The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1849-08-16


So II was after the cessation of the cholera 1892
and "a. All the hotels are crowded, and down
town, the streets in which mercantile men g most
do congregate," exhibit gratifying evidences OF
great activity and animation.
ADJUSTMENTS.
Last night the Broadway theatre opened for the
season, with the opera of" Hermann, and ballet
between the second and third acts. Tedesco, a
very pretty woman, with fine voice is the prma
donna. She sang very well, and was received with
great applause. The theatre was crowded in all
parts of the house, and the dress circle was quite
brilliant and finished. A great proportion of The
audience consisted Of French and German citizens,
and the families who have always heretofore con-
stituted the chief support of the opera here am
sorry that MIR. Fry did not succeed better in his
enterprise for he is a very worthy man. and yea
lousy devoted to musical science. At Niblo's they
had a new ballet, which went off very well.
THE WEATHER.
Ii now raining in torrents. Of local news
have not an item of interest TO send you.
ST. LOUIS, August 6, l849.
Friday last was very generally observed in our
city by all classes and denominations as day Of
fasting, humiliation, and prayer. The several
churches Protestant and Catholic, were open for
divine service, and the attendance upon them
| greater than have before known since my
residence in St. Louis upon any similar occasion
Many heartrendng and affecting incidents were
related from the pulpts as occurring IN this city
during the prevalence of the epidemic, some of
which seemed too incredible to be believed d.
vine distinguished for his fidelity The sick, the
dying, and the afflicted, and whose means for cor
rect information was conceded to be better than
that possessed by any other individual in our COM
munity, declared from his desk, that at least eight
thousand of our citizens had been carried off within
the space of ninety days. This exhibits much
greater mortality than had previously supposed and
is equal to oneeighth of our entire population This
simple statement will convey some idea of the ex-
tent of anguish and sorrow, suffering and distress,
with which the citizens of St. Louis have been Wis
tied during the brief period of three months.
We are now, however, entirely free from the dis
ease and confidence is again restored to all classes
of society. This has been attended with very
general revival of business, and increased actv
ty in building, giving to our deeply afflicted city
departments of trade. The bilious dyscntery still
turks among us, but in milder form, and yielding
in most instances readily to medical treatment.
The exposition in your valuable journal of the
defalcations of Patrick Collins the late surveyor of
the port at Cincinnati, and of Mr.. DENLY, the fa-
vorite navy agent of Mr.. Mason, has been perfect
bomb-she thrown into the camp of the "unterTi-
fled Democracy" in this region What to say or do
they know not, and their embarrassments in
no wise lessened by the studied silence of the
Washington Union. The Locofocos here think
that if Richie and Burke, with their conceded po-
litical depravity and reckessness dare not muster
up the courage TO deny the charges, that you could
not have stated the circumstances more than half
as bad as they really exist; and that the best
course for them TO pursue, say the least about
II possible. Many of the less violent and more
| candid Of our opponents, however, unqualihedly
condemn this public stealing by the leaders of their
party, and now say they rejoice that General
Taylor has been elected, inasmuch as il has led to
the detection OF those perpetratng such frauds and
outages IL the Administration continues IL has
begun, fearessly holding up public derision all
peculators OF the public moneys, and removing the
dishonest and unworthy from places they never
were fitted for, before the first year has transpired
il will be the most popular Administration have
ever had since the palmest days Of Jackson's pop
ularity.
The course of berality pursued by Mr. Clayton
in all foreign relations and his letter express
ing the deepest sympathy with Hungary in her
struggles for her constitutional rights and her lib
erty, has exalted him exceedingly in public estlms-
ton, and given great weight and strength TO the
Administration throughout the West None are
politically bigoued but what concede he is pre-
eminendy calculated for the premiership Of the Ad-
ministraton, adopting the liberalizing and pro-
gressive policy Of the President; and all acknow-
ledge that his public acts, thus far, cannot other
wise than elevate us as a nation, both at home and
abroad
In Mr. Ewing, the bold and indeatigable Secre-
tary Of the Department Of the Interior, we in the
West find all that could expect or deslre from
an honest and upright public servant That he
should prove object Of terror the editors of the
Union and all other evil-doers, surprises no one
that is AT all acquainted with HIM. He has con-
stitutional hatred for backguards and unfaithfuI
public servants and whenever either Of such classes
cross his path, he finds an easy and sure remedy
TO dispose OF them.
Mr.. Collamer can still add to his popularity as a
Cabinet officer, by causing some of the disarrange-
ments on our great eastern mail route TO be RENE
died and corrected Failures have become so fire.
quent that both the press and the people have grown
weary Of complaining. II the attention OF Mr.
Fayerwt sther, who will prove one Of the most
valuable agents of the Post Office Department, "
directed to this matter in which all IN the West
are so deeply interested, he will, have no doubt
soon ferret out the delinquents that will enable the
department TO apply the necessary corrective.
notice paragraph going the rounds Of the ia.
pers, TO the effect that General Shields and Judge
Breese met at the bond circuit court in Illinois, upon
as friendly terms as though no collision had ensued
between them. The statement s not true, every
one might know who at all acquainted with Gene
raj Shields. lie holds Breese in the same sove-
reign contempt he ever did, and nothing beyond the
most formal civilIties pass between them when they
meet The canvass for United States Senator is
waging with good deal Of vgor in Illinois, and
the chances at present decidedly IN favor Of
Shields being reelected by the Legislature. The
three prominent candidates Shields, Breese, and
McClernand but the contest will lay almost ex-
clusively between the two former. McClernand,
who in potics perfect jesuit, has been devotng
all his time, since his return from Congress, IN efforts
TO create the impression that both Shields and
Breese should be dropped, and thIrd man taken
up, for the sake of harmony in the party But the
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