Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1846-06-23
"L0UlS NAPOLEON"
Rus,in--st. Petcr.burr. MAY %.

X,
regret to say that the cholera appears be advancing
with rapid strides towards this city, whence no doubt II
will in Time make its way Western Europe
The commercial treaty between this country and Tur-
wnich has been 50 long in preparation, signed
the 30th OF April.
From Caucasus the $ not important The Polish
soldiers in the Russian army had manifested some excite
men' At the receipt OF the intelligence OF the Cracovan
instruction.
THE CHoLERA-we have already stated that the cholera
had made Its appearances some of the provinces of PEI,
sa carving death into the principal II has spread
from RoShara to Herat and Meshc and has now on the
direction from the Caspian Sea Teheran and
Late accounts from Odessa that IL had crossed the
Russian territory and appeared suddenly This taking
norihery direction between the Caspian and the Black
seas On the other side the choea broke out unexpec
tedy at Orenbourg in the mines Of the ural mountains
crossed the 'oga, and set its foot in Europe, Casan on
2OOO kometers from ST. Pciersburgh f the accounts
We have received exact has taken most irregular
direction Ii has advanced from West to North and does
not seem to have followed the banks Of the river as in
le2s and 1882 The cholera which devastated France
in 1881 and 1882 had been raging in Persia for seven
wears, 1923 TO 1880 Ii first appeared in 1929 a Oren
bourg and shed death around that town for five year,
Teappeercd at Oenbourg 1929 aud one tenth of the
population fell victims Ii broke ST. Petersburgh
Ia July 1884, and in France in the October of the same
year
COMMERCIAL SUMMARY
The beautiful weather. which in with the close. of
May continues, and the warmth present is
Vegetation progresses and the country in every direction
presents smiling and lovely appearance AT present there
evidence only OF abundant but OF an early ba
vest The corn IN most districts looks strong healthy
and the potato found be from disease and excel
lent in all respects 1t has assumed less severity than was
anticipated: and Gods best gift full eranary-
seems every where likely to reward the husbandmans la
Dor.
The scarcity IN Belgium has induced the government to
extend h' time o. the being open June the fret
To the hrst OF October But the harvest prospects on the
continent are scarcely inferior our own
The Cotton market has been reduced again to state of
comparative quetude. Much has been laid on the
presumed deficiency in the number Of bales which the cop
produced this compared with crop Of the previous
year Two or three months back mentioned the preya
ence OF an opinion, this side OF the water that although
the bales were fewer they larger than usual But
subsequent Investigations show that the deficiency
the receipt OF the two years produce rather nominal than
real We have given highly important official document
furnished by the Board OF Trade and statistics of this
document prove the following facts. Imported in
le45 lS46
l,O69,52O cwts l,0l9 73S cwts
The difference IN weight thus reduced 10 rriAe less
than $4,000 ewts, about $4,000 bales of American cot
ton In other words the falling of in weight this year. as
compared with last year, under per cent but the fall
hing on IN the number OF bags above thirty per cent
The following table shows the result still clearly;