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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