Glasgow weekly times. (Glasgow, Mo.) 1848-1861, 1849-11-29
NEWSPAPER REpoRTs--The French

Disagreement gives rumor that M.
Bois lie Compile is not TO be the sue
cessor of Mr.. Poussir, after all, but that
NJ. Montholon is appointed for that
duty.
Meantime both the Cou, icr and the
Tribune supply us with rather dark
hints from Washington, to the effect, if
we understand them rightly, that The
height of the squal is not yet over
Surprising the Courier and Tribune TO
be wcll.infurmed, though not fully, we
should infer that something has been
heard from Mr.. Rives; that he has been
formally or informally in comnunica.
ton with NJ. DeTocqueville, or perhaps
President Bonapnrte himself, and that
the tenor of their confab has not been
altogether smooth and oily, or sweet
and honeyed. NJ. DeTocqueville, per-
haps, has demanded concessions, or
Withdrawals, or apologies from our
Government, as preliminary to the off
cicl reception of Mr.. Rives; and if such
has been the case we think there need
be no use ola perhaps" in connection
with the remark that our Government
is no, to be moved from the stand il
took in the first Instance.
The temper or policy Of the French
Government is about the last thing in
the world on which to make any ration.
al calculation about these days. But it
and the French nation seem TO be act.
ing on impulses as unreasonable as they
are fuctuaiing and uncertain. We do
not think quite SO badly OF them as
does our London correspondent, but it
is not an easy matter 10 think very high
ly of their wisdom or their political
honesty Their conduct with ragard
to Rome is what the French themselves
call uncomfortable. N. Y. Com. Ado.
LATEST FROM NEW GRENADA
-RAVAGES OF THE CHOLERA
BY the Grenadian bark Bosola, Cap,
Thomas, we have advices from Carlha
genia to the 18th of October, the date
of her sailing. For the followin stale
ment we are indebted 10 d. Graham
Esq. supercargo:
Very little business was doing a
Csrthasenia. This was owing TO the
recent ravages Of the cholera, which
had visited the Republic with terrible
mortality. Ii broke out in Car,hagenis
about the last of May. and in less thar
three months, of q population of les.
than l 900 souls, 2,40O fell before il,
left that city in the latter part of Au
gust. Santa Martha, Rio Ilacha, Bar
rauquilla and Savanila, have all beer
more than decimalcd by This terrible
scourge. In the towns Of Villanueva
Turbaco, San Estanislao, with an az
grega,e population Of about 5000 mo-
/ less than | 800 were carried off Blu,
even these devaslatiOns were exceeded
) on The Magdclcna river. There it pass
ed over villages, and lief, not hmar
being within their precincts. On it
approach, the natives fled; bu, it reached
them in their hiding places. Barranca
Honda, Ocagno, Marles, all were for {
time deserted
Great alarm was felt in Bogota
where it had no, yet arrived, but width
err it was hourly approaching, (accor
ding TO the last dates, 10Th Sept.) from
that capital. Business was suspended
and politics no longer thought Of Th'
papers tcemed with "cholera," and tn,
thousand imaginary cures provided fo
il. Ii is to be feared that its ravage
will not be less frighlfu than in The
other parts of New Grenada; for The
inhabitants (he lower classes) ere ex
tremely filthy in their habits. Besides
proper medical advice is very deficient
To This grea, want may be attributed
the excessive mortality that has visitet
f these provinces. So ignorant were
they Of the nature of the disease, tina
they knew no Treatment, for it. and re
sorted 10 blind hazard alone. Thus, or
its first outbreak, The doctors treated
their patients with sweet oil and lin,
juice; and have been told that every
, attack, every case almost proved fatal
where these prescriptions were admin
istered. IN. Y Jour. Com.
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