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THE RED RIVER RAFT.

LOUISIANA, OCTOBER Is, 1858.
Messrz. GALES SEArox | observe in the National
Intelgencer Of October 4h, 1853, article headed
The Red River Raft over the signature of c., which
is calculated to msead the public in relation to work
of great importance the General Government and the
States of Louisiana Arkansas, and Texas and there
fore beg leave reply through your columns in order
set the matter right The statement of c. that not ten
miles Of the great raft Zone hundred miles long, has
been removed is c. is also when he
stated the route through Bayou Pierre &C. open
ed by Capt SHREvE The he speaks of used
whilst the raft existed in extreme high water and the
route through Caddo Lake has been used since the
raft formed. When Capt Shreve commenced opening the
Red River Raft it extended hundred and sixty miles
In 1888 he had removed the principal distractions in the
main channel, except where cutofs were made so that
the navigation for steamboats, opened for hun
dred and fifty miles from the foot of the former raft See
his report made to Congress in 1897 That Herculean
work. of much Importance to that section of country
performed at average cost OF about twenty thou
sand dollars per mile Capt. Shreve recommended fur
Their appropriation of eghyve thousand dollars make
the work efectual and permanent. The navigation
through the site Of the former raft Except cutos
manned partially open until the latter part Of the
of 1910; the writer of this passenger board Of
steamboat that passed through in the spring of 1910
The present raft is at the head Of the former obsruc
ton, and is said to extend from four to five miles, and
easily AMI efectualy be removed if the work is
Quoted by such efficient manager Capt Shreve prov
ed himself be. The removal of the original raft i'm
proved the navigation very materially and proved of con-
siderable pecuniary advantage to tie General Govern
ment The sales Of the public lands bordering the
former raft in Louisiana and Arkansas amounted to
a million and half of dollars within nine years from
1888. Those lands would most probably have remained
unsod and worthless but for that great work General
JEsUP Quartermaser General in his report of December
20h 1851 estimates that the removal of the present raft
would the General Government thousand
dollars per in the transportation Of troops and
their supplies for regiment alone stationed the
northern frontier of Texas and that other troops further
West could be much economically supplied through
that channel if opened
Should any difficulty arise along that frontier requir-
troops and their supplies it is probable that the
opening of the present raft would to the General
Government half million of dollars in single season,
and would afford greater dispatch during the
Of high water and this will be obtained by ap
propriation Of one hundred thousand dollars. M.
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his return he reported that Esqumaux eneampment
had recently broken up the traces Of their and foot
marks being quite distinct We observed from the ship
several reindeer which not by the party ashore
In standing along the coast observing natives, ran in
to forward this despatch trusting might reach the Hud
sons Bay Company this year. which is probable, il they
are not great set Of savages met Point
Warren.
therefore be the last communication which it will In all
probability be in my power to make to their Lordshps
The temperature has hitherto been exceedingly mild
the thermometer very seldom being below 49, and from
the present favorable appearances both Of the weather
and state of the ice very strong hopes Of getting
well to the northward ere navigation ceases, which will
be about the latter end OF next month according to the
Esquimaux report.
81 have the honor to be- sir your most obedien and
humble servant
"R0BERT MCCLURE, Commander"
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LIBERIAS EMIGRArIoS.-The ship Banshee sailed from
Baltimore yesterday for Monrovia and Cape Palmas She
is chartered BY the American Colonization Society, and
carries out the following passengers Rev. Mr.. Rambc
and wife, Rev Mr.. Wright and wife, Dr. Steele and sis
ter and two single ladies' all missionaries of the Pro-
testant Episcopal Church to the settlement at Cape
Pamas aud Rev. G. A. Smith, Of the Church Of the Dis
cpes, on tour Of observation The latter clergyman is
from Kentucky, and is accompanied by an educated
Of color, who intends to settle in the colony The Ban
shee takes out also two hundred and ninety coored
emgrants, Of whom one hundred and twenty-six take
passage from Baltimore and the remainder from Norfolk
The emgrants from several States in the following
proportions: Twentyfour from Maryland ninety from
Indiana and Kenucky eleven from North Carolina anc
the remainder from Virginia.
The American Colonization Society will send out another
ship with two hundred emgrants from Savannah on tn,
10Th Of December The Shirley is expected to arrive
few days from the colony with late advices.
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DEcIMATIoN.-As an average calculation We believe il
would be fair to say that the yellow fever has decmated
all the communities has visited This estimate il or
roneous may be considered below rather than above
the mark The proportionate loss is perhaps smaller
New Orleans than in any other town. but here may be
considered embracing fully one-tenth Of popua-
ton This loss in three months and half Mo-
bile was decimated in one month. SO Of Galveston,
Vcksburg, Thbodaux and other towns. Natchez, with
population estimated during the below three
thousand, lost in two months three hundred and fifty
But perhaps the severest loss in small village Of
Lake Providence where in population estimated
over two hundred the loss hundred and twenty
Neu Orleans Delta.
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S'GW AND THEN; on DEMOCRACY AND THE
3s.sxssoILERs. the late Presidential can
Xxx IKE New Orleans Commercial Bulletin, in an
aeRs the merits of the two candidates, made the
1E'sfFIng remark
ssEEze Treesol Democratic leaders Of the North
rry- portion Of the Democratic party and Gen. Pierce
q Slecaed will make distinction between them and the
rs the Democracy in the distribution Of official patron
1rS9 IN the selection Of agents for administering the
Gs6vrcnsne nt"
The Washington Union Of October 8, 1852, after
agufSxg the above, denounced It as " one Of those
earEs and unblushing forgeries by which the Wing
.rz1fsEs and organs have made their canvass memo
znI;fs as the canvass Of frauds"
What the Union then denounced as " unblushina
GhrEx5es' it now advocates as the fundamental anC
ANN Democratic policy.
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Gtlf9rdpbtf GorresponStrfe.


