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About Weekly Georgia constitutionalist and republic. (Augusta, Ga.) 1851-185? | View Entire Issue (Nov. 29, 1854)
fcW fereia tastiWi«M 4 ftwMl BY JAMES GARDNER FOREIGN NEWS. i {From the N }' Journal of Commerce.] Arrival of the Screw Steamsnip Canadian - at Portland Progress of the Siege of Sebastopol. Portland, Mr., Nov. 22. The screw steamship Canadian. Captain Me- , Masters,trom Liverpool, atl.lv P. M ,on the! 7th inst , arrived at this pot* at 12 o clock last . night, biingn g 14 babin and 108 steerage pas sengers. The Canadian reports—Nov. 7th, at 220 P. I M . passed the Collins steamship Baltic, off the l Belt buoy,going iitu Liverpool. Nov. 3,Jat. • I 3, loti. 14 50. signalized baik Olinda. Nov. 10 lot. 51 « lon. 21'43,at 7 30 \. M., passed steam- | ship Airtea, steering East. Same day. at 330 P. i M , passed ship Calhoun. Her news is three days later than that receiv- [ cd by the Asia. i laisnoN .Money M tskhr. —London Nov. 6ch. J —Consols closed to-day at 94 for money, and 94 J i Io: account. The details oi the seige published I to-day, caused lather an unfavorable feeling. I Railway securities were steady. The War —Although intelligence Itom vari ous sources with regard to the commencement aad progress of the siege had been reeei' ed, u? ’ to the 29th of October, the official despatches of Admiral Dundas, General Canrobert, and Ad miral Hamelin, detailing the operations of the Allies on the 17th ultimo, the first day of the | bombardment, were oniv published on the 6th HkSt. Admiral Hamelin, in his despatch, states that ; if the Russians had rot closed the entrance oi the harbor by sinking their ships, the allied squad- j roas, alter the first tire, could have successtuliy I run in. arid placed themselves in communication with the land forces, without, perhaps, a greater lose than they have now actually suffered. The English loss on ship board was, two Lieu tenants, Chase and Mdtiden, ki.led, and sixteen officers, wounded, in ail, 44 men killed and ■ 286 wounded. The ships w re considerably | damaged by shot and shell. Tile French loss was 30 killed, ai d 186 wound- l ed. On the evening oi the 2®th, <’.he day suc ceeding the engagement at Ba'aklava, the ac count of which was received per last steamer), the Russian', 8,060 strong, made asoitiefrom the town ot Sebastopol, as well as from the direction of Balaklava, but were repulsed with great sUaghter— one thousand men, it is stated, being left dead upon the fie d According to the latest telegraphic advices, although the attack upon the fortifi :ations trom the sea bad not been renewed, the bombardment from the heights was vigmou-.y continued, and torts Quarantine and Constantine had been razed, while the Southern tower and other forts haj been demolished. The town, it is stated, was also on lire in tmee different places. It was evident that Sebastopol could not hold out much longer, and according! to one account, the assault would be made on the second or thii.l of November. The telegraphic despatch bad beer, published by a Greek house, to the eff-'ct that th- place iiad positively been Captured; but although this is believed by many, it requires confirmation. ■ The telegraphic despatches pubiH'-.-d in Lon- j den on the morning o: tbe r .ii, state that the town of Sebastopol is a mass of ruins; that the ! Frtt.cn Chsseur? kill a'l the ar .’sry mge v-bo snow themselves at t.»e embrasures, ano cii.it ■luring aii tne night showers of bails w ere poorr;! into the fork-. leasing ’.he enemy rd possibility vs repairing disasteis. The Russian fleet had sought shelter under the baildiugs aiongsMe the quays, but the Allies jrer- aflr rt io lire li*ewHjcnrtrcr, ter with red-hot liar!'-. ’? .*. Lem on Gaz-tte Extraordinary was pub lished on the moiuhin or the 7th, with further I despatches trom Lord Ragland. Lord Dunkellin was taken prisoner by the j Russians during the recent engagement. The Russians had all withdrawn from the forts in the vicinity oi Balaklava. L. rd Raglan states that Menschik' ts is not in Sevastopol, but with the main body of the army in the plains North of Bach-i Serai. It is stated that the French have lost 200 men by explosions, &c , while the English loss is un der 100 killed and wounded. As both the English and French forces have been much cut up by disease and losses in en gagements, reinforcements are urgently called tor, both from England and France, and they are forthcoming. During the past two weeks about 4,000 rnen have been sent out from England, including aiaougst them detachments of regiments which seeently left Canada. The reinforcements will make up the number of British infantry in the Crimea to 30,000 men. The French reinforcements are on a still lar ger scale. Large sappliea of winter clothing have been forwarded to the troops. Thirteen out of the twenty-four iron cyiin ■dets, which have been ordered at Woolwich lor conveyance to Sevastopol, to blow up the sunken sbipe at the mouth ot the harbor, have been eompleted and shipped lor their destination. Each cylinder wi 1 contain 1,000 lbs of powder, wiuch is to be ignited by a battery. One bundled and twenty gun boats, with two heavy guns in ea a, have rieen ordered by the War office, together w.th forty Boating bakeries, with seventy guns in each, .making a total ol 2,900 gutia. to be ready m 1 Spring for aa at tack spun Cro: - tadt. A camp ot 10,630 r/.r-.i i# to be formed at Al dernbot, to be ready tor'.ne s>,.ring campaign in the Baltic. Vienna, Sat :Ktey,i<>v. 4 “ —Advices fro " Odessa Ol the Ist of Nove v .er, a ate that up to 4be 29th ol Oc., OJoiiug derisive ha<l laker place as repai rs Savzstop >i. T..e an veer aid that ti.c A. .tt.o i-ed General L'; :a. lib d .1 moi: on rue 27. r- of. , but the result wua iln known. ¥ien«a, Sunday, N o .