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The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1853-03-11

TIE STEAMER FANNY AND BARK CATHERINE AUGUSTA At
Rio JASnRo-A passenger in the bark Hazard, at New
Orleans from Rio Janeiro says in the New Orleans B
tin -
The steamer Fanny, Of New Orleans was still wal ing
the decision Of the courts before she could be sold to
bottomries and .eamens wages. OF her passengers
twenty three died between the LIST and 25h December
the remainder had been sent forward to California and
Australia by various vessels upwards of 81 600 having
been raised by private subscriptions TO assist them The
Consul not being able to afford any aid government
account had been obliged to do good deal on his own
and had BEEN very liberal The bark Catherine Augusta
from New York for Australia arrived In December with
could not raise money on bottomry, she would probably
have to be condemned and sold leaving distressed pas
sengers in sick port at the worst season all vessels
taking passengers from the United States inspected
by officers appointed for the purpose England many
impositions would be prevented.
LAUNCH OF TUE STEAM YACHr.-The steam yacht Mort
Nineteenth street She left the ways at quarter past
O'Clock, and immediately taken to the Allare Wors
to receive her machinery The attendance Of spectacle
was very large
THE PASSAGE OF THE ARABIA.
TO THE EDITOR q THE NEW YORK HERALD.
NEW YORK, March 10, 1858.
tsr be good enough the you have fallen
into in this mornings HERALD You say 1.-THE Arabia left
h s an
at 3P. NJ on Sunday February g. detained there I'M
til p NJ, and arrived in the Aersey at so P. on
Sunday February twelve hours before your statement
of her arrival You also that the Arabia left her
dock at p yesterday she left her anchorage Mt p
N. Your obbedient servant A. STOKER.
THE time Of her arrival at Liverpool was taken from
the Liverpool papers, which supposed be correct
these matters Her time of leaving here Wednesday,
subsequently ascerained ao'coek.-ED. HERALD
SHIP SHERIDAN, Porter. % days from Liverpool, was
towed up to the city yesterday. On the 18th Feb
Yuary, at two T. NJ, Cape Clear bore NNE, distant IL
miles, and the 23d, at A. NJ, she in lat, As &c.
on 49, having made distance of nearly 600 miles in
days Is hours since that time has experienced heavy
Ao-Ir I'D hrsr q c1I.
good health having had increase tive infants the
passage
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Lase Of Omse Seekers.

Letter from MIR. Fillmore
The following letter was addressed by Mr. Fill
more to Mr.. Hiram Barton, late Mayor Of II city
~ p,,Rcr
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ORD, Pos. once, New YORK.
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ONE OF YuuR suEsyKlBEH5.
The Weekly comet. [volume] (Baton Rouge, La.) 1853-1855, 1853-08-21
For the Comet.

M. Editor Your dear little
Comets before me. How in your
world Of vexations and hurry do you
manage to lay before lis every morn
ing three columns Of originals" besides
a little choice "scissoring ~ When
do you write then9 Is it when the
reader is within the tender mercies Of
Morpheus / am afraid, my dear
Comet, they do not appreciate as they
should, the care and labor bestowed
upon you. They rise in the morning
after good nights rest and find you
at their door, and during the prepare
ton Of breakfast, while away the half
hour over yotir sparkling contents"
| have often thought an editors life
and especially the life Of the manager
Of a daily, was hard ofe4syet the
wide-a- wake, quill-driving Fanny Fern
says not, she says 'she has been be-
hind the curtain" and she ought to
know.
One advantage, my dear little Comet
YOU possess ind that is III being 1T
tie. That too. is why, that which you
give us is of the right kind. Who
ever heard Of any one mapping" over
YOU! If any one ever did console
yourself, that his intellect is weak.
These great big bed-blanket concerns
that consume q whole week of valuable
time in their making up'-pride
themselves more upon their quantity
than quality why, they should not
be allowed to be conveyed in the same
mailbag with the Comet and Bolloon
Why, Mr.. Editor, | loose all pat
fence in thinking Of the pretentions Of
these "forty by sixty" parcel wrappers
and take one Of them up, (after lay
ing the "Conet" carefully aside for
future referenee), and now feel like
having a "llap."
lam yours, Mr.. Editor, every morn
ing at sunrise. CARLOS.
August 14th.
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Other Things.

