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Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1847-07-17

FHE ABUSE OF ErHER.-A late number of the London
Times publishes letter from philanthropic correspondent
denouncng fatal habit which it has sprung up in the
Great Metropolis Of using the new agent of ether in the
way that the drug opium has been aken-for the purpose
pleasant exhilaraton-to all inens ntoxcation This letter
writer remarks follows
Entering chemists shop the other day | observed a
nurse come in for four Of ether AS the chemist
out he said to me, This all the go now-it used for
inhalation small apparatus has been invented for ladies'
80 delightful the sensations produces that persons who
have used It for the relief Of pain continue for the
pleasure u Affords On former occasion had warned 4
chemist of the danger of yielding to habit which would be-
come his master The warning neglected. the habit has
gained the mastery, and the of talent and energy has
become the imbecie dwelling IDIOT"
30 much for the debasng to which the agent may
BIC applied. -
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MArANonos, MExIco, JuNE q. 1917.

MArANoRos, MEXICO JuNE 81 ls47.
DEAR h. For two very good have written to
you sooner first have been quite sick, and enjoying for
the last three weeks all the "exquste agonies the hos
ptal secondly, recuperating, and in few days
hope to wheel into line" front face &c. Every hospital
in the place crowded with sick soldiers and daily three or
more conveyed the gloomy charnel house. unwept
unhonored and unsung." Ten minutes ago member Of
our company by the of Whow, from North Alabama
breahed his last in the yard in which am lodged and
write view strangers decking his cold limbs
in the soldiers winding sheet Reguiescat in pacf Why
they dean here Heaven only knows unless to save the
Mexcans the of ammunition for if we remain much
longer this water and fare half US will certainly be
pinted To give you idea of fare L. told me this
morning that he experienced great deal more trouble in 70
tanning his food after receiving than in obtaining it, To
see his Bread should he happen for lay down.
walking oil with Ampuda velocity would astonish b0n
ricani But these daily sights here, and no wonder
COL Butler arrived few days ago. have not been in
camp since be took command of the regiment "The bows
speak in high terms Of hs kindness and gencnnny bearing
towards them He is very dgnied and quite venerable
looking soldier. We expect great deel from him. and
hope will not he Disappointed Tor he appears 10 be one OF
those lew who abandon high position at home DO his coun-
try service and upon these the hutton not likely to bring
on that terrible disease, prevalent amongst the ,Ls Of
the army, vuIgarly denominated the s1ceiLheaG
On Monday morning last startled about dawn by
the same instant II quite amusing see the sick lean
from their miserable beds aud don the fatal weapons OF DEATH
Some imagined that the town attacked. Canales Ca
males rang through the streets Every body was running
every which away, and every soldier shouting victory
or cripple, when the mystery solved by Mexican, who
stated that large attached to a very extensive
Mexican mercantile establishment had been blown into atoms
bywha Here's for the learned wiscacres Of Uncle
sans family in these diggins to crack by statute
martial 10 Mexican is allowed to keep powder on his pre-.
u
substance perhaps bottled raOm Mrcdna done up gin.
rpop to order Now for court Of inquiry and shall
what we ShaH see. Were mounted there is fine field
open now Tor the exercise Of corps in operating against
the guerilla bands which undoubtedly nst the country from
this place 10 Victoria and il has been asserted that Ca
macs has been within few miles Of Maianoros but what
can we do They might approach within mile Of our lines
and we could not pursue think the commander this
place relies great deal upon the truth o these reports in
gard 10 the proximity Of these bands For several nights the
guard hassbeen doubled in the city. Nous rerrons
The last lesson in the mysteries Of Matamoros my in
PRODUCTION to the delights Of regular Mexican flndango
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The NETTLEThe Nettle is generally considered by far
and gardeners useless and troublesome weed but
il needs little argument TO prove that the most gifts
Of Providence often the useful to mankind, The
singing nete is Of the best medicines which is
produced in the vegetable kingdom and its medicinal quail
ties ought 10 be generally known and appreciated In
the form of simple weak infusion, taken in the quantity Of
pint day, il Alternative and deobstruct IN impure
tics of the blood strong decoction taken in the guam
y proves an admirable strengthened general partial
taxation Applied ms fermentation or poulce, it relieves
swengs and abates nnammatons and the expressed juice
taken spoonus the exigency of the may require
in internal bleedngs is the most powerful syptc known
We may add that its leaves when boiled converted into
tender healthy, and noushng ament grateful the pa
late And yet there few plants whose appearance view
ed by the farmer with disgust than the singing nete
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EXTRAORDINARY INLAND CITY.

