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IEH CECLsEE -.
The disease has disappeared in Cincin-


"e oiSease mas "l''PPesfe" III O''' III
matt
Nrw Oc,r,xs a L.tfer received in Sa.
lcm. dated Oct 1q,h informs MS that " The
city is very unhealthy. more So than il has hecn
for several vears-lhere has been several cases
Of The cholera, and every one that is attack ed
uIes' II Is sa'9 'hat 'h're were ere npwat"s OF
'p,;nH nv, 'n'''S S'Ste'H"t Nv "o'' NV
draa!t,,I ,,r y, '''''''
Another letter from N. Orleans. received at
Boston, dated Oct 30lh. SAYS" The sickness
is very had-i00 die daily 1t is among that
class Of people whose naulcs are moi known to
The public. The inhabitants complain "i the
Cai"oiic Church Nardens' That they do not re-
ui"En 'hclr oead wan proper pr'h'plh'ss' nfY
sn;n Wv, s'a'"o VI ~ a'T, ''''s
Numbers, are nnt 70 he urocurcd 10 dir ths
Graves and rrmoye Inc dead
The N Orleans Courier of Oct. Goth. states,
that tho physicians generally call the prevailing
disease the .4siofic Cboiera, whilst others des.
ignd'e il as the Co'd Plague.
! Sr I.or,s Oct % We capno, vot con,rntu.
a "a our lr..n" ciii2ahs upon Tue disappearance
,rho 'i,,' a'c'"'.ss' US ':r
~ nc,rr hc known rhc Srea,os, ',' , niiU
was mon Tuesday WeLnnsf,v and Thm, sd,E
we t",nN about twenty persons died on each OF
nose usls' IN 'he IVY" weeks ending on sun
( Jay iaSt' we HaVe circulated that about one
! hundred ahc iorty one persons ten victims TO
,"e pesl''ci'ec' IL mas prevailed here IN most
'e''la 'h'''"ci perhaps WIN more m"I'ghhy
'hah T. any DINER part ut the United States.
! NEW ORtEAys. De-, RI From tho MIN
her or iu,crmepts vosinrIav ye ma c,~,oL
49,. - "
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FLORENCE. LAlab.l Nov. 3


CHICKAsAW Treaty.. We understand
the principles of the late treaty to be these
The whole Indian Territory is ceded TO the
United States: not one acre Is reserved.
The President IS to have the country sur
veyed as soon us possible, and to advertise
aud sell ii at public sale in all respects as
other public land-the sales to be made as
soon us the land can be surveyed. 1t is
stipulated that the Chickasaws are to select
for themselves, country west of the Mis-
sssippl river, and if possible, to move away
before the first public sale of their lands
Should they he unable TO remove before
that time. they are permitted to retain II
tract of land for each family to live on until
they fix upon the place Of their future resi-
'lence. II is expressly agreed, however,
that they Will remove as soon rs they can,
and when they 60, these tracts upon which
they resiGed. shall be sold as the other lands
are, but all the Indian Territory not now
occupied Ivy them, is to I've sold, when sur
veyed. No persons are permitted TO move
on the coded lnnds, until the sales take
place: should any presume 10 Ito so, they
will he driven of.
The Chirkashws are to receive the net
proceeds arising from the sale of the lands,
deductlng all incidental expenses connected
with the survey and sale Of the same.--
Tlree-lourths Of all the money derived
from the land sales are to be vested in stock
at interest, by the General Government, for
The benefit Of the Chickasow nation allow
ing them to use the interest, hut never to
touch the principal, feserying that as q
fund for the use Of the nation forever. The
cedod territory is about 100 miles square,
aud the number Of acres is estimated at
100000.
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CAPE DE WEIRD ISLANDS.