During the last quarter Of the year
there were received in the Dead Let
ter department Of the General Post
Office at Washington two thousand
and eight-one letters which contained
money. The aggregate amount was
s12,6O 81. ---Moor's wife says
an English paper, twas a ballet girl
named Betsy Dixie but not a word
is said Of her in Lord Jain Russelrs
Life Of the Pet "a late let
ter from Pesth, states that seven
carloads Of Hungarian prisoners had
just been brought into that city. The
offences with which they were charged
were not made known--Arrange-
ments have been made by the Hudson
River Railroad, byiwbich persons leav-
ing New York at Gam, reach Nira-
ra , ais before 8 o'clock the sar,e
evening -Col. II w. Palfrey
has jtlst been elected Brigadier Gen
eral df the Louisiana Legion, in place
Of Con. Austin resigned. Sc
rious conspiracy has been discovered
at Vienna. Fifty. students have been
arrested, ---There is now wild
ow woman inearcerated in Portland
(Me. Jail for no other offence than
that Of being unable to meet her, lia-
bilities, which were incurred for house
rent. TITLE Emperor Of Russia
has entered dyon III 5sth' year. -
1t is announced that Judge Asa
Spence, ofthe Cir6hit Court for the
Cambridge District, contemplases re-
signing his Office .-a'z-----The medical
chlrdrgical faculty Of Maryland have
issued an edict against all secret and
and quack medicines and against all
apothecaries what will not cease offer
ing the same for sale.----Dates
from China have been received to the
10Th June. The advices state that
the Empire has been divided--Nan-
kin is declared independent Of the
Tartar dynasty. An instruction is
expected at Canton.--It is re-
ported in Paris that the Prince INA
poleon'' is to marry daughter Of
Queen Cristiha, ofSpain and Be made
King Of Mexico.--It is stated
that the commissioners for Maine have
agreed to purchase all the Massachu-
sets lands in Maine for $362,5OO.
Vine crops at Tenerife, I
it is reported are injured BY blight. y
The Weekly comet. [volume] (Baton Rouge, La.) 1853-1855, 1853-08-21

.Ed,Uara Everett.-.This distin.
guished orator and statesman has been
invited by the Southwestern Agricul-
tural and Mechanical Association, to
visit Louisville early next October, and
make an annual address before that
association on the occasion Aofits Fair
Mr.. Everett, Il is said has for years
desired to visit the Great West, and it
is thought most probably will accept
the invitation.
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ga Philadelphia correspondent
Of the Baltimore Patriot says ut is
computed, by good judges here, that
there will be erected in this city and
country, this season, nearly 5000
buildings"
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sanitive Movements.


title of a afault-fndef," like The old
hunchback King, we twill maintain it
at some little cost Our suggestions
with regard to quarantine regulations
and a Hospital, were savagely snapped
up-s avagely delt with in the columns
Of contern porary, and then went the
way ola thousand other valuable sug-
gestions, which have all gone down
to oblivion. Now we come to no
tiee another act of the Common Coun-
Gil, which seems to us to be ill-timed
and out of season-cu cutting the weeds
down. We are willing to grant the
oft quoted scripitural passage about
the 'tares." 1t is necessary to weed
out the parterre and the hower-gar-
den; but whether it is expedient in
the month of August I'd cut down the
spontaneous growth of coffee, jin-seng,
and other weeds, we think very ques-
tionable.
All psychologists know the impor-
tant relationship existing between the
animal and Vegetable kingdom ; it is
known that the smallest blade Of grass
as well as the largest ttees-all have
organs ofrespiratioh that bear d very
singular analogy to the same organs in
the animal economy. Since the trees
breath and appropriate from the at
mosphere, certain gases for their own
use 1.-THE question is what are the
gasses used by them +! Why the very
refuse and hurtful principles Of which
the atmosphere is composed IS taken
up by them.
This is not speculation, it is fact
if there be any fact, (which we deny J
Since such is the case, then, why in
the face of present and past experience
cut down the vegetation at this the very
worst heason Of the year, when the
boiling sun goes, at once to work with
his dhcomposing agents, to manu-
facturf the most poisonous gasses out
of them =? We ask this question, and
shall lie very happy that some of the
opposite faction will 60 to work in
good grammatical logic, to answer
it, in such manner as will be under
stood by this intelligent community
The experience Of the oldest and
most intelligent citizens Of this parish,
tells us that greater mortality from
fevers was never known here, than in
1927 and 3 when the weeds were cut
down and the streets ploughed up.
Every new clearing in the woods
is an argument in favor Of letting the
vegetation stand, and SO we assert
without any fear Of contradiction, that
cutting weeds and trimming out vegeta-
ton at this season produces counter
effect to that desired.
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1NouEsr-An inquest was held
yesterday in Cambridge, On the "buek-
ct that hung ip the. we'll" Upon
looking into it, .the case seemed clear
enough, and "a verdict was rendered
in accordance with the facts. BIS
t,7f POsf
The Weekly comet. [volume] (Baton Rouge, La.) 1853-1855, 1853-08-21