The Ne'c Orleans National in its sketch of Col Dnni-
Phans late remarkable expedition, gives the following About
inc nme Col Donphan made bis treaty with The Navaos
division OF bis command entirely of provisions and
the NavaJos supplied It's wants with liberaty portion OF
he command returned TO Cuvano. Major Gilpins command
togther with Col Donphan the CITY Of the Sumai
ih"as living on the Rio Pscow which Is supposed 10 be
och OF The ella, made treaty of peace between the Sumai
ana NaraJos and then returned the Rio del Nore These
"onaS unlike the Navaos, live in city containing probably
ouoo Inhabitants, who support themselves entirely y apr-
culture lhls city is OF the extraordinary in the
world Is divided into four solid Squares having but two
streets crossing ts centre at right angles All the buildings
are Two stories hgh composed Of sunbunt brick The first
Story presents solid wall the street. and is so constructed
ha each house JOINS until one-iourh Of the city NAV be said
10 oe one building The second stories rise from this vast So
no structure SO as to designate each house. leaving room to
Wink upon The roof Of the first story between each building
nc haants OF Suma the second story Of their build
"ss Wy iauues which they draw up at night as defence
S"S' any enemy that may be Jrowling about In this CITY
w a'e some Abno Indians, who have no doubt given rise
70 e story That there living IN the Rocky Mountains tribe
u "he ahoHglnes The discovery ohis CITY of the Sumai
WI" aprd the most curious specuatons among those who hay
80 os searched in vain for city Of the Indians who
co the manners and habits Of the Aztccs No doubt wc have
c'e race living asdd that people when Cortez entered Mex
co. II remarkable fact that the Sunaans have s,n b
win the modern Mexcans looking upon them a. an inferior
people They have also driven from among them Inc nra
ana other dgntaes who formerly had power ovcr Them d
resumed habtsand manners oftheir their
vernon being the civil and religious head The country around
'e Guy OF Suma is cultivated with great deal Of care and
affords ood not only for the inhabitants but for large oc
cattle and sheep. "O''' =
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AMERICAN INSTITUTE, CNEW YORK. }
TWENTIETH ANNUAL FAIR.

The enerrising and able Managers of the Institute are
busted preparations thus early for their twentieth Fair. Cas-
tie Garden again selected for this annual display of all the
productions of the United States in agriculture, manufactures
and the arts The results of the genius and labor of Cit
zens for year always of the highest interest such
vast hive always yields much honey, for here there
drones We entertain strong regard for the system of
American internal improvement in all good things that feel
be of pleasure than duty add those
who hail the abors Of the American Institute as among those
of pnre good TO the whole county.
Our readers may recocc that the Castle Garden we speak
Of the point OF the battery of New FORK looking out up
the noble bay, thronged with ships from all parts of the
world The Castle erected to defend the city from attacks
y that object long since rendered useless the Castle
has become ahtheatre for peaceful enjoymen lis cir
cumerehce about hundred feet its whole space now
covered with dome and from all weather This great
space admits of the display many thousand spectators at one
of tens Of thousands Of articles exhibition At one view
the grand whole COMPREHENSIVE but the detailed examina-
ton is work for many days
In the of the Fair, which commonly remains open
for about three weeks there have two hundred thou
sand visiters in attendance The ing of twenty-five
cents always deemed of compared with the gra-
taton felt in this triumph of American art, genius and in
dusry The music the addresses the nautical displays around
the Castle the fireworks the and wedressed thousands
Of ades Of children and of gentlemen from every part of the
country, constitute which deeply mpresses the speca
tor, and which leaves durable pleasure the memory.
The poughng and spadng match of course held in the
country fan from the city, and such one as that held at
Flushing, Long lsland last fall is worth long journey
10 see.
The exhibition Of horses CATTLE sheep, &C. is held in the
suburbs Of the city during the Fair capable Of being visited
for six cents rIc in an omnibus and forms always very in
teresting part of the Fair.
The Managers request all persons who mean to exhibit
articles to have them the Castle on the first or second of
October latest without fail that all may have proper places
assigned for them in the exhibition
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CosT OF CARELEssNEss.--It is customary in many parts
Of the cys outskirts for ruckmen, taking their horses
night leave their vehicles in exposed situations where
children too TO resort for purposes of play truck
left in this time since in Causewav street.
and child, Give six years od,) having removed stick
by which end supported, had its leg broken. The
father brought suit against the of the truck which
tried in the Court OF Common Pleas Thursday and
resulted in a verdict for plaintiff Of $3.50 damages
Boston Star.
