The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1852-08-20
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dnother Revolutionary Excitement Arrest Of Gre
o!es -Ravages Of Cholera, &c.
New Yoaw, August l9.-By the arrival of the
Crescent City this morning. we have late dates I'd
Important intelligence from Havana.
The circulation OF revolutionary and incendiary
documents had been discovered in various parts Of
the Island, and rigorous measures were being
adapted by the government. Almost every pro-
minent creole family was under surveillance, and
a number were being arrested daily, and throw
into the mos loithsomc dungeons.
The yellow fever, smallpox, and cholera were
also prevailing at Havana with great and fatal
virulence. Almost every ship in the harbor had
some on board; and on shore, out of a com.
pany OF one hundred and twenty soldiers, one hun
dred and ten had died. In the chain gang, out of
one hundred and nine, not less than one hundred
had died The government was sending the troops
into the country to avoid the disease.
Michigan Democratic Conuention.
DETROIT, August l9.-The Democratic State
Convention assembled here on the 18th, and nomi.
mated for Governor Robert Mcclellan; Leute-
nant Governor Andrew Parsons, and for Trea.
surer b. C. Whitemore.
Suicide Of a Young Girl
PHILADELPHIA, August 19.-AmeIia Vogt, a
German girl, aged twenty, was drowned this
morning at O'Clock at Green street wharf; sup
posed to have committed suicide. She was dis
covered struggling in the water by H. s. Shean
and John z. Taylor, two young men from New
York, and rescued; but life was extinct. No cause
is known for the rash act.
Marine Intelligence.
NoRFoLK, August iS The barque John A. Ian.
caster, Clifford, master, from Wilmington, North
Carolina, bound to Boston, put in to. day on
count OF the sickness Of the entire crew
The ship George Phelps, for City Point, Rich.
mond, from Liverpool, is now in Hampton Roads.
Destructive Fire at Troy.
Too ,rnlr xl,ts
morning in the lumber yard Of P. Danhay & Son,
West Troy, destroying $4,000 worth of lumber.
There were also forty dwellings destroyed in close
proximity. and fifty families mode houseess-aiI
the work OF an incendiary. The whole loss 10 esti
mated at $200,000.
Planning MiLs Destroyed.
Utica, August l9.--The extensive planning
mills of Lewis Lawrence were burnt last night.
Loas S 00O0-small insurance.
Collision. at Sea.
New YoRK, August l9.-Advces from Bahia
ionia, put in on the fourth of July to repair, hav.
ing on the night of the I'd Of July ran into the
barque Giandmar Castle, from Bahia for London,
sinking her Immediately: The captain and crew
were saved and taken to Bahia. The Trcpic was
much injured, and had to discharge to repair.
Four Children Dro,oned at Fort Plain
Fonr PLAIN, August ls.-Three children of Mr..
Peter Congher were drowned in a mill. pond in this
village yesterday afternoon. They were a boy
aged II, and two girls aged respectively ~ and
and ID years. The boy falling into pond, the
girls tried to rescue him, and all persisted before
assistance arrived.
A boy (name unknown) from Lockpo was
drowned from a canal boat in our lock last night.
Destructive Fire.
SraINerlELp, August ls.-Dr. Peck's brick block
in Hoyoke, occupied by stores, was burned this
morning Loss s., 300, on which there is par.
ta insurance.
Irhig Ratification Meeting at Columbus.
ClNCISNATI. August lS.-The Wings of the West
hold ratification meeting at Columbus, Ohio, on