The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1853-09-17
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Ch1nA.
THE RUSSIAN FLEET AGAIN.

nent had determined sending large naval iorc7
to Japan, with a view 10 the operng on taas ioas-
curing in the policy Of demonstrating ts me "a
panese government that Foreigners bad the power To
take What they ttbe Japanese) might feetindisposed
to give has resolved on aiding in the experiment by
guns the D9ina 10 guns, and the Vostock guns.
a fter remaining here . week the Pallas and Vostock
will toe ether proceed 10 search OF the American
feet supposed at present to be about the Loochoo
ISLANDS, waiting for tue Powoatan, now hourly
expected This, then, Is the whole secret and mys.
terry OF the presence Of the Palas and Vostock in
waters ard the revelation Is hardly news, for it
we remember sright their advent was announced in
this journal fully quarter OF year ago
Beween Russian America and the mediterranean
ports in Japan-we have been told by Russian nsyi-
gators there is still and for long time has been,
some trade ard 1t Is IN no Way unreasonable 70 uud
his Imperial Majesty DESTROYS OF improving and regu-
latipp it such terms may be obtained by Other
governments.
1t is not generally known that the Russ IN govern
melt, for more than century and quarter aa'
bad At Pekin religious and scieIthc mission, hos,
the translator INK owskl narrative says, mere
ly tolerated or cuDnived at, but openly existing
under tie sanction of formal treaty" Iimko*ski,
referring 10 this treaty thus commences the account
90 ne "A aJnts l72s treaty Of peace ~ss concluded
G uo vsdi ri;sch Russian ambassador extra
ordinary snd the minister's OF China. The 9th ss.cs Is
in The 0,lowI terms
The Rcssisns shall hercstorih occGey At Pektn tbs
kouan or curt which they lrhsbis According TO
TIE dssre OF TIE Russsn ambassador church shall De
built With ,bs a.s OF 7hs Chinese government.
Ghs phi 81 who resides Lee cnd he thrte others
who 90, sts live 10 The lcusn soo . men ION
These Ii; ee pieete ffl ~ stlschsd 80 the ssms
csucb, receive the provisions a. the prsssa.
priest The Rus aLs s5a % permitted 20 worship toer
500 scc"Ions TO the ii.ss o Leg isuso4 FOUR yoayg
s'udnts two II D-oIe advanced age, acquainted
Fth the Rus ian and Latin la gusgfs shsu also be
cved hi tcue, The ambassador wishing 70 cave
them a. reiin to lean he aogGsgs Of tbs couatfy.
T+y hal BE- sntsiIsd At the sxteIsa Of tina Empero,
hal te a. liberty to 70 .heir country Is
they have fin, bed ,hsir studies,
Acc foiSg ihis Ireaty. tEs kussiSn Eisson cou1-
pcstd Of sccsssecsl ef6 fsur sY msmeers fixed its
sboee Fshin TOE frat duty alternately in the con
of Csndls;os auo tee church OF toe Assumptien,
,itusted II the same ausrftt the city and originally
rbsb.d ~ The Rus isns rhon re chi-s.s govsrnnsns
caused removed kibsr il less, sfisf tina destrus
ton Of Asszin. Ruseisp fortress which RAJ oeen out
en- RE banks Of the Am TIL lay members yOung
who are obliged 10 study re aeatchoo AMI Chinese
language sid TO acquire an accurate knowledge OF
Oh They ell reside ia he kouen vast euiioicg
part OF 9hich known by tie name OF the court OF the
enbaty is Kept in repair b. the Chlnese government
srd the other Che coIveut) BY Russia
The lesu sr abcce of the msioo st Pekn IS fixed at
ten wears at the expiration Of hch tis 1t is relieved
by other but the ponds Of be Russian min
Try If foreign siss il the Of the erecting senate
with the tribunal at Pekic is subject aany delays,
lol ger period
On board the Palas are two gentlemen who have
both spent ten years at the kouaD at Pein and have
thus acquired perfect knowledge OF the Chinese
and Mantchoo languages.