> h.— The commanders of t..- expedition to the Crimea held a Council of Wsrori board the .4: ;ador,on the 27th, to determine the day for tbe eneral attack, mid to del.fieri, e upon mture operations. Advices from the Criivia via Warsaw, up to the 27th of Oct >bsr, state that General Liprandi f.az! retired to the head quarters ai Bakactu Sarei. 'The entire Ru-.si m r> o>iorc«.ments tire reported Ao ae seventy tboj'.nnd m*i Sunday, November sth. —Adv ce. fraEß lit. Petersburg, dated ifc? 4lh or November, give news from Sevastop.. o', the 29'h ot Octo ber, stating that the Allies had completed their ■ weired para lei, and advanced ’ :. r batti ries. General Dannenberg’a reiolori emeuta were expected to juir Prince Menccmkoir on ths 3d of November. Pania, Bun jay, November slb.—Advices from Matmltea ofthe 4th inst., announce the arrival there ol the Louin d Or, with news from Con sla itioopla to toe 25tb ol October, and trora the Crime# to the 2fat. The Albion bad arrived at Constutmople lor repairs. Ths Moart’ir publishes the following : 1 1’he Mit.ialf lot Wfirbar. n-C'iived fiom General Can robert, Commander-in Chief of the army in the East, t..e follnri tej-ort, dated at head quar tern. ifi.voHr-8i »4SToyo/.. O< : 18, 1854. Mun:..eui Le Maiechal—yislc'ih'y.atain.iije, We o;en«al fire m concert v<n i the iuiglifch ar ruy.ard mallei# were goir-g on wi-ll when Hie eeploniur, i.i u , jviier rung zme : . long./.,' Io u bt> eiy, ..'n h jnly ns n 1 «r t a ■ ue, c< i AUGUSTA, GEORGIA, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 29, 1854. ated some disturbance to our attack. This ex plosion had moie effect as our batteries were ac cumulated round the spot where it took place.— The enemy took advantage of it to increase their 1 file, and after consulting the general command ing the artillery, I deemed it advisable to suspend our fire to repair our damage, and complete on our right, by new batteries nearer the English ■ hnes. our system of attack. This delay certain ly is much to be regretted, but it cannot be help- ' ed ; and 1 am taking every means to render it as short as possible. The city has withstood he I tire much better than was expected. The en- i eiente,in its enormous development, in a straight line carrying all that it can receive in heavy ca libre from the fleet, allows it to prolong the struggle. On the 17th our troops took possession of the plateau situated in the front ol the point of attack, called the Mast Bastion, and now oc cupy it. This evening we construct there a masked battery of twelve guns, and, if possible, a second battery at the extreme right above the declivity. Ail our means of attack are concen trated on this bastion, and will, I nope, soon clear it, with the assistance of the English bat teries, which take it in the ieft flank. Yester day, about 10 A. M., the Allied fleets attacked the exterior batteries of the place, but 1 have not yet received the report, so as to enable me to give an account of the results of that attack. The English batteries are in the best possible condi tion. They have received nine new mortars, which will have great effect. Yesterday, in tbe i battery which surrounds toe tower situated on the ’ left of the tower, an immanse explosion took i place, which must have done great injury to the ’ enemy, lor since then the fire of that battery has ! been very slack, ahff this morning oniy a few i guns were able to fire from it. I have no precise ■ news of the Russian army. There is nothing to i indicate that it has modified the position in : which it awaits reinforcements. I have receiv ; ed nearly all the infantry reinforcements I ex- I pteted from Gallipoli am! Varna. j General Le Vaiilant has just arrived with his j ' Etat Major,” which increases to five divisions Io! infantry the army i command. The health iof the troops is Very Satisfactory, their moral j condition excellent ar- ’ we are full of confi- I de nee. Austria and Prussia.— It appears very [doubtful, after all, whether Austria and Russia i will not have recourse to the bloody arbitrament ioi arms in the Kingdom of Poland. Russia has I gathered 200,000 men facing the Austrian fron 'i tiers, while Austria has embattled along her I frontier from Cracow to the Danube 200.000 l men, end 2-5,000 in the Principalities. Both I sides show great activity. i The latest news with regard to Prussia i»,that - on the 29:h ultimo, the Czar refused an andience i to the Prussian Ambassador at St. Petersburgh. I Asia.—Tbe only news with respect totheai i my in Asia lx, that General Nicolas is reported i irom St. Petersburg, Nov. 4th, to have gained a • victory over Scbamyl, near Grosn-ga, on tne - frontier of Circassia. I France, &c.—There is no domestic news ot ' interest, and scarcely anything from the conti i ent of Europe, except that relating to the war, ■ worth noticing. i The order prohibiting Mr. Soule from passing I through France had been withdrawn. I?y the Canada. Tub Wae.