The southern press. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1850-1852, 1850-09-24

town were all under water, in some places so
deep that only the roofs of many houses were
10 be seen above it, the troops returned to their
quarters. To the north Of Fred richstadt the
Danes have established permanent camp. near
Ramstcdt; between this place and Stollinghau-
sen, the marshes have been flooded, not only
by the natural heavy rain, but by a dam thrown
across the Treene. In fact the whole OF the
terrain northwest Of Rendsburg may lie con-
sidered impossible for any military purpose; and
Notwithstanding the discomfort Of the Germans
generally, at the present state Of naction, any
movement appears impossible.
4 In Hamburg an attempt is now making to
raise voluntary loan for the Stadthalterschaft,
and the prospectus is being taken from house to
house but it finds extremely few signatures,
and in this commercial city there aTe public es-
adjustments that will not even receive the paper
money Of Il State that forms its own suburb.
! What chance n loan has in such state Of things
may be OWNED
! The ~. Petersburg Zeitung contains the fol-
lowing note, with which the Emperor of Russia
presented Gen. Krogh, the Danish commander
in-chief with the order of St. Anne -
AS we do full justice to the distinguished
bravery and prudence you displayed in the en-
gagements of the oath and 29th Of July, at Id
stedt, in which the brave Danish troops, under
| your command worthily maintained the legti-
mate rights of their monarch, our beloved friend
and ally and wish to express to you our espe-
cial favor, we create you Knight of the Order
Of St Anne of the first class, and send you the
diamond insignia of the said order.
NICHOLAS.
! Peterhof, August 7, 1850.
| THE FRENCH REpUDLIc-We have advices
| from Paris dated the evening of the 9th inst.
Accounts from Cherbourg dated Yesterday
morning, half past nine o'clock, state that ut that
moment the President was in the act Of leaving
Cherbourg, on his return.
The Council-General of Clermont Ferrand
has demanded, by large majority, the revision
| OF the constitution by the present Assembly,
should it be deemed necessary.
The Council-General Of the Charente Infe-
reure has adopted a resolution expressive of re-
greet at the death of Louis Philippe
A funeral service was performed on Saturday,
in the church of st. Dominic of Borde. lux, for
Louis Philippe
Accounts from Toulon state that letters re-
| ceved from the province OF Constantine an
nounce the decline Of cholera in that place.
The Impartial, of Rouen, mentions that sell
man, who had been sentenced by court-martal
to the boulet, attempted to assassinate Admiral
Dubourdieu a: Cherbourg. The arm of the
!
the Admiral in the breast with p0niard
Accounts from Lyons, dated Saturday morn
| ing, at 8 o'clock, state that some disturba ccs
took place on the 4th in the town of Cliouseet
canton of Loriol, and department of the Drome
in consequence of some arrests having been
made at Mirmande. The rappel was beaten by
the National Guards in the canton, with tie OBJ
Ject OF iescuing the prisoners who were in Gus
tOdy Of the gend;.rmes The National Guard
OF the neighboring canton in the Ardeche having
manifested a disposition to cooperate for the
rescue OF the prisoners, Genera Lepere, who
commands the district, sent for orders to General
Castellane, the superior officer General Cas-
tellane instantly sent orders to disarm the Ma
| tional Guards OF the five cantons, and, moreover,
instructed his subordinate to act with rigor in
the repression of the riot and the restoration of
tranquility.
The trade of Paris is more brisk at this mo-
ment than it usually is at this season of the year
The Paris manufacturers continue to be fully
employed in the execution Of orders from Italy,
Spain, Russia, and Turkey, &C. If there be any
operatives unemployed. it arises from their own
fault, as the manufacturers complain of the diff.
Guilty of finding sufficient hands. The accounts
from the agricultural districts are more favorable
than those reported last week. The northern
departments, which suffered most from the late
rains will, nevertheless, produce nearly an aver
age crop of wheat, although the quality will be
INFERIOR and the consequent loss to the farmer
considerable Paris is abundantly supplied with
wheat; the price has fallen three francs the hec
tolitre during the week. The potato dseas,
unfortunately is making further progress, ever
in departments which had hitherto escaped
Still the corn markets throughout France show
downward tendency, the fall in prices varying
from soc. to IT, the hectolitre. Letters from
the southern departments state that the markets
were more abmdantly supplied with raw silk
during the last week than for some weeks past
and that fur her decline in price has take
place. At Aubenas the average price of silk i.
from 81 to Ga francs the kiogramme, and AT
Joyeuse from 81 to 60 francs. Very superio,
quality, however, is scarce, and is eagerly sought
after. The wine market at Bercy has been well
attended this week, and wines of superior quality
were in good demand. Great fears are enter.
tanned that the quality of the present vintage
will be very inferior, and that in many districts
the Craze, will rot White frost has already
been observed in the Cote dor, which has oc
casioned some injury. In Champagne the grapes
are so backward that the vintage is not expected
to commence before October The disease
which attacked the grapes in the neighborhood
of Paris has nearly ceased ; and it appears from
a report addressed to the Minister Of Agriculture
and Commerce on the subject, that the last heavy
rain completely washed away the insects which
caused the injury.
(Fron the London Chronicle Sept. l0)
REVIEW BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE FRENCH
FLEET AT CHERBoURG.-This grand and impos-
ing display of the finest fleet ever sent to sea by
Ia belle France has long engaged the attention
of all sightseeing people in thiscountry, as well
as in France itself; and, as might be easily di-
vined, the number ofvisiers to Cherbourg dur
ing this week has never before been equalled.
In f.ct it was, as Monsieur Julien would phrase
it, an spectacle monstre to Frenchmen proud
national trcat-an epoch in the naval history of
France.
By special invitation of the President, the
gentlemen of the British yacht clubs had for the
greater part, assembled in the port with their
beautiful vessels, and anchored under the bate
ries on Wednesday, including the Earl of Will
ton (who saluted with Is guns the Admiral of