The brig Funchal, Capt Monz, arrived
in Hampton Roads from Madeira, via Isle
Of May, having sailed from the latter 9th
October, brings intelligence strongly con-
frma,ory OF the distressed condition of the
Cape de Veri Islands generally, from the
awful calamity of faminc. An intelligent
passenger, with whom we have had an in
tervlew, states that the condition Of the ISL
nr'icrs has not been at all exaggerated, in
the accounts previously received in the
United States, and that the benedictons of
thousands will be poured forth for the time
~ relief sent from our country. In Bravo
and Fogo the distress was most cald.nitous :;
within few months, 200 persons had per-
lshed there by famine, and such was their
aiyect condition, that even a worm eat
en- biscuit was caught at with avidity,
and the blessing of heaven invoked on the
donor A vessel from Lisbon, laden with
provisions for the sufferers, had been spok-
en- by cruiser. and was afterwards run
over in the night, by another vessel, and
sunk, by which these unhappy beings we're
deprived of the timely relief of which she
would otherwise have been the bearer
Norfolk Herald.
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The yearlng Steers were The last which your
Committee had under their examination and
in coming 10 satisfactory result, they did not
find their duty the less difficult This portion
ofther chatge being young, and not having the
points of preference fully developed, and in the
view Of Il common observer their merits being
so nearly balanced their owners also having
had their hopes raised by the bounty offered by
the S"cieiy. each enjoying the pleasing aniici-
patton If has Steers holding the first rank ; and
your Committee finding themselves limited to
two premiums only, of which they had any con
troll, paused with fearful apprehension, lest
they. VI c"Ining 10 tiecision should cxiinguish
thu artnr ~ ihuse, who should be unsuccessful
and drive them from the field of hunorahlc COM
petition; but as duty prompted to imnedi
ate decision, and merit only being the ground
of preference, your Committee, with great hesi-
tation. finally came 10 the conclusion of recon-
mending the first premium OF s. To be given Ia
Mr.. jena. Gleason Of Worcester and The sec
ond premium Of IS 10 Mr. Jacob w. Watson
of Princeton; leaving MIR. William Eager Of
Sorihhpro'. MI Asa Rice of West BoyiStoR.
Mr.. Asa T, Johnson and MIR Nathaniel G.
Moore, both of Worcester in the full possession
of the pleasing hope. that, although their re.
speciive Steers, at this time. failed. either
Though the lack OF merit, or through the wan,
of discrimination on the part %! your Commit
tee,at some frturs occasion like the present, they
! will occupy the first rank among their compcu
! tors; and that hope your Committee verify be
J leve is well founded. MIR. William Eager
I Steers certainly deserve much praise. consider
! ing the manner in which they have been kept
/ He assures your Committee, that they were
I only one year old last April that each took
the milk OF one COW only till they were eight
weeks old. when they were put into pasture
and there kept till they came to the barn at the
commencement of winter, through which they
were kept on common stock hay only and
through the past they run in good
! pasture aud had nS uther feed.
All the animals presented for the considcra
! ton at your Committee, were Of the first or
der, and perhaps on no former occasion were
there bette: specimen Of til kind Of stock
! ever exhibited 1t affords your Comlni tee
! great pleasure in witnessing the rapid progress
making among oHr farmers generally in the i'm
! prnvement of their stock. II cannot but afford
! peculiar satisfaction 10 every observer. whn
! wishes for the advancement of his country :
good, TO witness ihe effects Of that Split OF en-
terprisc and improvement already awakened
/ and advancing so rapidly among our agricul
/ iuralists, which promises so rich a harvest TO
/ the individual competitors, well as aliardng
[ To the community so many of he comforts and
( blessings of life. All which is respectfully sHb
united. Per order OF the C'mmittee.
ALEXANDER Dustin.
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From The London Literary Gazette.


Sir Walter Scott was born Aug 10, I77I, and
was consequently but little advanced in his six.
ty second year when he died; the victim, no
doubt, OF excess in intellectual exertion-for of
excess of any other description even the com.
panions of his youth never believed him capable
tie has left two sons-ihe present Sir ". s.,
Mapr of The 18th Hussars, and Charles, in the
Foreign Office and lately attdehe 10 the embassy
at Naples /; with two daug htefs, Mrs. Lockhart
and Miss Anne Scott: Mrs. LIS. children are
as yet his only descendants in the second gen.
eration. He had survived many years, ali his
own brothers and sisters, who originally, | be-
lieve formed a family Of fourteen
regret to add, that the reports in circulation
respecting the condition in which Sir Walter
has lett his worldly affairs are siack would
tain hope that the fields he adorned, the castle
he built, and The immense mass of literary and
antiquarian curiosities he had assembled about
him, are not really destined 10 pass from his
blood. and be dispersed forever: hut such,
2ricve 10 say, is what many consider as The
most probable upshot. A few days, however
will clear up all this
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MIRACLE WORKING

How Don Miguel may lave continued to
operate against the invader, independently
of military means. NAV he conjec,ured hv
means Of The following pleasant story which
we marked in reading Il recent British
work.
Il have been favored hy a very intelli-
geat friend, who was an eyewitness of it,
with the following anec,loir. The narrator,
Il man of vefarity, is himself Roman
Catholic. For sometime after the assump-
ton of the crown of Portugal hy Don Mi
guel, his party had recourse 10 stratagem to
impress the minds of the lower classes who
are stiil full of ignorance and fanaticism,
and believe in miracles, with the legality
and divine right of his sovereignty. For
twe Sundays in succession, a ir,ar of the
Convento da G,aca, assembled the pulpit
fronting the altar on which had been placed
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PORTLAND. Nov. Ii.