—Sevastopol holds stoutly out. The substance of the news is tffat the allies had met vit ; an important check, and had not made mu .. progress General Cdirrobert sendsoffici a. •, to toe French Minister ot War, under date of the 221 October, that" ths French approaches continue to advance according to previous plans. The difficulties met with are two-fold, viz: The rocky nature of th-soil, and secondly the heavy v>i f. t. -.j, •; -.y, » Id's U."’ l-'iSuch can only de|«nd on their 69-pounders and 12- in mortars. This explains the delay.” “On the night of tbe 20th, the enemy attempt ed to spike the French guns but failed, and the | Russians who did enter the batteries were kill ed. The French losses are not so great as might | be expected, and the wounded are all ‘sent to i Constantinople, where tbe hospitals ate in. an effective condition. The health of the army is : on the whole satisfactory, although sickness has ! appeared among the gunners from the ships. | (Signed) Canrobert.” | The total French loss from the 17th to tbe , 28th October was 500. ' Private accounts in the Moniteur contain tbe I French narrative to Oct. 30. I On tbe 25th ult. 20,000 Russians attacked the French rear, which was defended by the Turks irom the redoubts, and took possession of them. The English commenced an attack, and .-ent word to Gen. Canrobert, who hastened the se cond division and a squadron of Chasseurs to their relief. The united French and English cavaliy repulsed the enemy by a brilliant charge, in which the combat was sustained five minutes with the sword. The positions were retained. The English loss was 400, and the French loss not quite so great. Menschikoff’s statement is, that General Lip randi took tour redoubts, two of which he des troyed, and the other two he retained and forti fied. The Russians estimate the loss ot Eng lish cavalry at five hundred. Sixty English prisoners were taken. On the 26th ot October the French had ad vanced their trenches within three hundred yards of the Russian works, and the Chasseurs de Vincennes killed al) tbe Russian artillery men who showed themselves at the embra sures. From Odessa it is stated that an assault was looked for by the besieger! during tbe night ol 'he 28th. ».Te Banshee steamer a: .. ... Constantino ple with news to the 30th. The cannoiia'les were then very violent on both sides, and the damage was great. On the Ist ot Novembi r tbe siege work were so far advance.!, that l.e thud parade! wasopeued. It would be complete in eight or ten days. ilenebikofl’reports, via St. Pertersburg, that up to the evening of the 3d of November the siege continued without a result. The fire from the English aide had became weaker. Tne damage done to tbe Russian works was not much and was immediately repaired. Nothing can be attempted agiins-t the northern side of Sevasto pol. The communication remains open. It was reported (doubtfully) that the Grand Duke Constantine was in the City of Sevastopol. The English reports say that tbe city of Se bastopol is in ruins, that unburied corpses poison -he air, and that tlie commanders ot the allied, army refused Meascbikolf the three hours he asked to bury the dead. The Russian loss since the commencement of tne siege is estimated at 12/066 men. The English assert that Menschi kofl hoisted the Hospital flag over his principal magazine, and that they fired nhell upon it and I blow it up. The Turkish Bulletin (doubtful) says that a distuibance had occurred within Sebastopol on the part of the people, who wished to surrender, nnd the Polish deseiters say that a meeting ol troops had occurred to plunder the spirit, stores The blockade is ordered to be extended to all tha Russian ports in the B ack Sea and Azoff. London, Friday, 8 P. M.—There is no later news Irom the Crimea. The Moniteur of this moi mug publishes u dispatch received by Gov ernment iiotn Gen. Canrobert, dated at Head quarters, Sebastopol, O<t. 28, saying the works of the siege are being continued. Ou the 25th, He Russian army appeared on the Plains ot B iiaklaua, but the battle which took place was >i no piatic: lar consequence, although the En gli-io >'X; i.rii-nci.d some lo s in n charge which w s repulsed by them vr«atvig<r. (?-, >■» following morning 5,000 men left Sebastopol and | attacked the left wing of the British troops, but ' were beaten b. ck. The Russians then rallied ’ ' again and repeated the attack, but were again I defeated with considerable loss. Tbe Baltic fleet is still in Kielbay—no sailing orders having been received. The steamers are fully coaled and ready for sea. France—The Paris Moniteur has a concilia -1 tory editorial on the subject of Mr. Soule passing through France. I All available troops are being hurried off to I the Crimea. The following official dispatch is published ■ Paris, Friday.—The visit of Lord Palmerston i to this city will be an official mission concerning I i the policy of France and England in case of I I an attack on Cuba by the United States. Latest by Telegraph London, Saturday, 10 A. M.—A telegraphic dispatch from Marseilles says it is certain that i i in the action at Balaklava on the 25th, conse- i • qent on the Russian surprise ot the Turkish and i : English position, 400 British infantry and 600 I [ British cavalry were annihilated—looo men and | 1800 horses being killed in three hours. The I numbers given are based upon the force that went ' ■ into the field, and those that returned from it.— ’ . The Russians say they took only 60 prisoners; ■ ' the rest are missing—killed, no doubt. Six hun- | dred British light infantry were engaged, and ' only 198 returned I 800 English cavalry were. I engaged, and only 200 returned ! 1 The 17th : I Lancers were almost destroyed ! All the Turkish cavalry and two more French I divisions have been ordered to the Crimea forth | with. i The English fleet is not to be again tried be i fore the walls of Sevastopol. I Latest Inlillcgence.