russians near Kars.
The Porte had authorized Sebaugh, now Com
mander-in-Chief of the Army in Asia, to select
his Generals from the army of Roumelia. He
has chosen Dervish Pasha, Efikin Pasha, Husse
in Pasha and Mahmound Effendi.
Sehamyl has effected a junction with his
Lieutenant, Daniel Day, and threatens an im
mediate attack on Tiflis. Daniel has had two
engagements, both successful against Gen.
W rengles.
A division of Polish artillery had deserted to
the Turks, bringing two guns.
Rrussian Negotiations.—The Austrian
circular note of the 14th nit., addresses to all
the States of the Germanic Confederation, ex
cept the two Mecklenburgs, has been met by
a Russian note dated the 21st, calling upon Aus
tria to define categorically what it means by
German interests.
A Prussian note has also been presented to
the Diet, promising amoral support to the four
guaranti es required from Russia, but urges a
postponement of all discussion on the eub
ject.
Greek Affairs.—According to the terms of
a note excahange between France and England
end Bavaria, the Bavarian Government has
sent M. Mauvier as a special Envoy to reason
King Otho into obedience.
The sultan has extended for one month the pe
riod allowed for settling the difficulties with the
Porte.
A committee of merchants has been appoint
ed at Constantinople to regulate the rate of for
eign exchange and paper money.
°Giieat Britain —Capt. McClure and the
crews ot his Polar Expedition arrived at Cork.
The Marquis of Ormond, anil Mrs. Warner
the actress are dead.
Alderman Moon has been elected Lord May
or of London.
France. —A new civic police for Paris is
to beoiganized on the mo'del of the London Po
lice.
Price Ponistowski, the Tuskan Minister at
Paris has resigned, and infeeds to become a nat
nra'iz“d French subject. He is a favoiite of the
who will appoint him to high office.
G n. Pcinpomere is dead. He was 65 years
Spain.—Renewed diturbancee are feared at
.Madrid, but he yet there has been no open out
break.
Barcelona hi more quiet.
Mr. Soule is in Paris, on his way to Baden
The'A"i»» correspondent ngain assefts that the
Spanish authorities bold the proof of Mr. Soules
connection with the recent issurrectionary at
temp's.
The Government has removed all French re
fugees into the inteiior, beyond the Ebro. —
They will not be allowed to reside in Arragon,
Catalonia, the Basque Provinces, or Madrid.
It is not true that O'Donnell will accept the
Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
Gens. Cordova, Manaquessa and Mazarebo
will soon return to Spain.
Italy.—Report says that Garibaldi and Gen.
Rosseli have crossed the Sardinian frontier to
fight a duel, arising out of Garibaldi’s letter dis
claiming the recent insurrection at Parma.
The Papal Government has just concluded a
loan of four million crowns with the Roth
schilds.
The cholera is committing great ravages at
Messina. All the Consuls except the Bey’s and
American had fled the city.
Poland.—A decree postpones until December
the reduction of import duties on Coni, and oth
er articles qf food.
Denmark—The dissensions between the
King and the people of Jutland, respecting ihe
Constitution, continue.
I Russia.—Justeiian of Moscow, and H. J.
Boldelt of Shuya, both calico printers, have
failed.
Respecting political matters, the only remark
is that whatever may happen, the Czar will not
give in.
There has been a new issue of paper money
to the extent of six million roubles.
Via the Baltic it is stated that the discontent
jof the Russian population is increasing, and
i even threatens to briug on a revolution.
India.—Bombay dates are to Augnst 28.
I Tiade was reported dull. Exchange at Calcut
!ta was at 6.11 i.
i China.—The dates by the overland mail are
Aug. 5; Sliangbia, July 24; Amoy, July 29, and
Singapore, Aug. 13.
Canton was in a state of seige. Business
was entirely suspended, and the city would in a
few days be in the hands of the insurgents.—
| No tea was being brought to market.
i Whampoa and Fushman were still held by
I the insurgents.
Exchange at Shanghai 61, and at Canton 4'
H.