A New York editor thinks, from
the manner shirts are made in that
city, there ought to be an Inspector
OF common seaDers." The editor went
to the expense of q new shirt the other
day, and found himself, when he
awoke in the morning, crawling out
between two of the shortest stitches.
The Weekly comet. [volume] (Baton Rouge, La.) 1853-1855, 1853-08-21

Blocks MoNUMENT.--Th cele.
brated land mark on the Queenston
Heights, Canada, erected in memory
of Sir Isaac Brock, who fell on the
field October II, 1872, was on the
9th inst, felled to'he ground. An ef-
fectual attempt had been to blow it
up the day before. It was found
necessary to use a second blast, which
shivered the shaft into atoms. Il was
done by direction Of the British Coy
eminent, who will erect new and
beautiful monument in its place.
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1--we are pleased to notice the
return of Maj. A. NJ. Dunn and fami-
ly and James M. Elan Bsqr. and
family. They came down on the
s. B. Frank Lyon yesterday.
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y D. rank Lyon yesterday
The Vicksburg Despatch says that on
Sunday week the Pennsylvania railroad
when near Greenburg attained the ex-
traordinary speed of eighty miles per
hour! A perfectly straight stretch of
ten miles was run in seven and half
minutes
The accounts from China have a
peculiar significance. The alleged
adoption by the rebels Of the Christian
faith, gives them claim to our sym
pathies, which, until now, they had
not IF the accounts be true, the Star
has arisen in the East, and is the herald
ola MISREPRESENTATION in the destinies
in the people in China revolution,
tie effects Of which will be felt through
out the commercial world
-
The river continues to decline.
The recent dry weather has greatly
improved the cotton in this parish,
and gives promise that the crop will
be a goud one. A merchant Of this
place, just returned from a journey
through Eastern Texas, informs US
that, with the exception Of Harrison
county, the crops of cotton and corn
will be larger in that section of coun-
try, than at any time during the last
three years.-Shreueport Southwest
evn, 10th.
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Ireneas, one Of the editors Of the
New York Observer now abroad, in
late letter to that paper, in speaking
Of that class Of England's nobility who,
headless Of the suffering humanity in
their own land, pour out an untold
amount Of sympathy for the enslaved
of America, says that they no doubt
would follow the Scripture INDUCTION,
by taking the beam out Of their own
eye, provided they could sell the tim
bey.
The Weekly comet. [volume] (Baton Rouge, La.) 1853-1855, 1853-08-21

Horace Greeley gave public notice,
sometime since, in the New York 1y1-
butne, that he would compensate lib
orally any of the mediums who
would report for the Tribune, every
morning, synopsis of the events Of
the day in Europe, in time for the next
mornings edition /; payment to be
made on the arrival of the next sue
ceeding steamer provided the news
brought by the steamer confirmed the
reports of the medium" No reports
have yet been received from them.--
Here was fair opportunity of testing
their skill, which it seems, the "medi-
ums" declined accepting
The Weekly comet. [volume] (Baton Rouge, La.) 1853-1855, 1853-08-21

MA1sE.-The State Temperance
Convention, disregarding all political
affinities, resolved to make the support
Of the MAINE Liquor Law the great
question at the next State election
Two Of the candidates for Governor
have put themselves upon the TEN
perance platform, in support of the
law. The third candidate has thus
far successfully lodged The question.
Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1853-06-20