— Boston, Nov. 24—10 f, r. ! m. —Shortly before six o’clock this evening, the I steamship Canada came in collision with the ■steamer Ocean, hence for Hallowell, Maine, I striking her amidships. The Ocean took lire, - and soon after her boiler exploded. Several lives [ are lost. The steamship Canada is now anchored off i Rainsford Island, and the steamer Neptune j has been sent down to her to bring on her i mails, and will probably reach here with them ‘ at twelve o’clock to night. i The collision between the Canada and the j Ocean occurred shortly after five o’clock, near the ! lower light hctise. The weather was not very I thick at the time, and the cause vs the disaster I remains unexplained. i The steamers Forest City, for Portland, and I the Boston for Bangor, took off the passengers of ; the Ocean, ahout eighty in number. ! The collision upset the stoves on board the ; Ocean, in consequence of which she took fire ! and soon afterwards followed the explosion of one ’ )f her boilers. i A man, a woman and a child, three years old, I were picked up alter being drowned—names 1 unknown. j Hiram L. Wing, one oi the messengers of par- • penter’s Express, is badly scalded. [ Charles Pope, a colored man, had his thigh j broken, and his wife is badly injured. ! These are all ’he serious casualties that have ! yet transp red, but it is feared many more have lost their lives by drowning. The fright of the passengers was excessive. The Foiest Ci’y returned herewith the dead I and injured, and tbe Boston, with the balance of j the passengers proceeded on her way to the 1 East. The Ocean was a large and good boat, and Iw ss commanded by Captain Donevan. She i was heavily freighted, and is a total loss. Important from Cuba. • Th. Rwob-ffo../’,- -X-p i’t an early clay, etc. 1 Tbe steamship Black Warrior arrived at New j Orleans on Sunday, with advices from Havana Ito the 16th inSt., being four day- later. Weex | tract the following from the Delta, a paper well I informed in Cuban matters: - We have received from a private and most au i thentic source most important news from Cuba, I which shows that the inhabitants of the Island • are in a state of the wildest enthusiasm, and th .t I they have in contemplation an important rising - within a few days. We translate from the i Spanish the following bold and energetic procla- I mation, issued by the Club of the Terrorists : TO HIE CUBANS! Cubans.— Ihe moment has come at last to bring your valor and patriotism to the proof. Now is the time to endorse your sentiments of honor and heroism, and to demonstrate how worthy you are of being called brothers of those brave men who died for the defence of our coun try’s sacred rights. The future destiny of our revolution, depends entirely on your arms. Cubans 1 The strength ot your arms is every moment needed to help us to dethrone the ty rant. Bear in mind that we shall raise the cry of insurrection at a moment’s warning ; and we shall have no other resource but death or victory. There will be many to doubt our word ; but woe to the unbelievers I for they shall be surprised in their inactivity, and will be the victims of their carelessness 1 Cubans, to arms 1 Let those who are men follow us ; let those in whose bosoms beat a patriotic heart b- prepared for the combat , let those who still preserve a sentiment of dignity —let those, who feel the outrages cast upon us by he Government—let those who have been tor mented wilh prison, who have lost their proper- ■ ty by scandalous confiscation, who had any ro i iationship, or friendship, or sympathy tor Lopez, i Aguero, Ancrs, Akmentekos, Montes, Oca, Facciolo,and many others who bled and died ■ at the hand of the executioners and soldiers—lei . sheuri arise to punish the wretches and conquer | our rights. Let them come to the field, there to i remain vanquishers or be vanquished. To all cowards, flatterers and friends of Spanish I Government, and unto all tories, we equally an i nounce the approach of the revolution. There shall be no pity shown to none. We had enough ul it in 1851, and experience teaches us that we must iinposo terror to attain our end. We. therefore, invoke a revolution to cast off ; the domination that has weighed upon cur conn ; try for upwards of three hundred aud sixty years, i and proclaim a Democratic Republican Govern-' [ merit 1 which will take for its model that of the | United States of North America. ■ We will know no neutrality till the establish ment of peace. All persons who should deny us shall be con sidered traitorsand shut aS such. All persons capable of bearing arms must join u?, er, on denial, be instantly shot. A'! property shall be r.espected. We w ill maintain every thing pertaining unto government. The revolution once effected, nothing will ■ check cur progress. Our ideas are not opposed to humaniiy, but those Cubans who will not voluntarily follow us, will have to abide by the above mentioned conditions. Let those who have liberty, order and justice, come to our aid. Hail free Cuba ! Death to Concha ! Down with despots and traitors ! Citizen, to arms! Lei us conquer or die I ! One Day Later from Havana! The rumored outbreak among the. Creoles at tke Jiasl end of the Island confirmed. The U. 8. Steamer Princeton has arrived at Pensacola, bringing dates from Havana to the 9th, one day later than by the Empire City.— I’he New Orleans True Delta has tho following letters from a correspondent: Havana, November 9, 1854. True DeltaAf'.cr e'.okiuo my letters yesb.r day, Li.