Additional dispatches from Hong-Kong say
that the exports of new tea were four millions
of pounds, and of silk, 1,363. There had been
no arrivals of tea at Canton since the previous
mail. Os 50 chops previously received, 45 were
shipped. At Shanghai there was little business
doing either in tea or silk, and the quality of the
latter is inferior. «
The question respec’ing duties was expected
to be compromised by a deposit of one third of
the original amount.
The demand for imported goods had improv
ed.
Australia. —Sydney dates, by the overland
mail, are to July 26, and Melbourne to July 25.
There was great depression in Commercial af
fairs.
Gold in Sydney was quoted at £3 17s, and at
Port Philip .£l.
Commercial Intelligence.
Liverpool Cotton Market, Sept. 29.—The
Brokers’Circular reports a rather more moderate
demand from the trade and for export, and the
market was more regular for the current qualities
of American, while the better grades were more
freely offered at rather lower rates. The qaota
tions, however were unaltered. Sea Islands, with
a speculative inquiry, had advanced jl. The to
tal shales of the weok were 53.730 bales, including
9,830 for speeulation and export. The sales of to
day (Friday) were 8,000 bales, the market closing
steady. Dennistown quotes Fair Orleans, 6Jd-
Middling do., sjd a5 3 16d; Fair Mobiles, 6s;
Middling do-, 5 l-16d; Fair Uplands, 6d; Middling
do. r sd.
Out Mobile and Nexv Orleans Friends.
We publish below, from the Savannah Repub
lican of Saturday last, an outline of the proceed
ings es a public meeting of the citizens of that
city, held on Satuiday, which we consider highly
honorable to her citizens. When it was known
that Ihere was a scarcity of physicians in that
city, several having been stricken down by the
fatal epidemic which had made wide spread
havoc, the Howard Association of New Orleans
and the Cant- Get-away-Club of Mobile, prompt
ly sent able physicians and experienced nurses
to their assistance. On their arrival in Savan
nah, they found that our beautiful city was in a
'Suffering condition from the same epidemic, and
that we were in need of good nurses.—
The Howard Association promptly sent us
six nurses, and 'an experienced physician. Dr,
Campbell, and since their arrival they have been
kept busily and willingly employed in attending
to the relief of the sick, and have done good Ser
vice-
Finding not much need for further seivices in
: Savannah, the Cant-Get-away-Club delegation
of Mobile, and of the Howard Association of
I New Otieans, left on th(»;r way home, carrying
I with them, the gratitude and good wishes ot
every citizen of Savannah; but with that .good
| Samaritan feeling, which characterizes the .rirm
| bets of both societies, they tinned off their direct
I rond to visit our city, (where they arrived on
j Sunday morning.) to ascertain the wants of our
i community, and, if to remain with us
I a while longer. Finding their services could be
with, they took their departure on
Sunday afternoon for their respective homes.
They carry with them the »ood wishes of our
citizens, for the prompt relief afforded to our sis
ter city of Savannah, and their willingness to
render the same, if in their power, to the citizens
of Augusta. The following are the names of
those composing the respective delegations. We
wish them a pleasant and safe passage, and should
either ot them again visit oyr eity, they will
meet with a warm welcome, although we fer
vently hope, on their next visit, they will not
have the same arduous duties to perform.
Howard Association — Dr. G. W. Cross. Nursrs
—Mrs. Wilson, and Mrs. Dunovan,
Cant-Gel Away-Club.— Dr. J. C. Hamilton.
Nurses— J. H. Higley, S. C. Turner, D. E. De
Wolfe, Mrs. Rolls, Miss Reily.
Dr. Campbell, and five of his associates, still
remain in this city, and will do so until an abate
ment of the fever takes place. On their depar
ture, we hope the few citizens we have left, will
express their gratitude in a proper form, for the
valuable services rendered by them. They have
witnessed their exertions, and can appreciate
tlieii noble conduit since they have been in our
midst.
