The examiner. [volume] (Louisville, Ky.) 1847-1849, 1847-10-30
WESTERN NEWS.

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GFNotwiihstandngth the bad weather recent
iy, the health Of the volunteers encsmped below
the city continues very good. OF the large
number ia Col. WILLIAMS regime MT who had
the measles, al have entirely recovered or are
convalescent. Not single death has occurred
IN that regiment, and the men are al present
IN remarkably good health. A finer body Of
men than ere now encamped near Louisville
never shouldered a musket or went forth to
meet an enemy in battle. Kentucky has rsa.
son to be proud ofsuch sons.
IMPORTANT PRocErDrNes. -General Jones and
the Hon. Judge Bib. yesterday submitted to
this Court a motion for q rule to show cause
why a mandamns shoald not issue 10 the Sec
rotary Of the Navy to pay 10 Brsshers the
rears ofpay due to him as an officer Of the Tex.
an "Navy," transferred by the annexation Of
Texas to the service Of the United States. The
Court, after hearing the remarks Of the learned
counsel above named, at the instance OF the
District Attorney, postponed the further con-
sideration Of this important case until to-mor-
rcw.-Nat. Int.
pThs many friends Of Capt. WIN. C. HrADY,
in this city, will be grstiied TO hear Of his good
health and safety. A letter was received from
him yesterday, dated tho city Of Mexico, Sept.
9th, in which be states that he, together with
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the mountains, by the Governor Of which he
was released and sent TO Mexico, as wus stated
several DAYS since. He expected TO start for
home in short time.
Business AT EVANSVILLE. IA-Ths merchants
of Evansville are Offering CSC per bushel for
Wheat. The Journal Of the 2lst inst. says:
sour farmers are taking advantage of the pres
ent prices TO bring in their wheat Upwards Of
eighty wagons were in yesterday unloading, and
We learn that ons house alone Messrs. Allis &
Howes, paid out In cash for wheat upwards of
81 900, between noon and dark. Business is
improving, and We have no doubt the receipts
OF produce for the next month will be very
large"
| PEosPEEIIY OF PIrTsBURGH.-The Pittsburgh
Gazette states that COG buildings have been erect
cd in the district burned over by the extensive
lire Of April, lo45. The greater proportion of
the buildings are much larger, more commodi-
Gus and much better adapted TO business purpo-
SEES than those destroyed by the FIRE. There are
few cities in the Union Of corresponding means
where such rapid advancements have been made
in business aud III buildings as in Pittsburgh.
| CINCINNATI, Oct. 25th, sls p NJ.
| Great damage has been done to the Miami
camel by the recent rains. The aqueduct near
Middetown has been washed away. The
extent Of injury is not fully sscertnined In
Little Miami bottom large amounts Of property
have been washed away aud DESTROYED by floods
| The bridge over which the railroad runs has
been so much injured as to prevent the ears from
passing over for the present,
| THE MICHIGAN REoIMEyT.-The Governor of
| Michigan has commissioned the folio wing Off
GERS Tor the regime Mt about to De raised in that
State pursuant to the requisitiou from the War
Department: Colonel, 7. b. w. Stockton; 1t
Colonel. A. $. Williams; Major, John v. Reu-
kle. Lieut. Colonel Williams is the editor Of
The Detroit Daily Advertiser.
The trial Of the three sons Of Pendergrast,
charged with being accessory to the murder Of
Buchanan by their father, terminated yesterday
in the criminal court by the jury bringing 10
verdict of acauiiial. Counsel for prosecution, ".
Wolf, Esq, Commonwealth attorney, for de-
fence, Messrs. Pirtle, Graves and Speed.
DEATH OF Col. DAVID FoLsox-This highly
| respectable citizen of the Choctaw Nation, died
at his residence in Doaksvile, on the oath alt.
| In his death the Choctaws have lost one Of the
lights OF that nation, and the Government of
the United States a s,eadfast-frien d-who has
been the same at all times Col Folsom has
filled every position that citizen Of the Choc-
taw Nation can fill under the Constitution, and
| by the voice ofhis countrynen. He has served
as Councilman, Captain and Chief.-Van Buren,
| Ark. Int.
TELEGRAPH To CHILLIcorHE AND PORTSMOUTH.
"A Company has been organized to construct
line Of Telegraph from Columbus TO Chilli
cothe and Portsmouth, and the work IS in pro-
gress. This will also open the communication
between this city and those towns.
ARMY DIVISION s. OF Tive understand that
the Grand Division, on application by a number
Of the volunteers who are starting for Mexico
granted n charter on the 22d inst 10 "Army
Division, No. 81 and organized them according
TO usage. Success attend them.-Nashriiis
Whig, 26th.
Some FIVE companies of volunteers from East
Tennessee came down the Tennessee river
on Sunday morning, and re-embarked on the
steamer c. Connor for Memphis, the place of
rendezvous for the regiment to which these are
attached.-PadueGh ksnfnckian, Oct. Goth.
From the beginning Of the year up 10 the
LIST inst. the amount coined at the branch mint
at New Orleans was $4,000, 600, OF which S.
10000 were in gold. 1t is estimated that be-
tween eight and nine millions will have been
coined at that establishment by the end of the
year
RICHMOND, Oct 81, 3 p. VI.
New Orleans papers Of the 10Th have been re-
ccived. They contain no news from the seat Of
war. n frost nau occurred al New OfleaDS. I'M
the board of health announced the termination
of the yellow fever.
STEAMER SuNK.-we learn by the steamer
Trenton that the steamer Simon kenton, bon nd
from Cincinnati to st. Louis. was sunk, on Fri
day last, above Hat Island Boat and cargo a
total loss. No lives lost.
ANOTHER STEAMER SrSK.-We learn from the
clerk of the Hbernia that the steamer Mono
M. from st. Louis for Memphis, was sunk
on Saturday night last near Hat Island, in the
Mississippi, and will be a total loss,
We learn, from the Nashville Orthopolitan,
that the steamer American, on her trip from |
Pittsburgh to Nashville, sunk, near Canton, in |
the Cumberland river on Friday last.
Tho ten surplus companies of volunteers,
raised under the late call, in East Tennessee,
have been accepted as an additional regiment |
from that State.
The Leayenwor,h (ia.) Banner says that the
potato rot has appeared in that county. The
disease prevails pretty generally through the