-d 'bo intel.''gm ee eonfirmal of some excitement among the Creole population of the East end of the Island. Two American vessels with aims secreted have been seized—schooners. Two Creoles, passengers, one on each, were put in prison, from which they endavored to escape bj' setting fire, one was killed by the guard on duty and the flames extinguished by the people. Th ■ vessels cleared from Nassau (N. P.) for Bar acoa near which port they were taken. Troopshave been ordered to that department, and Gen. Manzano takes peisonal command for the suppression of any movement, is attempted in tha quarter. Mr. Wheeler, minister to Nic aiagua, Captain Eagle commander of the Prince ton,.=md Mr. Fabens, with our consul, Col Wm. H. Robertson, dined with Gen. Concha yester day, and were much gratified with the hospita ble entertainment they received on the part of the Captain-Genera! and his most gifted and ac complished lady, Mr. Wheeler and family are no« caving Mrs. Brewer’s—“ Hotel Cubano” — to go.cn board of the steamer, which will irnme diat»-y leave port, so that 1 have nothing more to cdJ—for time wanting. Verdad. lITsCELLA NEOUS. \hoin the Detroit Daily Advertiser, Nov. 10 ] Koflst-ioks Invents a Patent Medicine. New York, Nov. 6, 1854. I 701 Narrow street. J ( oi’gratulate me—my fortune is made—l am rr —»,,.'alized, and I’ve done it myself. I have gnus into the patent medicine business. My i n a ill be handed down to posterity as that of « universal benefactor. The hand which I hereafter v rites upon the record of Fame the ; narni 'of Ayer, Sands, Townsend, Moffat, Mor i rissoti and Brandreth, must also inscribe, side by I eidi with these distinguished appellations, the ■ no less brilliant cognomen of the undying Does ! ticks. Emulous of the deathless notoriety which I has bean acquired by the med'cinal worthies just 1 mentioned, 1 also resolved to achieve a name l and a fortune in the same leputable and honest I tnanfrjr. Bought a gallon of tar, a cake of bees j wi ■' and a firkin of lard, and in twenty one j honri I presented to the world the first batch oi I Do. 'tor’s Patent Self Acting-Four-Horse Power I designed to cure all diseases of mind, j bos'j or estate, to give strength to the wean, | money to the poor, bread and butter to the hun- I gry. boots to the baie-foot, decency to black l gu: rd;, and common sense to the Know-Noth ing- It acts physically, morally, mentally, j psychologically, physiologically and geologically, i and it is intended to make our sublunary sphere i a paradise, to which Heaven itself shall ibe 1 a side-show. Il ave not yet brought it to absolute perfection bur -ven now it acts with immense force,as you, will perceive by the accompanying testimonials and idcords of my own individual experience. Ye i will observe that I have not resorted to the usual mannri of preparing certificates, which is, to b • certain that al! those intended for eastern ciicnution shall seem to come from some former ly Ssheard-ol place in the west, while those sent to the west shall be dated at some place forty miles east of sunrise. But I send to you, as representing the western country, a certificate i’rotn an Oregon farmer: > ■"X-ar Sir : Tbe land composing my farm has hiihetio been so poor that a Scotchman couldn’t gel. his living off it, and so stony that we had to slice our potatoes and plant them edgeways; but bwjjjiguf your balsam, I put some on the corner ol a <m-acre mt, surrounded by a rail fence, and in .be morning I found the rocks had entirely d'.« ppeared, a neat stone wall encircle I the fie.' f d the rails weie split into oven-wood x. V, -led up'j'mmetrically in my back yard. Put .irid-.I ■ swamp; in two days it was cleared oft, planted with corn and pumpkins, and had a row of peach trees in full-bloom through tbe middle. As an evidence of its tremendous stiength I would state that it drew a striking likeness of my eldest daughter—drew my youngest boy out ol the mill pond—drew a blister all over his stomach—drew a load of potatoes four miles to market, and even tually drew a prize of ninety-seven dollars in the state lottery. And the effect upon the inhabi tants hereabout has been so wonderful, that they have opened their eyes to the good of the coun try, and are determined to vote for a governor who is opposed to frosts in the middle of June, and who will make a positive law against fresh ets, hail storms, and the seventeen year locusts.” There, isn’t that some? But I give one more from a membei of the senior class in tbe western college, who,although misguided, neglected and ignorant, is undoubtedly as honest and sincere as his Prussianized education will admit of. I have corrected the orthography and revised some gram ma'ical inaccuracies; but, besides attending to these trifles, inserting marks of punctuation, and putting the capitals in the right places, I assure you I have made no alteration: Salt. Harbor, June 31,1854. My Dear Doctor: (You know I atteneded medical lectures halt a winter, and once assisted in getting a crooked needle out of a baby’s leg; so I understand perfectly well the theory and practice of medicine, and the doctor is perfectly legitimate under the Prussian system ) By the incessant study required in this establishment, I had become worn down so thin that I was oblig ed to put an overcoat on to east a shado w—but accidentally hearing of your balsam, I obtained a quantity, and, in obedience to the bounceupa’hical principle of this institution, took an infinitesimal dose oiily; in lour days I measured one hundred and eighty too inches round the waist—could chop eleven cords of hickory