The steamer America has arrived at Halifax.
bringing Liverpool dates Of October Goth. Through
the Telegraph we have the following summary q
4 the various rumors which are furnished by the
foreign papers and correspondence The stock
market pretty clearly shows that the condition Of
things had not become more alarming than at the
latest preceding dates
teegraphc despatch dated Bucharest, October 2stb
states that two Russian steamers and eiaht gunho,
had forced the passage of the Danube ON the 23d
counterng brisk fire from the Turkish fort Of Isatck
The Russians had colonel, three other officers and
twelve sailors killed, and forty wounded They say.
however tnat tney succeeded in setting the fort FIRE
with a she'll
In France every thing prepared for land cxDed
ton to Constantnople but no orders will he r;ye Car Il
to march unless circumstances shall render s.a a
movement necessary.
Letters received at Paris from Petersburch sneak of
the strong desire of Count Nesselrode for further
tations
1t reported Paris that the Emperor Nicholas bas
abdicated in favor of the hereditary Grand Duke The
report is doubted but it had the effect of giving f-m
ness to the markets.
NJ. HILLERs succeeds NJ LAcouR as the French Minis.
ter; at Constantinople
tits reported that the Car said in answer to the re-
quest Of England and France that he would evacuate the
princpaies that he would rather back out than ght
there.
There much running to and fro of courers although
but little news has transpired. 1t is rumored that the
Four Powers have drafted new proposition
The combined fleet was not at Constannople on the
10Th ultmo It is not believed that any pitched battle
had been fought
Madrid letter Of the 25th ultimo states that Mr.
SoULE has been received by the Queen of Spain On the
request of the Spanish Minister of Foreign Affairs he
had previously consented to modify expressions in
his proposed address to the Queen which considered
Objectionable It is the custom in Spain for Foreign
Ministers to submit copies of their addresses to the
Spanish Minister before the day Of their reception
LIVERPOOL, OCTOBER 29.-The better qualities OF cot
ton firm. Lower grades had declined Id. Sales of
the week $3.50 bales Midding Orleans Cd fair Mo-
bile cd; middings SD; fair upands 6Sd; middlings
sgd.
Breadstufs were very active at improving prices The
advance for the week Is in -four, 3d. in wheat and
2s. 3s. in White wheat los Cd lis; Western
canal flour 37s Cd; Philadelphia Baltimore and Ohio
3Ss 38s. Cd. Fine white dos. yellow Ass.
LONDON, OCTOBER 29.-Stocks generally dull Money
tighter. Consos declined to 81 OF. o. s. 6s bonds
1868, 11Oa 111s; do. (stock) l867-'68, 10
100; do. '62, 1904. Pennsylvania SIS Sc; Maryland
SIS, 90 81; kentucky 6s, 90 80.
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RERT or THE ONO PEsIrESTnRY BURsT.-0d Saturday
saE few minutes after FIVE o'clock, after DE prison
s which are in number FIVE hundred hal returned
-Dei cells FIRE discovered Issuing from tip windows
~ ss inird story of the west wing Of the torkshops,
r he rance Of brick buildings bn the left
fa& Of the entrance into the pententiary Enclosure
s room where the fire was first discovered fas known
Tx The tailor shop and shoe mandatory, invhich the
ssyes for the convicts are made On the dbcovery Of
zs IRE the most active taken the war
tS chaplain and assistants The conyicts Fere all in
cicar ells hundred of the most reliable ones were
rxea, and by means Of buckets and other tessels
e1yed scooping up water from reservoir wled up to
xrface Of the ground in the centre Of be prison
razpds but which unfortunately did not conhn much
ussd n preventing the flames spreading the long
fsI buildings ranging along the rear wall the
ssrpased end Of this tier the chapel the torn MILL
-snf she weaving department The roof mtntcd by
s snvicts their blankets saturated with watr spread
-ry.zu and the building saved although the st wing
,rm,s 9th great herceness. The estimated loss is
.ssts 600 - Cincinnati Gazette
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EDGEHILL GRAMMAR SCHOOL,