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The editor of the Missouri Republican has been presented

The editor of the Missouri Republican has been presented
with curiosity, which he thus describes
cit is sheaf (f may so call ) of wheat the product
of single grain when 1t numbers seventy stalks
and contains, be ascertaned four thousand
grains II five feet high, and the wheat is of splendid
quality. thus curiosity was grown the farm of John
Sappngon, Esq OF GIavoi, who, understand in the
cultivation of this grain, considers peck Of seed sufficient
for an acre of ground instead of using bushe or bushe
and hall, a farmers do"
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WIsHISGToN AND ALEXANDRIA BoATs.-We arc glad
to learn that the popetors Of the steamboats, Phenix and o
sph Johnson have entered into arrangement by which the
boa will alternately each week, the former rcgu-
lar hours. The arrangement to-day, and the o-
seph Johnson will run this week. leaving Alexandria at O.
and II 4. NJ, and 2, 4, and p NJ, and Washington at
and 10 A. NJ IL m. and 3, 5, and p. NJ II is in
temptation, understand, to delay the latest trip from Wash
lngoa Saturdays during this month and the next until
r. NJ 10 enable passengers from Baltimore, by the after.
noon n 10 reach Alexandra the evening II is stpu-
lated, We informed, in the arrangement that both
boats shah be liberty during tbs fishing season,
should the Long Bridge be impossible for wagons
IAierandria Gazette.
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Nor. SL>TnLE WoMAN.--Tn one Of his excursions
duHn5 harvest King of England passed field where he
Si" oh one woman reapng His Majesty asked where her
companions were
They have gone to see the King" she replied.
ANA why did you not go with them ~ added the King.
"ouia MT give pin to sec him., replied the
'"e'' he tools who have gone 10 the city will lose day
w"rN ana 'in. Is more than do for have five chill
drcl to whom must give bread"
cry good, SAID the King, putting some money in her
Uanu "a can tell your companions who went to the
N''4 mat Ia" hiug came TO you"
AH"ARiANIsg-A good.humorcd doctor, in one Of our
sml towns, while jogging comfortably along his own We
hc't was net by poor fellow who also approaching
on ~. @e conveyance, (Which, by the way, nothing
ie '' 0e legs hat his mother had provided him WITH
nov S'o"i no"c'"', to rowdy hood "Get out Of that gig
ayS W. g"ny 70 he doctor; you have right TO it
nan nave The doctor, wishing penetrate into the tel
20" Piva" views oI things refined in and replied But
give you haIt'' 30 WV y
= No; sell EN- and divide"
ba II should do so, you will have spent your mart
OF ne proceeds, while shall have mine. What 10 he done
in that case ~
g Divide again, said the fellow. ..,.
lhey Immediately divided in other words, parted company
OCEAN SrEAmERs,-A New York letter in the PhiIalcl
Pha inquirer says During the month Of July nine ocean
steamships "" have arrived and departed from shores OF
these only one American one French and the remaining
seven are English.
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1847-08-17
BY THE SOUTHERN NAIL.
Thing. in Philadelphia. .

Correspondence Of The Tribune
PHILADELPHIA, Aug. Il.
II having been ascertained by our citizens
,b-ousb the morning papers. that Mr.. CLAY was 70
leave the CITY for Cape May this morning long DC.
foe the hour Of the s,esmbosts departure ne NnA'
and Dock It, the surrounding piers and the enuie
IN the vicinity were packed with thousands oil DIS
fdspd. 10 eatch glimpse Of him ! have never seen
enthusiasn run 50 high there was more "Ane's'so"
n ,syrd and esteem expressed in ten minutes than Mr.
pok received during his whole receniiour Tie people
were fully aware tia; Mr. Clay wished 70 nsvei as
mere uvs,e citizen bat il was lmPosslois 10 tePte
their srdor. - L.. ...-s.o, 9, MAJ.
