The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1849-08-13
From the West Indies.

w eStern al new IOTk, the f1amlltOn Bermuda I'd
seite to August 7th, the Kingston (Jamaica) Des-
patch to July 23d, and also file of Havana papers
have been received. She brought 81 ,328, 900 in
silver and gold.
BERMUDA, August I've are reioced at the CO.
pious showers of rain which have fallen at intervals
since the publication of our last number. The
parched and wthered aspect of the country, occa-
stoned by an almost unprecedented continuance of
dry weather, has in some measure already changed
its appearance; the fields, &C., are beginning to
look green and animated.
Havana is suffering more severely from yellow
fever than has been known in the memory of any
person.
In Demerara there seems some prospect of sue
cessful arrangement of the differences between the
Governor and the combined court. Smallpox still
RACES at St. Vincent with undated violence.
Sir Charles Grey, the Governor Of Jamaica, has
dissolved the House of Assembly of that Island.
ST.. VMcENT.-SMALLPox.-T epidemic in
creases in viruence. In the statistical return pub.
lished in Saturdays Gazette, the total number of
cases is SET down to 5O4-whle the total number of
deaths to this day in the town of Kingston has been
70-equal to IA per cent This is great mortality,
but can hold out no hopes of reduction al pre-
sent We rather fear there will be an increase as
,ho warm months approach The. funds from
which the afflicted have been relieved are nearly,
If not altogether exhausted.-.Nsc Era, July "a
ISLANDS.-We
receive sad accounts of factous tumu s. assassina-
tons, burnings and every ingredient of a general
state of anarchy and confusion. Governor Bruat
still absent from Martinique, having gone 10
the principal theatre Of popular discord, the Island
of Guadaloupe, where desperate conflict continued
10 be maintained between the Bisseitists and the
SchecherIsts. The result OF the Guadaoupe cleo
tons was not known in Martinique three days ago.
Only the votes OF ten out of the thirty communes of
the colony had been announced, and that verbally.
by the master of small vessel which arrived on
the 2Sth ut, who also slated that the votes up to
his departure from Basseterre gave majority of
1000 to the Montague party, NM. Schecher and
PerrInon, over the Moderates, NM. Bssette and
Mondesir Richard
Five estates had been fred at Guadaloupe. at the
suspected instigalion Of the ScbGcherist faction.
Complaints against the Telegraphic Lanes.
The N. Y Tribune Of the 9Th contains the fol-
lowing statements gravely compromising the mana
gers Of the northern and eastern Magnetic Tele-
graph lines:
notwithstanding all our endeayors 10 protect
ourselves and the merchants, we have, through the
vnlany OF some person or persons 10 us unknown
been unsuccessful, and we have been robbed of the
news, we are certain one occasion and we be-
leye repeatedly. The important points Of the COM
mercIa intelligence have been in the possession of
hours before the news delivered to its owners
the Associated Press; and while the mercantile
world was luled into false security Nv the very
fact that the Press had established this express.
they have been preyed upon by those knaves who
had robbed US.
Every one who has felt an interest in the foreign
news must have noticed the happy facility the wires
have OF breaking just at the critical moment when
the foreign news express is at hand. Such is the
certainly OF late Of thus, that is forciby remind
ed Of the remarkable coincidence related in Pick
wick Of he Elder Weller when the coach in which
he was conveying voters to the polls upset at the
very spot where he previously expressed his APP
prehension Il would. These continual breskings
may be accidents but they are certainly sufficient.
" sospicous--and combined with the fact that the
news does escape somewhere befnre IL reaches ito
proper destination, should put merchants upon their
guard against the operations Of the swndling spec
ulators
Every precauton has been taken by the Press TO
protect Themselves from robbery in this matter but
without success. We make no charges against any
one IN particular-we express no suspicious of any
one-but we think the Telegraph Companies be-
tween New York and ST. John owe il to their own
regulations as honorable dealers, 10 make the mos,
searching Investigations into this matter and NOT 10
desist until the robbers are discovered and ex.
posed
I'VE make these statements in Justice to ourselves
nu W Pio'ono he inVestgatlons which, VI we
right in our suspicious, shall lead to the discovery
Of the offenders
DEATH or CHcKAsAw CHEr-Ietters have
reached us confirming the report Of the death of
Colonel Benjamin Love, one of the Treaty Com
nIssloners Of the Chckasaw Nation. Colonel
Love was one of The most intelligent and useful men
among the Chickasaws, having been Identified with
her public matters since 1892, when he acted as
United States Interpreter at the making Of the treaty
Ut that year He had been in various public stu
IONS am ng his people since then was q chief. and
uded N making the treaty Of 1884; by the 4th ar
lce oi which treaty he created of The seven
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