Switzerland.
The ultra.radica assembly of Lugano, which in
tened overthrowipg the government of the canton
of Tcino, has failed in that project. 1t summoned
the government to abdicate, but, being left unsup-
ported the Assembly separated in the greatest con-
fusion
Spain.
MADRID, Aug. 27.-The Three per Cents were
done at AL.
The New OiI;ans Plague and American
slavery.
from the London Tines, Sept. 2
In this country we have so long been mercifnlly
exempted from the worst exfremities OF pestllence
that we are scarcely competent to appreciate its
tue horrors. The season of ls49 was certainly
terrible, but, though the cholera came upon our
cities, it at least committed less havoc here than
elsewhere. The metropolitan bills OF mortality as
sumed for some weeks an alarming aspect, but
we have heard it said that the insurance offices
old not upon the whole, find aDy material increase
in tie liabilities of the year. Nor is this criterion
30 partial as might be supposed, for the system OF
report informs US, begun to approve itself even
to the poorer classes of the community. With
the exception OF the sequel to the Irish famine,
it Is nearly two centuries since these ISLANDS
have experienced really great plague, and we may
read with and thanksgiving, of the suf rings Of
others. Of the recent examples of these vsitations
we remember none more frightful than that now
placed before our eyes by the reports from New Or
leans is always and emphatically the city Of the
plague and, indeed it deserves the title far better
than either Constantinopie or Cairo The autumn
OF every year is invariably sckly, and this Sickness
every three four years, assumes the features Of
mortal pestilepce. On the present occasion it has
exceeded the horrors Of any former period nor
could we, indeed, venture upon transcribing the
whole details before us without some risk OF giving
public offence by descriptions so revolving.
Such is the notoriety of the New Orleans climate
that the "unacclimated," or, in other words, those
persons no have not passed through the probation
Of fever, considered as distinct class Of the
population, with liabilities peculiarly their oEn. 1t
Is thought, indeed, that a sickness of this kind
acts like natural vaccination, and secu at least
prooao Die immunity from the like risks in fu-
ture. When, therefore, estimates are taken OF the
public health the fever season OF New Orleans, 1t
il customary 70 compute the percentage Of deaths
not upon the entire number of inhabitants but upon
the "uI acclin ated" Only. Now, the "unacclmated"
population Of New Orleans is reckoned a, about
300C0 and Of this number upwards of 5000 had
died up t, the latest reports since the beginning of
June, that the mortality for period oftwo months
has been ten per cent-a rate which. II continuation:
year, would cany of nearly two souls out of every
three That the duration of the pestilence will be
80 great il not spprehended, for the limits Of the
fever season are generally reached in the first or
second week OF October but on the other hand,
the two months Of ts yet to run the most
deadly # all. At this moment, indeed, the deaths
are two hundred daily, in population reckoning
above, not half so large as that Of Brighton and Il
this mortality Is maintained throughout the season.
fifteen thousand out Of thirty thousand will have
persisted. In fact, the locsl journals are actually be-
ginning to speculate upon the subsistence Of the
plague from the premature exhaustion Of its mate
rial The New Orleans Delta calculates that fifteen
thousand people must have taken the fever already,
and have either died or recovered " 80 that not
more than the same number Of unacclimated persons
would remain, which, at the present ratio would
barely sford material 10 last out the month Of
August"
These terrible Statistics Will expliin if they do
not excuse TIE revolving accounts received respect
ing the disposal Of the bodies 1t has been found
actually impractical Die to bury the dead. At first
xbec the ordinary officers OF the cemeteries began
to fail under the work the chainpangs pressed
into the service, and afterwards negroes were hired
TO assist in getting the corpses out OF sight. Even
this resource, however, was insufficient, although
the ray ofsred-a guinea an hour exceeded the
California scale Of wages, and for two days and
big hts the dead were left 20 accumulate and decay
under q New Orleans sun without attempt TO inter
them. The very slaves aud cony cts could only be
induced ts work in the graveyarda bv the stimulus