+ ton oi Their surplus means, than Iced the hun.
+ cry, eleihe the naked. give home to a stran-
ger. and kindle the spark of reason in the
mind oithe poor foreign ldnstic; even though
that lunaiie may have been. las arm ashamed
Tor The Credit OF hun anify To say has happen.
ed set on shore in the night from coastng
vessel, and found in the morning in the fields
half dead with cold and hunger and fright.
But You say, They are foreigners" Well.
do we owe no duties To- f,rcignersl What was
The founder Of Virginia. when the poor Indian
girl threw herself between him and the war
club oil her father What we're the Pilgrim
fathers when the friendly savage-if We must
call HIM so. met them with the salutalion of
Welcome, Englishmeni" "Thev are foreign.
ers:'-and suppose they are. Was not the
country all bur ready year or two ago TO
plunge into a conflict with the military despot
lsms of the east of Europe. in order to redress
The wrongs fthe oppressed races who feed
IheIr hocks on the slopes oil The Carpathians
and pasture their herds upon the tributaries OF
The Danube, and do we talk oi,the hardships
of relieving destitute foreigners. whom the
hand of God had guided across the ocean and
conducted to our doorsi
/ am not Indifferent to the increase of public
felt little proud Of the vast sums paid in the
United States for the relief of poor emigrants
from Europe. II is an annual sum, | have no
ioubt, equal to the interest on the foreign debt
pf the States which have repu lated their OBJ
legations. When | was in London,a few years
ago, received letter from one of the intcri-
or counties OF England, telling me that they
had in their House Of Correctionan American
seaman, Tor person who pretended to be-
who was both pauper and rogue. They were
leslrous of being rid of him, and kindly offered
TO place him at my disposal. Although he
lid not bid fair to be very valuable acquisi.
lon,l wrote backtbal he might be sent 10 Lon.
don, where he could be shipped by the Amer
can Consul TO the United States. | vcnturcd
10 add the suggestion, that il Her Majesty's
Minister at Washington were applied 10 in a
similar way by the Overseers ofthe Poor and
Wardens of the Prisons, in the United States
ne would be pretty busily engaged. But |
really ielt pleased, at time when my own lit.
lie State of Massachusetts vas assisting from
ten 10 twelve thousand destitute British sub
lrcts annually, to be able to relieve the British
Empire OF the only American pauper quarter.
I'd Upon it.
Mr.. President and Gentlemen, my humble
tale is told. lis first incident is Columbus
begging bread for his child at tie gate of a
convent. lis last finds you the stewards of
this immense abundance, the amoners # this
more than imperial charity, providing employ.
ment and food for starving nations. and home
for fugitive races.
Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1853-06-20

H"nry A. Wise, of Virginia, than whom no
man Contributed more to the nomination OF
Franklin Pierce in the Baltimore Convention,
has been twice telegraphed to come to Wash
ingtun. He came, as invited to dine at the
White House, and vas gwen. to understand, in
Yankee or Pickw ickian way, that the presi
dent would be very happy to meet his wishes
ii he would but make them known. Mr. Wise
understood the matter perfectly and would not
beg. Here the matter rests. The proud son
of the Cd Dominion will not bend the knee
o a son of the Granite State, who is his Junior
in yeas and his inferior in all that goes TO make
up a man. The President has a peculiar
Pckwickian way of doing things, and if he
has not chosen John Tyler, Of blessed memory
as a model, he has selected some of his best
friends as his advisers-among HON Caleb
Gushing and Paul r. George rank as No.
/. The old organ, under the very able edto
rial charge of Gen. Armstrong, has commenced
an early defence of the Administration which
looks rather omnious of Conscious weakness
and dissatisfaction somewhere The Union
ais contains now and then puff extraordna
ry Of Caleb Gushing, the veteran hero of the
oil Tyler guard. It's inter, stng-very!-
Wash. Cor ~. Y. Tribune.
Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1853-06-20
Treasury Transfers.

II seems that the Secretary OF the treasury
is not an incorrigible old Fogy. Mr.. Marcy
NAV vet insist upon the econ"my OF patched
nantsloons. but his associate in the Cabinet &C
casionaly finds it agreeable to doh the latter
ed garment for one more la mode. The Ro-
mans transported their national treasures on
mules and OK carts, and the Secretary conclu
ded to try the same experiment for us. An or
der was therefore issued few months ago
from the Treasury Department, for the trans
fer of the public funds in god and silver, in
stead of by drafts; but. according 10 lon. the
we'll known correspondent of the Baltimore
Sun. the Secretary, discovering in its practl-
cal operations the Inconvenience and utter
observation-disclosures Of the new mode, has had
the independeLce to confess the same, and re-
trace his steps in that regard. Ion writes to
she Sun, that
"The Secretary of the Treasury having
tried the plan of caring about the public mon
ey, and found it neither safe nor an economl
cal mode OF transfer, has resorted to The prop
ar construction OF the 2lst section of the Sub
Treasury, and therein found authority for sell
ing The transfer drafts 10 parties who are will
ing 10 buy them, and actually pay for them.
BY this mode the interests OF the Government
are subserved while The business transactions
of the country are facilitated
when transfers are necessary, as they are
almost daily. the Treasury drafts on the New
York sub-Treasury, are now sold, Thus, the
Government wanted 10 place sum of money
the other day in ST. Louis, end the Bank OF
Metropolis took the draft at par In some ca
-es brokers will give a small premium for the
privilege of transfer from Eas, to West, or
South"
Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1853-06-20
UNO CONTRACTORS