Ho Institution under the supervision Of the
Il the College of New Jersey will commence its next ses-
sion on Wednesday, November I'd, 1853.
Inc location retired and healthy the grounds extensive
ana the buildings large. carefully selected library is at
taehed TO the institution, which will be increased from time
10 time, as the interest Of the pupils may require.
In the teaching department the Principal will be aided by
thoroughly competent assistants No pains will be spared
afford every facility for thorough preparation for college
for business lfe
The moral character and religious instruction Of the pupils
Is an object Of especial socude and labor and all the
rangemen Of the school made with the for
nation Of good habits and the incubation Of principles
The School Year begins the first Wednesday Of Novem-
oer and divided two sessions Of twenty weeks EACH
vacations In the months Of April and October.
Terms 1926 per annum, payable half yearly in advance
For further particulars apply to
sep 1o--wsvv Rev. 7. w. CATTELL, Principal.
GCHOoL BOOKS Of every description, for sale cheap
by FRANCK TAYLOR.
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Yellow FEVER IN PHILADELpHIA.-It appears from q
statement ia the Medical Examiner for November that
there was good deal Of yellow fever in Phladel
pha TINS past summer than the papers there thought il
question the first appeared the 10Th Of July and
the last on the th Of October .Durng this period Of
eighty days there hundred and serenity cases. and
one hnnarea and trsnyeigh deaths. Out Of these 10
cases. 147 distinctly traced to the immediate vicinity
Of the infected district Of which South street wharf
where the disease was introduced from the barque Man
DARN was the centre The boundaries Of the infected
district are set down Union street on the north Sc
cond street on the west Queen street ON the SOUTH and
the Delaware river on the east There were isolated
cases in other parts Of the city.
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Errr ADAMs's WoRKs.--We have received from Messrs
stIst. Brown Co. the 8h volume Of President JONI
4SIsyss works by his grandson, JOIN FEAScIs ADAMS
.<saaaence Of the ex-President from 1888 to I7ot
SsxzzAN PIsKSEY.-We have received from the Rev
sazraDS WILLIAM PISKYEY, DID copy Of the Life Of his
SsSrg uished relative the celebrated WILLIAM PryKSEY
fygaryianda life filed with interest and Instruction
SIR the statesman, the lawyer and every cultivated
zacr- Messrs. Appleton, Of New York. have Issued the
xo1z style worthy Of the dignity OF the subject
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CRUISE OF A BOTTLE.