The WEATHER. An autumn so delight
ful as the present has been, ought to have
a paragraph dedicated to its praise. We
are in the close of an Indian Summer, the
Yankee Season of huskings, of parties, of
long and beautiful evenings, full of hilarity
and JOY. Of all our seasons, this Indian
Summer is the most delicious. 1t has not
the burning warmth of July and August
the clustering, stormful winds of pant of
September, the cold, frozen aspect of De-
cember and january, nor the foggy, drzz-
ling, annoying atmosphere Of April and
May. Our autumn, thus far, has been more
agreeable than the summer. Did we have
a summer? Who remembers much hut fog,
and cold, with now and then Il comfortable
day frightened off by Greenland vstations.
But our Indian Summer has made up for all
The mornings and evenings may have been
II little chilly, so as To make the freside
welcome, but the noon-day sun shines with
a summers warmth. The confused hazv
appearance Of the air, twhat makes it ?--we
confess our gnorance) has soitening and
bamy influence. Frozen winter with
storms OF snow. and pavcments of ice, will
however, soon rush on, and punish MS for
thus Mandatory paragraph This beautiful
day may be the last of the Mohicans."
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INTEMPERANcE AND rnE cnoLEGA

A very interesting document has just b,cn
published by The Executive COmmiltee of The
New York State Temperance Society. design
cd To show the connection between the use Of
arden, spirits drink and tie cholera. The
committee employed two or three competent
and trust worthy persons 10 investigate the
character and habits of every patient, and the
particular circumstances attending every fatal
case, there the patient was over III years ol
age,) that occurred in the city of Albany from
the commencement, of the epidemic to the time
the Board of Health ceased reporting. Thc
details Of the examination ill an entire sheet oi
the Temperance Recorder, which is used AS az
extra 10 No. . of that useful paper. The follow
ing is an abstract of the Report:
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JACK DOWNING.

EosGEvITY OF THE RATTLEsNAKE. A
correspondent Of the Charleston Evening
Post mentions rattle-snake that was found
dead in the woods, near Georgetown, S. e..
which WINS seven feet long. had serenity three
ratlles, and teeth an inch and Il half in
length. The same writer quotes the fol-
lowing account from the Charleston Times,
of Aug. II, 1905. "A rattle-snake, up
wards Of six feet long. and having IL rat
ties, was on Sunday last killed in small
garden adjoining the grave yard of St. Phil
lp's Church, by Mr.. Carver, farrier. The
circumstance OF so enormous a reptile max
ing IFS appearance in The very centre of so
large a city as Charleston, s rather singu-
lai and astonishing but may lie accounted
for in this way: Snakes, generally, but rat
tle-snakes in particular, live in hollow logs:
AMI it is known most commonly in that sea-
son in which they are torpid they may I've
found in the same. IN this situation The
above snake may have been conveyed to
the neighborhood Of the church, with load
of wood, probably last winter, and ernerg
ed thence rs soon as the warmth * the
weather restored him TO animation"
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From The Cincinnati Chronicle, .Nov. 10.