wood in two hours and a half; and, on a bet, carried a yoke oi oxen two miles and a quarter in my left band, my right being tied behind me; and if any one doubts the fact, the oxen are still to be seen. "About two weeks after this, had the pleasure c' participating in a gunpowder explosion, on whicis occasion my arms and legs weie scattered over '.he village, and my mangled remains pretty equally distributed throughout the entire coun try. Under these circumstances my life was despaired of, and my classmates had bought a pine coffin, and borrowed whole shirts to attend the funera! in; when the invincible power of your font horse-power balsam (which I happen ed to have in my vest pocket) suddenly brought together the scattered pieces of rny body—col lected my limbs from the rural districts—put i new liie into my shattered frame, and I was res i tored, uninjured, to my friends, with a new set of double teeth. I have preserved the label which enveloped the bottle, an.l have sewed it into the seat of my pantaloons, and I now bid grim death defiance, for 1 feel that I am hence forth unkillable, anil in fact I am even now gen erally designated the 'Great Western Achilles’ “Yours,entirely, Ski Hr” 1 feel that after this, Mr. Editor, I n ed give you no more reports of third persona, but w ill nevertheless detail some of my own personal ex perience of the article. I caused some to be ap plied to the Washtenaw Bank after its failure and while the balsam lasted the Banks redeemed its notes with specie. The cork of one of the bottles dropped upon the head of a childless wid ow and in six weeksshe had a young and bloom ing husband. Administered some to a hack dri ver in a glass of gin and sugar, and that day he swindled but seven people, and only gave two ol them bad money in change. Gave a few drops gratis to a poor weman who was earning » precarious subsistence by making calico shirts j with a one-eyed needle, and the next day she was discovered to be heir to a large fortune. The Kno'V Nothing candidate for Mayor of city has sent lor a bottle, and Jt has entirely cuied him of a vfo'lent verbal diarrhoea. Gave some to r.n ujitowu actor,and that night r.e saiu "dutniHd” VOL. 33 -NEW SERIES -VOL.- -9 -NO. 41. only twenty-one times. One oi the daily papers got the next dose, and in the next edition but one there were but four editorial falsehoods, sev en indecent advertisements, and two columns and a half of home made "Foreign Correspon dence.” Caused fifteen drops to be given to the low comedian of a Broadway theatre, and that night he was positively dressed more like a man than a monkey—actually spoke some lines of the author —made only three insane attempts at puerile witticisms —only twice went.out of his way to introduce some grossly indelicate line in to bis part, and for a wonder lost so much oi his self-conceit that for a full half hour he did not believe himself the greatest comedian in the world. Gave some to a newsboy, and he man ufactured but three fires, a couple ot murders, and one horrible railroad accident, in the next thirty minutes. Put some on tbe outside of the Crys tal Palace, and the same day the stock went from 22 up to 44. Our whole Empire City is entirely changed by the miraculous power of "Doestick’s Patent-Self-Acting-Four-Horse- Power Balsam.” The gas is lighted on the dark nights instead of on the moonlight evenings— there are no more highway robberies in the streets or if there are, the offenders, when arres ted, are instantly discharged by the police magis trate. No more building materials on .the side walks; no more midnight murders; no more Sunday rows: no more dirty streets; no more duels in Hoboken, and no more lies in the news papers. Broadway is swept and garnished ; the M. P’s are civil, and the boys don’t steal any more dogs. In fact, so well content are we now with our city, that we fee), as the Hibernian poet so beautifully says : “0, if there bo an Elysium on Earth, “It is this—it is this/’ Orders for my balsam, accompanied by the money will be immediately attended to ; otherwise, not —for my partner and I have resolved to sell for cash only, feeling as did Dr. Young, who appro priately and feelingly remarks— "We take no notes on Timo.” Triumphantly yours, Dr. Q. K. Philander Doesticks, P. 8., M. D. P. S —Bull Dogge says I have piled it up too | strong, and that no one will believe what he [ calls "that humburg about the newspapers, and I the preposterous nonsense concerning the Broad- I way actor.” lam aware that in these instan- Ices my medicine has performed a modern mira -1 de, but the facts remain “no less true, than [strange.” Dr. Q. K. P. D., P. 8., M. D. [From the Charleston Courier, 25th Hist.] Arrival of the Nashville. The U. S. mail steam ship Nashville, Capt. M. Berry, arrived at her wharf in this city yes ferday evening in fifty hours from New Yoikto the Bar. On Thursday evening, at a quarter past five o’clock, she exchanged signals with tbe steam ship Florida from Savannah for New York, and at .eight o’clock w ith the steam ship Marion, trom this port for New Yoik, Hatteras light beaming N. N. W. At half-past seven o’clock the same evening, Hatteras light bear ing N. W. byN., she exchanged signals with a steamer bound North—supposed to be the State of Georgia. The Nashville experienced strong gales from the South West lor the last twenty four hours of her voyage. We are indebted to our attentive New York correspondents, our contemporaries in that city, and the obliging Pursuer of the Nashville, for their respective favors. We find in the New