Thrown overheard from steamer Philadelphia on the
9th Of May 1862 latitude 2lo 3O NORTH longitude So
west.
Found at Pass Cavallo Matagorda Bay, Texas, 0cto.
Der l. 1885, latitude go 80, north longitude 97o west.
Drift northwest by west 40 miles.
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Ts-s EPIDEMIC IL Baron RouGE-The Board Of Health
z sde report from which we hear that the number Of
ssatas during the prevalence Of the epidemic two
z'rs-td and ffty-fve OF which two hundred and two
7ssnu q yellow fever. The board thinks the epidemic
- lrgsr.
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5ng the acts passed BY the Rhode Island Legislature
lLs last session is making railroad and steamboat
cxnies responsible for the loss Of life by careessness
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wr HrraN PowERs, at Florence, has received ia order
y3-pr Boston for bronze statue Of DANIEL WEaTEn to
S uZscsd in front Of the Massachusetts State Hose His
EA,s ~ Mr. Webster made some years ago. is co5essedy
saas ssst existing portrait Of the original
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The Albany Knickerbocker gives accorns Of won
derfu dog belonging one Of its carriers Nhe carrier
falling sick, sent out boy to deliver the pApers who
being unacquainted with the round was followed by the
dog, who stopped at the door Of every subscriber
missing one in a list Of six hundred.
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Fssc Legislature of Alabama will convene on the
nth Instant, when it win have to elect two United
5szzss Senator's to fill the places last occupied by
Nj CLEMENS and the late Vice President KING
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4 who refused to pay his fare the Providence
snf Worcester Railroad has been sentenced months
arss2nment at hard labor in the Worcester House Of
4llazxSSlioa.
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Making total of 1924 689 OF increase the main stem
The receipts would doubt have been much larger
had the Ohio river been navgable for larger boasSu
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sl83,l87 "a So, l7S SO Sl65, 86l 4

This shows an increase in October 1858, the re-
cepts Of October 1852 of l24 SOC - which Sill 20
were from the Washington Branch and the rest the
main stem. This increase Of the Washington
Branch takes place. it should be remembered notwith-
standing the reduction which has been made in the fare
of passengers and is gratifying evidence of the advan
tages which have only resulted the road from the
reduction but the increased which gives
to the public for travelling the road.
Taking the receipts Of the main stem alone, they show
that the increase in the past month compared with
October Of last year, was as follows
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GCHooL BOOKS Of every description, for sale cheap
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The Ohio organ, of the temperance reform. (Cincinnati, [Ohio]) 1853-1854, 1853-12-23

for debt and the death penalty; and
did much TO soften the criminal code
Of his native State. Mr. Rantoul
was also an original advocate Of the
Western Railroad, and a strong friend
Of temperance and popular education.
Mr.. Rantoul was collector Of the port
Of Boston under the administration Of
John Tyler. He was also q. s. Dis
tnCt Attorney during the administra-
ton Of Mr.. Polk. His early and un-
expected death caused q deep feeling
Of sorrow throughout the State. His
speeches and writings, collected in the
volume now published, exhibit great
research, eloquence and power. His
father is stlll living in Beverly, and
representative town in the Conven-
of 1890, toTcvise the Constitution Of
the State, and also in the Convention
of 1858. He has often been elected
to the House and Senate. and is a
gentleman very highly respected.
The Book is for sale by Derby,
Main street.--CIn. Gazette. sN
The Ohio organ, of the temperance reform. (Cincinnati, [Ohio]) 1853-1854, 1853-12-23

The Insbriats. MHl


he stood aIouol
Nofriend|V volco-eno gentle accentg oheofed
Hia hsavF heart; a1ne be stood, while tears
Wsra fillink last from either eye. PcFchanco
Hls thoughis had wandsred back 10 hy-gone days
Whm 6lianess beamed afound bic joyous way,
AZ who's N early childhood he had played hat
Anong the hills II bis own mountain home.
with brothers dear, and sisters hand IN hand
He sought TIE c1uling fountain running iree
Nor deemed that augt could tempt hiS feet 10 stray
Prom virtues path. Butaht too soon helearned
10 love the sparkling bowl, and parents hearts
Must bleed with tnguiSh now, for their lost son.
Pefhnps he thinks ol one who long has slept
Beneath the clodS Of earth--a being fair
And bright and but iot him, she might have proved
A blessing unto sl But she Il gone- f6
Gone bFokeu-hearted To an early grave,
Andtherc he stood, the poor inebriate-- .au
No voice Of kindness fell upon his ear,
10 so0the his throbhtng heart. His trembling hand
And bloodshOt eye but iaintly told the deep
And bitter suffering Of that guilty soul Va n1
Hefears that he must die no earthly power
Can save him from dfuHkard's Oathsome grave
VIII no one pity none the hand extend,
To raise the poor inebFiate once more7-
4 little boy with happy face came by,
And with q look Of pity gave his hand
To the poor drunkard, saying, Jesus loves f..
10 save pc0f sinners-turn to him and live
This he had learned at Sabbath school, he said.
The poor man wept for Joy. and on his knees
Devoutly prayed that God wond hencetoFth keep
His feet from falling, pardon all his sins,
And with the ransomed save him in the skies.
The Ohio organ, of the temperance reform. (Cincinnati, [Ohio]) 1853-1854, 1853-12-23
Advertising for Husband.