Savannah and hor Friends*
The meeting on Saturday morning, coiled by
His Honor J. E. Ward, Mayor, we were highly
gratified to see was so well attended. The Ex
change Long Room was filled to its utmost capa
city,and every one manifested an interest in the
proceedings about to take place, which were to
exhibit to our friends from Mobile and N *w Or
leans the appreciation of our city of the benevo
lent spiiit that urged them in the cause of hu
manity, and to render some tiibute to the indi
vidual worth of the representatives of these gen
erous and noble sisters in the confederation which
proudly adorns the flag of our Union. Though
they were not as the messengers of the respective
States ot Alabama and Louisiana, but of benevo
lent Associations'in the limits ol each, we claim
this offering as a reflection of the magnanimity
of the whole people that sent then.—creditable
alike to their natural impulses as the Samari
tanlike conduct ot those who came to minis
ter to the suffering and affliction which for a time
bore our devoted city down to the very verge of
despair. The heart of Saa'annah is full of grati
tude, and proudly does she recognise the benevo-
; eu ce of ‘ Our Country : The special tribute
bore i to our sister cities is but a feeble sense
of o’ir he.rrtfeit appreciation ot the many mani
festations of regard that showered upon her in
her hour c’f peril from every quarter.
The token? were presented by Mayor Ward,
in accompaniment with one of his most happy
efforts, full of the true sentiments of gratitude,
and glowing with fine touches of the pure and
lucid language of the heart.
That presented to Dr. J. G. Redwood was a
service of silver, a Tea Set, comprising five pieces:
—to Dr. J. C. Hamilton, a pair of Pitchers and
six Goblet.s; and to Dr. G. W. Cross, three Pitch
ers, six small Goblets, and one Salver —all ol
silver, and of the finest workmanship; furnished
by one of our own jewelers, Mr. Wilmot.
The engraving on one of each set was as fol
lows: which, lor want of time, will hereafter be
executed alike qn the others, with the slight dif
ference of names of individuals:
PRESENTED TO
DR J. C. HAMILTON,OF MOBILE,
By the City of Savannah .
A Memorial of Gratitude for his Devotion to the
Sick and Suffering during the Painful
Pestilence of 1854.
Drs. Redwood and Hamilton arc representa
tives of the “Can’t-Get-Away Club” ot Mobile,
and Dr. Cross of the New Orleans Howard As
sociation. . .
We know ol nothing better as an appreciation
of their services, than to adopt the sentiment
offered by Dr. J. P. Screven :
“As long as time endures, will the names of
Redwood, of Hamilton and of Cross be associated
with all that is noble, gallant and self, sacrificing
in the medical protession.”
As a tribute to the memory cl the Physicians,
who fell at the post ot duty, a resolution was
passed that the citizens of Savannah will erect
a suitable nonument, to which laudable object
Dr. J. P. Screven contributed one hundred dol
la Js- - • ,
Dr. Screven, in presenting our friends to the
meeting thus addressed the Mayor, who presid-
Mr. Chairman:—ln the performance of the
duty assigned to them, your committee have the
honor to introduce to this meeting our esteemed
i friends, Drs. Redwood and Hamilton, of Mobile,
and Dr. Cross, of New Orleans. Having just ful
filled their missions of love and of mercy, they
are about to take their leave. It will be your
duty, Mr. Chairman, if it has not been already
perloimed, to express to tf.e corporate authorities
of Mobile, to the “ Can’t-Get-Away-Club” of
the same city, and to the Howard Association ol
New Orleans, our appreciation of their benevo
lence in sending physicians of the highest char
acter to the relief of the sufferers, by yellow fever,
in this city. It is ouis to testify to these gentle
men our gratitude for the efficient manner in
which they have discharged the duties assigned
to them. As long as time endures, will the
name ol Redwood, of Hamilton, and of Cross, be
associated with all that is noble, gallant, and self
sacrificing in the medical profession.
His Honor then addressed himself to Messrs.
Redwood, Hamilton and Cross as follows :
Gentlemen :—I have been instructed by the
Authorities of the city, to return you their
grateful acknowledgments, and as a leeble ex
pression ot their thankfulness, to ask you to ac
cept this Plate. How, fellow citizens, am I to
perform the task of expressing your thanks ?
"The eye may weep, the heart may swell,
But the poor tongue in vain essays;
A fitting note for them to raise.’’