York Times of Wednes day evening, the foliowing account of a fright ful Rail Road accident: About six o’clock th: morning, a frightful ac nt .rea erf tht Harlem fSkilroad, iu tbe vicinity of Fifty-seventh street and Fourth ave nue, which resulted in many persons being hor ribly mangled. It seems that a freight train oi the New Haven Railroad broke down last night near Fifty-seventh street, and : t was left standing on the main tiack w ithout taking the least pre caution to notify the down trains of the obstruc tion. This gross negligence might have resulted in the sacrifice of several hundred human lives, but fortunately no person was killed. Many, however, received most terrible injuries, and seveia! had their legs and arms crushed by the collision ol a Harlem passenger train, with the freight train above alluded to. There was no signal set to warn the engineer of the dreadful danger that awaited him, and his train dashed along at the usual speed of auout 40 miles an hour until it came in contact with the heavy freight cars, and a terrible smash up was the con sequence. The passenger train in question was the regular 5 o’clock train from White Plains, and consisted of some dozen large cars, all quite crowded with persons residing at the different villages along the line of the road between New York and White Plains. Three of the cars were literally torn to pieces, and strange as it may appear, not a single passen ger was killed. There were some twenty or more who were extricated from the ruins with their limbs broken, and other injuries of a serious nature. We here annex the namasol such of the mangled persons as have been ascertained, up to the hour .of going to press. NAMES OF THE INJURED. Mr. Cummings, the Conductor, very badly hurt. John Farrington, New York Cfty. George Douglas, New York City. I George Brien, New York City. Levi Douglas, New York City. Charles Doy, Harlem. Stephen Roby, Yorkville. A. L»agrist, Yorkville. J. Brown, Mott-.Haveu. I Mr. Spock ham, Fordham. ' Mr. Colgrove, New York City. | Mr. McFadden, Harlem. i John Lawsen, New York City. I J. Ledyard, New York City. I Stevens, New York City. I lii addition to the above, there are several oth ers who received injuries of less serious nature. Mr. Elliott, the superintendent of the road, is now at the scene of tbe wreck, and will take prompt means to ferret out the parties who are culpable in leaving the Height train on the track without placing proper signals there, or men to watch the trains from each end of the route. We have just learned that two of the injured passengers have died in the hospital. The damage to the company is roughly esti mated at fifteen thousand dollars. The Boot on his Other Leg.—The Abo litionists who crowed so lustily over the imagi nary defeat of Judge Douglas and i.is friends at the late election in Illinois, roust feel terribly chop-fallen, now that the slow-coaches bring re liable news which shows the unreliabieness of tell-lie-graphic dispatches. The following aie said to be the Congress men elected from Illi nois : 1. Elihu B. Washburn, Fusionist, re-elected. 2. James H. Woodworth,anti-NebraskaDem ocrat. 3. John O. Norton, Fuiionist, re-elected. 4. James Knox, do do 5. William A. Richardton, Democrat re-elect ed. 6. Thomat L. Harris,Democrat. 7. Jas. C. Allen, Democrat, re-elected. 8. Lyman Trumbull, Democrat. 9. .8, S. Marshall, Democrat. In the House the opposition have two majori ty ; in the Senate the Democrats have seven majority, which seeuies tha re-election of Gen er .1 Shields to the Senate of the United States ■— H'ashrngltfri Star. Wild Cat Banks--Agitation. The times of 1837 are reappearing in 1854, and well does it behove all monied men to be ware of danger. The failures in the North and West must affect all localities, and already the sound ol alarm is heard n»ar our borders. Fortu nately for us we have in our city none other than tbe reliable banking houses, those that are sure ; but we deal in other than the paper of our own city, and the suggestion that a prudential degree ot discretion should enter into all our ex changes will not come untimed. The New York Herald of late date, in speaking of these suspicious Banks says: "We look for trouble among the " one horse” banks of Georgia, as a certain class are ver} - appropriately called There are about eight oi ten banks, located in different parts of that State, which are principally owned at the West, and if the owners lai! the Banks are sure to fail; and the banks may lai) without the own ers becoming bankrupt. There is the Merchants’ Bank of Macon, Ga.: The Bink of Milledgeville, Ga ; the Cherokee Insurance Company Bank, Ga : the Planters’ and Mechanics’ Bank of Dal ton, Ga; tbe Griffin Bank ot Griffin; and last, but not least, the Atlanta Bank,Ga. These are all ‘one horse’ banks, and each depends almost entirely upon the solvency of one individual.