Morning herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1837-1840, 1837-09-22
Southern Express Mail.
Dates, New Orleans, Sept IA; Mobile, Sept. Is
Chaxla

New ORLEANS, Sept. Is, 1887,
Permit me- your friend, to give you some correct
account of the sickness in this place. AT present the
yellow fever is making rapid work with our citizens.
II is carrying off from one hundred and fifty TO two
hundred per day. Thu is correct-and feel It my
duty state the facts The account you have OF the
plague from cur papers is but mere circumstance.
Sir hope you will advise our friends to stay where
they Some few have arrived and no sooner
landed than they were taken with the fever. We do
not expect our city will be restored to health before
frost, and that will not be until November You VIII
| comment on this and state the facts
| The weather still continues warm-streets dry and
dusty. Yours, &c.
Our private letter, it will be seen, reports from one
hundred and fifty to two hundred deaths per dlem
The newspaper accounts fall far short of this state
ment. They give the interments the 18th inst 81;
on the I3th 81. The Louisiana Advertiser says that
the fever has been much exaggerated From all ac-
counts, however we CLEAN that whatever the ex-
tent ST the fever may have beeH there sno abatement
in it. The Pcayune states that the general opinion
is, that the deaths for the last two weeks have aver
aged from IS to 100 persons daily. The published
reports amount to nothing.
tits stated that the small pox is at Charleston.
by merchants exchange, New Orleans, dated
Galveston, August 2lst l837.-On the 9th of
August the Texan armed shooners lnvlncble and
Brutus arrived off the Bar at Galveston, after sue
cessfu crnise having taken seven prlzes all OF whch
had arrived in the ports of Texas, and having destroy
ed property to q large amount, with l5O OOU dollars
in specie on board. Soon after the schooners an
chored off the Bar, the brig Samuel Houston, from
New Orleans bound TO VeascO, hove in sight, beng
chased by two large briggs belonging to the Mexican
L. - into, hovb
The schooner Invincible, Com. Thompson, still out,
side the Bar, Immediately got under weigh and stooo
for the briggs making signal for the Brutus 10 JON
her. which schooner had anchored IN the harbor. que
Immediately got underway,out IN bealing ou.uhloltu-
nateIy got ashore Nevertheless the schooner lnvln,
chile stood for the briggs and after gallant acton OF
one hour succeeded in driving them OF. Late IN the
afternoon the Invncble in attempting to get IN mar
Dor struck, lost her rudder, became unmanagcaoe,
and was drove on to the beach, where she is total
wreck. The briggs have not been seen on the coast
since All who Witnessed the action, speak IN the
highest terms Of Mr.. Thompson and the gallant little
crew.
Arrived-A lumber loaden brig from Baltimore al
so brig Jane, from New Orleans, both on the 3o,h
August.
HoaRraLE RENcosTRE.-By the steamer Robert
Morris, Capt. Massie, from Louisville, we learn tnnt
a fatal rencontre took place at wood yard ABOVE
Natchez, on Sunday evening last. difficulty arose
between Captain Ciosly VI the steamboat GaeniaI,
and one of his deck passengers. Capt. e. drew
Bowie knife and made pass at the throat OF the pas
senger which failed to do any harm, and the Captain
then ordered him 10 leave his boat The man went
on board to get his baggage, and the Captain imme
diatey sought the cabin for pistol. As the passen,
ger WIS about leaving the boat the Captain presented
pistol 10 his breast, which snapped Instantly the
enraged and wronged individual seized Captain Cros-
ly BY the throat and brought him to the ground when
| he drew dirk, and stabbed him eight or nine times
in the breast, each blow driving the weapon into his
body up to the hilt! The Captain expired IN a few
minutes The passenger was arrested carried 70
Natchez, tried and acquitted
What melancholy commentary upon the frequent
use of deadly weapons!
FIVE CUTLERY AND HARDwAnE-If you will walk
up stairs to the right at &c Pine street, you will find
one of the neatest assortments of Cutlery that you
can open an eye upon. VIM Pickslay is the proprie-
tor. His Peruvian steel razors are superb-superb-
his Rosewood Dressing Cases the most beautiful we
ever saw. See his advertisement in another column.
SEnpENTs-A very curious exhibition of Serpents
ia now open at the corner of Chatham and Pearl st.
There YOU will see man take the boa, or anaconda,
roll him round his neck like kcrche and walk about
with perfect unconcern The power which this lndl-
vdua has acquired over the snake race is wonderful
a phenomenon in natural history.
This exhibition is worth the attention OF every natu-
ralist
| F,r The great race between the Poughkeepsie and
BROOKLYN boats comes of next Tuesday at the South
Feny-dstance to be rowcs ~ miles. The match is
for $1,000 The boat that rows against the Pough-
keepsie boat is called the Dlsowned.
fr When shall we have Public Meeting to make
provision for the poor next winter7 II is time TO
move.
~ The Corporation this year. is more extrava-
CANT than il has been for the last twenty years.
E1r What has become of the Aims House rcport7
II correspondent says that the Me,hodists OF
Philadelphia want Of our collections of money.
Good.
Tir The Exploring Expedition will be ready to start
on the LIST November. Another pettcoat 10 the Sec
reiarym this days Times.
TrThe third annual Regatta takes place on the
18th inst.
fr The Globe speaks tenderly Of John G. Calhoun.
The Globe was established to put him down. What
change
IT Browne is playing at Philadelphia.
CoURT FOR THE CORRECTION OF ERRoRs-Satur-
day, Sept 10, 1897
Mr. James King argued the OF james M War.
Chauncy johnson and Ira Harris appellant VS. Ste.
phen Reed respondent the part Of the rcspendcnt.-