FROM The Cincinnati Chronicle, .NoU. 10.
MAIL ROBBERY. For some time past
several failures have occurred in the safe
arrival and icmlttances Of money, sent by
mall between Springfield, Clark county, and
This city, and also with Post ofiices connect
ell with that route These failures occurred
about the period when the epidemic made
its appearance, which for n time DELAYED
the prosecution of measures calculated to
detect the offender. Steps were taken,
however, to give the post-masers and their
clerks, and The stage-drivers, n knowledge
OF what WAS going on. TO detect the Of
fender it became important to ascertain
what bank notes had been mailed at SPRING
field, anE if found in circulation, to trace
them back 10 the purloner.
Our post master, Judge Burke, assisted
by Mr.. Burrows, who had lost money, COM
menced the investigation. 1t was soon as
certained that one hundred dollar Rich
mond, (Va.,) note, had been mailed for Gin
cnnat by Mr.. Bancroft, at Springfield,
about the 26lI Of September last. On the
9th of October, the same note was offered
in this city, and taken in payment for goods
by Macalis,er g. Co. This house had en-
dorsed the name of the individual from
NH"Ih thty iC'ElNCh u, HOIHtuH -. Ndrnell,
postmaster at SharonvIlle, (Efteea miles
north orthis pare,) On the back of the note.
A few days since. the assistant post. mas
ter, in our offire, Mr.. L. P. Langdon, nc
companied Ivy Counsel II. Starr Esq, and
Mr.. A. Morgan, agent for the stage pro-
prletors, proceeded to SharonvIlle, to look
more particularly into tie conduct of Mr..
Carncll. The result was the arrest of this
individual, and an examination which left
little doubt of his guilt Being unable to
find bail, Mr.. CARMEL has been comni'tlcd to
prison al Columbus, 10 await his trivi III De-
cember next.
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The last of the Romans,"-
The last Of that
Sacred Rand

Who in the darkest hour of heir countrys struggle
Perii'd their lives, thei fortunes, and their
Homo,
For her Freedom -
CHARLES CARROLLSoF CARRoLLToN,
The yencrated ard beloved 8
The Virtuous ard the Wise,
The Patriot and The Christian, -
Is no M,re
He has gone dow to the grave,
" Full of days, riches, and honor"
"Of no distemper. Of no blast he died.
But fell like autumn fruit; that mellow'd long
Fen wondered at, because lie dropp'd no sooner
Fate seem'd to wind hin up for iourscore years
Yet freshly ran he fifteen winters more,
Till like clock worn out by eating time,
The wheels of weary life at last stood still"
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PRoGREss OF MULTIPLICATION. The
Charleston Mercury contains the following
statement, fom which it appears that tue
people of South Carolina have made them
selves entirely independent OF the revenue
laws
The United States, il seems, though they
succeeded in obtaining judgment against
Messrs Holmes and Mazyck, have found it
impossible To make the money. A house of
Mr.. Holiness was sometime since levied
upon Ivy The Marshall, put up for sale, ard
knocked off to State Rights man, who lc-
fused to comply with the terms of sale, on
the ground Of the unconstitutionality of
the Tariff laws. After much consultation
and deliberaion among the officers of the
Government, the house was again put up
for sale yesterday, on account and risk of
the former purchaser, but mol single bid
could be obtained. Such is the state of pnl,-
lie opinion here, in respect to the Tariff
1t has been already practically nullfied Ivy
public opinion. We ought to add that the
Bond in this case was given for duties on
an importation of coarse Woolens, in which
the duties were imposed so exclusively for
protection, rs to be prohiJiiory and that the
goods in question were imported by Mr.
Holmes expressly for the purpose of trying
the question.
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A Scottish banker baJ written an able
pamphlet On the British Currency question, in
which he obscryes---'' r he Circulating credit
ota commercial country is vital part nf lis 80
cialsystem and lne application Of rash schemes
for the purpose Of improving il, is something
like making experiments npon the lnnge. II
The patient he not killed by the experiment, the
danger of aggravaiing The disease is at least as
great as the chance d amending the consltu-
tion."
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OUTRAGE. On Wednesday evening hetwcci
and o'clock, some persons belonging in
neghboripg town, endeavored To force the
way into the house of a man named Morse, a
place called Snowton, near Smiths bridge
near the northern extremity o! the city, agains
his consent. A battle was commenced by the
visitors, and they awaited themselves ofbricks
stones, and such other missiles as came TO hand
A crowd collected, and in the course Of The af
fray, man by tho name of Ormsbec was killed
Two other persons, another O'msbee and
Morse, were badly wounded in the head, the
latter Of which, we hnvo heard, is since dead
Several others we understand were slgbilv in
iured Mr.. Sheriff Nlumlord and ono of his
deputies we're Out yesterday IN pursuit Of the
mnraudcrs, but were unable to find them
They are known, and probably will not long
cude the grasp of justice. They arc four OF
five in nunber.-Pr0pidcncs .4meriGan.
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The undersigned physicians, members Of the
Medical Staff, attached to the Board of Health
residing in the city OF Albany, have examined
the preceding document Of facts, and as such
we lake pleasure in recommending its publca
ton and general circulation.
JONA. EIoHTS, NJ. D., Chairman of the Medi-
cal Staff, WILLIAM BAY, G. D. TOWNSEND
Nj D., JoEL. A. Wing, Henry GREENE
J. JAMES, PETER WENpELL BARrXr z
STATS, Health Officer. IlENRy BRoN
SON, attached TO the north hospital
Drs. McNaughton and March, (incmhers Of
the Medical Slah,) being absent from town
their names could not be obtained in season.
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The following is not an irrelevant o,e,v -.
"lli Mr., Calhoun aud MIR M'Dnfie MSssrs.
tayne and Miller, come to Waslington--nsist
that South Carolina il not bound TO psy lar.
Thing into the public treasury, and vet pnt their
hands into il, TO supply their own individual
pockets. u. tho Representatives o. the non-con.
tributng State =
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The Portland Conrier SAYS, that Coal has
been discovered at the mouth Of the Kcnnebec
river, and that Boston Company is now on
gagged ~ explprir, The u'ua. This specimens
which have been found are said to he Of an cx-
ccllcnt quality.
The Massachusetts spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1831-1858, 1832-11-21

