The Woodville Republican. [volume] (Woodville, Miss.) 1847-1853, 1851-04-08

Nav oHLEAss April 2 1851.
We bave been having some very fefre shi,.
showcrs Or rather vcy s,eady rains sufBei.1i
- iHiefrup, all outdoor b~ussnes bat a, IN,
eislcrps are either empty or very low, the A..
hllahons Of heaven we're received with e..
pleasure BY hundreds who hsd 10 exaefD.~
ing tribute fron Father Mississippi. Ii is .r,.
prising why our chartered Water Work, g..
pany. who is so very jealous of tbs;, -
leges, permit a rival to supply the civ and a,
citizens, without caring for their fear f.vo,.
affection. The high state of the rive, r.
caused our cutters TO flow fullv and f.o.I.
with the OyeTii owlngs of Mississinnps ~
dance, and has done more to clea, mi 49,"
our thoroughiares, than the Chartered cn-ans
ny ever essayed to do. "Pa-
The ere vase, a little above us h.
abondoned-the breach is widenino OeeE
water has overlooked many plantations Io,.Is
under cultivation, but now ruined. as The seuoy
of the current will have swept away ali ,So
soil. Want OF unity of action amongs, tho.
directly or indirectly interested, caused Tho
work OF repair to be stopped, the expense an
ing too heavily on a few.
This city has been a scene of distress "a,
some days past, which could only be equaIled
by the scenes we have read Of during the
famine in Ireland a few years ago. Misery,
distress, destitntion, sickness and death Law
upon our streets. 1t required courage to face
these frightful sights, and for which our ma.
ture was unequal to. But we'll it is that we
have got Samaritans in our midst, and whose
resources are equal to the emergencies. That
devoted divine, Mr.. whitehall, Of the Sailors
Bethel, Mr.. Freret, Collector of the Port, and
Mr.. Solomon, Assistant Collector, went about
ministering to the living, comforting the dy.
ing and ~enlisting public sympathy in the cause
of this scene of destitute humanity. The oh.
jectS Of such care were part of a cargo of emf
grants-these poor creatures having been stow.
ed away in the vessel as if they had been as
much bulk pork, who had left the other shore
i'll provided for the passage, without the requi.
site food or clothing, and not having the ne.
cessary means for cleanliness provided by the
ship. Under such favorable circumstances fof
; developing the ship fever, it was not surpris.
, ing that the ship was soon converted into a
r floating hospital, and that two score of their
numbers repose in the briny deep. Those who
f survived the voyage, had become so emaciated
: and unfit for earning a livelihood, that they
are under the care of the humane; whilst the
wretches, whose unbounded avarice ~occasiun4
I ed all this suffering and death, has been put
/" unjert the ban of the law. May they get even-
. handed Justice melted out to them. 1t is more
: than likely that the Blanche the vessels
f name) will be confiScated, as the evil is now
o a growing one, and example with some is
more impressive than precept: a touch at the
= pocket is the most ~efIectual mode to punish
avarlce.
You will see by the enclosed notice, (which
II .r~, iii ,1oo,. D,blieb \ .haf pnoplp are
e DESTROYS of bestirring themselves in the cause
of internal improvements, and that a CONVEX.
ton is to be held for devising and carrying out
IS a line of railways which will be of great ser.
vice to your section of country; and that you
" may get the full benefit of the projected i'm
provements you should not let the convention
meet without being duly represented, When
the produce of the country can reach a market
20 at quick and cheap rates, then the waste lands
sc will be called into the highest cultivation;
r. whilst trade and traffic will again make busr
~ your town.
h. The Canada's news contains nothing of auy
. interest. The decline in cotton, which she
~ brought, had been expected here. Lord John
= Russell, although virtually prime minister, has
III not succeeded in gaining the confidence Of
ID either the extreme parties, and he is always
re left in the minority when it comes to a vote
In France, an effort to rescind the law, which
ID forever banishes the two branches of the house
of Bourbon from the soil, has resulted unfa-
vorably; and but for the GOODNESS of M. Thiers,
= the House would have been a scene of up,
roar, and perhaps the seed of a new revolution
would have been laid.
We have had another touch of old times.
on a diminished scale, however, bong inst a
first of April affair of an explosion. There
is were only three people scalded; and consid-
re- ering that the locomotive had been running
; since the year 1896, it is surprising that it
J. should nave ever been capable of such a
# ~frolic-seeing that it had been so long tried,
l. and always worked well, The boiler belonged
:. to the Pontchartrain Railroad Company.
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