v4,b dsirultv the driver could make his way through
the crowd and shout upon snou- eneer uPpn eu1eI
were raised Al as, be gained me oeeN VI ,Ie 49, -
sunesred In the full view OF the assembled masses
.Lot sra.a loud and prolOb enough 10 AWAKEN ths
dead Mr. Gays heart was too SA 10Y atte aho.-ne
essayed 10 spesk-his tongue iseo snu hs .ooN 49, an
So. NJ tho esrape Of toe steam rom me pp 70 wave sn
sis on every isr down the river the sane spectacle
ss seen and IS the boat passed escb Ore tne snou' VI"
rsnea,ed and The whole Delaware front OF the cy was
one wsve Of tossing hats snn noAsIc1'e', - .I
dslirhtful sight su3 Mr. Clay was indeed man 70 De
,va for he the OBJECT Of such deep seated enthusiast
tic ddalty Until the steamboat Was ost 70 sisnt DsoN
the Nav Yard the crowd remained ara some Nou9 cry
81 sse The smoke ye.ihers he goes Huzza Tor Harry
n wa. pleasing festure Of the attention Mr. Clay has
received here that msny LOco-foccs parue ana
nrorninept Ice holder was seen ~avus his hat with
IN re-, and cried out Well, after AL Harry Clay 10
glorious Old coon /, a.. RI,
Tbere was little very liiils more STR In the Flour
M kct 10 day the sales amounted 70 or ~ Dds OF
which 800 were Pennsylvania fresh ground &, ~ Al
Which 6,ure Western was held firmly 81 close Wheat
1. very scarce and 10 Inquiry There we're sales ~oOO
bu,hels liked old Southern a. IN sales yello" rem
,vlvApia Corn ~ 10 - cts which IL an advance u
closed very firm aud 5cO0 bushels changed hands Corn
Meal ses AZ g. 2jas3 81 moderately held een~rsly Al
g 80 there were sales OF 30 bbs Rye Flour o. %
AZ s. 30 New-O Orleans Cotton Is os Tor middlng lar
market steady but no, much Inquiry Nothing dong IN
Provision, Groceries continue IN movement sales
cub. Moasses al . D. p cts 1000 boxes Cuoa Suesr
on private terms sales Whisky Ia bbls At , cts with
an upward tendency
sALEs % srocKs - Frs; Board AID AiiT-250 head
- 30 .5Fn 3ai Uaon Ien. - so L :. -. o.
1875 20 Morris IA 1000 L g. 81. loii = Nor
ri. IA 20 Treas Notss g. - lOil 20 L : B Notes.
% 1iOU : 3 Il; i2F k-ntucky 100.
S,ooad Board and Af0-l5 Pnilat q. 10 200 Read
a. and 30 b 334 200 City s.. a. g5 900 Read Bts
cash 10 200 :. 60 ~. 1854 1000 Do. lOfi 1000
state 81. ~ 2O0O do b5, 20; 25eo L. : Treas Notes
ola
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Horrors OF ENIGRATIoS-The political sys-
TEN adopted by England continues to empty Jsil
and cellar workhouse and hospital. into much
crowded ships badly ventilated, poorly provisioned
the good with the bad-the emacisted fever-pstient
with the healthy-the filthy with the clean. Tossve
the Rich from Poor Rates the Poor are driven OIL 10
the shores OF America the gravei they die on the
road TO II to spread the plague and destroy human
life through the introduction of pesentisl mslsdies
with which they inoculsed in the horrd pesthouses
on board OF which they cross the Atlantic
imprisonment for life Che separate SYSTEM in Union
Baste famine In miserable howell death fell disease
In unexpectedly these the terrible alternatives left
many thousands of the British and Irish people, by
that great embodimen, OF the principle Of association
Government
Surely there 10 = radical vicousnea In the organ
izson of that Society whose rulers create by their
svrice an artificial Famine, and when wide spread
fever 10 the natural result drive off their victims TO
America little cared for that Of the passengers Of
ONE ONLY of the hundreds Of ships sent to Quebec
this season more Brton. are understood have died
already than there Of Americans slain At Monte
rsy or Buena Vista both of them bloody ARRAYS with
great Armies
Tbs Q4sbse Chronicle tells us that the ship sssuenAry
10 on blc-sii tuc cru" ckCfPt 'AA VIZ" '~O Nv
ese76 Of the passengers dead and buried in the deep
ses-snd ths, enough not left to work the vessel
The Mercury sdds that board that III starred ship
orHER rMRrY deaths had stnee occurred. while they
towing her up the river On the 9th Inst - per
died In the Crosse Isle Hospital In which 2l'S
fever and dyscn,ery patients are now placed The
Episcspalisn and Presbyterian bodies bad met ct Cue
bee TO enseavor devise for the safety OF their
own membera OF 1000 healthy persons detained IN
the tents At Crosse sls, many are daily falling sick
The ship Free Trader. which sailed from Liverpool
with 42 passengers chiefly the poor creatures who bed
tbs alternative si Liverpool of l'ens shipped back u
ireland s;srve. Of erowding TIE hold Of 0oebes
chip loaded with Famine Fever for America has reached
the quarantine srOundso Of her passengers ara dyns
and dyseniery in the pent aP stOsPhere Of the
hold-other 40 dead and their bodies have become
food for the fishes. Between 1000 and $1,000 emf.
grants have reached Quebec this yssrbui Of these
"a evident TO those who read the Cans ia papers large
numbers die In the upland country. Many Who bring
much wealth with them die. Who looks after theh
mssnsi The Agent for Emigration at Quebec 10 A.