I shall use, gentlemen, only the language of so
berness and truth. The occasion which might
tempt me to indulge in the creations ot fancy,
belongs toother ane happier seasons. A pesti
lence was upon us, it had entered our houses and
was desolating our city ; its home was alike in
the mansions of the rich, and the hovel of the
poor—age nor infancy nor beauty found from it
'reverence or pity. The altar of the most high
God afforded no protection, for whilst those
who ministered there were engagtd in pointing
out to the parting soul the path to heaven, they
were summoned themselves to lead the way.
That noble band bv our profession of whom
their city is so justly proud, worn and exhausted
by their labors, but never abandoning for a mo
ment the path of duty, though it lead them
amid opening graves,, and though one after an
other was called away until theii business
seemed to be to die—possessed not the physical
power to give the necessary and medical aid to -
all who required it.
You took the censor of fire in your hands,
and came forth to stand between the living aud
the dead, and slay the plague which raged among
the people.”* Stiicken by the disease, it was
my misfortune not'to be able to welcome you to
our city,’that duty developed upon, another, its
performance, and the performance of the labors
of an office involving at that time so much dan
ger to his own life, must be to himself a source
of life-long consolation and has commanded for
I him the gratitude and affection of our whole
people. Y our mission of love having been ac
complished, you are about to return to those
homes which were abandoned for us. The.ser
vice which you have rendered will never be
forgotten while Savannah exists, but the names
ot Redwood, Cross and Hamilton, with those ot
that noble band of nurses who have been for
weeks past surrounded bj - pestilence and death,
ministering to the strangers wants, will here
be cherished and honored long, long after
I . “Wo and ours have rendered up our trust,
And men unborn shall tread upon our dust,”
i Death of a Printer. —Among the many
who have fallen victims to the ravages of the
pestilence in this city, there is none, with whom
we were not personally acquainted, who com
manded more of our sympatnies than William 8.
Kellogg, a compositor in our office, who biea'hed
bis last on Friday afternoon, after a protracted
and severe attack of Yellow Fever, aged about
twenty-seven years. We learn from his friends,
to whom he was much attached, that he was a
native of New Yolk, where he served his ap
prenticeship in the office of the Courier & En
quirer, alter which he served a term in the Navy
on board the U. S ship Ohio. He came from
Savannah to this city in June last, since which
time he has been engaged in this office, where
he performed hie duties as became a most worthy
member of the “craft;" and in Lis intercourse
with his fellow-men, his bearing was ever hon
orable and gentlemanly.
When the pestilence made its appearance
among us, he was among Ihe few of all our com
positors who volunteered to rem. in end aid us in
our efforts to publish our paper—hence the deep
sympathy we felt lor him and our great solici
tude lor his recovery. To his absent friends anrl
relatives, none of whom could be present to
minister to his wards or soothe his dying pillow,
it all' ids us melancholy pleasure to say, he liitt
not suffer for medical or other attention; and
when the moie ter claimed him as his victim,
the last sad offices were properly paid by his
Inen'ds.— Chronicle <s* Scniim'Z, it>lh in st.
Death of Dr. Cullen.— 're e Savannah Re
publican of the 11th inst says—Dr. P. W. Cul
len di*‘d Tuesday night at 12 o’clock, at thercsi
dence of ?4rs. Jaaies Biois, in tli;s eitv, of con
gestion of the brain. He was a native of Colum
bia, S. C. He was educated in that State,"an I
as a graduate of Lie Medical College of .‘j'ti'h
Caiolina, his snccess'iil piaclice am< .;g us ro
ll, rts credit upon the Institution that laid the
foundation ol his us, lul life
In the death rd this physician the poor have
lost a benefactor, and dur community one of iis
most useful members. Amiable in his deport
ment, and retiring in his manno s, he was te
loved by his friends, and appreciated as a mns
and physician wherever his abilities and quali
fications became known. Iu his ministrations
among the sick, it may be of him that tew
physicians, it any, had a more extensive charity
practice; and none, most truthfully, who perform
ed the noble task with more alacrity than he did.
His aim in the performance of duty was not for
the applause ot his fellow men, but as a higher
obligation—as au earnest ot which his martyr
dom gave evidence. Having been down with
yellow lever just before the late gale, ns soon as
he felt able to be about he w asagaiu ninong his