— None of them are owned in Georgia, and the people of that State have no interest in or sym pathy with them. They are owned principally in Chicago, and their owners have managed to get out an enormous circulation. The Mer chants’ Bank of Macon has a circulation of up wards of eight hundred thousand dollars. The Griffin Bank and the Atlanta Bank, both owned by the same man, have a circulation ot one mil lion dollar-. Not the first dollar ol the immense issues is secured. The bill holder has no guaran ty that the first cent would be paid on his claims in the event of the bank failing, and the com munity should be on their guard against such concerns ” The New York Times also remarks : I "At Chicago, the Merchants’and Mechanics’ and City Banks, have suspended, and the rotes ot several other country Banks, hitherto circula ted in that vicinity, have been discredited. The Chicago Bankers have been using of late'sundry Georgia charters, which exact no Stock security, for purposes of circulation. One of these, name not mentioned, goes down with the Merchants a-id Mechanics’ Bank. Another, tbe Atlanta B.mk, is owned by George Smith, somewhat celebiated in banking in Illinois and Wisconsin. Mr. S. at last advices still weathered the storm, while others have given up. The press in this [ City and in the Northwest, even on th 1 eats of li bel suits, have, within, the last y f ./ , earnestly protested against the illicit use of o: I charters Horn Georgia, never designed by the Legis'ature of that sound financial State for such purposes, but we were generally met by the boast that Mr. Smith’s reputed wealth and example would make the bogus circulation go, as they probably have done to the tune ol $1,500,000 or $2,000,000. It is worthy of remark, at this juncture, that in all such cases, where a just public sentiment has been suffered to obtain over the designs of these currency speculator, the community has escaped loss, and vice versa. There was little Indiana Free BanK circulation about this city at tbe time of the late explosion ; there is less ot the Georgia bogus here at present.” The Bank of Milledgeville, Ga., is a'- ued to be in a state somewhat critical. The ' 'hica go Daily Tribune o: Tuesday evening, N -.em ber 15,says: The excitement in relation to money maiters in this city, continued during yesteiday. The City Bank, owned b; B: !!■••• ’’ & Coropai:”, did ;.c‘ .-pc • ' . -ay morning. Ebe ioiiuwrrtg notice ■ -c.i’.cd upon its doors: “ This institution will not be opened to day. We hope to resume business in a few days ” Bradley, Curtiss Ac Co. In consequence of this suspension, the Bank ot Milledgeville, Ga., has no agency in this city to redeem its bills, and the notes of the Banks of Rock Island and Belvidere are thrown out by other Banks of this city, in consequence of their connection with the Bank of Bradley, Curtiss & Co. The Last No. of Dye’s Bank Mirror comes with the caution Look Out. It says : "Ten dollar bills on tbe Bank of Tennessee, with red backs, are now in circulation. In con sequence of tbe robbing of the express agent, who brought the impression from Pliiljifclphia, no bill of this description has been or will be issued without notice first being given to tne , nblic.” It also comments thus on what are termed Georgia Shinplaslcrs: These banks seem to over flood the States of Illinois and lowa, and parts ot Indiana. Al though arrangements have been made for these [ circulations in Chicago, &e., Milledgeville and Macon money seems out of its latitude. It does not yet Hood us; we want to be satisfied of their condition before they obtain our confi dence. At present, public opinion is strong against them. The people of Chicago complain when checks are drawn in theii banks. They are paid almost altogether in this ore kind of money ; they do not like it; it lacks their favor and confidence.”— Cka'tanooga Advertiser. A Cohhbction. —In yesterday's paper we stated our impression that in "addition to buying up the Milledgeville Bank, last winter, Bradley, Curtiss & Co., of the City B.nik o. Chicago, al so invested to a considerable atr . intin the Mer< chants’Bank of Macon. W.: l ive siu<’<- been informed by the Agent c; ••- M» ayt ' B.'.i k in this city, that none ot the stock of this insti tution is he’d h; he own ,-s < t’ :• ugo Bank. About SSO.OOO < the - oC '. ; , the Merchants’Bank is owned by d ‘ p 9,.. son* in Macon, and the prioeip?.! po-l efthe bal ance by equally responsible parties in New York. The Bank of Milledgeville bm<v:r, will probably not be ab’e testa, .1 it l,h- >•, arid failure of Messrs. Bradley, Curtiss & Co, is cor rect.—jSilania Intelligencer, 22 d ins!. Oa this statement the Chronicle % Be>d'nel makes the following comments; This statement appears to have been made by authority, judging from the connection in which we found it. As the Intelligencer has facilities for obtaining authentic information in relation to this Wild Cat Bark, (having an agent at its door,) it might be a little more precise in its statements, as to the amount of stock owned in Macon. “.About $.'>9,000” is a very indefinite expression. We have examined the published list of stockholders, und can only find $llOO9 owned in Macon, and some o‘ that, (unless for i tunes have been very suddenly acquired besides ; paying a large insolvency,} not by very “ respon sible persons ” Perhaps, however, the Intelli gencer may haven new arithmetic for cyphering Wild Cat Banking affairs, by which $11,900 is magnified into “about $50,000” Who are these stockholders of Macon who own about $50,000 of the stock~and how much stock does each own ? Give the people light. A Band or Robbers iff Mexico —lt is stated that a band of robbers and murderers, located near Tepic, have been committing atrocities among the most horriblwthat ever human nature had to shudder at. A letter ndlressed to the Trait d’Union gives n long account of their monstrosities on men, women and children, as also on property; which last, however, t nl. into utter insignificance by the side of their personal cruelties. They number some for'.y two; and from estate to village, and villute to estate, they bnve proceeded, perpetrating hrn r.’Jirfl which the tno!>t depraved imagination ccuJd n.tbu • jjtiw