Tho Richmond Enquirer says that the Tariff
must be reduced and that tho question will be
lHitu'cd nj the approaching session Of CGncrcss,
with the aid md assent Of The administration
TO the affirmative.
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TEMPERANCE The War Department hav,
issued the following order under date Of the
Cd instant:
!. Hereafter no ardent spirits will be ISSUED
TO the troops Of tho United States, as compo
nent part of the ration, nor shall any commute
ton in money therefor be paid 10 them.
=. No nldent spirits will be Introduced into
any fort, camp or garrison of the United Sta e:
nor sold by any sutler 10 the troops Nor viii
any permit be granted for the purchase Of ar
dent spirits.
Under the authority vested in the Presidonr
by the Sth section Of the act of Congress d
April l4lh, 1878, the following changes will be
made in the ration issued to The Army:
3. As a substitute for the ardent spirits issn
ed previously to tho adoption of the Genera
Regulation of November 30th 1880 and for
the Communication in money prescribed thereby
eight pounds of sugar, and four pounds of coffee
will be allowed to every one hundred rations.
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Among the eminent men who have died during
the present year, we may mention Charles Carroll
Of Canollon Sir Walter Scott; Sir James Mack
intosh Crabbe, the poet Munden, the actor; DIR
Spurzbeim, the pbrenologist; Clementini. the cell
ebratcd pianist and composer Goethe. the Ger.
inau author; cNsslmer Perier, Prime Minister u
France; Young Napoleon; Cnviei the naturalist ;
ane Champolon, the Egyptian Aatiquary.
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Extraordinary PREsERvATIOs OF LIFE
On Wednesday, the 10Th ult. two boys, sons nj
Jacob liiemsn, (lnnkeepeT) of this township.
went io wood not far distant from their faith
ers residence foi the purpose Of collecting
cheslnuts. The younger, John Smith HilenIan,
aged about fifteen years, assembled a lofty tree,
mat was alinust destitute If branches. except
ri The top, with a view of shaking or whipping
OF tho nuts, with which the branches SO plcnii
ously aboundsd But thrilling 10 relate, the
branch on which lie stood, (ieiny about the
thickness of mans wrist split from the body
oi The tree, and len him suspended for mo.
ment IRON an upper branch, that he in his per-
ilons situation had gTasped. In that awful pre-
dcamrht his hold sam broke-he was prccipi-
faied 10 The earth distance of sixty seven feet
The instant he struck the ground mot being
Icing in his descent, there bsing naihIng to an.
noy his course) he bounded on his feet, embrac-
&c his astonlshed brother, made few dclirinus
inquiries, aud then sunk apparently senseess
and almost lIieless in his arms He was con
veyed 10 the house of MIR. William Barrett, a
lew rods distant, writhng in the greatest ago.
ny and distress. The medical aid Of Drs Ken
hedy aud Bye, was Immediately procured, and
every assistance rendered that medical skill,
parental affection, and sincere friendship could
produce. lie was much dcranged internally,
YET no cut or confusion appeared without I'm
Ger th'if assiduous attendance and profound
sNiil' we are happy 10 relate that he is fast re.
covering --Vest Chester pa Register.
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Tue COMET COME AT LAsr. Tho lIsbo.
rough (Ohlo) Gazette says: A Mormon preach.
or at Marietta has published n pamphlet in
which he asserts that hc " is tho great comet
which has cone 10 burn the world"