The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1849-04-10
Naval Intelligence.

The u 3. et0reshIp Relief, Lent commanding 4. II.
Poor. 80 days from Rio Jancro arrived in oar harbor
this morning. The following is list Of her onicers:-
Lieut. Commandng-C. H. Poor; Acting Master
Howell Passed Midshpmen-Dawson Phenix, VIM.
Sharp; Clerk and Acting Purscr-J. H. Poor, jr. The
Relief left at Rio u s. ship st. Louis, Com. Cooke,
and brig Perry, Lieut.. Comma nding John Davis. The
Brandywinc, Com Storer, at the Rio La Plata.
The Perry successfully employed in suppress
ing the slave trade far the American flag is
ccrned She has captured several vessels so engaged
and sent Them to the United States for Adjudication.
The u S. brig Porposc, Commander Gordon was at
Tenerfe the 2sh February, just from cruise-all
well
Died, the 9Th inst in the sd year Of his age, Com
mander Irvine Shubrick, Of the U. S. Navy.
Commander S. was native ofSouth Carolina and had
been thirty years in the navy During the with
England he served under Commodore Decatur and
with him i'll the very action Of the President with
the British squadron. He again served with Decatur in
the Guerrero gatc and was in the action with the AL
gerine squadron, in 1916.
In 1892 while first lieutenant Of the Potomac frigate,
bearing the flag Of Commodore Downcs he comma nded
the expedition Of sailors and marines who landed the
island Of Sumara and after sharp conflict with the
possession Of the town Of Quaah Battoo and broke up
horde Of pirates who had recently murdered the
and captain of an American ship.
In 1876, Commander s. returned from a cruzc in the
Gulfof Mexico and the coast Of Brazil, with lis
health much shattered.
As officer hc brave and capable; as a man he
was upright honorable and exemplary In all the rca-
tions of life. firm faith in Christ. his Redccmcy
gave the browning grace to his charactr.-Phd. Norm
.7me,fcGn .9prii o.
MEIAN CIIoIY INTETLIGENCT.-The Macon (Cia.)
Journal g. Messenger of the 4th inst, gays -" We
have been favored with the perusai of a letter.
post-marked Cotile. and dated on the 9th of Fe-
bruary, which gives the most melancholy, heart
rending intelligence, in regard 10 company of
emgrants from Monroe county, Ga. The party,
consisting of thrty-four whites and torty-thrce
negroes, left Monroe county early in January, for
Texas They in all six families, VIZ =
James q. Powell wife and eight children; Lewis
Cowart. wife and seven eeildreni Jcptha V. Walker,
mic. and rn draps Mo- Soma md hnrs ,Vna
and two daughters; Mrs. Hill, Henry Hill, and Miss
Rebecca Hill.
New Orleans, where they embarked on board
steamer, 10 proceed up the rlyer 10 some point con-
venient TO their proposed place OF future residence
On the second day Mr.. Covart was taken sick
with cholera, and died In a ftyG hours. HIS COM
rades and family landed to perform the last sad
rites Of burial, when the en;be company were
Frustrated with the disease in is most malignant
form. Mr.. Cowart, his youngest child, and g
nephew by the name of Wright, Were among the
earliest victims. MIR. James g.. Powell ls also
among the dead AZ the latest adwces, eighteen
OF the company had been burled--seven negroes
IN one grave Some Of them died in three hours
after they were taken! AT the time the letter was
written, the company had remained M their en-
capinent for ten days, and most of the sufferers
were convalescent. They hoped to resume their
journey again IN "A day or two.
Tar CHOLERA Az TIE SourI-The Plaquennc
Qa.) Sfgttncf, OF the 2sth uJt, says Our eitl-
Zens nave Dech jnnch cIclied Witnln the past week
in consequence of the cholera having certainly
appeared in our town and vicinity. Mr. John So
lomon, n much esteemed citizen, and infant child,
died of this disease last Friday, after few hours
illness a death Likewise occurred at Bayou Goua
last week and we understand that several deaths
have lust occurred among the slaves OF Col. But
ler-all from the choera--and that its rayages are
extending TO several other plantations in our neigh
borheod This is enough. one would think, TO
make us sufficiently gloomy, but this is not all.
The small pox has not yet left us, but is occasion
ally giving evidence of its terrible existence.
While these unseen enemies TO race are creating
dread and destruction in our midst. the planters
and many others have good cause for dependency
prevails is ruinous to the cane crops planter
remarked the other day that good rain would be
worth TO him from three to four thousand dollars
And further, TO add still more to our grievances,
the, Mississippi, although having fallen few
inches since out last, still maintains q threatening
ntt,f nd