% CONTRACTORS Proposals
l. for digging and filling in the trenches for Gas
Pipes, and for repayng them will be received bv
the subscriber, until the 25th inst.
Proposals for ggng be by the cubic yard or BY
the rod running measured and repairing by square ya
Information as to capacity of trenches l. c.. will be
given y the subscriber, the counting ROOM of Messr
Mcdaniel, Hurt Il Preston.
j. E. LARKIN.
ie 17-dt25ie Engiseey GINS Uo,l.
Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1853-06-20
TIRED EGAR Locomotive Works

"A III Z ii NJ OND, VA.-AnderSoa Soutker g..
Pickering Proprieto s-Build order on short notice
Locomotive and Stationary Steam EngiEes,
Sugar Mills ar d Mill " Works generally,
Saw. Mills and portable Engines for same, to which
VIC invite pan ticular attention
Our Nis are now IN operation in various parts of the
county, and have been proved perform fully equal To
any built elsewhere. fell .Im1
Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1853-06-20
CELEBRATION on the 18th of Ju,,

~ The Anniversary of America Independence viii
be celebrated at The Red House Charlotte Co.. Va on
Monday the 9Th July, 1858.
Jos. r. BAILEY, Esq'r., Reader HE Day
WIN WRIT Henry, Esq'r., Oratorof the Day
Several distinguished guests expected to be- pres
err. The Public, both Ladies' and Gentlemen are in.
Nied To attend. COMMITTEES OF ARRASGENrnr
lime IS-JSc1t
Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1853-06-20

The Maine Law bill passed the New York
Senate on Tuesday, with a clause submitting
it to a vote OF The people Of the State. The
Courts of New York have already decided
that law which is made 10 depend on vote
Of the people is unconstitutional.
Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1853-06-20
w DOUBLE BROWN STOUT 4

"a CREAM ALE.-We have hand, and ready
Tor sale 100 DOz double Brown stout, and 100 Dog
Cream Ale-a very erinr article, put up expressly
for Hotels and amiIy 1t needs only trial to sat.
isfy the best of iudges-which invite call and see
for themselves. NJ. CONNELL & SON
7 S.-oriers from any distance thankfully received
and punct1ally dispatched. tje.9--ts1
Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1853-06-20
BLANKSi RIANKS 81
AT THE VIRGINIAN OFFICE.
( 'ONSTABLES' Warrants,

"
g." Indemnify ing Bonds.
sHERIFFS' Delivery Bonds and Notices,
Indemnifying Bonds.
Bills OF Lading. Negotiable Notes,
ohecAs, different Sizes, Bonds.
~ All .e Inherent BLANKS which are found for ale can
be had at the Nrenian Office where there is large and benu
Iul supply just issued from the press
me Gentleman to whom the execution of this department
r business Is entrusted has superior State and all
VINO may order work at this establishment may assured
'Ieely and faithful performance.
Ourfacities for Pamphlet, Card, and II ule w DIRK.
IRE complete which, with the large addition OF Fancy Tcs and
recently pade, make the Nirgnian
Dfice ns is to be found in the interior.
Orders from the City and Country respectfully solicited
ia 26-d&cifts TERRY o sIIIFInS
Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1853-06-20

THE News. The Office Of the Freder
icksburg News will be sold on the 25th inst,
by G. +. Chew, Trustee Of deed from James
Raines 10 the late r. B. Semple.
Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1853-06-20

The Kanawha Republican of last Wednes
day brings in the official vote in that Congress
lonal District. The plurality for Snodgrass
is 22i.
Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1853-06-20

I'O PLANTERS "A ID MILkEKS-
- bfor"s forfaoe Gt1@ MaH, tor Grinding Com
Wheat and Pas er-These mills are not excelIed b,
any mills in The Stones are French Rurrs rang
ing in size nom 6 to 80 inches-Price from $50 to 5000
One OF these Mills, with 80 inch stones may be seer
in operation at the Piedmont Works itgrnds from IL
10 Is bushels per hour with less power han is re
quired to run ordinary a #. stones.
he attention of the owners of steam and Waite,
Saw Mills respectfully called to this mill. 1t comes
re dy for immediate operation, and occupies space OF
less than #. square,
For Plantation purposes, it is unrivalled. With 4
se power it will grind bushels per hour-It is moi
liable to get out of order is easily transported, and can
he managed by ordinary plantation hands
On hand and for sale at the
PIEDMONT WORKS.
Ma, 1S-ts