The weekly Placer herald., 1853-10-22
Per Wells, Fargo & Co.'s Express.
Later from the Atlantic States.
ARRIVAL OF THE CORTES.

! line, arrived at San francisco on last
Saturday afternoon, at A l-2 o'clock
She arrived in twelve days from San
Juan, and twenty five from New York,
bringing dates from the latter city to Sep
tember Goth, and from Liverpool to Sep
tember 7th.
CoLLIER's DEFALcArIoN.-Th Wash
ngton Star SAYS: 'sIt affords us much
pleasure to be able to state that the sure
ties of Mr.. Collier, late Collector of the
port of San Francisco, have very recent
| ly paid over an aggregate of about $llS,-
900 on account of the balance due the
Un ted States from that gentleman"
TERRIBLE RAvAGEs OF CHOLERA AND
FEVER IN CUBA.-A most gloomy state
of affairs exists in the Island of Cuba. -
An epidemic of choleric nature, assisted
by the perncious fever, was sweeping off
sailors, soldiers, negroes and others, with
frghtfuI rapidity. Some estates, number
ing from two to three hundred slaves,
had been so reduced in the short space Of
week, that there were scarcely men
enough left to bury the dead. The kid.
mapping of the Yucatan Indians, and
taking of them to Havana to be sold AS
slaves, was exciting considerable atten-
ton. The Mexican Consul having rep
resented this outrage to the Captain Gen
eral in the strongest language, some sixty
of the Indians were brought before the
latter tunctionary for examination on the
Cd September.
The FnENcH MIss1oN.-It is said MIR.
Dix will not 60 to France. The name
of Ex-Secretary John Y. Mason, of Vir-
ginia, was discussed IN cabinet meeting
in connection with that mission.
PACIFIC RAILROAD. The President
will show no favor to the Pacific Railroad.
The CHINA MIssIoN.-We clip the fol-
lowing from the New York HeraId's
''TaIk on Change:' "The rumor that
a Californian had been selected to fill the
China mission, was supposed to refer to
Senator Gwn. If the speedy arrival of
Commissioner in China was necessary,
with new Instructions, of which none
doubted, a man could be sent quicker
| from California, by some vessel of war
already on the Pacific coast, than from
any other quarter" Another dispatch
from Washington says that Ex-senator
Allen, of Ohio, is confidently spoken of
for the g hina mission.
YELLOW FEVER AT PHILADELPHIA
The Philadelphia Board of Health report
two yellow fever deaths during the week
ending Sept 10Th, in that city
RAILROAD ACCIDENTAL collision oc-
Cured on the Straight Line, between
! Syracuse and Rochester, on the afternoon
of the 18th ult., between the State train
and gravel train, by which two men
were killed. Their names have not been
ascertained.
The subscriptions received in New
York, in aid Of the sufferers hy the yell
low fever in Mobile, amount thus far 10
upwards of $4,000.
The Crystal Palace benefit for the New
! orleans sufferers netted %l,S3o.
Mrs. Harriet Beecher Stowe returned
o New York on the 18th of September,
from her glArlication tour on the Cont
nent.
General complaint is made at the South
OF damage to The cotton crops from ex-
cessve rains.
At Cumberland, Md, the cholera ex-
citenent is subsIdng, no new cases having
been reported for several days
The new clipper MatchlesS sailed from
! Boston on the 9Th, for San Francisco.
experienced Il hurricane on the Sth, and
returned to port. The steamer Cam
bridge, from Baltimore, to Fredericks-
burg, was burned off Rappahannock, on
the 10th. Loss $4,000. The Golden
Age, new steamer Of the Australian
ompany, made a successful trip on the
l7th.
The New York Board of Underwriters
request careful attention of California
shippers to the ventilation of vessels. and
the stowage of cargoes.
The Crystal Palace, as speculation for
stock holders, proves a failure; as an ex-
hlbltlon of the industry and curious pro
ductIons of many nations, it is eminently
successful. The Fresne Light, which is
to be placed at Hatteras, is now on ex-
hibition there.
The Vermont election has resulted in
Wing loss. There was no choice for
Governor by the people. AU. S. Senator
is to be elected to fill Mr.. Upham's seat.
There is no choice for Governor in
Maine at the late election.
At Wing City Convention in Phia-
deIpna, three delegates, proved to have
taken bribes, were unanimously expelled.
Gov. BigIer, of Pennsylvania, is sick.
Senator Shields is seriously i'll in Illinois.
John Tyler has recovered his health.
The Free Soil convention of Massa-
chusetts nominated Henry Wilson for