Buchanan brother 70 9 former Consul 81 this port
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Thompson's maj .--.lsl. Clsys msj-i
~ The Wings have tried hard three times to
throw awsy this District by fighting each other,
but without success save In lsa3. Might they not
as well henceforth try to keep i'll
Iegislafure-The Senate, according to the State
Journal. stands 25 TO 25-a tie-lO Wings, Locos
chosen this year Lieut.. Gov. Dunnng, Loco has
the casting vote) The House is composed Of SO
Wings, a Locos-four to be heard from
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~ Counties. 1910 ~cfOvV
Neil g. Brown ahead SIG. Aaron v do 10 49.-%f''
Clear Wing gsiD..-.l ga
As Aaron's majority in the State was bot l'S'V
before, and Neils gain already exceeds that WIN
about one third Of the State to come in, there can
hardly be question as to the result
Although we received few additional returnsy yes
terday those we had were significant and satlsisc
tory The jackson Uest Tennessee hh'g oil tne
morning after the Election 9th came to hand "i'n
the returns Of that lMadison) County, showing DOT
only Wing rain of $50 on the Governor vote oo1
q majority fer Col WIN. T. HASKELL, the wing
candidate for Congress actually exceeding by 81
votes that Of the Wing candidate for Governor
This is the Col Haskell whose speech at Dresden
in favor Of withdrawing our Army from Mexico
(where he has been fighting for the past year has
been garbled and blszoned all over the State by
the Loco Focos, who thereupon got stool-plgeon
of theirs who pretended to be running as a J" h'e
candidate for Senator in strong Loco r oco us.
trict 10 decline and turn Loco-Foco on account oil
it, He had never been known to vote an entire
Wbig ticket Il was calculated that this trick,
and the recently healed divisions among the wings
of the District would give Aaron grand lit ana
perhaps defeat Haskell yet he Is elected oy not
less than 1000 majority, making tre Wing Con
gressmen sure out of the eleven, and the Memphis
District to settle the Delegation. We had Men,
pbis papers to the morning Of Election yesterday
The Louisville Journal Of the 18th, alter giving
such returns a. it has, says
I'VE have since seen letter from Nashville, dated on
Saturday night which ssys that the State has no doubt
gone for the Wings by several thousand majority and
mat they have also secured majority in the Legislature
fAU.S Senator is to be chosen by this Legisla-
ture, in place of Hon. Spencer Jsrnsgin, Wing
ISDIAsA-At length we have the Official Re
turns from the With District electing GEORGE q.
DUNN to Congress in place Of the late Speaker Da-
Wis by f,celre majority over DR. Dobson as we an
nounced on the strength of our Telegraphc advices
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Fsox JANnoA.--By the arrival Of the brig Ar
thur, Capt DAnch. have flee OF the KHsstoH M0rr-
ia Journal from July l2 to July 30 The plan of Coole
emigration has proved entire failure Hundreds OF
thousands of pounds have been squsndered to bring
the Island class OF persons wholly united for useful
labor and who have generally become Psuper' thus 10
volviss the citizens In heavy expenses The Chsrmsa
Of ,hs Quarter Sessions at St. Thomas In the East In his
address to the Grand Jury, sage;
.Ths hlshvays and pieces Of public resort were
crowded with these wfetehed creatures In the last and
worst stages Of restitution squslor NTH disease and de-
lection Clothing they bad for the most part none and
covering barely sucens pay tribute 20 tho deecneies
Of Mature totally inadequate to meet The deeorums OF
society"
This description 10 little more than the repetition In
eheeer phrase. Of the accounts from al parss OF tho
country.
twas supposed tAss the Governor would call the Ls-
sssture together either the first or sscoad week In Dc
sober
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ALABAMA-The following is the complete vote
for Congress in the LIST District:
yIIth Dist.-Complete-t the candidates koco.)

Bowdons maj over Rice I,SeI-oNef al FoI'
Legislature.--The Wings have IS Of the 80 sena
tors and might easily have had majority, having
east majority of votes for Governor in two more
Districts (Pickens Co. and Bib \ Shelby The
House is Loco Foco by some 10 to 20 majority.
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DIAMOND PorsTEo 0oLp Psrs.-Thoss who may ee
wsnt Of good pen, should 90 70 the NeT'fors COO -
Co 50 John-st Nssssu tup s'si's where ever ~
In ,hs m,y.s, can be found a, reduced prees Thy"'
,o.s ,slsbrsled uen. for 81 50 hsl Others sell forss