Washington telegraph., 1849-07-25

POSTMASTER at This place, VSco WI ~ "
Purdom.
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n-William H. Ringo, Esq, has been
appointed Receiver of Public Moneys al
Helena, in this State, in place OF u. M.
Maddox deceased.
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OVERFLOW IN RED RIvER-GREAT Loss
OF Crops AND SToCK.-Our latest ac'
counts from the River are up to Monday
evening, at which time the water was
over the bank opposite Fulton. and rising
at the rate of nearly an inch an hour.
The country opposite Fulton is already
covered with water for fifteen miles back,
and the destruction to the growing crops
of corn and cotton must be immense.
Indeed the crops on the bottom lands
NAV be considered as lost entirely, and
with them large portion of stock. Never,
within the recollection of our Oldest
citizens, have the prospects of the planters
residing on the river been so irretrievably
blasted.
The rains still continue, and it is feared
the rise will exceed in height that OF l043,
which -overfowed nearly all the planta-
tions on the river. The overflow of '43
occurred at time when there were no
crops to injure, consequently the damage
was nothing like what we fear it will be
now. Many fine plantations which bid
fair to yield an abundant crop are already
submerged-not an acre of dry land upon
them, and the river still rising.
HEAVY DEFALcATIoN.-Mr. Jackson
Dupleissis, recently elected Cashier OF the
Mechanics and Traders Bank of New
Orleans, has very unexpectedly been dis
covered TO be defaulter to that institu-
ton in sum amounting to within frac-
ton of $4,000. The defalcation occur
red whilst he was acting as first Teller,
situation he has held for. several years.
The President of the Bank made affidavit
to the defalcation, and Mr.. D. has been
arrested.
CHoLERA.-3136 deaths from cholera,
occurred at St. Louis, Mo-, during the
months of May and June. The dreadful
scourge still prevails to an alarming ex-
tent. On Monday the 9th instant, two
hundred and thirty-seven deaths occurred.
Whole families have fallen victims to
the epidemic.
AT Cincinnati up to noon of the Sd
inst, the interments of cholera were 127,
other diseases 43. The interments dur
ing the week ending at noon on the Sd,
were of cholera 965, of other diseases 252.
The democrats" of Walworth county,
Wisconsin, at recent meeting passed
resolutions approving the course of Col.
Benton, and nominating him for the next
Presidency. The Daily Wisconsin says
that this meeting is but faint expression
of the deep feeling which pervades the
Democracy in behalf of Col. Benton's
success in his present struggle in Missouri.
PANAMA RA1LRoAD.-The shares in the
capital stock of 81 200, 900 for the Pana-
ma Railway Company, advertised by
Aspinwall & Co, were all taken in New
York on the 9th ult.-part for Philadel-
phia. They are 500 each-$lO o on each
share to be paid at the time of subscrip-
ton. ie
CooL.-The editor of the Green Bay
Advocate, who held the Marshals Office
under the late administration, notices the
appointment of his successor, and con-
cludes with, ''This is change decidedly
for the BETTER The Union will find that
weeping over such prescription will
scarcely pay expenses.
Hon. Edward Stanley has been Eomi-
mated by the unanimous vote Of the whig
delegates from every county in the eighth
Congressional district of North Carolina,
as their candidate for Congress.
Gen. Scott, at last accounts, was lying
ill at West Point from an attack of
chronic diarrhea, disease with which
he has been troubled ever since his return
from Mexico.
REMAINS OF GEN. WoRTH.-The New
York common council has made arrange