Passing on in the daytime through
the Chinese quarter, / was rather as
tonished to see upon a great many
houses earthen pots-not unlike our
large flower pots, but more rounded
at the bottom, and larger-fastened
upon the roofs; and | heard afterward,
from several old settlers, the reason
Of this peculiarity, These pots are
put upon the roof where marriagea-
BILE girl is in the house, and their sit
uation is said to denote all the par
ticulars. Many Of them apparently
very old, having caCtuses growing in
them, as house leaks grow in our
country upon the roofs, seemed
no particular Recommendation. But
if they really possess the meaning
they are said to have, they speak
very much for the honesty and can
didness Of the Chinese ladies': for l
am sure, if such fashion prevailed in
Europe, the fair creatures whose sym
bols were Drawing the storms on the
roofs, would find some plan TO pre-
vent them looking too old and weather
beaten, Or renew them occasionally
by others Of more decent appearance
--at least they would not allow house
leaks to grow in them, if only to save
appearance, ge3j 93ru g5 d ag
In Norway there is said to exist q
similar custom-but in the interior Of
the hOIse--to denote the same thing;
copper kettles hung up in rather pro-
sale way; giving BY their number q
tolerable true account Of the girls
dowry; but this may be only a fable
Gsrstacksr's HOyGgss. iata hf's z
The Ohio organ, of the temperance reform. (Cincinnati, [Ohio]) 1853-1854, 1853-12-23
The Late Robert Rantoul. u.

We have received from Jewett,
Proctor d WOrthington Of Cleveland,
a handsome volume Of over 800 pages,
containing the memoirs, speeches and
writings Of Robert Rantoul, Jr,, Edi-
ted by Luther Hamilton, The vol
ume Is handsomely printed on good
paper, and neatly bound. Mr.. Ram
toul entered public life at an earlyrage
in his native Sts.es Massachusetts,, as
a member Of the Massachusetts, House
Of Representatives, and at one bound
placed himself at the head Of the de-
mocratic partyin thatbody. He was
one Of the most ready debators the
party ever had in that State, and all
though in a minority he never failed
to make himself felt He centinued
to represent the town Of Gloucester as
long as he would consent to be a can
didate. He was often nominated for
Congress, but never succeeded in an
election until his views in regard to
the Fugitive Slave Law brought over
to his support the entire Free Soil vote
in his district. He went to Wash
ington, and there died near the close
Of his term of service, in the very
prime Of life and the maturity Of his
Intellectual powers, He was q con-
sistent opponent Of the imprisonment
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EYENS' PERMISSION PRESS,

The genuine are manufactured only By myself
under patent June 28th, 1853. A 00a1
HI. HI. SHIPLEY. a BROTHER
Are my daily authorized Agents fos The sale Of he
same. P.EVENS, JR.
Nov, 16. M s. Sole Proprietor.
BY the above notice II will be seen that We are
the duly authorized Agents fer the sale Of Evsns'
Percussion Presses. All orders for the same will bo
executed with neathesss and despatch, " addressed
to H.H. SHIPLEY & RR0THER,
No. % West Fourth street, Cincinnati.
iF OE, TX Warren street, New York.
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We are now Importing,

Direct from Paris and otheEParts Of Europe, most Of
the celebrated Foreign Perfumey, such aG Farina,
Cologne, Lubin's, MaiIley'S, LOwss, and other re
puted Manqfaeturers articles. Also, constantly re-
Csving direct from the best importing houses Of New
York, PhiladsIphiA, sto., whore we have cOmPstent
persons 70 look cut for the cream Of their siock.
Hence our arrangements are such, that We have the
advantage of receiving every thing new aS Il comes
out, and shall 10 eonstsntIy addihg new varieties y
our stock. t. kg
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